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emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social |
Can someone tell me when Trump was funny?
Is NYT talking about the jokes about disabled people or the jokes about women or are they just talking about Trump's dangerous targeting of people he hates?
Is the schtick about siccing his mob on journalists funny?
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/a...
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Matt Swift
@mswift.bsky.social
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Watching him go down ramps is funny. That time his wig almost blew off was funny. When he got COVID and it looked like he might die? Very funny.
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Russ
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The @nytimes.com now has a schtick up its ass over the Biden interview situation.
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Publius Maximus (He/Him)
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His years long insistence that Obama wasn't a citizen was fucking hilarious. 😭
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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad
@crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social
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I've always correlated a sense of humor with intelligence. Trump's inability to be funny is one of the reasons I've always considered him to be an idiot. His agonizingly long and excruciatingly well-documented track record as an absolute idiot might also have something to do with it.
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Michael Maris
@edrobot.bsky.social
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I got a chuckle out of “Covfefe”. They was it.
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Paul Rosenberg
@paulrosenberg.bsky.social
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A sadistic sense of humor is still a sense of humor, right? #BothSides Whasamatter? You a humorless feminist or something?
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rifka the unhinged fat activist
@rifka.bsky.social
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then use alt text like disabled people are human and allowed to see all the information like you
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darkloom
@darkloom52.bsky.social
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Wasn't his recommendation to swallow hydroxychloroquine a joke?
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David L. Carlton
@dcarlton.bsky.social
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He most certainly uses humor to bond with his cult. It's just that it's *their* kind of humor, not ours. Cruelty, demeaning put-downs--they *laugh* at that.
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Laloofah
@laloofah.bsky.social
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He’s “funny” only to those who share his injurious “aggressive humor” style (ridicule, criticism, sarcasm) associated with psychopathy, Machiavellianism, borderline personality, & antagonism. Antagonistic people (cold, callous, & manipulative) use aggressive humor to dominate or intimidate others.
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Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
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His misuse of "like a dog" was pretty funny.
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@lisadelao.bsky.social
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Maybe when he slunk outta the womb with his Auquanet combover in place? It's like trying to find something funny in Hitler !!!🙄
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Tim Pierce
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I thought there was widespread agreement that Trump has never intentionally made anyone laugh in his entire life.
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Todds Unlimited
@toddindeed.bsky.social
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If Obama or Trump did something funnier than Biden’s reaction to MGT then I’m unaware of it
www.youtube.com/shorts/Mibqw...
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Ed Peters
@edpeters.bsky.social
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Sulz Lulz Times
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Randal Cooper
@fancycwabs.bsky.social
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Trump has the rhythms and speech patterns that a lot of people associate with “funny,” because they’re copied from the patterns of late-night opening monologues. Specifically Carson and Leno. The “Elizabeth Warren, did you hear about this?” sort of thing.
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Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
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Trump has never been funny. Ever. I don't know who finds him funny except idiots and people as cruel and evil as he is.
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Redshift
@redshift42.bsky.social
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He says cruel things while smiling, and some of his fans laugh at the cruelty. That's it.
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Scott
@cocktailsandink.bsky.social
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NYT is just pissy about the Politico article and the backlash.
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@reik483.bsky.social
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Saying Ted Cruz's dad killed JFK was pretty funny
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Molotovsky
@grifftheimpaler.bsky.social
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Haberman or Baker?
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CLE Biker
@clebiker.bsky.social
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I laughed with Obama. Biden has some humorous zingers, too. I only laughed AT Trump, though.
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Andrew S.
@shoutingboy.bsky.social
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Come on, Trump asking the kid whether he still believed in Santa Claus was legit funny
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Shoulder Devil
@shoulderdevil.bsky.social
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Only times that comes to mind are the times he was unintentionally funny, usually doing something stupid. Like spitballing around the prospect of buying Greenland, or drawing over maps with Sharpie thinking no one would notice. But I also wouldn't say that was "forging bonds" with voters.
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everentropy
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Honestly, I do think Biden is funny, he just has a dry sense of humor. He's certainly funnier than Trump, which I know is a low bar, but still Like his presidential memo about Kissinger? Hilarious if you're fluent in political speech. "We often disagreed." Period, end of sentence.
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OhioHawkeye
@ohiohawkeye.bsky.social
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The NYT is a bunch of butthurt babies with the credibility of a pack of dingos these days
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Oran Magal
@oranmagal.bsky.social
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The NYT politics desk loves Trump so much they struggle to conceal it. The vile river of filth that streams from his mouth is something they can enjoy from their detached perch above the fray. "Oh how droll!"
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Jim Silver
@jimlsilver.bsky.social
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They laughed all the way to the bank.
