Bill Burr answers a stupid question

May 2, 2021 3:53 PM

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I like Bill Burr. Does not hold back, just says it how he feel it is.

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Bill Burr has grown a lot since his early work and this answer in general.

5 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 3

Doesnt help when the road to breaking is to be included/"let in" at some point. Friend got ghosted on gigs after denying clubowner a date.

5 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 7

For guys a club owner might ghost you because you got a date with the girl they like. Were all eating a shit sandwich, get in line.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

You can't compare being denied something for circumstances you can't control to essentially be required to date or even fuck a stranger 1/

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But are you saying that men and women are being treated equal and have the same opportunities in this business? 2/2

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Not true. Women comedians are often unappreciated and it’s more difficult for them to get an equally good contract (if any)

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Bill has helped me with a lot in life. I like him even more after he called rogan a fucking idiot for complaining about wearing masks

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Probably an unpopular opninion, but same vibes ?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

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That's alot of F-bombs. +1

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It's the Boston accent

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

As stated Bosten accent is just basicly replacing the pause or "um" with fuck

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... Tig... anyone agree?

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

Open up a big club with what money, Bill? Why dodge the original question to pretend like women just don’t work as hard as men?

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 5

He's kinda right but also fuck those "women can't be funny" guys who make it harder for women to be comedians.

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I hate this fucking question.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

Of course, it's bait to get him to say the idiotic shit he says.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

I actually think he didn't respond well here. He's very aware of how much his own humour is feminine. I wish he just said ask my ¢unt and FO

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I'll freely admit that I've not seen a whole lot of his material, but how is it feminine?

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Balanced, empathetic, self aware. Conscientious. Sensitive. I agree with the spirit of his answer but the question shouldn't be dignified.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I see! OK. Hmh. I should look into his stuff.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Women can be funny. This particular one isn't.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

I've seen some of his standup and am not a big fan, but his opinions on social matters and being a human have made me like him quite a bit.

5 years ago | Likes 75 Dislikes 17

then you'd dig his podcast

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That I might like. I liked the recent thing of him with Joe Rogan, where Burr said not to give medical advice because neither are doctors.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I love his stand up, but I completely understand not liking it. Regardless he's one of the most logical comedians out there.

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

I've only seen a few of his things, but I felt he was just yelling and repeating the same things over and over.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What about f is for family

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I actually started that before his standup. I watched maybe 5-7 episodes of the first season and didn't love it either.

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Gasp! To each their own

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Agreed. I love me some animated nonsense (Big Mouth, South Park, etc) but couldn't get into F is for Family.

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Family dysfunction and yelling isn't for everyone

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

obviously women can be funny, just a shame that some people have chosen Amy Schumer as their hill to die on

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Did she really say "I'm an entrepreneur . I'm a white person!"?

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I enjoy that she has no idea that he is talking to her and her producer and not the camera.

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Nah. That's not it. She's just pretending for the camera.

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No, she knows- but she can't stop the act because that's her job- they have no prep for this sort of response.

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I think you would like this. Henry Rollins takes this kid’s soul apart piece by piece https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xMkHgan0Y

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The dot

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Doot for later.

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Goddamn. Need a shot after watching that.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

When he bonks him on the head with the mic, reminds me of Yoda & Luke. (Always his mind on the future. Never where he is. What he is doing)

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Rollins on Hot Ones was AMAZING. One of my favorites.

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Yeah,the truth can hurt mightily.But only if it hits you.They don't get hit.Even though was a aimed thorhammer from space.no hit at all. SMH

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She's doing a job. If she starts having a normal conversation about herself she's doing her job poorly. Its not that she's to dumb to get it

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yes, what's the issue here?

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Did you mean to say that the truth was obvious but it missed her?

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Yepp, very obvious. And i wanthe the thorhammer in there, dunno why. you are indeed the heroThatWasNeeded

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment aka thorhammer, Halo features the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (MAC),

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also featured prominently in the plots of other video games, such as Tom Clancy's EndWar, Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts

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I love how you've linked a Wikipedia on Kinetic Bombardment like that makes this anything but more confusing

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Pardon?

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yes, what's the issue here?

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The weird esoteric stroke you had all over your keyboard

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I don't see where i am being 'esoteric'. A thorhammer isn't that subtile. and neither was Bill.

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Really the only clue he gave is when he points at her head asking if she has a brain. You can see her gears turning and she aaalmost gets it

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"Can woman be funny?" She knew what was coming with a stupid question like that.

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Stupid question. That like asking "do you think it will be dark tonight?" All woman can be funny so why even ask that unless you're baiting

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Who is she? The show?

5 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

She's the cigarette girl from Holiday Inn out by the airport.

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

She knows, just like Rogan she's just baiting Burr into one of his signature spiels.

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That's a horse shit cop out excuse to ask stupid questions.

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Yeah, she looks right at the camera and smiles, "Got him!"

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As much as i disagree with him, Rogan and Burr are close friends and he was giving Burr shit to get him riled up.

