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[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 125 points 6 months ago

Weird how these woke kids keep killing comedy while still being the best comedians, and it's always the ones leaning on their 30+ year old sets that think it's a problem.

What is the deal with airline food, anyway?

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 57 points 6 months ago

What's the deal with time passing? It just happens! You don't want it to, but it does. One day you're riding high, one hand on Larry David's coattails and the other up some high school girl's skirt. You're thinking, "I'm gonna be on top forever. Everyone loves me now and it's always gonna be this way." Then the next day you're complaining about woke on a drive time radio show with Kid Rock. What's his deal anyway? He's not a rock, or even a kid. He's a man. He should be called Man Man.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 6 months ago

You know who had a 30 year old set that was still awesome and hysterical to the very end? The Amazing Jonathan.

I got to see him in Vegas probably a few years before he died, he was doing shows in what amounted to a fancy conference room somewhere. I was the person called up to the stage, and even though I knew every single thing he was going to say and do, it was still just funny. I got to look him right in the eyes up close, and it was clear that he knew he was doing the same set he's done forever, in a conference room. and it seemed like we both knew that "WTF am I doing here?" added a whole other layer of funny to the whole thing.

Maybe I was reading too much into it. Maybe it was just the methamphetamine.

[-] bort@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago

while still being the best comedians

can you recommend some?

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

If you haven’t heard it: Bill Burr Philadelphia Rant.

Look it up on YouTube. It’s unfortunately a crappy video, but the audio is straight gold. For 30 whole minutes it’s just Burr trashing the audience and Philadelphia and its perfection. Better than any stand up of the last few years because it’s organic and in the moment.

Bo Burnham is also fantastic if you want something introspective at the same time. Inside, by Bo Burnham was a critical piece of Covid media.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Bill Burr Philly

That was 2006.

Burr kills but is not new, nor is he a 'kid'.

But i dare you to call him that to his face.

[-] themachine@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

I have a favorite link that for “full stand up comedy special” on YouTube and new ones pop up like every day. Listen to it on my commute, shower, dishes, etc.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

The deal with airline food has nothing to do with the food, but everything to deal with the dry, low preassure air in an airplane lowering the sensitivity of our tastebuds, making thw food taste bland.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

It’s not low pressure. The cabin is pressurized to 5k feet.

Are you saying that people that live in Colorado or other high altitude locations have trouble enjoying their food because of “low pressure”? The answer is no.

The reason airline food sucks is because it’s highly processed and filled with preservatives to keep it “fresh”. In other words the food sucks.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

And the issue with the joke is that it's painfully obvious that serving meals to thousands of passengers on a cramped metal tube that's sensitive to weight would result in something less than gourmet. THAT'S the deal with airline food. As an offhand comment from a sympathetic stranger sharing your experience, it's mildly amusing. As performed humor, it's lazy and not funny.

I don't know if Jerry specifically ever did airline food (but he probably did). Still, it describes pretty much the entirety of his stand-up.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I think it just goes to show how out of touch he is.

Reality is airlines stopped serving food a long time ago outside of international travel, which means most young people today haven’t even experienced this before.

It’s hard to be funny when you don’t even relate to your audience. Thing is Seinfeld was “funny” in the 90s when his comedy was more relevant.

Since then the world has changed dramatically and his comedy has stayed stagnant. He’s behind the times. It’s not that comedy in general is dead. It’s just his view that died because the world changed and he did not change with it. Happens to most comedians.

[-] Twista713@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Maron is still going strong, thankfully. I like Seinfeld's Netflix show, but haven't seen any stand up of his for years... I could see it being rough.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

It is absolutely low preassure compared to sea level.

Also, note that I said it was a combination with very dry air.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Of course. But it isn’t enough to make any difference on your sense of taste.

At least not big enough to justify naming the entire reason for why airline food sucks.

The food sucks because the food sucks. There is no other reason. You aren’t going to convince anyone otherwise.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

The food sucks because the food sucks. There is no other reason.

This is absolutely a part of it, but you are simplifying it too much, here is a BBC article about the issue:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150112-why-in-flight-food-tastes-weird

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