The problem with Jim
35 2018-02-15 by theropers
is that he can't tell the difference between sincerity and bluntness. His personality is mostly a construction to avoid personal closeness because of whatever trauma he experienced as a child. Since he's terrified of people recognizing this facade for what it is, he tries to avoid looking phony by bluntly blurting out humiliating details of his personal life so he looks "honest".
But since this is just a defense mechanism to prevent people (maybe even himself) from seeing his true pain, it's not actually honest or sincere. It's just factual and embarrassing.
When he's in an interview setting, he thinks he's "cutting through the bullshit" by just blurting out something painful for the interviewee - "Your mom was killed, right?!" But this is a grotesque simulation of actual human sincerity that disgusts emotionally normal people.
That's why he's very funny but fails as an interviewer and actor.
22 comments
1 TinKnockinMoroccan 2018-02-15
He's just autistic. He doesn't understand human emotions.
1 thatRookie 2018-02-15
It really is a shame. Opie needed him that day.
1 ohpizzawow 2018-02-15
That was a big fawkin day
1 RapistWithHIV 2018-02-15
He's not even that funny.
I wish I had enough autism to compile the thousands of times he's segued in a forced tranny joke with an overexcited voice & expression that just screams "HAHA, GET IT??.. PLEASE LIKE ME!!"
1 RJMontgomery 2018-02-15
Cool name bro
1 Rainbowuser13 2018-02-15
Norton has never been funny.In the golden years of O and A the best shows were the ones when he wasn't there.
1 ObsessiveMuso 2018-02-15
Go away Gregg.
1 doodoopeepees 2018-02-15
What's terrifying about him is that since he birds this sick shit out he feels entitled to everyone's secrets and is above "anonymous".
1 Sippycupofpee 2018-02-15
Spot in
1 bitchgotapeckah 2018-02-15
This is also why he falls in love with sex workers and thinks they love him back. He has no sense of what genuine intimacy and closeness with another person feels like.
1 ObsessiveMuso 2018-02-15
I thought it was the HIV.
1 Doc_McCoyXYZ 2018-02-15
I thought they was givin the man UPS
1 TheNiceLife 2018-02-15
The strangest thing was Jim wanting to cut his wrists like a suicidal teenage girl, because the Yankees lost a world series in the early 2000s, and then hating about them because Jeter never signed his photo after asking him 5-6 times.
1 fawwkyeah 2018-02-15
Sounds like some bobo shit
1 IbDotLoyingAwright 2018-02-15
GUESS MY CHROMOSOMES FORGOT TO PAIR OFF
1 Joemomma101 2018-02-15
Do you think all that blinking he does makes the guests comfortable to share their deepest, darkest secrets with him?
1 dougfunny86 2018-02-15
Naw he's fine and funny
1 Phkna1 2018-02-15
He is a hollowed out shell of a man with no true identity, so he blindly follows his basest physical urges, and simply molds his personality to those around him. Why has he become hateable? Look who he chose as a partner, a mentally stunted ape-boy.
1 brmlb 2018-02-15
unless it’s Vos, Bobby, Colin, Florentine or Patrice when he was alive, Jim also is unfunny around other comedians. When Jeff Ross, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Hart, etc are on, it’s always some terrible “craft of comedy” discussion Jim starts up. The discussion becomes serious, then Jim interjects a tranny joke. The decision to go from serious to funny must always be on the worm’s terms.
1 CONCHOPETEghostcock 2018-02-15
Hes not very funny. Whens the last time he didnt sound like a grandma????
1 Senators86 2018-02-15
He REALLY needs Ant or Colin or someone he can bounce off of to be funny. He can't be funny with duds like Ope and Sam.
1 SpitItoutSocrates 2018-02-15
He's also a faggot.
1 RJMontgomery 2018-02-15
He’s a sweet boy with the crispest snaps in the business. I hear there is a buzz in the Sirius offices about it.
1 Doc_McCoyXYZ 2018-02-15
I thought they was givin the man UPS