I keep seeing his shit pop up on my feed and it’s usually from related to huge YouTube channels like iDubbz or fucking Epic Meal Time lol (I mean they’re not relevant anymore). it seems like he’s into YouTube drama now which is just such a downfall. But he’s pretty savvy so I imagine he’s just using this dumb stuff as a vehicle to get back into the mainstream

  • Foolio [any]
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    2 years ago

    I think the cultural pendulum is swinging. Felix mentioned this on a recent episode, I think one about the midterm situation or some article about "Dimes Square", but the culture war tends to swing back and forth between "Left" and "Right" being the hip counterculture of the day.

    Sam Hyde got popular in 2014-2015 when the right wing (GamerGate, Trump, /pol/ in it's heyday, the "Red Pill") dominated the edgy counterculture. It flipped the other way in 2016-2019, and seems to be moving back to the right. It's pretty much the right time for Hyde to get back into the culture