Louis C.K. in hot water over Parkland shooting survivors

[buck008]

You are saying it isn't "Think of the children" it is just here are some children won't you please think about it?

I'm saying "think of the children" is a rhetorical device. Children who were actually shot at aren't rhetorical.

Edit- Unless your argument is that they don't actually believe what they are saying and are just puppets in all of this. I tend to not think of people as that ignorant.

[Thelxi]

I was talking with someone about humor and how I don't think any joke has ever really offended me, and then the next day this happens. I really tried to analyze the "humor" here, and see whether it goes over my head. After a lot of thinking I concluded that there probably is some frustration that older individuals feel about millennials, and thus jokes like these might be actually funny to some people.

Personally I still don't see the humor in these "jokes", all I hear is someone bitching directly without even trying to wrap it in a joke. I wouldn't say it offended me either, as I am no comedian but I'm sure you could make jokes about those kids that are actually funny. The weirdest part for me were the people cackling with laughter in the background, and I would find it genuinely interesting to hear them explain exactly how they found it funny.

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He has a point even if it is a little insensitive. Randomly being in a bad situation does not make you a specialist on the subject.

I agree, but was it funny?

[Stormspellz]

They don't have any idea of gun regulation the differences between ammunition make model and how the government policy works in regulating it.

Being hit by a car doesn't make you a automobile expert. Being shot doesn't mean you understand the complexity of gun law.

and going back to my comment, Trump literally has no idea of anything, and yet he's always twitting like he's an expert. But as mentioned they aren't in front of congress of statistical experts, or legislative writers but as witnesses.

[ParadoxT]

I'm saying "think of the children" is a rhetorical device. Children who were actually shot at aren't rhetorical.

Edit- Unless your argument is that they don't actually believe what they are saying and are just puppets in all of this. I tend to not think of people as that ignorant.

I think it doesn't honestly help the conversation and they are being used as media props. I do not doubt their sincerity I just don't see them as a argument for something.

[buck008]

I think it doesn't honestly help the conversation and they are being used as media props. I do not doubt their sincerity I just don't see them as a argument for something.

Calling them media props takes away their agency and says that they don't want to do this, they are being used for some nefarious purpose or some gain other than their own. They did this on their own. No one is using them. It's a false claim to say otherwise and an attempt to de-legitimize them as tools of some greater conspiracy.

[Deianeira]

He did. He literally and sincerely asked a fellow female comedian who he was not involved with to come watch him masturbate, something that has been independently accused of him by other women who have worked with him.

That's so depraved. Would you ever do that to your co-workers? Workers you are not dating. Would you go to them and say "come to my office and watch me jerk off" and mean it?

Because he did. On what planet is that acceptable professional behavior?

the hilarious thing is if this had happened to a daughter of ANY of those that excuse his behaviour they would have sought them out and kicked their ass.

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Fake News.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/politics/...ers-dumb.html/





"If i were to make a false quote, i'd aim it at leftists. They're the dumbest group of people on the planet. They believe anything they read on twitter as long as it is wrapped in quotation marks. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet it would be a terrific success."

Me - just now.

Yes that has been a know fake quote. But the hilarious thing is you are pulling that quote wich is using Snopes as factchecker and suddenly Snopes is a "approved" factchecker. but ofcourse only when they on rare cases are in favour of Trump

[Ulfric Trumpcloak]

Totally agree with him. Almost a year later and every week in Florida they talk about the parkland shooting on the news. Guess what? I wasn't affected by it, so i couldn't care less. That's not me being an awful person, that's just human nature, it's the way the world works.

[buck008]

Totally agree with him. Almost a year later and every week in Florida they talk about the parkland shooting on the news. Guess what? I wasn't affected by it, so i couldn't care less. That's not me being an awful person, that's just human nature, it's the way the world works.

Plenty of people care about things that don't effect them. There's a whole word for it. It's called empathy. And yea, lacking it can make you an awful person to a degree. Only caring about things that personally effect you is the definition of selfish. That's only undeniable human nature to selfish people that can't imagine another way of being.

[Self Inflicted Wounds]

Plenty of people care about things that don't effect them. There's a whole word for it. It's called empathy. And yea, lacking it can make you an awful person to a degree. Only caring about things that personally effect you is the definition of selfish. That's only undeniable human nature to selfish people that can't imagine another way of being.

You can have empathy, but also still think caring about jokes is stupid.

[Deianeira]

Yeah but crying for change without posing a solution is a waste of both parties' time. And using children to promote your own political views--while they aren't mature or wise enough to form their own--is complete bullshit.

You mean like Republicans in Senate/congress have cried about repealing Obamacare without having a reasonable replacement?

[Najnaj]

I was talking with someone about humor and how I don't think any joke has ever really offended me, and then the next day this happens. I really tried to analyze the "humor" here, and see whether it goes over my head. After a lot of thinking I concluded that there probably is some frustration that older individuals feel about millennials, and thus jokes like these might be actually funny to some people.

Personally I still don't see the humor in these "jokes", all I hear is someone bitching directly without even trying to wrap it in a joke. I wouldn't say it offended me either, as I am no comedian but I'm sure you could make jokes about those kids that are actually funny. The weirdest part for me were the people cackling with laughter in the background, and I would find it genuinely interesting to hear them explain exactly how they found it funny.

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I agree, but was it funny?

First of all, your question is one of personal taste and impossible to answer. It is like asking is blue is a good color.

Secondly, explaining a joke is a bit like dissecting a frog. No one is all that interested and the frog dies.

[Dundebuns]

A joke needs to be funny. That was not.

[Trassk]

A joke needs to be funny. That was not.

Says your opinion

[Thelxi]

First of all, your question is one of personal taste and impossible to answer. It is like asking is blue is a good color.

Secondly, explaining a joke is a bit like dissecting a frog. No one is all that interested and the frog dies.

Humans are not magical erratic creatures; there is an entire science dedicated to understanding why we do what we do. Finding a question difficult or uninteresting does not mean it is impossible to answer or uninteresting to anyone other than yourself. Often saying nothing, listening and learning is wiser than making assumptions and generalizations.

[JohnBrown1917]

Says your opinion

So does yours.

[Najnaj]

Humans are not magical erratic creatures; there is an entire science dedicated to understanding why we do what we do. Finding a question difficult or uninteresting does not mean it is impossible to answer or uninteresting to anyone other than yourself. Often saying nothing, listening and learning is wiser than making assumptions and generalizations.

Ok then, describe humor...and GO!

[Yunaqt]

He said a joke in a set, I heard that's a thing comedians do on occasion.

Some people found it unfunny, some clearly did judging from the laughter in the clip.

People have differing opinions on comedy, more news at 11.

[Thelxi]

Ok then, describe humor...and GO!

No. While it is a fascinating topic, I have no interest in discussing or sharing definitions and theories of humor with you, of which there are many both from the field of psychology and philosophy that you can research on your own. And while exploring definitions of humor is certainly interesting, as I quite clearly typed out before I just want to understand what people found funny about the quoted routine. Not everyone is capable of such introspection, but there is a good chance some people that did find it funny are.

[melodramocracy]

Ok then, describe humor...and GO!

This is an absurdly silly request, but you knew that before you typed it.

[Oakshana]

To equate a skin color with a nation is fucking stupid.

True. But it's kind of ironic that no one bats an eye when Japan and China do it. It's only when white people do it.