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		urbandw311er 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funn... This is, unfortunately, the world that we live in right now. There are stand-up comedians who privately admit it’s almost impossible to do their jobs any more because of the faux outrage.

amanaplanacanal 8 days ago [–]

But there are other stand-up comedians who don't have that problem and are wildly successful. I wonder what the difference is?

pessimizer 8 days ago | | [–]

This reads like Iranian government twitter.

amanaplanacanal 8 days ago | | | [–]

I didn't think most Western governments censor comedians.

urbandw311er 7 days ago | | [–]

Different types of comedy I guess.

AlexeyBelov 3 days ago | | [–]

Non-rightoid humour?

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