I have 3 rats as pets, they're clean animals with paper white fur and they're picky eaters since rats can't vomit, so they're very cautious
They don't touch their food if it's been too long, Asmon is still going to have the Asmon stench, they wouldn't risk it. Cockroach is definitely a safer meal option for a rat, even if it requires catching
(He's a lab ratto, that's why he still has a 5 on his tail, it's a veterinary marker so it's non toxic, it's almost like a tattoo, he helped us study cancer as a control)
They're GIANT, it's like us having balls the size of the half of our head lmfao - at the same time while having a retractable penis
They're crazy intelligent though, they know how to open their cage - they just like it in there, but sometimes they open the 2nd floor door and just smell the air and look around. They're extremely curious and collaborate. They groom each other too to make sure they're clean - they even throw the trash out of their burrow so it doesn't rot inside their home, I'm just collecting it the next morning every day and throwing it out. So practically the opposite of Asmon
Yes, and I can't stress it enough - they even smell like fresh wheat, the rats are another league compared to him and he could learn a lot about hygiene from them 😭
If you just leave a small pot with water they'll use it to wash themselves, but even if they don't use an actual bath they'll still smell fresh unless their cage is absolutely filthy. But other than changing their absorbent cellulose fibers (you put them down so they have somewhere to pee, their poop is dry so it doesn't smell by itself) and hammocks every 2 weeks you don't need to do much. They always try to have the filth as far away from their nest as possible, but they still sleep on their dry poop sometimes, as somehow a literal mountain of shit is more comfortable for them than the expensive hammock I bought. But oh well, it's an animal, could be worse - I never saw them eating poop, lmao
... I read that rats basically just pee everywhere they go and I thought they would smell like wild animal piss. Do you have nose blindness or have I been misinformed?
If they're dehydrated it smells more, so make sure you have lots of water for them, but if you have something it can absorb like cellulose it's mostly OK. You still need to clean those wooden platforms for them, as there's pee on it, it gets out with soap and hot water with some brushing, then the smell is 99% gone - if not try a little bit of bleach or hydrogen peroxide
Even when it was at its worst I could smell it when standing directly over it and nearby, but not in the general vicinity. The hammocks smell the worst imho, so you need to replace them with fresh frequently, but a washing machine on high temperature will take care of it - if the bottom of the cage starts to smell between full cleaning every 2 weeks, just throw more cellulose in there - fresh cellulose means extra liquid can get soaked up and rats will throw out the most used up stuff where it doesn't concern them, you can take the heap out too
If this rat was used to help study cancer, do you have any concerns over microbial growth resulting from the use of cellulose? I work in IAQ and specialize in mycotoxins, we’re trying very hard to lobby against its use because every test nearly comes back positive for nasty mycotoxins like trichothecenes and aflatoxins which absolutely effect the health of rodents since we too use them for research. It doesn’t matter how much borates are used in pretreatment either. If this is a serious lab setting, I’d highly encourage you consider a new material.
Nah, this is at home use of that cellulose - I'm not sure what they did use in the lab as the adsorbent
I'm not sure there are perfect alternatives, as I really want something natural and compostable. There was a hemp alternative, but they sneezed on it, so that means it wasn't perfect either...
Okay yeah then by all means you should be okay. They can be litter trained and that’s a method I like to use. They also like RMS (Royal medical) absorbent bed pads. We like those for the stubborn ones and they like them too lol 🐀🩶
Here's 2 other little monsters eating boiled buckwheat (they love fresh and healthy stuff, but they also love cheese too much - so now they eat buckwheat as a treat)
Do me a huge favor; pet the everloving fuck out of those three gremlins! Wish I could do it myself, but I am 100% sure you live on the other side of the Mississipi river from where I live.
Haha, will do, they love scritches, tickles (they can actually kinda laugh, this is pretty much the only sound they make apart from the scrëm if another rat does something bad, never made it at me, and yes the giggle is a friendly sound, each has its own giggle and you can tell them apart by it) and we spoil them, not many rats tasted true Japanese wagyu along with best Polish kefir, but those definitely did. They'll be 1 year old on 12th of August, we'll be asking for a special cake to be made for them too. Fun fact - they hate fast food for some reason
Oh they're 100% far away if you mention the Mississippi river lmao, they're from an experimental biology institute in Warsaw PL, then they had a 400+ km trip to my home in Wroclaw PL - all 3 are retired lab rats, born on the same day, with the same exact genetic make-up of a single European research strain. I'm lucky to have them, they have excellent health so far (I'm making sure they're not obese), maybe they'll make it past 2 years, we'll see, but we're definitely trying to make the most out of it!
Did you say Japanese wagyu, AND A SPECIAL B-DAY CAKE?! Damn rats eating better food than me! In all honesty, congrats on having the privilege of taking care of them! I commend these rats for their help in cancer research, and wish them the best in life. And (you) op, wishing you the best of luck in taking care of them, and I wish (you) luck on your future adventures!
(P.S. Tell them happy birthday from me and my dogs)
Hahaha, yeah, I'm totally taking care of them like they're retired explosive dogs - you know, I'm the ultimate rat heaven sendoff along with similar volunteers. It's really cool because you can see the animal opening up, obviously the research environment is more stressful to them than home where they wake up whenever they want, can hide wherever they want and we aren't picking them up when they don't want to. The food is a bonus too I guess, they were eating healthy but definitely not this well haha
They're extremely fluffy, just need to be wary of their paws - they have kinda sharp claws! Sharp like a cat honestly, but they can't retract them. So if you let them walk all over you like me, you'll be constantly covered in scratches
But they're very cute so I let them, my allergy improved
Wasn’t there a story about a guy not bathing for like 60 years dying shortly after bathing for the first time because his body couldn’t handle being clean?
Yea outside of potential clickbait stories I believe this story came out of India but I personally believe the stress of basically being captured and forced to bathe is probably what did him in. For all ik the story is entirely fake but I did read about it
Pretty sure the real story is, he was 'sick' already and the docs were refusing to treat him unless he took a bath.
