Rant: "But- But He's Funny!"

As anyone who knows me (or who reads this blog with any regularity) will tell you, I can be very critical of this modern generation and its increasingly shallow tendencies, with thoughts and opinions ranging from snide yet constructive observations to malicious and unrelenting ferocity. This pessimistic attitude has only increased as I've grown older, and it certainly hasn't been helped by our modern "politically correct" liberal age that we're living in right now. But of the many issues I've had with my fellow young people, one has consistently stood out like a sore thumb and thusly has never failed to get my blood boiling: and that issue is the multitude of stupid and/or incompetent people who are nevertheless praised and celebrated "because they're funny".

Yes, it seems as though you can get away with just about anything in this day and age if you can cover your tracks with a quick joke to make people laugh. Or if you're not creative enough to think of anything even remotely witty, just act like a goofus and people will magically never hold you accountable for anything ever again! Seriously, it's like magic! Let's look at some common internet trends, for instance; things like "Damn Daniel" is a prime example of what I'm talking about here, where the "creative minds" behind the "joke" are clearly little more than a couple of talentless hacks who couldn't write an intelligent joke if their lives depended on it, yet they are nevertheless granted a free pass complete with interviews, publicity, and a mass of fans -- purely based on the excuse of "because they're funny!" despite there being no specific reason as to why they're "funny" to begin with.

Let's look at another example: Adam Sandler. Here's a guy who's essentially come to embody everything I hate about modern "comedy": he's brash, immature, and has a sophomoric sense of "humor" with jokes that shouldn't appeal to anybody who can count past the number 10. And yet time after time he keeps making box office hits with the same bland humor, the same annoying characters, and the same constant stream of box office revenue. And what defense do his fans have for supporting his uncreative and unbearable films, despite far superior comedy existing elsewhere? "But- but he's funny!" Again, his "fans" won't hold him accountable for his constant failings as an artist, purely because he makes them laugh by being stupid! It's agony! Pure agony!

Ah, but we're not done yet. I have just one more target to roast over the proverbial fire: none other than our dear, beloved president Barack Obama. And of course by "dear" and "beloved" I mean "loathed" and "despised". This guy has gotten away with so much crap that you'd think the entire nation has lost its mind; he bows to dictators, looks the other way when Islamic terrorists attack, has issued more support to criminals and deviants than to our own military, plunged our country into the deepest pit of debt that it's ever been in, caused racial relations in America to go down the tubes, was implicit in the tragedy at Benghazi... but now all of that doesn't matter to the average American citizen because "he's funny". Look, everyone! Look at the funny man telling jokes on TV! Look at him and laugh at how funny he is! Isn't he so funny? Doesn't he make you laugh?? Why, we shouldn't hold him accountable for anything he's ever done! After all, he's funny and cool! So we should all just let it go and laugh at how funny he is!

Pardon me while I puke. Rant over.

~M.D.