hahahaha just the constant look of douchieness he has on his face cracks me up more than anything lol...such a smug sense of satisfaction that is always on some religious idiots face when theyre saying something they think sounds brilliant...Another great vid!
This is freaking hilarious! I'm heterosexual, and an atheist, I found this to be a funny, biting satire on the current religious 'reprogramming' of homosexuality and the double standards of homosexuality and lesbianism. I find it mind blowing that people who actually believe that people aren't 'born gay'. True, sometimes, it's a choice, and some are bi-sexual, but in the end, who the hell cares? Does it really matter in the end(no pun intended, honestly).
Scary thing is...I find the logic of this vid about on equal grounds to fundamentalist christians and outspoken homophobe's gay therapy programs. I even think you nailed their creepy smile (my hat's off to your acting).
Scary thing is...I find the logic of this vid about on equal grounds to fundamentalist christians and outspoken homophobe's gay therapy programs. I even think you nailed their creepy smile (my hat's off to your acting).
Maaaann , I really liked this one. Sadly, only up until it fell into gay stereotypes and penis jokes at the very end. Long time fan guys, but please keep it high brow! Looking forward to more!
"Not an over-night process!!!!!!" ... NO SHIT! Look, it's not that I'm trying to be an obstreperous or difficult patient, "Dr. Marty," but not until my testicles start ovulating and my hirsute nipples fill my wife's bra, would I EVER agree to "sit 'n spin" on another man's bishop!
Great!!! It's time that "breeders" walk in the shoes of another person and see how ridiculous reparative therapy of right wing fundamentalists is today.
Paul Harris
Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"
Hit another one out of the park. Why aren't you acting/writing for broadcast or cable TV? Oh yea, because your writing it is too smart and advertisers are spineless. Oh well, glad we have you here.
How much you want to bet Dr. Doubletree will be busted snorting crank and fucking a 12 year old rent boy within the next 3 months? Thats how fundy shitbags work. EVERYTIME.
Oh my Nonexistent Supreme Being! Michael Shermer talking about people "not connecting with what GOD wants for their lives..." !!!1! Dr. Shermer, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING??!?1!??
On the other hand, I can clearly see why Michael would want to go to dinner with that suave and debonnair interviewer. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
I love that Michael Shermer keeps showing up in these. Can't the skeptics just sponsor Mr Deity, buy the rights to a season or something, and put an end to the need for begging and donations?
This is so clever! What a way to turn the issue completely around! I love how you get all science-y and then randomly mention that it's what "God wants for people." XD
@misterdeity Hahaha, "Pro-Choice." I think people are too busy focusing on the message itself to notice that. I'll admit, I had to watch it twice. Clever!
@nilbud I got high 9s for that dismount from everyone but the Romanian judge who I later found out is a staunch Catholic. I lost the gold because of it.
I personally can't believe anyone would consider this a Poe, but then again the internet has never ceased to surprise me. Mr. D, if people really *are* taking this seriously please share their outraged e-mails with us!
Wow. Wowie wow wow. That's got Poe's law written all over it. Not sure if that's good or not, but you sure hit the nail on the head when it comes to parody. Nice job, Mr. D.
at first when i thought this was about gay reparative therapy i was sick with disgust because of the bigotry. and now that i find out that its a gay guy trying to turn straights into gays im even more disgusted DX
Furthermore, i simply don't think it's true that people are exclusively attracted to only one sex.
To varying degrees, EVERYONE (even the most ardent heterosexual male for instance) can distinguish an attractive person of the same sex from an unattractive one. I honestly believe we're all bisexual by nature, but that our particular social ideology conditions us to believe that this is unnatural and immoral.
All it takes is to break through that conditioned response to elicit our true nature
@Wittgensteinism Being able to distinguish attractiveness doesn't even remotely suggest a sexual attraction. Your logic doesn't computer. Again, brain chemistry makes it excessively clear that some people clearly respond to one gender over another. I wouldn't remotely suggest ALL people are this way, as some are clearly bisexual, but I'd say a considerable percentage are clearly only one.
@TurboFool Great minds think alike. There is definitely a continuum. But there ARE people who are attracted (sexually) to only one gender -- and moreso (I think) when it comes to thoughts of romance and long-term relationships (which are not just about sexual attraction). What one might do in the heat of the moment says nothing about the type of attraction that can lead to a life-long, sustainable relationship.
