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The only two movies about politics worth watching are Dave and Head of State. The former because it's laughable how they handle everything politics-related and the latter because it has a bit where his opponent runs an ad stating that Chris Rock loves cancer which gets people to run him out of a folksy diner.
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:By the way what are some good comedy podcasts that don't try too hard? I'm sure you already have an opinion on the McElroys, but My Brother, My Brother, and Me is a good balance for when I just listened to three hours of This is Hell to catch up for the week.
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Apr 25, 2017 12:21
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Kunster posted:The McElroy Brothers would be better on Street Fight Radio than on Chapo given that SFR doesn't require either a lot of knowledge on academical matters and requirement of having to drill thru several layers of irony. (Also folk thinking that the Chapos would eat them alive are forgetting the interview with someone who praised The Federalist and like the David Hayter interview, even if that was on another podcast.) SFR with the McElroys would be great, they would spend 10 minutes talking about wearing a mustard shirt in public then 50 minutes on modern treasure hunts. Every time I think about introducing people to SFR though I stop because I know they would turn it off as soon as flat earth came up. I usually look for a good episode of DYA or This is Hell to recommend as a good jumping off point for folks.
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Apr 25, 2017 21:54
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I got too frustrated with KI1600 the week after the election and stopped listening. It looks like I was right to do so? That's a little sad.
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Apr 26, 2017 17:53
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I want Frost/Christman to post more updates. Those two are great and I like to hear them talk.
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Apr 27, 2017 04:33
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Digital Jedi posted:I'm going back and listening to all the episode before I found Chapo (about episode 20). Currently on episode 3 and it's so weird listening to them knowing what will happen in the election. It's painful to think of re-listening to their stuff from this time last year. The episodes right before the conventions especially would probably kill me.
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Apr 29, 2017 04:52
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Halloween Jack posted:Do people even have legit complaints with CTH, or is it entirely a Cum Town thing? The retard and autism stuff, the fact they have poor representation (Amber does work, but she's one person, and they don't often have minority guests). It's all stuff like that where the concerns/complaints are legitimate but they're not gonna stop me from listening. Fortunately there are other sources of leftist discussion so you don't have to get angry at them for being three white guys with an amazingly white podcast name forever. I do wish they'd change the name, but I'm not pushing real hard on that e: cat doter posted:I think in general it's a punching up vs down thing, punching down is often easier but less satisfying comedically and iffy morally, I find my socialist ideals are pretty in line with my sense of humour, I just want the rich to eat it (and be eaten. by me.)
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May 2, 2017 17:54
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Guy Goodbody posted:It's not like there was a casting call and auditions for the role of Host of Chapo Trap House. Felix, Matt, and Will were on an episode of Street Fight together and realized they had good chemistry. Brendan volunteered to be their producer, and Amber was their friend who let them record at her apartment. Complaining about the representation on Chapo is basically complaining that Will personally doesn't have enough black friends. Chapo is still young, but it isn't brand-new or tiny. I've been listening since May last year, I'm aware of how it started, but they're large enough to be actively seeking more people to speak with that aren't white dudes. The episodes on Mexican students being disappeared and Nike feminism are both fantastic and I would love for them to do more stuff like that. I'm not saying for a second that "recent episodes are poo poo because they don't have black women replacing Will and Felix" but they're going through growing pains transitioning from a trio of dudes using youtube to record their opinions to one of the largest podcasts in the world. Re: what would it look like if I was pushing for them to change their name. I was really just noting that I wish it was different, as someone asked what criticisms people had. It's not really material so I put it in spoilers. I promise if I cared enough to do anything it would probably be to send felix dms of my feet with a note that says "change your podcast name to get more."
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May 2, 2017 20:26
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May 2, 2017 21:12
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Halloween Jack posted:Can someone explain to me the mindset of someone who is genuinely inspired by Hillary, without being a ghoul who has an obvious financial stake in it? The very thought of it is just so sad. To continue hijacking this thread because I don't want to work: My sister earnestly believes Hillary was going to save us. She was going to sweep in and implement a good healthcare program, balance the budget, and break the republican party. She was going to use technology to make our lives better, and her extensive experience in politics would get everything done perfectly. My sister lives in DC and, exactly like they say in the podcast, loves rules and loves for everything to be neat and orderly. She's a good person, she just doesn't quite understand that capitalism is the cause of, but not the solution to, many of lifes problems.
