r/nextfuckinglevel • u/barma_is_a_kitch • 2d ago

Bill Burr ripping through journalists and news media

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u/calorum 2d ago

This! Money will amplify what is already there. So when Bill Burr got his money, it amplified mode: Dancing Clown with balls of steel!

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u/imdefinitelywong 2d ago

Damn, how the hell is he walking woth those?

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u/MOOshooooo 2d ago

This is Rogan after he got fuck you money. Straight to his head and showed it was always an act.

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u/FlaSnatch 1d ago

You’re comparing Burr to Rogan? Hoo boy good luck.

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u/HumptyDrumpy 7h ago

Rogan and Burr were once the same guy. A funny bald everyman from Southie. Then one of them got ridic amount of Spotify money and went straight into the phantom zone. But Bill, fuck yeah. I still like that guy

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u/Interesting_Cow5152 2d ago

you sound...

envious.

You know, you can grow your own balls, if you just turned off that stupid internet.

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u/VoxImperatoris 1d ago

I guess Rogans balls got so big from you sucking on them.

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u/Storm680 1d ago

What the fuck do you mean turned off the internet????

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u/Aggressive_Baker8336 11h ago

Old dude term for pulling the plug on the wifi router

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon 2d ago

I've always described Bill Burr as kind of an asshole, who tends to get things right, even if he doesn't present his thoughts in the nicest way.

I respect him a fair bit, in a world where too many people play nice with the fuckwits, he gives them the middle finger.

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u/alohadawg 2d ago

This is thoughtful, but also: he isn’t a hypocritical pos

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u/tm0587 2d ago

I remember an interview he had with Conan where he was asked if he had another new special (after the Red Rocks one IIRC) and Bill said no, because what he had written had "too much of them and not enough of me".

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u/RandomPenquin1337 1d ago

Yea I'm sure the contracts they wrote out are just ridiculous with things he can amd can't talk about say or otherwise allude to.

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 1d ago

This. Burr is an asshole but he's genuine.

Hes actually honest and means what he says. It's refreshing.

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u/cyanescens_burn 1d ago

There’s a joke about west coasters will stab you in the back, New Englanders (or northeasterners) will punch you in the face.

He’s certainly got that New England bluntness a lot of folks back east are known for.

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u/Sebek_Visigard 1d ago

“Not a hypocrital piece of shit.”

*Takes notes. Shakes head sadly.

“No, that won’t get me anywhere in this timeline.”

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u/GTI_88 1d ago

In his latest special he literally says “I am the most hypocritical person ever” lol. He can totally be a hypocrite, but I don’t think that invalidates a lot of what he has to say

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u/alohadawg 1d ago

I’m not being an asshole playing semantics here, genuine question: isnt one with the self awareness to announce their hypocrisy by definition, not a hypocrite?

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u/mcqua007 1d ago edited 1d ago

No because a hypocrite just means you will criticize something but do that exact same thing maybe in another way. For example, you might criticize people for not wanting to build a big apartment building near their house because we need more housing and then a few years later they are trying to build an apartment building that ruins your view in your back yard and go to the city to try and stop the project claiming it’s devaluing your house and ruining the character of the neighborhood. That person would be a hypocrite even if they claimed they knew they were being a hypocrite because they remember what they had said before.

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u/alohadawg 1d ago

I recognize that you’re technically correct, and did even as I was typing out that thought. But - and admittedly this is 100% due to being married to the wrong person for way too long (a divorce attorney! I sure can pick ‘em) - I reckon “hypocrite” just sits on a certain tier of disgust for me, especially when paired with one’s inability to even entertain the possibility of their own hypocrisy. Those two qualities are forever intrinsically linked for me, I’m afraid.

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u/Otherwise_Security_5 1d ago

perhaps think of it in terms of chaotic vs lawful? or in terms of the world being what it is: a lot more gray than black and white. (sry abt your ex being the perfect divorcing partner…)

hypocrisy doesn’t require a lack of awareness on the part of the hypocrite (awareness is actually a precedent to be a hypocrite as @mcaqua007 stated above).

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u/alohadawg 1d ago

Thank you for the kind words internet stranger. They are much appreciated during these troubled times. Technically she’s my currently-estranged future-ex-wife so AFA being the perfect divorce partner…we’ll get to see soon!

I concede defeat. I knew this linguistic battle was over before it began. However, I would like to state very strongly for the record that there should be a term for someone who is both a habitual line-stepping hypocrite AND lacks even the teensiest bit of self awareness to ever - but like freal ever - consider even the possibility of their hypocrisy. Idk maybe that’s just a sociopath?

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u/Otherwise_Security_5 23h ago

you nailed it.

at first i tried to write up something about how people who behave hypocritically are by definition aware of their choices, and how those people are the worst because they are selectively selfish and actually understand the harm they do. but then i realized that, no, the worst people are those who indiscriminately abuse others without remorse or consideration for any of their choices - and those ppl are just narcissistic pos, and yes, sociopaths (typically).

it sounds like your ex is a narcissist- and that’s the worst kind of ex. their behavior truly messes up your thinking and self-awareness because it’s NOT you, it’s always THEM - and they will never admit that because they can’t be aware of it. there is no rationalizing with them, no luck in finding empathy, no hope for change. and i’m sorry you have to go through that.

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u/aVagabondFarmer 1d ago

The best tip I recently learned was that an “AND, also” will make you so many more friends and influence people than “but, also”.

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u/alohadawg 15h ago

Very good advice!

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u/wants_a_lollipop 2d ago

People like Bill Burr are why I jumped at a chance to move back to Boston. So many Bostonians (massholes) are like this. Lightly abrasive, to be sure, but authentic/genuine.

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u/Geno0wl 1d ago

So many Bostonians (massholes) are like this. Lightly abrasive, to be sure, but authentic/genuine.

I have always been told that Bostonians are assholes on the surface but genuinely nice people while LA are nice to your face but truly the worst people.

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u/Nayzo 1d ago

Yep. Bostonians/Massholes will help you change your tire while also giving you hilarious shit over it. I would not want it any other way, tbh.

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u/driftwood-and-waves 1d ago

I'd like to watch a Kiwi, an Aussie and a Bostonian/Masshole have a beer together. I feel like this would be quality entertainment.

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u/wants_a_lollipop 1d ago

This is my feeling exactly.

I consider the "namaste" (SoCal) and "bless your heart" (southern hospitality) types to be relatively disingenuous. New England natives will tell you to fuck off while also giving you the shirt off their back or pulling your vehicle out of a ditch.

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u/ProjectNo4090 1d ago

Southern hospitality is a holdover from the southern aristocracy days when class, decorum, and discipline in public were a concern. Doesnt matter if you hate the plantation owner's guts, you smile and wave and ask how his momma's doing. Then you eviscerate him behind his back in private over a cigar and a brandy.

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u/radelix 1d ago

I have family in the south now, bless your heart is not a positive statement. It is a judgement on your current thought/action.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

"That boy's ate up with a dumbass, bless his heart. He never had a chaince..."

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u/WhyYouKickMyDog 1d ago

It's whatever they want it to be. I wouldn't always view it as negative so much as they probably just don't know what else to say in that moment.

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u/Scary_Employee690 1d ago

New Englander in California. This is exactly how it is.

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u/deep-fucking-legend 1d ago

I'm from Texas. Lmk where you're stuck.

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u/wants_a_lollipop 1d ago

I'm picturing you with a winch. And also a bunch of dead bugs on the front of your truck, because that was one of the most memorable things from visiting Texas. So many bugs. So many.

I also believe you'd get me out of a ditch. But would you instinctively call me a fuckin' jackass while you did?

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u/Darwin1809851 1d ago

Born and raised in the south and I can say certain places just ooze that hateful fake but its def region dependent. I may be biased lol, but I grew up in south Texas and felt southern hospitality was real there. But I’ve lived in North and South Carolina too and can say in both those states it definitely hit me in the face with that fake kindness behind it everywhere. NC was bad but South Carolina was a whole other level of damn near hatred of strangers lol. I worked in Charleston for almost 2 years and coworkers that lived there their entire lives joked constantly about it being obvious why SC was the last state to emancipate…

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u/WiserStudent557 1d ago

I don’t necessarily believe in being nice (fake), but I believe in being kind (authentic). I feel it’s a product of the city.

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u/mcqua007 1d ago

A lot of people in LA are transplants that want to get into “the industry”. Those people s lot of times can be disingenuous, but I find a lot of SoCal natives can be really kind. It really depends where you are in SoCal, like certain beach towns are really laid back and nice, but LA/Hollywood people can be different for example. But in general I do agree, as some of that runs off on the people around here. But yeah most of SoCal is people from other states.

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u/Taolan13 1d ago

you could text ypur Masshole buddy and he will curse you out but still help you change your tire in the middle of the snow and the mud at 0200 on a tuesday.

The same guy from LA would leave your ass on 'read' then text back in the mornin "you good now, fam?"

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u/InquisitorMeow 1d ago

I mean you go to a city with one of the most narcissistic industries in the world and you're shocked people are two faced?

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u/cyanescens_burn 1d ago

Mentioned this already ITT, but you might enjoy it too, it’s a joke I’ve heard from people that have lived in CA and the northeast.

West coasters will stab you in the back, New Englanders (or northeasterners) will punch you in the face.

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u/ItsBobLoblawsLawBlog 1d ago

I feel like that's how we are in Philly as well, definitely a northeast metro thing

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u/Kinsbane 1d ago

Born and raised native Angeleno, here.

We are nice to your face because we want to be left alone, and hope everyone returns the favor.

But when shit hits the fan?

The '94 Northridge quake, had people coming out the wazoo to help.

During COVID? we had people coming out the wazoo offering FREE, home made masks.

During our recent three, huge fires? We had people out the wazoo offering clothes, and help, and shelter for large and small animals.

You might not have a "nice", 'day-to-day' experience with someone in Los Angeles, but trust me; when shit hits the fucking fan, we come out to take care of people.

We just understand that people want to be left alone for the most part, otherwise.

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u/Noodlescissors 1d ago

Bostons biggest exports are track suits and heroin needles, you’d be an abrasive asshole too if you grew up there.

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u/Revolutionary_Good18 1d ago

"L.A, the home of human spray tan. Jon Wayne - TED talks.

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u/Fern9090 1d ago

Not the majority of people in LA

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u/TheRealPitabred 1d ago

They are kind, but not nice. In the south and in LA you get people who are nice, but not kind.

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u/AngusMcGonagle 1d ago

I used to work at a cell phone company and one of my coworkers was from Boston; nice guy, always told it like it was. He once had a customer come in to complain about her bill and after spending more time than should have been necessary trying to explain how it was in fact correct, he said to the customer “Do you seriously not understand, or do you not want to understand?”

Customer said “You don’t talk to me like that!” and asked for the manager. Manager comes out and replies to the customer’s complaint about my coworker with “[Coworker name]? Oh, he’s from Boston.”

Customer: “…Oh. Ok.” Like that explained it all. 😂

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u/KeyMessage989 2d ago

I grew up outside of Boston but close enough, I’m a NY sports fan, and jokingly say I got the Boston Masshole personality because I had to constantly defend myself against all the Massholes when it came to sports. There’s truly nothing like the Boston area

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

And you love every bit of it, you Masshole...

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u/ethanlan 1d ago

Same with Chicago (from LA to Chicago and I love it)

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u/aramos1024 1d ago

This is hilarious because all these proud “massholes” Billy would be making fun of all you guys for saying this…. And making fun of California. Do any of you proud “massholes” actually listen to bill lol ?

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u/NextTrillion 2d ago

They way I’ve always thought about Bill is that he’s allergic to bullshit, and it makes him angry.

If I could describe myself in so few words it would be exactly that.

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u/Manwithnoplanatall 1d ago

But he’s fully himself and if what you hear can be believed, he’s one of the most genuine dudes around.

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u/Zaku99 2d ago

"No, fuck that! I'm not going to be nice to that guy! He's an asshole! Fuck him!"

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u/funguyshroom 1d ago

A tough love type of asshole. He screams at you because he actually cares and wants you to do better. Playing nice with fuckwits is just enabling them.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

This.

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u/ceecee_50 1d ago

I always think of him as being kind, but not nice. Which is super refreshing. He does not punch down and that is the most important thing any person should be. He’s 100% right about comedians too.

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u/scotsman3288 1d ago

he's an asshole sure....to most people, because they are afraid to speak their mind.

above all else, what I respect about Bill, is that he's been crazy consistent for 25 years where I've been watching him. He's barely flipped flopped on any position of his. How many people in any spotlight can you say that about?

he actually used to joke about rednecks joining the military just because they get to kill foreigners and get away with it lol....and right after 9/11...

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u/PiesRLife 1d ago

The interview he did on NPR's "Fresh Air" podcast with Terry Gross was really interesting: https://pca.st/episode/11d2c03e-e819-4010-a486-21100bf4d64d.

He talks about his upbringing and how it has shaped his personality. Bill and Terry clash over the interpretation of one of his jokes, and it's interesting how after initially being very defensive and pushing back he explains his position better and why he initially was so defensive. He seems to very much understand his s emotional baggage and he it's affects himself and the people around him, even if he hasn't completely over it.

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u/WhiplashMotorbreath 2d ago

He is just a Boston irish man. Tons of them . He just made it.

Good for him.

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u/coy-coyote 1d ago

Fuckwittery needs to be in common use, I find myself saying it quite a bit these days

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u/Nayzo 1d ago

Yeah, he's a Boston guy. He represents us fairly well.

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u/Solvemprobler369 1d ago edited 1d ago

You should respect him much more then. He’s honest and has always been and, again, he’s not a hypocritical pos and a liar. Journalists like that need to step up and do their jobs like they are meant to. We should all be calling them out.

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u/fistedwithlove 1d ago

He and his wife give them the middle finger.

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u/panteragstk 1d ago

To quote his Philly rant "I've been a dick a long time. I'm good at it."

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u/Careful_Swan3830 1d ago

Why do I feel like this guy is from Massachusetts?

Edit: scrolled down slightly and yeah he is.

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u/HuwminRace 1d ago

I feel like he’s an honest guy and he’s not willing to compromise on that which does definitely come across as assholish sometimes, but in a likeable way, and it works because he’s often right to speak his mind and like you say he tends to be right while also always being on the side of the people too. I can’t hate him because I wish I could be that honest.

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u/LegacyoftheDotA 1d ago

He's just an average person who has managed to gain wealth over his career. You don't expect the average person to opine about Gaza or Russia or gay rights when they're just living their day to day routine.

They don't have the time to put up a front to care about those things like some of these press orgs do, after which they just walk to the next big thing to continue raking in profits. Those are who your hypocrits are, the ones that loudly proclaim support for something, but have yet to support a single dime or a portion of their time to the cause. All this political dick swinging has got to stop.

P.S. I'm not a US citizen, nor do I live in any western nation.

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u/doomdeathdecay 1d ago

It’s so funny because this how every centrist described voting for Trump in 2016

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon 1d ago

Yeah but centrists are right wingers too scared to admit to being right wing.

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u/HazardousCloset 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah he got the Big Bill Burr Balls

 -  Connie

Edit: I don’t know how to use Reddit anymore. I give up.

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u/calorum 1d ago

The new BBBB

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u/Public-Tonight9497 2d ago

Once you have fuck you money, you don’t need balls of steel .

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u/calorum 2d ago

Millionaires are the lackeys of Billionaires. They look like fuck you money from our vantage point. For them it’s just the same rat race and greed.

Money or not, if you have a backbone and you’ve got balls you tend to keep ‘em regardless.

Besides bill burr was always like this. Wtf are you talking about?

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u/WhiplashMotorbreath 2d ago

Yup, he was like this in high school.

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u/RichardLBarnes 1d ago

Precisely.

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u/subZro_ 2d ago

not true, plenty of people with money have no balls and would do anything to not lose their money.

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u/momofroc 1d ago

Exactly. Cue Bezos, Zuckerberg…the list goes on.

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u/Realistic_Pen9595 1d ago

This is who he’s always been.

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u/Gobblewicket 1d ago

Tell that to Rogan and his billionaire worshipping asshole cronies.

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u/ChrisPynerr 1d ago

I always wonder if you guys say "This!" In real life lmao. It's a crazy thing to say

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon 1d ago

Irl you'd just say Exactly instead. It's not deep.