The man was in his mid 60s and did not look young for his age. He was just one of many ascetic monks who just completely gave up on life, and he showed his devotion to nothing by not bathing.
I don't know about that, but there are clips of him casually picking up cockroaches that have crawled onto him and snipping them with scissors... But they way he does it makes it seem like that's just something that happens in his life. Zero disgust, just, "hey, a cockroach, /snip"
He entered a symbiotic relationship with cockroaches years ago, but some of them do not honor the code of no eating the smegma crust of his skin while he is streaming, so he needs to punish them to get other roaches back in line
He's pretty stupid. But, at the same time, he has some "common sense" takes that makes him more popular. Leftist circles online are pretty exclusionary to the point that common center left takes are ignored.
Asmongold can say those common center left points alongside grifting right wingers as well. If any random center left person watched a random react video of him, they'd agree with at least 1 thing he said. On the other hand, that same center left person could watch Hasan and not agree with a single take.
Asmongold is a fucking idiot who doesn't understand how anything works, but it's pretty obvious why he's popular. This is what happens when you let the loudest, minority voices control the narrative; they make asmongold look sane by comparison.
I only started watching Hasan like a few months ago because of all the rhetoric around him... and that "i love terrorists"/terrorist supporter shit is genuinely so fucking stupid
like dude just because the us government designates someone a 'terrorist' doesn't mean they're ACTUALLY terrorists. oh, they're terrorists because our military bombs the fuck out of their country and they HAD THE NERVE to retaliate??? they pardon mfs like pollard who were literal spies but call the houthis terrorists for trying to block weapons going to a country performing a genocide.
do you know why 9/11 happened? it was retaliation. nearly every terrorist attack ever done on american soil was IN RETALIATION to something WE DID.
the united states arms terrorists groups all over the world to engage in proxy wars to destabilize entire regions and people DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU DO THAT
Why are we the bad guys for speaking out on state-violence just because it's the state? why are we the bad guys for wanting our government to stop waging war just to enrich defense contractors and pump up hedge fund numbers?
Because a depressingly large number of young men find him relatable. They look at him and the shithole he lives in, and they think "wow, he's literally me" and so they trust whatever he says.
I watched him before he went full on nazi and that’s not really the appeal at all. It’s because he used to be pretty chill when talking about random things.
He was always kind of an idiot but he was direct and genuine and always stated his logic, which was enjoyable if only because it was pretty consistent and had a sensible flow even if it was basically the logical equivalent of a car crashing cuz the driver doesn’t know how to read road signs, but more than anything he was just chill.
He hit it big w the depp vs heard stuff - during the trial’s start the audience was generally 1/3 apolitical/moderate, 1/3 liberal, 1/3 conservative, but he started feeding off the conservative crazy energy and shifting right every time.
I remember watching imaqtpie stream League back in the day, and everyone thought he was nuts for being a greaseball that only ever wore the same white shirt all the time.
Asmongold is beyond the pale, and I genuinely can't see the appeal beyond watching him like a trainwreck. Like a less funny Tyler1.
Yeah I think his viewers should not relate to him so much because it makes them feel like continuing being a malignant greaseball is ok because these guys are successful despite that.
What i meant to say was that his viewers should not try to relate to him and not clean their rooms because they have nothing to fall back on unlike him.
Peterson might be a piece of shit, but "clean your room" is a legit good advice when you’re trying to go back on tracks, a clean room helps to have a clean mind
He's a very good example of an alt right pipeline. You start watching him 3 years ago with the Johnny Depp trial and for video game then a few years later he's defending a Nazi salute
I like asmongold I think his audience is growing as more men are becoming fed up of being treated awfully and I do agree that white men are having to carry original sin of being a white male. I think this is one factor as to why we are seeing the Republican Party in office in the first place
"When you're used to privileges, equality feels like prejudice"
I know you it doesn't feel like it but it's true. You're not wrong about "original sin" tho. An awful lot of white men cannot meet the standards they had set for them. You've got to remember when those standards were being set segregation was the literal law in some places. Tell your father to fuck off and accept some goddamn help. Go to a psychiatric partial program. Worst case scenario you've ruled out mental illness. Knowing that will affect how you try to grow. Mental illness isn't the end of the world in it was when you expectations were set.
Whatever you believe, bitterness will only beget bitterness
As a white man myself, what the fuck are you talking about? Who put those thoughts in your head, I wonder? In my experience, it's only terminally online boys who consider Twitter comments to be synonymous with real public perception that think like that.
In reality, no one has time or energy to engage in this manufactured class / culture / gender warfare, it's only agitators like Asmon, Tate, Crowder, etc. who directly benefit off the engagement their stupid arguments create. Go out and speak to a real person and I guarantee that no one gives a fuck about any of this. Stop feeling like a victim and stop letting these grifters manipulate you.
I really enjoyed watching the balding idiot for years, but I finally stopped when he started defending the Elon Nazi Salute for an entire stream, downplaying it, etc. If he ever was centrist in the past, he isn't anymore.
Id watched him very casually for years when he was exclusively a wow player. He is the living stereotype of an MMO gamer and he was good at engaging with chat and advocating/coming up with fun things to do within wow even while it was getting stale.
Despite what hes turned into in the past 2 years or so, i still think he is (or at least was) pretty smart guy thats capable of a surprising amount of insight.
He knows how to put on a show and plays into his absurd lifestyle and turns in almost into an exhibit at the zoo or something.
But hes devolved into just another ragebaiting ring wing extremeist these days.
It's hard to explain. He always felt like he had a reasonable and measured take on different issues. He would talk about diversity positively and lgbt issues in a calm and mature manner. Then around the time of covid, he pivoted hard into culture war stuff, especially when the Johnny Depp trial happened.
Before then, he would often talk about how a lot of in cells blame women for problems that the incels themselves cause. He was very anti-incel. I honestly thought he was a pretty good role model for most kids. But after the Johnny Depp trial, everything changed. For me personally, the Elon Musk Nazi salute was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
If you watch videos of him back in 2017, 2018, 2019, I'm telling you that he felt like a totally different person compared to today.
