Sentences with phrase «treated as a joke»

Much of the early coverage of Trump, and even well into his campaign, treated him as a joke, as entertainment, as a sideshow.

They are largely incompetent at what they do, and are quickly upstaged by Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear)-- this guy is a genuine superhero, who arrives just in time to save the day and completely upstages the «wannabe» heroes, who are treated as a joke by the police officers, villains, civilians on the scene, and Captain Amazing himself.

The experiences he relates (save for the brief moment of terror) are treated as a joke.

She started her career being tolerated, then treated as a joke by her peers.

Another competition Arsene treats as a joke.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is often treated as a joke, when it's nothing of the kind.

From day one to till today it is being seemed that older women younger men relationship always treated as joke?

Tormented by his seven harpy sisters, treated as a joke by his business associates, he radiates the aura of a beaten puppy.

Writer / director Patrick Brice loves his characters, and unlike most comedy films, doesn't treat them as jokes.

I know my nephews treat it as a joke.

However I have no intention to buy one till next year and honestly the vast majority of people I know treat it as a joke.

They always treated me as a joke.

But we realized that the fact that the entire internet would treat it as a joke would have made it impossible for us to effectively do so.

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From the get - go, the story of Stormy Daniels has been treated as a sideshow at best, a joke at worst.

A prophet and teacher who never nagged at them, never flattered or coaxed or patronized; who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as «The women, God help us!»

I am assuming this post is a joke because it too unbelievable to treat this as something a rational person would write.

By that I mean that the common habit of treating robots as people — however much it seems like a joke or a shorthand or a metaphor — could erode our already diminished sense of the human person as uniquely special.

The rest are witless morons, spewing the same old tripe, treating the mighty Arsenal (and AW in particular) as a joke.

We fans are treated as cash cows only and disdained by all in charge, including the Dickensian joke Chairman.

(As an aside, lots of you have asked why Steve wasn't on the cover... we all joke that the fold out flap on the front should really have Steve - off to the side as he was - juggling sippy cups, clothes, props and dangling treatAs an aside, lots of you have asked why Steve wasn't on the cover... we all joke that the fold out flap on the front should really have Steve - off to the side as he was - juggling sippy cups, clothes, props and dangling treatas he was - juggling sippy cups, clothes, props and dangling treats.

And, amazingly, you are treating the entire subject as a big joke.

On the subject of making mistakes, remember, just as you wouldn't want every youthful mistake, every wrong choice, every unfortunate decision to be broadcast to the world or even just joked about privately instead of being left in the past where it belongs, be sure to practice «The Golden Rule of Parenting» and treat your children how you prefer to be treated.

The quiet patriotism of the British means that the correct form is to treat receiving an honour as a bit of a joke while secretly having a sense of great pride.

People treat this Labour leadership as a joke; they're actually a real threat to national security.

Trump and his campaign did not treat his remark as a joke; instead, they insisted he was merely urging gun rights supporters to vote as a bloc against Clinton.

These microaggressions included four instances of sexual objectification, 26 instances of treating females as second - class citizens, 44 instances of racist or sexist language or jokes, 61 instances of restrictive gender roles, and 30 instances of focusing on the athletes» physical body types and shapes.

Everyone loves their treats, and I joke that I give my kids just as many treats as the next parent; only my rule is that a «treat» is something that is nutrient - dense, full of good fats, protein, and unrefined, whole - food sweeteners (primarily using real fruit, raw honey, and stevia).

R U a mineralogist or treat priceless as dirt (joke)?

This is just another human being, so treat them as you would a friend — cracking jokes, asking for their opinion, listening to their stories, providing your feedback, etc..

I love gaming on all consoles and computers but I only have my Xbox and desktop at the moment, I'm genuinely nice and sweet if you respect me as well and i won't ever treat you badly I'll joke around in our parties and matches though If we are acting a fool

Cruz is so excruciatingly lovely that her beauty needs to be treated as a great joke, as if she were some extraterrestrial being who has landed here to charm and beguile us: Torres gets the feel exactly right when she shows us a stand of limp tulips on the street that magically spring to attention as Isabella passes by.

One would be a broad Hollywood satire about the thin line separating Barry's old profession from his new one, featuring abundant cartoonish violence and punchlines with double meaning for thespian and assassins both, all while treating Barry's day job as a joke in and of itself.

To give Grimsby credit, for a lowbrow comedy whose jokes are overwhelmingly rooted in gay panic and treating the bodies of larger women as walking sight gags, it's surprisingly good - natured, even sweet at times.

(This slap on the wrist is a nice final joke — or «button,» to comedy writers — but doubling as satire, it also points to the way in which rich white men are treated when caught with drugs.)

But the only way to get through this movie is to treat it as black comedy, so she's sadly the butt of all the jokes.

We're treated to a number of «X-Men» jokes, many of them purely visual (some so quick you might miss «em if you blink), as Deadpool reunites with Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and the hulking, steel - bodied Colossus (Stefan Kapicic), who continues to comport himself with great dignity and honor, and continues to believe Wade / Deadpool can become a better man / superhero.

James Franco beautifully captures the mannerisms of Tommy Wiseau but what makes his portrayal so great is that he treats Tommy more as a human being rather than a joke.

It doesn't take itself too seriously, but neither does it treat the material as empty fodder for lame jokes.

A more focused comedy might have treated the opening contrast as an inspired jumping - off point rather than a general theme — and crafted more jokes that linger, rather than dissipating as soon as they land.

This is this kind of movie that treats the sight of a ceramic rear end or a male garden gnome dressed in a pink tutu as jokes unto themselves.

It has a joke - manual mode if you're in the mood, but it behaves like a hungover teenager, taking hours to get out of bed and treating shift orders as optional.

It treats it as kind of a joke.

Wacker came and treated the whole thing as a joke, and basically made Brothers question why he should do any of this work when the people behind it don't seem to care.

Always keep a close eye on them, and never give them any alcohol as a treat or joke.

However, if they do tag along, it is best to keep them on a very short leash and harness to keep them from fighting with other animals, eating the treats, becoming victims of practical jokes — as black cats often do — or biting strangers they encounter.

You still get regular letters from your mum, you still buy clothes from hedgehogs because pins (it's a joke), and you still get pushed to treat your candy - coloured debt prison as something approximating a free land.

What really gets me is how Dynasty Warriors is often treated as an industry joke, at least in the West, where critics deride it and everybody else dismisses it.

Unlike for Richard Prince or Christopher Wool, it does not treat itself or you as a bad joke.

Roberta Smith reports that «the arrangements at Greene Naftali, especially, convey the impression that the only way to take painting seriously is to treat it as some kind of joke.»

I like how his work can be serious while treating art itself as a kind of joke, which is how music can be — just for dancing and to party.