Comments | dariusk: A Sense of Humor

dariusk

A Sense of Humor

Dec 03, 2008 15:56

I am glad we are going to have a President who can tell a joke.

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mikecap December 3 2008, 21:10:41 UTC

Okay, fucking seriously... The Onion is really going to have to start stretching for humor now. I swear to god that totally reads like an Onion piece.

neuromancerzss December 3 2008, 21:30:59 UTC

Well, to be fair, Bush could tell jokes too. They were often on topics that he shouldn't be joking about, but he was funny.

dariusk December 3 2008, 21:33:25 UTC

I was going to put a qualifier in there about "inoffensive" jokes or something, but that word is just too broad (there are plenty of great offensive jokes that I'd love to hear a president tell). I guess, in my mind, that part of joke telling is knowing what joke to tell, and if you shouldn't be joking about it, then you can't tell a joke.

I think that's the core issue: Bush can be funny, but he can't tell a joke.

tolchocky December 3 2008, 23:39:10 UTC

I think that's the core issue: Bush can be funny, but he can't tell a joke.

This was what I was going to say until I read your reply. Exactly.

hardrockward December 4 2008, 06:24:05 UTC

what if he choked on a snack food? that would be hilarious

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dirkcjelli December 3 2008, 22:36:44 UTC

He's Reagan.

dariusk December 3 2008, 22:45:30 UTC

But he's BLACK.

More seriously, while Obama does have the charisma and the centrism of Reagan, he differs in that as far as I can tell, he is actually intelligent. Even when he makes bad decisions (like some of his cabinet appointments) I'm pretty sure he actually *thought* about them.

dirkcjelli December 4 2008, 13:36:24 UTC

That doesn't reassure me, though.

I mean... (Godwin alert!)...

Imagine super-Hitler. Super-Hitler is just like Hitler, except he is twice as intelligent; Super-Hitler is a military genius.

Would replacing Hitler with Super-Hitler be better, or worse?

air_hadoken December 4 2008, 19:58:40 UTC

That depends on whether or not you're an economically repressed German Gentile, I guess.

Would Super-Hitler require twice the drugs?

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juineve December 6 2008, 16:03:03 UTC

(10:28:34 AM) juineve: play World of Goo yet?
(10:28:54 AM) twotapirs: oh, no
(10:31:32 AM) juineve: good game
(10:42:30 AM) twotapirs: *downloads*
(10:54:17 AM) juineve: hah open it up?
(10:55:17 AM) twotapirs: i think i need coffeeee
(10:55:50 AM) juineve: heee likely
(10:55:59 AM) juineve: grr housemate is using shower
(10:56:21 AM) twotapirs: feh
(11:00:00 AM) twotapirs: dude
(11:00:03 AM) twotapirs: this game is amazing
(11:00:50 AM) twotapirs: ok, i am going to shower, grab coffee, and then totally get into it.

That'd be sale #3. Not counting who they have/may pass it onto.