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windingtime t1_j7hp9g1 wrote

The thing that actually happened was that “Jerry” expressed a desire to tell a couple trans/homophobic jokes in the stand-up bumper portion of the “show” but the audience was not laughing/leaving the room, which is… pretty funny?

Maybe a little too far in terms of sentiment, but funny.

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robbylet24 t1_j7hyf4q wrote

Honestly the funnier joke would be that his stand-up career completely explodes because that's more or less what actually happens.

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Sir-Kevly t1_j7jpvof wrote

They're still giving Dave Chappelle new specials.

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FastenedEel t1_j7k6tbl wrote

Yeah because he makes them money. That's how the world works. You think companies would throw up rainbow logos once a year if it didnt make them money? 🤔 🤣 That's delusional.

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robbylet24 t1_j7itbhu wrote

What? I'm talking about what would have been a funnier and more culturally relevant joke. I'm not saying anything at all about the real Jerry. It would have been funnier if AI Jerry saying bigoted shit caused him to become inexplicably popular.

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CMonetTheThird t1_j7iwfks wrote

I took your comment the wrong way(explodes as a negative) but now I see you're just saying that bigotry is popular in comedy. Yeah.

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CommonConfusables t1_j7kqrld wrote

https://www.mic.com/articles/122054/watch-jerry-seinfeld-make-transgender-jokes-in-comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee

I have a feeling it took data from the time Jerry Seinfeld made a transphobic joke stemming from something Steven Colbert said about a car.

Jerry Seinfeld is not a fan of being censored and has been in hot water for poorly executed jokes of poor taste, specifically around trans people.

Art imitates life.

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HairHeel t1_j7ld9g9 wrote

I feel like there's a frequent argument that comes up on Reddit.

"You couldn't do Seinfeld today. It would get canceled!"

"No, you totally could, because the point of Seinfeld was that the characters were bad people!"

But like... here's somebody very literally doing Seinfeld today, with a joke that absolutely has "Jerry is being a bad person" as the punch line.... and it's getting cancelled pretty hard.

I think maybe we've been taking things too far.

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windingtime t1_j7lg1ru wrote

You understand that the original Seinfeld was subject to FCC regulation and approved by sponsors, aka government and corporate censorship, correct?

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HairHeel t1_j7lhsh4 wrote

Exactly. Just like Twitch and YouTube are beholden to corporate censors today.

Censors back then were more lenient. And people who say “you cant do a show like that any more” are right; unless the censors lighten up a little.

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dragoonts t1_j7islg0 wrote

If this is true then whichever rainbow haired mod at twitch banned them needs to reevaluate their life.

The show demonstrated that those jokes aren't ok. Might as well ban people who say Nazis are bad because they mention Nazis.

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robbylet24 t1_j7it3la wrote

It's an automated system. It looks for people saying certain key words. AI Jerry just happened to say some of those key words.

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funnyfaceguy t1_j7jbjol wrote

? there's no automated system, it goes off reports

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ShitbirdMcDickbird t1_j7ju19v wrote

Someone should go test this. Go stream to no viewers and say a bunch of vile shit, see what happens

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takeitinblood3 t1_j7k8k7b wrote

There is, that'll be way to much work for a site as popular as twitch.

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funnyfaceguy t1_j7kfjdx wrote

An automated system would never be able to tell the difference between some saying something bad and someone quoting/denouncing something bad. AI Seinfeld didn't even say any slurs and you're even allowed to say slurs in certain context on twitch (such as the nword in a song lyric).

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DeaDGoDXIV t1_j7j69zh wrote

Exactly, while these services have some staff that do reevaluations,most of the moderation is based on picking up words, phrases, music, etc. and act in the way they're programmed: flag, ban, ignore...and it's easier for them to pull the content and have the channel owner(s) submit a ticket to be reviewed by humans.

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