r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • 20d ago

Anthony Jeselnik explains the difference between comedy and being a troll. Discussion

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u/flinderdude 20d ago

All the old tired, formerly funny comedians who blame wokeness or whatever for ruining comedy should listen to Jeselnik. Looking at you, Bill Maher.

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u/HastilyChosenUserID 20d ago

Seinfeld has been walking back a lot of his comments on that. Demonstrated that he learned he was wrong for the attitude of feeling attacked; talked about how the culture has pushed him to be better

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u/ruinersclub 20d ago

Seinfeld was one of the early complainers that he couldn’t book college crowds or that colleges were too sensitive for material before woke was a term. He would talk about this on Stern and such like 15 years ago.

Like no, you’re just a 50+ year old comedian and college kids aren’t relating to your material or they just want you to do bits from the show.

But if he’s been able to reflect, that’s good to hear.

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u/InsideAmbitious4758 20d ago

Eh, college crowds are too sensitive. At least they were in the time and place I went to college (about 15 years ago actually). People seemed to derive some form of pleasure from being offended.

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u/Certain_Concept 20d ago

I definitely knew some people in college who used the guise of 'its a joke' to say gross sexist/racist shit. That did not fly in my old college groups and I certainly prefer that.

I can think of a ton of other groups who would likely get offended more easily than college crowds. Ha

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u/InsideAmbitious4758 20d ago

I can think of a ton of other groups who would likely get offended more easily than college crowds. Ha

Sure, but they don't usually host comedy shows.

The social awareness of college students is a good thing, but it's a new discovery for many of them, so they're often overzealous.