Holmes & Watson
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:02 pm
Looks meh.
Probably doesn't belong in this thread, explicitly, but....
An audience member at one of his recent shows called 911 to complain about one of his jokes.
Ahmed performed at Off The Hook Comedy Club in Naples, Florida on May 12. The following day, a man who said he attended the show called 911 and complained about when Ahmed asked the audience who was from the Middle East.
"And a whole bunch of people raised their hand," the caller said, according to a 911 call released by the Collier County Sheriff's Office. "And he said where are you from? I'm from Iraq, I'm from Iran. I'm from Pakistan. I'm from here, I'm from there. He said, 'That's great. We could organize our own little terrorist organization.'"
Ahmed said that the caller misquoted him.
"For the record the caller misquoted my joke. I never said, 'We can start our own terrorist organization,'" he wrote on Twitter.
The caller, who described Ahmed as Middle Eastern, said he called because the comment made him feel uncomfortable. He was concerned Ahmed would say it again at a later performance.
What if those people became numerous enough to downvote the comedian? And then, by extension, anyone who laughed?GORDON wrote: You know, both Black Mirror and The Orville had episodes where "voting" on people via social media had bad consequences, sometimes.
But... what if it worked 99% of the time? What if people who were made uncomfortable at a comedy club could be downvoted to oblivion, to the extent they were RIGHTLY removed from society with the sane people?
China is actually implementing something like this.GORDON wrote: You know, both Black Mirror and The Orville had episodes where "voting" on people via social media had bad consequences, sometimes.
But... what if it worked 99% of the time? What if people who were made uncomfortable at a comedy club could be downvoted to oblivion, to the extent they were RIGHTLY removed from society with the sane people?
Yeah, what if.TheCatt wrote:What if those people became numerous enough to downvote the comedian? And then, by extension, anyone who laughed?GORDON wrote: You know, both Black Mirror and The Orville had episodes where "voting" on people via social media had bad consequences, sometimes.
But... what if it worked 99% of the time? What if people who were made uncomfortable at a comedy club could be downvoted to oblivion, to the extent they were RIGHTLY removed from society with the sane people?
Links please.Vince wrote:China is actually implementing something like this.GORDON wrote: You know, both Black Mirror and The Orville had episodes where "voting" on people via social media had bad consequences, sometimes.
But... what if it worked 99% of the time? What if people who were made uncomfortable at a comedy club could be downvoted to oblivion, to the extent they were RIGHTLY removed from society with the sane people?