Anaxagoras - 2019-09-09
Wow. I remember kinda liking this show growing up, although I didn't understand why the left swooned over it. (It seemed painfully milquetoast left-of-center to me.)
But damn... it's practically unwatchable for me now. The way the show shoehorned jokes into damn near every conversation was really jarring & unpleasant. And the jokes weren't even that good, usually. In contrast, the way Roseanne worked jokes into the show still holds up; they're funny while at the same time feeling as if real-world people might make them.
BTW, this youtuber's other videos are all really solid, with one exception: his debunking of pit bulls. Although he's right that pit bull bans are bullshit, he's wrong to completely discount the pro-ban arguments; some dog breeds actually do have behavioral dispositions based on their genetics, although none (that I know of) have an anti-human disposition so strong that good training can't control it.
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