Alright, I had to register for an account because I don't want Rick to have control of this part of the narrative which I don't think the new audience has context of.
This didn't start because he "never thought Norm was funny," like he says, it's because he only said that because people were piling on to Norm because he was defending Roseanne, Louis CK, and Shane Gillis, so Ricky saw it as an opportunity to oink, have media outlets see his bloated follower count and now long-departed blue check, and think he had an important voice. Here's an article on Norm that quoted one of Rick's tweets:
Norm Macdonald's new show Norm Macdonald Has a Show hasn't even come out yet, and he's already facing major backlash. In a new interview, he...
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So there's an anti-bullying angle here that he's too dumb and prideful to admit - he can't get an audience by writing readable fiction or performing stand-up with any humorous elements, only by bullying those more successful than him, which includes John Does #1-60. I mean just pick 60 Does from the morgue and they'll be able to write more entertainingly.
Also...where is the left-handed thing coming from? In that tough guy dropping the ammo clip video, isn't he holding the gun right-handed? I went back through the thread and tried to find it, but had to stop at the charred Beef Wellington pic, I forgot about that, peak Pat-mind about what's good enough to brag about. There was a video of him doing stand-up with a watch on his left wrist, but I don't know if that's what left-handed undesirables do to "pass".
He probably would say he's ambidextrous though, that's on brand.