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Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Post by ineedaj0b »

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more!

roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well.

when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun.

i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (with a friend, like guest instructors) and I had one of the group pull me aside and ask me to refrain from harmful stereotypes. I was asked to play an Indian man and I referenced curry... needless to say this group was extremely boorish. This was 2018ish?

the sides have flipped weirdly. you can say wild things to 'conservatives' now and do great but you get someone waiting to speak with you after shows for 'liberal' people.

if anyone is trying to get into comedy nowadays i'd suggest youtube/social media skits to build an audience then in person stuff to hone. or give it up and become a real doctor..

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Post by carabiner »

ineedaj0b wrote: post #21

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more! roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well. when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun. i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (wit…

The liberals are conservative today and the conservatives are liberal. Old Republicans now support the Democratic party. I fully believe the R's are currently the counter culture and the liberals are staid defenders of "how things should be" like the housewives of the 1950s.

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Post by tayo42 »

bilbo0s wrote: post #18
tayo42 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It needs to be funny though, and the quotes in the article were a miss for me...

Huh? They were a little funny. I mean the guy's right. 45,000 "trailblazers"? Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's like, what? 40-45 Marine Corps battalions?

I guess part of it not being funny is it feels alittle over done.

I can't imagine it's the first time you've heard that sentiment.

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Post by cholantesh »

carabiner wrote: post #24
ineedaj0b wrote: post #21

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more! roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well. when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun. i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (wit…

The liberals are conservative today and the conservatives are liberal. Old Republicans now support the Democratic party. I fully believe the R's are currently the counter culture and the liberals are staid defenders of "how things should be" like the housewives of the 1950s.

If being nakedly reactionary is liberal now, sure, why not?

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

#27

Post by s1artibartfast »

carabiner wrote: post #24
ineedaj0b wrote: post #21

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more! roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well. when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun. i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (wit…

The liberals are conservative today and the conservatives are liberal. Old Republicans now support the Democratic party. I fully believe the R's are currently the counter culture and the liberals are staid defenders of "how things should be" like the housewives of the 1950s.

There are multiple axes to these things. US liberals are still progressive in that they want to push law and culture into new territory, and republicans are still conservative in that they resist change or want to go backwards.

However, it is pretty clear to me that liberals are currently the dominant force in setting and policing culture and behavior. I think this is the the change you are thinking of between the later 1900's and 2000 onwards.

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

#28

Post by piva00 »

carabiner wrote: post #24
ineedaj0b wrote: post #21

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more! roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well. when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun. i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (wit…

The liberals are conservative today and the conservatives are liberal. Old Republicans now support the Democratic party. I fully believe the R's are currently the counter culture and the liberals are staid defenders of "how things should be" like the housewives of the 1950s.

I prefer to look at the world in more colours than black and white though. This weird obsession with side A or side B is very boring, actually pretty tiring.

The Rs are not counter-culture, they are the exactly same as conservatives always have been: people who deeply believe there's a natural hierarchy to the world, where straying outside of your expected spot in the natural order of things is wrong.

Old Republicans now support the Democratic party because the Republicans ceased to be, the party has the same name but has slid further into the belief of a natural order, a party where representatives use violent rhetoric to repulse change instead of policies.

I fully believe you don't know what the fuck you are talking about, and I'm not even American...

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

#29

Post by lupusreal »

bilbo0s wrote: post #18
tayo42 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It needs to be funny though, and the quotes in the article were a miss for me...

Huh? They were a little funny. I mean the guy's right. 45,000 "trailblazers"? Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's like, what? 40-45 Marine Corps battalions?

Being right doesn't mean it's funny though... Call me old fashioned but isn't the point of comedy to be funny, not correct?

What do I know though, it's been years since I've found any standup comic very funny, and most comedy movies just make me groan. I'm no expert on what is or isn't funny, I just find it odd that you defend the humor here by pointing out its correctness.

FWIW I've never heard of this guy nor heard any of his jokes.

Re: Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

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Post by yieldcrv »

carabiner wrote: post #24
ineedaj0b wrote: post #21

John's a very good comedian and the tech scene deserves more! roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well. when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun. i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (wit…

The liberals are conservative today and the conservatives are liberal. Old Republicans now support the Democratic party. I fully believe the R's are currently the counter culture and the liberals are staid defenders of "how things should be" like the housewives of the 1950s.

safe spaces are segregation

inclusion of males in women’s advancement being done better by those males

I do find it all amusing at the very least, I get the impression that the proponents aren’t familiar with US history so I advocate for “separate but equal” facilities to get buy in for their safe spaces, just for maximum irony

I sidestep an opinion by trolling everyone

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