How the fuck do I explain this to my wife.

      • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Admins don't like being associated with CTH (despite CTH being the only media source with a dedicated com, having each host represented in multiple emojis, and continually recycling their bits)

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          its not just admins, plenty of users are onboard as well

          Also I would say most of us here don't give a shit about the podcast or anyone on it

          • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            Some users are on board. Not most.

            We actually held a vote on this when the site was created. Chapo.chat beat Hexbear, and there's no indication that has changed.

              • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                No judgement. I actually am at this moment because, uh, cash flow issues.

                If anybody watches Doomed with Matt Binder, I'm one of the two or three card declines he mentioned last week that had prevented him getting to 200 patrons, lmao.

                  • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    Your five expendable dollars would go further if you just gave it to the first homeless person you see every month.

                    I can say the same about the money that you spent on whatever device you made that post from, or literally any dollar that you spend on entertainment, or any kind of comfort that isn't essential for life.

                • BookOfTheBread [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  They already have a ton of money and you get the pod for free, I see no reason why you would give them more money when you could give it to an org or person that actually needs it?

                  • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    They already have a ton of money

                    You've seen their bank statements?

                    you get the pod for free

                    No, the asking price is $5.

        • domhnall [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          That’s very silly. How the hell did a community that began as a podcast sub end up with admins who hate said podcast and will literally dismiss you as a shitlib for enjoying it?

          • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            We became a general leftist sub (in theory). A lot of people liked the culture without listening to the podcast. That was me at first.

            But the podcast has sway over the community, even those who don't listen to it still get caught up in it.

            • domhnall [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Sure, I won’t argue with any of that. I can acknowledge that the community has become much more than a podcast fan community, and I’m glad it has, but I never thought I’d see admins explicitly disparaging the show and its listeners and asserting that we should all be okay with the forum as a whole distancing itself from it. It just seems needlessly antagonistic, and I don’t see how they expect it to help anything.

              • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                People online love being contrary. When I was on the Halo forums there were no shortage of people who would tell you at any opportunity that Halo is a bad game, sucks, etc., and then you go to their profile that they went to the trouble to link and they have hundreds of hours in the game. Same shit.