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SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 01:27 AM Dec 2019

Goodbye Trevor Noah

I have simply had enough of your Biden bashing.

YOU think it's funny but your jokes suck!

That's twice in four shows I turned you off.

Soon it will be forever! I miss Jon Stewart!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Goodbye Trevor Noah (Original Post) SCVDem Dec 2019 OP
Sorry to see that about TN, SCVDem.. Cha Dec 2019 #1
I love Joe Biden, and I love Trevor Noah DonaldsRump Dec 2019 #2
Post removed Post removed Dec 2019 #3
I hear ya'... Scurrilous Dec 2019 #4
Malarkey isn't an old time word because it came into use 100 years ago... thesquanderer Dec 2019 #5
The only narrative Biden reinforced by using malarkey is that he's Irish-American. Scurrilous Dec 2019 #9
He is so FAR removed from Stewart is sad Cosmocat Dec 2019 #6
LOL! I guess you missed the part where he took shots at Buttigieg bullwinkle428 Dec 2019 #7
Trevor Noah doesn't post here. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #8
 

Cha

(295,914 posts)
1. Sorry to see that about TN, SCVDem..
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 01:31 AM
Dec 2019

I don't have a tv but if I did and watched that.. I would be doing the same thing.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
2. I love Joe Biden, and I love Trevor Noah
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 01:38 AM
Dec 2019

Donald J. Trump is his number one target, and Trevor's humor over the last three years (along with Colbert and Kimmel) are what have kept our family sane. If he goes after a D every now and then, that's fine.

I'm not sure what in particular it is that you found offensive. If it's OTT, I'm happy to reconsider.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

Response to SCVDem (Original post)

 

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
4. I hear ya'...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:16 AM
Dec 2019


The thing is, 'malarkey' isn't an old time word. If you look at its etymology you'll see it originated in the 1920's. It's a baby in relation to most words we regularly use. But its use is limited to a certain group, Irish Americans, making it unfamiliar to most. If you use the word 'jalopy' for car or 'punk' for young hoodlum or 'reefer' for weed (big in the 70's), you are using terms that originated in the same era. Does calling yourself a punk rocker make you old timey and out of touch? The whole controversy was ridiculous and the above Daily Show segment is a forced, unfunny pile-on.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

thesquanderer

(11,954 posts)
5. Malarkey isn't an old time word because it came into use 100 years ago...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:06 AM
Dec 2019

...but rather because it fell out of common use decades ago.

Slang tends to have a short shelf life compared to most of our words. Sometimes a slang word survives and makes it into common speech more permanently. That didn't happen with malarkey.

It's no big deal, but in this case, it did reinforce the narrative that he is really old, which is just the kind of thing comedians will make fun of.

As for the OP, I'm not sure Trevor Noah makes any more fun of Biden than he does of Sanders or other Dem candidates. He's a comedian, he goes for jokes where he finds them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
9. The only narrative Biden reinforced by using malarkey is that he's Irish-American.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:51 AM
Dec 2019

Malarkey might not be common, but it survived and has been in continuous limited use since it originated, mostly within a certain demographic. Saying it doesn't make you dated. No more than someone referring to their grandmother as bubbe.


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Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
6. He is so FAR removed from Stewart is sad
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:32 AM
Dec 2019

I miss Stewart badly - smartest and toughest guy in the room. Used to watch his show while I at lunch working at home.

Was not impressed by the pick of Noah to replace him given so many other great options that they had, but gave him an honest try and just could not do it ...

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Undecided
 

bullwinkle428

(20,626 posts)
7. LOL! I guess you missed the part where he took shots at Buttigieg
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:47 AM
Dec 2019

as well! As far as Jon Stewart, that guy took frequent beatings at DU whenever he skewered Democrats, which he did on a rather regular basis too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
8. Trevor Noah doesn't post here.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:51 AM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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