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Whatever happened to this forum ?
I mean if we can't have a laugh at a washed up ex footballer who has been dumped by his employers on the radio because he's always late or pissed or both .....then we may as well become nuns
Dear me
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I mean if we can't have a laugh at a washed up ex footballer who has been dumped by his employers on the radio because he's always late or pissed or both .....then we may as well become nuns
Dear me
I’m sorry to hear this Sludge. I sure you’ll find another job soon.
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Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’
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14 year old unfunny Youtube videos and a bare faced lie about a man losing his job are just what this forum needs eh. Bring back the halyhcon days of CCMB.
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Welcome to the new woke policed world.
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life on mars
Welcome to the new woke policed world.
Ignore all miserable wokes!
“You found it offensive? I found it funny. That's why I'm happier than you.” -
@rickygervais
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life on mars
Welcome to the new woke policed world.
Yeah, you can't be sexist or racist anymore or even make fun of people with disabilities. Bummer.
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North Cardiff Blue
Ignore all miserable wokes!
“You found it offensive? I found it funny. That's why I'm happier than you.” -
@rickygervais
Ricky Gervais has nothing new to be funny about anymore so has just doubled down on the tired old jokes and become a nasty little man. "Oh I'm allowed to make fun of disabled people because I'm not actually making fun of them but making fun of people who make fun of them" or "I'm allowed to make fun of anyone because I'm a 'comedian'" - yeah right Ricky.
As Stewart Lee said (who is a million times funnier and smarter than Gervais) "Afterlife was a nine hour sad wank"
Don't get me wrong, Gervais has done some excellent stuff, but now I find him unfunny and tedious.
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Ricky Gervais notwithstanding, it should be clear to anyone who's posted on here for more than, say, a decade that this forum has become a nastier, less civilised and more intolerant place and I say that as someone who has, from time to time, contributed towards the board's decline.
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life on mars
Welcome to the new woke policed world.
I know right!!! - fecking woke Tories and the right-wing - trying to ban human rights, protesting, strikes, investigations into their corruption, independent reports into their behaviour, criticism of government, talk of BREXIT etc
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the other bob wilson
Ricky Gervais notwithstanding, it should be clear to anyone who's posted on here for more than, say, a decade that this forum has become a nastier, less civilised and more intolerant place and I say that as someone who has, from time to time, contributed towards the board's decline.
You and I both TOBW.
Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.
Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.
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AfricanBluebird
You and I both TOBW.
Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.
Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.
I wouldn't say it was all down to the referendum in that a similar divide has opened up in the US, for example, around Trump. I think the ubiquity of social media and people being able to choose news outlets which feed their particular world view have been massive influences on the divisions which have emerged. Once you've arrived a view on any issue you will find an enormous amount of info to confirm your belief and you can choose not to see any which might question your view. Previously, you had pretty much consistent output across TV and radio, although the choice in printed media was more varied.
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AfricanBluebird
You and I both TOBW.
Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.
Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.
Too right, some people are so angry, like this bloke.
I know right!!! - fecking woke Tories and the right-wing - trying to ban human rights, protesting, strikes, investigations into their corruption, independent reports into their behavior, criticism of the government, talk of BREXIT, etc
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Robin Friday's Ghost
I wouldn't say it was all down to the referendum in that a similar divide has opened up in the US, for example, around Trump. I think the ubiquity of social media and people being able to choose news outlets which feed their particular world view have been massive influences on the divisions which have emerged. Once you've arrived a view on any issue you will find an enormous amount of info to confirm your belief and you can choose not to see any which might question your view. Previously, you had pretty much consistent output across TV and radio, although the choice in printed media was more varied.
Correct, even if people chose to have a covid jab, there were people who got so wound up, they wanted them to die, and attitudes have gone ridiculously out of proportion.
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AfricanBluebird
Ricky Gervais has nothing new to be funny about anymore so has just doubled down on the tired old jokes and become a nasty little man. "Oh I'm allowed to make fun of disabled people because I'm not actually making fun of them but making fun of people who make fun of them" or "I'm allowed to make fun of anyone because I'm a 'comedian'" - yeah right Ricky.
As Stewart Lee said (who is a million times funnier and smarter than Gervais) "Afterlife was a nine hour sad wank"
Don't get me wrong, Gervais has done some excellent stuff, but now I find him unfunny and tedious.
