• crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    This is so dumb—watch the video! The whole joke was that “Bumble exploded”—would someone who didn’t know Luigi Mangione is popular make that joke?

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      2 days ago

      The joke was a bit strange, was it supposed to be that people are thirsty for him? I didn’t get the punchline

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        1 day ago

        Are you either not American or living under a rock? Everyone is thirsting after him. The joke is not “strange” unless you do not understand what a physically attractive person is.

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          23 hours ago

          I’m not American, I didn’t know it was like that, it kinda reminds me of that black mirror episode “Fifteen Million Merits”

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Note that for Weekend Update, Colin Jost and Michael Che write the jokes for each other, and they don’t see them until they’re reading them live.

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          2 days ago

          Maybe? That’s what I’ve seen in all the clips, so maybe those are the only funny ones that get shared.

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        2 days ago

        The joke swap is a frequent feature, but it’s not a universal property of Weekend Update.