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Vulture has confirmed that on March 14, Mehta died in Brooklyn at 31 years old.
According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Mehtas cause of death is pending an investigation.
He also produces a weekly comedy show called Airplane Modeand a monthly DSA fundraiser called Paid Protest.
The Where are you really from?
question is one brown people get constantly whenever you tell them youre from Anywhere in America.
Its someones not-so-subtle way of asking about your ethnicity.
Its a hack racist question.
Do you feel like Twitter has been a good platform for your brand of comedy?Yes.
I have a very modest following that is a cross-section of comedians, journalists, and extremely online leftists.
Left Twitter is especially great because there are no gatekeepers or rules.
Some of your tweets are pretty silly, while others get fairly political or serious.
I also have a go at be entertaining when I post the serious stuff, at the very least.
I dont just wanna say something boring like racism is wrong.
I also changed my Venmo to that but then Venmo froze my account and forced me to stop.
When I was 11 all I did was listen to Nirvana, DMX, andThe Marshall Mathers LP.
He is just very amusing to me.
Just an absolutely ludicrous person who still takes himself way too seriously despite having everything.
I wish I could stop, too.
You were doing comedy in Minneapolis before you moved to NYC.
But, sometimes you have to make opportunities when you cant get them.
Anyway, someone hey give me a writing job and get me out of this hell.
