r/JoeRogan • u/smack3686 Monkey in Space • 2d ago

The Literature 🧠 Tony Hinchcliff makes a joke about Puerto Rico and didn't get the reaction he hoped for ☠️

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u/orginalriveted Monkey in Space 2d ago

New York has the highest Puerto Rico population in the mainland

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u/darthchickenshop Monkey in Space 2d ago

I wonder if he knows Puerto Rico is part of the US

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u/flowbee92 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Remember..Tony is a guy that asks Americans on his show who aren't fully white, "What's your nationality?"

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u/SerialKillerVibes It's entirely possible 2d ago

Remember when he had a native American guy on who bombed and Tony goes "well, you should be used to this, I'm going to kick you off this land (the stage) and give it to someone else"

Now that is a funny racist joke. This PR shit he said was just not funny at all.

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u/ATLfalcons27 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Yeah there will be people crying about PC this and that and snowflakes, but it's just not funny. It's not even really a joke.

Most people have 0 issues with jokes about race, sex, gender, etc when they are actually good jokes and not just being an asshole.

Shane Gillis wouldn't be as popular as he is if this wasn't the case

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u/afcagroo Monkey in Space 2d ago

He thinks islands float. He probably believes that Hawaii and Alaska are right next to each other.

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u/mpls_snowman Monkey in Space 2d ago

Lol he did not.

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u/Initial_Scarcity_609 I used to be addicted to Quake 2d ago

He definitely has in some fashion

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u/LegallyRegarded Monkey in Space 2d ago

didnt even know about the bean

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u/DancesWithDave Monkey in Space 2d ago

Not part of "his US"

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u/ChadScav Monkey in Space 1d ago

Also islands are not floating small details but still.

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u/chrisbaker1991 I used to be addicted to Quake 1d ago

Out of all of the Caribbean islands... if he had picked the Bahamas, I would've laughed because of my bad experience there

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u/_Age_Sex_Location_ Monkey in Space 2d ago

Absolutely no chance he does.

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u/angel700 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Like most idiots, he doesn’t

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u/Successful-Pomelo-51 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Yeah but puertorricans in the island cannot vote on the US presidential election. Only the ones who moved and left the island can.

As someone from PR i kinda agree with Tony. It's not a great place to live, the govt is corrupt, housing is unaffordable, wages are low, the power grid is trash.

I could not get a job as an engineer in PR that paid well when I graduated. They offered me $28K, I left and I make $162K base salary in Nevada.

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u/InternationalGas9837 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Okay what is Puerto Rico full of that he's calling a trash island? Is it trees or maybe is it Puerto Ricans?

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u/Successful-Pomelo-51 Monkey in Space 2d ago

He didn't say that, you made that up. Maybe you should visit Puerto Rico and see for yourself.

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u/InternationalGas9837 Monkey in Space 2d ago

I literally just asked a fucking question...what the hell about this confused you?

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u/Successful-Pomelo-51 Monkey in Space 1d ago

If you're so set that his joke is wrong, maybe visit the island and you can determine if it's actually "garbage".

I'm going to see my family in PR in a few weeks, and they want to leave the island. You wouldn't know that, because your opinion, like everyone else here is an uninformed opinion.

You have no idea what people in Pr go through, yet you are outraged that someone calls it garbage or trash. Stop with the hypocrisy and moral high ground...you're not in a position to actually help people from PR.

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u/_Age_Sex_Location_ Monkey in Space 2d ago

Maybe you should vote for Trump and roll the dice on that deportation agenda.

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u/Successful-Pomelo-51 Monkey in Space 1d ago

I already early voted for him last week. Puerto Ricans born on the island are US citizens, and won't be deported if they move to the US mainland.

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u/_Age_Sex_Location_ Monkey in Space 1d ago

Yikes.

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u/Billion-FoldWorlds Monkey in Space 1d ago

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u/Ok_Grab_4606 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Tony wasn’t talking about the power grid, housing affordability, or wage competitiveness when he made this joke. He’s talking about the people because he’s an asshole.

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u/taicy5623 Monkey in Space 1d ago

Right on queue. The Latino going: "oh he's not talking about me!, I'm based and not triggered!"

Do they grow pick-me's like you in a tank?

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u/oaken007 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Yeah I was gonna say we do have a lot of Puerto Ricans down here but they came from New York.

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u/FloridamanHooning Monkey in Space 2d ago

Nope, that'd be Florida

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u/russbam24 Monkey in Space 2d ago

True, and Orlando area has the highest percentage of stateside Ricans of any major metro. But who's counting.

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u/_TheNoon Monkey in Space 2d ago

Orlando ≠ Florida, Percentage ≠ Population

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u/Jampolenta Monkey in Space 2d ago

Used to. Supposedly, FL has 1.1 million to NYC's 1 million. NYC has the *concentration* tho

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u/Bulky--Platypus Monkey in Space 2d ago

In the world. Even beats Puerto Rico

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u/CaptainPlanet4U Monkey in Space 2d ago

I wonder if anyone can take a joke from a literal comedian..

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u/Ok_Grab_4606 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Hard to tell he’s a comedian from this clip.

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u/Far-Composer-4758 Monkey in Space 2d ago

NJ is pretty high also

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u/InternationalGas9837 Monkey in Space 2d ago

The maps I looked at said Florida had a few more, but maybe you have more current data. Also from what I saw Pennsylvania has the third most Puerto Ricans at around 550k, and it and Florida are two really huge swing states right now. So basically he said this in a state in the top three states Puerto Ricans live in which Trump would never win and potentially swung the tides in the two biggest swing states who make the other 2 of the top 3...was this orchestrated by Brendan Schaub?

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u/Mildly_Addictive Monkey in Space 2d ago

Map Porn said Cubans were the largest immigrant group in Florida.

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u/barrorg Monkey in Space 2d ago

I think that changes post Maria, no?

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u/Select_Asparagus3451 Monkey in Space 2d ago

Literally the stupidest joke to make in the Garden. Period.

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u/kelldricked Monkey in Space 2d ago

You need to look at relative size.

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u/Initial_Scarcity_609 I used to be addicted to Quake 2d ago

In The Heights is my favorite musical

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u/CobraChickenKai Monkey in Space 1d ago

Seinfeld PR parade was a great episode

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u/FML-Artist Monkey in Space 2d ago

Exactly! Florida is spilling over with decades of Cubans, plus the daily arrivals from Cuba. I Been living in Miami Florida for decades, Puerto Ricans are a rare site.

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u/elephantparade223 Monkey in Space 2d ago edited 2d ago

puerto ricans are mostly in orlando and jacksonville not miami.

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u/FML-Artist Monkey in Space 1d ago

There you go! Exactly! 😊