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minus-squareV0lD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoI’m either missing context, or the joke is going over my head
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoIt’s a meta joke about how deathly serious 60 Minutes takes itself. So even if a giant silverback was ripping the set apart, Lesley Stahl would just narrow her eyes and let it speak its piece for the sake of journalism. ticking stopwatch
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoI took it as more of an anti-joke. Like her expression says “hmm… You don’t say? Tell me more.”
minus-squareTheQuietCroc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoI thought her expression said she wants to fuck that gorilla.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoTo me it says 60 Minutes asks super obvious questions. Or questions that you already know the answer to.
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIMHO they do and it’s tiring to watch. Their questionsá are basically affirmations.
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I’m either missing context, or the joke is going over my head
It’s a meta joke about how deathly serious 60 Minutes takes itself.
So even if a giant silverback was ripping the set apart, Lesley Stahl would just narrow her eyes and let it speak its piece for the sake of journalism.
ticking stopwatch
I took it as more of an anti-joke. Like her expression says “hmm… You don’t say? Tell me more.”
I thought her expression said she wants to fuck that gorilla.
To me it says 60 Minutes asks super obvious questions. Or questions that you already know the answer to.
IMHO they do and it’s tiring to watch. Their questionsá are basically affirmations.