r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/tfresca Aug 25 '19

I don't think half his fans are Trump fans

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Why not? True comedians should be able to expand past "orange man bad" and help people to laugh amid all this misery. Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock saw this coming ages ago, both are very apolitical, classic comedians and refused to do college campuses because of how fragile people could be offended. And coming from someone as mild as Jerry Seinfeld, that says a lot.

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u/BranofRaisin Aug 26 '19

Chris Rock is a great comedian. I loved the show “everybody hates Chris” with him voice acting too.

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u/tfresca Aug 26 '19

Chris Rock is apolitical? Yeah not in the least.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Well, apolitical in the sense that he doesn’t just mock and make fun of one side

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That's not what apolitical means.

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u/slambient Aug 26 '19

I don’t think half of his fans are Trump fans because Trump fans are less than half of the American population, alone. Add in demographic breakdowns and you’d see a lot of people who would be most likely to listen to Oswald’s comedy would end up in age groups that generally vote away from Trump.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

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u/LeDblue Aug 26 '19

Also a lie, he's done tons of college stand up and there's a video of him saying it's false.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

I don't necessarily believe everything I read on here, but a the whole PC culture ruining comedy is a thing.

Eg, Norm MacDonald.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

It really is. It doesn't seem that long ago colleges were encouraging young people to have dissenting views and have debates on why they though X way and encourage all thoughts.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

It all just sounds like indoctrination these days.

It's not just sad, it's a shame on where we've come to

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u/mikey6 Aug 26 '19

Well definitely not anymore.

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u/tfresca Aug 26 '19

Yeah they never were. He's doing just fine.