Bill Maher Needs to Stop Talking

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Also, didn't his generation normalize backpacking across Europe in their mid-20s? Isn't this just the same thing, except more domestic and being able to publicly share pictures?

The fact that he said ”these kids don’t want to work a shitty job and live in a shitty apartment” says it all. Nowadays, its 2-3 shitty jobs, to live in a shitty apartment with a bunch of roommates.

Reminder: When Bill Maher refers to "enduring those early shitty jobs", he specifically means when he sold weed in college. Literally the closest to a real job he's had.

I am fortunate enough that my Great Grandfather is not just still alive, but at 103 years old he's still relatively aware and able to interact with people. He's a great guy. More relevantly, he was born in 1920, seven years before the first television, and so directly got to see the rise of TV as a medium, and the 'boom' of movies (although movies already existed when he was born, they didn't start catching on in America until 1910, and didn't become "big" until the 20's). Because he likes keeping up with the world, he does watch Bill Maher and other people of the sort. I asked him about this, and he had a few things to say: most notably that the arguments Maher (and others like him) are bringing up against Influencers are almost the EXACT same arguments he heard being used against TV and movie stars growing up. That they aren't doing any real work, that their popularity is negatively influencing the youth to be lazy, that it's "easy money", etc. ALL of them are almost exact repeats of a hundred-year-old argument. As the man himself said, with the unique perspective of his age: Their names may sound alike, but Bill Maher isn't a modern Jack Paar, even if he thinks he is.

I like how he's implying that being an astronaut is more realistic than being an influencer somehow.

originally I wanted to be a content creator but now i have to quit and get a lower paying less fulfilling job because this old guy said i’m weird for it

Like my Dad pointed out to me once; the trend of people wanting to be influencers is not a new thing. Things go in cycles: when my Dad was a kid in the 70s and 80s every kid with a guitar wanted to be the next Jimmy Page.

I like how Bill lists construction and retail as examples of good jobs available... two jobs known to destroy your body and work you into the ground

Bill’s entire personality now revolves around the fact that a kid once said ok boomer to him.

woman is tragically murdered Bill: Can you believe what her job is? holds 30 seconds waiting for laughter and applause to start

I’m a nurse. My wife’s a teacher. We want our daughters to travel and experience the world instead of being a workhorse and then dying unfulfilled. Bill Maher is leaning hard into his inevitable irrelevance, and good riddance.

Bill is like your dad that watches football and asks you why you were watching a youtuber play a video game instead of playing the game, and then you ask him why doesnt he play football and he is just like boy be quiet

Bill has unrelenting “Art degrees are meaningless but I do consider myself an artist of my craft” energy

bill maher is as insecure as he is insufferable lmao

Old people love calling genz lazy but then refuse to use self checkout or put their cart backs at grocery stores.

The most amazing thing about this is that one of the major issues that Bill also likes to talk about is how wrong ageism (towards old people) is wrong. It’s INSANE to me that he can’t see the irony of shitting on ageism and everyone younger than 40 in the same breath.

"There are plenty of good jobs in... Retail..." Just goes to show he hasn't interacted with a retail worker in at least 40 years

"Traveling is for retirement" None of us are going to be able to retire, Bill. Especially not if we're working those retail and service industry jobs that are just so available right now

Bill is the “I had to suffer, why should they?” kind of person instead of the “I suffered and I’ll do what I can to make sure others don’t have to.”