Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

yeah, that movie seems way up their alley

I gave them another shot recently because they had a couple of guests I already like (David Roth, Libby Watson) and I'm enjoying it a lot more than when I first tried it out in early 2017. you're probably right about the shift from bashing centrists to bashing the GOP. I can appreciate the former up to a point, but when it becomes your primary animating principle it's just pathetic and annoying. early 2017 was not really a time when I was super-enthused to listen to three dudes endlessly dunking on Hillary Clinton.

congrats to the Red Scare ladies on coming up with the single least appealing guest/topic combo possible (The Abortion Episode ft. Liz Bruening) for their latest premium ep

awooooo

appreciated the one where they were talking about alexandria o-c's victory and how ridiculous it is that right-wing media has been representing her platform more honestly than the democrats

I do like the dynamic of their podcast but the increasing number of o_O takes (like the drive-by quip about burqas) is edging me towards unsubscribing

matt sounds gacked up in this one

i recently bit the bullet and became a 'patreon', any like top 5 recommendations? i know so much of it is focused on very specific twitter fights and super specific news that's dated at this point so maybe something a bit more encompassing?

The Ross Douthat readings (I can't remember if they were subscriber only?) are real classics.

yes, those are always the ones I point people to first

As much as you may not want to listen to "dated" eps, a lot of their election eps were very good imo, like the ones where they discussed their convention visits

_matt sounds gacked up in this one_


Check the photo for the most recent premium ep

the Rod Dreher ones are fun too. tbh the last few premium eps have been really strong; they've been on a bit of a roll lately.

I bit the bullet and listened to the Red Scare abortion episode - some of it was fair (I also bristled at the potential insensitivity Tim Faust's "Abortion is Rad" shirts) but I wished they'd pushed back more on Bruening's typically elusive non-answer on how "non-emergency" abortions would be handled.

Someone who's actually done coke will need to let me know if that's definitely not just kosher salt

it’s coke

Lines seem much bigger on TV, I assume if they were just using salt they’d be more extravagant.

those are pretty small lines

you'd think they could afford more cocaine than that

i hope that cocaine is ethically-sourced

bathtub meth is the stimulant of the proletariat obv, coke is bougie as fuck

hardcore lefties doing performative cokehead schtick is p gross imo

otm

important take

‘capitalism is built on the ruthless exploitation of workers!’

*snorts another line sourced from criminal network built on horrific brutality*

succesful podcast hosting would be pretty much an absolute guarantee of drug addiction for me. "work" twice a week for like an hour, lots of disposable income. it's a recipe for disaster. which chapo member will end up at the betty ford clinic?

I would've said Amber but she hasn't been around much. Matt seems the most likely.

it’s def matt

chapo book is just a new surface for hoovering coke y/y

I'll give them this, their book pitch this week was the first semi-convincing one

(also contains what is to date their only convincing pitch for actually buying the book)

― Simon H., Monday, July 9, 2018 5:11 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no simon, i’m funny and correct

lol

I am pretty hopped up on cold meds myself. I like 2 live on the edge

they probably just borrowed some coke from nick mullen

coke is stupid but consumer-driven responses to the horrors of capitalism are always grossly insufficient

don’t worry no one’s calling for a cocaine boycott

whew

we should all be using more cocaine in solidarity with the indigenous peoples of Bolivia etc

I am calling for a cocaine boycott

smoke weed instead dudes it’s chill af

Haven't we already covered the folly of ethical consumerism

I am also calling for batteries to be included with everything fwiw

buy a newspaper? BATTERIES
gas? BATTERIES
batteries? BATTERIES

(this post brought to you by the battery board of america)

lmao bizarro

if u mean "didn't I bring up the folly of ethical consumerism to justify my continued consumption of shitty comic book adaptations" then the answer is a resounding YES

xp

Bizarro's in the bosom of Big Battery

Also IN MY DEFENSE we wee discussing an adaptation that doesn't actually exist yet

wee wee hurrr

who can honestly blame these podcasters for doing the worst drug

buy a Before Watchmen comic? BATTERIES