This took some thought only because of the qualifier "formative". All main stream, though. Richard Prior Red Foxx Phyllis DIller Smothers Brothers Carol Burnett Laugh In Mash Ellen DeGeneres David Letterman Jerry Seinfeld Monty Python Animaniacs, especially Pinky and the Brain recently Tig Notaro

I don't want to get into any kind of moral argument so I might delete this. But I can't figure out why gambling addiction is treated as real but for some reason sex addiction, video game addiction, or social media addiction are treated as crank theories.

Does anyone have any experience with ML-assisted audio cleanup?

Dana Carvey Paula Poundstone Steve Martin Martin Short Maria Bamford Lucille Ball Margaret Cho Chevy Chase Chris Farley Phil Hartman Conan Early Jon Stewart Daily Show Tina Fey Amy Poehler

The universe really trying to get me to reassess Eddington.

Em—Dickinson

america runs on cuck juice

Bette Midler Robin Williams Bill Cosby Dom Delouise Danny Kaye Tim Curry John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd Madeline Kahn Bea Arthur Janeane Garofalo Joan Cusack Whoopi Goldberg Dave Barry John Goodman Jessica Walter Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara The Wayans Bros. Matthew Perry Kate McKinnon Leslie Jones

Too many discussions about books end up with a bunch of people talking about how smart they were for not liking the book in question.

Shelley Berman Bob Newhart Nichols & May Bob & Ray Johnny Carson David Letterman David Steinberg Dick Cavett Gilda Radner Andrea Martin Steven Wright

I was born in 1986, which means [adultswim] was load-bearing infrastructure: John Swartzwelder Mel Brooks Mitch Hedberg Adam Reed Maria Bamford Brendon Small Charles Portis Tina Fey The titan was Terry Pratchett, whose books I read obsessively from 12 on.

Formative comedy people for me (I cut off at 2002 when I left college): Simpsons Writers Chris Farley Alan Alda (I watched SO much MASH as a kid) Will Smith Robin Williams John Goodman Eddie Murphy Tom Hanks Adam Sandler Maura Tierney Conan Letterman Pretty basic stuff tbh

Just for contrast – me being British – here's my list, given in chronological order: George Formby Spike Milligan Tony Hancock Kenneth Williams Beyond the Fringe Monty Python Morecambe & Wise Ronnie Barker Fry & Laurie Harry Enfield (& Paul Whitehouse) Father Ted Stewart Lee Tim Vine

I would love to see everyone's lists!

You might not like it but this thread is peak posting.

King of the Hips

This is a drag, man. It would be such a giant W if someone here could beat Graham and they're posting this kind of homophobic garbage?

I need help I am going to be unhoused soon. My apartment is pushing me out for someone with a better credit score who doesn’t pay late. I literally have a negative checking account and have a “i need to move in less than 2 weeks” mountain in front of me I haven’t eaten today I’m scared

You might not like it but this thread is peak posting.

Closest I have is Normal Again from Buffy, which suggests that the entire series (and by extension, Angel too) are delusions while she's in an asylum, and it ends on an ambiguous note. Truly show breaking except everyone ignores it.

Toby McGuire's Spider Man at the end of the first movie after fighting the Goblin

I've used this line so many times.

Picked a terrible day to drop the trailer for my new wizard school series, Harvey Pinter.

I remember when Bill Pulte was just the billionaire who made poor people beg for his money on Twitter.

Oh, and my old time radio heroes: Jack Benny Amos and Andy Gracie Allen Abbott and Costello Fibber McGee and Molly The Great Gildersleeve Lum and Abner And old movies: Chaire Chaplin Buster Keaton Laurel and Hardy

A running list of comedy people I love and consider formative (it's very male-centric unfortunately, but I am 42) Conan Steve Martin Ben Stiller Billy Crystal Leslie Nielsen Sam Raimi (he counts, right?) Catherine O'Hara John Candy

Somehow I think Ben Stiller is still a little underappreciated.

I saw the trailer for this before Hoppers and it is... not what I expected.

⚖️ All rise! Court is now in session.

Somehow, Ace Attorney Court Bot had returned!

I don't dress very well either but at least my clothes fit.

Just watched the first episode of Hazbin Hotel because my oldest is wanting to watch it and boy did I ever hate it.

For a long time I tried to convince myself that We Have the Facts was the best Death Cab album but I've come to believe, as much as the iconoclast in me wants to say otherwise, it's Transatlanticism.

For me personally, I am on this website to chat with, like, fifteen people. It's always weird when it feels like more than that are interested in what I have to say

Funny that anyone thought Iran would be rushing to make a deal. Imagine someone coming into your house, shooting your dad, then suggesting maybe we can make a deal.

Would have to say this is one of my best posts.

I'd like to clarify that my engagement is fine. I enjoy posting here quite a bit and if you look at my timeline almost everything gets at least a little engagement—i think I've always been in the top 10% of so. It's just a general trend that I've noticed on here and on twitter.

I just realized these two baristos at my coffeeshop are different people.

One thing this site and Twitter have in common is that large accounts often have almost zero engagement relative to their size. It's an interesting phenomenon.

Today's music so far: Megan Thee Stallion Willie Nelson Fats Domino Underscore I contain multitudes.

Willie Nelson has released more albums (11) since 2020 than most artists release their whole career.

Phone less convenient in every way and furthermore it is for babies. You always see babies poking away at phones and tablets. A baby is never on the computer

That's the thing. Some of these very old people are still very capable but at some point it doesn't matter. My grandma (84) seemed perfectly fine one day and died the next. You can't build on that. Yeah, a 30 year old could be hit by a bus but actuarial tables don't lie.

Genuinely find it shocking that we're in this state and people are still saying it's ageist to suggest that 88 is too old to be in Congress.

Fortunately the coke never lets me down.

I felt kind of spacey and chill but nothing crazy. Might bump the dose next time.

Can people change? Sure! I’m rapidly deteriorating as we speak.

Just took two very small edibles. Let's see if I feel anytime this time.

Double Jeopardy but all the questions are about Alan Ritchson, call it a Reacher-round.

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