It's sad to see someone fall apart in real time.
Agreed with your view. I used to watch Asmon all the time and he truly was a good role model, albeit one plays games all day and is kind of a degernate. We like him because he knew it and played in to it and is super funny for it.
he used to advocate for universal basic income, worker protections, explained why taxing and regulating industries were good things, spoke positively about lgbtq issues in the face of thousands of GAMER DUDES and said shit like "I don't want my money going to bombing foreign countries."
then he hard pivoted into being a weird incel soy-right icon crying about tiddies in video games.
He made me feel better because i'm a grown adult that just plays video games all day and don't have a job but at least i shower, work out and help my parents with anything the ask, at least i'm not asmon gold.
Hey grown adult without job living with his parents, here is another grown adult living with his parents after a series of bad luck and bad decisions. Haha.
this is super well articulated. he really pivoted hard and it just took me some months to realize it.
He used to surprise me with nuanced, well spoken takes i genuinely didn't expect. now he says just strings of hateful, dumbass shit and is SO confident while being like fucking wrong.
Covid destroyed all internet decorum, I have no way to back that claim, but it literally feels like the entire world set itself on fire by forcing more people online then ever before
At the end of the day, we are all animals, and not many of us have a functional enough brain to behave otherwise.
Covid caused the social realm to completely disappear for many people, and the subsequent nonsense that replaced it, broadcast propaganda and text based communication, completely rewrote people's social rules and expectations. Whether they like it or not, it was a great reset, and now they have to restart from absolutely nothing.
Unironically, I think reconnecting with philosophy would help people reconnect to what's important in life, just by having another voice speak to what is important. You don't have to be a war mongering nietzschean or an ascetic to act with meaning and purpose.
It definitely sent things in that direction. For months after, and even now people are just generally ruder, especially when they don't fear an in person response. It's really noticeable when driving or at the cinema to give a couple of examples.
I theorise that people have become so polarised from COVID and the explosion in online discourse that they generally make the assumption that at least 50% of the population is diametrically opposed to their world-view and therefore are undeserving of courtesy and respect.
Couple this with the common trait of all living creatures to be suspicious of others and to reject newcomers until they meet an arbitrary criteria of social proof and you get a huge up-tick in poor behaviour whether it's failing to indicate in a car, cutting people off, or having your phone on 300% brightness at the cinema.
We have always been egotistical and self-serving first and foremost because it benefits the drive for survival, but now more than ever we have ideological justification for those behaviours.
But that's just my opinion, I am not a sociologist.
Once your parents die, you realize that you have no one's standards to live up to but your own.
I think he's basically admitted to completely giving in to the grift. Cons watch more news, they watch more news opinion and they donate more by several orders of magnitude. I'm pretty sure most of these con influencers are just acting. The ones who aren't are extra disturbing.
TBH that sounds like „I liked him when he aligned with my views, now he’s opposite so I don’t like him”.
Neither pro or anti incel is good in itself. Inceldom is just a symptom. Same with „positively about diversity” - ok so he aligned with progresive ideals more, now seems like the dude aligned more with populist-conservative.
You made me wonder genuinely - neither of it is about his merit or lack of it (eg him not doing research and jumping at first headline) - is it ok to just admit that you stop liking someone when he falls out of your bubble? Rationally it shouldn’t be but it is obvious human nature on the other hand.
TBH that sounds like „I liked him when he aligned with my views, now he’s opposite so I don’t like him”
Why are you framing this as something bad?
If a person have views you agree with and say things you think are morally correct it's very reasonable to like that person. If that person then change his entire outlook on life and ethical views it's also very reasonable that you change your opinion about that person.
Not changing your opinion about a person when they express views they previously didn't express that does not align with your opinion is the weird thing and proof of weak character.
Why are you framing this as something bad or weird?
Why are you calling have a moral code being in a bubble?
The dude hasn't changed that much, tbh he still says a lot of center like takes on cultural stuff its just the trump/elon stuff where he fell off with and even then it wasn't that much aside from defending elons antics because he said he voted for trump in previous elections so it wasn't anything recent with the trump stuff it just got more pronounced with him back in office
His slight shifts towards alt-right and finding more audience who are alt/far-right was a feedback loop. It amplified him. They loved his based takes. They loved him. And he loved that they loved him.
He was just good second monitor content. Dare i say he's actually good at reaction videos since he adds a lot to them instead of just passively watching
But yeah, he just had to go crazy defending Musk and Trump for some reason
He was fun to watch when he was just a loser attic dweller with an autistic amount of knowledge about World of Warcraft. Those Transmog Competitions every Sunday were so fun to watch.
I have no idea how people take his opinions on the world serious as he never steps out into the world unless he's going to buy chicken nuggets.
I was a sometimes viewers of his videos too. He’s far from stupid, as he never really slipped into commenting on real world issues and revealing just how disconnected he was to real life politics. I believe I specifically became aware of him via my desire to learn about diablo 4 as a new player in that franchise. I watched his videos regularly for a few months in 2023-24. One that particularly struck me as great was a dedicated video to his mom and the tremendous role she played in fostering his childhood obsession with games and promoting his desire to be a content creator. She wasn’t ashamed of her hermit loser gamer teen, she’d play WoW with him too! I thought right then that’d I’d be a long time viewer of this guy. Haven’t watched since he blindly bought into those first right wing conspiracies. No doubt he’s genuinely a decent dude with a very kind heart, he’s just kinda dumb lol
He was, and still is, a genuiely good streamer, regarding videogames. He express himself clearly and without the forced excitation, and have nuances in his videogames opinions. He is a great second screen.
Some people just enjoy observing rudeness, like savagely roasting people. And usually they enjoy it as long as they don't vehemently disagree with the talker.
Unsure what demographics his viewership is made up of, but I'd be surprised if now they were politically anything but alt right.
Alot of people like that he just says whatever and does what he wants not whats popular unless he enjoys said thing.
I personally dont watch his political content since its an absolute mess but when he plays games its good background unless he mentions DEI in some way.
When he was just a gamer talking about games, streaming, or whatever he was actually genuinely entertaining. Putting on in-game events, getting involved in random drama, and just kind of being a stoked gamerbro. While there's a lot you can say about his personality now, one things for certain is that he just has a way of talking to his viewers in an engaging way. So when he was actually putting in effort into his streams and OTK as a brand, you could understand why people watched.
But with his mothers declining health and later death, his friends disappearing one by one either due to their own mistakes or Asmon's personality shift, and the complete down fall of OTK, I feel like he just decided it's time for the mask to come off and to show the more repressed side of his personality. Which is what we see now. A deluded guy with no friends, all the money in the world, alone to himself in a house he basically treats as a shrine to his dead mom that's falling apart, and believes he owes the world and those who disagree with him nothing.
He's honest to a fault about what he thinks and does, which seems like a breath of fresh air vs other twitch streamers and he doesn't come off as an elitist snob when talking to his viewers
Back when he played wow (literally 10 years ago holy shit) he had a fun persona and always doing community events. Being a rude asshole in a video game, but utilizing that energy to try and achieve goals in the game with randoms was fun. He had a very Texas “tell it like it is” vibe that made him charismatic.
The problem is being an ignorant attic dweller doesn’t make for a great political commentator.
This was the exact same breaking point for me. I would say im pretty left and considered asmon to be center right for a long time. It seemed to change when he returned from the break after his mom died. He just seemed to slip further and further into the extremes.
He gives shout-out for people he watches, doesn't skip sponsorship in their videos and ask his chest to subscribe to them, you gotta at least give him credit for that.
yeah he was good at bringing attention to small creators and he was one of the few 'reactors' that would turn a like 15 minutes video into a fucking 2 hour react. people that say he didn't just never paid attention. i used to love that dude's streams lol
now, i can't stand listening to him more than a few minutes without rolling my eyes
I disagree that he was like this from the beginning. I used to watch his videos when he was only notorious to WoW community (around 2012) and beside being infamous for having poor hygiene and being a troll in forums he was a good content creator.
He started becoming a little shit after he become more widely known, when he realized he didn’t have to grind WoW collectibles anymore and could just watch videos and spew some bullshit for 10x the pay.
I stopped taking what he had to say seriously with the Mahmoud Khalil issue, he just read what the closest headline had to say, lifted up his shoulders and said “that’s what ya get” and didn’t do any extra research on it. Completely insane how people think he’s someone to be listened to
Ehh it was a few months ago, long story short the dude was affiliated with a pro-Palestine college group and was signed to be deported by Marco Rubio.
The case is still being fought in the courts. There’s a fairly strong argument that the legislation that’s being used to deport Khalil (and many others) is unconstitutional, and is a breach of executive power. I agree with this notion and don’t believe the law should be in place.
Asmongold however looked at the first headline he saw, claimed something along the lines of “people who immigrate here shouldn’t talk shit about America, if you don’t like it, leave” and didn’t say anything about the actual issue.
Yeah I used to enjoy his content about gaming a lot because well he is decently knowledgeable about that especially mmos. He just isn't when it comes to politics but he acts like he his and his audience loves it because they agree with him
Yeah I watched his stream almost every day between 2018-2021 or so but he just went off the rails with ignorant self centered comments. He's only gotten more delusional and the mental gymnastics more obvious and annoying.
dude defends imperialism and thinks fascist policies are 'based'.
Yeah it makes me sad cause it's never someone claiming to be centrists and then busting out some leftist or far left views, it's always just conservatism lol
and when leftists have a scandal he goes on and on describing what he thinks it's going on with great details pulled out of his ass to make it more believable.
I really noticed this double standard with his takes on the left vs the right.
When something is absolutely in favour of the left he has no option but to agree with the left.
But when something is even by a slight margin "weird" about the right doing the wrong thing, he sticks to those guns defending the right.
Like with that Elon stuff.
He keeps saying that "oh, you have multiple points on a graph, you draw a line and it paints the picture" but he conveniently forgets to do that when it comes to Elon because "he likes Elon" and he got into his DMs that one time.
Well, when your culture finds a 50 year old something sheikh taking your 11 year old daughter as bride acceptable, where woman with open hair are seen as whores or where sex out of wedlock is punishable by STONNING, your culture might be seen as inferior. Of course these are extreme examples and it is a spectrum but these cultures are closer to those very same examples. I wouldn’t call these cultures inferior of course but i can see where he is coming from. If nothing else his wording was rude or he was ignorant. I don’t think he said inferior people.
Wow, funny how none of the things you mentioned happen in Palestine. Maybe in Afghanistan that shit might happen, but the blatant racism and ignorance to say this about Palestinians is astounding.
Worse yet, claiming that they deserve to be genocided because of their culture is indefensible, I really don't get how someone can be this heartless.
Look buddy, i grew up in a family with such culture albeit not as extreme and my country is full of nutcases. My cousin was married off at the age of 16 with someone in his 20s. Don’t call me ignorant when i see it first-hand everyday. Like i said, i wouldn’t call it inferior and it is not absolutely awful as there are many good things too but i can see where he is coming from as he was talking about the most extreme ends of the culture.
I think he’s the dark mirror of Charlie if you think about it in a weird way. Instead of the squeaky clean, sterilized vaguely left, milquetoast that you get with Charlie, you get an absolutely vile, “centrist”/right-wing grifter slop show with Asmonchud. So really you get a strangely accurate picture of the current political situation that the U.S deals with from these two internet people
“There is clearly not enough definitive proof to be absolutely certain that Trump is involved with Jeffrey Epstein, to a degree that he should be charged as being a pedo or anything like that. I am aware of the public evidence. But Elon is suggesting that the Epstein files that are not released create more evidence for that…we don’t know yet.”
8:44
“Yeah, but do you really think Trump didn’t know anything about it (epstein’s crime) before then (epstein’s conviction)? I can’t imagine he didn’t know a single thing about it…I think Trump knew. I think he at least had an idea before the allegations were out.”
