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Ricky Gervais Responds to Petition Asking Netflix to Remove Jokes From His New Special: ‘It’s Quite Meaningless’ (variety.com)

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Ricky Gervais has responded to a petition demanding Netflix remove a controversial joke from his new comedy special, calling out 'faux' outrage.

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[–] niktemadur 0 points 9 months ago

It's like what Frank Zappa said:
"I once wrote a song about dental floss and didn't see anyone's teeth getting any cleaner."

Thinking that someone saying whatever thing in any context is like a command to the mindless masses to go forth and do whatever thing, is quite an infantile way of seeing the world.

One time that idiot from the website formerly known as twitter, tweeted the following tweet:
"DOGE, DOGE, DOGE, DOGE, DOGE"
And some poor simple-minded fellow was outraged and alarmed:
"Elon's pumping Doge again!"

What a cartoon view one must have of the world to think that one idiot saying "Doge, Doge, Doge, Doge, Doge" compels other idiots to "BUY DOGE NOW" like mesmerized or frenzied zombies.

Many people seem to have little-to-no perspective about the tools and situations of humanity and the world, in depth, magnitude and/or priority. Narratives distorted to a weird abstract flatness.