The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has become a heartthrob on social media.
  • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
    711·
    1 year ago

    This is so dumb—watch the video! The whole joke was that “Bumble exploded”—would someone who didn’t know Luigi Mangione is popular make that joke?

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      189·
      1 year ago

      Note that for Weekend Update, Colin Jost and Michael Che write the jokes for each other, and they don’t see them until they’re reading them live.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Maybe? That’s what I’ve seen in all the clips, so maybe those are the only funny ones that get shared.

        • Yeather@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 year ago

          Regular episodes is a combination of their own jokes and jokes from the other.

      • bss03@infosec.pub
        17·
        1 year ago

        The joke swap is a frequent feature, but it’s not a universal property of Weekend Update.

    • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world
      51·
      1 year ago

      The joke was a bit strange, was it supposed to be that people are thirsty for him? I didn’t get the punchline

      • Donebrach@lemmy.world
        22·
        1 year ago

        Are you either not American or living under a rock? Everyone is thirsting after him. The joke is not “strange” unless you do not understand what a physically attractive person is.

        • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m not American, I didn’t know it was like that, it kinda reminds me of that black mirror episode “Fifteen Million Merits”