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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 2 points 8 minutes ago

I don't want to be the one defending Insurance companies because seriously fuck them.

But... Please correct me if I got it wrong, but for the California fires they are accused of refusing to sell insurance policies or asking very high prizes for them, which is a very different thing than selling the policy and then denying and delaying payments after something has happened.

An insurance company saying they won't insure you means that the risk is visibly and insanely high. Which it clearly was. If anything this should have been a pretty loud alarm bell that has been ignored.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 67 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

He didn't just call them out, he called them out on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Kimmel averaged 1,720,000 viewers a night last year and that doesn't count people watching the next day, or even later, on YouTube.

Bill Burr has always been a "no fucks given" kind of guy and I respect him for that.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

He won my respect when he won over Philly by insulting every single person in it - while in Philly. (I can't believe this happened 18 years ago.)

https://youtu.be/bWuXfIZiSqY

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago

That was one of the most brutal 'observational comedian' acts I've ever seen.

The constant reminders, "7minutes left", and the going all in on ... everything..

Perfection.

Thanks.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 3 hours ago

Bill Burr handles a heckler ... when that heckler is Philadelphia.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Damn. Booing Dom Irerra is low even for Philly.

That guy is like comedy dynamite. He makes sports funny to me and I couldn't give less of a shit about sports.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Dom Irerra was more open about his sexuality than a lot of the comics of his time, and it always made me respect him.

Rewatching Dr. Katz and thinking about the time period it was in, sometimes Dom feels absolutely subversive to the times.

His obsessive love for Dr. Katz is something a lot of men comics would have been afraid to commit to, even to this day.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He was by far the funniest guest on Dr. Katz and I looked forward to it every time he was on.

Only comic who was in all six seasons, no less.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Rewatched most of Dr Katz recently after not watching it in forever and Dom was really a highlight. Every scene I remember with him was good and seemed to hold up. I didn't get a lot of the show as a teen watching it, but there's so much gold in it now watching it as an adult.

[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It turns into almost an aristocrats joke. Not really a fan of his, but he delivered it well.

Bill Burr became culturally relevant by being controversial.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 3 points 19 minutes ago

They cut him off :(

[–] galaskorz@discuss.online 5 points 3 hours ago

Ooooo a celebrity endorsement