thesohoriots
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- Comment on Why are fake laughs added to sitcoms? 4 days ago:
An interesting case (from a book which I unfortunately can’t remember the name of) from when Jack Benny’s career transitioned from radio to tv: he hated the laugh track, so much so that he demanded it be cut way back and lowered in volume. He also utilized it in an unexpected way: when he had a live audience in certain cases, if a joke or gag got an unexpected big laugh that he didn’t think deserved the reaction, he’d fill in a laugh track with a more muted response.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 2 months ago:
If it’s part of a performance, for example. I guess the point of the debate here is that context matters and that you can do it under very, very specific circumstances.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 2 months ago:
“Free speech” is very much misunderstood as a form of carte blanche as your example demonstrates. It’s written as “Congress shall make no law…” etc., implying you’re protected only from the federal government, but as time and court cases and legal discourse have shown, there are limits and implications for lower legislatures to model from. The classic hypothetical example is “yelling fire in a crowded theater.” Can you? Yes. Should you? Unless there’s a fire, no, then it could cause panic and injury, and you’d be responsible. That sort of thing.
Tl;dr to answer your question: no.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The ISP motto: “I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
- Comment on Saw this fucking ad so I had to fix it (original add in post box) 2 months ago:
Back in the day, I got so sick of seeing it that I just put: “I hate hiking, bonfires, and beaches.” It worked out pretty well.
- Comment on This toilet paper at my work 6 months ago:
“John Wayne Toilet Paper: don’t take shit off nobody.”
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
I got this and the HBO/Max email on the same day, smdh
- Comment on HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. 7 months ago:
When C. Diff Strikes: Mile High Edition
- Comment on HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. 7 months ago:
Don’t worry, we’ll shovel more garbage reality shows into your app and wreck the ux even harder. Here’s 40 seasons of people having diarrhea on airplanes. Expect price increases in 6 months.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is your go-to movie that you will never turn down? 10 months ago:
Brick