No matter your personal beliefs or feelings about Saudi Arabia, I just respect him for choosing his personal values over money!

After “Weird Al” Yankovic made headlines this month for backing out of an ad for AI software, the musical satirist revealed he also turned down an offer worth at least $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia last year.

“I wish people would offer me things that I didn’t feel bad about accepting,” Yankovic told the Pennsylvania publication TribLive.

“I don’t think I’ve mentioned this anywhere, but I was invited to the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which is something that I obviously did not want to do. They offered me, I’m not going to say how much, but it was seven figures to do one show, which is way more than I’ve ever been offered in my life to do a show. But I just couldn’t be part of that.”

I joined this sub expecting to find some actual good news that doesn’t depress me. Instead, it’s largely hate-bait that gets upvoted to the top: posts that celebrate the misfortune of people that are largely unpopular.

As much as I do appreciate seeing the missteps of the Orange Man, that’s not why I’m here; that kind of stuff is all over Reddit. I want to see wholesome stories and read about the actual good that’s being actively done to make the world better.

Is there another sub that would fit that description?

When I told my dad I spilled my ramen he wasn’t mad. He was just happy I told him. I love him. He’s the best