@TurboFool That's precisely where you're wrong my friend. Distinguishing attractiveness is nothing more than a subtle form of BEING attracted to someone. Perhaps it doesn't mean you want to stick it in their ass, but that's why i mentioned degrees of attractiveness. There are woman i equally wouldn't stick it into, and it's not because they're women.
Also, your logic about brain chemistry is irrelevent, since brain chemistry is something that is itself subject to change via conditioning.
@Wittgensteinism I'm sorry, but from where does the basis for your claim come? I see no foundation for it. I can make out what characteristics are desirable in another species without wanting to have sex with it, and I can look at someone to whom I have NO attraction and recognize that they're considered attractive.
Meanwhile you just make a blanket statement that brain chemistry can be ignored because some can change? Where's your evidence that this fits in that category?
@Wittgensteinism But even if sexuality CAN be changed via conditioning, the claim here is about the starting point. Most people do lean heavily, if not fully, on one starting point. While I don't disagree that some might be capable of shifting with the right pressures, I fully disagree that we start out bisexual. That defies reproductive logic. We may be looser than society leads us to believe, but most are set pretty clearly.
Not to demean the prodigious writing talents of the Mr. D writers, but the dialogue in this is almost too authentic to be scripted. Seriously, It falls into Poe's law territory. Did you actually write this dialogue, or did you just find an interview with some pray-the-gay-away pastor and make the appropriate word and phrase substitutions?
@maxfagin Well, there are no Mr. D writers -- only me. So don't worry about demeaning anyone. And yes, all of this was very carefully scripted. Improv rarely works when you're trying to make a point. I did a tremendous amount of research on this subject, and many of the techniques mentioned are direct representations of the opposite therapy (when "curing" homosexuals, some therapists don't allow men to wear jewelry or Calvin Klein -- no joke). I'll take your comments as a compliment.
@maxfagin Well, there are no Mr. D writers -- only me. So don't worry about demeaning anyone. And yes, all of this was very carefully scripted. Improv rarely works when you're trying to make a point. I did a tremendous amount of research on this subject, and many of the techniques mentioned are direct representations of the opposite therapy (when "curing" homosexuals, some therapists don't allow men to wear jewelry or Calvin Klein -- no joke). I'll take your comments as a compliment.
@misterdeity AND you made that point so very well Mr. D; great job. Comedy is a wonderful way to get a message across that might otherwise be unpalatable to some.
The 'ridiculosity' of reparative therapy is exposed in a way that makes thinking people say "Duh". I always knew that I was a little girl and that I would grow up to be a woman. I had crushes on little boys, then big boys - I didn't 'choose' those feelings; they just were. I love these messages; keep 'em coming please.
@maxfagin My goodness. "Half staff"? "Pulls his finger out of the dyke"? Come on, now, if someone thinks this is real, they don't get any satire at all. But, glad our acting was so authentic, we threw you for a loop! =)
@carriepoppy I'm not saying I thought it was real (Don't worry, I'm a huge Mr. D fan, I know good satire when I see it). I'm saying that it was so exceptionally authentic sounding, that it sounded like it had simply been word for word copied from an actual cure-the-gay diatribe, with the appropriate word substitutions made (homo -> hetero etc.).
@alexjohnc3 I fail to see the sexism in that. If you're reading it from the perspective of women saying that, perhaps, but it was stated by a man about a self-esteem issue many men have. We like women, but can't figure out what there is to like about us. It's not sexist, it's self-reflective and a joke on an honest feeling many men have, partially due to being straight and finding men unattractive, and partially an impression we get about ourselves.
@alexjohnc3 Extreme much? He makes a generalized statement that YOU are extrapolating to mean all male humans. He also didn't say a word about being ugly in that, so again, YOUR interpretation. And there's NOTHING WHATSOEVER in that line that implies women are mere pretty sex objects. You are adding all sorts of your own interpretations into words where they do NOT exist and then holding the person who wrote them accountable for what's only in your head.
@alexjohnc3 Again, you're adding your own meanings to his words. He didn't say jerks or other stereotypes. He's also a character, and a crazy jerk character at that. How seriously are you taking this character we're supposed to laugh at? And again, your own biases are coming through on the lesbians. Is all they do have sex? Way to illegitimize the other aspects of a same-sex relationship. Most of the episode doesn't focus on sex in the new relationships AT ALL.
@alexjohnc3 Then if not about the sex, what was I supposed to take away from your assertion that the talk about lesbians was sexist? If we take away the sex aspect, what are we left with? That two lesbians would want to be in a relationship with each other? Failing to see sexism in that, so... what am I missing?
