Dave Chappelle

And what they were doing was acting like thought or speech was binary.

Everything's either this or that, but all art is in between it.

It's all nuance.

So when they take nuance out of words and just be like, did you hear what he said?

He said, it's like, yeah, but that's not what I was saying.

Or even more insidious, trying to bend what you say to make it more interesting or salacious or because they have a different, I don't know.

I don't know why they do all the stuff they do, but.

I do know in recent years, you'll hear a lot of comedians complain about that.

And what they'll say is, we can't say anything.

That's not true.

you can say anything that you can get away with.

And that's the skill.

The negotiation with the audience of what's acceptable is what makes the genre so interesting.

And it could change from room to room, night to night.

Every room's a little different.

No, they're internet people.

A lot of them seem negative, too.

Because it gets more engagement.

If they talk bad about somebody, they'll get more clicks and more engagement.

So everything's a diss record now.