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Probably a lot of PewDiePie's appeal is his uncensoredness. It's just unfiltered non-sense for the most part.

Some people can't deal with it. But a lot of people want it.

Personally, I think that's why I love Dave Chappelle so much. He seems to be able to get away with a lot as well.

Few things relaxes me like someone making jokes with no filters.

Don't mistake uncensored for unfiltered - Dave Chappelle probably writes and tells a joke a hundred times before you ever hear it, and it gets filtered through a LOT during that time.

Nice example since his recent stand up routine is getting a lot of flack for supposed anti-LGBT statements (I haven't seen it yet so I can't say if they have any value). With regards to the Pewdiepie case I am on his side here the quality of jokes doesn't matter it was pretty clear that they weren't meant to be taken seriously and that should be it.

He certainly does practice a lot. He still talks about bombing on stage in his newest standup. One of my favorite bits is how he talks about Michael Richards imploding on stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kth0UOU5a_M

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