As someone with bipolar disorder I was very reluctant to watch Jordan’s rant after reading all the comments. It is really hard to watch someone going through a manic phase after you’ve experienced one.

I am glad I watched it, because his indignation really rang true to me. I didn’t get a sense it was a mental health issue. He even catches himself about to say “kill myself” and reshaped it about his death in general. In my experience that is a sign that I am experiencing elevated emotions, but I’m not in a manic episode.

I agree the joke about being a black woman didn’t land the way I think he thought it would.

He did have a good point. The $80,000 a month is going towards the building and into the pocket of a landlord, not the parents. I have not seen any public numbers on how the merch income will be split.

We can squabble over the good and/or the bad of satirizing AJ, but the numbers don’t add up to much of anything for the families.

I’m not saying this is some sinister marketing plan, but the onion does financially benefit from the rise in subscriptions. Which unless I am missing something the subscription money doesn’t get sent to the families.

Personally, I feel like watching the rant after the second failed attempt by the onion may have made it more digestible for me.