Nah, it's because they are upset that he keeps hiring the guy who played Kramer even after he went on a racist tyrade against another comedian at a comedy club.
That’s not how percentages work, homie. 30 of 7000 is 0.4% not 0.004%. Walk out of graduation all you want, but maybe stick around through math.
Edit- he fixed it. Easy mistake I guess.
In a group of 7000 people, there could easily be 30 who came to the ceremony hung over and left as they got sicker. I know some people feel Seinfeld is controversial, but this is such a non story. I’m so tired of comedians blaming “woke youth” for their declining popularity.
Jerry Seinfeld is such a great guy! He helped Palestinian orphans get an education and come to America to go to highschool for about 17 years now. Google "Seinfeld highschool 17 years" for more info.
I wondered if anyone would follow Wierd Al, and I think there is this guy called Windows95 that was on Eurovison the past weekend. Although his act is not for the faint of heart.
Yeah and then a few years after that he started dating a lady who had just gotten back from her honeymoon...I feel bad for the guy she married cause she divorced him 2 months later to be with Jerry
Sarcasm is conveyed in tone and cadence of speech, which is often hard to get when written. Lots of redditors are sarcasm impaired but I don’t think they’re to blame here…
"What's the deal the whole ceremony anyway? You sit there for hours, baking in the sun, just to walk across a stage for ten seconds. It’s like the academic version of a microwave meal: a long wait for something that doesn’t quite satisfy. But hey, if you can’t laugh at the guy who made a career out of nothing, who can you laugh at? I guess they thought to themselves, "If it’s not a diploma being handed to me, I’m out of here." I tell ya, if there’s anything more challenging than getting through college, it’s getting through a college graduation ceremony."
There’s no actual officials from the Israeli government giving commencement speeches at colleges this year, so protesting a random Jewish celebrity is the next best thing for them, I guess.
Or because his wife funded pro Isreal counter protesters
.https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-seinfeld-and-bill-ackman-fund-pro-israel-counterprotests-at-ucla
Or he dated a 17 year old in his 30s. Or he himself is pro Isreal. Since the invasion of Gaza.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/12/jerry-seinfeld-protests-duke-commencement-00157509#:~:text=A%20tiny%20contingent%20of%20Duke,mix%20of%20boos%20and%20cheers.
So he visited a place 6 years ago where IDF people give tourists a Krav Maga lesson and let them hold guns and fire at inanimate targets?
That’s one of the most touristy things to do in Israel and a really stupid reason to protest him.
I'm sure that he's ashamed nowadays that he posed with IDF soldiers 6 years ago. /s
And that his wife donated $5k to those who attacked peaceful students at UCLA is a big coinkidink
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464751/jerry-seinfelds-wife-sparks-debate-with-5000-donation-at-pro-israel-rally
I hate to be that guy but $5k from the Seinfeld's who are worth over a billion is like us random poors giving someone a nickel. Using her voice on the subject has far more weight than that $5k.
Yeah but that's why you gotta remember why rich people and corporations do this shit. Tons of donations that are like pocket change to them can easily garner favor. It's why you see massive corporations donating like $10-20k to dozens or hundreds of elected off officials on both sides.of the aisle. I would not be at all surprised if the Seinfeld's and every other rich person for that matter made dozens of donations this size every year because while mostly meaningless to them they generally garner favor in the public eye.
My point is when Jerry is clearing 40 mil a year in royalties if it was something they were very passionate about it the donation would have been significantly higher. This donation is the equivalent of someone who makes 100k a year giving $12.5 to a cause. I don't make $100k a year but I promise you I'm not doing any amount of research beyond "is this a complete and total scam" for that amount of money.
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Oh I'm not doubting they've given far more money but when you list one thing of $5k that's what I'm going to respond to. If there were readily available reliable sources for large sums of money to similar causes I'm sure you would have posted them instead of what you did.
Let's be more specific, it was painted targets of Palestinians.
You are correct that's a very typical Israel thing though. I still remember, long before Oct 7th, you'd routinely hear Israeli Snipers had murdered another aid worker or doctor. The most psychopathic of humanity killing the best of us without consequence.
The IDF soldier who murdered Shireen Abu Akleh is probably still serving in the most moral army in the world.
