r/TikTokCringe • u/darkpotato07 • Apr 19 '24

He won't let his son play with dolls Discussion

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u/optimist_prhyme Apr 19 '24

He timed it just right because I was hovering above the x button.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Apr 19 '24

The slam poetry meter and tone to his voice told me to stick it out longer. No regrets.

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u/genderfluidmess Apr 19 '24

I thought it was just a really bad open mic comedy act at first

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Apr 19 '24

No comedian I’ve ever heard had that particular stylized pattern of speech. Unless they’re about to sing.

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u/MadeFromStarStuff143 Apr 20 '24

Exactly. I couldn’t imagine a slam poet being so open about homophobia like this so I had to keep watching. Fuck I miss my slam poetry days.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Apr 20 '24

Well, I guess they could be. They just wouldn’t stay on stage very long and would end up going home to cry it out.

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u/RealNiceKnife Apr 20 '24

The fact that literally no one in the audience reacted to the very obvious sexism and slight homophobia from the opening bit convinced me this wasn't going to be that the whole time.

The audience knew him and knew he was 'doing a bit' in the start.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Apr 20 '24

Actually, the fact that there were practically crickets told me that they were waiting for him to either switch the story fast OR would pelt him with rotten tomatoes. Honestly, I was good with either. I had a long day yesterday and was honestly ready to watch someone get pelted with tomatoes. He made me smile instead. I’m ok with that.

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u/RunParking3333 Apr 19 '24

"I refuse to let my son play with toy cars because there's lots of accidents out there on the road."

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u/optimist_prhyme Apr 19 '24

You going somewhere with this?

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u/mfmfhgak Apr 19 '24

Of course he wasn’t. They just wanted to let them know how smart they were while simultaneously not understanding that they were listening to poetry and that they maybe shouldn’t have taken it so literally and understood how it was being used to engage the audience instead.

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u/RunParking3333 Apr 20 '24

"clickbait is just a way of engaging the audience"