I understand that many of you found the best show of my career with a God in the comedy community entertaining. Here is the link to the show 2 weeks later.
For people looking for this clip going forward, it starts @40:00 on the normal version of this podcast, not the uncensored version. Link for convenience, since I spent wayyy too long looking for this clip x.x ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KsFBzNlsQtM.html
LOL...nah..., but when you follow it up with "what the FUCK IS autism by the way? Now everyone just says their on the fucking spectrum, but can't talk about it." Or just start with the clock and cut it off with the what the FUCK is autism by the way." And someone, doesn't sound like a kvnt.
I remember one time me and a group of guy were going to the beach in two different cars. They guy driving the lead car calls the guy driving the car I was in and says "Michael are you sitting down?" I died laughing. So funny. Then he said "Charlie Murphy died." Such a roller coaster of emotions.
Because he has never actually asked someone. For all Bill Burr's virtues, genuinely seeking to expand his knowledge base so he can better interact with his fellow man is not one of them. Then he might actually have to be witty with his comedy.
It’s good to be on the receiving end of something’s sometimes, this was supposed to be genuine but it sounds like taking it in the ass. Bill burr folks
The spectrum doesn't actually refer to the severity of autism. It refers to the vastly different character traits people with autism share. I'm autistic. Low-functioning, high-masking. I can appear "normal" to the untrained eye. But over long periods of time, I have difficulty performing tasks most people find easy. Like brushing my teeth, taking a shower, brushing my hair, maintaining a home, etc. My autism is paired with ADHD, so I have issues following a schedule. I go into "waiting mode" a lot. Where I can't perform any tasks or do anything I enjoy for fear that I'll be late to an appointment or event. This looks lazy from the outside. But there's a lot of guilt and anxiety associated with it. I'll be doing nothing while thinking of all the things I need to do. Then I beat myself up for not doing them. I'm dopamine driven. This means I switch interests to maintain the sense that I'm learning something new, and I wait until the last minute to get things done because I'm completely time-blind. That part makes it hard to hold a job. Essentially autism is just a process in the brain. It adds steps to a task, or takes them away. It's just a different way some brains process information. Sometimes there's a lot of excess energy, this causes stimming behavior like rocking back and forth, tapping your fingers, and biting your cheek or nails. Sometimes it's the opposite, and there's no energy at all. Autism usually comes paired with something else. Like depression, ADHD, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Some people are born with it. Some people develop it as a result of childhood trauma. you'll either have it or you won't by the time you reach adolescence. It presents itself wildly differently person to person.
I also think that u suffer from a thing that makes u put all ur shortcomings behind a wall... because someone said ur on a spectrum everything u do that is unwanted behaviour is just a part of it and u and others around u just have to live with it.. I see that a lot with a friend i have that also has autism... once the doctor said he had it all his behaviours went down hill.. like he was just fine with it because hes on a spectrum now.. and people have to just deal... he lost a lot of friends that way though.. people dont want to hang with a asshole.
@@larsvegas1505 being diagnosed with something doesn't mean you don't continue to work on yourself. I'm time blind. But I set multiple alarms to keep myself on track. I slip up sometimes, but everyone does. You find ways to maneuver around your diagnosis. It's just not the "normal" way. People are individuals. Some people are going to put all of the blame away from themselves. But wanting someone to understand you doesn't make you unable to see your own shortcomings and how to improve them. People are individuals. Stop projecting the feelings you have towards your friend onto me. I am not them. We are two different people with very different perspectives.
@@Ember1220You're not time blind, because you couldn't see time if you were. It's just you don't care about being where you're supposed to be at a given time. Aka, you're a HUMAN. It's not autism.
@@DannyBowen25 yeah...I can't tell how much time a task will take. AKA, time blindness. When you go to brush your teeth, you probably give yourself like 5 minutes. In and out. I give myself the same amount of time, but it takes MUCH longer than that. To you, it's "grab the toothbrush, brush my teeth, done." To me, it's "grab the toothbrush, wet the toothbrush, put the right amount of toothpaste on the brush, wet it again, brush for 60 seconds, Spit, rinse, spit, rinse toothbrush, put up toothbrush, done." And somehow by the end of it 15 minutes have passed. Which is why I go into waiting mode. Because I care SO MUCH about getting where I need to be on time that I can't do literally anything else for fear that I'll lose track of time. You don't know me. And I don't appreciate a complete stranger talking about my life as if they have a clue what it looks like. You've never met me. And I don't need your negativity.
@Ember1220 well, considering tasks vary depending on a lot of things, that's normal. If you're telling me, you don't know if brushing teeth takes 20 hours or 5 minutes. You're lying.
@AliSand It was though. People with Autism for 1 example have an extreme sensitivity to senses like hearing, so they hate loud noises and can't function properly That's 1 aspect Another being difficulty to adapt. Another being OCD. Another being unable to recognize social cues or expressive features etc. He was just listing a bunch of those Autism at its stereotypical heart is an extreme mental disability, but the singular effects are still significant enough to have you fall behind your peers when you should be relatively normal, so you're behind in growth in certain aspects The "spectrum" thing is just a term for non-linear range, that's all
And the comments and hosts answer just proves Bill’s point🤦🏽♂️ If people are still struggling to see all the false narratives forced on us now for decades , then honestly you are part of the problem and against humanity.... Even failing to see the need for further studies or discussion ...and failure to consider the potential risks etc, ....says a lot 🤷🏽♂️ just like the covid experts before
Lots of us will answer questions about our autism is asked politely. Especially for me over text, as autism is p complex so it's hard to explain verbally
@@aneiraicefallenweebwknd5691 Wait, that isn't a glitch with device and the app used at the same time??! Thought that I was the only one experiencing that!!!
The spectrum isn't about how autistic you are it's about how many traits you have and to what degree. You can have few traits that are intense, you can have all of them mildly, usually people have many mild traits and a few moderate to intense traits. Some people have higher support needs, but that doesn't make them "more" autistic.
@iiiSK8orDI3iii Many battles will be waged for the legendary title of the Spectrum Grand Master- Decider of Fates. (With exceedingly-detailed spreadsheets that make zero sense)
Bill Burr is the kinda person to tell you to your face what he's thinking, no filter. But then have the respect to listen to your side of the conversation.
@@themug406 it’s kind of is. every time i explain to a new coworker that i’m autistic they feel the need to tell me how they think all autistic people are geniuses and how they think i’m just so amazing and i’m just sitting there like “yeah well savant syndrome is actually pretty rare and i don’t have it soooooo”
i love this interaction. He asks a genuine question out of frustration, and is given a serious answer, and he listens and tries to understand actively. Why cant more people be like this?
@@JimboCruntzto be fair if you listen or watch the podcasts he does with others he does tend to do this when topics hes not versed in come up, dude is always open to learning more about stuff
A lot of people don’t realize you can be the brash type without being a dickhead. I find most people don’t last long enough in a conversation, or bind up and kill the conversation before realizing the brash persons just not very eloquent.
Spectrum look it up is not a scale 😂MY son is on spectrum but he's actually better now then as a child he's also born with trisomy 17chromosone translocation of genetic material and still gets judged for how God made him 😢
My son is on the spectrum and is one of the best people I know. His early intervention specialists explained it to me this way- neurotypical brains have a small opening in which all external stimulus and data is siphoned through compared to the neurodivergent brains, which have a larger opening. She said it is like comparing a tip of a needle to a dinner plate. Once I realized this- his meltdowns made sense- he was being flooded with stimulation. He is now mainstreamed and is thriving and flourishing. He asked me the other day if I know funny people, people that are funny- I said yes. He quickly responded “yeah I’m one of those people” - I laughed, he went on, “no really, at school, I make people laugh all the time with the faces I make, but tbh, most of the time I’m genuinely confused about what’s happening” 😂😂 my sweet 11 year old.
