He is not lying. | TheaterFire

Am I the only one who thinks he purposely said that because he is a comdian and comedians purposely say incorrect things because it's funny in the right context.

Yall getting /whooshed

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BasvanS@reddit

Nothing he did lead me to think that was a joke. Making a mistake and calling it a joke is not comedy.

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IntlPartyKing@reddit

nah, but they need to listen to Boon's famous line "...forget it, he's rolling..."

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HomsarWasRight@reddit

Looks like it’s about -10 F/-23 C. So a little colder than an average freezer. Perfectly safe to stick your hand in without damage.

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ExplorationGeo@reddit

And he said Kelvin because he's the kind of joke-stealing dickhead who says scientific-sounding words to make himself sound smart.

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jimjamiam@reddit

Lol ya ruined it for me, too. Can chuckle at the harmless joke, but cringe at him saying they grow up to be dumb adults. 250 kelvin!?!

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dexbasedpaladin@reddit

That explains why my brownies never tasted any good.

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bingojed@reddit

Those easy bake ovens used a 100 watt bulb. So, a little warmer, but they weren’t reaching real oven temps.

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Mueryk@reddit

I mean room temp is about 295 Kelvin. Even with a burned out bulb you are about 45 degrees warmer compared to the Bs that guy was spouting.

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bingojed@reddit

I don’t think he was going for accuracy. He used Kelvin because, like most of the audience, he doesn’t know what it actually is, but it makes for good dramatic effect.

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Mueryk@reddit

Thank you!!!! My thought was…..crap he’s a fucking idiot who managed to make it through childhood. Dumbass.

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throwawaytoday9q@reddit

Came here to add this! That’s not an oven, that’s a freezer.

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Cerfer@reddit

Bill Hicks' Ghost: You stole my act, motherfucker!

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

To paraphrase George Carlin, “The kid who swallows too many marbles doesn’t grow up to have kids of his own! That’s how it’s supposed to work.”

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slantview@reddit

I think his career was based on him doing more than paraphrase Carlin.

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Chakote@reddit

He probably has about 10 minutes of original material in his entire career

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newsflashjackass@reddit

Must chafe to be an inferior copy.

Like the comedic equivalent of Lorenzo Music being the made-for-TV version of Bill Murray's voice.

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dragonrider5555@reddit

I’m sure he’s probably feeling awful being a famous millionaire instead of having to go get a job

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newsflashjackass@reddit

If he did comedy to become a millionaire without any consideration for the quality or originality of the comedy, could it not be said that he did have to go get a job?

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VashMM@reddit

No, his career was based on stealing jokes from Bill Hicks.

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Siphoneder@reddit

Also was an insecure insufferable dick to Greg Geraldo..

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dragonrider5555@reddit

Pretty sure they’re buddies and they are all having a laugh together … which makes you … delulu

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Excellent_Past7628@reddit

But watching Greg give it back ten times better is incredibly satisfying to watch.

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Jifeeb@reddit

Who downvoted this?

No Cure for Cancer was Bill Hicks whole act

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jimmylstyles@reddit

Why is Dennis Leary popular? Because there is no cure for cancer.

For those who don’t get the joke, Bill Hicks died of cancer.

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newsflashjackass@reddit

For those who don’t get the joke, Bill Hicks died of cancer.

Way to tell half the joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Cure_for_Cancer

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felicity_uckwit@reddit

One of my fondest memories is seeing Dennis Leary try and follow Frank Sidebottom at a music festival (Reading) in the UK in the early 90s.

Memory may be playing tricks on me but I think he got booed off. Sadly, Frank dd not come back on.

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Drum_Eatenton@reddit

Without knowing that though, it was a pretty great performance

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thebeaverchair@reddit

"I have a scoop for you. I stole [Denis Leary's] act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did." - Bill Hicks

Fuck this hack.

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Bombadier83@reddit

I used to like him before he started going after the Sandy Hook families.

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Illustrious_Plan_605@reddit

He died 18 years before Sandy Hooks occurred. Are you thinking of the gay frogs dude?

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suspicious_hyperlink@reddit

There is a conspiracy saying he faked his death and he became Alex jones.

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Bombadier83@reddit

Same person:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/the-conspiracy-theory-that-alex-jones-is-actually-legendary-long-dead-texas-comedian-bill-hicks/

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slantview@reddit

Ha ooooh. I mean the likeness is uncanny, but wasn’t Alex Jones around before he died??

