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CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:43 am
by Col Hogan

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:04 am
by kalm
This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:24 am
by Ivytalk
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
Bullshit. Only conservatives have the innate sense of the futility and absurdity of life that makes comedy possible. Liberals are a bunch of sunny, human-perfectability, glass-half-full twinks.

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:26 am
by kalm
Ivytalk wrote:
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
Bullshit. Only conservatives have the innate sense of the futility and absurdity of life that makes comedy possible. Liberals are a bunch of sunny, human-perfectability, glass-half-full twinks.
I rest my case.









:coffee:

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:52 am
by Gil Dobie
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
What is it, CNN 8%, Trump 1% :lol:

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:15 am
by Ivytalk
kalm wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: Bullshit. Only conservatives have the innate sense of the futility and absurdity of life that makes comedy possible. Liberals are a bunch of sunny, human-perfectability, glass-half-full twinks.
I rest my case.









:coffee:
That's because you haven't explored theories of the nature of humor or comedy. For starters, read Henri Bergson's essay on "Laughter" and get back to me. Aristotle's Poetics have some good stuff too.

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:41 am
by kalm
Ivytalk wrote:
kalm wrote:
I rest my case.









:coffee:
That's because you haven't explored theories of the nature of humor or comedy. For starters, read Henri Bergson's essay on "Laughter" and get back to me. Aristotle's Poetics have some good stuff too.
Yeah...ask any person with a good sense of humor who comes to mind when they think comedy and some semi-obscure Frenchman and fucking Aristotle are sure to be at the top of the list!

:kisswink:

Conks in general lack a funny bone. Liberals have their own deficiencies too. Did these two philosophers ever write about the importance of owning one's shit?

:coffee:
Spoiler: show
:mrgreen: I'll check out both writings when I get a chance, IT. Thanks!

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:09 am
by Ivytalk
kalm wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: That's because you haven't explored theories of the nature of humor or comedy. For starters, read Henri Bergson's essay on "Laughter" and get back to me. Aristotle's Poetics have some good stuff too.
Yeah...ask any person with a good sense of humor who comes to mind when they think comedy and some semi-obscure Frenchman and **** Aristotle are sure to be at the top of the list!

:kisswink:

Conks in general lack a funny bone. Liberals have their own deficiencies too. Did these two philosophers ever write about the importance of owning one's ****?

:coffee:
Spoiler: show
:mrgreen: I'll check out both writings when I get a chance, IT. Thanks!
Actually, there was a survey about 10 years ago (Psychology Today?) that showed that conks had a better sense of humor than Donks, as measured by responses to several sets of jokes. Personally, I don't really think either side has a monopoly on wit.

I mean, look at this board! :mrgreen: The unintentional, Plan 9 from Outer Space humor of JSO. The slapstick exchanges between BDK and Ibanez. The punctuation-free canoodling of CID and Chizzy. The list goes on.

Re: RE: Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:31 am
by UNI88
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
So is Al Franken the exception that proves the rule? Dude is about as funny as a heart attack.

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Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:33 am
by bandl
Ivytalk wrote:as measured by responses to several sets of jokes.
Who determines if they are funny or not before they are used in the survey?
And what if the jokes really weren't funny (sorta like any "joke" that StickyLips tries around here)?

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:54 am
by GannonFan
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
Libertarians are funny - when you pretty much want to give the middle finger to everyone and everybody it's easier to be funny. Irreverance is funny. Conservatives aren't funny, they're too defensive and prickly. Liberals aren't funny, they're too condescending and smug. Laughing at both sides of the political spectrum is the only option.

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:12 am
by kalm
GannonFan wrote:
kalm wrote:This is why conservatives should really stay away from comedy. Libertarians like Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, and Penn Gillette are funny but that's as close as you guys will get.

Meanwhile...CNN polls 7 points ahead of Trump in trustworthiness. Ouch.
Libertarians are funny - when you pretty much want to give the middle finger to everyone and everybody it's easier to be funny. Irreverance is funny. Conservatives aren't funny, they're too defensive and prickly. Liberals aren't funny, they're too condescending and smug. Laughing at both sides of the political spectrum is the only option.
Don't get me started on centrists...

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Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:21 am
by GannonFan
kalm wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
Libertarians are funny - when you pretty much want to give the middle finger to everyone and everybody it's easier to be funny. Irreverance is funny. Conservatives aren't funny, they're too defensive and prickly. Liberals aren't funny, they're too condescending and smug. Laughing at both sides of the political spectrum is the only option.
Don't get me started on centrists...

:ohno:



















;)
I didn't say we're funny. But we do know from funny. :rofl: :thumb:

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:27 am
by Ivytalk
GannonFan wrote:
kalm wrote:
Don't get me started on centrists...

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;)
I didn't say we're funny. But we do know from funny. :rofl: :thumb:
Generalize much? :lol:

:coffee:

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:29 am
by Ivytalk
bandl wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:as measured by responses to several sets of jokes.
Who determines if they are funny or not before they are used in the survey?
And what if the jokes really weren't funny (sorta like any "joke" that StickyLips tries around here)?
I read them. The golf jokes were the best. Better than the McBunz standard, IMO.

Re: CNN Apology

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:41 am
by GannonFan
Ivytalk wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
I didn't say we're funny. But we do know from funny. :rofl: :thumb:
Generalize much? :lol:

:coffee:
We'll, there aren't really that many of us so I was just speaking personally. :kisswink: