Tom Segura agrees the most disabilities are terrible and not funny… but some are. Ever heard of Foreign Accent Syndrome? Watch the full stand up comedy special “Disgraceful” on Netflix. tomsegura.com/
@@BlitzkriegBryce right after my amputation, I posted on FB to ask if I could officially enter an ass kicking contest as a one legged man. Then after I had 2 toes amputated on my remaining foot, I told everyone that I can now only count to 13! (10 fingers and only 3 toes) 🤣😂
@@jasonsabbath6996 always been a fan of the “one legged man in an ass kicking contest” since I heard Jim Ross say it back in WWF. I know it’s constantly difficult and that these things do cause the occasional sad/angry mood swings but I’m happy to hear you’re keeping good spirits and not letting it make you a bitter, miserable person.
I worked with a kid who had touretts, when I worked at a fast food place back in highschool for three years. He started small with the little ticks and sometimes he would say fuk or shit. I never acknowledge them, at the time I didn't know what it was called exactly. But for three years I pretended that I didn't notice or hear them, I'd even continue talking to him as if nothing was happening. We got along quite well, then he heard I was leaving. I came in to pick up my last check, he was on the grill and made me my favorite mushroom burger and sat down with me. We talked for a while and he finally asked why I never said anything about his touretts. I told him I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable or different around me. He smiled and said because I never acknowledge them he was at ease and he never went full blast like he had at other places.
I think he might have gotten the last laugh lol; because it’s a myth that people with Tourette’s Syndrome curse. It does happen occasionally but it’s suuuper rare.
@@ericray7173 Well you might be right, but him swearing doesn't mean it was brought on by the touretts, he could of just had a potty mouth and I just assumed it was from it. Then again thinking back working at a fast food place. Swearing on the occasion was not unheard of. Burn yourself on the grill or the deep fryer, get 10 orders right before closing, boss makes you stay 2 hours over your leaving time. Honestly wish I had kept in touch with him. He was real chill for the most part. But we didn't even go to the same highschool and then after college, who knows. I don't even have a Facebook, but I wish him well. If you're reading this Bryan from Beef o Roo, wish you well. ✌️
@@ericray7173 it’s called coprolalia. It’s not uncommon for someone with Tourette’s to have verbal tics of an obscene nature. And for many people it happens multiple times a day.
People might accuse Tom of being callous making fun of Foreign Accent Syndrome but honestly the biggest problem these people face is lack of awareness, and everyone thinking they're faking. He's legitimately doing a great service here.
Fair point. It is true that there's nothing actually impairing about Foreign Accent Syndrome whatsoever other than the social behaviors it creates in others. That makes it truly one of the most unique conditions in neuroscience.
In HS there was a dude who spoke in an Aussie accent. Everyone just assumed he was an Aussie until they met his family. He also had a full beard in 7th grade so we were so fkn confused in general anyway we just chalked it up to being a strayan.
@@JarthenGreenmeadowit's true, our beards come in early here in straya. Maybe it's the humidity or the fact that we're always living upside down. Check out Fairbairn, I think they're called & upside down Australia.
@@royroos8036 thankfully my tourettes was barely noticeable until I was 21...like I was undiagnosed...but now people randomly tell me bless you all day long bc they think I'm sneezing 🤣
we've been raised to no talk about stuff. so things that really are not a thing turn in to problems. if we talked about, if we had a laugh, it might not turn in to a tragedy.
I'm from Alabama and that shit killed me 😂. He actually came to our city and did some shows a year ago or so. The first jokes he did when he came out on stage, were mocking the way we talk. Everyone in the room went crazy laughing.
My aunt and uncle have a kid with moderate Cerebral Palsy. He does funny shit all the time and he actually encourages other people to laugh at it because he loves the attention and he knows they are laughing because he has the disability. That kid is amazing and he doesn't care because, in his own words, "it is what it is". He gets through it using humor. He even laughs at himself when he watches home movies. What a champion he is. Edit: He is not my cousin, he is fostered and not yet adopted. Aunt and Uncle can't have children so they are fostering children. I am getting lots of people asking so I thought I would clear the air.
Humor is such an amazingly healthy coping mechanism. My therapist straight up told me that if I hadn't been using humor to cope with my shit since like third grade, I probably wouldn't be alive today. Major props to your cousin.
@@Khramo What he means is donations for serious illnesses (such as Malaria, HIV, Cancer) can be made through 10ks (run races) and quilts. For the 10k's you can pay to sponsor the runner in the race and that money will go towards the charity/foundation and purchasing quilts will go towards the charity/foundation too. So the joke is basically serious illnesses aren't funny but syndromes like the cum*ing disorder he is talking about is funny
I’m dyslexic (which is technically a mental disability) and my brother is autistic, I joke about dyslexia the most, and my brother would be canceled with how many jokes he makes about autism. People with disabilities make more jokes then anyone else. I love it
Yeah, unlike neurotypicals who are so up in arms about “oppression” and “prejudice”, we actually know what we are, and we’re able to joke about ourselves because it puts humor in our weaknesses. If anything, I’d argue that it helps us with our disorders and other people’s understanding and awareness of it, and these everyday people are taking away an oppressed group’s coping mechanism against corporations investing on elimination of our existence, which IMO seems very ableist to me…oh the irony.
One of the best bits ever man. I was born with cystic fibrosis and the “10k or quilt” fucking killed me. So goddamn true. I’ll never understand how people don’t think this is funny. Have some humility for fucks sake.
I live in Australia and 25 years ago I had a friend who was hot by a bus and when he came out of his coma he spoke with a Canadian accent and still has it to this day.
God it really is the funniest fucking part. The way he goes from monotone, to a recording from inside Chernobyl's reactor control room with how authentic it was!
This is the first time ive ever watched any Tom Segura stand up, and it had me howling with laughter!! 10/10. 'And she killed herself, shes dead' got me wheezing man, that shit was so good!!
His "having a stroke" laughter got me. I busted a gut at that one. I remember trying to not laugh in serious situations as a kid, and how everything was 10 times funnier during those times, and the feeling of holding it in with everything you have so you don't ruin things. Good times.
One of the hardest things to do…..hold in a laugh when something is extremely funny. A little always comes out through your nose. Been there way too many times.
I remember being unable to suppress a giggle when a dude in the psych facility I was temporarily at says"Anwar Sadat was in TV last night and he told me to kill infidels". He wasn't Muslim just schizophrenic. I got in trouble for laughing 😳. Can't help it, me and impulsivity are very close buddies.
i am in AWE of how funny this dude is.. ive known about him for a couple years via podcast but for some reason never checked out his stand up.... he is a LEGEND!!!
God, the wheezing thing when he's in mass? Dude... I can never stop laughing at this. My wife thinks I'm insane but my stomach tenses up like a puking cat.
When I was in 8th grade we had a substitute we all hated. My buddy knocked something over and she went to yell at him. He decided to stutter a little bit and told her he had tourettes. The entire class silently decided in that moment that my buddy had tourettes and we messed with her every time we had her as a sub moving forward. Nothing major but he'd knock shit over and start twitching a little and one of us would volunteer to help him to the nurses office to take his meds. We'd actually just take a bathroom break and come back. I'm still proud of my class for never snitching
I have some disabilities including cerebral palsy and autism and was prepared to be offended. There are tears in my eyes from laughing. I love this guy. I have watched this clip so many times and laughed hysterically every time 😂
No, that was a really rough day, dude. They didn't even tell her. Substitutes make peanuts and only have high school diplomas. I'm sure he's exaggerating too. But if it was private school maybe he didn't have his own aid.
I know it shouldn't be glamorized but sometimes the things that are said are really cute and sometimes really funny. I've heard that some ticks can be painful n I'm sorry for that. Thanks though for being of good cheer about it. Sometimes we laugh because it sounds funny not because you have the condition. Honestly yall sometimes say exactly what were all thinking but too afraid to say.
@@nazz2406 As a person who has severe Tourette's thanks for remembering that it is still a disability as well. Don't worry about laughing it's really funny we can laugh too. Just thank you for knowing that it's a disability too.
I grew up in an old school Italian family in the 70’s. we used to have dinners with 35 people and 25 kids were everybody said profanities every second word. So when I actually met somebody with Tourette’s…it didn’t even phase me, I just thought he was my cousin 😆
As a disabled person, I appreciate you making jokes about disabled people because I feel the more you can relate to a joke the funnier it is. And the only people that get offended are…. People that arnt even disabled 💀💀💀
@@NecroPyroLion I'm not actually arguing with you. I was just proving an unusual example. I appreciate it often _aligns_ commonly with a race due to historical geographic isolation. But my point remains, an accent is merely regional. There is nothing about genetics that makes you speak a particular way. It's immediate surrounding culture that does that.
@@NecroPyroLion meh it’s not racial at all. Chinese people born in Australia speak with Australian accents and Indian people born in England speak with English accents so gtfo
I have physical tic too due to some medication I was on for a really long time. My whole body will just seize up sometimes (which is terrifying when I'm driving)
I think MacKenzie Dern, a professional UFC fighter, is another possible example of foreign accent syndrome. A girl born and raised in Phoenix, whose probably taken a lot of big shots to the dome, speaks with a crazy Brazilian accent.
@@rolandovaldivia9847 but like her accent went from typical white girl to almost 2nd language English accent. Yeah she did probably get it from her dad, but she’s put some dedication towards that sus accent
She is half brazillian with a brazillian husband, every house in witch she ever lived speaks portuguese as native, and you are shocked that she has an accent?
I had a patient who came back from her stroke with a funny accent lol. She says "what the hell" but it always sounds like " oh wat da hai-o" lol, she's so awesome.
I watched this on a flight and cried with laughter, and the hostess brought me tissues because she thought I was sad. And the look she gave me when I showed her the title of the clip ….
Im glad I was not at this special because I would’ve been gotten out of there in an ambulance due to damage to my abdominal wall breaking for laughing so hard!