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Bombadier83@reddit

Yeah man, it’s not a real theory. Usually I don’t have to explain the concept of what a joke is.

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Illustrious_Plan_605@reddit

Pro tip: jokes are supposed to be funny!

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BasvanS@reddit

A what?

You had me though with your original comment. Joking without /s is dangerous. I like it.

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slantview@reddit

Dude have you looked around? The amount of insane things being said lately is off the charts. The onion sounds more sane these days than the news sites.

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Illustrious_Plan_605@reddit

oh haha. Yeah, Alex Jones has actually been a bombastic personality as long as Hicks had. One didn't come after the other.

See: Waking Life by Richard Linklater

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1pt20oneggigawatts@reddit

When you're on the internet so long you just assume people understand your obscure references, it might be time to go for a walk.

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There's a long-standing joke/conspiracy theory that Alex Jones is actually Bill Hicks, who faked his own death for (reasons). It's a joke because there's no chance Bill "we are all of one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves" Hicks could be that shitstain Jones.

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nugnug1226@reddit

we are all of one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves"

I dont know who Bill Hicks is but I have heard Alex Jones say these exact same lines. I actually think there’s some truth to it, but that’s the only thing I’ll agree Alex Jones with.

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srsimpson@reddit

You're clowning. Respect.

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LoudAndCuddly@reddit

You absolute nutter

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Kadath821@reddit

Think you should switch the names around

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badhatharry@reddit

You're right. He also had a song.

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thebeaverchair@reddit

... which he lifted from Louis C.K.

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TrvlMike@reddit

Immediately thought of him watching this when he said we should take the warning labels off of everything lol

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LoudAndCuddly@reddit

Oh my god, this explains gen z and why we’re getting dumber as a species

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firedude1314@reddit

I had neighbors call the cops on me when I was like 10 for having a red rider in my backyard

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CourtAny6617@reddit

I do think I'd be a worse person today if not for the valuable lessons I learned from my Creepy Crawler maker.

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Dodecahedonism_@reddit

Hicks, Carlin, Pryor, Attell, Gillis, C.K. Lots of great options and you land on Leary.

Fuck Dennis Leary.

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nowyoudontsay@reddit

Comedy is made of exaggerations and lies. Lol. By definition he is…

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ryhoyarbie@reddit

Reminds me of the Irwin Mainway character on Saturday Night Live selling unsafe toys.

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RollyPalma@reddit

Haha, I remember he had "the invisible pedestrian" and it was just an all-black costume. Trying to remember the other ones...

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hiro111@reddit

"Johnny Combat": the costume included a real rifle.

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how_about_no_scott@reddit

Bag-O-Broken Glass Bag-O-Vipers Bag-O-Sulfuric Acid

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beenbrowsing@reddit

I believe the "spaceman" suit was just a plastic bag over the kids head

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Bredda_Gravalicious@reddit

"human torch" was a bunch of oily rags

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DoodleJake@reddit

“Kid, be careful! Broken glasssSSSSss”

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ballsackface_@reddit

Dumb ass neighbor kid when I was growing up tried to make a blow gun out of a McDonald’s straw. Sucked down a sewing needle and had to go to ER to have it surgically removed from his throat.

The whole time leading up to it my buddy and I kept telling him not to do it. Idiot did it!

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Hopeful_Hamster21@reddit

A friend of mine nearly blew himself up.

Was trying to make a firework, accidentally made a pipe bomb. He and another kid took all the powder from over 100 sparklers and put it all in a metal pipe. Then wanted to put a cover on it... so they got a cover and something hot/flame based to try to "weld" it. Well, it completely and expectedly blew up.

Guy told me as he was holding the pipe and the other kid was "welding", my guy thought to himself "wait, this seems like a bad...." BOOM

As dumb as it was, they tried to get him on terrorism or something. Tried to imply he was violent and troubled. I argued no, he was just a boy trying to do something "cool" and was just really stupid about it.

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Millard_Fillmore00@reddit

I think we are the last generation to think this way about kids. My wife is a millennial and she thinks everything is child abuse, will cause life long trauma, or will kill our 3 year old.

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BaldEagleRising17@reddit

Jarts

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External-Awareness68@reddit

Is this a Bill Hicks bit or a Louis C.K?

