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[–] 142 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Dave Chappelle was lying about growing up in a sketchy neighborhood because it was good for his image.

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  • [–] 50 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Dave did grow up in a sketchy neighborhood. Have you seen Yellow Springs? You can't throw a rock without hitting an artist. Those hippies are always sketching something

    Really good weed there too

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Do artists only live in sketchy neighborhoods? Or am I missing some sarcasm or something

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Sarcasm. Actually, a pun.

    Artists.

    Sketchy.

    Sketching.

    Like, you know, a quick drawing.

    I'll^see^myself^out

    eta: and Yellow Springs, Ohio is a quiet little liberal town in the middle of deep red Trump cuntry, and is about as dangerous as Bergen when the sun is out

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    I wouldn't even call it the middle of deep red country. It's a day trip from Columbus (blue), Dayton (light blue), and kinda a schlep but doable from Cincinnati (blue). Its immediate surroundings are deep red except Springfield. But it's in the path of the 3 Cs

    It's also where the republican party was formed, but that's because ohio really fucking hated slavery at the time.

    It is kinda dangerous if you try to start shit at peaches. But yeah the danger is a single biker bar and the occasional fascist looking to start shit. Oh and quite a bit of drugs, but hippie drugs not the meth and heroin problem neighboring towns have.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    He's from DC. It was a bad place

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    Woah. Didn't hear about that. I (nearly literally) live under a rock with some isopods, though, so that might explain why. Turns out two things can be true: you can be a giant piece of shit, and still have the occasional good take, I guess.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (11 children)
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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    OMG it's so pretty! Does this surprisingly cute creature have a common name, or just isopod?

    It's giving me eyeshadow inspo haha she's got my ideal pale princess colors.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (2 children)
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    Hey, behaviour wise, what do they most resemble? Do they recognise you? Do they like cuddling or any form of affection like other pets? Are they food driven? Can you teach them tricks or otherwise train them?

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  • Is this the same guy who at a show brought out his friend Elon Musk to loud BOOs, then snap that the BOOs were only coming from the cheap seats, ie "poor" people? The sooner Chapelle is forgotten the better for humanity. Every anecdote he tells about his past is a complete fabrication. One year he tells his parents died when he was young, the next year he will tell you about the lavish vacation he can afford to send them on. And when he gets called out on his bullshit he cowardly runs away to africa to let his PR people spin it as a sympathetic moment.

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  • [–] 59 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Dave chapelle kinda sucks shit. Still a well articulated point.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    He sucks shit now, he told that joke when he was still pretty good.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Back when he was poor and punched up, before he became a mentally-ill oligarch whore who punches down.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    He was never actually poor, he came from a wealthy family. He led a rich privileged upbringing.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    His parents were academics. I never said he was ghetto poor. Working class is working class. He was educated in public schools.

    Do you have any evidence his family were "wealthy", or he "led a rich privileged upbringing"? If not, you're spreading lies and fake news; no better than any propagandist.

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  • [–] 111 points 6 months ago (30 children)

    Yeah the guy is a huge piece of shit, so let's not try to rewrite history by spreading nice little stories made to make him look good.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    Why are people allergic to the idea that bad people can say good and correct things too

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Everyone says good stuff once in a while, so why focus on the pieces of shit exactly?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Why is quoting a good thing they said somehow interpreted as rewriting history, especially when it's actually true that they said it? That's almost by definition, not "rewriting" history

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    It can be taken as an endorsement of his other views too and I'm sure there's plenty of people that aren't shit head bigots that have had a similar realization about the vulnerability of women.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Look, to be properly just, you need to aknowledge the good too in some peoole, whatever little they may have.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    No I fucking don't, fuck Dave Chappelle, he's transphobic piece of bigot shit, his Clayton Bigsby ass brought a fucking nazi on stage, he doesn't deserve anything but fucking derision.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    There we go, that's the issue. People nowadays completely lost the plot, will downright make up crimes and get angry at them at this point.