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But you would know that if you watched the episode, instead of just the clip

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Maybe Joe was seeing if rhey could go down a nutty trail. That man is a foolish parrot and speaks out of school

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

No, I watched that episode and he was just getting Burr riled up. I can't talk about Joe's opinions after January tho since he left youtube

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why did she go off on him when he said, “of course.”

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A lot of the female comics I've seen target female audiences, which is perfectly fine you do you, but get upset when men don't like the

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Yet women have little trouble laughing when guys talk about guy things. You're kinda proving the point that women have it harder.

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material, which is not fine. I have almost zero reference here, and jokes aren't funny when they have to be explained to you. I don't think

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that makes me sexist. If women want more successful female comedians they need to get out there and support them.

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Looking back 10-20 years I'd agree but nowadays there's loads of good female comedians out there (at least in the uk)

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Yeah. No.. Problem is that many of them try to hard and fail. And then you have the ones like Amy Schumer..

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there's good ones in the US too, but all the media coverage goes to the bad and controversial ones.

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Sarah millican is my favorite comedian

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Aisling Bea is great too

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I got turned off (sorry, lack of a better term) to female comics around the 00s when every joke was VAGINAS AMIRITE? Never really went back.

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Would happily accept some recommendations. I like dry humour or observational stuff a lot, but will check out anything.

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Shame he died in Mandalorian

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One Person hasn't watched it yet i guess

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Guys i was talking about that one downvote

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I genuinely can’t believe the comments section of this. There is so much undeniable research on this shit. Fuck his attitude & those who do

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Bill gave a reasonable actionable solution to a problem. It's not his job to coddle others and promise that magically issues will be fixed.

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It's because it's Bill Burr and imgur loves Bill Burr. Sadly, the idea that someone you like can say dumb shit is beyond most people..

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Not read the research on conscious and unconscious bias, attitudes like this +; hear female comics talks both it. Hear females in most

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Industries talk about it. It’s exhausting to work 3-10x as your male counterparts for the same opportunities. Denial doesn’t help. Exhausted

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AF working so so much harder than my counterparts in tech. I even created an org to help women of color in this category bc of attitudes

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Like this. You can’t change it if you can’t acknowledge it. His white make privilege is showing and I’m not here for it. 11 years on Imgur

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And today I reached a new low point of WTF is wrong with the Internet and this community sometimes?! @imgur if you don’t allow racist things

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Love that guy

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everyone loves Burr

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Apparently not the people that downvoted this comment

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Not gonna lie, that would've made a much better show than Everybody Blows Raymond or whatever it's called.

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Not the Empire.

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I honestly don't. I enjoy his realistic take on things, and I think he's genuine about it, but he is not funny.

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Saaame

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Still my favorite show he's done is where he's in front of a drunk philly crowd and he just shits on them for the 10 minutes he's paid 1/2

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to be on stage, counting it down the entire time. He won that crowd over hard, and no one else could've.

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Bill burr is a legend

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Bill burr is the voice in my head when I'm angry about something but can't say anything

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I mean have you ever listened to Iliza Shleshinger? Michelle Wolfe? Betty White? Tina Fey? Ali Wong? Nikki Glazer? They're fucking hilarious

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Sarah Silverman, I love her

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As a Canadian, shout out to Katherine Ryan. Also, Aisling Bea and Sarah Millican kick ass.

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the problem is that they don't get any media coverage, all of that goes to people hating on Amy Schumer

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Christina P, Jen Kirkman, Morgan Murphy all killers.

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Kathleen Madigan pretty damn funny too.

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Schlesinger & Wolfe are personal favorites of mine. I like Glaser on other peoples things but couldn’t finish her recent stand up.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

only heard Nikki for the first time yesterday. Fell off my chair laughing. (actually. i hurt my back). she's hilarious.

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Yes! Love them! And each of them says the complete opposite of what this white guy’s ill informed, privileged attitude says

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Fuck yeah! And Bill isn't wrong, but it's harder to start your own club AND be undeniable. The question of are women funny is bullshit. >

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people need to stop asking that and do what you just did - tell people about them.

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+1 for Iliza Schlezinger! Anyone reading this who's not familiar with her work, do yourself a favour and get to it!

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I did. Actually not that bad

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Dang it, I completely misspelled her name. Well anyway, check her out.

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I did. Actually not that bad

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Oooooollll Billy Red Nuts!

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ollll Billy fatpants!

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Bill Burr Baggins

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If you want to achieve greatness, then stop asking for permission

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.

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You have to take what you earn these days. Problem is, most people's shoes don't have straps...

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Something something Louis CK joke...

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I mean he very explicitly asked for and recieved permission, and stopped if it was rescinded

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And apparently that kept him from greatness...

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Hated the whole "boss/subordinate" shit they tried to pull just because he was more famous, like he was going to "ruin" them

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Yeah im not aware of any threat or consequence to their refusal. In fact they had the power. He's no fuckin Weinstein

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In many cases its not about asking for permission though, some people are asking to not be passively or actively worked against.

