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Okay, fine. You want to be gross and double down on your incredibly inappropriate jokes and act like your sexual offenses are a punchline? Fine, I’ll point out why you’re just trash. That’s talking about you, right? That’s giving you the exposure you want?

Mocking children who survived a school shooting, making jokes about 9/11, downplaying your own sexual depravity for laughs … I can go on if you’d like.

Fans lined up to see Louis C.K. perform at San Jose Improv, according to The Daily Beast, forgetting that Louis C.K. is now reduced to offensive jokes for shock value, since he can’t just be a funny human being without insulting people. He apparently started his set with the line “I like to jerk off, and I don’t like being alone.”

Nice, right? So you can whip out your dick in front of women, damage their careers, and then use it as a punchline? And you can still have a career? This is what you’re going to kick things off with on your “comeback”?

So, those who actively paid money to go to this San Jose show, like … that’s on you. You got a misinformed lesson about comedy from a a walking, talking piece of trash. The trash said:

“The whole point of comedy is to say things that you shouldn’t say. That’s the entire point.”

That’s … not true. Comedy isn’t just saying things you shouldn’t. That’s what someone says when they’re not that funny. Comedy is a commentary on something, whether it be critiquing it or trying to reason with it. Making fun of children who had an active shooter in their high school isn’t what I would refer to as peak comedy.

Think it can’t be worse than what’s already out there? Don’t worry! It is!

“I got on a plane once and this couple comes up to me as we’re boarding. There’s an empty seat next to me, and this woman says to me, ‘Would you mind moving so my husband and I can sit together?’ And he’s behind her and he’s like [motions – no]. I didn’t know what to do. I don’t wanna upset him. But I don’t wanna sit with his fucking wife. So I just got off the plane. And then the plane took off. And it hit the World Trade Center.”

Great joke, hilarious, thousands of people died and you used it as a punchline for a terribly set up joke! What pizzaz, what power!

For years, I remember hearing the rumors about Louis C.K. in the comedy community, no one did a thing. They let him get away with it.

I didn’t know how to stop it; I was just an intern at a comedy theater, but I didn’t listen to his sets. I didn’t watch Louie. I didn’t support him. Going to his shows, giving him the fire and power to make these kinds of jokes is feeding the beast. I can’t believe people are still so keen on feeding him now that the curtain has been pulled back.

So Louis C.K., you want to be talked about? That’s fine. Every time you make the news for being the grossest of human beings, I’ll make sure to remind everyone what a piece of garbage you are.

(image: Rich Fury/Getty Images)

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Poet Mary Oliver, known for her work focused on the natural world, passed away today after a battle with lymphona. The literary world has been a place of mourning all day, with fans, writers, and teachers sharing her words and expressing gratitude for all she has given to her readers.

As Ruth Franklin said in an article on Oliver’s 2017 collection Devotions, “her work is incredibly accessible, and I think that’s what makes her so beloved by so many people. It doesn’t feel like you have to take a seminar in order to understand Mary Oliver’s poetry. She’s speaking directly to you as a human being.”

Oliver told NPR that “Poetry, to be understood, must be clear. It mustn’t be fancy. I have the feeling that a lot of poets writing now, they sort of tap dance through it. I always feel that whatever isn’t necessary should not be in the poem.” Her clarity and beautiful prose are showcased in her poetry, which has been bringing tears to my eyes all day as it has been shared across my Twitter timeline.

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
Mary Oliver’s compassion, wisdom, wit, and distinct poetic voice will be deeply missed in this world that needs more like her. #MaryOliver pic.twitter.com/gNSPuV9AkM

— Into The Forest Dark (@ElliottBlackwe3) January 17, 2019

“Don’t think
I’m not afraid.
There is such an unleashing
of horror.

“Then I remember:
death comes before
the rolling away
of the stone.”

We’ll miss you, #MaryOliver

— Lucy S. R. Austen (@LucySRAusten) January 17, 2019

I discovered this poem when I needed to be told that I didn’t have to feel guilty and I read it every day for a long time #MaryOliver pic.twitter.com/Nn9ICx0Hul

— haseena manek (@haseenamanek) January 17, 2019

• Check out this cool giveaway of Leigh Bardugo’s new Grishaverse book, King of Scars, from Portalist. (via Portalist)
• Rudy Giuliani is walking back his statement that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, only that the President was not involved. (via The Guardian)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home will be the first MCU film to include roles played by out trans actors. (via comicbook.com)
• You can own the door knockers from Jim Hensen’s Labyrinth. (via Nerdist)
• Want to donate to the writers that were laid off when Into shut down? Check out this thread for their cash app options. (via Twitter)

If you were a writer/contributor for @Into please comment with your Patreons, Venmo, and Cash app names so everyone knows where to send their appreciation for you and your work in the form of $$$ so I can share out.

— alex schmider (@anderfinn) January 17, 2019

Take the time today to read some of your favorite poems in honor of Oliver’s passing.

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