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May 2, 2017 21:31
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Felix not knowing how to say Sybian is the most Felix thing ever, I'm so glad Matt ripped him for that.
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May 4, 2017 16:06
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prefect posted:I thought it was Will that ripped him, which had to hurt, because he didn't know how to pronounce "zine". They were both incredulous, but matt got MattAngry. The most recent grey wolf episode is real good, just them slashing the NYT if people reading this are on the fence about whether it's worth $5.
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May 4, 2017 16:16
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I love leon because all his edits are obviously false and goofy so seeing people get pissed about "man dies in way only previously seen in 1920's cartoon" is hilarious. I also keep meaning to buy bird world but I forget, does anyone have opinions on it?
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May 18, 2017 17:14
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If you're looking for more from China, he did an interview with Chuck on This is Hell.
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May 23, 2017 17:30
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padijun posted:one of the largest sources of pessimism was that they were just going to have their dreams crushed again on june 9th, and well... I am excited for Thursday. Whale vomit is great because it's got that real good feeling of listening to two people who absolutely hate podcasts, doing a podcast. Their bit on "is it art" sounded like it would be tedious, but because of the instances they choose it's fun. I don't kbow anything about the baffler, but most of the other stuff on the feed is good.
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Jun 14, 2017 12:25
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That post I did earlier about being excited for thursday was wrong, the whale vomit about Jez is out now.
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Jun 14, 2017 14:17
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Rhesus Pieces posted:How the hell does he keep doing this I am convinced Matt can't move from his city (Cleveland?) because he has a Minority Report style tank there to enhance his precog powers.
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Jun 15, 2017 19:43
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Martian Manfucker posted:what cost to other people's lives could she POSSIBLY mean To better understand this thought process, please google "different countries have different safety standards, and that's ok."
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Jun 16, 2017 20:13
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cat doter posted:considering this isn't even factually true, her entire thesis crumbles with even a second of thought Here's the truth: every dollar you spend on building inspectors to double check the sprinklers work is one less dollar we spend on the troops. And hell, since we already got the people, we're forced to cut money by giving them less food. You're taking food out of a future veterans mouth by requiring all these expensive laws and I, frankly, will not stand for it.
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Jun 16, 2017 21:07
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Moviebob is dumb, but the responses to his tweets from chapo listeners are bad. It's cool as hell to call people in power "neo-phrenologist slugs" but he's just some dip posting on the internet and that makes him, at best, equal to chapo posters, so don't punch down. Also, don't be obsessed, don't mention it very often to your SO, and don't spend more than $5 on the patreon. e: drat those are some bad opinions he's tweeted though...
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Jul 3, 2017 16:17
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Street Fight (thread here), This is hell, and Delete your account are all good. Though if you get depressed after listening to too much TiH and DYA don't blame me. I listen to a bunch of other stuff because I farm spreadsheets, but Merrit K puts out Woodland Secrets which is a palate cleanser after heavier stuff. She basically just talks with someone about whatever comes up, it's meandering but good. If you like nerdier stuff, Monster in my Podcast is also very light, two people going through old monster manual entries in DnD, episodes are less than 8 minutes always.
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Jul 18, 2017 13:36
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It was already a long episode. Editing anything like roleplay is difficult, smoothing over cuts especially. I got a lotta thoughts about how Matt felt but I'm on my phone and nobody wants 500 words about dice games in this thread. Instead, please read this piece about the new Gorka who just joined the White House here.
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Jul 27, 2017 22:24
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prefect posted:She was in Europe for a couple of weeks, and apparently she came back with the plague. I and roughly three other people have been dying for more whale vomit. Every time I see baffler pop up in my podcast thing I get excited, then it's "news from nowhere" which is fine, but I want more ambergris. (I actually have no idea how many people listen to whale vomit, the only podcast there are no others)
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Aug 30, 2017 16:29
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Chakan posted:Every time I see baffler pop up in my podcast thing I get excited, then it's "news from nowhere" which is fine, but I want more ambergris. Goddamit, this just happened.
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Aug 30, 2017 19:16
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To explain verit: Imagine you're sitting at the dinner table with your dad and you're arguing about some very important fact (whether Trump really called Mexicans rapists, Bernie is Jewish, Chapo is Volcel, etc) so you whip out your phone and show him the veritt of some quote that proves your point and your defeated father accepts that you were right about everything.
