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Jason wrote:

Headhunter wrote:“Shit, Jimmy said something 99% of viewers don’t care about, we better fire him and pay someone else millions of dollars instead of waiting two hours for the ADHD social media world to forget.”

What business would ever operate that way? Pure fantasy.

If he didn't apologize, they'd have to fire him or face the wrath of the betas.

Either he’d apologize or the world would forget anyway. He’d be working the next day. Businesses don’t needlessly spend millions of dollars because Twitter was mad for two seconds.

Did you forget Roseanne, the star of the hit TV show, Roseanne, was removed from her own show even after apologizing?

The only people I've ever known who are legitimately, completely untouchable are Matt and Trey from South Park.

people do need to stop being so quick to be offended. and other people need to stop making it into a bigger deal than it needs to be. either way, one feeds into the other.

zombie wrote:people do need to stop being so quick to be offended. and other people need to stop making it into a bigger deal than it needs to be. either way, one feeds into the other.

Probably fair. I don’t know why we act like this stuff is new. People have always gotten themselves in trouble with things they say, and rarely lost their jobs because of it. Did cancel culture exist in 1988? See: Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder.

No, it didn't. Only started a few years ago.

Tell that to Jimmy the Greek.

Tropic Thunder, for example, is a movie that would never be able to exist today. And that was only 10 years ago. It's far more prominent today than it ever has been.

I predicted a few years ago that it will die down in 2022, though. We'll see.

I mentioned Jimmy the Greek. How about Al Campanis? Michael Richards? Sinead O’Conner?

I guess “cancel culture” has always been around.

Headhunter wrote:I mentioned Jimmy the Greek. How about Al Campanis? Michael Richards? Sinead O’Conner?

I guess “cancel culture” has always been around.

does andrew dice clay count? my memory of that is a little bit foggy.

zombie wrote:

Headhunter wrote:I mentioned Jimmy the Greek. How about Al Campanis? Michael Richards? Sinead O’Conner?

I guess “cancel culture” has always been around.

does andrew dice clay count? my memory of that is a little bit foggy.

Need a refresher on what Dice did. How about Mel Gibson?

Is Kim Jong about to buy the farm?

he was dropped from a few comedy specials by the networks involved, for being considered too controversial. i think it started from an snl appearance.

zombie wrote:he was dropped from a few comedy specials by the networks involved, for being considered too controversial. i think it started from an snl appearance.

So it was just Dice being Dice schtick? Was this at the peak of his career in the 80s?

Headhunter wrote:

zombie wrote:he was dropped from a few comedy specials by the networks involved, for being considered too controversial. i think it started from an snl appearance.

So it was just Dice being Dice schtick? Was this at the peak of his career in the 80s?

i think it was in the early 90s. and probably, just him being him, yeah.

zombie wrote:

Headhunter wrote:

zombie wrote:he was dropped from a few comedy specials by the networks involved, for being considered too controversial. i think it started from an snl appearance.

So it was just Dice being Dice schtick? Was this at the peak of his career in the 80s?

i think it was in the early 90s. and probably, just him being him, yeah.

What I’m gathering from all this is that what’s changed is people’s sensibilities, which naturally evolve over time anyway. But people have always been held accountable for saying things that offend people, and for the most part they’re able to come back from it. Are we sure it’s not just the counter-reaction that has ramped up?

Headhunter wrote:

zombie wrote:

Headhunter wrote:

zombie wrote:he was dropped from a few comedy specials by the networks involved, for being considered too controversial. i think it started from an snl appearance.

So it was just Dice being Dice schtick? Was this at the peak of his career in the 80s?

i think it was in the early 90s. and probably, just him being him, yeah.

What I’m gathering from all this is that what’s changed is people’s sensibilities, which naturally evolve over time anyway. But people have always been held accountable for saying things that offend people, and for the most part they’re able to come back from it. Are we sure it’s not just the counter-reaction that has ramped up?

that's probably a good bet. someone gets the boot. and then people get upset and look to go after someone else, that is seen to be favored by the group that seemingly got the first person to be booted. and so on.

Tiggnutz wrote:Is Kim Jong about to buy the farm?

Oh no!

Tiggnutz wrote:Is Kim Jong about to buy the farm?

His father was il, and now he is, too.

Jason wrote:

Tiggnutz wrote:Is Kim Jong about to buy the farm?

His father was il, and now he is, too.

Underrated joke.