13:50
“I think he is probably involved but i don’t think there is enough evidence to prove it conclusively.”
And is there enough evidence to prove it conclusively? What is Asmon wrong about here? I think a majority of people would agree with the last statement he made. We all think Trump was probably involved but we all know that we haven't seen enough evidence of his involvement.
Was live during the whole thing, post is wildly inaccurate. Both sides were mad at him exactly because he did not take any of what was happening at face value, literally stated multiple times that Trump should go to jail if found guilty. This sub like almost everything else on reddit is entirely compromised by dishonest sheep.
Was about to same the same thing. There's so much Asmon propaganda hatred here. Just people with impressions and opinions of him based entirely off of straight up fabrications. I dont care if people don't like Asmon, there are reasons id understand not liking him, but at least base your opinions in truth and reality.
blame his editors who're very much for Trump, like look at those damn video titles. Dude's hands off but he doesn't give a shit cos grifting makes money.
The swirling hurricane of shit is fantastic and I love watching idiots slowly realize that their beloved guy is, in fact, the pdf file they've been groomed to hate all along. Only problem is there isn't a Democrat, Clinton, pizza parlor, or any number of scapegoats to distract them.
The fact people genuinly care to listen to the political opinion of a man who lives in filth, used a rat as his morning alarm, wipes his mouth/gum blood on his walls, brushes roaches off of himself mid stream and cant drink water because it doesnt taste as good as soda
Moistcritical waiting for the court of public opinion before deciding which side of the issue he will stand on and making a video after whatever bullshit drama has already resolved
Man, his old stuff (anything about 10 years or older at this point) was great, but one day I guess he kinda just pivoted to "react", "drama", and other low quality bs content.
Same for leftist political streamers except for the "my bad" part. Not defending Asmon, I think the idea of discussing politics on twitch with a fast moving chat is always gonna be sloppy, toxic and counterproductive. It's trash content no matter what.
"Hey guys, maybe we should help our nation feed it's poor and educate it's children while just leaving people who are different from you the fuck alone".
You conveniently forgot "hey guys check out these wonderful musical people with AK47s and their smiling hostages just chilling out. I have no issues with them whatsoever, their flags look cool. I hate America though btw, 9/11 was deserved, in fact if we reach the dono goal I'll bake a 9/11 cake"
Do you see how none of this shit promotes moderate, level headed and empathetic thinking? Are we really incapable of acknowledging that the biggest political streamers are ALL cooked no matter which side?
I had an epiphany when I just checked the "video" tab of the leftist content creators I follow. Hasan obviously, Vaush, then commentators like Adam Mockler, Luke Beasley, Brian Tyler Cohen, David Pakman, hell even the Daily Show.
I enjoyed their content unironically, the way they mock the Republicans and Trump. But I sometimes worry how absolutely sure I was that they're right. Like, that has to be dangerous, right? But I don't really care.
Sometimes I go check if Asmon covers the bad shit that happens w/ the GOP, that these channels I mention covers. Nope, totally different echo chamber, can't alienate their own audience, I guess.
My question is...who do I listen to? What kinda centrist wins here when the people I wholeheartedly agree with call centrists closeted fascists?
Let's be honest here, dunking on Trump and the remaining GOP cult is incredibly easy, no matter who does it. But if you look more closely to your list, there's pretty big differences between Hasan and Jon Stewart for example in what they stand and advocate for. I assume Stewart would probably be a "centrist" in Hasan's eyes for even platforming Democratic party members.
The term "centrist" is dumb and has no real meaning. Right wingers(like Asmon) use it to appear as moderate to reach wider audiences, but never bothering to reach middle ground or consider different perspectives, while radical leftists(like Hasan) use it to bully moderates, if they're not fully down with their radical partisan politics.
Outside of that, I don't see many people declaring themselves centrist when asked about their political views, but that could easily be my blindspot, I wouldn't know.
The answer to your question is you make your own critical judgement on everything and everyone based on the information you have. It's not always convenient, it's sometimes exhausting, but it's better than to just blindly subscribing to the Arby's of political ideas, aka Twitch/Kick.
If you happen to agree with leftist people more that's totally fine(which I usually do, because everyone has their biases obviously), but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be criticized, or that conservative perspectives are invalid by default.
These streamers will occasionally say some common sense things, and they will get certain topics right, but when you look further it's easy to see their problematic behavior and the perpetually pissed off, toxic audience they're cultivating.
I'm economically liberal but socially leftist. I don't think capitalism is incompatible with the liberation of human society from its traditionalist and tribalist woes.
Sometimes I feel like taking the time to read communist works, but like, I love my supermarkets. I think its fucking amazing that I (a city dweller) can buy so much good shit that only the very wealthiest and most powerful of monarchs in the olden days would be able to barely dream of.
The left doesn't have the same sort of streamers tho. It doesn't (mass) sell. Seriously, name one leftwing show on AM radio. Left wing political hosts weren't popular enough to sustain an internet network let alone a terrestrial one. Are their leftwing streamers? Undoubtedly but they don't fucking matter. Actually liberal opinionators work at places like The Nation and The New Yorker.
Jesus dude, everything might have two sides but seldom are those sides equal. Name a "leftwing" streamer with the audience of Asmon? You can't. Sides are unequal. Assume a 80/20 politcal split. 80% are under the umbrella of the republican or democratic party, 40% each side. Leftwing streamers should be more popular. The problem isn't that they're not popular. The problem is too many people are getting their "hot takes" from idiots and that one is starting to make them law.
If you have for example someone proposing legalizing something not harming anyone, and another person proposing to systematically kill every of these persons, centrist are like « let’s make a compromise ».
Which compromise.
You don’t make compromise with the killing people guy
I mean, being a “centrist” or left leaning from 10-20 years ago is now considered being a far-right authoritarian racist fascist.
Free-speech was massive for the left and now it’s the complete opposite.
Supporting free trade and as little government intervention into people’s lives was once left
Feminism.
