# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 183
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3641 "2025-06-21T18:25:29Z")
Reminds me of a short story which, I’ll grant, I didn’t particularly care for: _Time Travel is Only for the Poor._ Although in that case, the premise was the opposite: rather than being banished to the past, poor people could be banished to some indefinite future by suspended animation. I appreciated the general concept as a social commentary, but did not care for the “homeless veteran” trope it chose as its mechanism to tell the story. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3642 "2025-06-21T19:54:44Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > [Houston ICE operation: Man reuniting with deported wife in Honduras | FOX 26 Houston](https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-ice-mother-detained-update-family-plans-honduras-move) He fucked up by voting for trump. But he is a good man to support his Wife and son. I’ll give him credit for that. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3643 "2025-06-21T22:15:41Z")
Isn’t that like the lowest possible bar? He should support his wife and kid by default. Also, was he really “putting his life on the line” in Houston, Texas? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3644 "2025-06-22T02:20:02Z")
I ain’t touching that straight line. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3645 "2025-06-22T07:49:00Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Isn’t that like the lowest possible bar? He should support his wife and kid by default. Exactly. A certain Chris Rock standup routine springs to mind here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3646 "2025-06-22T13:13:38Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > A certain Chris Rock standup routine springs to mind here. Can you elaborate? I pretty much stopped watching stand-up comedy in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3647 "2025-06-22T13:23:47Z")
Note that Rock has in retrospect walked back his view on this sketch, because unfortunately the larger bit it is a part of ended up giving people (particularly white people) an excuse to start using the N-word a bit too freely: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B0B_ekSrsEk/hqdefault.jpg "I Take Care Of My Kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B_ekSrsEk) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3648 "2025-06-22T13:25:28Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3649 "2025-06-22T20:42:36Z")
For the avoidance of any doubt, I was purely referring to the ‘you’re supposed to’ bit. I’d forgotten the N word was used in that to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3650 "2025-06-22T23:02:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Can you elaborate? I pretty much stopped watching stand-up comedy in the '90s. You’re missing out. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3651 "2025-06-22T23:30:11Z")
I stopped watching stand-up comedy in the '70s. I guess I can never get caught up. Like with so many other things… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3652 "2025-06-22T23:52:01Z")
Stand-up comedy is something I’m genuinely interested in, not just insofar as I want to laugh. I love stuff that does a deep dive into comedic culture and the creative process, like Mike Birbiglia’s _Working it Out_ podcast/YouTube show. I’m interested in their storytelling process. The best comedians are full of existential insight and know how to deliver it. These people are, first and foremost, writers. My favorite stand-up comedians of the current era would be Mike Birbiglia, John Mulaney, Bo Burnham, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Kumail Nanjiani and Tig Notaro. I could probably come up with twenty more worth checking out. Right now I’m over the moon for Chris Fleming. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3653 "2025-06-23T00:31:39Z")
You My Friend have excellent comedy tastes! Hearing Patton talk about Hate-fucking with Magic or walking his dog in New York nearly killed me! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3654 "2025-06-23T00:45:50Z")
My favorite bit is his one on depression, where he’s walking numbly through the supermarket while _Africa_ plays on the radio. He’s standing in the freezer aisle reading the instructions on a frozen dinner and when it gets to the part that says, “remove film and stir, place back in the microwave…” he’s like, “oh, fuck that.” I know those moments all too well. I was worried about him when his wife died suddenly, but not long after, he did what artists do with their suffering. He made more art. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3655 "2025-06-23T09:15:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It is surprisingly easy to mis-train your spellcheck, and also surprisingly hard to un-train it. > > Of course that is specific to your OS and your specific machine. My Android phone has a set of mis-training that is different from that of Edge on my PC. Each of your devices has **it’s** own idiosyncratic list. (bolding mine) QED, I guess. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Force of habit. \< golf clap \> > [@RitterSport](#): > > How anyone related in any way to a non-citizen, documented or not, could have voted for this authoritarian clown is beyond me. Self-delusion is a powerful force, hence all the well-fed leopards. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3656 "2025-06-23T10:24:11Z")
I’d add Taylor Tomlinson to that list. She’s very funny. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3657 "2025-06-23T10:46:35Z")
Really? I’ve tried a few times to listen to her and she has never made me even smile, much less laugh. I see an ad frequently for her show that airs after Colbert. In it she asks ‘how do you host a show?’ and then there is audience laughter and I feel like I belong to a different species, again. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3658 "2025-06-23T12:46:51Z")
Republican congresswoman initially denied life-saving treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, blames the Left instead of anti-abortion law passed by Republican legislators. > **[Republican representative’s ectopic pregnancy clashes with Florida abortion law](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/22/kat-cammack-republican-florida-abortion-law-ectopic-pregnancy)** > > Kat Cammack blames left’s fearmongering after medical staff hesitated to give her drugs needed to end pregnancy ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3659 "2025-06-23T12:51:05Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Really? I’ve tried a few times to listen to her and she has never made me even smile, much less laugh. Humor is too subjective for anyone to say another comedian is definitively funny. I think Tomlinson is a riot, but if you’re not on the same wavelength it’s just not going to hit. Nothing wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3660 "2025-06-23T13:00:41Z")
This is true. And there is nothing wrong with that for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=184)