Ricky Gervais is very funny, I think his last show took things too far, but he has been one of the best comedy actors of recent times, I also agree he is just about at the end of his career. Never heard of that other bloke?
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North Cardiff Blue
Ricky Gervais is very funny, I think his last show took things too far, but he has been one of the best comedy actors of recent times, I also agree he is just about at the end of his career. Never heard of that other bloke?
Lee is an alternative comic like Ricky Gervais
Lee is apparently politically correct
Both very funny at times
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The inevitable descent of left v right on here is incredibly tedious, particularly when threads have nothing to do with party politics.
It's also tiresome that one particular poster, a serial wind-up merchant and deliberate misquoter of other contributors, continues to create endless identities for himself.
The descent into personal insults
is also pretty depressing.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Lee is an alternative comic like Ricky Gervais
Lee is apparently politically correct
Both very funny at times
Jesus, that's 6 minutes 18 seconds I'll never get back, the Emperor's new clothes spring to mind, no laughs but I smiled once in the last 10 seconds the rest is utter ****, oh sorry this is a be a nice thread, not very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fCV-M_TsoQM
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North Cardiff Blue
Jesus, that's 6 minutes 18 seconds I'll never get back, the Emperor's new clothes spring to mind, no laughs but I smiled once in the last 10 seconds the rest is utter ****, oh sorry this is a be a nice thread, not very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fCV-M_TsoQM
I got fed up after about 2 minutes
Never heard of the bloke and never want to on that performance
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North Cardiff Blue
Jesus, that's 6 minutes 18 seconds I'll never get back….
I hate to have to break this to you, but you’re never going to get any of your life back.
As for Stewart Lee being the emperor’s new clothes, the fact is he’s been on the comedy circuit since 1989. Brilliant performer with a big fanbase despite his limited publicity. Very clever comedian. Recently sold out two nights at St David’s Hall.
I appreciate he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, though. He won’t appeal to Tories or anyone who believes cutting and pasting LoM’s inane ramblings is a valuable use of their time.
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The Lone Gunman
I hate to have to break this to you, but you’re never going to get any of your life back.
As for Stewart Lee being the emperor’s new clothes, the fact is he’s been on the comedy circuit since 1989. Brilliant performer with a big fanbase despite his limited publicity. Very clever comedian. Recently sold out two nights at St David’s Hall.
I appreciate he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, though. He won’t appeal to Tories or anyone who believes cutting and pasting LoM’s inane ramblings is a valuable use of their time.
Wow filled St Davids Hall, how impressive I bet you could hear them laughing all the way down to the Hayes Island snack bar, fair play saying for example for 6 minutes, it is so funny!
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North Cardiff Blue
Wow filled St Davids Hall, how impressive I bet you could hear them laughing all the way down to the Hayes Island snack bar, fair play saying for example for 6 minutes, it is so funny!
I went to the second night. It was excellent. It’s all about context. Lee’s shows often last for more than two hours and much of the material is linked. It’s not a show full of one-liners. Therefore, brief clips don’t really tell the story.
Still, each to their own. I also like Ricky Gervais, although his latest show wasn’t a patch on Lee’s.
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The Lone Gunman
I went to the second night. It was excellent. It’s all about context. Lee’s shows often last for more than two hours and much of the material is linked. It’s not a show full of one-liners. Therefore, brief clips don’t really tell the story.
Still, each to their own. I also like Ricky Gervais, although his latest show wasn’t a patch on Lee’s.
I'm a big fan of Stewart Lee too. A very funny and clever bloke IMO. No doubt he will grate on the Righty Headbangers.
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Stewart Lee is by far the best comedian around. I dint actually agree with all his views but I don't find it matters too much. Extraordinarily clever.
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Dorcus
I'm a big fan of Stewart Lee too. A very funny and clever bloke IMO. No doubt he will grate on the Righty Headbangers.
I hope you're not being nasty to the Righty Headbangers! :hehe:
Stewart Lee is brilliant - and very funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkCBhKs4faI
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Stewart Lee is superb, maybe people who allegedly don’t ‘get it’ are embarrassed that he’s making them look in the mirror.