U are a failure nd there's nothing wrong with ur child other then the wrong u created in him. U r a crack pot and u projected that on to ur child cps should take ur kid away ND u should be in a psych ward
My Little Angel is 11 also. Diagnosed at 18 months. He is also now attending a public elementary/middle school and making a 4.0 average. He benefitted greatly from ABA Therapy
@@dakotarussell8116 lately I’ve been experiencing conversations wherein I have the opportunity to state, “That’s probably the only time in human history that these particular words have been used together in a sentence.” It’s been a very quirky yet oddly satisfying phenomenon. While I wasn’t involved at all, other than reading it here, I feel compelled to add “ELP slaps bruh” to the list, despite having absolutely no idea what it means. 👍
Usually talking with your hands in this context is more of a non verbal thing. You are literally talking using your hands, as opposed to talking with your hands like we do culturally.
@@joel.ha. It's such an obvious and absurd joke that to even try it is funny in and of itself. Bill is sitting down, he can be seen to be sitting down. Asking "Are you sitting down?" is something you might do while talking to someone on the phone before you give them devastating news, in case they are so overwhelmed they fall down. So it's obvious, highly dramatic for the given situation, but also purely delivered as a hackneyed joke, and in such a low key and deadpan manner, it becomes funny, even to a seasoned comic like Bill. Earlier he made another hackneyed and old fashioned joke so old and dumb that it hasn't been funny for ages. He talked about having just flown from far away, and then followed up with "my arms are tired." as if he had flapped his harms to fly. It's such a bad joke, the kind you say not because it's funny, but because it's funny that you'd try to use it even though it's so dumb. His delivery was good enough it got Bill to laugh.
Lol my favorite to I want to be utilized I always have I know that I see the family tree so I don't no I can help save humanity. I am familiar with another I listened to Trump undivided attemption
You get a laugh out of Bill like that you doing something right buddy, really good video and smart question oh, I guarantee I'm not the only one that learned a little bit. Unless I'm the only one doesn't know he's honor not honor you know what I mean. Enter lame golf clap here. See no reason why we need Ginger nuts I keep helping us LOL
If I ever made Bill Burr laugh, I'd give up my job. Id leave my family. I wouldn't need anything more in life. Making Bill laugh is it. It doesn't get better.
@smokingirishman7820 did we watch the same clip?? he literally got an in-depth answer and the guy continues to elaborate even further after this clip ends 😭😭 a lot of autistic people are willing to inform you if you ask with a genuine interest to learn without mocking and generalizing us, like you did in this comment. i feel happy when people ask me questions if it's done with the genuine intention of learning, and I know many autistic people feel the same. keep in mind though, a big part of autism is also misinterpreting or missing social cues, and often a general struggle with interpersonal connection. being friends with an autistic person could take a little exta accomodation and patience on both sides. i find myself constantly masking and covering up my autistic traits to accomodate for others, so i generally feel more comfortable being myself with someone if they understand why i act the way i do. i know your comment was a bit aggressive, but i hope this comment isn't taken as an attempt to argue. it's never too late to unlearn any biases you might have, we all have them & i think always being open to learn and speak to different types of people is important for working on those.
Most autistic people i have meet and i work with autistic people have no problem explaining what there problems are. Its just ”normal” people that get offended.
Sounds like you haven't had to work with anyone that's undiagnosed... tons of guys out there with OCD, autism, extreme sensitivity and not a clue. Guys that will attack you for suggesting that they've got a condition, hoepless dumbasses.
I mean, it's important to notice that while there are a lot of stupid people that have nothing to do with autism that get offended. Parents who struggled with Daughters and Sons with Autism, and all their issues while growing up, like bullying and crap like that do have the right to be offended.
@@Jakelol1980 bro doesn’t know how hard it is to get diagnosed 😂😂😂😂 u don’t think they don’t tell u that to your face? Why do you think you almost never meet autistic girls? Girls are even less likely to get diagnosed. Not because they don’t have it, but because the doctor refuses to recognize it.
