Local advocacy group the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign issued a chilling new public service announcement claiming overuse of marijuana could cause users to end up like condescending TV personality Bill Maher.
  • karashta@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    34·
    9 months ago

    I’m not really sure how he lives with his head so far up his own ass and, frankly, I don’t want to experience it firsthand to find out.

    Thanks so much kind internet stranger!

    I’ll never do a marijuana again!

  • ssɐqɯnᗡ@quokk.auEnglish
    181·
    9 months ago

    I quit. I’m never touching the devil’s weed again!

    It’s not worth getting stoned if there’s even a 0.0000000000000000000000001% chance of become him.

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    41·
    9 months ago

    Yeah that kind of makes sense.

    The heavy consumers I remember really fried their brain.

    Actually thinking about it, and knowing what I know about drug metabolism, it could just be they did so much weed they were just high for a long period of time after they last consumed.

      • remon@ani.socialEnglish
        312·
        9 months ago

        Well, if it’s in his usual delivery, I’d probably just be laughing before lighting. People seem to forget he’s a comedian. I like his humour.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          111·
          9 months ago

          People seem to forget he’s a comedian

          Because he’s much more smug and condescending than actually funny.

          I like his humour.

          What humour? Name something funny he’s said in the last decade or so

          • remon@ani.socialEnglish
            25·
            9 months ago

            Watch his HBO stand-up special from this year. Or real time when it’s back in August.

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              10·
              9 months ago

              Watch his HBO stand-up special from this year

              I’d rather eat glass.

              Or real time when it’s back in August.

              I’d rather watch the special.

              • remon@ani.socialEnglish
                28·
                9 months ago

                I don’t get how I’m being condescending though

                Come on. “But then, I understand …”. Please.

                Kind of illustrates that making good points and being condescending are not mutual exclusive.

                hanging out with Trump was and is weird.

                He deals with weird people on his show all the time, It’s very much on brand for him. And it was kind of interesting to get an insight into how Trump acts behind closed doors. I don’t think anyone was expecting much out of it, but it also didn’t hurt. I really didn’t care for that one way or the other.

                I also think he aligns with Trump on those things.

                I think he only aligns with Trump on a single thing you listed, and even that’s is for different reasons than Trump’s.

                I don’t like Ricky Gervais

                I see. I think he’s absolutely brilliant.

          • ZeroCool@lemmy.caOPEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            I don’t know if he necessarily forgot. The problem with Bill Maher is the same I see with Dennis Miller. After all, they’ve had the exact same schtick for decades, just catered to different audiences, and it was never comedy-first.

            They’ve always been “smug, smartest guy in the room” types that happened to have flashes of cynical wit. They’re just insufferably self-important assholes.

            • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              7 months ago

              That’s a fair take.

              I first heard of Maher 20 odd years ago when I used to listen to a comedy internet ‘radio’ channel at work, and remember quite enjoying his ‘Be More Cynical’ album, but not hearing much else until he reappeared on my radar as a ‘pundit’ with his own TV show years later, and not being impressed with what he’d become. I’ve never watched the show itself, but I’ve heard enough to know I don’t want to. It’s a bit disappointing, really. I doubt I’d even enjoy that album now, but I’m not about to give it another listen at this point.