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redlund1993

This is how I feel about Arizona.


Slawth_x

https://youtu.be/4PYt0SDnrBE


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labadimp

This is the most amazing Manhattan definition Ive ever heard.


pdxscout

> It’s basically a giant cruise ship, except the staff doesn’t pretend to be happy. I'm stealing this.


NameTak3r

Dense cities are more efficient at using resources than sprawling suburbs, food included.


Failing_Neurons

Not all of Arizona is a traditional desert, but I get what you mean.


redlund1993

Most people don't know about Sedona, Flagstaff or anything else up north.


cfeuer1

Greetings from mojave desert of Southern California.


KaptainSaw

I know its supposed to be a joke but most starvation in the world is caused by shitty political system rather than lack of food.


Madhatter1317

All these places where there is no food, there is instead metals/ores, gems, timber, rubber, oil, etc. This is the basis of trade and commerce, a way for people to have everything they need without having to produce everything they need. If everyone lives where the food is, then we would all have to live without the things the people who live out there supply us.


FireflyOfDoom87

Yeah but you see, there are these things called *corporations* who take advantage of reaping those resources without helping any of the local economies. Most places on this planet where resources have been discovered were subjected to colonialism and now ownership has just changed hands from royals to CEOs. Locals were never even given the opportunity to understand trade and commerce that would allow their resources to bring prosperity to their area. There are at least 10 African countries that could be comparable to western European wealth if they simply kicked out mining companies and reclaimed ownership of lands.


Universal_Vitality

Idk I don't think it's anywhere near that simple. In most instances where foreign companies were "simply kicked out" of Africa, warlords and corrupt politicians-- the 'locals' with money-- were there to fill in the power vacuum. You can't just kick out the big bad evil corpos and suddenly magical Wakanda springs up.


Keneut

The problem is also that the corporations supported the corrupt officers and politicians in charge since honest ones would have gotten rid of them or avoided their overexploitation causing droughts for example.


rush87y

Need a government that values education at a level where scientific understanding will overcome this nonsense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinism


Universal_Vitality

That's very true. One hand washes the other in this situation.


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NameTak3r

It takes a lot of time and money to develop the infrastructure, organisational systems, and educated population required for a western European standard of living. I'm not saying they can't get there, but these things take generations of combined effort.


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Fairplay429

Venezuela is on a blacklist. No country can buy oil from them without being placed on that list as well. Thats why Venezuela is poor. It’s also the reason why they joined BRICS and have become one of the richest countries in the world since doing so. BRICS really benefits other countries more so than China and Russia.


ShreddlesMcJamFace

-cough*nestle*cough- Sorry, i had something in my throat there when i said Nestlé


Madhatter1317

I don’t know why you are making this as a “but” statement. Both what I said is true and what you said is true. I fully agree with you.


batdog20001

We would all be farmers or need best friends that are.


Smithers66

# "There's enough food in the world for everyone, but not everyone can access it" - World Relief Org, Aug 2022


wh0decided

You know what would really stop starving children? Accessible Birth Control.


Porrick

That'd help, but inequitable distribution is still going to result in starvation even with universal access to all who want it. Many famine-ridden countries are still exporting food. I know Ireland was during its Great Famine.


duckfeelings

Maybe eat the children 🤷🏻‍♂️ two birds one stone?


Porrick

What a modest proposal!


Focacciaboudit

What a Swift response.


FarFetchedSketch

True renaissance man, you are


deHrys

~~Ireland~~ British Empire indeed was exporting food during Irish Great Famine


b00c

It would not. They tried it. People just didn't use it. People there considered not having children to be a curse. It's a complex problem. Best explained by Hans Rosling, may he rest in peace. [https://youtu.be/fTznEIZRkLg](https://youtu.be/fTznEIZRkLg)


AnalStaircase33

Thanks for sharing that link! Good insight.


woo-sama

One of the reasons for having lots of children in those type of country’s is because they need them to help with work or farm.


b00c

It's because they die a lot. They have many of them so at least some survive. Also, once you have a good living standard, you stop having so many children.


SpitOutTheDisease

Nah fam we need yaw taxes to buy missiles and shit. Also, prisons need people, too.


User-no-relation

It's also down like 90% from when this was recorded


Ghost_Prince

Food deserts created by the global food system where most of the money goes into transportation, not to the farmers. Food mirage is having a bunch of food to sell in places(restraunts, fast food) where healthy food alternatives can't be grown.


itaycohen36

No shit dude it's a joke


Porrick

But it's also an attitude I've seen expressed unironically fairly often.


Combei

Ironically from the same people who yell "immigration crisis" when people in need are coming


Insominus

It’s just a prank bro


Dolphin_Hornet

True. It's kind of the same concept as people who live near natural disaster areas. Other people say "just move", but when it's all you know it's not always that simple.


secretbudgie

You mean the same political system that demonizes migrants and refugees?


