I don't agree - I think this is no different than the zoophile episode or Katie making fun of her encounters with paedophiles.
In my opinion, it would be very off-brand for Blocked and Reported to do an after-school-special-style episode. It's obvious that real people were harmed and there are plenty of places where you can read about just the facts without the humourous style.
I don't agree - I think this is no different than the zoophile episode or Katie making fun of her encounters with paedophiles.
In my opinion, it would be very off-brand for Blocked and Reported to do an after-school-special-style episode. It's obvious that real people were harmed and there are plenty of places where you can read about just the facts without the humourous style.
Then perhaps tackle a different load of internet bullshit when the comedy writer is the guest? One that doesn’t involve the ongoing organised rape and torture of thousands of girls and young women?
I just think that maybe - given the facts of the story and how the narrative of the women was excluded or laughed at - waiting until there was a woman in the room in full possession of the facts might have been the way to treat this. (Like they did the Jacob Blake episode or the Hannah Barnes episode or any of the other “after-school special” episodes they have done.)
There's plenty of episodes that touch on serious topics which mix lots of morbid humour in. Israel/Gaza episodes are a good example - thousands of people died. The Brian Thompson shooting, self-immolation, etc.
Respectfully, I think the idea that a woman needed to be in the room is exactly the kind of identity-focused appeal that the podcast (correctly) pushes back on.
In my opinion, there's a contingent of Blocked and Reported listeners who only apply this level of scrutiny when the topic is related to women. My suspicion is that a story about the abuse of young boys by, for example, the Catholic Church would not cause this level of anger. Just an observation.
That’s a good point and I love how the podcast handles things usually.
Your comment made me think and try to listen again. Then I realized what happened for me…
I watch a lot of standup and you can have two comics talk about the exact same thing and one will nail it and the other will bomb. The one who nails it is insightful and has something else… sometimes empathy or whatever. Sometimes an amazing delivery style.
For me, I just don’t think their humour worked. It missed something and sounded immature.
(And it’s reminded me that I am not funny either bc I repeated something once that I thought was funny… and it was, if delivered by someone else… but I am not and people were super offended. Ugh)
Have they even done an episode on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal? I suspect the listeners, who include Catholics, know more about it than Barpod.
I don't agree - I think this is no different than the zoophile episode or Katie making fun of her encounters with paedophiles.
In my opinion, it would be very off-brand for Blocked and Reported to do an after-school-special-style episode. It's obvious that real people were harmed and there are plenty of places where you can read about just the facts without the humourous style.
Then perhaps tackle a different load of internet bullshit when the comedy writer is the guest? One that doesn’t involve the ongoing organised rape and torture of thousands of girls and young women?
I just think that maybe - given the facts of the story and how the narrative of the women was excluded or laughed at - waiting until there was a woman in the room in full possession of the facts might have been the way to treat this. (Like they did the Jacob Blake episode or the Hannah Barnes episode or any of the other “after-school special” episodes they have done.)
There's plenty of episodes that touch on serious topics which mix lots of morbid humour in. Israel/Gaza episodes are a good example - thousands of people died. The Brian Thompson shooting, self-immolation, etc.
Respectfully, I think the idea that a woman needed to be in the room is exactly the kind of identity-focused appeal that the podcast (correctly) pushes back on.
In my opinion, there's a contingent of Blocked and Reported listeners who only apply this level of scrutiny when the topic is related to women. My suspicion is that a story about the abuse of young boys by, for example, the Catholic Church would not cause this level of anger. Just an observation.
That’s a good point and I love how the podcast handles things usually.
Your comment made me think and try to listen again. Then I realized what happened for me…
I watch a lot of standup and you can have two comics talk about the exact same thing and one will nail it and the other will bomb. The one who nails it is insightful and has something else… sometimes empathy or whatever. Sometimes an amazing delivery style.
For me, I just don’t think their humour worked. It missed something and sounded immature.
(And it’s reminded me that I am not funny either bc I repeated something once that I thought was funny… and it was, if delivered by someone else… but I am not and people were super offended. Ugh)
People hated the Israel stuff, because it's not what they are good at!
Have they even done an episode on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal? I suspect the listeners, who include Catholics, know more about it than Barpod.
Especially if the point is that this isn't new news, then there's no rush to report the news that the news isn't new.