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some personal faves of mine:

James Acaster (v quirky and unconventional, but top tier imo) Michael Che Mae Martin (also less conventional, almost more of a story teller approach) Saw someone mention Nate Bargatze, excellent deadpan You may also enjoy Neal Brennan, used to write for Chappelle’s Show

@remisira

Jun 21, 2024

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Standup Suffers from the same thing all contemporary media does

The sheer amount of standup specials, YouTube/IG/TikTok stars, etc. oversaturate our brains, and I think it dilutes our experience. This is surely true of music for me lately - I need breaks from new things pretty often. I think another symptom of it being so abundant is the more you've seen, the harder it is to be surprised by new styles and personalities. I've been a life-long standup fan for as long as I can remember, and gimmicks and fads have always been a thing. But still, every year, something new grabs my attention. It just takes some digging to find the people that tell the kind of stories that make you laugh. Here are some ones I really liked recently: Kyle Kinane - Dirt Nap Jacqueline Novak - Get On Your Knees Sheng Wang - Sweet & Juicy Brian Simpson - Live From The Mothership Chris Fleming - Hell (As mentioned in other responses, just the best kind of weird) Taylor Tomlinson - Look At You Nate Bargatze (any of his many on Netflix)

@theclack

Jun 21, 2024

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Most standup is garbage (and always has been)

Your 90% figure is something I use to describe how much art media is basically not good – tv, movies, music, etc. But the particularity of standup as an art form – the bizarre mutual expectation of a specific response (laughter) – means that it can “fail” more obviously. Mediocre music can be shrugged off, and pretty easily tolerated by most; it doesn’t come with the same expectations. But when someone’s jokes don't land, it immediately lays bare a devastating rift between performer and audience. Most people just want to laugh, though, and they’re ok with laughing at anything that purports to be funny. You make a joke about the difference between men and women, I laugh, everyone goes home happy. So there’s a lot of trash that ends up getting elevated because it’s “good” enough to fulfill this social contract for enough people. But there’s always good stuff out there! I’ll 4th Chris Fleming and throw in Conner O’Malleys recent special. Sorry but they both yell, lol. If you want a very different, bizarre, highly personal, often uncomfortable, avant-garde, and of course, funny rec: Natalie Palamides’s Nate: A One Man Show which was out on Netflix a few years ago.

@solomonki

Jun 21, 2024

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Not recording strangers in public and posting it on the internet

This has become the norm and every day I grow more disturbed. I understand if somebody is behaving in a harmful way, that is good to document and put out there. But as a whole, it seems, we have become so comfortable with recording people just living their lives. I saw a video of a guy working and the caption of the video was that he was so hot, we needed to find him!!! Why are you providing the Internet with his face and location instead of just going up to talk to him? I saw another of two people on the subway, seemingly a couple, having a very emotional moment. How would you feel if you open up an app and saw a video like that of yourself? I don’t like this level of sibling society surveillance. Why are you videoing an elderly person with sad music dubbed over it to gain likes? It is WEIRD. Don’t even get me started on videos of children. It is WEIRD to use a stranger without their consent to get some kind of fake validation. Get a life. I don’t mean to come on here and share something so negative, I just don’t have anywhere else to put it and it’s gnawing at me.

@mossyelfie

Oct 7, 2024

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Stingray skeletons

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@mossyelfie

Feb 23, 2025

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Embracing mistakes

It’s to keep us humble otherwise we’d be TOO hot/sexy/cool

@mossyelfie

Jul 3, 2024

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