French here, I fully confirm that it was the dominant story for several days, perhaps a week. It involved a very famous actor, rich people, live television, and a man standing up for his wife - the sort of story that would catch the attention.
It went from people commenting on La Gifle to speculation as to what Will Smith's punishment would be. There were straight-face comments, jokes, memes, newspaper articles. It only fell out of the news once the Academy had announced he would be suspended for these ten years.
Quick fact check for Thomas: maybe I misheard what he said but 1000 is approximately the number of total people (of all races) shot by police in a year. The number of unarmed men is much lower, somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 or so.
Time for a Temptations reboot featuring Kmele Foster, Coleman Hughes, Tommy Chatty, and MC Hammer.
French here, I fully confirm that it was the dominant story for several days, perhaps a week. It involved a very famous actor, rich people, live television, and a man standing up for his wife - the sort of story that would catch the attention.
It went from people commenting on La Gifle to speculation as to what Will Smith's punishment would be. There were straight-face comments, jokes, memes, newspaper articles. It only fell out of the news once the Academy had announced he would be suspended for these ten years.
Is "OK DOOMER" the retort to "OK BOOMER"? It does capture a certain spirit. And it rhymes.
Also if you're keeping track on the nickname front, I've long been a "T Chatt" booster. ("TC Dubs" is second pick if you're doing ranked choice)
Excellent podcast, been enjoying this! You guys are an great combo.
Ok if humour is one of the culture’s best weapons against bad politicians, and doing comedy about already funny politicians is hat-on-a-hat…
It stands to reason that bad politicians who are (even absurdly, darkly) funny should scare you.
In which case, this piece about George Santos’s Oscar picks will chill you to the bone: https://open.substack.com/pub/solana/p/george-santos-interview
Quick fact check for Thomas: maybe I misheard what he said but 1000 is approximately the number of total people (of all races) shot by police in a year. The number of unarmed men is much lower, somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 or so.
Semiannual is twice a year, Jeff.