@alexjohnc3 It's okay. Women want men all the time. You can sleep tonight knowing there are billions of straight women in the world. You don't like the humor. Okay. Maybe it's time to eat a burrito and watch some M*A*S*H.
@alexjohnc3 Extreme much? He makes a generalized statement that YOU are extrapolating to mean all male humans. He also didn't say a word about being ugly in that, so again, YOUR interpretation. And there's NOTHING WHATSOEVER in that line that implies women are mere pretty sex objects. You are adding all sorts of your own interpretations into words where they do NOT exist and then holding the person who wrote them accountable for what's only in your head.
@alexjohnc3 *laughs* so you don't find the idea of turning straight people gay offensive, the idea that being straight is a bad thing and against god's will offensive? No, you focus on a joke that men aren't as desirable as women.
It's people like you that make the comments so fun to read. :)
@alexjohnc3 Your logic would play if the line was stated by one of the straight men (I mean that in the comedy sense, not the... sigh, you won't get it), but it's stated BY the jerk in the video. Can't you recognize that your annoyance is WITH the character we're supposed to be annoyed with? You don't like the joke, well blame the asshole character who made it. Who said that's the sentiment of the writer of the show? Did you believe everything else Dr. Doubletree said was serious?
@alexjohnc3 It's hard to resist laughing at the comments you post.
Satire is manifestly a form of comedy. It's a joke. And within the context of the joke lies another joke. You're the living definition of special exception fallacy. And it only gets funnier that someone whose username is TurboFool is eminently more coherent and reasonable than you.
So yes, for the foreseeable future I expect that my comments in regards to you will contain laughter
"He pulls his finger out of the dyke"? Ahem. Well done, folks. :)
triftenC 2 weeks ago
True Blood I guess I can see, but Lord of the Rings? How is the gay? Geeky, sure, but gay? Is it the elves? It's the elves, right?
forger42 3 weeks ago
@forger42 i know right! made me annoyed too >_> must be legolas and aragon..damn them.
But seriously arwen more then counters that! :P
MasterOfFlash92 3 weeks ago
im a bisexual guy and hate the reperative therapy shit. Ive watched this 3 times today and laughed my ass off every time. Thanks mister deity!!
hiimthedevil13 3 weeks ago
This is brilliant on so many levels!!!
As funny as it is, it also very thought provoking and makes you wonder why people still have this idea that a persons sexuality can be "retrained"?
Great work by everyone who produced this!
N21X 4 weeks ago
Beautifully done!!!!
fitzjamie1 1 month ago
hahahaha just the constant look of douchieness he has on his face cracks me up more than anything lol...such a smug sense of satisfaction that is always on some religious idiots face when theyre saying something they think sounds brilliant...Another great vid!
GBeesing 1 month ago
The innuendo is killing me.
NinthNova 2 months ago
lmao Brilliant. Ab-so-fucking-lute-ly brilliant!
Elaina43 2 months ago
Just found Mr Deity love it I can see a few late nigths coming up.
VideoAudioDisco09 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
The one thing that got me was snapping the rubber band every time you felt a sexual urge toward a woman. Isn't that limiting your desire for women?
Otaku4697635 2 months ago
awesome!
bu1ckgnx 3 months ago
When I watch what you are doing Brian, I am reminded of that old Woody Allen line: "I wish I had time to write...like Tolstoy." Super funny!
wailinburnin 3 months ago
"...I mean what's not to like about another woman, right...we understand...." somehow this character doesn't sound that gay after that statement.
WSCP 3 months ago
@WSCP lol well obviously he's encouraging bisexuality
ReasonableCertainty 3 months ago
The way he goes back to that same smile is brilliant.
jeremyemberling 3 months ago
Ive watched this at least twenty times. Absolutely brilliant!
tapesquare 3 months ago 3
Cut your odds in half.
thetwentyteens 3 months ago
Check out BornWithoutReligion's video "I CHOOSE to be Gay"
Wittgensteinism 3 months ago in playlist More videos from misterdeity
holy fuck; i am SOOOOOOO glad i watched this! this is absolutely HILARIOUS
gr8z0mbiejesus 4 months ago
If Michael Shermer had been exposed to Torchwood during therapy, he'd be 100% gay right now. :)
tweenkyd 4 months ago 2
How the hell did you get Michael Shermer? He was cool in Penn and Teller's bullshit.