I feel like it’s this way with a lot of people. The actual minority is often decently chill, but the people who are “Allies” are the ones who are annoying. For example whites who get offended for blacks or straight “Allies” who get offended for gay people. It’s insanity.
One of the things I deeply appreciate about Bill Burr is that, after all the jokes, all the ranting, he actually listens and seems to learn. He's definitely not perfect, but you can tell he's trying.
You know what's so funny about hitting people with autism and mocking them it's ain't all that easy or fun the way make people make it out to be mostly people don't have autism or truly never truly understood it from the beginning.
@@ThatGuy7433 that what he’s saying, he can tell bill doesn’t have any Ill will behind it. Do you lack reading comprehension or you just wanted to comment something contradictory
Yeah now a days EVERYTHING is part of being autistic. It’s absolutely ridiculous. “oH iM SenSitIve To SouNd, I’m AutIsTic” omfg no you’re not, grow up.
@@huntergolden7416Usually, if people are speaking over the phone, and one person is about to deliver some devastating news, they'll ask the person on the other end "are you sitting down?" So that if they need to faint or something, they can be in a safe place. Here, it's used completely out of context, which kind of makes it an absurdism. He's about to deliver some "world-shattering" information to Bill (not really), and he's using this old cliche despite 1. They aren't on the phone, they are in front of each other, and 2. Bill is already sitting! That's why it's funny. It's kind of like if I had grapes, and you asked for one, and my response is "take your pick, there's plenty to choose from!" Even though it's like... They're fucking grapes! They're all the same!
@@huntergolden7416 It’s a subtle dig at the person, saying that the following explanation might be too complicated or heavy for them. Kinda like when doctors are about to tell you some bad news, they ask you to sit down or ask if you are sitting down.
@@huntergolden7416 I think it is funny because he is asking Bill if he is sitting down, but obviously he is already sitting down, so it is a redundant question.
I like how we've seemingly gotten a neurotypical explanation of the joke and a neurodivergent explanation of the joke 😂 One very social focused, one very literal about the situation
I’ve been a fan of bill burr for almost a decade at this point and this is the first time I’ve seen him genuinely chuckle. Most times it seems forced or to bring levity to his aggressive demeanor, but that was surprising. Well done, sir
You’d be surprised how many grouchy old people would happily teach you things if you replied to their monologue about how ‘the youth are trash’ with an admission of ignorance/lacking knowledge; rather than passive aggressive defense about why it’s not your fault you were raised where and how you were (which is a fair point to be honest, but sometimes you have to take a step back so you can leap forward).
@@ZealousWZephyr bro I'm cringing they're just old people. People might have skill or they might not. People might be willing to teach or they might not. Making it a weird fantasy about wise, old people who are just waiting for a young person to show respect is the most facebook fantasy thing I've read all day.
