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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 hours ago

"I did, however, thoroughly enjoy the taste of Elon Musk's Nazi billionaire weiner in my mouth just before I brought him on stage at my show."

  • Dave, probably
[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah fuck that, if you lay down with pigs don’t get upset when you wake up covered in shit.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure pigs wouldn't be covered in shit if they weren't locked in a small pen

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Wild/feral pigs still intentionally cover themselves in mud and shit. To keep cool and protect from the sun.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 46 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when you prematurely ended your show because of some white guy laughing a little too hard at some of your racial humour in a way that you didn’t like? Well guess what Dave, that’s your fuckin audience now after you quadrupled down on your trans bullshit.

These are the people who you chose after you were politely asked to lay off the trans thing and you refused.

Too much of a disconnected rich guy now to give a shit what the poors think I guess.

Did the Saudi money already run out? You don’t get to cater to these jackals then claim innocence when they run with your jokes.

[–] aln@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Iirc that was Bill Burr laughing at him during the taping of a sketch he was in

[–] Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 9 hours ago

You helped cause this, dummy

Learn and make up for it, then you get forgiveness

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Desperately rewriting history after not wanting to play conservative crowds anymore. Fuck off Dave. If he apologized and changed I MIGHT hear him out, but all he is doing now is shifting blame.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 12 hours ago

Fuck you Dave Chappelle.

FUCK YOU.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 25 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I used to like him somewhat. But I put on one of those Netflix specials with him and tuned out around 10-15 minutes in because he was just unfunny and hateful. Same with the British bloke, who's name I forgot. He was pretty based when he called out the actors being friends with Epstein during the Oscars but the latest gig was just "haha, girl with a cock, hahahaha lol, man with tits". It's just not funny. If you make jokes about minorities, at least have them be funny and not hurtful. It can be done, just not like this.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 16 points 13 hours ago

Condensing english prick comedian?

Probably Ricky Gervais

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Ricky Gervais is who you’re thinking of. He’s essentially an insult comedian who became famous on a radio show ragging on his costar. In context, he’s just doing his thing…

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Didn't he become famous for The Office?

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[–] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Dave Chapelle is what I like to call a Comedian Bro, sister to Podcast Bro. Having money doesn't always make you a classier person.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 7 points 11 hours ago

This is the guy who complains about affordable housing, right?

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 40 points 16 hours ago

Right, he was "only" targeting transgender people for money. Way better. /s

Get bent, Dave. You became the thing you used to mock.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 24 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wish that skit was just comedy sketches. White supremacist (billionaire) propaganda is so effective there really are some terribly racist black people out there.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

There's always been self-hating members of the oppressed, ranging from true believers to those that think being "one of the good ones" will save them.

[–] commander@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Dave Chappelle the older he's gotten, the more he's punched down. It's not like he wasn't doing that when he was younger, he just got worse and worse over time. Then he tried to be one of the good ol' boys and just wasn't rich or influential enough to fit in and now he wants to pretend he isn't a crappy person deep down. It's a bit hard to make it far in entertainment if you aren't pretty self-centered and opportunistic. He just unmasked to the crowd that weren't his audience and now he wants back in with the younger crowd again

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 47 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

I've installed "Highlight This!" Firefox extension and added all the comedians that went to Saudi Arabia there. Now whenever one of them pops out on any site I know to just ignore it.

spoilerDave Chappelle Kevin Hart Aziz Ansari Pete Davidson Andrew Schulz Jo Koy Bill Burr Jessica Kirson Jimmy Carr Louis C.K. Sebastian Maniscalco Maz Jobrani Tom Segura Whitney Cummings Jimeoin Russell Peters Andrew Santino Bobby Lee Chris Distefano Mark Normand Gabriel Iglesias Hannibal Buress Sam Morril Jeff Ross Omid Djalili Ali Siddiq Zarna Garg Chris Tucker Ben Hart Jim Jefferies

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 130 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

If he did one special about a trans joke and apologized I'd feel different. He did 4 specials bashing trans people. Now this rat fuck is trying to "redeem" himself. He can go fuck himself. Just another rat fleeing the sinking ship. Don't forget he bought out elon musk and everyone booed him.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

"Hey guys I just realized I allied with a bunch of fascist pedophiles and now the only people who want to associate with me are the same people who unironically called me the N word my entire life.

Can y'all just conveniently forget I did that and give me more money again?" - Dave Chappelle

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Agreed.

I always make this comparison with Eddie Murphy.

The long and short of it is

Eddie Murphy did some gay jokes in his stand up special Delirious. He then references how gay people were angry at him and his next stand-up special Raw.

It takes up a minute and a half.

He never references again and the rest of the special is mostly about men and women, Johnny Carson and his family; with some small jabs at Michael Jackson and Italians watching Rocky.

And of course a fantastic bit about Bill Cosby. I think it's worth a watch just for that, considering everything that he has done.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 75 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

And he called his audance poor when they booed Musk.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Dave chased "controversy" (aka bigotry) to stay relevant. Now he's somehow surprised that it was insincere culture war bullshit used to distract people the whole time? Fuck off.

The other thing is that his timing on this is opportune as well. He waited for Trump to become extremely unpopular before coming out with statements like this.

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[–] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

i wish that person who had attacked him onstage a handful of years ago had finished the job

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Who taught you violence is a good thing?

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 11 points 15 hours ago

Narrator: That was in fact, what the Elon Musk fan named Dave was doing.

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