verkoopprijs 4 months ago
This is freaking hilarious! I'm heterosexual, and an atheist, I found this to be a funny, biting satire on the current religious 'reprogramming' of homosexuality and the double standards of homosexuality and lesbianism. I find it mind blowing that people who actually believe that people aren't 'born gay'. True, sometimes, it's a choice, and some are bi-sexual, but in the end, who the hell cares? Does it really matter in the end(no pun intended, honestly).
darkknight9761 4 months ago 5
Is it possible to be a straight guy but yet still enjoy a dildo up the ass?
mechan9 4 months ago 13
@mechan9 Not only is it possible. But I believe it's mandatory.
misterdeity 4 months ago 29
@misterdeity lol
adpbobcat 2 months ago
@misterdeity well it's time for me to shop for a dildo, i'll let you know how it goes :D
stfunoob707 1 week ago
@mechan9
Depends on whose ass it is.
itsjustameme 2 months ago
@mechan9 If lesbians can like women and still use strap-ons... I think that's exactly the same concept.
Sines314 1 month ago
Heh, "half-staff."
Denamic 4 months ago 2
"Same Sex Detachment Disorder." I treasure this line.
zo219 4 months ago 4
I want Michele Bachmann inside of me.
Yup. you read that right.
smartwarlord 4 months ago
i don't understand the scene at 2:20, but it's hilarious
wubbadubdub 4 months ago
So quotable. There's so much quotable content, my brain can't stand it.
Mualkoth 4 months ago 25
Love it, awesome video
stopsign38 4 months ago
at 4:32 i just now got the "blow them off" innuendo.
lol! Comic brilliance!
Wittgensteinism 4 months ago
Now I'm not a native speaker, so I'm not sure... Did he really say "It takes time and some trimming"?! :-)
Rigo0Jancsi 4 months ago 8
@Rigo0Jancsi Yes. Good listening!
misterdeity 4 months ago 3
sweet
TheRepublicOfUngeria 4 months ago
Time has come now! We are the 99%ers and you are just a few. Impeach God.
#OccupyHeaven
llothar68 4 months ago
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Scary thing is...I find the logic of this vid about on equal grounds to fundamentalist christians and outspoken homophobe's gay therapy programs. I even think you nailed their creepy smile (my hat's off to your acting).
Ripley747 4 months ago
Scary thing is...I find the logic of this vid about on equal grounds to fundamentalist christians and outspoken homophobe's gay therapy programs. I even think you nailed their creepy smile (my hat's off to your acting).
Ripley747 4 months ago 2
this is too good. had to come back
wubbadubdub 5 months ago
This is flat out the funniest thing I've seen in weeks. Thanks Mr D. You rule! (I suppose that last statement was pretty redundant...)
robotlovesyoudotcom 5 months ago
Fantastic! Loved Shermer's come-on to David!
canyoutango2 5 months ago 3
"I'm not saying I don't like being with men. I mean, some of them even know where stuff is!"
So true. Well, not really. None of us know, some are just lucky guessers.
JubalDiGriz 5 months ago
"I'm not saying I don't like being with men. I mean, some of them even know where stuff is!"
So true. Well, not really. None of us know, some are just lucky guessers.
JubalDiGriz 5 months ago
@JubalDiGriz There's something to be said for trial and error.
carriepoppy 4 months ago
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@JubalDiGriz There's something to be said for trial and error.
carriepoppy 4 months ago
This is brilliant, Brian! Fred R.
catmoondaddy 5 months ago
Maaaann , I really liked this one. Sadly, only up until it fell into gay stereotypes and penis jokes at the very end. Long time fan guys, but please keep it high brow! Looking forward to more!
UnderTheMayo 5 months ago
Brian
I think you could have pushed a little harder on this one. Or are you testing the smell of things first?
enotstehw 5 months ago
"Not an over-night process!!!!!!" ... NO SHIT! Look, it's not that I'm trying to be an obstreperous or difficult patient, "Dr. Marty," but not until my testicles start ovulating and my hirsute nipples fill my wife's bra, would I EVER agree to "sit 'n spin" on another man's bishop!
GodsAntiparticle 5 months ago
They can wear Calvin Klein, Gucci, Prada, Dolche and Gabbana, or Ambercrombie.
