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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This seems pretty on-brand for burr.... He's always kind of rooted for the "little guy" so to speak. He's also blunt and doesn't really give a shit if you don't like what he has to say.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

He's also blunt and doesn't really give a shit if you don't like what he has to say.

Dude got the charisma and established brand. If you got so much social capital, a lot of people tend to look the other way. It's kinda like with Trump and Elon Musk, except the two can get away with things in a bad way.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If my faith in humanity were higher before I would think long covid had huge measurable impacts on average intelligence.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 15 hours ago

It probably did, but bluntly, when were already this far down, getting worse isn't really noteworthy.

[–] MoistMogwai@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I watched that clip on Kimmel. I don't normally watch but I like Bill Burr. Kimmel got really uncomfortable after he said Free Luigi. Not just like the network telling him, but in a way that seemed like Kimmel doesn't understand why people like Luigi.

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's okay. I don't understand why people like Kimmel.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's lots of things I don't understand.

Like the color of thought and the sounds of a rainbow.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In my town a rainbow sounds like wet synthetic rubber tires driving by on a dry road

It feels humid but the sun is shining on your face. Your feet are wet if you are barefoot.

Then turn around, that’s what a rainbow is

Sometimes you get a double when a big truck rolls by

As if. It meant something. But it’s just rain and sun, moon and stars.

You can almost feel the bass

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Kimmel is really quiet leftist, so he gets it. But he's also beholden to network executives who only understand money and the things that make them money. And advertisers don't like Luigi or the idea that CEOs are disposable.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Kimmel is a brogressive limousine liberal.

That doesn't make him a bad guy, but based on what I've seen of Kimmel it's entirely possible that he would not understand

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Evidently what sells is dead ceos and he's missing the ball.

[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kimmel gets it...his advertising people won't be happy about it though.

[–] MoistMogwai@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

I think a lot of rich leftists are hoping that shit holds together long enough that they can die comfortable, even if it means poor people have to suffer decades.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 1 day ago (12 children)

It's against the rules of lemmy.world to call for violence against insurance companies, and the people who work for them, so I won't. But I don't think it's against the rules to imply I would if that wasn't in the rules.

[–] somtwo@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Did you know that it's illegal to say "I want to kill the president of the United States of America"?

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

Do you think that sketch would be allowed on air these days

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

sounds like something the whitest kids you know might say.

[–] Dupree878@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Depends on the moderator. The can say it’s a “call for violence”

Bunch of pussy bullshit

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not against the rules to imply that the rules should be different.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's the jurisdiction that they operate under that enforce some of those rules.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Because of the implication?

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Let Bill do it for you!

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is slightly off-topic, but I really hope someone films this new Broadway version of Glengarry Glen Ross, because Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk doing Mamet? Holy fuck do I want to see that.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I listen to the Smartless podcast and they've brought it up a few times lately, including when KK was on there recently. I have very little interest in theater, but the cast alone makes me want to check it out. The cast alone will also be why I can't afford to go probably.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Fucking just make this guy the face of the dnc and we can be done with all this shit already. Just fucking do it already. Pull the strings, pad his pockets, and get going with reconstruction.

I swear to God if someone passes control of the dnc to bill burr we will skip 50 years of regression.

[–] Dupree878@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That might convince me to actually vote democrat

I'm telling you, the DNCs head is so far up it's own ass. They act like they are powerless to stop trump but really they are powerless to stop trump. Ineptitude, short sightedness, and hubris. I can't emphasize it enough. They are a sunk cost and the sooner people realize it and move on the quicker we can start to fix all this. Unfortunately, we'll let the cancer grow and root itself further and if they ever come to realize it will be too late.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago

There's very few people that could run the DNC worse than the current DNC.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

You can hand the keys of the DNC to a baked potato and it would do a better job than current leadership.

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