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carmacoma@reddit

Louise does "of course, but maybe..." which is a way better take on the same idea

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NoNotTheBoreWorms@reddit

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all_no_pALL@reddit

Leary lifted a lot of material from both

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External-Awareness68@reddit

Leary straight up admitted to stealing Hicks' act and C.K. is pretty adamant about him stealing jokes from him as well

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generic-user66@reddit

Yeah, he stole Hicks' whole stage persona

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NoNotTheBoreWorms@reddit

I had no idea.

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therealskittlepoop@reddit

Came here for this

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Apprehensive_Race522@reddit

Probably Bill Hicks joke, based on age of the video.

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mr_ryh@reddit

It's a variation of a Bill Hicks joke. There's two versions of it I can recall of the top of my head:

"Same LSD story every time. We've all heard it. 'Young man on acid thought he could fly. Jumped out of a building. What a tragedy.' ...wwwhat a dick. Don't go blaming acid on this fucking guy. If he thought he could fly let him take off from the ground, check it out first. He's an idiot, he's dead, good. You don't see ducks lined up to catch elevators to fly north, do you? No, they fly from the fucking ground. The guy was a moron, he's dead, good. No tragedy." (Sane Man, 1989, 25:45)
A variation with two kids who allegedly killed themselves listening to Judas Priest albums: "Two less gas station attendants in the world? I don't think we lost a cancer cure, folks." (Relentless, 1991.)

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

Carlin

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Future-Turtle@reddit

Wouldn't be the first time Leary stole from Louis.

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PoopUponPoop@reddit

I thought this was the guy who plays Jaime Lannister

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CarfDarko@reddit

Reminds me of GTA's Derek the Dodo.

Hey, kids. Why spend Saturday watching boring cartoons about fighting aliens when you can help fight real, illegal aliens? Head to some real-life Saturday safety fun, at Ammu-Nation with Derek the Dodo!

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gilligan1050@reddit

This guys a joke stealing hack.

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Molten_Plastic82@reddit

Thought that was Jamie Lannister for a sec, then realised it was Leary

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mustardtiger86@reddit

Biggest hack ever

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UpDownLeftRightGay@reddit

Let’s just skip all this are start eugenics going.

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adolfojp@reddit

Are we into baby boomer jokes now?

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Flashy-Friendship-65@reddit (OP)

Nope, but me thinks you might be a Gen Zer.

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kulot09@reddit

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BojukaBob@reddit

250 Kelvin is well below freezing lol

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WarpTroll@reddit

Freezer burn

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BojukaBob@reddit

Sure but wouldn't be much of an oven.

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ThisIsSteeev@reddit

Freezer BURN duh /s

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WarpTroll@reddit

Fair. Heat pump then 😀

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Kuposrock@reddit

I bet if we make it bigger and put more things in, we could make a reverse oven. Instead of cooking food, it keeps it fresh for later.

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El-Viking@reddit

Cut him some slack, he's a comedian. Doesn't change the fact that kids are fucking stupid.

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WorldSuccessful4842@reddit

Fuck Denys Leary

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ermy_shadowlurker@reddit

Can we bring this back please….

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FearsomeForehand@reddit

The people who have this opinion only applies it to other people’s kids.

They have a completely different standard when it comes to their own.

And the parents who actually do apply this standard to their own kids are usually deadbeats.

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ItsSignalsJerry_@reddit

Alright

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MyHGC@reddit

"...Russia, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want...."

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Akhanyatin@reddit

Oh no! Not 250K! lol

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Eikthyrnir13@reddit

No Cure For Cancer was in my car for several years. Along with Adam Sandler's first comedy album. Piece of shit car was genius.

Oh, and Jagged Little Pill.

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Mushroom_Man_64@reddit

Ok, I get people don't like Denise but for fuck sakes the kelvin thing was a joke itself.

Big /whoosh on this post

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galenp56@reddit

Give me a kid!

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throwleavemealone@reddit

He's not wrong, he's just an asshole.

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OkAssignment6163@reddit

Wow. What an asshole.

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Warm-Exercise6880@reddit

I can't get past the oven. 250 Kelvin? That's like, -10 in Fahrenheit.

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SweetPurchase6511@reddit

Great bit. About 15-20 too many “okay”s and “alright”s for my taste but otherwise very funny

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im_THIS_guy@reddit

Very funny? That's generous.