ROFLMFAO
mkbcoolman 5 months ago
Lol'n
LivingxPrime 5 months ago in playlist Videos from misterdeity
That's gay.
eightiesguy69yeah 5 months ago
Great!!! It's time that "breeders" walk in the shoes of another person and see how ridiculous reparative therapy of right wing fundamentalists is today.
Paul Harris
Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"
sfgiants3 5 months ago
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL etc. THIS IS FRICKIN' AWESOME!!!! GENIUS!!!!!
DoctorNociceptor 5 months ago
LOVE the heavy use of double entendres just thrown away throughout this piece. It was a real piece of work.
hornsofthebull 5 months ago
Hit another one out of the park. Why aren't you acting/writing for broadcast or cable TV? Oh yea, because your writing it is too smart and advertisers are spineless. Oh well, glad we have you here.
LividImp 5 months ago
Love it. This is hilarious!
lewisbreland 5 months ago
How much you want to bet Dr. Doubletree will be busted snorting crank and fucking a 12 year old rent boy within the next 3 months? Thats how fundy shitbags work. EVERYTIME.
livinlovinlife1 5 months ago
@livinlovinlife1 Yes, but the beauty of Dr. Doubletree is he isn't claiming to be against any of that...
TurboFool 5 months ago
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livinlovinlife1 5 months ago
@livinlovinlife1 Sigh. Your skills of observation could use some work...
TurboFool 5 months ago
A great goof.
JuanDeSoCal 5 months ago
The ultimate trolling video
Balian49 5 months ago
Oh my Nonexistent Supreme Being! Michael Shermer talking about people "not connecting with what GOD wants for their lives..." !!!1! Dr. Shermer, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING??!?1!??
On the other hand, I can clearly see why Michael would want to go to dinner with that suave and debonnair interviewer. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
TranscendentBen 5 months ago
I'm bi but jesus christ what is wrong with this guy
TBingz 5 months ago
WOW im a fan of the LOTR saga, that means that im not a monosexual anymore?
stabinferno 5 months ago
Lol, "Don't bask, don't tell". Humor is the best weapon against religion.
cartesiandualism 5 months ago
@cartesiandualism That's "don't bask, don't dwell." =)
carriepoppy 5 months ago
@carriepoppy
Oops, got caught up in the reference, haha.
cartesiandualism 5 months ago
So, what was "Batter Up! A Switch-Hitter's Guide" about, exactly? Or do I even want to know?
ianmathwiz7 5 months ago
I love that Michael Shermer keeps showing up in these. Can't the skeptics just sponsor Mr Deity, buy the rights to a season or something, and put an end to the need for begging and donations?
sulljoh1 5 months ago
Awesomeness, loved this guys!
mecloptera 5 months ago
I see a future for this guy on the big screen. His acting is off the charts.... and that smile *shivers*
allister2357 5 months ago
This was HILARIOUS!
nonfictions 5 months ago
Loved this piece of satire. I think that after about four viewings I've got most of the subtext. Love the innuendos! Creeper smile ftw!
bjp54321 5 months ago
Brilliant.
HadimusRex 5 months ago
Creeper smile is Creepy, and Awesome.
eulerpwnzgauss 5 months ago
LOL ... I loved this.
imjessietr29 5 months ago
This is so clever! What a way to turn the issue completely around! I love how you get all science-y and then randomly mention that it's what "God wants for people." XD
GallifreysMagician 5 months ago
This is the best thing I've ever seen! SERIOUSLY!!!!! THANK YOU for this satire. It's brilliant!
gdickert1 5 months ago
Monosexual - Ha ha ha, BKD - the master of irony....... 5 Stars
TheCaptCol 5 months ago
This looks scripted, is it?
truckcompany 5 months ago
@truckcompany
Ahh ok, reading the description helps :D
truckcompany 5 months ago
@truckcompany Of course.
misterdeity 5 months ago
@misterdeity He must've gotten it mixed up with the more common 60 Minutes: IMPROV!, a show which has a striking resemblance to this one.
ideologger 4 months ago
@truckcompany Lol, if you've watched his other episodes, you'd know this was just a joke. ;)
GallifreysMagician 5 months ago
@GallifreysMagician
Yes it would of helped lol.
truckcompany 5 months ago
@truckcompany Hahahaha. Look up Way of the Master and its ascribed bigotry, and the hilarious genius of this parody will be obvious.
misterdeity, hilarious connotations!
pjkilmer 4 months ago
Pure genius!
Kia044 5 months ago
Are you, sir, attempting to impune the awesomeness of the LotR movies?
