The Eminem bits may well have been the show's nadir.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 January 2017 04:49 (seven years ago) link
Enh, I liked this ep, but I'm a Lovecraft fan, and dug that they did something this dorky.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2017 07:35 (seven years ago) link
ok I did lol at "Go Miskatonic U! The fightin' squid!"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 January 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
i thought matt's stoned-on-pizza voice was funny but that's p much all i got.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
Maybe I need to give it more time, I only made it about 10 mins and there was something exhausting about it. It seemed like something that would be really funny and clever at a family gathering but not something I wanted to listen to on the radio.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
no it's definitely bad
― adam, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
I went back and listened to the Freeway Ross episode that keeps being recommended, and while it eventually got pretty funny there were 15 minutes of boring shit-shooting at the beginning. Pretty standard for a Guys-in-a-living-room podcast. I can see how people can't hang with this.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
I also didn't know that half of that episode was a relatively sympathetic convo about Sean Hannity
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, when I recommend eps like that I usually remind people to stick through the shit-shooting at the beginning. After a while I think that stuff grows on you too, but at first I can see how it seems inert.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
I'm sorry, what?
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
http://fair.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SeanHannityFootball.png
not so hard to understand tbh, looks like a likeable guy imo
― marcos, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sean-hannity-04152015.jpg
― marcos, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000709183776/6273b31aa1836ac86426478aaa82a597.jpeg
― marcos, Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
The only way it's relative sympathetic is that they're not just cursing his parentage for 20 mins. Getting into his sadsack need to dine at foofy NYC steakhouses while complaining about elites on the air as well as his compulsion to proof he's the alpha dog enough amongst his employees on an almost daily basis is just part of it. Not to mention his bragging about regular training sessions with Chuck Liddell.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
eh, they favorably compare him to O'Reilly numerous times and say he'd be fun to go out drinking with. All the negative stuff was kind of a given.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Well, yeah, comparing to Oreilly kinda tilts it a bit.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
i don't fuck with roleplaying games or table-top stuff but i finally got thru the most recent one and it was good for what it was. obv would appreciate it more if i was a fan of those games. if y'all are following them on twitter, they're already in DC reporting on the Inauguration. psyched for their live show.. tmrw?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 19 January 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
this rules, sorry if it's been posted already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvN464imtMQ
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 January 2017 02:13 (seven years ago) link
holy shit this kid is a fucking moron
― will, Friday, 20 January 2017 02:52 (seven years ago) link
That interview has such a great moment of Matt completely blowing up at some chump refusing to engage.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Friday, 20 January 2017 03:26 (seven years ago) link
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/january-20th-2017/my-dream-for-my-kids-celibacy/
His great desire for his sons is that they be celibate.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 20 January 2017 07:36 (seven years ago) link
Matthew Walther is associate editor of the Washington Free Beacon and a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Friday, 20 January 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
new episode is great, one of their best imo, but about 50 min. the audio starts glitching and cutting out, FFS GUYS FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT
― flappy bird, Monday, 23 January 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
the chapo dudes tweets are 100x better than the podcast imo
― marcos, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:16 (seven years ago) link
perhaps but i prefer longform audio digest as a method of consumption
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
genius.it annotations > podcasts > tweets imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link
Unfortunately, Genius dropped all their freelancers, so Felix and Virgil got canned.
As befits the show, they found out last week while Periscoping the group reaction to the Inauguration.
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
Damn, back to racist teenagers for them, I guess
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
"....It's a living."
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link
That Walther interview my first Chapo thing I ever heard and it was horrible. I guess I don't like these guys.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:09 (seven years ago) link
They themselves didn't like that recording enough to not release it as an episode and dumped it on YouTube instead
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Ahh I did not know that... seems like they went for a real "gotcha" thing with an easy target and got frustrated when he didnt give them what they wanted and then a lady yelled for a few minutes.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:17 (seven years ago) link
yeah they normally don't bother bringing on conservative or even lib guests and I gather this is why
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:21 (seven years ago) link
kurt, listen to this episode, the most recent one, imo one of the best so far: https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-75-mr-chapo-goes-to-washington-12217
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
A critique more academic than most:
http://reallifemag.com/the-laugherators/
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 05:25 (seven years ago) link
as literary critic Linda Hutcheon explains in Irony’s Edge, irony is inherently dangerous and unstable. The ironist cannot, almost by definition, control who is hurt and how by ironic gestures. “Why should anyone want to use this strange mode of discourse where you say something you don’t actually mean and expect people to understand not only what you actually do mean but also your attitude toward it?”
because deep down you know that your strongly held convictions are just as completely arbitrary, wrong, conditional, and useless as anyone else's source: i have a very good brain and i've said lots of things
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 08:38 (seven years ago) link
I think that qualifies as the "critique from the left" they've expressed hope for.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 10:23 (seven years ago) link
i expect the chapo brand of 'it's ok to say retard/fag/bitch if you do compensate with irony and marxism' to age about as badly as 00's hipster racism did
― flopson, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
don't think they've ever stooped to f-bombs but I could be wrong
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
No, I haven't heard one
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
me neither. btw what is the origin of felix's 'lil homie gay ass' running joke
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
the lack of historicism in discussions of irony really bothers me.
like does nobody read nate west anymore or smth
― the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
lol this sux, same shit, go throw a rock ppl. lets see that shit.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Friday, 27 January 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
ok, feel better. sorry to thread, got tired of their schtick. carry on.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Friday, 27 January 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
a boy used to go outside and throw a rock
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Taibbi on again this week, should be a good time
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
these guys need to start turning episodes around quicker cuz releasing an episode today which doesn't cover the events of this weekend is nagl
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 30 January 2017 10:39 (seven years ago) link
Oh did Hillary do something dumb this weekend?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 30 January 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
I thought the same thing- iirc they recorded it on thursday, I know the thing doesn't take 3 days to edit- but tbf the news has been moving at light speed lately
― flappy bird, Monday, 30 January 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
if only they had some steady stream of income that could allow them to adapt heir output to a swiftly-changing political landscape without worrying about day jobs
― bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 30 January 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link