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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

So is Donald Trump "presidential" yet? Trump will never get a bigger or better venue than Madison Square Garden between now and the election and THIS is the stupid shit he is going with.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Jfc, they're USA citizens. Ffs.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well they can't vote for president. Unless the move to to the fifty states of confusion.

Right after Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in 2017 I was at the local dount shop. All the local cofee drinker/maga's were there and this one POS was going on and on about how none of those filthy people were gonna come here and live off his tax dollars. It was so stupid that I laughed. This dipshit asked me with a swagger in his voice what was so funny. I informed him that any one of them could get on a plane and come to the US. As soon as they changed their drivers license address they could register to vote. One or two of his asshole buddies confirmed that it was true and he was simply floored. Flummoxed is the best way to describe him.

He reminded me of this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmvR0VkYuDs

Edit: changed a f to a r

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

This was such a weird choice, when the GOP was already getting more Latino support than previously... Wouldn't they want to court these people? Why would they straight up insult an entire voting bloc (one that experts have said could decide the outcome) this close to an election??

I know it's most likely just racism and stupidity, but I couldn't help but think that this dude did this on purpose to get less people to vote Republican? I mean, why else would they do this?

I previously knew this dude from his name, as the guy who writes most people's (particularly non-comedians) insult jokes at Roasts. I'm kind of surprised (but not really, I believe he hangs/hung around Rogan) he's a Trump supporter given the type of material he's written in the past.

I'm not a fan of Roasts, but I'm pretty sure this dude was supposed to be considered like the best at that. At least previously.

Maybe someone who knows more about this guy can weigh in on it. It's probably just racism if I'm being real.

[–] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

He probably doesn't know that Puerto Ricans can vote in US elections.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world -2 points 3 hours ago

All humans are trash. There's this misconception that poor people are better humans. They're not, they're just powerless.

In this case, if you take a person with almost nothing and tell them some with less is going to take what they have...

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

His "act" was only racist stuff. Republicans seems to believe decomplexed racism is comedy.

I have Republican acquaintances who still make Clinton/Lewinsky jokes. Actually funny comedy is not their forte.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

The south is a single issue voting bloc.

That issue being the reinstitution of Jim Crow.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

*With purchase of regular-priced Puerto Rico

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this classic greentext

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

This reminds me of when RTGame played Cities Skylines using a world map mod and made the island of Great Britain the landfill.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 142 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

“It was just a joke!”

Oh, I don’t get it. Can you explain to me what the joke is? Like, can you put into words why you find that funny?

[–] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Because it's full of Mexicans 😂🤣😂

[–] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 5 hours ago

And the president is Hugo Chavez 🇵🇪

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 32 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think it'd be subverting expectations. From the start you might think it's about the Pacific trash island that has collected there, but then it turns the other way and calls Puerto Rico a trash island. A decently funny joke imo, even if rude. I've seen the same joke being done about the UK and it did get a proper chuckle out of me.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 41 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

[–] cpw@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 hours ago

Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It can be meaner but for a stand-up I think it could be fine, if the context is comedy and it didn't have genuine hatred behind it. In this case it's clear that it was used as a tool of hatred and not just for making a joke.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 110 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (5 children)

They can't vote, so why would they care? Easy targets, no apparent consequences.

Edit: /s

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

They're just bullies.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

You couldn’t invent a band of chucklefucks more capable at torpedoing a presidential campaign…and yet here we are, tied, with apparently no ability to sway any voters away from Trump. It’s so demoralizing.

[–] Anachronology@sh.itjust.works 67 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Except for the millions of Puerto Ricans that live in the Continental US.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago

If they don't live in Pennsylvania, Arizona or Nevada, they also don't count.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

The conservatives ones will just ignore this like always.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 44 points 14 hours ago

Yeah I'm on board, I was attempting some mild satire.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 59 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Puerto Ricans can and do move and there's large numbers of them in swing states. There's 450 thousand just in Pennsylvania

EDIT: also doesn't help that he also said

“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They c-- inside, just like they did to our country."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/comedian-trump-rally-makes-racist-jokes-latinos-puerto-rico-rcna177514

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 26 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, I was being mildly satirical. Insulting any people group seems like it should be a losing move. I wish it were.

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 27 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Why the /s?

That's literally the point. Easy target, plus they're brown people i/e "Not Real Americans"

Bone stock Republican shit.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

"We're The Real Americans!" while flying the confederate flag.

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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 40 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Tony, Chapelle, and Joe Rogan are actively murdering comedy. They blame everyone but themselves because they can't get with the times. They look down on people and punch down constantly, and still manage to miss the mark. They are not down to earth, they are not relatable, and they should NOT be looked up to.

[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@lemm.ee 53 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Tony Hinchcliffe is not funny. Watched his podcast for a while then totally abandoned it because I realized I wasn't laughing during most episodes. It's mostly seasoned comics taking cheap shots at amateurs and then saying some racist shit while they all laugh and no one in the audience does. His nasally voice is annoying as fuck and hitching his wagon to the trump train seems pretty on brand for that fuckwit. His comedy brand caters to the same people who really like Joe Rogan and Alex Jones, both regulars on the podcast. Shocking I know.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago

He's auditioning for a job with Shaprio's outfit, or some other similar conservative shitpile. It's not a coincidence that 99% of Right Wing grifters are failures in the entertainment business. Failed actors, comedians, screenwriters, musicians. They're all narcissists, and more than a little psychopathic. They all think cruelty = comedy. They're shitty human beings who should be ostracized.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago

They're absolutely terrified of Puerto Rican statehood, so they try to drive them away.

Little piss-baby cowards.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 22 points 13 hours ago

Piece of shit human trash calls Puerto Rico “trash”. Republicans are shit 💩

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The joke only works if you understand that it's not true and that no one can obviously believe it.

If it's done where you and everyone thinks it's true, you're at a Klan rally or probably at the comedy mothership or something.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 10 points 13 hours ago

Folks in Puerto Rico when they’re admitted as a state: “he tells it like it is.”

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