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Sep 5, 2017 23:05
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Further evidence in the newest episode for my theory that the only book Felix has read is Le Miserables and he thinks all books are like that. The verit code he gave ended in 24601, so he probably had to see the play as a kid with his parents, then they gave him the book.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:02
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If I was at a computer I would photoshop Felix and "Gorka" into a head-to-head fight night poster with a bunch of quotes from The Prince.
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Sep 9, 2017 01:24
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I'm very happy they brought up tinsleys DUI, there was a lot of stuff that I wish they had been able to go into, but I recognize that normal people don't need to spend hours listening to them describe chuck or mike's gatbage. I would love for them to have Matt Bors on in the future.
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Sep 15, 2017 15:56
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Does anyone recall offhand the episode number for when Matt was talking about how trump voters "chose savagery" because they knew someone had to be pubished for how they're living? I feel like it was a month or two ago, but can't remember.
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Sep 19, 2017 19:22
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Zikan posted:fear of death is the one thing that unites rich people. a great example of this is how tech oligarchs in silicon valley are the ones dumping millions into immortality and life logenvity moonshots as they hit their 40s and realize that the technological singularity is not going to save them from death For this reason, I don't buy that anyone else would agree to start a nuclear war. Trump might give the order while being rushed to the hospital, but other rich assholes are not dying so I don't think they're looking to start armageddon till they're on their death bed. Who was it, Kissenger, who belayed Nixon's order while he was drunk? e: Kissinger is the correct spelling. In my defense, the more brain space you devote to your haters, the less you have to devote to making paper. Chakan fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Oct 11, 2017 |
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Oct 11, 2017 12:32
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Law Cheetah posted:from reading this read it seems like everything is insufferable. is there anything thats not insufferable It's really rather depressing, but unfortunately everything sucks. I'm kinda wrestling with this a bit because literally everything I like has been called unmitigated poo poo by people I respect. My solution is to just reflect on whether it does suck, then move on.
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Oct 13, 2017 16:47
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Sandweed posted:Was that a god dammed Gamemaster Anthony reference? It absolutely was. Very excited for Mugabe and Kissinger to show up for my birthday party. While they were doing the reading series, I was thinking about what my answer would be, and I'm pretty sure giving everyone election day off would be the best answer. I know the column was looking for big and cool ideas, but I live in KY and we have elections yearly & I missed some when I was younger because of my job. e: not that the responses the column received could be described as "big" or "cool."
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Nov 6, 2017 16:45
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It was difficult to follow the conversation because Felix is almost literally my only source of info about the middle east. I want to change that, but I hardly have a historical framework as well. Does anyone have suggestions for correcting that? Another thread I should take a look at?
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Nov 9, 2017 15:38
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Some choice clips for whoever is making the Felix sound board.
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Nov 13, 2017 19:14
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Crooked Media is the keepin it 1600/pod save america guys right? Have any of them figured out that capitalism will destroy humanity and earth yet? Otherwise, why waste your time listening to them, no matter what % of their guests are non-cishetwhitedudes? You're better off with This is Hell and Woodland Secrets if that's what you want. Not to be too mean, but I hear more than enough southerners with serious political opinions, mostly because I live in the south. It's so obnoxious that my states Dem party slogan is "Democrats: we do it better."
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Nov 18, 2017 15:18
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I haven't seen the new justice league movie, but I'm absolutely sure Amber and Virgil are right that the counterbalance provided by the flash is nice. "Cancelling firefly was absolutely worth the Iraq War." I was dying
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Dec 1, 2017 21:17
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Someone tweeted one of the bad Bennetts and I basically didn't stop scrolling and knew exactly which one it was. I can't imagine how miserable the poli-toons thread has been this year though, I had to bow out roughly 3 days after trying again.
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Dec 15, 2017 05:06
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prefect posted:Are there any good sports games with season or career modes where you can edit player stats? I like to make mutants and see what happens. I know that you can edit NBA and Madden, so I assume you can with all of the EA ones? If you aren't familiar with Jon Bois, he did Breaking Madden and a similar series for basketball where he edited all new prospects to be minimum in everything and ran the game for 20 years. He's also the author of The Tim Tebow CFL chronocles which is one of the best pieces of novella-length fiction to be published on a sports website. e: beaten. Well, now you have links to both.
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Dec 19, 2017 19:19
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A Gnarlacious Bro posted:People screencap her facebook and post it to twitter the whole drat internet needs to log off.
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Is the "donald, not ivanka" thing a reference to something I don't know about? Are there conspiracies that she's running the show?
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