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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

you don't look at comedians and accuse them of lying

Reasonable people don't. Hasan Minhaj got semi-cancelled for a while for including inaccurate details in jokes about his life 🤦

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

He called for a ceasefire in Gaza publicly. At that point embellishing stories for comedy acts, a staple and basic thing in standup, became an issue for uncritical people.

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