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Still think cancelling that 90s comedian was way too harsh
I get that everyone jumps on the bandwagon when a celeb says something dumb. But last week I was scrolling through old clips of that guy who got cancelled 3 years ago for a joke about a fast food chain. The joke was dumb, sure, but not like hate speech dumb. I remember watching his Netflix special in 2019 and thinking he was just doing his thing. Now his career is totally gone, no comeback. Meanwhile there are influencers getting second chances every month for actual scams. I just don't see how one bad joke makes you worse than someone ripping off fans for thousands of dollars. Does anyone else think the punishment didn't fit the crime on that one?
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jakel3619d ago
Didn't that fast food chain also cancel a sandwich around the same time?
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That fast food chain pulled the chicken flatbread off the menu back in 2018 and it was actually pretty good, way better than the joke that got the comic cancelled. I remember grabbing one on a road trip and it was decent, not life changing but a solid sandwich. If a company can quietly retire a menu item without public outrage, why can't a comedian get the same treatment for a bad punchline? It feels like we treat one badly as a permanent crime and the other as just a business decision.
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