Seriously, I keep waiting for that ‘Triumph the Comic Insult Dog’ moment to kick in, where he explains that the whole thing was a joke in bad taste, you know…?

“For me to poop on!”
But no, that context is seemingly lacking, wtf?

I’m honestly baffled, here. Jim Jefferies is normally GOLD in everything he touches, but… *&$@# is this anti-woman shizzle?

I MUST be missing the joke, right? Right…?

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    I think the poop is implied. He’s clearly a shock comic, his gimmick is saying things that make people uncomfortable. He’s playing a character and how much of himself is part of that character, we can only guess , but when he’s on stage he’s “the guy who says humorous offensive things.”

    I’m sure many wouldn’t find it funny, but I know that many do. As is their right.

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      He’s absolutely not a shock comic. What a ridiculous take.

      His comments on gun control, politics, and whatever else have been leading edge for quite a while, hence my bafflement, here.

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        I watched the whole video, it’s nothing but shock.

        Is this maybe an old clip? It’s possible he matured beyond shock since then.

        EDIT: I just saw below that this is a new clip. Maybe he immatured instead.

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          I just saw below that this is a new clip. Maybe he immatured instead.

          Exactly.

          He was a smart, funny, excellent comedian for like 10yrs, and then seemingly he devolved to this bullshit shock material. Wtf…?

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            My guess is he got lazy or uninspired and let an LLM do the writing?

            Seems like the material gen-AI would put out, based on the sheer volume - decades! - of unfunny jokes it would have been trained on.

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        Idk there’s probably some funny way to make an indictment of dating culture, without punching down on anyone, but is he a good enough comedian to get there?

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          Abs - a - fooking - lutely, if you know his earlier material.

          Dude had been arguably the funniest comic on earth for ~10yrs, and then this bullshit against women.