Why did it cut before he explained how the spectrum actually works? That's the most important part. If anyone is curious, the way that the spectrum works is that, instead of an individual being one point on the spectrum, like how we normally think of spectra, each individual occupies many points on the spectrum. If you've ever used a spectrograph in chemistry or physics class, it's a lot like that, a light that looks blue isn't usually just blue, it occupies some violet, some red, maybe some yellow too. You can think of each colour as a group of characteristics/behaviours indicative of autism. You need to have more than a certain number of these traits in order to be diagnosed with ASD, so many neurotypical people occupy a handful of the points on the spectrum, but not enough to be autistic. This doesn't mean "everybody is at least a little autistic" many of the traits on the spectrum mean nothing on their own, and many people don't have any of the traits
It kills me when people tell me "everyone is a little autistic." Bitch no, that's why it's a developmental disorder lmao. (As far as I remember btw. I'm autistic but even I'm still trying to understand it)
It's a developmental neurological presentation and the categorization of the disorder doesn't necessarily have anything to do with how many characteristics one has. Diagnosis is contingent upon two major factors that could include a number of different traits but one of those traits is essentially required for an actual diagnosis. That trait is impairment of social behavior... Which encompasses things like lack of facial awareness, difficulties with expression and empathy and understanding nonverbal communication between individuals... The overall impression being that you can't easily navigate interpersonal situations, but even within that, there's a very specific approach to it.. because if we looked at just the description I just gave, a bunch of people who just have social anxiety issues or fear of strangers or something would fall into that category and that's not something that we want to conflate. Rather, the evaluation of that impact it has to do with debilitation. It has to do with meeting assistance to navigate. Because with a person who has just social anxiety for example, they may experience higher levels of anxiousness when trying to socialize but they can still understand social cues they can still understand and recognize facial expressions they can still behave on behalf of their own sense of empathy in ways that would be socially expected and normal whereas a person who has ASD really can't without a concerted effort to educate themselves in pattern recognition or having an assistant person essentially interpret situations for you. ASD is categorized into three primary impact levels and those impact levels can be attributed to a number of different characteristics and things but all three of them include a social impairment that requires outside information to navigate... And the three levels of ASD are differentiated by the severity of that impairment. Therefore, a person may be on the spectrum, but they're impairment from that may be very minimal, and this is honestly where a lot of adults who are presumptively placed on the spectrum would really lie because they've gotten two adulthood by deciphering and figuring out things for themselves like a puzzle rather than having to be taught like being in a class with a teacher. It's my personal opinion that it is an overdiagnosed or over applied label these days, especially because so many people who reached adulthood are coming home from a single visit with a psychologist and saying that they were diagnosed on the spectrum... That just doesn't actually happen, you don't get diagnosed with it in a single session with a psychologist. I've seen people come home from seeing their GP and claiming it when the way that went was they read a bunch of stuff on the internet and thought it sounded similar to them, they went to their doctor and said it, and their doctor said it was a possibility, and the patient takes that home as a confirmation. It just doesn't work like that. I've gotten into arguments with people who found it odd that you would ask them about interviews with their family or coworkers, they reject the idea that you have to take a personality disorder battery test to make sure that what you're interpreting is ASD isn't just a personality disorder, there's all sorts of things that go into that diagnosis when you're an adult. As a kid, it still takes multiple inputs to make the decision but because we defer a lot to parents and teachers for kids, as well as a kid's friends can't necessarily inform on the appropriateness of their behavior, it's more likely that you'll get a diagnosis from a provider as a child much quicker. Even so, if you are a low impact spectrum kid, you may never be seen as anything other than quirky or a little odd until you're able to express your own experience of confusion and inability to understand social expectations. The reason why I'm replying to this comment though, it falls into a space that I find very frustrating because there's a certain authority being absorbed before making the declaration of how it works and as you read on, do you realize that this isn't clinically how it works. It may be true that pretty much any characteristic that's under the umbrella of autism can be seen in people who are not on the spectrum, but there's a distinct difference between how they present with a person on the spectrum versus somebody who is not. Even when you list out all of these things in one long list of characteristics or symptoms, it doesn't actually mean anything unless it's being evaluated within the primary guidance structure for ASD evaluation, which is solely centered around impairment. Essentially what I'm saying is that unless you have a recognition of that impairment as part of how it works, you're not talking about evaluating ASD at all, you're evaluating a variety of psychological or interpersonal characteristics that really can show up in just about anybody at any given time and various situations. This is one of the reasons why there are so many people who look at that list and they think ah sounds like me, I must be on the spectrum... But a person cannot diagnose or evaluate their own personal place on that impairment scale.. they are inherently biased based on the opinion they've already developed, but they're also biased in the sense that a person navigates the world and the thing and ways that seem normal and natural to them and may not even realize that doing that sets them outside the average interaction spectrum or that doing that might be impairing their ability to navigate the world's successfully and without assistance in a way that they don't necessarily recognize because they are autistic. At best, an individual can look at their personal circumstances into a comparison against what they're perceiving as the average, but then... Even recognizing that you may be different than the standard deviation isn't enough to diagnose. If you recognize that you are different from everybody else but it doesn't impair your ability to go through work it doesn't change your ability to get through school, it doesn't limit your ability to make friendships with people you want to be friends with, if it doesn't have that central core of impairment for successful navigation of life, you could just as easily be talking about somebody who's comfortable being outside average but is otherwise able to navigate typical situations without the assistance of others.
