• effervescent [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    So what are the ramifications of that? I like a lot of the stuff from his podcasts

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Well first of all, owning machetes is only a personality trait if you're Puerto Rican

      Second of all, it's okay to like a thing as long as your aware of it's biases and intent

      Like, so I think Robert Evans is a fed? Probably not

      Does he get taken advantage of by the feds to push a particular narrative of the world? Most likely

      Just enjoy the episodes about doctors giving people extra testicles and be very wary about the rest

      • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]M
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        3 years ago

        Yeah he seems like more or less a standard radlib in his takes on foreign policy, AES, etc. I see him as mostly an entertainer and a decent writer and not much more. I mean he worked at Cracked for god's sake lmao

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          So did our boy Cody though. I hold out hope that Cody will turn into a Maoist or something cool and drag Robert and Katy left with him

          • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            they both seemed like they were drifting leftward to the point where it was making the other hosts on Worst Year Ever uncomfortable

            this was like during the height of unrest last year

            I think they both have a somewhat comfortable position and don't have that impetus to go further, Rob makes $250,000 a YEAR

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Well first of all, owning machetes is only a personality trait if you’re Puerto Rican

        I grew up in the mountains in California and machetes are very much a part of my identity, and Robert is from Texas and now lives in the PNW. What I'm saying is I understand the fascination with machetes.

        It's cooler than being a sword guy at least.

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          True

          I mean, I own my family's ancestral machete though

          Probably has some magic powers or something seeing as how it's over a hundred years old and was present when those Puerto Rican nationalists tried to kill Truman