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Seinfeld slams woke student audiences: “Back when I dated high school girls, they found me hilarious!” (www.thebeaverton.com)
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HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.

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[-] meat_banker@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

To be fair, woke is some humorless braindead junk.

[-] livus@kbin.social 51 points 6 months ago

What does "woke" even mean in this context?

It seems to have turned into boomer slang for "social oopinions I don't understand".

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 months ago

Woke is when girl or gay or black or fire hydrants or any number of other things that conservatives hate that I'm not going to elaborate on.

And the less (see list above) it is, the more funny it is.

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 6 months ago

...fundamentally it's just an assertive paradigm shift toward empathy and compassion...

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Humorless yes, but not braindead junk, it’s almost the opposite of being braindead.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

People out there like "Okay but if you think about it isn't taking the red pill humorless and braindead"

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Woke" is humorless because it's not trying to be funny. It's just being considered for other people. I've don't think I've ever seen something being sold as a "woke comedy night".

The things I've seen sold as "conservative comedy" is just some authority figure confidently and smugly confirming the audience's preconceived notions. Real humor sets up an expectation, then subverts it.

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

“What’s the deal with inequality?”

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

We hate woke but we hate sleepy joe too.

Are we ever happy?

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