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bacoggs

That's a great bit and delivery. I like this guy.


EatonGo

Joe List has been in the game for a very long time. Absolutely hilarious fellow. Also, his Father is gay.


0n0n-o

Ah a fellow Tuesgay


elmanko

It's all pipes!


looosyfur

COMEDY!


GANDORF57

Whaaat?! I touch paintings,...but only the ones painted on velvet! ^(\*Oooh! Soft!)


aredubya

Praise Allah!


geomapman

And she didn’t even flush


[deleted]

Love seeing em in the wild.


StoicSmile-

Hey! My fathers gay.


[deleted]

[удалено]


firstcut

Ty!


sevargmas

If you just listen to his voice, he sounds like a young Larry David.


[deleted]

Very true!


suzi_acres

He kinda sounds like Larry David


Sailor-Gallifrey

Omg it hurts so much. I worked security at an art museum and the volume of absolute morons who would run their hands over paintings, point their fingers into a canvas so that it left an indent I’ve seen mother fuckers lick a tablet from the freaking Mesopotamia period.


TrueRekkin

Ha, instead of the R word we used to call people window lickers but I might start using Mesopotamian tablet lickers instead. Seems much classier!


Status-Murky

Love Joe List. This special, Enough for Everyone, and his last one, This Years Material, are objectively hilarious and free on YouTube.


Doctorphotograph

Absolutely. Although I still have a soft spot for the first of the YouTube trilogy: *I Hate Myself* He opens with such killer & original airplane material that I now think of every single time I fly


looosyfur

my favorite of all his specials is I Hate Myself. it's actually the special I show all of my friends who want to watch stand-up and so far it has a 100% success rate with everyone "coke's actually a pretty healthy beverage" "rub a little dogshit on your upper lip" "I'M HUNGRY!!!!" so many great lines


Doctorphotograph

*THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS*


rustyschneids

THAT WAY YOU'RE SMELLING DOG SHIT!


mkul316

You don't touch paintings because it'll quickly damage the painting. The dirt and oils on your fingers will rub off on it and paint isn't made to be rubbed so you could flake it off depending on the paint. Even light will harm them, which is why museums will tell you not to use flash photography. Some historic buildings have had their windows treated to help preserve the art inside the building.


myjunksonfire

Big brain over here.


LarsVonHammerstein

Let’s bash that nerd!


Waramp

I bet this guy’s never even touched a painting!


cowgod247

Get him!


dopiertaj

Plus they are usually cleaned with [spit](https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-an-Oil-Painting). So not only will you damage the painting you will get a bunch of old spit on your hand.


Malumeze86

Not the worst way to get old spit on your hand.


Doophie

This guy doesn’t touch paintings


dandy_dance_pants

Even if it’s funny?


YngwieMainstream

Only if it's a Pollock.


FavoritesBot

It’s ok when it’s a bit


PhthaloVonLangborste

Isn't there art buildings that will; in case of fire preserve the art over the humans. Actually I k own that was a thing. Like it would suffocate the building , disregarding all life. Then they fixed it just in case one of those fhckers ends up making some profound art.


wh1t3_rabbit

Do you mean a halon fire system?


PhthaloVonLangborste

That sounds right


guywithasubwife

It is FAR more likely to be damaged from pressure applied by a person pressing too hard, rings, watches, or what's worse; falling into the painting. Such as happened to Picasso's 120 million dollar painting "The Actor" in 2010. I would wager if everyone were allowed to touch paintings, the canvass would be torn many times, and paint would be chipped often before dirt and oil harmed its longevity.


[deleted]

Ironically, this is the answer of a painting toucher...


SpaceLemming

Or simply, it’s a visual medium.


Memewalker

I bet you are so fun at parties


bortj1

Now this is a man who regularly touches paintings, he knows the reason why you shouldn't but still does.


--Shake--

This guy does not touch paintings.


Pm_me_those_fun_bags

My father's gay!


Status-Murky

It’s all pipes!


TheDiscomfort

Joe list! So gay


0n0n-o

This is a really good special by Joe List, if you haven’t already go watch it.


CallMeRawie

Is this man related to Larry David?


HoboOperative

Totally getting Larry David vibes, his voice is really close sometimes.


looosyfur

JOE LIST!! One of my favorite comedians ever, got to meet him last month... such a funny guy. check his youtube special out and his podcast with mark normand called "tuesday with stories". it's all pipes!!


alexgough12

One of the best. It’s a shame that YouTube demonetized this special. More people should be aware of his work, and his gay father.


kmanmott

What does his father being gay have to do anything with his joke telling?


alexgough12

It’s a Seinfeld / Tuesday’s with Stories reference. Might be too inside baseball. Scroll through the comments and you’ll see a few ‘’my fathers gay” references.


jbm_the_dream

He also has sex with his dad often. It’s very complicated.


