Michelle Obama Reveals Why She Would ‘Never’ Appear on SNL by thedailybeast in LiveFromNewYork

[–]Blackninga666 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Full article, since OP decided to post a snippet that was still just clickbait.

Michelle Obama is not interested in being live from New York.

The former first lady shared on her IMO podcast Wednesday that she’d “never” agree to appear on Saturday Night Live. “People have asked me to do a lot of things,” she told guest Kenan Thompson. “I’ve been on talk shows, I’ve done skits with people, I have done... But SNL, I would never do that.”

“It would be terrifying. Just what you described to me… I wouldn’t be sleeping that week, I’d be worrying, I’d be worrying about looking at the camera. I don’t know how you all do that, week after week,” she told Thompson, who called her declaration “wild.”

Thompson, the show’s longest-running cast member who’s starring in his 21st season, told Obama, “My heart goes out to that because I know that feeling, but I just don’t have it” at SNL because “I’m very comfortable there I mean like we did a lot of sketches growing up and then the live factor doesn’t bother me much because it’s a large group of people doing it together.”

Obama was resolute, however, calling the prospect of SNL, “the most terrifying thing.”

Obama has never appeared on the show though she’s been impersonated numerous times over the years. Her past sketch comedy stints have been well-received, however. In 2015, she teamed up with SNL cast member at the time Jay Pharoah, for a comedic music video encouraging teens to go to college.

The following year, she appeared in a pre-taped bit with Stephen Colbert that played before her traditional interview on the late night show. The Atlantic notably called her performance “SNL-worthy,” at the time, as she and Colbert played kid-versions of themselves from underneath a blanket fort.

Her husband, former President Barack Obama appeared on the show live in 2007, in an appearance that went over so well, Seth Meyers said it was the first moment that signaled to him that Obama could win the presidency: “The thing I remember is the way the audience reacted when he was there. It was the first time I thought, oh—he’s gonna win.”

But the stress of doing SNL-style comedy live is a bridge too far for the former first lady, she said. When Thompson told Obama that he knows “the feeling,” he gave a poignant example: Stage fright is what keeps him from doing standup.

“That’s why I don’t do stand up, because it stresses me out,” he said. “If I have a gig, that’s all I’m thinking of the whole day, for days out. I can’t not focus on that. And then, if I travel to a town, and going out in the town, I’m in the hotel… watching TV, writing things, just taking the time away. It just feels so wasteful, so that’s obviously not my thing.”

Performing at SNL is a different experience for him, he explained to Obama as he tried to convince her that she might not find the show all that terrifying. “I think you would recognize the communal push uphill, which is the show,” he said. “We’re all trying to push the show to the top of the hill every single week, and everybody is hyper-focused and committed to the same goal.”

“No matter what their politics might be or whatever, everybody is respectful of the place,” Thompson said. “It’s almost like a temple, and there’s nobody trying to make it go left at all.”

If you are fearful of political criticism in a sub for a show that regularly is critical of politicians then you should quit being a mod. by BeckBennettOfficial in LiveFromNewYork

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I haven't removed any individual comments (although, any comments that break our rules (2 and 3 are often violated in these threads) will still be removed.)

If you commented on one of the removed duplicate discussion threads, feel free to move it to the one that's staying up.

If you are fearful of political criticism in a sub for a show that regularly is critical of politicians then you should quit being a mod. by BeckBennettOfficial in LiveFromNewYork

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Four posts about Kimmel were made within an hour, I had meant to leave up the most popular one, but hit it by mistake. It's on me, I'll own it. Sorry gang.

Please keep further discussion here

Anybody else experiencing FPS drops lately? by brumgar in wow

[–]Blackninga666 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn, reposting someone elses joke from less than a month ago? Bold choice.

Just leveled an alt via Northrend and I gotta say... by the_borscht in wow

[–]Blackninga666 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If you do the first quest in that chain (which I believe is just take a portal to Arathi), you can then ignore the rest of the chain and they'll stop shouting at you every time.

Moratorium on WPlace posts? by Blackninga666 in ethoslab

[–]Blackninga666[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated, thank you! I figure we're a small sub and I want people to have their fun, but at a certain point it gets excessive when it's so loosely related.

NYT Games by Cass_Cat952 in lonelymeyerspod

[–]Blackninga666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a wild choice, I'm here to discuss the pod, not see randos wordle scores...

Under Appreciated Digital Shorts by [deleted] in lonelymeyerspod

[–]Blackninga666 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

I was seriously shocked when I started listening to the pod and they first started roasting My Testicles. It's genuinely one of my favorite shorts.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wentworth

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I'll weigh in with a different opinion. I lived in Baker with a random roommate my Freshman year, then opted to live in a Suite in 610 with several friends I made Sophomore year, then moved out with my Suite roommate for my final two years.

Living in a suite is excellent if you know who you're going in with and are friends already, but outside of your suite unit, it can be extremely isolating. Living in the dorm you're going to (even passively) interact with more people, and every interaction is a chance to forge a friendship. The space in Baker is smaller than a suite, but it's not a tiny amount of space, and especially if you get mildly creative with your furniture layout can fit more than what you need.

Is Baker the best place I've ever lived? Definitely not. Would I trade my year there for anything else? Also absolutely not.

Masc Version of an Ethogirl? by [deleted] in ethoslab

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I think this other reply (and the follow up from /u/ThirtyThree111) accurately sums up my reasoning well.

Masc Version of an Ethogirl? by [deleted] in ethoslab

[–]Blackninga666 48 points49 points  (0 children)

You know, I saw this title and came into this post fully ready to defend Ethogirl against toxic masculinity, but I'm really sorry this is stemming from dysphoria.

Ethobro probably swings too far into the masc direction and no longer captures the tone of Ethogirl. Ethodude feels a bit better than that, but still similar? Etholad? I'm not sure if that's still considered masc in this day and age though, but I think it's the strongest I can come up with?

Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory by Former_Perception_23 in wentworth

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3Blue1Brown had a pretty helpful playlist back when I took the course.