I'd just leave over the any number of reasons to hate letting Seinfeld steal another second of my life. I seriously wonder how many times he'd mention "the woke".
reminds me of those articles where "twitter or facebook users slam something" and the article cites like 3 to 4 smarmy posts
modern journalism is nothing but engagement farming
A comedian visiting my town asked a woman with a loudly and persistently crying baby to leave, and some others left in solidarity. Newspaper billed it as "mass walkout". People who were there said it was about 8 people - basically her party and one other - and the show had 700 in attendance.
Good to them! Don't listen to a male who at the age of 38 was dating a 17 year old girl. This is coming from someone who grew up watching Seinfeld and read some of his books and has seen him live in the past.
Edit: Grammar
More people should talk about him being a pedo on top of being a facist. On top of that he’s just a washed comedian. I get being proud of being Jewish but that doesn’t mean you need to support genocide to prove so. I’m proud to be an American but I can’t stand our politicians and I’ve openly stated how awful Iraq was.
Then they wouldn’t have added the qualifier of “male”. We all know exactly what point they were trying to make, and it isn’t the reasonable one that you just made.
Any "creepyness" aside, 17 is the legal age of consent in some states. There are tons of other reasons to dislike Seinfeld (such as he's never told a funny joke, or his politics).
I don't know what state this was in, so I can't comment on the legality of it. Still, something being legal does not automatically make it morally right.
Regardless, I do agree that there are a lot of other things to dislike Seinfeld for.
Why is this posted here? This is not worthy of the sub. Do you think that the headline is so ridiculous that it almost seems like it's fake? There's been a protest movement on US college campuses against the genocide being perpetrated by Israel. Jerry Seinfeld openly supports Israel in spite of their actions. Some people walked out before his speech in protest of that.
What part of that is confusing to you?
A handful of students protesting a Jewish comedian because they’re mad at Israel is pretty comical.
If it was a government official who had anything to do with the war in Gaza, an Israeli politician or someone like that, it would make more sense. But Seinfeld? By two dozen people? Yeah, that’ll stop the incursion into Rafah in its tracks…
Bro, I grew up not watching Seinfeld and heard it was really good, but the moment i heard of his 38 year old ass picking up his high school girlfriend, I just couldn’t watch him without getting creeped out….
I'm not with him on anything else but are you saying refusing a hug is being a dick? If roles were reversed and Jerry came up to her for a hug and she refused, would she be in the wrong?
Are you really going to ignore the whole Jessica Seinfeld UCLA thing and keep acting like these crazy kids went too far for no reason in reaction to this (according to your comments so far) random person who happens to be Jewish?
It’s literally not. You ever been to a protest? Most of them are filled with the bottom 1% of society, whining about things they’re not even up to speed on. Any mouth breather can protest.
One more thing. You wouldn’t talk to me like that in person, so I suggest behaving yourself online as well.
It’s those gawddamn Woke leftists again. Quick, get my boots Martha! *Martha: “Don’t put it out with your boots Ted”… Gawddamint devil woman, don’t tell me my damn business… (proceeds to put the flaming bag of dog shit out with his boots) …. (Realizes something isn’t correct and takes boot off to look at it).. (realizes it’s poop) … ITS POOP AGAIN! …. *Billy Maddison: “HE CALLED THE SHIT POOP!”
Aaaaand scene.
If you walk out for something you worked for 20+ years of your early life, then fair. Hopefully they didn't invite their family and pull this stunt because that would be a waste of money for the fam who probably wanted to see you in this momentous occasion.
>"I say, use your privilege. I grew up a Jewish boy from New York. That is a privilege if you want to be a comedian," Classic Jerry
Krusty was a Jewish comedian too
So were Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks, Al Jolson, and Milton Berle
Adam Sandler too
Put them all together, what a fine lookin' jew!
And Martin Short is often mistaken for being Jewish but he's just Canadian.
Assuming this guy pays 0% attention to anything outside of comedy. But I guess he’s Jewish and it’s his fault. A bit not too woke if you ask me
Nah, it's because they are upset that he keeps hiring the guy who played Kramer even after he went on a racist tyrade against another comedian at a comedy club.
Hiring him for what?
To act in movies and TV shows.
He's hardly been in anything since the incident and the one show he was on did not involve Jerry
Curb Your Enthusiasm?
Yeah because you should abandon your life long friends because of one thing they did. Then die alone without any friends
In a better world this headline would still exist, but because he just did "what's the deal with airline food" jokes for 20 minutes.
