NLRB Doesn’t Think Ben Domenech is Funny, Isn’t Amused By Him

Calling down the thunder when you feel invincible on Twitter, then griping about your victimhood of wetness when it rains, isn’t a good look

Andrew Donaldson
5 min readDec 2, 2020
Ben Domenech speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. 2018. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons

Everyone was having a good time on the Twitter dot com, and then…:

National Labor Relations Board : What do you mean, It’s funny?

Ben Domenech : It’s funny, you know. It’s a good story, it’s funny, I’m a funny guy. [laughs]

NLRB : What do you mean, you mean you talk? What?

Ben Domenech : It’s just, you know. You’re just funny, it’s… funny, you know the way joke about salt mines and everything.

NLRB : [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What’s funny about it?

Aditya Dynar, Ben’s Lawyer : John (Ring, Chairman of the NLRB) no, you got it all wrong.

NLRB : Oh, oh, Aditya. He’s a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how?

Ben Domenech : Jus…

NLRB : What?

Ben Domenech : Just… ya know… you’re funny.

NLRB : You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little messed up maybe, but it’s funny how, I mean…

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Andrew Donaldson

Writer. Mountaineer diaspora. Veteran. Managing Editor @ordinarytimemag on culture & politics, food writing @yonderandhome, Host @heardtellshow & other media