#beforethedailyshow

I never really watched comedy central

fox news sat peacefully on its throne of insanity. You will be missed.

i didn't know what i now do for a living could be an actual career #photoshop

@katieorenstein

there was no new jersey love in the news!

Baghdad wasn't a city in Mess O'Potamia.

I was five years old. I don't remember anything before the Daily Show.

I didn't know just how easy it was to combine my 2 great loves: #comedy & #politics. All my love to you Jon. #JonVoyage

I thought I was alone in my hatred for Arby's.

I didn't fully value the ability of satire to inform the public.

@agrblcontrarian

there was no truth spoken in network/local news

zen was so… zen

I didn't know I could be outraged and laugh at the same time.

I tuned into network news for reaction to a big story. Now, I know I have to wait a day (or 3 for monday)

no one took comedians seriously as social commentators. Now we can't do without them.

@TheDonkeyHotey

I only mildly saw the absurdity of political punditry and #reprohealth was hard to make funny.

my knowledge of Yiddish was limited at best.

I was two years old and had zero interest in politics. Now I care deeply about it. #ThanksJon (But seriously, thanks.)

I didn't care. Thanks for making me care!

I truly needed my sanity restored.

@rachelpoletick

watching the news fostered misanthropy. Thanks for turning the tide, Jon.

@tinyaptworkshop

I didn't know how hilarious photoshop could be

no one got excited over interviews with book authors.

@lindsayballant

I didn't know a man's hair could be perfectly coiffed yet look so regal.

a fake news program needed to exist to help make real news programming less fake #longliveJonStewart #keepitupJohnOliver

I was destined to be a third-termer, not a third rate puppy painter.

I got all my political information and opinions from my dad without ever stopping to wonder what I really thought

I was uninformed (was also a child)

Steve and Stephen were just two dudes looking for a chance to make people laugh.

I only watched the news when visiting my parents at 6:00pm

I weighed 60lbs less but I thought Kilborn was funny...my how I've grown

@WickedBerkshire

crucially introduced me to dissident/critical voices of the American people against the deafening war drum of gov/media

I didn't know how satisfying a Moment of Zen could be.

I didn't realize how progressive I was. Thanks for not allowing news media to be dominated by corporate interests.

I never knew how funny Dick Cheney and Sheldon Adelson were.

Nobody questioned the spin cycle. Now I’m no longer alone in yelling at washing machines.

I didn't know how to eat pizza like a New Yorker.

@agrblcontrarian

I did not know that Jon was on the planet. Unimaginable now. Enjoy your free time, my darling. Love ya.

Jon Stewart was an evil alien science teacher, Prof. Edward Furlong

I had to yell at the stupidity of corporate TV news - now I don't watch evening news at all

Bill O'Reilly used to open for Carrot Top.

I just got angry at the news

I kinda respected TV news anchors.

I never questioned network news and their various agendas.

I assumed all news was void of agenda or bias.

@mr_leo_jung

all we had was Bill Maher (and the occasional Letterman) to rely on for quotable interviews.

@lindsayballant

I didn't care about politics.

Let’s send Jon Stewart a giant thank you.

We’ve spent 16 years watching Jon on The Daily Show. We grew up with it, and it grew with us. It has helped to inform and shape our outlook on current events while providing a laugh or sigh at the absurdity of, well, the absurd. We can’t imagine a world where Jon isn’t part of our Mondays through Thursdays (excluding holidays and those long breaks they take). And we wanted, in some small way, to collect our thoughts and show our appreciation. Because we were all a little different #beforethedailyshow.

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