@Lori Reed it’s a developmental disorder, not a label to hide behind. You’ve clearly never met anyone with autism with that dumbass attitude. Same kinda person to say to a depressed person ‘just cheer up’
Rick is a nightmare to listen to. Neurotic and OCD. You’re not funny. You’re super annoying. Take a chill pill. Not a comedian. I skip him no matter who the guest or the host is on a pod.
I mean, Milk comes from most mammals. Autism, wr don't know. It seems to be a new phenomena, especially on the scale it's on. So WHERE does it come from is a legit question. You can't answer it either.
As someone with Autism, it took me a while to appreciate Bill’s sense of humor. Usually, comedians who talk like him just emulate his style without having the willingness or patience to learn, and for a long while thats what I expected from Bill too, but he seems to be a much more genuine and caring guy than the hundreds of dipshits trying to use his style of comedy just to be dickheads under the guise of “comedy”.
Hmmm ... Willingness, patience and doing the WORK to overcome what you need to do in order for you to work within society or get to a place where you aren't just needy/weird and unable to blend into society. Instead the "autistic" absolutely LOVE their label to hide behind and expect everyone else to pander to them, to take without giving back and an excuse to be a dickhead. You can minus the word Art from your name just the other 2 will do.
it's easy to do when the person will actually listen like bill did. a lot of the people who don't understand this kind of stuff don't because they don't give enough of shit to understand it
Dude was getting riled up beforehand going into a tangent about people being sensitive like... As someone autistic I would have said something about him being an auld gobshite.
But he's not, he interjected his own opinions into the explanation while he was getting it explained to him. He's wrong when he started, then interrupted during the explanation. That's not how you listen when you asked for the explanation.
@@wolfos420He’s a comedian, and naturally so. He does listen to people, this is his form of communication. It happens with every interview. The only reason he can be as funny as he is is because he listens.
Don't you just love Bill. Guy is so genuine and direct. He really picks up on things and ask questions to understand it. He's just does it in a way that's hilarious.
"He really picks up on things and asks questions to understand it" sorry but the research on autism is everywhere and publicly available. He did not have to go to an interview and ask somebody with autism what it is, he could have educated himself well before this happened, and blaming "society" for not "letting him talk about it or ask questions" doesn't show me much at all that he picks up on much other than bs right wing talking points. Bet he's one of the people who used "autistic" as an insult.
@@LotusAuer He picked up on the clock being set differently and deduced it was probably to do with autism. It's far more interesting to talk to someone afflicted with any condition and ask them about it, then try and read the rather dry medical and scientific reports or studies on said subject. Because it is missing the subjectional aspects on how someone copes with it. On top of that he's a comedian, there for an interview I'm guessing, so why exactly does he have to read up on the podcasters bio or done entire case study about autism. Most people know very little about it at all. Him making himself an expert on this matter makes no sense at all.
As for all the "right wing" crap and using autism as an insult that's called projection. He didn't and politics has nothing to do with it. I like the guy. You don't. That's fine. You do you and I'll do me ok.
I feel like that was the same type of humor our great grandparents were raised on. Those 1940s era one-liner zings perfectly timed and delivered in a blasé attitude. It probably melts Bill’s heart a bit hearing these old-timey wise-cracks done so subtle and right. Funny as hell lol
@@Bmcallister41 I don’t expect everyone to agree. I also don’t expect people to be weird and abrasive about it and say “gold Jesus” for some reason, but here we are.
