Matt Ruby
@mattruby.bsky.social
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Matt Ruby
@mattruby.bsky.social
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-Robert Bostick, HumorPoint
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Seattle! I’m telling jokes there Thu night 11/20 at the Here-After (one of the final shows there before it closes).
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Seattle! I’m telling jokes there Thu night 11/20 at the Here-After (one of the final shows there before it closes).
An alpha male is a man who is fearful of cities, loves watching half-naked men grapple in a cage, and does whatever a corrupt narcissist addicted to tacky gold fixtures says to do. Got it! You're LIBERACE STRONG.
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
An alpha male is a man who is fearful of cities, loves watching half-naked men grapple in a cage, and does whatever a corrupt narcissist addicted to tacky gold fixtures says to do. Got it! You're LIBERACE STRONG.
"More wisdom per second of Audio in this Podcast than any longform pod I’ve listened to in the past year. Thanks, Matt."
I was interviewed by a professor about standup and politics and here’s some of the good bits from that conversation.
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I was interviewed by a professor about standup and politics and here’s some of the good bits from that conversation.
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funnyhow.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
An interview about comedy and politics
I go deep on standup, fashion, podcasting, social media, and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"More wisdom per second of Audio in this Podcast than any longform pod I’ve listened to in the past year. Thanks, Matt."
I was interviewed by a professor about standup and politics and here’s some of the good bits from that conversation.
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funnyhow.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
I was interviewed by a professor about standup and politics and here’s some of the good bits from that conversation.
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funnyhow.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
I get lonely. But as soon as I’m around other people, I’m like, “Oh, I’d rather not.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I get lonely. But as soon as I’m around other people, I’m like, “Oh, I’d rather not.”
Follow MTG and your fave bro podcasters. The grift is in opposing the establishment. You can't profit as much from endorsing the status quo. So, slowly but surely, the Biden haters will pivot to being 47 haters because being "the opposition" is the smart financial play.
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Follow MTG and your fave bro podcasters. The grift is in opposing the establishment. You can't profit as much from endorsing the status quo. So, slowly but surely, the Biden haters will pivot to being 47 haters because being "the opposition" is the smart financial play.
When you’re used to tribalism, objectivity feels like propaganda.
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When you’re used to tribalism, objectivity feels like propaganda.
The best writers of my generation have all turned into podcasters and now there's no one left to write a thinkpiece about it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The best writers of my generation have all turned into podcasters and now there's no one left to write a thinkpiece about it.
Mitch Hedberg: "I hate bombing jokes. As a comedian, you can’t be like pancakes. All fun and exciting at first, but by the end of it you’re f$&@*% sick of ’em."
More below...
More below...
What to do when things go wrong onstage
Learning from Ella Fitzgerald, Radiohead, Johnny Carson, and Mitch Hedberg.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mitch Hedberg: "I hate bombing jokes. As a comedian, you can’t be like pancakes. All fun and exciting at first, but by the end of it you’re f$&@*% sick of ’em."
More below...
More below...
I talk about Jon Stewart talking about Joe Rogan to David Remnick. I’d tell you where I agree with Jon but conflict is what the algorithm craves so…voila. (See what I mean.)
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I talk about Jon Stewart talking about Joe Rogan to David Remnick. I’d tell you where I agree with Jon but conflict is what the algorithm craves so…voila. (See what I mean.)
Algorithmic bubbles are killing dating. Men keep taking advice from other men while women take it from other women. Meanwhile, the real problem is we’re not listening to each other. The opposite gender is there to provide duality and a counterpoint.
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Algorithmic bubbles are killing dating. Men keep taking advice from other men while women take it from other women. Meanwhile, the real problem is we’re not listening to each other. The opposite gender is there to provide duality and a counterpoint.
"Your body keeps the spore."
-Mushrooms
-Mushrooms
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Your body keeps the spore."
-Mushrooms
-Mushrooms
🎯 The five stages of grief are a mourning routine.
🎯 “Stop2End” would be a great tombstone epitaph.
🎯 Thongs invaded America in the 90s and Cisqo was our Paul Revere.
🎯 Halloween stores should be called bootiques.
More at link below...
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🎯 “Stop2End” would be a great tombstone epitaph.
🎯 Thongs invaded America in the 90s and Cisqo was our Paul Revere.
🎯 Halloween stores should be called bootiques.
More at link below...
👀 mattruby.substack.com/p/gen-z-inve...
Gen Z invents meditation
[Captured] The most surprising victory in packaging design history, a bad friend campaign, Netflix weirdness, party princesses, and more.
mattruby.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🎯 The five stages of grief are a mourning routine.
🎯 “Stop2End” would be a great tombstone epitaph.
🎯 Thongs invaded America in the 90s and Cisqo was our Paul Revere.
🎯 Halloween stores should be called bootiques.
More at link below...
👀 mattruby.substack.com/p/gen-z-inve...
🎯 “Stop2End” would be a great tombstone epitaph.
🎯 Thongs invaded America in the 90s and Cisqo was our Paul Revere.
🎯 Halloween stores should be called bootiques.
More at link below...
👀 mattruby.substack.com/p/gen-z-inve...
The best way to get 'em to tackle inflation would be to start saying that's what the "I" stands for in DEI.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The best way to get 'em to tackle inflation would be to start saying that's what the "I" stands for in DEI.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"He told them the plastic was gold and they believed him" sounds like the premise to fairy tale and yet here we are.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"He told them the plastic was gold and they believed him" sounds like the premise to fairy tale and yet here we are.
I didn’t even know Home Depot had a gold section.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I didn’t even know Home Depot had a gold section.
"What's the path to success in comedy?"
Then: "Be undeniably good."
Now: "Please Mark Zuckerberg and the Chinese government."
Then: "Be undeniably good."
Now: "Please Mark Zuckerberg and the Chinese government."
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"What's the path to success in comedy?"
Then: "Be undeniably good."
Now: "Please Mark Zuckerberg and the Chinese government."
Then: "Be undeniably good."
Now: "Please Mark Zuckerberg and the Chinese government."
The "Superman 2" villains look like a goth band that opened up for Joy Division.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The "Superman 2" villains look like a goth band that opened up for Joy Division.
Me: "This con man is a con man."
Them: "You have con man derangement syndrome!"
Them: "You have con man derangement syndrome!"
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Me: "This con man is a con man."
Them: "You have con man derangement syndrome!"
Them: "You have con man derangement syndrome!"
"No, honey. That's how it's SUPPOSED to fit."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"No, honey. That's how it's SUPPOSED to fit."
Do not take seriously anyone who releases more than three hours a week of content. They are not dispensing wisdom, they are filling air time.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Do not take seriously anyone who releases more than three hours a week of content. They are not dispensing wisdom, they are filling air time.
The internet encourages us to seek the validation of strangers far away while ignoring everyone in our immediate vicinity.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The internet encourages us to seek the validation of strangers far away while ignoring everyone in our immediate vicinity.
Me on SubwayTakes: My take is we shouldn’t be using Metrocards to hold our lav mics. The purpose of a lav mic is to clip onto your shirt. Let’s use them properly and abandon the charade.
Kareem: 100% disagree.
Kareem: 100% disagree.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Me on SubwayTakes: My take is we shouldn’t be using Metrocards to hold our lav mics. The purpose of a lav mic is to clip onto your shirt. Let’s use them properly and abandon the charade.
Kareem: 100% disagree.
Kareem: 100% disagree.