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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 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.

[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

If the DNC is still a thing in 4 years, we have utterly failed as a nation and we can drop the pretense of not being a 3rd world country. (Yes, I know we are in the definition...time to change that definition).

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wasn't always sold on the guy. He got a little too cozy with the "anti-woke" bullshit. But he always remained better than the best of that set, and somewhat distinct from them as well.

After seeing his Kimmel appearance, I'm convinced. Hand him the keys.

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Was in the same boat for a while, still haven’t seen this appearance but he’s already turned that corner for me. Dudes one of the good ones it seems.

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[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Insurance companies are taking the risk of offering insurance. That is why they normally make money year after year after year.

When bad things happen, they take the hits. They take on some debt. They stop making profits... because they decided to purchase the risk from people. That's the gig.

There is a middle ground here that doesn't bone homeowners and doesn't completely bone the insurance companies affected. They should be taking on debt and making zero profits until they pay it off. That's not how things work here though, i'm sure they will be bailed out on taxpayer money or something.... but what should probably happen is that they should be given a federal loan on pretty favorable terms, something like 1-2% interest, until it's paid off.

At the same time standards for homes in areas at risk should be such that fire mitigation is mandated whenever a house changes hands. This will inevitably drive up costs, but again maybe this is another case for low/no interest rate loans to cover the changes. A billion or two today could save 25-100-500++ billion over a few years.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

There is a middle ground here

There doesn't need to be a middle ground. Most developed countries do fine with universal healthcare.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Help, my house is sick and needs a doctor!

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

As I already said, the exact same thing can apply to housing insurance.

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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am pretty close to the opinion that all private companies need to be abolished and absorbed by collective ownership. There are almost no instances where I can see greed being the secret ingredient that makes things run MORE smoothly.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Louder for the people on the back, please!

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

That’s not how things work here though, i’m sure they will be bailed out on taxpayer money or something…

Insurance companies are typically reinsured themselves, so it's entities like Lloyd's of London that will ultimately be paying for this.

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[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 146 points 1 day ago

Seeing stuff like this in the uplifting news community instead of shit like ‘local kid spends 60 hours a week selling lemonade to pay for sister’s cancer treatments’ is why I appreciate Lemmy vs Reddit.

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 114 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That interview on Jimmy Kimmel has an obvious edit shortly after Bill says "free luigi!". I'm not sure if the producers of the show cut the crowd reaction or something else Bill said, but something was definitely cut out.

[–] M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I hope it was loud cheering.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

No, they kept the cheering.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I'm not sure if they cut anything that he actually said, but it cut to what happened after they came back from commercial. I'm guessing it wasn't a sloppy editing job though.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 167 points 1 day ago (19 children)

He’s definitely a bit of an asshole, but at the end of the day, from what I’ve seen from him over the years he does have his head on straight on a LOT of issues.

[–] Beardsley@lemmy.world 113 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't even think he's an asshole, honestly. He just has no filter against stupidity.

[–] RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 day ago

Hard agree. I used to think he was just strictly a dick, but his introspection and growth shows he's really honestly been thinking about things with as much empathy as he can muster.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago (9 children)

He's essentially as close to Carlin as we're likely to see.

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

There's also Josh Johnson.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

Always fun when Bill Burr makes a talk show host visibly uncomfortable. I'm worried they'll stop having him on altogether. Supporting Luigi might be crossing the line. I dunno how Jimmy Kimmel feels about Luigi Mangione, but I know how the people who sign his paychecks feel.

If they can't get people to hate Luigi, they'll shift to getting people to forget about him.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 72 points 1 day ago

He was going off about CEOs being the new mafia, just mafia supported by the law this time around. And speculating on whacking between CEOs, like Walmart vs Target and such, pre Luigi. And then Luigi happened and he’s like: well yeah.

Really, it all fit with his pre Luigi narrative.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm a Bill Burr fan, but then he does shit like this and I go all Gaga for him.

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[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

And the only comment on that article a bot decrying the horrible cold blooded murder and that a figure as visible as Burr should invoke the name. We're all cheering the murder you fucks and no amount of pissing on us and telling us its raining will make us stop.

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