The older I get, the less desire I have to be harshly critical of others.
Maybe it’s because I don’t need the cheap high of looking down on others, or maybe I’ve lived enough to know we’re all more flawed than we will admit.
Either way, it makes your life more peaceful.
@pattonoswalt@ggreenwald I love it when social justice warriors (especially ones in Hollywood) play catch-up years later with the rest of us who are already well aware.
@briannafrost@cadiman503 Hey, there’s plenty of avenues in the adult entertainment industry. You could absolutely still have some fun and make money doing it if you wanted to.
@briannafrost Oh wow. I did not think that was something you were considering. You should be fine though. It’s 2026. Plenty at your service to help you through pregnancy at this age.
Even an openly gay Atlantic writer is now FED UP with LGBTQ virtue signaling.
And he’ll probably get canceled for saying this.
On Bill Maher, James Kirchick spent 2 full minutes warning that “queer extremism” is DESTROYING support for gay marriage, and he actually nails it.
Gallup shows support for same-sex marriage is sliding, and among Republicans, it’s CRATERING. Social issues almost never reverse like this:
Overall: 71% (2022) → 65% (2026)
Republicans: 55% (2021) → 37% (2026)
Independents: 77% (2022) → 67% (2026)
This isn't a "tolerance" problem. It's a "leave me and my kids alone" problem. Nobody needs to hear who you sleep with.
Chappelle said “fuck Bill Maher,” in his special, even though Maher defended the comedians who performed in Saudi Arabia as progress. Maher did joke that if Dave was really freer there than in America as he claimed, he should try doing his Muhammad material. Obviously, that touched a sore spot. Dave ended up swinging at the entire cloud of criticism surrounding the festival while using Maher who had defended his going as a punching bag.
Marc Maron imagined Theo Von interviewing Hitler, a clear attack on Theo for humanizing Trump. But Trump had already been welcomed onto Saturday Night Live and Fallon. Don’t remember that part in his special. Theo also publicly said that he was willing to have Kamala on, so portraying the podcast as inherently fascist propaganda requires ignoring relevant context and believing Harris’ campaign lies that they weren’t offered to go on. The Hitler bit may work as comedy, but the moral indictment underneath it is swinging at a ghost.
Chelsea Handler attacked Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe for supposedly going to Saudi Arabia, even though Shane publicly declined and Tony wasn’t there. That isn’t criticism, it’s condemnation based on a false premise.
Comedians talking shit about other comedians is tradition. Comedians appointing themselves moral authorities over other comedians, claiming ownership of goodness, and distorting reality to make the prosecution work, is something different. They’ve become trapped in the same digital culture war they’re supposed to be able to see through: flattening people into symbols, omitting inconvenient facts and swinging at ghosts. Thats delusional troll shit. The joke is no longer exposing the distortion. The joke is serving it.
@septemberrrains@JamesGunn@hbomax And you just decided your opinion as well because you think critically in your own bubble and don’t do your research. Like knowing what DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast host Frankey Smith said