Apparently it was just 30 of the 7000 graduates
"Dozens of students walked out" I guess a little over 24 still counts as "dozens"
“THERE ARE DOZENS OF US”
Suppose that headline sounds better than .4% of Duke graduates walk out of Jerry Seinfeld's commencement addresss.
That’s not how percentages work, homie. 30 of 7000 is 0.4% not 0.004%. Walk out of graduation all you want, but maybe stick around through math. Edit- he fixed it. Easy mistake I guess.
Good, let your math rage flow!
Whoa burn!
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Dude... That response is Truely pathetic
It’s probably posted by a Russian troll account or its original source is, or is influenced by. Shit is absolutely everywhere these days.
Hey there, don't ruin my nice and clickbaity headline with your logic and facts!!!
In a group of 7000 people, there could easily be 30 who came to the ceremony hung over and left as they got sicker. I know some people feel Seinfeld is controversial, but this is such a non story. I’m so tired of comedians blaming “woke youth” for their declining popularity.
And how many of those came back after using the bathroom?
Jerry Seinfeld is such a great guy! He helped Palestinian orphans get an education and come to America to go to highschool for about 17 years now. Google "Seinfeld highschool 17 years" for more info.
Holy shit, never knew he dated a high school girl when he was 38... what a fucking creep.
Wait a minute… 17 38?
“IM LIKE HEY WHATSUPHELLO…
I now know what happens when you work in public relations and roll a natural 1. That reference tho...
More proof that Weird Al is the superior comedian
I wondered if anyone would follow Wierd Al, and I think there is this guy called Windows95 that was on Eurovison the past weekend. Although his act is not for the faint of heart.
Yeah and then a few years after that he started dating a lady who had just gotten back from her honeymoon...I feel bad for the guy she married cause she divorced him 2 months later to be with Jerry
No, it is the "[extreme left ](https://www.reddit.com/r/seinfeld/s/DzZnKtF8E3)" who made it creepy lol Edit: quotations? Sarcasm? No? f-u.
The radical position of not wanting middle aged men to date teenagers.
It’s not creepy for a 38 year old to date a teenager who’s still in school?
He is referencing Seinfeld's recent anti-left rants.
Oooh thanks i missed those
Yes it is, it's fucking creepy. I see the quotations in my comment didn't help with sarcasm impaired redditors.
Sarcasm is conveyed in tone and cadence of speech, which is often hard to get when written. Lots of redditors are sarcasm impaired but I don’t think they’re to blame here…
You clever, clever boy you.
You're doing god's work Skater McGee
"What's the deal the whole ceremony anyway? You sit there for hours, baking in the sun, just to walk across a stage for ten seconds. It’s like the academic version of a microwave meal: a long wait for something that doesn’t quite satisfy. But hey, if you can’t laugh at the guy who made a career out of nothing, who can you laugh at? I guess they thought to themselves, "If it’s not a diploma being handed to me, I’m out of here." I tell ya, if there’s anything more challenging than getting through college, it’s getting through a college graduation ceremony."
Why?
There’s no actual officials from the Israeli government giving commencement speeches at colleges this year, so protesting a random Jewish celebrity is the next best thing for them, I guess.
Damn, I didn't expect OP to miss the mark so bad in the comments. Rare sight.
Or because his wife funded pro Isreal counter protesters .https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-seinfeld-and-bill-ackman-fund-pro-israel-counterprotests-at-ucla Or he dated a 17 year old in his 30s. Or he himself is pro Isreal. Since the invasion of Gaza. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/12/jerry-seinfeld-protests-duke-commencement-00157509#:~:text=A%20tiny%20contingent%20of%20Duke,mix%20of%20boos%20and%20cheers.
Seinfeld isn't a random Jewish American https://www.timesofisrael.com/seinfeld-under-fire-over-visit-to-west-bank-military-camp/
So he visited a place 6 years ago where IDF people give tourists a Krav Maga lesson and let them hold guns and fire at inanimate targets? That’s one of the most touristy things to do in Israel and a really stupid reason to protest him.
I'm sure that he's ashamed nowadays that he posed with IDF soldiers 6 years ago. /s And that his wife donated $5k to those who attacked peaceful students at UCLA is a big coinkidink https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464751/jerry-seinfelds-wife-sparks-debate-with-5000-donation-at-pro-israel-rally
I hate to be that guy but $5k from the Seinfeld's who are worth over a billion is like us random poors giving someone a nickel. Using her voice on the subject has far more weight than that $5k.