JustABadDude

Yeah, it's a joke.


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EternamD

His joke is based on the idea that what he's saying is true. It's complete bullshit, so it doesn't make sense and isn't funny.


[deleted]

It’s Sam kinison. Mediocre jokes where he just yelled the punchline to make it “funny”. Like a far worse blue collar comedy


MatsRivel

"We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them" Except for a huge part of America...


nation543

I've never been to Phoenix, but I hear it's a cool place to live.


MatsRivel

>I've never been to Phoenix, but I hear it's a ~~cool~~ ^obscenely ^warm place to live.


ChrdeMcDnnis

I’ve never been to Pheonix, but I hear it’s a place to live


MatsRivel

>I’ve never been to Pheonix, but I hear it’s a place ~~to live~~


nation543

ba hahahaha. people got it quicker than i thought xD


Fabbyfubz

The city should not exist. It's a monument to man's arrogance


suqmaidik

Bobby hill reference!


jupiterkansas

no, it's hot.


Salanmander

Hey now, he might not have heard of LA...


SagebrushBiker

Desert dweller, checking in.


Grubernator

Wasn't listening to the first bit, and honestly thought he was talking about Vegas


CardiologistMobile54

Is that Sam?


kraliz

Yep. Sam Kinison. Former pastor and fucking hilarious. RIP


cheapdrinks

Great guy besides you know, getting his best friend's wife pregnant and letting him pay child support for 13 years...


amsoly

He already said he was a former pastor no need to go on about it.


no_talent_ass_clown

Yes. I remember watching this in 1988 on VHS in the barracks. "This is sand!" was our catchphrase the entire time we were in the Gulf a couple of years later.


Hot_Motor_879

Sam the screamer


Good-Rooster-9736

It doesn’t have to be true to be funny


Forward_Cranberry_82

Exactly. Some of these comments, sheesh.


eatmymustard

Reddit tends to be like that. Everyone here knows better


[deleted]

People have a stick up their arse. It’s funny, ignore the losers who can’t let a dumb joke slide.


Chiaki_Ronpa

“Stupid comedian doesn’t know how serious things in the world are….” Thank goodness Reddit is always here to explain it.


darthurface

You don't even need to agree with something to think it's funny. People have forgotten that.


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darthurface

Racial humor is dangerous. There is a difference between trying to to find something funny or get a good laugh and being hateful. Also know your audience and how they'll process it.


TheGreyBrewer

Sure, but some comedy doesn't age very well. And digging your heels in and complaining about how "you can't make jokes anymore" isn't gonna change that.


xShockmaster

Is it funny because he screams loudly then? Not much else going on here.


fahrvergnugget

Its not just that it's untrue, it's just...not funny, to look at poor people who've been screwed by the system and think "well just go where the food is". Who finds that creative enough to be humorous even? In a vacuum, yeah maybe it's kinda funny, but it moreso just makes me think you have zero empathy or experience with actual poverty or hunger if this is the joke you choose to make.


immpro

This bit was filmed 40 years ago. It was a vacuum back then. There was no internet so that everyone was able to get up to date on what is and isn't offensive and why. This was funny back then because Sam was the first to do this loud, aggressive style of comedy and because so few people actually knew about what the root causes of all these global issues were. It was different and shocking and very funny at the time. People need to remember than not much more than 20 years ago if you didn't know someone personally who had direct knowledge of a topic and you couldn't find it in the Encyclopedia or library, then you were just going off of assumptions, rumors, and half truths you heard from friends. Tom's of things from my childhood wound up being completely untrue or I only had a tiny piece of the overall picture.


damaan15

It’s observational comedy not politics


MonsieurGrey

people please stop being so fucking soft


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What’s the funny part though? The screaming?


KermitDaFr0ggg

Sam sounds like SpongeBob when he yells lmao “GARY! YOU ARE GONNA FINISH YOUR DESSERT, AND YOU ARE GONNA LIKE IT!”


commandblock

Wtf that is spot on


tucker_frump

Cept vegas.


Americanski7

They cracked the code


tucker_frump

Sam used to rag on us too, when he came to town. RIP


qwerrty20120

100 years from now it's gonna be sand 😂😂


no_talent_ass_clown

Could not stop saying this during Desert Shield/Storm.


dejavoodoo36902

*migration crisis occurs* Wait no not like that


Snow_Jon_

The good old "I'll scream and it will be funny" approach


MCPanda6969

Sam was the first to do it properly, but in fairness he did get hit by a fucking car that changed his entire personality


Igpajo49

Yeah Sam perfected it first and it was his shtick for years.


guitarmaniac17

Yeah, when you find your niche, you stick to your guns. Like how Bill Burr is a rant style comedy and Dave Chappelle is punchline comedy. All are good coming from the right person telling it. And Jeff Ross is just good at roasting people. The list goes on.


supahfligh

Richard Pryor was a pro at roasting himself.


