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[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 99 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We keep moving beyond parody

what will comedy even look like in 30 years? Will political satire be dry PSAs about functional government?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I saw an episode of SNL. The joke was that Reagan only pretended to be a bumbling idiot and was, in fact, a razor sharp mastermind.

https://youtu.be/b5wfPlgKFh8

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's Phil Hartman, a legend of comedy and acting but neither during the Reagan era. That's mid 90s, roughly a decade after Reagan

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

edited. Thanks you eagle eyed sentry of truth.

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

After reading the article, this ironically seems to be one of the few times Donnie Moscow managed to pick someone who seems decent for the job.

[–] macaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago

“lived experience” wait isn’t that DEI?

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Comedy in 30 years: Ow my balls

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Honestly I was thinking sure why not, he was in for marijuana and Cocaine charges he admitted guilt to and served 5 years for and got out more than 20 years ago. That shouldn't matter anymore. Then it mentioned 10 felonies before the age of 16... Those charges I think should be evaluated before you are put in charge of imprisoned people. You get a job with others, if they don't like you it sucks to change jobs but you can choose to leave. Prisoners don't get that choice, so we should have strict guidelines on their caretakers.

What the actual fuck even is this timeline anymore

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 9 points 9 months ago

Takes one to know one, I guess?

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago
[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And George Floyd got summarily executed for allegedly having a counterfeit 20 dollar bill

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

And Eric Garner was executed for selling individual cigarettes out of his pack.

[–] Daggity@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

The joker is now the warden of Arkham, cool cool cool.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

When the MAGAs MAGA so hard they accidentally wrap around to woke. \s

spoiler


\s because if Trump pardoned him, he must be a real piece of shit who actually should still be imprisoned.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

where else would he get his appointees, all the legitimate and qualified people arnt going to risk thier neck for turmp, and he needs loyalists, not competence. its also the MO of putin, which hes taking directions.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TIL there's a Bureau of Prisons

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Remember when he put riot police in DC during his last term? That's where he pulled them from.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-deploys-federal-police-crack-protests/story?id=71050111

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The thumbnail looked like Steven Seagal at first.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

he looks like seagul and alex jones combined.

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

That combination would be like, well... Seagal in the modern era.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago