# A Gay Jew from North Carolina who lives in New York City **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134 "2000-12-12T03:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/1 "2000-12-12T03:35:39Z")
I just got through watching a special on Comedy Central starring a guy named Jim David. Actually, I’m not quite sure if he’s Jewish or if just his lover is, but this guy is ROFLMAO funny. He’s all the really funny stereotypes rolled into one! Seriously, if you get a chance, I recommend catching his act- either on TV or IRL. He’s a riot! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/2 "2000-12-12T12:37:06Z")
BIGnod…I caught that too, whilst folding laundry. I loved his comment about people in their 20’s. Which I shan’t repeat here, because I don’t want to risk the wrath of all of the people around here in their 20’s. All I know is…it made me feel a HELL of a lot better about being 30. Laughed my ass off. Must find more Jim David routines. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/3 "2000-12-12T13:08:37Z")
Yeah, I caught that on CC last night. Pretty funny dude, until he started in on people in their 20s. We do know a lot, you know, and it’s not necessarily true that we’ve got only ornamental value. Some of us don’t even have that! The gags about the Israeli hotel clerk and his dad asking “What exactly do you DO?” were pretty hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/4 "2000-12-12T13:13:12Z")
What’d he say about people in their 20s? I am not easily offended. Really. I hang out HERE, don’t I? _looks innocent_ ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/5 "2000-12-12T14:11:34Z")
I may still be a newbie, but NOW I realize I’m spending WAY too much time here on the boards. I caught this show last night and the first thing I thought was “I wonder if anybody on the SDMB is watching this?” He was just the same kind of sardonic humor I find here. And in spite of the fact that he was from New Yawk, he wasn’t excruciatingly cynical like some Yankee comics. 'course, it didn’t hurt that he’s orig. from here in N.C. I could relate to that part of his schtick REALLY well. What he said about 20-somethings was something along the lines of “Now that I’m at an age somewhere between 30 and greeter-at-WalMart, I see that people in their twenties are stupid. I’m so much smarter than them. They just look better than me. So if you’re in your twenties: Strike a pose, and shut the f\*\*k up.” Well, he said it better than that. My only excuse is that I’m a 29 y.o. from the South, so I’m obviously dumber than a gay New Yorker in his 50s. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/6 "2000-12-12T14:16:56Z")
What he said about 20-somethings was something along the lines of “Now that I’m at an age somewhere between 30 and greeter-at-WalMart, I see that people in their twenties are stupid. I’m so much smarter than them. They just look better than me. So if you’re in your twenties: Strike a pose, and shut the f\*\*k up.” Not quite. It’s all in the delivery. More along the lines of: “The main thing you learn when you get older, is that people in their 20’s don’t know anything.” \ “No, no, listen to me. The main function of people in their 20’s is to look better than people in their 30’s and 40’s.” \ “So I have a bit of advice for you people in your 20’s: Strike a pose! And shut the FUCK up.!” \ Believe me…it was a LOT funnier with HIS delivery. “What do you people do? …You know, in the bedroom?” “Well, you know those things you keep wishing Mom would do? THAT’S what we do.” ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/7 "2000-12-12T14:19:50Z")
Damn, he must have _quite_ good delivery to make that sound funny. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/8 "2000-12-12T14:34:29Z")
I saw the thread title and thought to myself, “He must have seen Jim David last night too!” 😃 Yeah, he was a hoot. I found the bit about white people being afraid of all the different groups interesting: If each statement hadn’t been prefaced with “White people are afraid of the [minority group] because they think that [trite racist assumptions]. . . ,” it would have been just racist and offensive, but the way he did it was funny, poking at ignorant white people instead. “Don’t move to New York . . . there are [sub]black people[/sub] there!” ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/9 "2000-12-12T14:47:03Z")
