The Asshat Bandwagon

Hi Ho Sliver!

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I don’t know about you but I don’t need anybody to defend me. If I want to say something I will, but maybe I’ll just roll my eyes loud enough for everybody to hear, and that’s not a signal that I am helpless or anything, it’s just the universal language for did-you-hear-what-that-asshat-just-said? and it’s dignified and effective and complete and ENOUGH.

But I guess that paragraph isn’t enough for me so let’s talk about comedians

I watch the old guys on youtube all the time. George Burns and Jack Benny and Don Rickels and Rodney of course because they are funny and weird and classy, although it might be the suits. I mean they hurtle insults around all the time and they have pretty good aim, too, and maybe people’s feelings were hurt but the insults were largely about personality flaws – involving the choices people made – what with drinking too much and eating too much and sleeping around too much and all kinds of too muching but I don’t think anybody poked fun at diseases.

I know some people say nothing is off limits but I don’t agree so there.

Just because you’re famous you shouldn’t be fodder (or mudder for that madder) since the big picture here is gender equality in case you didn’t know

And it was a stupid joke anyway.

Maybe he should have said that’s the nicest tarp I’ve ever seen or who are you wearing, Home Depot? about her green dress because that was her choice but the medical difficulties she is facing are not.

Also it would have been FUNNY!

I was in a car with someone once and he farted and really you’re supposed to just give the window a courtesy roll down and otherwise not react (see my etiquette post that doesn’t exist) and as a passenger aka victim you aren’t supposed to react either except you can roll down your own window too if things are especially unpleasant and also you can roll your eyes all you want. But other than that, nobody’s supposed to mention it, especially not the offender.

But this guy, in response to his rank and riotous escapee, said Did you hear what that asshole just said?

And thus began a long friendship, tra-la. We loved each other like stink.