@@B0NGERSON I wasn’t being abrasive but pardon me if it came off like that. I was just saying it wasn’t “comedy gold”. That’s like me saying you were being overly dramatic by calling what he said “gold”. Comedy gold to me for example is when a comedian can take you on a tangent & make you forget about the initial thought & still catch you off guard when the punchline is delivered. That’s gold to me bc it’s rare. If you think what he said is gold, cheers. All cool. I’m just saying it wasn’t. And the Jesus part was a mistype. I meant to write “…gold, Jesus.” 👍🏾
@@Bmcallister41I agree, but you’re talking about actual joke writing. This is just conversational humor. All good. You got any good recs? I’m burning through stand up specials and I’m always looking for new stuff.
Not being funny, but that's unbelievably rare these days. Yesterday I commented on a video about why it's wrong to say 'the Ukraine' and you should just say 'Ukraine', just as a little explanation because the guy in the video gave a very quick explanation with some examples which were actually incorrect. No big deal, it wasn't a big part of the video, I just thought I'd shed some light in the comments for anyone curious. I like the creator and it wasn't written in a critical or confrontational way. I live in Spain and I'm an English teacher, it's literally my day job to explain how and when to use the definite article to people... and I got bombed with comments offering alternative explanations and arguing with me. And it's like... guys, this is not very important, nobody needs to die on this hill, but again, this is my job and and I know the correct answer. The smartest people are always the most curious, who ask the most questions, but people who think they're the smartest always want to argue and shut people down. I don't get it at all. If you say 'wtf is autism, I dont understand it', you will look dumb for about 3 minutes, and then for the rest of you're life you'll know something you didn't know before, and you won't just look smarter, you'll be smarter. Coincidently, before teaching I was a support worker at a residential care facility for autistic young people, and the explanation here is actually pretty good. See what happens when you just ask, and don't try to 'win' every discussion every time!
This is such a nice example of just taking an honest moment of ignorance on a topic and having someone lay it out in a very straight forward manner. Maybe it’s just me but this is kind of a beautiful moment.
no no, we cant have civil discussions. everyone has to be born with 100% knowledge base on the subject and if you arent with it you get cancelled for being an Ahole. sadly.
I think a lot of this is to Bill’s credit. He does the “I don’t understand something and I’m gonna make fun of it (better, make fun of my lack of understanding)” schtick all the time but he absolutely listens to other people and absorbs and considers what they’re saying. You can see it with his wife on the podcast all the time. Honestly, a lot smarter and more empathetic a dude than I think he initially comes across
And not getting triggered about it. I can see a bunch of Blue haired fucked up bangs women that would literally scream their lungs out rn over Bill Burr just having an honest moment. Ironically enough they land on the spectrum of just being stupid.
Omg yes. I hv Asperger’s. But he does hv autistic traits. He’s OCD. Seemingly. He literally says whatever comes into his mind at the moment. He was genuinely asking a question without offending those with autism. Simply curious.
YEAH. Like. The bluntness. The no care for how swearing is often perceived badly. Just “Is the clock an autism thing?” ‘Yeah’ “…So wtf is that anyway?” LIKE
Comedy is done for others. To make them feel joy and laugh at the pain. Of course he's not an asshole. How many assholes have you encountered that were funny?
its definitely a skill to have this sort of patience and compassion for someone who doesnt "act right" in social situations. I feel like a lot of comedians are "on the spectrum" ironically enough
That's always struck me about him, like I've heard people ask "how us Bill Burr not cancelled?" or considered an asshole or whatever and it's like...if you listen to what he says, he's actually open minded, people pick up on that I think. He doesn't get it 'right' all the time, but he'll start at a level of basic respect that a lot of comparatively genteel people can't seem to match
With how big a fan Rick is of Bill, when he says “are you sitting down” and it crushes with Bill, we all could feel that smile from Rick and how much it meant
I listened to that episode instead of watching it, so I didn’t get to see that exchange until now. Cool little moment where you get to join in on the fun of the joke landing, Bill’s reaction & the grin, and being genuinely happy for Rick. Being a fan of a comic (and their podcast), it feels good to root for them getting a “win.”
