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Seinfeld slams woke student audiences: “Back when I dated high school girls, they found me hilarious!” (www.thebeaverton.com)

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HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.

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[–] livus@kbin.social 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What does "woke" even mean in this context?

It seems to have turned into boomer slang for "social oopinions I don't understand".

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 months ago

Woke is when girl or gay or black or fire hydrants or any number of other things that conservatives hate that I'm not going to elaborate on.

And the less (see list above) it is, the more funny it is.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 6 months ago

...fundamentally it's just an assertive paradigm shift toward empathy and compassion...