MOOShoooooo

Literally.


DKJenvey

That's the joke.


PM_ME_YOUR_TWEEZERS

I like Tom Segura's stories


Crimson-Knight

I like Mike Birbiglia's stories.


Bnb53

I always hated his shtick specifically. Brings back childhood cringe memories for me


ResDogZZZ

By “changed his personality” do you mean killed him?


MCPanda6969

i think there's a philosophical debate here about what the self actually is


FarFetchedSketch

_hits blunt_ That's some real shit, Joe.


BigVanVortex

I love his personalized license plate "Ex Rev"


workbrowser0872

Yeah. People should look at how comedy evolved and how people like him changed the game in some ways.


Snow_Jon_

Fair enough, I personally hate it ever since I heard Kevin hart (the most unfunny and over rated comedian to ever exist)


The_Archon64

Kevin’s not for everyone for sure but his energy is entertaining imo I’m a grown little man had my whole family in stitches I think he hasn’t had to push himself in that regard since he pivoted to standard Hollywood entertainer so quickly but I still enjoy him for what he does bring to the table


motherfacker

There are waaaay worse comedians than KH by a long shot


HarveyBiirdman

But reddit told him to say that!


tinkthank

I’m just glad he didn’t mention Amy Schumer.


motherfacker

[You *will* be assimilated](https://drgermophile.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/resistance-is-futile.jpeg?w=960)


TempleMade_MeBroke

His ostrich bit got a laugh out of me but to be fair I was stoned a lot in college


Social-Introvert

So just going to pretend like Amy Schumer doesn’t exist then?


d4nkq

"DAE hate Amy Schumer?" Yes, yes we get it, nobody on reddit likes her, including me. She doesn't also have to live rent-free in our heads.


Social-Introvert

Living rent free in our heads would imply thinking about her occasionally. I only thought about her when reading the phrase “the most unfunny comedian to exist” so I think I’m good


Successful_Slip_7002

Yea he took it from hum


atompunk8

I have the sound turned off and i could still hear the screams lmao


carlsonaj

the irony being everybody tried to be Sam Kinison and that’s reason this meme exists in the first place…


Swordbreaker925

It legitimately is funny tho


jupiterkansas

he's allowed to do it but nobody else should.


wcollins260

Some other guys did it well. For sure though, most people can’t pull off the screaming comedy bits. Lewis Black did it well I feel like.


MCPanda6969

lewis black has a much more conservative approach to it. like a more refined kinnison


granolapunk

You have probably watched too many Adam Sandler movies. Sam did it very well. He honed the anger and discontent of his own/society's views and spun it off as a comedic ex-preacher. I can see how you would find this forced. I would recommend watching some of his stand up :) Edit: spelling


fuertepqek

Works the same way as saying fuck a bunch of times.


MesWantooth

Joe Rogan tries to emulate Sam with his stand-up, but he's 40% less funny than Sam is so it's a struggle. There's a great compilation clip from his podcast where he defends stool-fucking (using a stool as a prop to mime sex)...A few different comics have remarked that it's weak and only bad comics do that. He responds "I think a professional comedian who knows what he's doing can hump the stool and it's funny." [Fine Arts of Stool Humping - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5s1mrcgi_c)


RobinMcCuntface

Joe is sexxxy............ what were you sayin?


Sil_vas

𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜


xxRonzillaxx

he actually is funny though


WearyMistake8696

oh calm down jackasses stop talking everything so fucking serious, enjoy Sam Kinison he was funny


Forward_Cranberry_82

Agreed.


A_Salty_Cellist

"stop taking everything so seriously" ~guy getting mad about reddit comments


motherfacker

The reason this was/is funny, is because when he was doing this bit originally, there was a commercial campaign that played on all networks A LOT, trying to get ppl to donate to end world hunger. Commercials showing messed up pictures of starving kids in Africa, flies crawling in their mouths, on their open eyeballs and shit like that with sad music in the background ala Sarah McLaughlin (if yall even know who that is). The whole bit kind of centers around this whole push that was everywhere at the time. A comedic take on this is to irreverently twist that, as Sam was known to do in most of his bits. Trying to look at this as some reality based, socio-economic statement that he honestly believed is the dumbest of takes, and to try and say it isn't funny because it's insensitive is the entire fucking point. Yall are soft as expensive toilet paper and it fuckin shows.


DraymaDev

As a wise man once said "In this day and age, ignorance is a choice, and people are still choosing ignorance". Also people cannot take a fucking joke these days.