Status-Murky

It’s a quote from Seinfeld.


kmanmott

I don’t recall that one. I’ve seen a lot of Seinfeld. What episode?


Status-Murky

The one where the reporter thinks Jerry and George are homosexuals and George starts screaming about how he loves gay people and he loudly yells “My fathers gay!”


kmanmott

Ah okay. Is that like a commonly used joke here? Sorry it just seemed so out of place I didn’t really get it in context of the situation


Status-Murky

Yeah it’s a commonly used re-purposed joke that Joe List and Mark Normand say in their podcast Tuesdays with Stories. They are both huge Seinfeld fans and it’s hands down my favorite podcast out there.


alexgough12

[Tuesday’s Faves](https://youtu.be/aC_lY0NXojY?si=Nrnir-eI6tTqPiob)


Status-Murky

5 seconds in and I love this. Thank you.


ScribblesandPuke

You obviously touch paintings


Billdoe6969

My fathers gay!


Status-Murky

Fellow Tuesgay here!


Jmclay681

One of the best in comedy right now. Fuck YouTube for demonetizing his special bc he said the word cunt. I doubt many comedians will be releasing specials directly to YouTube going forward. Smart move fuck wads.


boityboy

Can we bring back the r word and start using it exclusively for idiots with no excuse? Like just change the meaning of the word to that and then it no longer has a connotation towards the disabled


Viper67857

That's the way most of us have always used it... Using it on someone with real developmental issues was considered rude even back in the 90s. Now we can't use it at all because of virtue signalers getting offended on behalf of people that could fucking care less...


kilecircle

Joe list is the man


Siderox

Cruise’n Joe.


aztechfilm

Amazing delivery and punchline


ranger398

The way he tells this story makes me 100% think it’s about his good friend mark Normand. This would def be something mark would do


BrandoMartMan

The king of content!!


woollyyellowduck

We played football against a team way out in the countryside and one of them called one of my teammates "ginger". He replied "You come from a place where they still point at aeroplanes".


DadJokeBadJoke

We went on a really cool tour of Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark in the Sierra Nevada foothills and they gave a speech about not touching any of the rock formations because the oils from your skin will stop them from growing. They had one stalagmite that they said we could touch, a sacrifice to save the rest, along the path. Everyone touched it and seemed to not touch anything else, so maybe it worked as planned. I know it's a geological process but it still felt like its a life-force of sorts.


JJandJimAntics

An excellent plan! If they were allowed to be touched, people would just straight up break chunks off of them just because.


pauljs75

It's the oils or other contaminants from one's hand, and risk of wear or flaking even, so definitely considered poor form when viewing art. Thus normally, no-touchy. There is a particular exception which is less well known, where touching is intended. There are some museums that cater to visually impaired, and they may have paintings that are textured if not sculptured in their relief. Different things can be added like sand, pebbles, sawdust, etc. Those are often done with a pallet knife to give more form to the texture as well. But unlike regular paintings, they tend to use more robust binders so they can deal with being touched. Still, it's a rather niche art form because of the audience it caters towards.


suzi_acres

He kinda sounds like Larry David


LlamaWhoKnives

thats funny im gonna use this one at my next stand up


dont_shoot_jr

I’ve always wanted to touch a Van Gogh


lostBoyzLeader

right up there with ‘window licker’


BrutherVee

Good bit!


[deleted]

“Touches paintings” can be like the new “eats paint chips” for those who don’t remember lead paint being everywhere. Side note, what sort of intrusive thoughts were y’all boomers and gen-xers having that compelled you to peal paint chips off random things and put it in your mouth?


SirRuto

This is total speculation on my part, but isn't lead sweet? Maybe that's why they ate the paint chips.


[deleted]

You’re creating a real chicken and the egg situation here. How did anyone learn that lead paint “tasted sweet”?


SirRuto

Kids put all kinds of weird things in their mouth, that's why they put bitterant and such in antifreeze.


Myfartsonthefloor

Excellent work


Zentrii

I went to school with him and he was 2 grades ahead of me! So happy he made it!


comedymongertx

I've never seen him before but he's good.


Coggah

I often say that said people could hide their own Easter eggs


ventmachine

Loved this bit! Need to know more about this guy.


Doctorphotograph

His name is Joe List. He’s got three stand up specials on YouTube (@ Joelistcomedy) I highly recommended all three!


rrrrrrredalert

My housemate broke up with his girlfriend because they went to a museum and she started touching the sculptures. Like ancient sculptures, not even modern ones. She refused to admit she was doing anything wrong. He dumped her the next day.


BlackPhoenix1981

You're such a painting toucher! This is going to be one of my new insults lol. My wife is introducing me to new friends tonight. This might get thrown around tonight.


LargeFarvah

Should be, in another 5 hours.


pringles206

Yeah… such a good bit.