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Desus and Mero

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The Resume

    Daniel 'Nice' Baker/Desus (born May 18, 1981)
    Joel 'The Kid' Mero (born May 15, 1983)
    Hosts of ‘Desus & Mero’ on Viceland (debuted June 28, 2018) and Showtime (debuted February 21, 2019)
    Hosted ‘The Bodega Boys’ podcast
    Hosted the web series ‘Desus vs. Mero’ on Complex TV (2013–14)
    Authors of ‘God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx’

Why they might be annoying:

    Their main YouTube channel consists mainly of ‘Reaction’ videos.
    Their favorite guest? Kirsten Gillibrand of all people.
    Their original stint on Showtime involved kissing up to 2020 Democrat Presidentials while also getting them ‘Uptown Certified’ (e.g. goading Pete Buttigieg into chugging booze out of a brown bag open container in the streets of New York).
    Their set décor includes a stuffed grizzly bear wearing a Yankees cap.
    They had a tense exchange with DJ Envy at the start of their Breakfast Club interview after he confronted them for making jokes about his wife, resulting in DJ Envy leaving the studio mid-interview. They later called it an ‘ambush’ (March 2018).

Why they might not be annoying:

    They are of Jamaican and Dominican descent respectively.
    They have a rapport together that comes off as genuine.
    They started off on Twitter – using the medium to vent about their job in witticisms.
    By 2014, they had their own sponsored podcast and were regular commentators on MTV’s Guy Code.
    Their first guest on Showtime was AOC.
    They secured an interview with President Obama (not bad for two guys who met in Bronx summer school).
    They are comedians who manage to tackle politics without coming off as preachy or pandering.
    The Breakfast Club incident only helped them in the long-run as they saw their views and subscriber base rise dramatically afterwards (and – as of April 2021 - the reaction video to the ‘Ambush’ is their most watched video with over 2.2 million views).

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 21 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying