Comedian Shalewa Sharpe recounts the hilarious tale of how capitalism broke her ankle, what’s going on with dive bar bathrooms and why she — a quiet soul who likes to sip chamomile tea — brings a tote bag to a wild night out.For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch.Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext: ted.com/futureyouTEDSports: ted.com/sportsTEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-viennaTEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas and conversations to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hu. We could all use a bit more humor in our lives, right? So today we're bringing you just that.
In her 2024 set, comedian Shalewa Sharp brings her unique blend of self-deprecation and social observation to the TED stage and asks some of life's burning questions, including, but not limited to, did capitalism break my ankle? Enjoy!
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I am very excited to be here. I mean, unfortunately, this is how I do excitement. I don't want to give you guys too much. I got to tell you, you all are lucky to have me. I'm very busy. I'm a busy person. I got a lot going on. You know what I mean? I'm working on so many projects. I'm working on a project right now. I am currently breaking in this boot. Let's just adjust.
Let's just talk about it, OK? I know you're staring. overpopulation broke my ankle. I don't mean that I was like in a big crowd and I fell.
I mean, I was by myself in my sister's apartment and I slipped on a cardboard box that I was going to use to send some items that I found in her town to my place in Brooklyn because the New York City thrift stores in Brooklyn are terrible because too many people live there. and they're picked. It's just, there's nothing in there. Also, everything in there is horrible.
Quick question, why do you only donate horrible things to the thrift store? Why don't you give us your good stuff? Give us your good stuff. You can't live with it forever. Let me have a crack at it, you know? And actually, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe capitalism broke my ankle. Look, young people are in a very anti-capitalist bag right now, right? They're very anti-capitalist.
And I want to be there with them. I really do. They're the future, and I want to be there with them. But I just got money. Just got it. So because you develop a moral core, I have to stop spending. That's not fair. They just started putting extended sizes in the stores. But I'm supposed to stop. I don't know. Sounds fat phobic to me. That's all I'm saying. A little bit.
But look, we're on the healing end, we're on the back end. We're doing fine, I'm going to physical therapy, which, how come no one told me about physical therapy? It's great, it's like diet gym. I love it so much. First of all, no dress code. Everyone in there was working out in jeans and desert boots. It's fantastic.
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