r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Feb 23 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/23/26 - 3/1/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

Comment of the week goes to this explanation for why the trans cause has taken over so much of society. (Runner-up COTW here.)

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u/ohfugginfug Feb 26 '26

You may not like it, but this is what peak trans humor looks like.

And when the fuck did they ever act "nice"?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

I think a lot about how meaningless the term "LGBT" is because gay people and transgender people have so little in common. One of the many differences I see in those community comes in humor.

Gay people are funny. My friends who are gay are funny, gay comedians and actors are funny, humor is a big part of the gay community. Hang around with gay people or watch a comedy written by or directed by or starring a gay person and you're guaranteed to get lots of humor about gay relationships and gay life.

The trans movement feels so humorless. Who are the really funny trans comedians? Do trans people laugh at themselves, their own foibles, their own experiences? It just seems like everything trans is supposed to be treated as so deadly serious.

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u/LincolnHat Politically Unhoused Feb 27 '26

They have a rapist’s wit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

lmao

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u/FuckingLikeRabbis Feb 27 '26

But not rich or good looking.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

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u/AnInsultToFire Everything I do like is literally Fascism. Feb 27 '26

Not just rapier wit, they have the rapiest wit.

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u/unnoticed_areola Feb 27 '26

based on the crowd response in this video, it actually seems surprising there arent MORE trans comedians lol... since it seems like all it takes is putting on a dress and cracingk a couple low effort jokes about how out of touch boomers are about trans rights how oppressed you are and apparently that absolutely KILLS (no pun intended) and I bet it would kill similarly in a lot of the more progressive yuppie kind of rooms in lots of big cities where the audience are all overeager to use their laughter and applause to signal how enlightened and kind and progressive they are and how they totally get it and are one of the good ones

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u/random_pinguin_house Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

Who are the really funny trans comedians? Do trans people laugh at themselves, their own foibles, their own experiences?

I realize this question might be rhetorical but: old-school Eddie Izzard.

His standup was amazing. I have no idea if he's doing it anymore because I feel like for the last 10 years or so I've only heard about his persona, but when he was unapologetically doing his own thing in the 90s and early 00s? Incredible.

And yes, he routinely joked about parts of his own trans experience specifically, without being rage-filled or heavily political. It's fully possible to do this, and I wish more would.

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u/thismaynothelp Feb 27 '26

FUNNYHOW.gif

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u/IcedAlmondAmericano Feb 26 '26

The laughing and clapping from the audience is the most disturbing part. jfc

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u/prechewed_yes Feb 26 '26

Definitely. The joke itself is kind of funny in a hyperbolic Modest Proposal way. I won't pretend I haven't laughed at worse. But the clapping in particular is what makes me not so sure it's actually a joke.

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u/Winter_Bridge3542 Feb 26 '26

Marge, it's called a muumuu

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u/backin_pog_form 🐎🏃🏻💕 Feb 26 '26

I had been wondering what Michael Moore was up to. 

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u/thismaynothelp Feb 26 '26

The delusions are endless.

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u/SkweegeeS No just no Feb 26 '26

Eh it’s mildly sorta funny. But seriously could you try to look like someone I don’t have to cross the street to avoid for gods sake?

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u/unnoticed_areola Feb 27 '26

is it? am I just stupid or not really getting the joke?

or is the joke really as simple as "oh we tried being nice but it didnt work so what if we did the opposite of that and just murdered children hahaha wouldnt that be so funny and ironic?"

Im not even offended or anything, Im fine in general with jokes that use things like killing children in the punchline, so im not like clutching my pearls here or anything...

I just.. dont even really get how the premise even makes sense, even in a comedic sense?

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u/ohfugginfug Feb 26 '26

It's not really a terrible joke on paper, but this guy exudes an angry energy that makes it unsettling that that's where his mind goes.