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Most. Most people are. Even white males usually by other white males that were also being worked against at some point.

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Listen to his thing again, everyone has their own shit sandwich, be undeniable.

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In this context, what does "I'm on entrepreneur, I'm a white person" mean?

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poor play at a subject change

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Good question. I think she had a packaged rant ready to go, and wasn't ready for Burr's answer.

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Exactly

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She said she’s a web person

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web person.

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"Web person"

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I Think she said, "I am a web person"

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Yes she did

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Ok, maybe I heard it wrong

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Or a weeb?

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Funny thing is, even if that is what she said, wtf is a “web person” that doesn’t even make sense.

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Truth hurts sometimes

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Still painful to hear stupid answers too

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Tooth hurts sometimes

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Usually around 2:30

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I hear what he's saying, but that a lot easier to do when the "system" isnt set up to make sure you cant do exactly that

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Comedy is hard. No one deserves to succeed in it. Be undeniable or fuck off.

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Hmm was def harder b4 internet, now its alot easier comparatively to start even niche projects. Look at how many vtubers go solo n do well.

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Agree with you. It’s def easier. Easier doesn’t mean it’s just as easy for women in a boys’ club. It’s generally disproportionately harder

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Sure no argument there if you are trying the same pathways the "boys" used. Which is what bill stated. Rn it easier to fuck the system.

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Yep. Don't do it myself but have friends saying you have to be "let in" at some point to make a wage. Despite previous achievements.

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Whoever downvotes such comments should really check out podcasts of female comedians, also listed in the comments.

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Comedy is hard. No one deserves to succeed in it. Be undeniable or fuck off.

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This.

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What system?

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How the branch/business culture works

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Class System

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Unconscious bias of women's competence, inability to be funny, and a power structure generally managed by men, though the bias is not exclu

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Exclusive to gender, accompanied by the already sexual assaults laden nature of show business. Would be my assumption.

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How exactly is the system set up so that female comedians can't succeed? What a clown comment

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You have Google, right? This seems like a thing you can look up yourself.

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"OK google, how exactly is the system set up so that female comedians can't succeed?" ... *crickets*

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Women in general are seen as less funny than guys. This absolutely makes getting shows and headlining and all that more difficult.

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Profesh comedy scenes where you essentially have to be friends with the right people to get gigs where it matters to get exposure or paid.

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That didn't even remotely answer my question.

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So imagine in the scenario I just described. If a woman needed to make business contacts, and those contacts are all male.

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You don't think the gal or guy running the club isn't just going to run the funniest act so they can sell the most drinks tho?

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Wish this was true but it seems to not be in many cases. Clubowners might say they do but extreme bias culture can grow in any circumstance.

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Stupid question and answer that totally ignores the systemic sexism in the comedy industry. She comes off clueless but he comes off ignorant

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You ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer.

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oh. a measured and nuanced response to difficult topic. this will fly as well as a fat brick in this echo chamber.

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(It really isn't tho - he's just complaining that "women don't try hard enough")

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The question resulted from some stupid men saying things in the internet. Questioning the whole industry is another, much bigger topic.

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I disagree. Hes very much touching the whole industry when he claims that it's just as easy as to "just do it".

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Besides that, there are many successfull female comedians. But to be honest I don't know If sexism in that industry is a thing.

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Narrator: But it *was* A Thing.

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There are some successful African American people in this country so I guess racism doesn't exist either?

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Just because you don't see or experience it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There are people out there right now experiencing it every day.

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Sigh, everyone is so quick to make fun of the girl because they think she’s too dumb to know that bill is directing his comments at her —

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From what i have seen in Interviews, sexism between Male und female colleauges is not existent?

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Between colleagues maybe not. Between people in power and people not in power it is definitely occurring.

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Probably like in every other business, which of course sucks. But Bill would support these females. And his wife is a feminist by the way

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Guy, spend 30 seconds and just google “sexism + any random industry”.

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Yeah that is a problem everywhere

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"rampant sexism" right .... Which is why a new Ghostbusters with all women was made, despite the writing being dog shit.....

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This dude is the kind of person who thinks they’re incapable of racism because they voted Obama.

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Who? Me or Burr?

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Yes.

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If Burr someone should tell his black wife Nia that he's racist.

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Using an outlier to make it seem like that's the case as a whole is a pretty lazy argument.

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Okay dude, then how about Thunder Force, Charlie's Angels in comedic-ish remake with baddie Bosley, gender swapped Overboard, etc

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It's adorable you got mad and downvoted me lol. Also still doesn't compare whatsoever relative to all the male comedies. Nice try though.

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Okay?

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Okay so now there's 4 examples.

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I guess we can just ignore all the other crappy comedy movies by Kevin James, Adam Sandler, David Spade, etc.

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Oof, Sandler Movies are national treasures, but David Spade movies...... Yeah it's probably best

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