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I vaguely knew that Mike Johnson was a weirdo, but this video really filled in a lot of details I didn't have. Now I find myself agree with the video's assessment: Mike Johnson is a scary little freak!

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[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cody seems a little off the ball in this one but still a great video as always

[–] roadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It reminds me of Last Week Tonight when the last elections were coming up.

You can tell Cody is both wanting to make a comedy show and also scream into a pillow. I think what they're doing is good, but I imagine the research and writing process is agonizing.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They need to get Worst Year Ever back together, I think they needed each other

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I don't need to know about the Kardassians or any other reality TV shite. I just watch US politics. It's an hilarious clown show from beginning to end.

[–] Geek_King@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Having been here my whole life, it's ridiculous how much it's gotten sillier and sillier over time.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."

  • George Carlin
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

When you're born you're given a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America you're given a front row seat - George Carlin

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago

Reality shows are fake anyway.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I love these guys but their hyper intense thing is a bit too much.

Especially for the 40+ mins videos.

If they just did the quieter weird stuff (or just no weird stuff) I'd watch every single one.

But I need to be in such a specific mood to handle these, and I got sure can't send them to other people to get informed.

[–] Geek_King@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I agree, I found it hard to deal with too. But I really got comfortable with their style when John Oliver's show was paused due to the strike. Some More News really presents some wonderfully researched and presented information, they're style can be a big strong but it's just their shtick to stand out, but still give good content.

Since I got used to it, I've been watching every new video and I enjoy it. But man, I too wish they'd tone it down a bit.