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New Chappelle special searing hourlong takedown of trans cashier who forgot to smile at him (www.thebeaverton.com)
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[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The transphobia stands out because it's neither funny nor relevant - there's no purpose to it other than to be a cunt performatively.

The Lil Nas X song he talks about is what - 2 years old now? Beyond that, the "jokes" are the same thing the daily wire has been rolling out for years - "He has a penis and thinks he's a she hurrr durrr."

Then there was the whole "If I went to prison, I'd say I'm a woman and rape everyone in sight" hilarity.

Has he ever told a funny trans joke?

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That last joke I freaking hate. I swear it's so goddamned lazy. I'm watching a regular YouTuber talk about some random topic and he decides to chat with his audience and he makes the exact same joke. "Hur dur, if I go jail I'd identity as a women and be super woke cause that's all they care about now and I'll get off scot-free".

I hate it.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I think "joke“ is a stretch with that one - it's not original, not funny, and delivers no meaningful commentary beyond “I'd be a rapist if I thought I could get away with it."

Chapelle was a decent comedian when he talked about what he knew and had something to say, but this is just pitiful.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Has anyone?

[–] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh there certainly are funny trans jokes, it's just that they come from people who respect trans folks and understand them enough to actually be funny. Just like jokes about black people, which is what used to make Dave funny. He was familiar enough with black culture, and had respect for black people enough, to make actually funny jokes about them where the punchline wasn't "herrr durr look how dumb and scary they are".

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah this video deals with it quite well

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Definitely.

Believe it or not, leftists tend to not be humourless wokescolds and oppression Olympians like the right had to start pretending they are when they abandoned remotely defensible arguments, and had to fall back on being "triggering".

Others have shared jokes (which I haven't watched yet), so I'll skip butchering one myself.