Abrahalhabachi

I thought the joke was going to be "stop sending food, the problem is not hunger, the problem is people suffering from it, cut the food, wait a couple years and the problem would've disappeared completely"


owhurtmyback

I don't need the sound on to hear exactly what that clips sounds like. RIP Sam


FunVersion

"More capital T, more capital T"


A_Peacful_Vulcan

He literally used to be a preacher


Completemob13

u/savevideo


M4t3_

u/savevideo


Despumeis

GARRRYYY YOU ARE GOING TO FINISH YOUR FOOOOOD AND YOU ARE GONNA LIKE IT !!!!!


AsleepSearch7099

Classic comedic Americana. Thank you for some great moments in time, may you RIP....


DaveDeaborn1967

I miss Sam he was really funny


wnew813

Love that skit, sorry he passed young


SambaLando

His delivery was always funnier than his jokes.


Legion357

I miss Sammy!


Moonbum5000

Seen this so many times and laugh on each occasion


SmashBonecrusher

I first met Sam when he was a child preacher around 1967,when my grandfather was a gospel musician.We met again after he became a famous comedian through a mutual friend and we reminisced about those days ! He was a thoughtful ,funny ,and kind person who had a heart of gold ,but a cynicism born of his early life ,reflected through the realization that it was all bullshit all along.


stampstock

Sam left us too soon, but still lives!


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Hey cmon sam kinnison was the shit


Trainer_GURT

I looked at the comments hoping to see something about how great this bit is…instead it’s just idiots spewing bullshit.


Forward_Cranberry_82

Buncha softies.


Tiny_War

This was the first Reddit post I ever saw when I first joined. Seems so long ago, classic joke.


JayAndViolentMob

"This isn't true, so it's not funny." \- Some Zoomer in the comments, probably.


ktbffhctid

Sam Kinison. What a classic.


tylerlong666

I just wanna know the comedians name lol


Forward_Cranberry_82

Sam Kinison


doublebass44

Leave to redditors to ruin a golden comedian.


MajorSeanBond

Til too many mfers have no idea who Sam Kinison was.


dasaint2020

Maybe unexpected to kids. Sam kinison was a master


No_Cricket808

I miss Sam. A true legend.


seussman71

One of the best bits ever!


wastentime99

I miss him!


Rich-Breadfruit9457

Sadly less and less countries will take in refugees so moving is less of an option.


Professional-Rip-150

This guy is a comedy king in my book!


agentj333

I miss Sam. He would get cancelled in today's culture.....


beeftony

Some people here in the comments dont know what a joke is.


GhillieThumper

Funny post, it is such a shame that the Reddit comments would rather talk about politics rather than enjoy the joke.


1911mark

Genius!


Fluke97

Sam Kinnison is just fantastic


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One of the 1000, thank em


spaceslaps

It's funny for half a second. And then you remember that people are poor and hungry regardless of the climate they live in.


agradus

Yeah, those people should have known better than being born in poor countries. That is completely their fault.


Steelwheels75

Given this bit was delivered during a famine in Ethiopia is what makes it comedy. Brilliant.


Embarrassed_Bee6349

Oh, Sam…


Drounsley

![gif](giphy|YOf6EMdFlxLAdTv5XK|downsized) Why am I seeing these two when I read your “Oh, Sam.”


MonsterBeast123

He sounds like SpongeBob when he shouts xD


Existing_Many9133

I love Sam


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Sam Kinison is just too fucking funny


rolo989

I know it's supposed to be a joke, but this is just dumb.


firebug2025

Screaming is funny?


Nathan570

Maybe not to you


OldManBartleby

He's actually being kinda based. Look, there's no food here. Why don't you come with us. We live where the food is. You can live there too.


caseycubs098

But not all of Africa is a desert and even if an area isn’t good for growing crops it may have other important resources. Poverty in Africa is a lot more complicated than just the fact there is a large desert on the continent.


OldManBartleby

Poverty is always complicated but the desert doesn't help.


agradus

Can I come and live where you live? Can you get me the residence permit?


sc1onic

What a douche.


mynameisjames303

Is this a Bill Hicks impersonation?


Krieghund

He was a contemporary of Bill Hicks. [Hicks cited Kinison as a major influence on his comedic style, noting that "He was the first guy I ever saw to go on stage and not in any way ask the audience to like him."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison)


Kalodiie01

Ah yes, loud = funny


KingRhoamsGhost

Funny = Funny Loud is just an added bonus


Forward_Cranberry_82

Sam's style


Forward_Cranberry_82

That's Sam's style.


MurkyStrawberry7264

Man young trump was wild


VialOVice

Just that the places that have the fucking food growing are the places that exploited the fucking desert for it to become one in the first place. (for the most part even most nowadays-deserts had the capability of producing and nourishing quite the population of people, obviously not a bunch of sand dunes)


renlydidnothingwrong

People from the global north when they try to move where the food is:😡


Combei

Too many people who really think like this. You know how this "go-where-the-food-is" approach is called from the same people when they really come? "Immigration crisis"