Social media replaced pop culture.
People used to talk about reality TV and celebrity drama, now they post about trending topics and politicians—same shallow culture.
If you don’t look elsewhere for depth and quality, you end up today’s equivalent of a tabloid reader.
@joeroganhq Patton constantly dances around the fact that he can’t stand Joe. But he’s smart enough not to directly attack him. And Patton doesn’t want to admit Joe is right about a lot of things.
I miss when we mostly saw people as other humans instead of the other tribe.
Everything gets dumbed down, regressive, and uglier when we when lose sight of our shared humanity.
The 22-minute monologue that begins this show offers clear, compelling proof that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
It's then followed by a harrowing interview with Dr. Maynard and the atrocities he saw in Gaza.
Anyone denying the value of this is either a fraud who doesn't believe what they say about the Israeli/US genocide, or is very dumb, or both.
There was only one thing that surprised me about the Jubilee with MAGA die-hards.
It wasn't that some people scream and refuse to stop talking. It wasn't that these were mostly young people cheering and finding purpose in wars but never fighting in them. It wasn't that their politics is more of a cult of personality. All expected and found in all factions.
It was that, despite being political junkies, they had no idea about Trump's enormous corruption scandals because the corporate and independent media they consume doesn't mention it. They had no idea it existed:
Andrew Shulz and the Flagrant podcast claim that Chelsea Handler is only MAD at Shane Gillis & Tony Hinchcliffe and saying they’re “racist white supremacists” because they called her out for going to dinner with Jeffrey Epstein and being a ZIONIST 😮👀
Shulz also calls out Chelsea for being a HYPOCRITE and trash-talking Shane & Tony, but then going on Deon Cole’s podcast, despite him being friends with Kanye West
“Man that Epstein comment hurt her… It’s funny she’s sitting there saying Shane & Tony are Nazis. And she’s sitting there in front of Deon Cole who’s literally bringing Kanye on stage, who’s selling Nazi merch.”
Every time you tell yourself “those people” are a simplistic caricature of evil or ignorance, you lie to yourself about the human condition.
The less you understand others, the less you understand yourself.
@SalomeSibonex A classic collection of memories crafted by inspired coders who gave us hours of entertainment to feed moments of our past. If that’s not art, then the definition needs to be changed.
Doesn't matter what it is, there's never a good enough reason to control how other people create art.
There is no desire more deeply human than creation and expression. Anything that tries to block a person from following their own creative path is anti-life.
This is rich coming from her. Here's a personal story of the irony here: 2007, CH does The Tonight show w Jay Leno. She makes fun of Angelina Jolie & her newly adopted son, 3 yr old Pax, who is Asian.
CH: “He probably doesn’t even realize he’s Asian yet! He certainly doesn’t know he’s going to be a horrible driver… or that he’s going to be amazing at doing nails!”
The next few days there was plenty of outrage, disappointment & accusations of racism levied against NBC.
2 weeks later, I'm booked on The Tonight Show & I've already had my set approved. I was told, I can't tell any of my jokes because of the blowback of her hacky, racist jokes. Yes, I couldn't tell jokes about being Asian because she did so much damage making fun of Asians.
Then, weeks later of 2007, I performed at a showcase where CH was present. Prior to, I had never spoken to, met or interacted with her & as I was wrapping up my set, I mentioned her in the crowd? It's odd to see a comedian sitting in a showcase watching w audience, so I mentioned it in passing. She then yelled out "you're doing a great little Asian job".
MY POINT: I personally know Shane & Tony aren't racist. In fact, I don't think Chelsea is racist. Sure, she's got a long history of promiscuity, an affinity for day drinking, publicly stated she's prescribed a healthy dose of anti depressants, rumored to be awful to work for or with, has a punch card to a plastic surgeon, accused of punching down in her comedy, never been married or had kids & lives alone in her 50s, had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein but c'mon gang, she's not racist.