Jupiter, FL — Following his recent performance at a Trump rally in Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has reached what many are calling the career equivalent of the Mariana Trench. Known for offensive humor that went so far it prompted Trump’s own campaign to clarify, “This joke does not reflect our views,” Hinchcliffe found himself at a new low: hired by the Babylon Bee. And now, Tony’s stepped in to “level up” the Bee’s famous mixture of failed humor and low-rent gags.
The Bee’s New “Fearless” Voice
Sources close to the Bee report that its editorial staff “couldn’t believe their luck” when Tony approached them. His Madison Square Garden performance included barbs about Puerto Rico, which he called “a floating island of garbage,” and lazy stereotypes about Arab Americans, Jews, and anyone else unfortunate enough to catch his gaze from the stage. Naturally, this caught the attention of the Bee, who saw in Tony a “fearless new voice.” As one editor put it, “We’re used to making the libs mad. But Tony? Tony’s stuff gets entire countries furious. We’re honored to add that unique flavor of universally offensive material to our brand.”
It wasn’t just Tony’s comments about Puerto Rico that appealed to the Bee’s appetite for confrontation; his approach to humor seemed perfectly aligned with the Bee’s mission of creating shareable clickbait masquerading as satire. A Babylon Bee representative, thrilled to have found a “provocative new hire,” reportedly declared, “Most of our pieces target safe subjects: environmentalists, electric cars, vegan burgers. But Tony—he takes it to the next level. He can make jokes so terrible that even we’re a little worried.”
Project Humor: Training for Trash
The Bee has launched Project Humor, a “satirical training” initiative, to welcome Hinchcliffe. Tony himself will lead workshops titled “Real Offense, Not Fake Outrage” and “The Art of Hitting Every Demographic at Once.” This program isn’t for dabbling in surface-level snark, either; it’s about perfecting the kind of humor that leaves people wondering if it’s satire or just straight-up slander. Given the Bee’s history of targeting underrepresented groups, Tony encourages writers to “identify” as satirists when, in reality, they are bigots.
For years, the Bee has stoked cheap outrage by using “identify” jokes to mock the transgender community, with articles like “Pro Baseball Player Identifies as a Little Leaguer, Smashes 14 Home Runs.” These same headlines, adored by the Bee’s base, have targeted trans and LGBTQ+ communities under the thin veneer of “satire,” as if pointing to identity issues somehow makes the piece “humor.” By adding Tony’s anything-goes ethos, the Bee now hopes to craft headlines that do more than simply provoke—they aim to obliterate any semblance of decency. In Project Humor, staff writers accustomed to pithy barbs like “AOC’s Latest Twitter Meltdown” now get to explore new lows in tone-deaf “comedy,” under Hinchcliffe’s rule that real offensive comedy doesn’t merely tap—it steamrolls.
The Bee’s objective is clear: bring on Tony, train writers to push the line between satire and slur, and, ideally, stake their claim as the premier platform for garbage-tier humor.
Fans Question the New Direction
Yet even the Bee’s most loyal fans—those who relish the site’s usual humor—are reportedly struggling to keep up. For years, they’ve enjoyed sharing the Bee’s articles on social media, relishing each “triggered liberal” reply as a tiny victory. But Tony’s arrival changes things; his “satire” has brought new levels of discomfort. Social media groups once dedicated to sharing Bee articles now find themselves grappling with debates over Tony’s latest piece, unsure if they’re meant to laugh, cringe, or report it.
In response to the backlash, the Bee released a statement in its classic style, stating, “If you don’t like Tony’s jokes, that’s your problem. His humor is revolutionary, visionary, and, most importantly, too intelligent for some people to appreciate.” Tony, for his part, issued his own defense, insisting, “I’m not here to trigger the libs. I’m here to traumatize everyone.” And it appears the Bee is more than happy to accommodate.
The Final Frontier for Tony Hinchcliffe?
For Tony, this new role at the Babylon Bee is his last stand, his final frontier of free expression where nothing is too offensive and nothing too extreme. But what he may not realize is that joining the Bee is, for many, the clearest sign yet that he’s hit rock bottom. When even your brand of “humor” finds its final resting place with the Bee, you might start to wonder if your jokes are still jokes or just provocations posing as punchlines. As one fictional Bee fan commented, “I used to come here to make fun of people. Now? I think maybe we’re the ones being made fun of.”
