When Your Hometown Finds Out You've Been Mocking Them Endlessly In Your Stand Up Routine
Below is a story of a brave 28-year-old woman who decided to challenge herself by attempting stand-up comedy to combat a fear of public speaking. After realizing that her personal stories were landing better on stage, she decided to embrace the pain she felt growing up as a gay teenager in a small town, by writing jokes on how homophobic and "ass-backward" the town was. Her material was landing well until footage of her stand-up circulated on Facebook and she began receiving angry messages from people in her hometown. Worried about what she should do next to prevent more backlash, she took to /r/relationships for advice. After the Twitter account @redditships posted the story, she pretty much received support from everyone online.
(Source: Twitter)
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Benoc
"her"
checks out.
Max Overdrive
Honestly, it’s a comedy show and that town honestly sounds awful. Before people get offended they should have thought about what it would be like to say those awful things to her. I have no sympathy for those jerks.
PYRO
Comedy = Tragedy + Time, if they're so worked up about how one person perceived their time in that town, they shouldn't blame the comedy for the outcome.
man weed
ironic, I've been watching south park on netflix for the past few days
I still don't know what to think of it
OgreOnAStick
>Slander a town's reputation.
>Townies are outraged about it.
>Surprised Picachu Face.jpg
OgreOnAStick
On a sidenote. Could people please stop calling people who have not demonstrated bravery, brave. It waters down the meaning the word has to near uselessness.
Facing one's fears is brave, running away to whinge about people you don't like behind their backs is not.
El Lugubre
Taking stand-up comedy as a way to get over your social phobias due to a shitty upbringing or just general introversion IS brave, tho
Tentacles