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  • Kumail has a bit where he discusses his discomfort at playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where one of the missions is set in his hometown of Karachi. Of course it's not that that bothers him, per se; in fact he talks about how he thinks he might have some home field advantage ("It's okay guys! We can hide here! Mister Siddiqui is a friend of mine!") No, what bothers him is the fact that all the street signs are written in Arabic. They speak Urdu in Pakistan:
    Kumail: And I know it doesn't seem like a big deal. But this game took three years to make. If you look at it, they get every detail perfect, like the graphics. You can see every individual hair on people's heads. When they run, they sweat! When they move, their shoelaces bounce! All they had to do was Google "Pakistan language." They were literally like, "What language do they speak in Pakistan?" "I don't care! I need to get this guy's sideburns right!"
  • Kumail has the distinction of delivering the most devastating response to a Mean Tweet in the history of Jimmy Kimmel Live!:
    Kumail: "Is Kumail Nanjiani's dick multiple colors?" Yes. Every shade of your mom's lipstick.
  • One of Kumail's favorite things to do as a guest on a talk show is to make interviewers uncomfortable by invoking casual racism. When he tries to describe the cleric who performed his marriage to Conan O'Brien:
    Kumail: Okay, pretend you're racist, and now imagine a Muslim.
    Conan: Erm... (noticeable discomfort)
  • After getting jacked to play a Marvel superhero, Pornhub used a screenshot of him for their "muscular men" category. And gave him a 10 year free subscription.

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