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Gavin Werbeloff
@travelbuddha.bsky.social
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But we were laughing at him, not with him.
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Self-deprecating ghost
@soundwave187.bsky.social
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He makes jokes that aren't funny. Like Twitter does. They were so unfunny, Twitter banned him & he made his own Twitter. That Twitter is going bankrupt. All so he can make jokes that aren't funny. Now, THATS a funny joke. & Trump nor Twitter will ever get it.
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Leigh G
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Not only was orange thing never funny, but I never understood why ppl thought RR was. On news they were also announcing b4 a clip that RR had been SO funny & they'd show it & move on & I'd be going, "Wait, you forgot to show the funny part."
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Marc Levy
@mhlevy.bsky.social
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Trump isn’t funny as someone who tries to be funny, but as a walking weirdness that people still get to make fun of because it’s punching up (or at least laterally). As is too often the case, the NYT is fucking deranged on this take.
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Fibonacci Sequins
@brentwaggoner.bsky.social
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I don't think Trump is generally funny when he's trying to be funny. His actual humor is cruel. But the way he speaks is sometimes funny. Whether that should be compared to someone actually being charming, that's a stretch.
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Plug McSassy
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he was funny way back when dril was writing for him
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Indorfin
@indorfin.bsky.social
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It’s almost like we should stop supporting NYT.
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@booond.bsky.social
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Who the fuck is this idiot? Fascists aren't humorists. Trump is all about hate. I understand that the NYT is all in for the hater side but this is dumb.
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Bryan
@rothkored.bsky.social
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Trump is objectively hilarious.
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BBQdotgov
@bbqdotgov.bsky.social
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Trump is funny to people who think jokes that punch down are yukyuk-fests
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Dope B-Boy Backflip
@uglypesci.bsky.social
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“Low-Energy Jeb” is one of the funniest things a politician has ever said. Also, calling Liz Warren “Pocahontas”. I’m sorry yeah he’s a prick but it’s just, objectively funny.
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@squindar.bsky.social
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those covid press conferences of his...real knee slappers
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Laine Ballou
@laineballou.bsky.social
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Funny on purpose? Like, laughing *with* him and not laughing *at* him while also laughing nervously over a sickening sense of growing terror?
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Chris K
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Is it just me, or is the _Times_ becoming a version of the _Post_ for people who drink Sauternes instead of Miller Lite?
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ZeroFunctionalValue
@rayleighscatter.bsky.social
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Trump is funny in the way that people who kill pets are funny.
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Victor Ha
@victorha.bsky.social
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Agreed. Trump is incapable of joking or understanding jokes, despite anything he might say to excuse his ghastly pronouncements
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Sock Puppet Pundit
@sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social
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"I sexually assaulted someone. LOL."
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H.M. Stiller
@hmstiller.bsky.social
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"Covfefe," but that wasn't on purpose
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La Conquête du Panini
@botsnack.bsky.social
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I mean, he's hilarious. Sometimes frightening, sometimes absurd, sometimes pathetic, but dude is often funny.
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Colin Gerbode
@brainguy63.bsky.social
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The one joke I ever heard him deliver that was recognizable *as* a joke was when he riffed on Melania cribbing a speech from Michelle Obama, and he used that to simultaneously jab at the press and deride his wife. So, no, he punches down and he's a dick. His fellow assholes may think he's funny.
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@captainfart.bsky.social
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The Gettysburg speech was funny but I don’t think it was intentional
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Antilles
@wedgeantilles.bsky.social
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He’s funny every now and then. Like the Bill Barr thing was funny
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OK Doomer ☮️🏳️🌈🤷♂️🙈🙉🙊🔮
@manqueman.bsky.social
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You what's as full of shit as Trump's? Times hard news reporting outside the Pulitzer bait stuff.
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Wayne Fryback
@waynefryback.bsky.social
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He smells funny. Does that count?
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Stephen K
@5tephenk.bsky.social
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Dullards find him hilarious.
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CR
@yourfriendbap.bsky.social
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This is objectively funnier than anything Biden has ever said
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tripsnek
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Josh Barro says this too, and it always perplexed me. Then it occurred to me that, although I like listening to him, I don't think Josh has ever made me laugh. It may just people with a really low bar for comedy.
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Frying Pan
@bluemirrah.bsky.social
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Trump is funny to people like Kisti Noem who kill puppies. Biden is funny to people who don't do that.
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Jim (he/him)
@wt8p.bsky.social
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That would be exactly never. His sense of humor is better described as cruelty or complaining.
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LeRoc
@leroc.bsky.social
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Trump is only funny when the joke is on him.
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Blue Meme
@bluememe.bsky.social
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We shouldn’t be surprised that The Daily Sulzberger conflates humor with punching down and even unvarnished cruelty.
