Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
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ahaha perfect
and San Francisco needs to be roasted inside of San Francisco more often, try saying anything that the rest of the country thinks about that place on Nextdoor and you’ll be kicked off the app entirely, by neighbors
try saying anything that the rest of the country thinks about [ANY]place on Nextdoor and you’ll be kicked off the app entirely, by neighbors.
I'll tell you right now, don't do that in Houston or Dallas. Can't even try it in Spring or Fort Worth. (Heck, even people in Nacogdoches get all bent out of shape these days.)
I get the impression some places are more pragmatic about their circumstances, or the deficiencies in their approach to the circumstances
Also, if you like tech roasts, check out: https://sociallyinept.io
I've heard good things.
That has to be so much fun to get paid to roast and humiliate a group of people who think so much of themselves.
Congratulations, John. I'm envious.
When they are making money hand over first and paying you to roast them, you aren't humiliating them, you are serving as a foil whose whole purpose is to reinforce their ego and sense of triumph against a world that doesn't get what they are doing.
They were a little funny.
I mean the guy's right. 45,000 "trailblazers"?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's like, what? 40-45 Marine Corps battalions?
I can't imagine it's the first time you've heard that sentiment.
What do I know though, it's been years since I've found any standup comic very funny, and most comedy movies just make me groan. I'm no expert on what is or isn't funny, I just find it odd that you defend the humor here by pointing out its correctness.
FWIW I've never heard of this guy nor heard any of his jokes.
if someone identifies as funny and you don't laugh you are literally denying their existence
We had a comedian around once and he was doing a bit. Asked for volunteers and I went up obviously. He asks me what I do and I’m like “software haha like most people here I suppose” and he goes “yeah, but specifically how does your thing work” which is a transparent frame up job but what are you gonna do so I have to explain freaking ad tech in front of the audience and he roasts me proper.
Pretty hilarious. We got a kick out of it. Loads of fun.
roasting 'liberal' tech workers is a good chance not getting invited back. And tech events pay well.
when i messed around, the most fun were the Jewish clubs in Boca and really any Black club (if you're funny they laugh the hardest). Scotland was also a lot of fun.
i got invited to teach an improv session at a large university on behalf of their group (with a friend, like guest instructors) and I had one of the group pull me aside and ask me to refrain from harmful stereotypes. I was asked to play an Indian man and I referenced curry... needless to say this group was extremely boorish. This was 2018ish?
the sides have flipped weirdly. you can say wild things to 'conservatives' now and do great but you get someone waiting to speak with you after shows for 'liberal' people.
if anyone is trying to get into comedy nowadays i'd suggest youtube/social media skits to build an audience then in person stuff to hone. or give it up and become a real doctor..
No, I literally exactly said the opposite, that you have to misconceptualize "liberal" vs. "conservative" as about change v. stasis rather than distribution of power to mistake "reactionary" for "liberal" and "anti-reactionary coalition" for "conservative".
However, it is pretty clear to me that liberals are currently the dominant force in setting and policing culture and behavior. I think this is the the change you are thinking of between the later 1900's and 2000 onwards.
It’s a shame but it’s basically now just a term used to categorize anyone who basically aligns with the US Democratic Party. Beliefs behind liberalism be damned, it’s just a political affiliation now.
I believe conservativism is aligned with order, liberalism is aligned with freedom (with libertarianism being the extreme version of it), and leftism is aligned with equality.
The Rs are not counter-culture, they are the exactly same as conservatives always have been: people who deeply believe there's a natural hierarchy to the world, where straying outside of your expected spot in the natural order of things is wrong.
Old Republicans now support the Democratic party because the Republicans ceased to be, the party has the same name but has slid further into the belief of a natural order, a party where representatives use violent rhetoric to repulse change instead of policies.
I fully believe you don't know what the fuck you are talking about, and I'm not even American...
inclusion of males in women’s advancement being done better by those males
I do find it all amusing at the very least, I get the impression that the proponents aren’t familiar with US history so I advocate for “separate but equal” facilities to get buy in for their safe spaces, just for maximum irony
I sidestep an opinion by trolling everyone
I’m sure he’s crying all the way to his next Netflix special. With the AI sentiment today, I wouldn’t be surprised if this roasting makes him more popular.
Most of the tech workers I know laugh at such things, not everyone can’t handle a good roasting.
Sounds like a comedian doing his job.
Without evidence to suggest That he gave a performance That wasn't expected or appreciated, is there a news story here?