Maphysto 5 months ago
@Maphysto Yeah, really! What's up with that? LOTR should be used on the women!
GallifreysMagician 5 months ago
Just too funny!!!!
socialistshawn 5 months ago
Once again, utter genius.
huntmatuk 5 months ago
This was brilliant. The Michael Shermer cameo was just icing on a very attractive looking cake...
whateverman666 5 months ago
Creeper smile rules! Michael Shermer was awesome in this, when he asked the interviewer out it was hilarious.
PostgodAfterbirth 5 months ago
This is a brilliant parody
RhetoricalBullshit 5 months ago 2
love that guy's smile at the end of each statement
blueeyeddevil002 5 months ago 22
@blueeyeddevil002 That's my now famous creeper smile. I had it patented.
misterdeity 5 months ago 17
Oh my god, that was amazing and kind of disconcerting because it was almost believable.
AndThenSpoons 5 months ago
What will Doubletree's next book be about?
teavea10 5 months ago
@teavea10 Did you notice the title of his previous book? No one's commented on that yet.
misterdeity 5 months ago
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@misterdeity "title of his previous book"
Yes I did notice. Maybe the next one could be "Take Charge: Going AC/DC"
teavea10 5 months ago
@misterdeity Hahaha, "Pro-Choice." I think people are too busy focusing on the message itself to notice that. I'll admit, I had to watch it twice. Clever!
GallifreysMagician 5 months ago
The bike dismount, beauty.
nilbud 5 months ago
@nilbud I got high 9s for that dismount from everyone but the Romanian judge who I later found out is a staunch Catholic. I lost the gold because of it.
misterdeity 5 months ago 2
That man is too sexy to be true...that jaw line, that face, that body...simply hot!
latintreasure85 5 months ago
@latintreasure85 Thanks so much! I think Sean is pretty good lookin' too, don't you?
misterdeity 5 months ago
A fabulous use of double edged sword. :)
veilen 5 months ago
Hahaha ... this is pretty good. I like that you got Michael Shermer in there. Keep up the good work. BTW I love Mr. Deity too.
catsgotmytongue 5 months ago
Oh...My...Deity!! I LOVE love LOVE this video! More please!! :)
Allegro2500 5 months ago
SO MANY INNUENDOES!!! Haha! Loved it!
berto4425 5 months ago
... what if I agree with the essence of Doubletree's point, minus the religion? :p
Most of us are bisexual, to a point. Absolute heterosexuals and absolute homosexuals are the rare ones!
HexenX 5 months ago
This is genius! Thank you so much for addressing these issues through comedy!
stovetop32 5 months ago
I personally can't believe anyone would consider this a Poe, but then again the internet has never ceased to surprise me. Mr. D, if people really *are* taking this seriously please share their outraged e-mails with us!
Cketzalcoatl 5 months ago 4
Wow. Wowie wow wow. That's got Poe's law written all over it. Not sure if that's good or not, but you sure hit the nail on the head when it comes to parody. Nice job, Mr. D.
worlebird 5 months ago
awesome stuff! love it, please do keep it coming!
doomkoala 5 months ago
"Same Sex Detachment Disorder"! That's the sharpest barb I've heard in a while. Seriously, I think I may suffer from this.
mrksmth 5 months ago
LOL LOVED the ending! GR8 epi!
oldhipp13 5 months ago
For all of you who think this is serious, it is tongue in cheek. They are using humour to make a point, that reparative therapy is a joke.
kateo2006 5 months ago
at first when i thought this was about gay reparative therapy i was sick with disgust because of the bigotry. and now that i find out that its a gay guy trying to turn straights into gays im even more disgusted DX
BlakeGoodwell 5 months ago
@BlakeGoodwell It's meant to be humour, they're not serious.
kateo2006 5 months ago
@kateo2006 i know but its still weird xD
BlakeGoodwell 5 months ago
@BlakeGoodwell So does that make you a heterohomophobe, a homoheterophobe, or both?
misterdeity 5 months ago 9
@misterdeity neither im just a gay 15 year old xD
BlakeGoodwell 5 months ago
@misterdeity Those sandals you're sporting are pretty Jesusish
AscendingParadigm 5 months ago
@BlakeGoodwell ... it's a joke based on a funny vidcast called Mr. Deity. Look it up.
keythah 5 months ago
@keythah ye i know.. ._.
