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Bucho brought me out of my stupor and made me realize that I hadn’t put this out. So here. I talk about what I think may not be funny anymore and what may have happened if Twitter and/or Facebook had been more prevalent when we were doing the show full-time. Could be interesting…?
Direct Link: 20150814.mp3
You make a good point. I read a couple of articles on this stuff a while back and the women you’re talking about was at the centre of them. It’s really pretty eye-opening stuff.
- Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.
For a second there I had no idea what you were talking about. But yes, it’s pretty crazy, and I’m just glad that most of our really offensive stuff is hidden in the middle of two, three hour shows, and if you get that far into it, you know by then that we’re just fooling about and don’t actually believe all of that stuff.
So I finally listened to this. A few thoughts.
I don’t think the thing about what you’ve said in the past about butt cancer is weird or anything with what happened to you. Chances are, if anything at all happened to you, as much random mean or goofy shit we’ve said, you could probably draw a parallel. I never put much into coincidences like that. My wife is exactly the opposite. She ALWAYS finds them and insists that those types of things get attention.
The women who catch the balls (or similar): I think there are tons of guys that do it, but it’s common. First, people watching sports always notice if women take action… because it’s mostly guys that take these actions, and it’s mostly guys that watch. So, it’s notable at two levels. Add to that, I think the type of woman that is fan enough to go engage in that is typically much more aggressive than the average woman, and that may have a lot to do with why we capture this type of behavior. I have a question to think about though… how many of these women that we see on videos or featured on Reddit are completely unattractive? I’d say that it’s way too much to assume that she’s a shitty dumb cunt in general, I think it’s safe to assume that should could be more aggressive than tan the average dumb shitty cunt, and this is one of those places where her aggressive competitive nature gives her tunnel vision and she may not even have paid attention to the kids she snatched this away from. I’m not making excuses for her, I just think it’s a certain type of woman that will even get out of their seat to try… and the thing that makes them take action could make them REALLY stick out when doing it. The second part is what we and cameramen pay attention to at these events. Or maybe this again goes back to the certain kind of woman.
The bigger thing is what you were talking about with the content of the things we say, and what could come of it. I think each of us have gone through a period where we are concerned about what’s out there and what may be found on the show. I’m currently in a “fuck it” period, which is probably where I stay most of the time, but it’s most definitely a big deal with some of the shit we’ve said.
I think it could happen to one of us. I don’t know that I would know what to say if it happened to me… I certainly wouldn’t try to defend it or try to explain the shit out of it. Or at least I think I wouldn’t. I would just remind people that I say stupid shit to make you guys (or try to) laugh, and that while it may lack what they would consider good judgement, it doesn’t make me a monster. And also, the people that get all up in arms about this stuff are 100% of the time hiding behind the safety of nobody knowing what they do/say, or some judgmental position spiritually or publicly that I don’t recognize or find any value in anyway. I would hope my response would be something like “Yep, I said it. I could see how people would be bothered by it, but in the moment it sounded funny. If people don’t like it, they really don’t have to listen.” I’d have no control over the kind of shit that would come from on the job retribution or anything else, but I hope I’d embrace the show… because criticized or not, I have a feeling we’d actually grow in comedy if we stuck to who we are. No such thing as bad publicity and all that… but there are bad ways to react to it.
The speeding thing… that’s a judgement call yo. 10 miles over it’s allowed, they can give you a ticket for 2 miles over. Most cops feel like it’s not a big deal if it’s close, and anything under 10, people are more likely to challenge the ticket and the cop has to have his time wasted (or risk letting the ticket be voided). So, they tend to write them for ‘slam dunks’. But also realize this is an informal sliding scale. It’s not 40 in a 30 is okay. I’d say your only real safe/buffer zone is 5+ MPH over 40 and anything more than 3 below that and you run a risk.
As for the way other people drive, by all means… drive the speed limit. But… stay the fuck out of the left lane. Yield to everyone else all the damn time unless the traffic laws of your area say not to. Use the shoulder to let people who obviously want to go faster get around you safely. I don’t think everyone should drive 10 over… there are too many people that can’t handle higher speeds, and even more cars and trucks that don’t do well at higher speeds. I only expect that people don’t hamper the preference of others. I don’t think people are deliberately bad people on the road, they are ego-centric, unaware fucktards. And it’s worse (SO MUCH WORSE) in Seattle.
Can you make judgements about people who behave selfishly… probably. You’ll most likely be right too, if you keep it to superficial. I guarantee that you can catch me being an aggressive, selfish dick on the freeway under the right conditions. But does that mean it’s safe to assume I’m fundamentally like that? I think that’s a stretch, but you could assume I have my “okay, fuck everyone else” moments. Generally, I’m not like that… but on the road I’m a bit out of character at times.
Wow, I really wanted to respond to this earlier, but there’s just so much!
So, going backwards, I’m just saying that your actions, in general, are based off of experience you’ve had in the past, so it’s not surprising that people make snap judgments on people based off of one thing (like going down the shoulder in bumper to bumper traffic or whatever). Of course, there are exceptions, but chances are good when someone is acting like a selfish jackass, they’re probably just a selfish jackass, and I’m not excluding myself from this indictment in any way. I’ve done plenty of that shit, too, but it doesn’t make it right.
A couple of weeks ago, I got my car in the shop for some minor repairs, and I was driving a 2015 Jetta with the shitty 2.5 liter poobox instead of a turbo, and you know what? Wow, that sucked. Slow as shit to get going, so it made me finally make the connection that for most people, this is the kind of shit they’re driving. No wonder they take so long to get anywhere, and no wonder they get stuck in the fast lane and can’t get out of it. This thing was pathetic, and I almost got run of the road because I was trying to drive like I was in my Passat and this thing just was not having it. Last couple of years have made me rethink a lot of things, but this gave me a new perspective.
For the ball ladies – well, it’s very close in theme to the next show I did with the public shaming and all that, and now I can’t separate the two, so I’ll respond to that in that thread.
Most people are simple enough that what you say is true. But I know that I will drive the closing lane for a long time, and insert myself into a sensible gap in the next lane… a total dick head move to those way behind me in any of those lines, but I’m not certain that it defines me any more than most of the other selfish, self-serving things I’ll do if the conditions or mood is right. But the majority of the time, I’m kind of a big softy… and not just around the waistline.
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