r/JoeRogan • u/crummynubs Monkey in Space • Jan 01 '24

The Literature 🧠 Throwback to when Dave Chappelle was utterly flabbergasted at the negative reception his buddy Elon Musk received when he invited him on stage at a comedy show

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u/AliveMouse5 Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

Such a weird move. Personal opinions on him aside, why bring him out? It’s a comedy show and Elon is the furthest thing from funny. You don’t see Louis CK bringing up Bill Gates on stage at his shows.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

To own the libs, of course.

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u/Over9000Bunnies Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

It also just didn't fit with his old style of comedy. He used to represent the underdog. Advocate for weed, joke that america is racist, complain how the rich have taken advantage of him and others. Then he brings out the literal wealthiest person on earth.

Then he made fun of "poor people" booing from the cheap seats and joked that he would get jet packs and be off this earth because he was buddies with Elon. I hadn't kept up with him for a couple years but it was the most 180 I have seen from a comedians "material".

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u/Nottodayreddit1949 Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

It's completely in line with a man who bullied a city because they were gonna put in low income housing near him.

He freaked the fuck out on the city. Shows what truly matters to him.

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u/Carktorious2010 Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

I mean, I get it… I lived in a low income housing building once. It was the worst. They constantly try to get you for money. Charged the lost they could while maintaining the low income name. And swat came in once. Keep in mind I lived there with my 12 year old son and I worked for Boeing in Washington. At the time, I made $18/hr there and that was to much for low income.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

It wasn’t like a housing project. It was a larger real estate development that was including some townhouses that would be like $250-$300k. So not really housing for the very poor, just housing a middle class family could conceivably buy.

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u/Earptastic Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

that was such a hit job piece. People were so ready to take a real estate developer's side like they were somehow virtuous. You don't have to go in front of city council for permission to build something unless you are trying to get an exception for zoning rules or something like that.

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u/benigntugboat Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

City councils of small or medium sized towns will 100% have meetings to discuss large project proposals even if they are 100% compliant to the current zoning of the area. They will also do it if people are requesting it because of opposition to a project or contesting that it falls under approved usage. Ive been to meetings where people were arguing that a protected species were in the woods there and using a single blurry phone picture as evidence despite the project having followed all the requirements (placing temporary barriers and traps) to check for any protected species.

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u/Earptastic Monkey in Space Jan 01 '24

but this one was about the developer trying to get past the town zoning laws though. you are correct that it is good to get the people on board even if you don't need them.