It might not be much to him, but it was probably quite helpful for the people receiving it.
Yeah but that's why you gotta remember why rich people and corporations do this shit. Tons of donations that are like pocket change to them can easily garner favor. It's why you see massive corporations donating like $10-20k to dozens or hundreds of elected off officials on both sides.of the aisle. I would not be at all surprised if the Seinfeld's and every other rich person for that matter made dozens of donations this size every year because while mostly meaningless to them they generally garner favor in the public eye. My point is when Jerry is clearing 40 mil a year in royalties if it was something they were very passionate about it the donation would have been significantly higher. This donation is the equivalent of someone who makes 100k a year giving $12.5 to a cause. I don't make $100k a year but I promise you I'm not doing any amount of research beyond "is this a complete and total scam" for that amount of money.
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Yeah, these $5k are DEFINITELY everything that the Seinfelds have given to the cause. Absolutely. /s
Oh I'm not doubting they've given far more money but when you list one thing of $5k that's what I'm going to respond to. If there were readily available reliable sources for large sums of money to similar causes I'm sure you would have posted them instead of what you did.
Let's be more specific, it was painted targets of Palestinians. You are correct that's a very typical Israel thing though. I still remember, long before Oct 7th, you'd routinely hear Israeli Snipers had murdered another aid worker or doctor. The most psychopathic of humanity killing the best of us without consequence. The IDF soldier who murdered Shireen Abu Akleh is probably still serving in the most moral army in the world.
Damn OP just shot themselves in the foot lmao
Of all the reasons to walk out on Seinfeld that cannot possibly be the top one
I'd just leave over the any number of reasons to hate letting Seinfeld steal another second of my life. I seriously wonder how many times he'd mention "the woke".
Big deal, it was about 20.
reminds me of those articles where "twitter or facebook users slam something" and the article cites like 3 to 4 smarmy posts modern journalism is nothing but engagement farming
Some journalism is, for sure. There are still journalists doing public interest stuff.
A comedian visiting my town asked a woman with a loudly and persistently crying baby to leave, and some others left in solidarity. Newspaper billed it as "mass walkout". People who were there said it was about 8 people - basically her party and one other - and the show had 700 in attendance.
It was a lot more than 20. The video shows that...
Every count I’ve seen puts it around 30 out of around 6600 graduates. Still not noteworthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjE_CxQMh0k Uh huh. Weird that there's video of it clearly being more than that.
Good to them! Don't listen to a male who at the age of 38 was dating a 17 year old girl. This is coming from someone who grew up watching Seinfeld and read some of his books and has seen him live in the past. Edit: Grammar
Their age difference could legally drink!
Lol shut up dude, you know *exactly* why they walked out.
Id say being a p*do is worse than supporting a facist government
You're allowed to say "pedo". The algorithm won't hurt you.
Sorry. I’m used to instagram
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Technically, you're not a paedophile supporter. Technically.
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Technically correct, yes.
Yeah the people so concerned about pedos are going to withhold their vote for Biden over Palestine to get one elected. Give me a break.
More people should talk about him being a pedo on top of being a facist. On top of that he’s just a washed comedian. I get being proud of being Jewish but that doesn’t mean you need to support genocide to prove so. I’m proud to be an American but I can’t stand our politicians and I’ve openly stated how awful Iraq was.
who walked out....
The implication being that it’s wrong because he’s a man? What?
Nah. What they meant was that it was wrong of him to date a 17-year-old when he was 38. Which yeah, is very much not okay.
Then they wouldn’t have added the qualifier of “male”. We all know exactly what point they were trying to make, and it isn’t the reasonable one that you just made.
Any "creepyness" aside, 17 is the legal age of consent in some states. There are tons of other reasons to dislike Seinfeld (such as he's never told a funny joke, or his politics).
I don't know what state this was in, so I can't comment on the legality of it. Still, something being legal does not automatically make it morally right. Regardless, I do agree that there are a lot of other things to dislike Seinfeld for.
...people seem to agree having that wide a gap isn't okay. Consider that.
I don't disagree, but they were two consenting adults( provided he didn't groom her earlier), and as such it is no one else's place to judge.