BlakeGoodwell 5 months ago
that was hilarious..and david steel is hot
scorand 5 months ago
Furthermore, i simply don't think it's true that people are exclusively attracted to only one sex.
To varying degrees, EVERYONE (even the most ardent heterosexual male for instance) can distinguish an attractive person of the same sex from an unattractive one. I honestly believe we're all bisexual by nature, but that our particular social ideology conditions us to believe that this is unnatural and immoral.
All it takes is to break through that conditioned response to elicit our true nature
Wittgensteinism 5 months ago
@Wittgensteinism Being able to distinguish attractiveness doesn't even remotely suggest a sexual attraction. Your logic doesn't computer. Again, brain chemistry makes it excessively clear that some people clearly respond to one gender over another. I wouldn't remotely suggest ALL people are this way, as some are clearly bisexual, but I'd say a considerable percentage are clearly only one.
TurboFool 5 months ago
@TurboFool Great minds think alike. There is definitely a continuum. But there ARE people who are attracted (sexually) to only one gender -- and moreso (I think) when it comes to thoughts of romance and long-term relationships (which are not just about sexual attraction). What one might do in the heat of the moment says nothing about the type of attraction that can lead to a life-long, sustainable relationship.
misterdeity 5 months ago
@TurboFool That's precisely where you're wrong my friend. Distinguishing attractiveness is nothing more than a subtle form of BEING attracted to someone. Perhaps it doesn't mean you want to stick it in their ass, but that's why i mentioned degrees of attractiveness. There are woman i equally wouldn't stick it into, and it's not because they're women.
Also, your logic about brain chemistry is irrelevent, since brain chemistry is something that is itself subject to change via conditioning.
Wittgensteinism 5 months ago
@Wittgensteinism I'm sorry, but from where does the basis for your claim come? I see no foundation for it. I can make out what characteristics are desirable in another species without wanting to have sex with it, and I can look at someone to whom I have NO attraction and recognize that they're considered attractive.
Meanwhile you just make a blanket statement that brain chemistry can be ignored because some can change? Where's your evidence that this fits in that category?
TurboFool 5 months ago
@Wittgensteinism But even if sexuality CAN be changed via conditioning, the claim here is about the starting point. Most people do lean heavily, if not fully, on one starting point. While I don't disagree that some might be capable of shifting with the right pressures, I fully disagree that we start out bisexual. That defies reproductive logic. We may be looser than society leads us to believe, but most are set pretty clearly.
TurboFool 5 months ago
Not to demean the prodigious writing talents of the Mr. D writers, but the dialogue in this is almost too authentic to be scripted. Seriously, It falls into Poe's law territory. Did you actually write this dialogue, or did you just find an interview with some pray-the-gay-away pastor and make the appropriate word and phrase substitutions?
maxfagin 5 months ago 8
@maxfagin Well, there are no Mr. D writers -- only me. So don't worry about demeaning anyone. And yes, all of this was very carefully scripted. Improv rarely works when you're trying to make a point. I did a tremendous amount of research on this subject, and many of the techniques mentioned are direct representations of the opposite therapy (when "curing" homosexuals, some therapists don't allow men to wear jewelry or Calvin Klein -- no joke). I'll take your comments as a compliment.
misterdeity 5 months ago
@maxfagin Well, there are no Mr. D writers -- only me. So don't worry about demeaning anyone. And yes, all of this was very carefully scripted. Improv rarely works when you're trying to make a point. I did a tremendous amount of research on this subject, and many of the techniques mentioned are direct representations of the opposite therapy (when "curing" homosexuals, some therapists don't allow men to wear jewelry or Calvin Klein -- no joke). I'll take your comments as a compliment.
misterdeity 5 months ago 21
@misterdeity AND you made that point so very well Mr. D; great job. Comedy is a wonderful way to get a message across that might otherwise be unpalatable to some.
The 'ridiculosity' of reparative therapy is exposed in a way that makes thinking people say "Duh". I always knew that I was a little girl and that I would grow up to be a woman. I had crushes on little boys, then big boys - I didn't 'choose' those feelings; they just were. I love these messages; keep 'em coming please.
Jeanikins 5 months ago
@maxfagin My goodness. "Half staff"? "Pulls his finger out of the dyke"? Come on, now, if someone thinks this is real, they don't get any satire at all. But, glad our acting was so authentic, we threw you for a loop! =)
carriepoppy 5 months ago
@carriepoppy I'm not saying I thought it was real (Don't worry, I'm a huge Mr. D fan, I know good satire when I see it). I'm saying that it was so exceptionally authentic sounding, that it sounded like it had simply been word for word copied from an actual cure-the-gay diatribe, with the appropriate word substitutions made (homo -> hetero etc.).
maxfagin 5 months ago 4
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 What part?
