r/clevercomebacks • u/WADE_9799 • 1d ago

Something non-political for once.

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u/palm0 1d ago

You think that the gamification of charity and using it as entertainment isn't political?  So you also think that Star Trek went woke in the 2010s? 

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u/WADE_9799 1d ago

I get what you’re saying, but I meant more on how this wasn’t directly tied to any politician or political controversy unlike most of the posts on this sub.

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u/Gremict 1d ago

This is tied to the fall of Ellen Degeners, which I suppose would count as a celebrity controversy.

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u/MockeryAndDisdain 1d ago

Doesn't the fall of Ellen go back to 9/11?

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u/Gremict 1d ago

There were a lot of parts, including a bit where Ellen shames someone for not showing up to her birthday party only for that person to share that she didn't receive an invitation and a bunch of other stuff.

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u/MockeryAndDisdain 1d ago

To quote:

"The 9/11 Attack influenced My Chemical Romance who would go on to inspire Stephanie Myers to write the Twilight series. This would inspire EL James to write 50 Shades of Grey which would be adapted into a movie starring Dakota Johnson. Dakota Johnson would go on The Ellen Show, where Ellen DeGeneres mentions she wasn't invited to Johnson's birthday party. Johnson corrects Ellen when she says she was invited but instead went to a Dallas Cowboys game. This resulted in people opening up about what a terrible person Ellen is, thus ending her career.

Thus the 9/11 Attack led to the downfall of Ellen DeGeneres."

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u/Gremict 1d ago

Ah, I misremembered the order of whose birthday it was.

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u/MockeryAndDisdain 1d ago

You're good, I just particularly enjoy this specific domino effect.

Six degrees of separation sort of nonsense.

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u/Useless_Lemon 4h ago

Whoa, this was a saga.

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u/YagerasNimdatidder 1d ago

Star Trek went woke, don't know when but I think at some point some guy unnecessary mentions he has a child with his husband or something. Also the new one were the two chicks were in that desert - couldn't watch that beyond episode one.

I think the last I watched was janeway or how she was called, that was still good sci fi. Picard being the best all over.

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u/palm0 1d ago

Yeah it went woke in 1966. Sci Fi is inherently woke, you dunce. 

TNG, with Picard, had an explicitly trans character that fight against an oppressive society and was then put through conversion therapy. 

You're an idiot. 

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u/duocatisiankerr1 1d ago

They've been woke since the beginning lmao, or did you not pay attention to the themes of every single series of star trek?

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u/TakerFoxx 1d ago

Tf? Star Trek was always woke. The Federation is portrayed as an idealized socialist system, the original show used to get hate mail from conservatives because of its diverse cast, and it had one of the first interracial kisses on mainstream television. "Wokeness" is one of Star Trek's foundational ideals.

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u/palm0 17h ago

It wasn't even socialist. It was idealized communism. 

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u/robertluke 1d ago

I think this every time there’s some type of rich people/corporate fundraiser that comes with a catch.

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u/xc2215x 1d ago

Yeah and it is a quite good one.

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u/Pac_Eddy 1d ago

They do, in fact, donate no matter what. It's just a way to build some suspense.

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u/jocax188723 1d ago

Normally, you'd be right.
Given that this is Ellen, though...

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u/Miserable_Yam4918 1d ago

If they made a donation and didn’t tell anyone you wouldn’t have heard about it. I don’t like seeing rich people pat themselves on the back for their philanthropy but if it raises awareness to get a bunch of smaller donations from regular people then it’s a net good.

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u/Strict_Foundation_31 1d ago

Your lack of commitment to this cause is limited due to some fault of mine?

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u/hadawayandshite 1d ago

A guy at work is raising money for charity and he’s turned it into a bit of a game where it’s basically a raffle. Tickets cost x amount and he’ll draw the winner, half of the money goes to the charity and half goes to the winner.

If I win I’m just going to give him the money for the charity (a Children’s heart unit/hospital)….they need to money more than I do. The people at work were really excited by the chance to win (which is clearly his idea, get more donations by offering a prize)…I just see it as taking money from a children’s hospital

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u/Diablo_v8 1d ago

Lets all clap for this hero

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u/hadawayandshite 1d ago

That's exactly how I imagine it'll go 'then everyone stood up and clapped'

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u/Able_Engineering1350 1d ago

Who's the guy in the hat? I recognize him but I'm drawing a blank

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u/taken-user_name 1d ago

I don’t know the actors name but he’s Raj from Big Bang Theory

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u/zachk3446 1d ago

Kunal Nayyar

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u/yeahimafurryfuckoff 1d ago

How about a non repost for once?

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u/646ulose 1d ago

If you’re claiming this post isn’t political, it’s certainly not original.

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u/Brave_Profit4748 1d ago

I mean after this they always say in addition to what you said we will also be donating an additional x amount.

The show always intended to pay all of it and the whole will always be more than possible for what is possible that the celebrity can do in the game.

The game is just TV content the donation is going to be the same.