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Rdubya291@reddit

250 kelvin is like -9°F... Kinda hard to bake anything in that, lmao.

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Mueryk@reddit

Look at it this way…..295K is about room temp. Ish.

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Illustrious_Plan_605@reddit

This hack is insufferable. He can't even deliver the material he steals from better comedians.

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MadIllLeet@reddit

Drinking game idea. Every time Denis Leary says "okay" or "alright" in a bit, take a shot.

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OurHouse20@reddit

Okay...

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boyalien0@reddit

Early Leary is fantastic. No Cure For Cancer is legendary

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Dayne225@reddit

Isnt that a lifted act from Bill Hicks

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boyalien0@reddit

Show me video where Hicks is saying the exact same lines. It’s bullshit

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boyalien0@reddit

Downvotes but no video, shocking

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lanemyer78@reddit

Here ya go!

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Future-Turtle@reddit

It was legendary when Bill Hicks did it. Less so when leary stole it.

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Bombadier83@reddit

I’m going to end every statement with the word “ok” or “alright” to make them questions, even though they aren’t, ok?

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bargman@reddit

Leary rightfully gets a ton of shit for stealing Bill Hicks' act. Thing is, with all the other shit he's done he seems talented enough to not have to do that.

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ChimmyChongaBonga@reddit

I have a 25 year-old at work that I swear if breathing wasn't an involuntary bodily function, he'd suffocate.

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_gonesurfing_@reddit

Glad the science folks flocked here to say this. Yeah the bit was humorous, but 250K is not hot.

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InternationalBed7168@reddit

Alright

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BENTEND0_64@reddit

Dennis Leary sucks. I remember he was on an episode of the Daily Show promoting some new show he was in. Jon Stewart said something like "Let me guess, you play a rock n' roll firefighter?"

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dustysanchezz@reddit

250 degrees Kelvin,

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

Weird random mention of Larry Csonka, but it also reminded me of the episode of MST3k where they kept making references to Larry Csonka.

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

I first learned of Larry Csonka from American Gladiators.

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

Nostalgia Engaged

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nothingbeast@reddit

"I wonder if there's beer on the sun."

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YT-Deliveries@reddit

IYKYK

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generic-user66@reddit

Bill Hicks is funny.

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PorgCT@reddit

Who did he steal this bit from?

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AdPretty3288@reddit

I liked this dickhead when I was young and stupid and didn't know any better.

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Bob_the_peasant@reddit

Maybe the oven kid was smart…

“250 kelvin? So it’s… cold?”

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lillychr14@reddit

In a comedy bit, _ people don’t deserve _ can be really funny.

The current real-life use of this is horrifying. It makes me feel bad for ever laughing at Denis’ jokes.

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nothingbeast@reddit

Well, if it makes you feel better, odds are you were laughing at someone else jokes all along.

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Fkappa@reddit

That's a classic and it is cool.

But as soon as one individual thinks "Yeah, nowadays that wouldn't be possible, parents nowadays grow snowflakes because they theyself are snowflakes" this makes that individual either a fucking OLD PERSON, or a X'er.

And we're not X'ers, right?

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QuesoChef@reddit

I’ve heard young people say that parents should be more strict. Not beat their kids but not take up for them like a PR agent yes person, either. I don’t think Denis was being literal, he was trying ti be funny. To make a point that while you’re taking away toys and mistakes and choice you’re also taking away lessons that come with the opportunity to make a mistake.

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Gwilym_Ysgarlad@reddit

Those of us who were born '77-'80 are both Gen X and Xennials.

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Future-Turtle@reddit

Okay grandpa.

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Random_n4m3@reddit

\^\^I found the reason they put warnings on coffee cups

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Difficult_Leg_4615@reddit

You should look that up before puking out corporate propaganda without thinking.

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Future-Turtle@reddit

Whippersnappers these days aren't as tough as you were.

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Difficult_Leg_4615@reddit

He is wrong and this is fucking stupid. Parent your kids or they will grow up to be like this asshat joke thief that nobody gives a fuck about anymore

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AZSharksFan@reddit

If what he were saying were true you'd have boomers to gen xers significantly smarter than younger generations and not the kind that believe emails from Nigerian Princes and Facebook messages from Brad Pitt. Surviving those days didn't thin any herd.

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