StillAlive@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agoMFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuffmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down113 cross-posted to: noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1imageMFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuffmedia.piefed.worldStillAlive@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square173fedilink cross-posted to: noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·15 days ago“What is the deal with…” Is it just me, or is that a really hack thing to do in standup comedy? lol
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·15 days agoIts literarary shorthand for “this comic is bad at their job.” No comedians actually say that, unless they’re referencing a hack comedian.
minus-squareFosterMolasses@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 days agoThey’re referencing Jerry Seinfeld. He does that. Or did, probably before you guys were born lol
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days agoLike they said, referencing a hack comedian
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoI mean hack comedians still do it I guess, but most of them don’t make it past the open mic stage. Or they improve their craft and stop doing it.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-215 days agoJerry Seinfeld literally was that guy. All those “what’s the deal with…” jokes are specifically making fun of Seinfeld. It’s not calling out all hacks; just the one specific hack.
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days ago“How about those comedians that say ‘What is the deal with…’? They’re trite I tell 'ya. Trite!”
“What is the deal with…”
Is it just me, or is that a really hack thing to do in standup comedy? lol
Its literarary shorthand for “this comic is bad at their job.” No comedians actually say that, unless they’re referencing a hack comedian.
They’re referencing Jerry Seinfeld. He does that.
Or did, probably before you guys were born lol
Like they said, referencing a hack comedian
I mean hack comedians still do it I guess, but most of them don’t make it past the open mic stage. Or they improve their craft and stop doing it.
Jerry Seinfeld literally was that guy. All those “what’s the deal with…” jokes are specifically making fun of Seinfeld. It’s not calling out all hacks; just the one specific hack.
“How about those comedians that say ‘What is the deal with…’? They’re trite I tell 'ya. Trite!”