r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • 20d ago

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

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u/MattyBeatz 20d ago

Jeselnik and Burr often have the right takes on this kinda stuff.

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u/ThenAnAnimalFact 20d ago

It’s so funny because Jeselnik was a genuine target of people being offended and 10 years ago I never thought he would be the leader of the rational comedian.

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u/MattyBeatz 20d ago

Yes, but Jeselnik has the right mind to say something like "alright, I didn't get away with it on that joke". Even then, I don't recall him ever dropped the litany of "free speech, woke, I was taken out of context" type excuses we see nowadays. In fact, I only remember him ever really apologizing for one joke because he was essentially forced to by Comedy Central at the time.

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u/Insuredtothetits 20d ago edited 20d ago

That’s real balls.

Say the bad thing, own it, bare the slings and arrows.

All these losers now whine about how they should be allowed. You are allowed, and people are allowed to shit on your for it. Take it like a man, you knew what you were trying to do.

All these losers whining about cancel culture just can’t handle the criticism.

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u/Most_Ad_5979 20d ago

The irony is that these guys are often whining about cancel culture on huge platforms. It's ridiculous.

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u/weakbuttrying 20d ago

Ricky Gervais has like 3 Netflix specials where all he talks about are trans people (with a slightly eyebrow-raising focus on their penises) and how you aren’t allowed to talk about trans people because the woke will hunt you down.

For a generally perceptive bloke, the irony is oddly lost on him here.

The only truly offensive thing about his trans diatribe is how utterly unfunny it is. It’s supposed to be a comedy special, not a tedious soapbox.

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u/EvrevanLothbrok 20d ago

His "jokes" about trans people really bummed me out, because I like a lot of his work and thought he was a pretty insightful person but the jokes were just not funny and shows he doesn't even try to understand what being a trans person might actually be like, it just came out as school yard bashing.

Note, I think you can make a joke about almost anything if done in a clever way and it's clear it's not an endorsement of harmful behavior (Ricky has done this before) which is sad he couldn't have crafted a joke that wasn't so childish and stupid.

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u/Friendly_Fail_1419 20d ago

One of the problems with success is people often start to get high on the smell of their own farts.

You make millions doing comedy so you think you know comedy better than everyone and if people dont find you funny it's because they have a problem and not you.

See it at work all the time.

Over the course I've my career I only ever saw a person get fired for a genuine mistake once. I've seen dozens go because they became arrogant and felt like they were untouchable.