TurboFool 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 I fail to see the sexism in that. If you're reading it from the perspective of women saying that, perhaps, but it was stated by a man about a self-esteem issue many men have. We like women, but can't figure out what there is to like about us. It's not sexist, it's self-reflective and a joke on an honest feeling many men have, partially due to being straight and finding men unattractive, and partially an impression we get about ourselves.
TurboFool 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 Extreme much? He makes a generalized statement that YOU are extrapolating to mean all male humans. He also didn't say a word about being ugly in that, so again, YOUR interpretation. And there's NOTHING WHATSOEVER in that line that implies women are mere pretty sex objects. You are adding all sorts of your own interpretations into words where they do NOT exist and then holding the person who wrote them accountable for what's only in your head.
TurboFool 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 Again, you're adding your own meanings to his words. He didn't say jerks or other stereotypes. He's also a character, and a crazy jerk character at that. How seriously are you taking this character we're supposed to laugh at? And again, your own biases are coming through on the lesbians. Is all they do have sex? Way to illegitimize the other aspects of a same-sex relationship. Most of the episode doesn't focus on sex in the new relationships AT ALL.
TurboFool 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 Then if not about the sex, what was I supposed to take away from your assertion that the talk about lesbians was sexist? If we take away the sex aspect, what are we left with? That two lesbians would want to be in a relationship with each other? Failing to see sexism in that, so... what am I missing?
TurboFool 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 It's okay. Women want men all the time. You can sleep tonight knowing there are billions of straight women in the world. You don't like the humor. Okay. Maybe it's time to eat a burrito and watch some M*A*S*H.
carriepoppy 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 Extreme much? He makes a generalized statement that YOU are extrapolating to mean all male humans. He also didn't say a word about being ugly in that, so again, YOUR interpretation. And there's NOTHING WHATSOEVER in that line that implies women are mere pretty sex objects. You are adding all sorts of your own interpretations into words where they do NOT exist and then holding the person who wrote them accountable for what's only in your head.
TurboFool 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 *laughs*
1) Are you a man incredibly attracted to other men? If not, there's no disagreement.
2) It's a joke in a character he's playing, it's not him. Surely you must realize this.
Conclusion: You're entertaining us all but are hilariously wasting your time arguing this.
Stairc 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 *laughs* so you don't find the idea of turning straight people gay offensive, the idea that being straight is a bad thing and against god's will offensive? No, you focus on a joke that men aren't as desirable as women.
It's people like you that make the comments so fun to read. :)
Stairc 5 months ago
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alexjohnc3 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 Your logic would play if the line was stated by one of the straight men (I mean that in the comedy sense, not the... sigh, you won't get it), but it's stated BY the jerk in the video. Can't you recognize that your annoyance is WITH the character we're supposed to be annoyed with? You don't like the joke, well blame the asshole character who made it. Who said that's the sentiment of the writer of the show? Did you believe everything else Dr. Doubletree said was serious?
TurboFool 5 months ago
@alexjohnc3 It's hard to resist laughing at the comments you post.
Satire is manifestly a form of comedy. It's a joke. And within the context of the joke lies another joke. You're the living definition of special exception fallacy. And it only gets funnier that someone whose username is TurboFool is eminently more coherent and reasonable than you.
So yes, for the foreseeable future I expect that my comments in regards to you will contain laughter
*laughs*
Stairc 5 months ago
AMAZING. Best video yet.
werothegreat 5 months ago
Love this video! :-)
ChilapaOfTheAmazons 5 months ago
It's not sexual preference. It's sexual orientation.
Peter97045 5 months ago
LOL @ the banana 1:19 Before the Ray Comfort days, that wouldn't even have been a joke. He's turned the fruit into a laughing stock.
pdblouin33 5 months ago
HEHEHEHE.
I giggled.
fanficbug 5 months ago
Abso fucking lutely brilliant.
retterdett 5 months ago
Awesome! Carrie's Mister Deity debut! I love how Dr. Shermer is just randomly pulling books off the shelf.
doulos1981 5 months ago
@doulos1981 Thanks! Though it's not my debut. =)
carriepoppy 5 months ago