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[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Suck ass loser. Get fucked Seinfeld

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Jerry Seinfeld can, as we left leaning partygoers love to say, "get fucked and blow it out his ass".

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Right, cause people learning from their mistakes is such a horrible thing.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 10 minutes ago

Its a great thing.
It doesn't mean anyone has to immediately forgive him and if he means it, he will have to prove it more than once.

[–] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Jerry Seinfeld has never been politically relevant and hasn't suffered in the least because of his Seinfeld residuals.

Bill Hicks (RIP) has never been more relevant.

[–] 2deck@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] xangadix@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

The preacher

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Jerry seinfeld is one of the least funniest people who ever called themselves a comic.

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

I think he had one or two good lines in the show. but the other three carried that shit like their lives depended on it.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 31 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

His show was a cultural phenomenon. You've never heard of the least funny comedian. Let's stop the weird Lemmy contrarianism. It makes us look more insanely out of touch than Jerry Seinfeld. (Which is so well known his name is in my auto-correct).

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He was never funny. Larry David, the guy who wrote the show, was the funny one.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

FYI, it was written by both Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 5 minutes ago

Yeah and apparently he needed Larry David to be funny cause Jerry Seinfeld is the same guy who wrote Bee Movie and Unfrosted with other Seinfeld writers and we know how that went.

[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If you recall, Jerry was literally the least funny person on the entire show.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 26 minutes ago

It was always weird to me that the supposed comedian was the one playing it straight in the show, unless that was a meta joke, I guess.

[–] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

I absolutely loved Seinfeld (the show) and recently saw his stand up in person and it was absolutely terrible, it was actually pretty shocking. He's just so incredibly unrelatable now.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 hours ago

Seinfeld turn to shit the moment Larry David left. Curb made it clear that he carried that show.

I wouldn't say that's contrarianism. I've heard criticism for Jerry Seinfeld's comedy since at least 2004, calling out observation comics as a whole was trending at the time of his show even. Larry David made that show great, and some of the cast played their roles really well, Jerry Seinfeld wasn't one of them for me and seemingly a lot of people.

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 32 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I never understood why he would say that to begin with. It's not like his brand of comedy was ever particularly edgy. Obviously the "people are too sensitive these days" thing is stupid, but it felt extra strange coming from him.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 24 minutes ago

Maybe he got accosted by a Gen Z flight attendant about one of his biting air travel observations.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 78 points 12 hours ago

"Look, I was just upset that day because my girlfriend's parents grounded her"

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I agree that comedy is an area that rarely ages well. If you look at the old post 9/11 HBO comedy spots on MAX they are atrociously racist against middle eastern people to the point where I don’t think they should be available or at least should be labeled history and not comedy.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but Jerry got mad that he wasn't allowed to tell racist, transphobic, and highly political jokes like a year ago. And he got drawn into the MAGA crowd like a tractor beam, being sponsored by out of touch old fogeys and anti-woke propagandists.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago

I don’t disagree with that

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 124 points 16 hours ago (9 children)

Hey, good for him. I believe firmly in reformation, or reflection and changing your views and it sounds to me like he thought about it and came around, so good.

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

He's a right-wing bigot. His stances have not changed. He's still a piece of shit, despite his "regrets".

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 47 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

this is the second time he's changed his mind on this particular issue. After a certain point I wonder why we're still listening to him

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

He’s a total asshole. He may have had the show, but standup isn’t funny and his personal life and stances are questionable. I’d be glad if he just disappeared without a peep. That whiny nasally “I hate everything boo hoo” attitude.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 45 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I think he was trying to get a buzz for his stand-up by going anti-woke. Then those people didn't show up for him because they are still laughing at Rob Schneider.

After Jerry realized his mistake, he figured he would say he grew and learned to help any damage control. I don't think people really care enough about him for this, but he is rich enough to have people tell him.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 4 hours ago

I refuse to believe anyone is laughing at Rob Schneider.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

What mistake would he need to be concerned about? Jerry has more money than he can spend. I seriously doubt his income is a motivating factor here but I could be wrong.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 23 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Wait, you wonder why we're still listening to Jerry Seinfeld about comedy?

Like, I don't agree with the guy and I don't think everything he does is funny, but... I mean, I'm a contrarian nerd on the Internet and even I would think about that one twice.

For what it's worth, you can change your mind on things as often as you want. Hell, I'll take older rich guys walking back their slow drift rightwards as many times as is necessary.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He's flip-flopped on his bigoted views before. This isn't the first time and it probably won't be the last time he does this.

He's not changing any more than any other right-wing bigot. He's a conservative. Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. In this case, it's both.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Cool.

Please, conservatives, continue to deceive and manipulate us by loudly agreeing with us in public. Much obliged.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He's not agreeing with us. He's still a conservative dickbag whose words are an attempt to maintain his relevance among his peers. He's aways been a bigot. That is not going to change.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, but I don't care, he's saying he does.

So yeah, cool, Jerry, keep doing that. Love you, Jer. Good job. Totally maintaining that relevance among your peers by doing that. You should go drive an expensive car to get coffee and tell people that more or something.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 139 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

What does Jerry Seinfeld know about being funny anyway? Wasn’t that Larry David’s job?

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've never understood why he's been placed on such a pedestal. Professionally, he wasn't even among the funniest of his contemporaries. Personally, he's also always been a piece of shit, and I'm not just talking about him being generally rude to others.

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I mean Seinfeld was fucking huge. It's hard to overstate how big a hit it was in its time. And he was co-creator, the lead role, and obv his name is the name of the show. How could you not see people putting him up as one of the greats?

I'm not personally the biggest fan of his particular style of comedy, and you can certainly find issue with his personality and behavior over the years, but the man knows how joke structure works. He's an expert in his craft. And you may not think he's as good as some of his contemporaries, but there's no denying he's more of a household name than most if not all of them.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Seinfeld, the show, was remarkable and set a number of expectations that shows today must hit to be even partially successful. It was remarkable. So many modern tropes and memes are directly traced back to Seinfeld.

Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian, was not exceptional in the grand scheme. He is a decent comedian, but without the show, he wouldn't be referred to nearly as much as he is.

There's a difference between the two, and I think a lot of the disagreements are with people equating these two as if they're the same.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

Good on him.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 13 hours ago

Probably had a few MAGA fans show up and said .. Nope!

[–] nemonic187@lemmy.world 37 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
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