Damn, he must have _quite_ good delivery to make that sound funny. Maybe it’s only **that** funny if you’re out of your 20’s, no? There’s a good reason for the generation gap. The older you get, the more you realize that when you were younger you were an IDIOT. I was an idiot. My mom probably thinks I’m still an idiot. And when I’m 54, I’ll probably think that people who are 30 are idiots. I have almost no patience for teen angst because I had MORE than my share of it…but now that I’m 10 years past it, I look back and think, “DAMN, I thought that round of BS was important? What the hell was I thinking? Wait, I know the answer to that: I WASN’T.” It’s not like you (generic “you”) hit 30 and suddenly your previous life in its entirety starts to shift into focus; years don’t earn you respect or admiration, but they smack you upside the head with huge dollops of perspective. AND…putting it all in perspective…he’s RIGHT. And that’s why it’s FUNNY. I’m not saying that people in their 20’s have no relevant ideas, or that a lot of them aren’t a hell of a lot smarter than me in a lot of areas. BUT…they sure as hell aren’t as important as they think they are, but they won’t know that until THEY’RE older, EITHER. Is all. I’m saying. Is the thing. Can I wind this up without coming off as completely insulting? Hrm. Nope. Oops. When you’re 30, you can come tell me how wrong I was and how much my enjoyment of this kind of humor proves my lack of insight. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/10 "2000-12-12T15:24:43Z")
> [@](#): > > AND…putting it all in perspective…he’s RIGHT. And that’s why it’s FUNNY. Uh, yeah it _would_ be funny if it hadn’t been said 16,580 times before. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/11 "2000-12-12T15:44:56Z")
I **really** need to get cable ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/12 "2000-12-12T16:27:06Z")
Uh, yeah it would be funny if it hadn’t been said 16,580 times before. Sorry, I missed those. Must have been while I was in my 20’s and feeling so self-important I assumed none of it applied to me. :rolleyes: again. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/13 "2000-12-12T16:28:36Z")
Just to set the record straight, I remember the exact quote… > [@](#): > > As I’ve grown older, I’ve realized 1 thing. People in their 20 dont know a damn thing. In fact, people in their 20s are good for only 1 thing- looking better than people in their 30s and 40s. So, if you’re in you 20s (raises glass in salute) Strike a pose…And shut the fuck up! From the perspective of 33, thats funny! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/14 "2000-12-12T16:47:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Sorry, I missed those. Must have been while I was in my 20’s and feeling so self-important I assumed none of it applied to me. again. Uh, you’ve never heard of the fact that wisdom and maturity come with age? This is new information to you? The truly funny comedians poke fun at situations that everyone can identify with, but that are seldom mentioned. That’s why they’re funny. You say to yourself “Hey! I was just thinking the same thing.” The lame ones joke about things that everyone talks about and everyone jokes about, like sexuality and age. You could have taken that same passage, altered a few words, and made it sound like it was about teenagers. I wouldn’t crack a grin. As a 22 year old, I _know_ that they’re less mature than me. This is not a startlingly funny revelation. It’s merely pointing out the obvious. But, of course, humor is subjective. Whatever floats your boat, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/15 "2000-12-12T17:07:09Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > It’s not like you (generic “you”) hit 30 and suddenly your previous life in its entirety starts to shift into focus; years don’t earn you respect or admiration, but_\* \*they smack you upside the head with huge dollops of perspective. > > * * * What a GREAT line!! I want that on a T-shirt!! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/16 "2000-12-12T17:52:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\* > Uh, you’ve never heard of the fact that wisdom and maturity come with age? This is new information to you? > \*\* Sorry, just thought of a Latin proverb… “It is not gray hair, but knowledge that brings wisdom” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-jew-from-north-carolina-who-lives-in-new-york-city/45134/17 "2000-12-12T20:15:57Z")
I watched that special on Comedy Central last night whilst washing dishes (ah the life of a glamour queen :rolleyes: ). I was laughing the whole time! Now being a twenty-something chick, I thought that line about _us_ was priceless! Even though in the back of mind, I thought ‘Spoken like a true old person.’