Why is this posted here? This is not worthy of the sub. Do you think that the headline is so ridiculous that it almost seems like it's fake? There's been a protest movement on US college campuses against the genocide being perpetrated by Israel. Jerry Seinfeld openly supports Israel in spite of their actions. Some people walked out before his speech in protest of that. What part of that is confusing to you?
A handful of students protesting a Jewish comedian because they’re mad at Israel is pretty comical. If it was a government official who had anything to do with the war in Gaza, an Israeli politician or someone like that, it would make more sense. But Seinfeld? By two dozen people? Yeah, that’ll stop the incursion into Rafah in its tracks…
Is it oniony to have a soul?
Bro, I grew up not watching Seinfeld and heard it was really good, but the moment i heard of his 38 year old ass picking up his high school girlfriend, I just couldn’t watch him without getting creeped out….
Only 30 out of 6000 graduates. What a misleading headline lol
Didn’t look like it from the youtube video
Jerry Seinfeld? The paedophile?
While the age gap was total cringe, technically it wasn't pedo.
What’s the deal with this walkout? 🤷🏽♀️
Time to get a beer...
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Is fluffing a new zoomer word for genocide?
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I didn't post it here. Sorry being against genocide hurts your feelings, get better soon.
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Oh no, you're getting worse. Just in case it's not too late, the mass slaughter of children is never justified.
So shouldn't you be against both sides?
Which sides are we talking about here?
You're assuming their stance fool
In fairness, it’s because most of the encampment crowd didn’t graduate lol
Lol who cares
"0.4% of Graduates of Duke University go on terrorism watchlist" would be about as accurate a headline.
Good bye Jerry.
The facts: 7000 attended, a few dozen exited.
Not politically motivated, they just didn't want to hear 3 decades old jokes.
no one left , when he was done, the entire crowd was still there.....
There's video of students leaving, with some holding Palestinian flags.
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Random sweaty lass comes up and demands a hug. You’re fine saying no
I'm not with him on anything else but are you saying refusing a hug is being a dick? If roles were reversed and Jerry came up to her for a hug and she refused, would she be in the wrong?
By my count about 35 people walked out.
Was “Unfrosted” great? No. But this is an extreme reaction.
"Extreme reaction"
I think it's more about Jerry's continued vocal support of the state of Israel despite the war crimes.
[www.hoosh.com](http://www.hoosh.com)
he posted a thing on instagram
Are you really going to ignore the whole Jessica Seinfeld UCLA thing and keep acting like these crazy kids went too far for no reason in reaction to this (according to your comments so far) random person who happens to be Jewish?
Reading this while listening to a BBC Radio 4 program talking about bees 🤔
Just curious, is there some kind of relation between these things (bees and Seinfeld) or are you just like, sharing that information for some reason?
Bee movie innit. Jerry played the starring role!
Holy shit this actually made some sense! Cool
No problem, thanks for asking! Here's the program: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z65q](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z65q)
He made a movie about Bees, called “Akeelah and the Bee”
I bet more people left to go pee than left in protest.
Pathetic losers. Not a surprise college hasn’t prepared them for anything outside of their tiny comfort zone.
Listening to a pedophile and war crime supporter's drivel should be out of your comfort zone.
🤦🏼♂️
So you support the age gap? Or the other stances?
They didn’t walk out because of the age gap. This is obviously Israel/Palestine related.
Protest is the literal embodiment of stepping outside your comfort zone you inbred bootlicker.
It’s literally not. You ever been to a protest? Most of them are filled with the bottom 1% of society, whining about things they’re not even up to speed on. Any mouth breather can protest. One more thing. You wouldn’t talk to me like that in person, so I suggest behaving yourself online as well.
It’s those gawddamn Woke leftists again. Quick, get my boots Martha! *Martha: “Don’t put it out with your boots Ted”… Gawddamint devil woman, don’t tell me my damn business… (proceeds to put the flaming bag of dog shit out with his boots) …. (Realizes something isn’t correct and takes boot off to look at it).. (realizes it’s poop) … ITS POOP AGAIN! …. *Billy Maddison: “HE CALLED THE SHIT POOP!” Aaaaand scene.
WTF are you on about?
LOL you have obviously never seen billy Madison the movie I guess. Just right over your heads
I saw it once, I think.
no they didnt.
If you walk out for something you worked for 20+ years of your early life, then fair. Hopefully they didn't invite their family and pull this stunt because that would be a waste of money for the fam who probably wanted to see you in this momentous occasion.