Actual dialog yesterday: Me: "Did you see the new John Oliver bit?" Girlfriend: "No, what's it about?" Me: "Sugar." Girlfriend: "OK, what about it?" Me: "Don't eat too much." Girlfriend: "Well... yeah, duh." And that's the problem. Usually Oliver covers little-known or at least newly arisen issues, but this episode was like beating a dead horse. Americans more or less accept that their sugar addiction is slowly killing them, they just don't seem motivated enough to do something about it.
I was just writing up a similar critique, but you said it better than I could have. I didn't really "learn" anything from this one. The others that I've seen are generally educating myself and others about something we may know little to nothing about. He might as well have had a program titled, "Smoking is bad." I have tickets to see him in December. I'm looking forward to it
I have never even considered the idea of buying tickets to be a studio audience. Is this a fun thing to do? I feel like it's a super fun thing to do. Why haven't I thought of doing this???I have tickets to see him in December.
It's his standup, it's not a studio audience taping. Truth is, I had too much to drink and saw the ad on a website somewhere and it worked. I bought the tickets. I am not sure I even want to go. But.. yeah.
Last Week Tonight submitted to hubski so far: net neutrality civil asset forfeiture sugar the lottery local politics - Do you still think your statement only applies to sugar? Americans are stupid and disinterested. Remember that ten percent of them think HTML is an STD. And John Oliver doesn't help. He just spins the positive liberal elitist feedback loop round and round.they just don't seem motivated enough to do something about it
I think that 10% is kind of background for polling. It's essentially the same number that says they approve of Al Qaeda, that guns shouldn't be subject to background checks, or that Congress is doing a good job. I'm pretty sure it's about 5% fringe nuts, and 5% who didn't understand the question. Remember that ten percent of them think HTML is an STD.
Nah, you're not wrong. In fact, one thing I've noticed about Hubski culture is that most users give the average American far more credit than the stupid fuckers deserve. I'm not going to pretend that Oliver is something better than one small step more informative than Stewart or Colbert. I wouldn't classify his talking points as strictly liberal, but I won't discredit your perception of it being somewhat of a circle-jerk. Living in Texas is especially psychologically crippling though. I had to listen to Lamar Smith give a speech 12 days ago. It does strange things to a man. Disclaimer: I didn't vote, so take that as you will.
I stand accused/confused. In any case, do you feel this episode was a little bit weaker though? Or maybe I don't care about my body enough?
I thought it was weaker too. In part because he was more on the jokey side, and because I think he could've started a more serious movement towards better food labeling and lobbying, like he did with the FCC. The Halloween costume was hilarious though. But I found it mainly less interesting because I've heard the points before in this fantastic article on addictive food and because I listened to this great podcast on food addiction, like, yesterday.
Yeah, it wasn't groundbreaking or all that interesting really. I assumed more people already knew about this, although I could be wrong, I suppose. I'm surprised he hasn't talked about the case of the missing students in Mexico. That shit is cause for outrage.