    You can't see what this implies long-term.

    It won't take away from anything bad he did if you did talk about the good.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    I mean he literally had Elon Musk come on stage and mocked the crowd for booing him.

    I agree that he had good takes in the past and I don't think there's anything wrong with the OOP here, but the person you're replying to isn't inventing anything either. Old school Dave Chappelle was based and funny. Current Dave Chappelle is a piece of shit. I think both of those things are OK to acknowledge.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Hitler loved to play with kittens! He carried them around in his shirt pockets to keep them cozy and warm.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Hitler loved dogs. Now think about how Trump is the only US president to have no pets, and dislike animals. Trump has less empathy — is more sociopathic — than Hitler.

    Hitler also didn't rape kids.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    What if it's just a good joke from early in his career which resonates with people, and reposting some of his better work doesn't actually mean you're writing history

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    It's advertising him, and why would you want to do that?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Assume I didn't know who Chappel was. How am supposed to know I'm not allowed to like this tweet?

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Liking his tweet is one thing, reposting it is endorsing it, and it's generally a god idea to check who someone is before endorsing them

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It's still a good joke and it's still a poignant message. It doesn't become not those because Chapelle sucks.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (6 children)

    The problem comes in that there's no clean way to promote a tainted subject. We aren't out here talking about the (VERY) minor positive qualities in Hitler's pre-politics paintings, or whether Ronald Reagan had decent acting chops.

    There are plenty of other, less-massively-problematic comedians, artists, politicians, actors, and other public figures to promote and laud the work of that we really can just set aside the possibly decent contributions of otherwise bad people. It just doesn't matter enough. Find someone cool who did a good thing and talk about that instead.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Is it promoting someone to laugh at an old joke? I don't think anyone is saying this makes Dave chappel good?

    I happen to be familiar with chappels work but let's say I wasn't. Am I supposed to get this random tweets sources before I laugh to check if I'm allowed to enjoy this artist?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Personally, I think ignoring that sort of complexity leaves you with a shallower understanding of the subject matter.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Dave Chapelle is a piece of bigoted shit and I will never let him live that down.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago

    Preemptively dissing disagreements is so fucking stupid. But I guess it drives engagement? Anyways, fuck Dave Chapelle.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Who has a 25K worth pussy?

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Oh look, a piece of shit needed to relate a commonly understood concept to money just to understand it.

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  • [–] 49 points 6 months ago

    To be fair, he's not saying that's how he learned to understand it. He's using it as a way to help other people understand it. And the type of people who need the help probably understand the analogy.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The important part is how people are definitely not reactionary nowadays, Our intellect has grown, we are evolving! We can tell, because we are always correct now, and always on moral high ground. Obviously. Anyone who would even question that is ignorant. We know this so deeply it evokes rage when anyone is ignorant enough to question what we know. It is obvious we were inherently on the correct side, because we actually took the time to figure it out and they just go with the stupid things they feel or have naively just accepted without questions. This is why they all need to shut up, and they all need to go. I mean, if they would just listen for a second or do some research like we did but no, their refusal to do so just proves their ignorance. I don't want to say we're superior, but you know, we just know more because we put in more work.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I’m not sure objectifying our vaginas is as feminist as he thought it was, but the sketchy feeling feels right

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Surely there's a higher res version of this screenshot

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    So if I pretend to be a pussy haver, I can lure a few potential predators into a guilt-free beatdown?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    if ur identity were found, that news headline would be useful for transphobes

    a way better thing for u to do is to gift swords to women

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Damn, I'm not a swordsmith. But handing out daggers, like the ones used by special forces would be perfect.

    Maybe a bit overkill for harassers. Just use an electric stun baton or mace spray.

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  • [+] -10 points 6 months ago

    I have a pussy. I frolic around alone in bikinis and on nude beaches on a regular basis and everyone is respectful. The world is not as dangerous for women as Dave Chappelle imagines.

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