Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

At least Matt’s current stage as attempting to be bodhisattva is better than some Joker shit
https://youtu.be/uHAdhekKayo

https://twitter.com/juche_couture_

Nothing but respect for "Juche Couture" as a profile name

it’s p beautiful that chapo and nathan, whom everyone outside of their audience find insufferable, also hate each other

i have a friend who’s really smart and says he admires Nathan’s writing for being v clear for being really clear and effective. even if it’s cringe to me, i can see how that didactic style is popular. it’s similar to the arg that listeners would be ramming vans through crowded intersections if they weren’t radicalized by the pod. takes all kinds

curious about the falling out between NJR and amber, who was an early CA contributor iirc

NJR is more an anarchist/LibSoc
lol is he fuck, he's a liberal dweeb
― fuck it (Left), Friday, May 1, 2020 1:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

isn’t this really just cosplay tho? they’re all hardcore bernie supporters

does CA have a similar benefactor situation to the Baffler? NJR at one pt was paying ppl to review his Trump book on amazon

have nothing to add but NJR's "forced incredulous laughter while making a point he thinks is kinda edgy" thing is 99% of the reason i can't listen to lefty podcasts, none of these people know how to speak into a microphone like it's their job

Big if true

For the first time EVER, Chapo Trap House ended the month with fewer patron donors than it started with at the beginning of the month.

People are using their dollars to tell CTH that they do not condone their misogynist brigading or their enabling of fascists. pic.twitter.com/Xhyk2sDiYX

— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) May 1, 2020

hmm wonder if anything happened over the month of april that might have caused people to have less disposable income to spend on chapo

isn’t this really just cosplay tho? they’re all hardcore bernie supporters

well exactly

feel like gwen has discovered a shtick to create her own platform, but it's not quite enough of a hook to get an interview or quote anywhere of note

also, bernie dropping out and the fact they're kind of wavering between occasional interviews and just talking about bad NBC shows with guests when that's a different type of content might be a reason

This mediocre podcast is not a “pipeline to the alt right.” The moral panic out there these days is reaching absurd levels.

“gwen snyder” seems like an idiot

If Felix splits off and just does This Is Sus with his sister and a rotating cast, I'd actually Patreon subscribe to that

potentially losing a host might also account for said drop

but mainly, like, who cares

Real chapo derangement syndrome hours

Petty media/activist feuds being the motivating force driving a lot of coverage of any outsider group(from podcasts to the Bernie campaign) would explain a lot.

Oh so this was when he had his insight whilst tripping:

FUCK. Just hit me that I have to actually read Ulysses.

— grillpilled_cushbomb (@cushbomb) April 25, 2020

What brought this on is that I just experienced a moment of pure ecstatic peace that had no name, then in the split second it was over I thought “that’s what it’s like to have just finished Ulysses.” Now I have to read it to see if I was right.

— grillpilled_cushbomb (@cushbomb) April 25, 2020

This is Sus without guests is kind of depressing

Felix just running through the episode recap was pretty pointless

Lucy's back!

Amber get off chapo

Lucy Biederman's voice reminds me of Joan Cusack

I don't listen to *** **** but I love Stavvy on his own

Sometimes Lucy's normal speaking voice sounds like Felix's 'nebbish Jewish cliche' voice.

why would someone dread reading ulysses. that book is fun as hell.

Oh man Chapo ripping off UYD

I cannot listen to audio of Ben Sasse talking, even if it is for them to roast. He's a particular brand of dumb that comes from Nebraska, he is bad, and he should not be allowed to speak in public.

the Maria Farmer interview on true Anon is really something

At this point Chapo is just a bunch of pedophile jokes

I didn't really know where else to put this and it seemed appropriate here. Deeply aggravating me rn

https://images.dailykos.com/images/810122/large/20210120NYTFrontPage.jpg?1590611913&fbclid=IwAR0TPxAVL4IAoIN0aXRIu6MJZAQLE3i0zogSrQ_c_lAz1NLUG_wCPO03DAk

lordy

I've been really enjoying True Anon lately, except for the Azealia episode which I obviously skipped. maybe they've toned it down a bit, or I've just gotten more used to them? their breakdown of the Tolentino saga was pretty good I thought

started listening to this week’s episode and gave up, the shit about “oh, the 1619 Project is ridiculous and historians are really worried about it being taught in schools and people only like it because Ben Shapiro hates it” - fuck off, even if it’s flawed do you think current standards of historical education are going to be lowered by this?

yeah that take did surprise me a little bit, like I do want to look into it a little more and I have occasionally had issues with Nikole Hannah-Jones on other stuff, but really?

lots of ppl have grievances with the 1619 Project, but a passing potshot was not the best way to handle it probably

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/27/1948057/-Preview-of-the-Front-Page-of-the-New-York-Times-Edition-for-January-20-2021 -- in case anyone doubted it was real.

Azealia episode is fine

that nytimes front page mockup is psychopath shit

the inclusion of Bezos gave me hope for a second that it was satire, but centrists are that depressingly clueless I guess.

A coworker posted it unironically as well. What's that well-known formulation about internet satire that can't be distinguished as satire?

Something about how you can't parody extreme views on the internet because there are always people who actually hold the views and will take your post seriously, or it's smarter than that but I can't put it together right now

so is this whole scene a bunch of edgy american liberals who call themselves leftists because they hate idpol or what

"so are there any real drugs at this party or what"

having gripes with the application of identity politics =/= outright hatred of same

anyway if yer looking for liberals who minimize issues of race could I recommend this popular strain

A gentle reminder that provoking racial conflict between Americans to weaken the US is a tactical goal the Russian military assault on our 2016 elections sought to achieve. And did. They’re doing the same right now. Trump is their surrogate, don’t forget.

— Xeni Jardin 😷🏠 (@xeni) May 29, 2020

insane person

it's patterns of griping and the types of people doing it that are revealing. pretty sure everyone knows this by now & has already decided whose side they're on so I'm just griping too

dippy centrist liberals are kind of an easy target don't you think

they keep making them is the problem