• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’d never heard of him before he guest hosted The Daily Show a couple of weeks ago. He was okay, not terrible, but his manscaped-to-perfection facial hair and eyebrows make him look creepily narcissistic to me (maybe not surprising considering his chosen name).

    Also, and I realize this is irrelevant, but the other Charlemagne was a king, not a god. If he wanted to call himself Charlemagne tha King, it would make a lot more sense, but it sort of feels like he doesn’t know who Charlemagne was.

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      11 months ago

      I’d never heard of him before he guest hosted The Daily Show a couple of weeks ago

      That’s crazy considering big stories have came out of his show for the last 3 elections…

      Did you honestly never hear about Biden’s comment the last time he was on the show?

      "You’ve got more questions, but I tell you … if you’ve got a problem whether or not you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black,” Biden said tersely

      It was a pretty big story, so it’s surprising to see people who comment on political posts often saying they’ve never heard of him…

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        11 months ago

        I heard Biden said that, but I didn’t know where he said it.

        I don’t really pay much attention to modern pop culture even though I pay a lot of attention to modern politics. I might have heard his name before, but it never stuck before. If it helps, I heard the name Doja Cat for, as far as I know, the first time a few days ago.

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          11 months ago

          I don’t really pay much attention to modern pop culture even though I pay a lot of attention to modern politics.

          Apparently not, because Charlamagne is very political and has had a shit ton of politicians on the show to have a hard discussion on politics… Hell, Hillary also had a big story in the 2016 election from her appearing on his show.

          Although, one of the main points he keeps repeating is that Dem politicians don’t seem to care about the Black community because they feel entitled to their votes just because they’re not Republicans.

          It’s a valid point, and lots of people who claim to care about politics won’t stop proving him right…

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            11 months ago

            I don’t disagree with him, I just wasn’t aware with him and think he looks a little creepy, but it’s not like he was a bad Daily Show host or anything. He just didn’t stick out to me like (bizarrely) John Leguizamo did. I don’t have an actual problem with him. I’m just ignorant.