Supporting biological women being equal is not enough.
If you argue that a man shouldn’t be allowed to piggyback off the real struggles that females face, you aren’t left
Being anti-war is no longer left.
There’s overwhelming leftist support for the Ukraine-Russia war and the terrorist organisation hamas
Being tough on crime and being anti-criminal is no longer left.
It’s racist to critique crime.
Being tough on crime is abusing the white supremacy patriarchal system and directly hurts marginalised people, looting for example.
Supporting gay marriage is not enough.
You need to be obsessed with men in female sports, men in women’s bathrooms, child mutilation and whatever made up victim pronoun comes out in the future.
Obviously this isn’t universal and it’s a spectrum but if you once believed in all these things as a leftist you are no longer left, you are far right authoritarian..
No Idea who that guy is, but in general do not understand why some people are doing the shocked pikachu of the relation between Trump and Epstein. It was already very public with many pictures of them together, Trump saying they've been friends for a decade, etc
For some reason he both still has diehard fans, as well as probably new people who become fans despite all the evidence out there that he is not someone you should want to follow.
I used to respect him somewhat... over a decade ago. Even at that time he was divisive and contentious, but he had reasonable takes often enough. But now, he's firmly established that he's just a gross goblin man whose opinions pivot as soon as he gets some backlash, and who will always say the dumbest shit first.
Is any of this a big deal? Trump is obviously a pedo. This was already evident from his creepy beauty pageants, Ivanka comments, and Epstein photos. Even if there was hard evidence that he raped some kids, it wouldn't change anything for his cult.
And Asmon is a grifter. He'll say whatever makes him more money.
Erm... You see this is because Trump himself is a centrist, but the left has moved so far into the left while the right has stayed perfectly still that now centrism is right-wing ☝🤓
I'd like to remind everyone that Asmongold endorsed Kamala and he and his father had a Kamala endorsement stream. He also said he'd vote for her. However he quickly flipped his attitude when Trump won.
He is some who only repeats the popular opinions of his community. He has no opinions of his own. He's just a lich lord who played wow religiously for 20 years and when the game died, he switched to react content and started the always agree with the unpopular but safe opinions of his followers and gained a bigger following with people with unpopular opinions. His only slip up was calling supporting the genocide of Palestinians. He is a Blackrock employee after all. And so are many popular streamers. And before you say it's a conspiracy, search up night.co. It's owned by blackrock and there's a surprising amount of famous talent they've got.
I used to watch him and he was fun to watch but time gone by it was clear thst it got worse and worse and worse with some of the takes and opinions, now I ain't going to go out my way to change someone mind or call out on them for it, I'll just stop watching them and it just becomes another lost memory
It's a bit. They literally pay him not to pick a side. It's like the political version of an OF model who never shows nudity or something. People will follow for years just for the chance that they can be there when it finally happens.
And if she does go nude, her career will nosedive, at least in the short term. Asmon's niche is being a professional fence sitter. The stuff he regurgitates is to balance out being a lefty irl
Looks like asmon got a taste of TGS(trump glazing syndrome)because how tf else do you say epstein kill himself after believing he did not for years ? 😭
Asmon knows a good 30% of his views would drop off if he didn’t defend Trump. He’s been riding this weird centrist/logical grift train for a while now. It would have fared better for him if most of his statements weren’t just a variation of “Yeah, well, it is what it is boys.”
Endymion2626@reddit
If asmongold took a shower he would die because the rats in his house that normaly avoid him because of his stench would eat him while he sleeps
vini_2003@reddit
The rats wouldn't eat such dog shit meat, let's be fair here.
vapenutz@reddit
I have 3 rats as pets, they're clean animals with paper white fur and they're picky eaters since rats can't vomit, so they're very cautious
They don't touch their food if it's been too long, Asmon is still going to have the Asmon stench, they wouldn't risk it. Cockroach is definitely a safer meal option for a rat, even if it requires catching
Alfred_Leonhart@reddit
Please send pics of the cute little critters.
vapenutz@reddit
Here's sleepy Jumper and his collosal bolz
(He's a lab ratto, that's why he still has a 5 on his tail, it's a veterinary marker so it's non toxic, it's almost like a tattoo, he helped us study cancer as a control)
Alfred_Leonhart@reddit
Lol Rat balls
vapenutz@reddit
They're GIANT, it's like us having balls the size of the half of our head lmfao - at the same time while having a retractable penis
They're crazy intelligent though, they know how to open their cage - they just like it in there, but sometimes they open the 2nd floor door and just smell the air and look around. They're extremely curious and collaborate. They groom each other too to make sure they're clean - they even throw the trash out of their burrow so it doesn't rot inside their home, I'm just collecting it the next morning every day and throwing it out. So practically the opposite of Asmon
ColeFlames@reddit
You're telling me that literal rats are cleaner than one of the most popular streamers on Twitch?
vapenutz@reddit
Yes, and I can't stress it enough - they even smell like fresh wheat, the rats are another league compared to him and he could learn a lot about hygiene from them 😭
If you just leave a small pot with water they'll use it to wash themselves, but even if they don't use an actual bath they'll still smell fresh unless their cage is absolutely filthy. But other than changing their absorbent cellulose fibers (you put them down so they have somewhere to pee, their poop is dry so it doesn't smell by itself) and hammocks every 2 weeks you don't need to do much. They always try to have the filth as far away from their nest as possible, but they still sleep on their dry poop sometimes, as somehow a literal mountain of shit is more comfortable for them than the expensive hammock I bought. But oh well, it's an animal, could be worse - I never saw them eating poop, lmao
Alfred_Leonhart@reddit
Bro these rats live better than me sometimes fr
xinorez1@reddit
... I read that rats basically just pee everywhere they go and I thought they would smell like wild animal piss. Do you have nose blindness or have I been misinformed?
