This whole comment is an example of how some people don’t understand that the fundamental point of actual comedy is to elicit laughter, not clapter for confirming the audience’s biases with a jovial tone.
If you watch stand-up to hear your political team’s talking points in ‘joke’ form, you’re just insecure.
I think you misunderstood my actual complaint. I was not bothered that he disagreed with my opinions. As a matter of fact, I’m willing to bet he was in agreement with everything I believe.
The logic this comedian used as the basis for his entire set didn’t match with reality. It’s hard to find the jokes funny when they aren’t based on anything true.
This isn’t specific to politics either. There’s plenty of comedians that use faulty logic as the set ups to their punchlines, and if you don’t think about that too much, you may find the punchline funny. For me, all I can think is that the punchline would have been funny if anything that led up to it was true.
This whole comment is an example of how some people don’t understand that the fundamental point of actual comedy is to elicit laughter, not clapter for confirming the audience’s biases with a jovial tone.
If you watch stand-up to hear your political team’s talking points in ‘joke’ form, you’re just insecure.
I think you misunderstood my actual complaint. I was not bothered that he disagreed with my opinions. As a matter of fact, I’m willing to bet he was in agreement with everything I believe.
The logic this comedian used as the basis for his entire set didn’t match with reality. It’s hard to find the jokes funny when they aren’t based on anything true.
This isn’t specific to politics either. There’s plenty of comedians that use faulty logic as the set ups to their punchlines, and if you don’t think about that too much, you may find the punchline funny. For me, all I can think is that the punchline would have been funny if anything that led up to it was true.