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Heywood_Floyd wrote

"Can't say that I agree with their take on the sub...."

The deal is, unlike their Twitter accounts or the book or the podcast itself, they can't control what is written about them in a forum with their name. Fandom is a funny thing, and I think they are scared of mass fame. The other thing was (according to YouTuber Vaush, who was not a fan of r/chapotraphouse), was that r/cumtown was shot through with Nazis because they loved the edgy jokes but they didn't get why they were being made. (Vaush's comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwEnfmS91ME )

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altacus OP wrote

Yeah r/cumtown actually sucked,
and r/cth was sometimes overly critical of the podcast, but mostly it was pretty reasonable

I don't think this place will like vaush probably

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TTemp wrote

Fuck vaush, all my homies hate vaush

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Heywood_Floyd wrote

I watch some of what he does and it takes a lot of patience to listen to him argue with Destiny or TERF randos or whatever because I know he's definitely not going to get his debating partners to change their ideas overnight (and some of these people are two inches from becoming Klansmen). I prefer his shorter commentary videos; most of them are about extremely online stuff and he seems to dig deeper due to background knowledge.

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hogposting wrote

he's definitely not going to get his debating partners to change their ideas overnight

If you're debating someone on a public forum you aren't necessarily trying to change their mind. Often you're trying to change the minds of people watching or reading along but not participating.

Something like 90% of social media users don't actually post or comment; they just read. If you're in a space with decent visibility you want to put out a good take for them, even if the chud you're arguing with is a lost cause.

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