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No I'm always sweet to the Headbangers 😉. Brilliant clip Jon, absolutely hilarious and bang on!
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Smiled twice, the same line repeated again for 3 minutes, and I'd already heard it before from someone else, as I hadn't heard of this bloke before despite his 34 years of hilarious comedy genius.
Definitely a case of the Emperor's New Clothes, someone said it's funny and people want to be in the same gang saying yes he's brilliant.
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NYCBlue
Yeah, you can't be sexist or racist anymore or even make fun of people with disabilities. Bummer.
Lol shut up you utter pleb. At its core, "wokeness" is a blend of intersectionality and postmodernism which seeks to radically redefine misogyny, racism, oppression etc. and accentuate the very aspect we should be trying to eliminate i.e. not judge people by their skin colour, which I'm sure you fully understand and have done extensive resear- ohh wait, you probably haven't....
When a bunch of insatiable hyper-sensitive narcissists on Twitter or in academia (via Twitter) broaden the scope for "racism" or "misogyny" to justify their pathetic dogma, the obvious pitfalls to this are obviously lost on people such as you.
I only swing by this board from time to time to get some perspective on CCFC (God knows why...), and I occasionally get a good chuckle from seeing a bunch of miserably cynical crusty armchair managers bite lumps out of each other, but I can't help myself and wade in when I see stupid comments, so here I am!
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Tokyo Blue
Lol shut up you utter pleb. At its core, "wokeness" is a blend of intersectionality and postmodernism which seeks to radically redefine misogyny, racism, oppression etc. and accentuate the very aspect we should be trying to eliminate i.e. not judge people by their skin colour, which I'm sure you fully understand and have done extensive resear- ohh wait, you probably haven't....
When a bunch of insatiable hyper-sensitive narcissists on Twitter or in academia (via Twitter) broaden the scope for "racism" or "misogyny" to justify their pathetic dogma, the obvious pitfalls to this are obviously lost on people such as you.
I only swing by this board from time to time to get some perspective on CCFC (God knows why...), and I occasionally get a good chuckle from seeing a bunch of miserably cynical crusty armchair managers bite lumps out of each other, but I can't help myself and wade in when I see stupid comments, so here I am!
So here you are!
You may have single-handedly saved this forum from intersectionality and postmodernism, and the influence of 'plebs'!
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North Cardiff Blue
Too right, some people are so angry, like this bloke.
I know right!!! - fecking woke Tories and the right-wing - trying to ban human rights, protesting, strikes, investigations into their corruption, independent reports into their behavior, criticism of the government, talk of BREXIT, etc
:hehe::hehe:
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North Cardiff Blue
Definitely a case of the Emperor's New Clothes, someone said it's funny and people want to be in the same gang saying yes he's brilliant.
Crazy, isn’t it? It’s almost as if a popular comedian who has been on the circuit for more than 30 years has lots of fans. Astonishing stuff.
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jon1959
when does the comedy start?
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North Cardiff Blue
Ricky Gervais is very funny, I think his last show took things too far, but he has been one of the best comedy actors of recent times, I also agree he is just about at the end of his career. Never heard of that other bloke?
I like Gervais.
People can't just pick and choose what's funny or not because it suits them.
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I like Gervais.
People can't just pick and choose what's funny or not because it suits them.
He's alright - a bit tedious - we get it Ricky, you don't believe in God and think religion sucks. Talk about flogging a dead horse.
I though Derek was very underrated - Afterlife had a few decent lines but just a bit boring.
I don't post too much these days due to other commitments but I think this board is still pretty good.
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dembethewarrior
I like Gervais.
People can't just pick and choose what's funny or not because it suits them.
Who gets to choose what's funny then? I thought that's exactly how it works.
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When did this come in ?
Great line
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It's not Britain anymore
That's what the father of someone I used to go to watch City with said to me this September
I knew it was some racist cobblers as he's got form for it
I played dumb and said what do you mean Brian ?
He says , like the taxi driver .....its not Britain anymore ......went to watch City the other day , half the team are black , its not Britain anymore
I said Brian sort yourself out for God's sake and he waddled off on his walking stick to get medication given to him by the pharmacist who is Asian because Brian is seriously overweight through bad diet and needs a new hip