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Ni en pedo
@300ps.bsky.social
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Has he ever laughed? I don't think I've ever seen it.
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Cuchulu
@cuchulu.bsky.social
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I saw that line! What the hell NYTimes.
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Walter IV
@walteriv.bsky.social
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Rick does Math and Stuff
@mathandstuff.bsky.social
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Trump is the master of abusive humor. "We're laughing at you, not with you." Apparently the Times approves.
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emerika
@emerika.bsky.social
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Yet again I call for a post NY Times era. We can make this happen.
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@saasyproduct.bsky.social
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Wait--wut?
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MindCrime
@mindcrime.bsky.social
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iirc trump avoided all the whcd during his?
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Bennett Gilbert
@bennettgilbert.bsky.social
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Even calling Biden's humor "towel-snapping" is a way of degrading it, making it seem juvenile, aggressive, and empty.
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Schroedingercat
@schroedingercat.bsky.social
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Trump has never laughed once in anything I have heard him on or any public appearance I have witnessed. He has no sense of humor.
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@jiminnh.bsky.social
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I have a measure of FOMO that's keeping me from canceling my subscription, but I'm really thinking I need to do it. I don't know how they could be more blatantly pro-Trump without simply endorsing him.
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Russ Silva
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Wendell Albright
@wendella.bsky.social
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If you define 'funny' as 'crude and abusive towards groups and people I dislike', then Trump is funny for some...
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SiddiqRex
@tzadeekrex.bsky.social
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The author probably wasn’t in any way the butt of those jokes so to him they’re fair game
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Jombucha
@mangetout.bsky.social
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Trump has no sense of humour. None. Says stupid/cruel stuff and aggresive sociopaths laugh.
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wagoner
@wagoner.bsky.social
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That unfunny Reagan joke example is as old as the wheel.
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Dan Festa
@danfesta.bsky.social
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He has an eye for weakness (or more accurately, perceived weakness) and lots of people find him hitting people at their weakest spot to be funny. He's a bully, but there are always other kids on the playground who laugh at the bully's put-downs.
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Jeff Richardson
@eljefetacoma.bsky.social
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hes like the most evil standup of all time
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Neon Chinchilla
@neonchinchilla.bsky.social
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It's a bully's humour. If you enjoy punching down and laughing about it you might find him funny. Biden can actually be funny.
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Carolyn Gallaher
@cgallaher.bsky.social
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That is the stupidest thing I've read in a long while. That man has no sense of humor. He can't tell jokes or understand them. There's a spot on British analysis of his lack of humor, but I can't remember who wrote it.
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@abrodsky.bsky.social
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They have to say something nice about Trump. It’s a rule.
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Darrel Plant
@darrelplant.bsky.social
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He’s really more into physical humor.
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Claire Willett
@clairewillett.bsky.social
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I mean yeah Trump “forged bonds with voters through humor” but I thought we all broadly agreed it was terrible for society that he just says hideously cruel shit all the time which empowers other cruel people to feel comfortable laughing loudly at it in public as a power flex
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❤️🖤 tiffani 🤍💚
@tranniehathaway.bsky.social
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I remember trump humor- it was joking about Hillary getting assassinated
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RoseCC
@rosecc.bsky.social
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Funny? FUNNY? How the f*** is drumpf FUNNY? Wow. The NYT just goes lower and lower…
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Nolan Zugernat
@zugernat.bsky.social
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He was never funny. In the old days he appear semi-regularly on Letterman and he wasn’t funny then either. The only thing funny was Letterman making fun of him. And if you watch those clips he can’t even laugh. All he can manage is that forced semi-smile.
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Collin Woodard
@collinwoodard.bsky.social
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I don't like acknowledging it, but I will give him this one.
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Jay Schiavone
@jaytingle.bsky.social
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He’s funny, but he’s also very reckless and dangerous. His putdowns of Republican primary contenders was pure gold.
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Jerry Newmark
@jerryn13.bsky.social
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Fair to say that jibed with the sense of humor of his supporters, though.
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Jennifer Van Goethem
@jennvg.bsky.social
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Didn't Trump rather famously not go to any of the WHCD during his term?
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@nerdykris.bsky.social
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I guess people laughed AT him every time Joel Mchale on The Soup featured a clip of him fucking up on The Apprentice.
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Azhrie Drake
@azhrie139.bsky.social
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The nyt is run by Republicans so they do probobly find all that funny
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Annie
@anniew.bsky.social
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"Funny" Calling Stormy horse faced. Calling Carly Fiorina unelectable "because look at that face". Marco had small feet, Cruz's wife is ugly & crazy, etc. I've yet to see the humor.
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