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Who made it, why, who's Amber?

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[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

She was so often the subject of a rolling, low-level struggle session that the very mention of her became a meme.

Once upon a time, our hardworking posters would reply "Amber" to any mention of her, but now that job has been automated away.

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Amber (have a rest bot buddy)

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

NO I SAID STOP HAVE A BREAK AMBER

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Once upon a time, our hardworking posters would reply "Amber" to any mention of her, but now that job has been automated away.

Yet another example of the organic composition of capital shifting from variable capital to constant capital.

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Early off-again-on-again co-host of chapo. She was controversial for heavily prioritizing "working class politics" over "identity politics". (Being very generous here because I don't recall the specific).

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's probably worth mentioning that as much as there's been struggle sessions about her stupidpol takes, there's also been a lot of people (moreso in the subreddit days) that were just weird about her for being a woman, as well as people making comments about her race. The whole thing where people started replying "Amber" to the posts that mentioned her was a way of mocking how often there was discourse about her (like I'm doing right now).

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago
[–] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's pretty important that we differentiate Marxist criticisms of liberal identity politics (which are valid) from class reductionist criticisms of intersectionality (which... not so much.) Amber's problem is that she keeps sliding along this scale into class reductionism.

Also yeah back during the subreddit days people were kinda weird about her.

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

It was written by Bernie Bros who just couldn't handle having a woman on the Citations Needed podcast crew. It's a long story.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I made it because I was bored

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago
[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you Amber bot, very relevant

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking hell

[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Amber is the girl I had a crush on in third grade and everybody has been extremely weird about it for the last several decades. I hope this helps.

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She is a woman, and she also has the most “controversial” takes, so people dump a lot of misplaced anger at her.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

she said cops were proletarian

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Literally all the chapo were ragging on abolish the police while riding Matt Taibbi’s dick. But Amber is the one brought up.

I literally stopped listening to the podcast for a year after the George Floyd protests.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

True, but her takes were far more chuddy than the other’s.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Cushbomb did not appear on Ep 463 Cancel Crisis and I can't remember if Felix did but I think it was just Will and Amber

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You are correct, I just checked and it is just Will and Amber. I wish they had fricking transcripts.

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They are, which is why they're class traitors. They own no capital, but they sure as shit will protect it on behalf of the bourgeois.

Tho there is Stevan Seagal and Dog the Bounty Hunter, I guess.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tho there is Stevan Seagal and Dog the Bounty Hunter, I guess.

Wait, what about those two?

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Both have worked in law enforcement after becoming famous. Seagal had his own version of cops where they'd film him making arrests and whatnot. I think he was a producer, but I'm not sure.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

never wrong, even when she's saying the most assheaded shit

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

secondhand smoke is good for kids, actually

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Here I thought there was a massive discussion going on here and it's just the Amber bot

[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

If I wanted to juke the number of replies I got, this is exactly the thread I'd make

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago