Ahamed Weinberg Stand-Up Performance

-Thank you.
My name is Ahamed Weinberg.
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Thanks, my parents wrote that joke.
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Appreciate it.
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My dad is a Jew who converted to Islam,
which is the reason the answering machine
in my house growing up was, "Asalaam alikum,
you're reached the Wienbergs.
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Please leave a message."
Nobody left a message, ever.
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If they did, it was 20 seconds of silence.
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And then, some guy would be like, "Dude, hang up."
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My mom was raised Irish-Catholic.
She was one of 10, and then she converted
to Islam.
And then my parents met, and they said, "It's on."
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They said, "Let's make the weirdest kid possible."
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They said, "Let's make a human being whose only
career option is stand-up comedy."
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And that's why I'm here.
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I was raised white.
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People wonder if it's hard to be a Muslim in America,
and it's actually pretty easy.
You just be white, you know?
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It truly -- It makes everything easy.
It's like -- Being white is like having
a bicycle in a traffic jam of racists, you know.
Like, when you're white, you look around and everyone's like,
"I'm stuck!
I can't get where I wanna go!"
And white people are like, "Oh, you just go between, you know?
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Just get where you're going."
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Yeah, people are scared of Islam, you know?
And I just wanna say, like, my parents are not terrorists,
okay? They're emotionally invasive.
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You know, growing up I thought they ruined my life,
but it wasn't a global concern, you know.
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If you're scared of Islam, just know that my parents are
normal, homophobic people.
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And that, by the way, is not Islam.
That's just getting old.
That's what happens. [ Laughter ]
As the world changes, you become scared of things.
Like, I'm gonna be ignorant, I just don't know how.
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I'll be at the table with my family just like,
"Listen, ain't no computer screwing my daughter!
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I swear, Brandi! You bring home another robot..."
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And she's like, "Dad, he's AI. He's perfect for me."
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I'm like, "I don't care! Where's my vape pen?"
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I, like, get on my hoverboard and just leave.
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They're like, "Old Man Wienberg."
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My grandma's more scared of technology than me.
Like, she's scared of e-mail.
Like, she clicks "send" and she's like, "Where'd it go?"
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She doesn't understand e-mail!
She doesn't understand it, which is crazy 'cause
I understand e-mail 'cause I grew up with it, you know.
What I don't get is the regular mail.
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The regular mail is crazy.
Every time I put a letter in a mailbox, my first thought is,
"There's no way that works."
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How do we trust that box next to the trash can...
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...every time?
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I am scared of apps.
I think they replace things in our lives,
like Tindr has replaced my heart.
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Uber has replaced ambulances.
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Yeah, if you're in trouble, Uber's way cheaper.
Just so you know.
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But seriously, like, there could be an app soon
that replaces the cops.
That'll be next big app.
It'll be called "Help."
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It's just spelled with a "Y" somehow.
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Your house is getting robbed.
You're like, "Lets try 'Hylp,' dude!
Why not?"
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And that's scary, 'cause that'll be me
coming to save you.
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That'll be unemployed Millennials,
like, trying to pay off their student debt.
You buy a gun, you're like, "Yeah, I'm on 'Hylp' now.
It's a...."
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I get 8 bucks every life I save, you know.
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Plus tips, so."
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And your house is getting robbed,
you look at your phone,
it's like, "Andrew with an AK-47
will be there...
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...in 23 minutes."
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You're like, "Three stars? What is this?"
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And then, Andrew shows up late.
He's like, "Sorry, my Uber driver's an idiot."
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All right, that's it for me. Thank you very much, guys.

Ahamed Weinberg Stand-Up Performance

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