Netflix Is A Daily Joke Jared Freid: A Joke About Dieting
Nov 14, 2023
Jared Freid, a comedian with a Netflix special, jokes about humorous reflections on weight loss and body image, including his disdain for healthy people. He also shares amusing anecdotes about his annoyance with people carrying around water bottles and his struggles with drinking. The chapter concludes with a joke about disposable income and a promotion for his comedy special on Netflix.
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Lifelong Dieting As A Running Joke
- Jared Freid jokes he has tried to lose ten pounds his whole life and even planned diets from infancy onward.
- He uses self-deprecating birth-week humor to show dieting feels like an endless, personal saga.
Everyone Dresses For Perceived Slimness
- Jared observes everyone manipulates their posture and appearance before going out to feel slimmer and more confident.
- He highlights the shared, performative nature of body-image presentation in social settings.
Double Standards Around Body Complaints
- Jared says he knows what to eat but insists he'll never eat healthy, framing healthy people as irritating and judgmental.
- He contrasts societal sympathy for women's body concerns with blunt male responses to the same admission.