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Post the names of youtubers and other internet microcelebs you hate with a burning passion based on vibes alone. I am aware that youtubers are an inherently reactionary group of organisms ^[it-is-known ], but some suck at statistically significant levels.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 35 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

As soon as I saw Callaghan on that doomscroll podcast I blocked that garbage instantly. No way am I trusting the judgement of a podcast host who invites a known sex pest on. He had already had several guests with really detestable views (Dasha) but someone who admitted to SA shouldn't have a platform.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 18 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

What is Doomscroll's MO? I keep getting it recommended to me but I never watch it because my podcast backlog is too long as it stands.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 22 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

It seems like he's a stupidpol guy who wants to reach the kind of people who like Jreg to get them to like social democracy by going against the stereotypical image of a leftist. I gotta say that it was nice at the beginning, the episode with Yung Chomsky was really good. But as it went on it started to acquire more and more of a "we're not like the woke left" vibe (pretty obvious when he invited Dasha, but I never watched that episode).

[–] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What is Jreg's deal? I've seen some of their videos and they're kinda funny, but he does give me sus vibes even though it's all satire.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

He's doing a really good bit IMO, but it also means he's normalizing all the different ideologies he portrays. He seems to have a very young audience and a lot of them claim to be fascists or other far right ideologies, probably due to his influence.

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 16 points 14 hours ago

IIRC he had will-fancy on who kind of pushed back on him being so self-serious

[–] GeneralSwitch2Boycott@hexbear.net 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He's not stupidpol, he's basically Adam Curtis redux. A radlib gawker from the sidelines.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

GeneralSwitch2Boycott is Based_Ball is Jreg

Jreg went on Doomscroll

anyone else see the implications of this?

[–] GeneralSwitch2Boycott@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Did Based_Ball call people radlib gawkers or something? I'm not understanding what you're saying/implying.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

i don't even know who Jreg is, but I know that Based_Ball is Jreg

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

IDK but I do still think adding "the" to the slur filter would be a great bit.

[–] gramxi@hexbear.net 8 points 12 hours ago

it's meta slop

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)