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   Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️ (holyramenempire@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 00:21:47 JST Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️

   @tamsinsays I wish I remembered who posted it, but I read a neat summation on here yesterday. Basically the poster argued that when comedians become successful, they embark on a big-shot lifestyle, including casual bigotry, and become unrelatable to their audience. So they start telling jokes that bomb, and start looking for someone to blame, and end up thinking that they're being "canceled". The right-wing media lines up to promote that idea, and it becomes the cultural narrative.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 00:21:47 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @holyramenempire @tamsinsays I won't deny there's a logic to this. It certainly explains the number of comics who have amazing breakout specials and then bomb on their sophomore attempt.