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Pirate Jet
May 2, 2010
I still enjoy listening to Chapo Trap House.

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Clark Nova posted:

getting completely clobbered by the coalition of unlikable DNC ghouls, dumb-as-dogshit media hacks and harry potter memelords is incredibly dispiriting but you absolutely cannot let those goddamn fuckers know they got to you

The trick is to make them as miserable as you are

And they've already done half the work for you

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Homeless Friend posted:

It was 100% funny when they operated for like a month or two thinking they were important, and all those eps were dogshit, so you know what I'm with thotsky. Kill all Menakers.

remember when he kept weeping tears of joy about the amerikan socialist project succeeding lol

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

solidarity forever

V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

i thought those episodes were sweet tbh you all are a bunch of sourpusses

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

dead gay comedy forums posted:

congratulations SomethingAwful poster thotsky

https://twitter.com/JucheMane/status/1257803079577149447/photo/1

edit: lmao @ menaker's reply

lol this isn't even dnd, it's the awful podcast forum

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

dead gay comedy forums posted:

congratulations SomethingAwful poster thotsky

https://twitter.com/JucheMane/status/1257803079577149447/photo/1

edit: lmao @ menaker's reply

V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

disaffected sneering cynicism as a coping strategy is part of the Problem, the chapos daring to be awkwardly positive and earnest was nice even if it didn't pan out

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

V. Illych L. posted:

disaffected sneering cynicism as a coping strategy is part of the Problem, the chapos daring to be awkwardly positive and earnest was nice even if it didn't pan out

This is just projection tho

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Homeless Friend posted:

This is just projection tho

nah he's got a point

Wolfsheim
Dec 23, 2003

"Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."

Homeless Friend posted:

This is just projection tho

Projecting what

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

Wolfsheim posted:

Projecting what

the genesis of my post

No Mods No Masters
Oct 3, 2004


Ironically chapo's failed embrace of sincerity didn't mark the end of the new sincerity posting movement, but this post did

Lady Militant
Apr 8, 2020

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

V. Illych L. posted:

disaffected sneering cynicism as a coping strategy is part of the Problem, the chapos daring to be awkwardly positive and earnest was nice even if it didn't pan out

yeah i agree with this, the episodes maybe weren't the funniest but they were the most I ever felt not alone in politics.

Pizza Segregationist
Jul 18, 2006

V. Illych L. posted:

disaffected sneering cynicism as a coping strategy is part of the Problem, the chapos daring to be awkwardly positive and earnest was nice even if it didn't pan out

:yeah:

I don't know why some people chose to pay attention to politics at all if they think any positive change is doomed to failure. It really seemed like we had a shot there for a minute, nothing wrong with recognizing that

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

Nihlism is probably right but it leads to tasting gun barrels and ensures everything gets worse because everyone did a Mark Fisher. Ironic detachment meanwhile is just sitting in the middle between doomer and bloomer sniffing yr own farts and can only go so far. We have to be resilient and hopeful no matter how many goddamn centuries it'll take to make the classless, stateless dream real. We must build Heaven or remain in Hell.

Now figuring out how to undo decades of internet irony posting and cure your own depression so it doesn't feel like everything is doomed is a lot easier said than done and I'm working on it too.

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yVEXlg386/

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

edit: god dammit

Doktor Avalanche has issued a correction as of 13:31 on May 6, 2020

Percelus
Sep 9, 2012

My command, your wish is

Varinn posted:

lib dems lying about antisemitism in labour to discredit corbyn is not in anyway comparable to when people say tucker carlson is a white supremacist in the sense that you can describe them with the same term, and then say you've "lost faith in it."

why group them together at all, and especially why group them with "when people tell me not to use slurs" which is absolutely the next thing people who complain about idpol are about to say

i didn't group them i compared them as one being successfully maligned with bullshit accusations and the other weathering any legitimate claims because their audience simply doesn't care how awful they are

Grevling
Dec 18, 2016

I eat my slop like a good piggy and don't complain.

I call this the pigpill.

Grevling has issued a correction as of 14:48 on May 6, 2020

Hooplah
Jul 15, 2006


Sincerity is cool and fine, but I was personally hoping they didnt take that too far. that's how you get a mcelroy brothers podcasting empire

UP AND ADAM
Jan 24, 2007

by Pragmatica
I am glad these specific politics goons got their podcast up and running and not any of the other politics goons whose posts I have been reading since 2007.

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Hooplah posted:

Sincerity is cool and fine, but I was personally hoping they didnt take that too far. that's how you get a mcelroy brothers podcasting empire

There's nothing sincere about the mcelroys. They're some of the most cynical fucks alive

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
lmao holy poo poo this podcast that did a review of cumtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34

"the hosts dont even introduce themselves"

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34&t=1126s
and then the 3rd guy told a joke and the other 2 guys dont even laugh at it

bring back old gbs has issued a correction as of 21:13 on May 6, 2020

No Mods No Masters
Oct 3, 2004

New sincerity posting was unquestionably extremely influential and quite long lived as a trend. But no reign lasts forever

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

We're on post ironic anti-retro neo sincerity now, keep up old timer

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

bring back old gbs posted:

lmao holy poo poo this podcast that did a review of cumtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34

"the hosts dont even introduce themselves"

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34&t=1126s
and then the 3rd guy told a joke and the other 2 guys dont even laugh at it

lol yeah that dumb podcast is one of the best example of midwesterners being completely incapable of understanding irony

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

bring back old gbs posted:

lmao holy poo poo this podcast that did a review of cumtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34

"the hosts dont even introduce themselves"

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyqcAPcD34&t=1126s
and then the 3rd guy told a joke and the other 2 guys dont even laugh at it

"Couldn't have said it better myself, Cobra Commander"

Hooplah
Jul 15, 2006


Crane Fist posted:

There's nothing sincere about the mcelroys. They're some of the most cynical fucks alive

Elaborate? Their entire brand as i see it is based around their lack of irony or snideness

gimme the dirt

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

The Muppets On PCP posted:

lol yeah that dumb podcast is one of the best example of midwesterners being completely incapable of understanding irony

My people are notoriously square

Hooplah
Jul 15, 2006


The Muppets On PCP posted:

lol yeah that dumb podcast is one of the best example of midwesterners being completely incapable of understanding irony

Oh my god how can they comment on how cum town "breaks all the rules of being a good podcast" then talk about how successful they are with zero reflection, followed by a bunch of hacky shock jock sound effects

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

being optimistic but honest in your outreach is good for political organizing but makes for lovely comedy podcasts

that's my harsh critique of the primary-era chapo eps

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Hooplah posted:

followed by a bunch of hacky shock jock sound effects

GO ON A DIET YOU FAT BITCH

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

Uncle Wemus posted:

GO ON A DIET YOU FAT BITCH

Kchk-boom kchk-boom kchk-boom

Clark Nova
Jul 18, 2004

Hooplah posted:

Elaborate? Their entire brand as i see it is based around their lack of irony or snideness

gimme the dirt

I've never listened to any of their stuff but your description is reminding me of that gawker essay about smarm

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Jewel Repetition posted:

Kchk-boom kchk-boom kchk-boom

*supremacist guitar riff*

No Mods No Masters
Oct 3, 2004

Demolish the McElroys. Their continual good cheer is irksome. Use your posting to bring them down to the dirt with the rest of us

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


d&d is a bad game and i hate anyone who pretends it isn't

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

It's a bad forum too B)

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Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

T-man posted:

It's a bad forum too B)

:dukedog:

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