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forgotmylogin

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42. I'll accept "change your tampon" in the spirit he meant it.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:33 PM
Oct 2024

I am a man and I do have a sense of humor. The problem isn't a lack of humor, the problem is that he's an alleged comedian who doesn't know how to read a room. A good comedian would have clocked the tepid response to the Puerto Rico jab and pivoted to talking about how old Joe Biden is. You had a room that wanted to hear the oldies and then maybe dip a bit blue with Hunter's cock. You save your best incel and racial material for podcasting with Elon Musk or Joe Rogan who are the correct audience for that.

Hinchcliffe asking the world to change their metaphorical tampon (surely he doesn't mean just women) means "something's wrong with you; it's not my fault you don't find me funny." If I change my metaphorical tampon I'll feel better and giggle and think that joke was funny Nope. Madison Square Garden, allegedly near-capacity with Republicans and rightwing MAGA in your favor didn't laugh.

He worked on that island of garbage joke opener. It's a level one "bait and switch" joke format that would be funny if you filled in the mad-lib cleverly. The joke was just wrong, and he said it: Puerto Rico is awesome, but racism is not. He was very proud of that. Good comedians know you don't punch down - not as the first joke. And you don't laugh in frustration at your own joke if you truly believe you were funny. What a chance of a lifetime he had at Madison Square Garden at an official event and walks out making jokes like he's on a podcast with Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. A good comedian would have been better at reading the room and could have recovered.

Unless Hinchcliffe thought he was the warmup comedian and he wouldn't be broadcast. Still no excuse for sucking at your art.

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Hinchcliffe surpasses Imus in his immaturity and lack of class. no_hypocrisy Oct 2024 #1
Speak of the devil. TexasTowelie Oct 2024 #13
That makes sense, since on the air, he always made it a point to act as though he spooky3 Oct 2024 #44
Awesome! Doubling down on a vile racist "joke" liberalmuse Oct 2024 #2
What do I win? Is there a Captain Obvious Medal for me? Probatim Oct 2024 #3
Will this do? ShazzieB Oct 2024 #21
In my excitement of being "right" and "predicting their response", I didn't realize it was for the previous worst thing Probatim Oct 2024 #27
Prediction. Asshole ruined whatever career he had going. bullimiami Oct 2024 #4
He and Kyle Rittenhouse will open up a whites-only bar somewhere. nt Gore1FL Oct 2024 #50
Go ahead, Tony. Explain to us how we have no sense of humor, you racist shartgoblin. FreepFryer Oct 2024 #5
The difficulty many of us have Tweedy Oct 2024 #6
Probably the anger Hieronymus Phact Oct 2024 #33
Idk. Sometimes when I am red-hot furious Tweedy Oct 2024 #52
Your response is well known and studied. The rational mind trying to make sense out of something that awful PortTack Oct 2024 #66
I watched the clip. The crowd didn't think it was that funny either. Ray Bruns Oct 2024 #67
This reminds me of the guy that played on Seinfeld Klarkashton Oct 2024 #7
Michael Richards in 2006 (who played Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld) BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #17
character-defining moments Skittles Oct 2024 #58
Out of context? Mz Pip Oct 2024 #8
Thank you, Tony. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2024 #9
They're such a charming bunch. mzmolly Oct 2024 #10
I don't... Mike Nelson Oct 2024 #11
That's because there wasn't any "joke" to it -- just a crude insult William Seger Oct 2024 #19
Punching down isn't comedy. Probatim Oct 2024 #28
You're a fuckin' baby, Hinchcliffe. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2024 #12
Maybe someone should ask him if he's trying to make up for having such a teeny weenie penis... CTyankee Oct 2024 #25
"These people have no sense of humor." 70sEraVet Oct 2024 #14
What a charming guy. Moebym Oct 2024 #15
good career move on his part due to publicity. nt msongs Oct 2024 #16
Ads!! Etherealoc1 Oct 2024 #18
So I guess "might be time to change your tampon Tim" is funny to this guy as well? I mean that louslobbs Oct 2024 #20
If Trump loses, MAGA's gonna turn this fool into the political Steve Bartman Prairie Gates Oct 2024 #22
Please keep talking... rubbersole Oct 2024 #23
Did he make fun of white people? Asking for my white self. OrlandoDem2 Oct 2024 #24
Or Trump? Since he thinks he is so fucking edgy. Klarkashton Oct 2024 #29
He supposedly went after Jews too BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #30
What a double down of nasty and stupid. efhmc Oct 2024 #41
How about a one-on-one session, mouth? Aviation Pro Oct 2024 #26
He should try that joke to Tim Walz's face IbogaProject Oct 2024 #31
He'd get laid out. GoYouPackersGo Oct 2024 #38
How is this guy a comedian? Joe Cool Oct 2024 #32
Tony won't be vacationing ever again in Puerto Rico. Omnipresent Oct 2024 #34
What a disgusting little ahole. mwb970 Oct 2024 #35
There is always the Musk greeting::: Your mother/sister/daughter is a 'C' word. keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #36
Kill Tony? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2024 #37
Wow, he just gets "funnier" and "funnier," doesn't he. /sarcasm Grokenstein Oct 2024 #39
"Conservative Values" Across-the-Desk Oct 2024 #40
I'll accept "change your tampon" in the spirit he meant it. forgotmylogin Oct 2024 #42
Diaper... Godot51 Oct 2024 #43
Go take a long walk off a short cliff, Tony sakabatou Oct 2024 #45
And the higher the better. yourout Oct 2024 #53
That guy should have a tampon shoved up his ass Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #46
The big reveal on Tony Hinchcliffe was his own analysis of what jokes to use PurgedVoter Oct 2024 #47
Like most Rs, he's empathy challenged. So he doesn't "get" what would be funny spooky3 Oct 2024 #49
I thought a famous comic once said that it's not funny when you spooky3 Oct 2024 #48
A brand new piece Turbineguy Oct 2024 #51
These "tampon Tim" jokes are soooo 8th grade boys dflprincess Oct 2024 #54
I recently heard a78 year old woman say it. progressoid Oct 2024 #57
Great a 78 year old woman with the menatlity of an 8th grader dflprincess Oct 2024 #60
I wish it was dementia. progressoid Oct 2024 #62
"taken out of context"? pat_k Oct 2024 #55
Keep talking, jackwad. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #56
I think it is really an insult to call him a comedian Skittles Oct 2024 #59
Ewwwww... Blue_Roses Oct 2024 #61
Double down on dumb, tony baloney. Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #63
The guy looks like a stereotypical "white incel" dude. This should 4lbs Oct 2024 #64
What a CREEP!!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #65
The old 'taken out of context" routine. travelingthrulife Oct 2024 #68
Stop giving them oxygen. Icanthinkformyself Oct 2024 #69
"Stop giving them oxygen." BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #70
If you have to TELL people that you're a comedian... skypilot Oct 2024 #71
I hope noone else books this racist for another show onetexan Oct 2024 #72
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