Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

do people come onto other podcast threads to vent their disgust at their imagined versions of the hosts or is this a cth specific thing

they probably do. like i could probably make up some imagined pod save america content in my head lol

Unrelated to any of the current #discourse, does anyone know why Brandy Jensen ghosted from Twitter?

happily i don't have to imagine amber's unpleasantness, she spleened at me in person outside a bar because i'd sent a skeptical tweet about her review of The Purge

do people come onto other podcast threads to vent their disgust at their imagined versions of the hosts or is this a cth specific thing

― oiocha, Monday, December 11, 2017 3:17 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think it's an effect of something becoming very popular very quickly, people do the same thing in music threads/movie threads/etc.

"spleened" is a new one for me

happily i don't have to imagine amber's unpleasantness, she spleened at me in person outside a bar because i'd sent a skeptical tweet about her review of The Purge

seldom has a post more gloriously affirmed my decision to stop having any kind of social life at all after 2005

i don't know what spleened means and i don't know if joan's post is directed at hoos's opinion of unpleasantness or amber's behavior

neither/nor it just reminded me what a nightmare IRL friends are

Spleened meaning "expressed anger at"

I didn't think I'd made this usage up (I swear its a Shakespeare thing or something) but maybe I did

One “vents spleen” or “is full of spleen”, I’m not sure if “spleen” (v. intr.) is attested by Shakespeare.

First OED citation for spleen v intr is from 1885 and the entry says “US”

I have blessed us with a coinage

do people come onto other podcast threads to vent their disgust at their imagined versions of the hosts or is this a cth specific thing

― oiocha, Monday, December 11, 2017 1:17 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no one else is this bad

i did know about the use of spleen as a noun just not a verb. i remember reading a weird translation of notes from underground when i was like 17 and stopping after the first sentence. "i am ill. i am full of spleen and repellent." because come on.

BIG HOOS aka the spleendriver

I wanna read Amber's review of The Purge

amber seems like one of those people who would be a great and loyal friend and responsible for some unforgettable memories but also awful to deal with 90% of the time.

anyway fwiw the shared opinion on chapo among me and most people i know who listen besides the extremely online status freaks is "they say and do some things i wish they wouldn't but ultimately they're chaotic good and i appreciate them".

Wait she didn't even write this

So I got an incredulous reaction over a "c'mon" tweet about an article she didn't even write

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/07/anarchy-in-the-usa

Huh

I have told myself that story wrong all this time lmao

amber and Virgil are tied for chapos I would least like to meet

they'd all be tied for me - the Street Fight dudes, though, I could hang with

Virgil is pretty expendable if he quit tomorrow I don't think it would affect the show much

surprised Matt hasn't turned out to be a mid-00s ILX poster, tbh

Fuckin same actually

the street fight guys are def more relatable but tbh I find street fight tough to pay attention to

out of curiosity how does a HOOS feel about DSA? (I am not a member or uh american so it really is just curiosity)

It's gone from a bookclub to a fighting organization. I think the way they're deliberately taking a variety of approaches, from serve the people programs to electoral ground game, is the best approach for an organization that wants to build its membership. Add to that that they're enabling great campaigns, and connecting everyday people with socialism as they change their brake lights, and I think they're doing powerful work.

You might say there's still the matter of settling on what socialism is, but that's part of the ride when you're building a big tent.

I'm a member & am relatively active with my local chapter--I lead an anti-eviction canvassing team as part of a larger campaign an old Occupy friend conceived.

Also their national staff rent space in my org's office & the outgoing Deputy Director is a good friend. He humors me by chatting about the week's Online DSA Gossip. Last week Amber was defending a woman who'd said she wanted to punch a member of the NPC in the face ("he's so condescending," she said). [The guy she was threatening happens to be a friend. So I stay a little salty at her I guess.]

Oh over the summer I helped organize a bunch of decentralized sit-ins--DSA was part of the coalition, which meant really meant DSA chapters. I was super impressed at how their chapters were able to turn out committed people for civil disobedience. The Cincy chapter are rad fuckin people--they did an overnight sit-in with a couple of folks in wheelchairs.

that matches my outside perception of the good things they've been up to. I'd kill for Canada to have a big-tent org like that tbh

is there a canadian equivalent? this site was a disappointment: http://dsa.ca/

lmao no, there really isn't. I even asked the good lawrence website about this once and all he could come up with was the NDP Socialist Caucus and Quebec Solidaire.

lordy

LOL DSA member on FOX & Friends says Roy Moore is unfit to be on an episode of Chapo Trap House, never mind a senator

— eve peyser (@evepeyser) December 12, 2017

Jared otoh

nice

well he is pretty fit now that he lost all that weight

Baba Booey 2.0 indeed

lol this is so reminiscent of the days when stern fans would trick a reporter into letting them say "baba booey" on live tv https://t.co/qRqAvcF1q3

— Al Shipley (@alshipley) December 12, 2017

Vid:

DSA kid from Alabama tells Fox News that Roy Moore is "unfit to go on Chapo Trap House, let alone the Senate" pic.twitter.com/8xifUSIm9Q

— Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) December 12, 2017

He definitely wanted to say Cum Town.

— Matt Golden 🌹 (@goldmatt7) December 12, 2017

“Our old viewers, who are all of our viewers, may remember when Archie couldnt understand wtf meathead was talking about in the bad old days of the 70s. Well, meet this kid from something called the “oddessey,”- a bunch of socialists. Next on fox&friends.”

Pooptouchathon 2017 currently live-streaming

https://www.pscp.tv/w/bP8vHTFQbUtxWG1sZ1h4UW98MXJtR1BPcVl3bkRLThOFQ9CZExCrJi_nd2A-dliVCJbnPQfw2LjtwQSa96Zh

Virgil's apartment is next-level dirtbag.

Seemed to enjoy his chance at cutting a promo against all the haters and fake friends and doubters, didn’t he

so what’s in the news?

— Virgil Xmas (@virgiltexas) December 13, 2017

Gracious in defeat.

Don’t give up on HellWorld.

— Poop-Toucher (@cushbomb) December 13, 2017

Upon earlier viewing, I didn’t realize Virgil still had his huge flatscreen, game system, laptop, et al on the hardwood floor of his apartment like he was still an undergrad

what is virgil's deal. there's no info on him. his pseudonym is from the david byrne movie TRUE STORIES

The entertainment center at Virgil’s Apartment:

i’m crying laughing pic.twitter.com/efIip7hqzP

— donate to my indiegogo please (@rachelmillman) December 13, 2017

it looks like the gamecube dungeon

Funny you mention that exact thing

Hey friends, circumstances have conspired such that I find myself alone in Virgil's apartment (don't ask why), time to start the roasting and pranking..

— Will🎄Menaker (@willmenaker) December 12, 2017

Jesus Christ, how does he live like this? pic.twitter.com/CgDQ5FKInJ

— Will🎄Menaker (@willmenaker) December 12, 2017