vapenutz@reddit
If they're dehydrated it smells more, so make sure you have lots of water for them, but if you have something it can absorb like cellulose it's mostly OK. You still need to clean those wooden platforms for them, as there's pee on it, it gets out with soap and hot water with some brushing, then the smell is 99% gone - if not try a little bit of bleach or hydrogen peroxide
Even when it was at its worst I could smell it when standing directly over it and nearby, but not in the general vicinity. The hammocks smell the worst imho, so you need to replace them with fresh frequently, but a washing machine on high temperature will take care of it - if the bottom of the cage starts to smell between full cleaning every 2 weeks, just throw more cellulose in there - fresh cellulose means extra liquid can get soaked up and rats will throw out the most used up stuff where it doesn't concern them, you can take the heap out too
sleepytipi@reddit
If this rat was used to help study cancer, do you have any concerns over microbial growth resulting from the use of cellulose? I work in IAQ and specialize in mycotoxins, we’re trying very hard to lobby against its use because every test nearly comes back positive for nasty mycotoxins like trichothecenes and aflatoxins which absolutely effect the health of rodents since we too use them for research. It doesn’t matter how much borates are used in pretreatment either. If this is a serious lab setting, I’d highly encourage you consider a new material.
vapenutz@reddit
Nah, this is at home use of that cellulose - I'm not sure what they did use in the lab as the adsorbent
I'm not sure there are perfect alternatives, as I really want something natural and compostable. There was a hemp alternative, but they sneezed on it, so that means it wasn't perfect either...
sleepytipi@reddit
Okay yeah then by all means you should be okay. They can be litter trained and that’s a method I like to use. They also like RMS (Royal medical) absorbent bed pads. We like those for the stubborn ones and they like them too lol 🐀🩶
alvaro248@reddit
Most city animals are cleaner than him, for example pigeons do take regular showers
vapenutz@reddit
Here's 2 other little monsters eating boiled buckwheat (they love fresh and healthy stuff, but they also love cheese too much - so now they eat buckwheat as a treat)
King198LPS@reddit
Do me a huge favor; pet the everloving fuck out of those three gremlins! Wish I could do it myself, but I am 100% sure you live on the other side of the Mississipi river from where I live.
vapenutz@reddit
Haha, will do, they love scritches, tickles (they can actually kinda laugh, this is pretty much the only sound they make apart from the scrëm if another rat does something bad, never made it at me, and yes the giggle is a friendly sound, each has its own giggle and you can tell them apart by it) and we spoil them, not many rats tasted true Japanese wagyu along with best Polish kefir, but those definitely did. They'll be 1 year old on 12th of August, we'll be asking for a special cake to be made for them too. Fun fact - they hate fast food for some reason
Oh they're 100% far away if you mention the Mississippi river lmao, they're from an experimental biology institute in Warsaw PL, then they had a 400+ km trip to my home in Wroclaw PL - all 3 are retired lab rats, born on the same day, with the same exact genetic make-up of a single European research strain. I'm lucky to have them, they have excellent health so far (I'm making sure they're not obese), maybe they'll make it past 2 years, we'll see, but we're definitely trying to make the most out of it!
King198LPS@reddit
Did you say Japanese wagyu, AND A SPECIAL B-DAY CAKE?! Damn rats eating better food than me! In all honesty, congrats on having the privilege of taking care of them! I commend these rats for their help in cancer research, and wish them the best in life. And (you) op, wishing you the best of luck in taking care of them, and I wish (you) luck on your future adventures!
(P.S. Tell them happy birthday from me and my dogs)
vapenutz@reddit
Hahaha, yeah, I'm totally taking care of them like they're retired explosive dogs - you know, I'm the ultimate rat heaven sendoff along with similar volunteers. It's really cool because you can see the animal opening up, obviously the research environment is more stressful to them than home where they wake up whenever they want, can hide wherever they want and we aren't picking them up when they don't want to. The food is a bonus too I guess, they were eating healthy but definitely not this well haha
Will hug them from you and the dogs!
vini_2003@reddit
Those are adorable and I can't believe we're having such a conversation in r/greentext hehe
MetalUpstairs@reddit
I must pet those guys
vapenutz@reddit
They're extremely fluffy, just need to be wary of their paws - they have kinda sharp claws! Sharp like a cat honestly, but they can't retract them. So if you let them walk all over you like me, you'll be constantly covered in scratches
But they're very cute so I let them, my allergy improved
Lysa665@reddit
Those names are top tier, bratře!
vapenutz@reddit
Haha, thanks! I'll pass it on to people from the institute, I loved them so much I didn't change them, but the credit is for them!
Especially since I swear, they sometimes react to their names, I just couldn't change it 😭
No-Engineering-1449@reddit
If he showed Nurgle would personally smite him
Neomataza@reddit
The nurgling edits of some of his rants are something else.
SilliusS0ddus@reddit
send links please Im curious now
Neomataza@reddit
https://youtu.be/i3bz7aeqCXM
https://youtu.be/V9BUTBPCVPU
I think the short one has been cut down, I thought it was originally longer.
Richiefur@reddit
"more mouse bite"
throwaway6444377_@reddit
"I forbid this"
"don't care"
godverdejezushey@reddit
This vexes me
Scottish_Whiskey@reddit
I too am in this comment section
Vincent_Heist@reddit
I am very smart.
KnownAsAnother@reddit
Saraq_the_noob@reddit
Wasn’t there a story about a guy not bathing for like 60 years dying shortly after bathing for the first time because his body couldn’t handle being clean?
Xgoodnewsevery1@reddit
Yea outside of potential clickbait stories I believe this story came out of India but I personally believe the stress of basically being captured and forced to bathe is probably what did him in. For all ik the story is entirely fake but I did read about it
xinorez1@reddit
Pretty sure the real story is, he was 'sick' already and the docs were refusing to treat him unless he took a bath.
The man was in his mid 60s and did not look young for his age. He was just one of many ascetic monks who just completely gave up on life, and he showed his devotion to nothing by not bathing.
athan1214@reddit
Was he the weird fuck that used the smell of a decayed rat as an “Alarm Clock”?
Novareason@reddit
Yeah, when the sun hit it in the morning, the smell increasing would wake him up.
Rat King!
SirWalrusTheGrand@reddit
Laiko_Kairen@reddit
I don't know about that, but there are clips of him casually picking up cockroaches that have crawled onto him and snipping them with scissors... But they way he does it makes it seem like that's just something that happens in his life. Zero disgust, just, "hey, a cockroach, /snip"
The_Toxicity@reddit
He entered a symbiotic relationship with cockroaches years ago, but some of them do not honor the code of no eating the smegma crust of his skin while he is streaming, so he needs to punish them to get other roaches back in line
Aromatic_Oil9698@reddit
yes
Thenderick@reddit
Fake librol news! We all know that he doesn't shower because it will unequip his cockroach armor and expose his internal organs!
tut_i_tam_comics@reddit
If he showers, his roach army will leave him, he can't have that.
hereforbanos@reddit
Ias about to say the same thing man you beat me to it
Visible-Original4561@reddit
I think he’d just melt down the drain like a majority of his biomass would dissolve into it’s base components.
Sec_Chief_Blanchard@reddit
Asmongold would turn into a skeleton if he took a shower. His flash and skin were replaced completely by germs years ago.
joicseth@reddit
Trump when asked about Ghislaine Maxwell:
"Oh that's twin"
mitsurugui@reddit
genuinely why do people care about anything he says
varnums1666@reddit
He's pretty stupid. But, at the same time, he has some "common sense" takes that makes him more popular. Leftist circles online are pretty exclusionary to the point that common center left takes are ignored.
Asmongold can say those common center left points alongside grifting right wingers as well. If any random center left person watched a random react video of him, they'd agree with at least 1 thing he said. On the other hand, that same center left person could watch Hasan and not agree with a single take.
Asmongold is a fucking idiot who doesn't understand how anything works, but it's pretty obvious why he's popular. This is what happens when you let the loudest, minority voices control the narrative; they make asmongold look sane by comparison.
SunnyApex87@reddit
Same reason that so many look(ed) up to Andrew Tate or Hasan I love terrorists Poker
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
I only started watching Hasan like a few months ago because of all the rhetoric around him... and that "i love terrorists"/terrorist supporter shit is genuinely so fucking stupid
like dude just because the us government designates someone a 'terrorist' doesn't mean they're ACTUALLY terrorists. oh, they're terrorists because our military bombs the fuck out of their country and they HAD THE NERVE to retaliate??? they pardon mfs like pollard who were literal spies but call the houthis terrorists for trying to block weapons going to a country performing a genocide.
do you know why 9/11 happened? it was retaliation. nearly every terrorist attack ever done on american soil was IN RETALIATION to something WE DID.
the united states arms terrorists groups all over the world to engage in proxy wars to destabilize entire regions and people DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU DO THAT
Why are we the bad guys for speaking out on state-violence just because it's the state? why are we the bad guys for wanting our government to stop waging war just to enrich defense contractors and pump up hedge fund numbers?
Designated_Lurker_32@reddit
Because a depressingly large number of young men find him relatable. They look at him and the shithole he lives in, and they think "wow, he's literally me" and so they trust whatever he says.
CyberneticSaturn@reddit
I watched him before he went full on nazi and that’s not really the appeal at all. It’s because he used to be pretty chill when talking about random things.
He was always kind of an idiot but he was direct and genuine and always stated his logic, which was enjoyable if only because it was pretty consistent and had a sensible flow even if it was basically the logical equivalent of a car crashing cuz the driver doesn’t know how to read road signs, but more than anything he was just chill.
He hit it big w the depp vs heard stuff - during the trial’s start the audience was generally 1/3 apolitical/moderate, 1/3 liberal, 1/3 conservative, but he started feeding off the conservative crazy energy and shifting right every time.
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
YEP
isnortmiloforsex@reddit
Yeah except the fact that he is a multimillionaire who for some reason chooses to live this way while his viewers have way less options in comparison.
Jedimaster996@reddit
I remember watching imaqtpie stream League back in the day, and everyone thought he was nuts for being a greaseball that only ever wore the same white shirt all the time.
Asmongold is beyond the pale, and I genuinely can't see the appeal beyond watching him like a trainwreck. Like a less funny Tyler1.
isnortmiloforsex@reddit
Yeah I think his viewers should not relate to him so much because it makes them feel like continuing being a malignant greaseball is ok because these guys are successful despite that.
lenooticer@reddit
They have the option to clean their rooms and practice basic hygiene. You don’t have to be a millionaire to do those things.
isnortmiloforsex@reddit
What i meant to say was that his viewers should not try to relate to him and not clean their rooms because they have nothing to fall back on unlike him.
Wwanker@reddit
Peterson might be a piece of shit, but "clean your room" is a legit good advice when you’re trying to go back on tracks, a clean room helps to have a clean mind
BigDaddyReptar@reddit
He's a very good example of an alt right pipeline. You start watching him 3 years ago with the Johnny Depp trial and for video game then a few years later he's defending a Nazi salute
MortalAlpha6@reddit
I like asmongold I think his audience is growing as more men are becoming fed up of being treated awfully and I do agree that white men are having to carry original sin of being a white male. I think this is one factor as to why we are seeing the Republican Party in office in the first place
Nathan_hale53@reddit
Get offline and stop looking at rage bait
AzuleEyes@reddit
"When you're used to privileges, equality feels like prejudice"
I know you it doesn't feel like it but it's true. You're not wrong about "original sin" tho. An awful lot of white men cannot meet the standards they had set for them. You've got to remember when those standards were being set segregation was the literal law in some places. Tell your father to fuck off and accept some goddamn help. Go to a psychiatric partial program. Worst case scenario you've ruled out mental illness. Knowing that will affect how you try to grow. Mental illness isn't the end of the world in it was when you expectations were set.
Whatever you believe, bitterness will only beget bitterness
HabitualGrassToucher@reddit
As a white man myself, what the fuck are you talking about? Who put those thoughts in your head, I wonder? In my experience, it's only terminally online boys who consider Twitter comments to be synonymous with real public perception that think like that.
In reality, no one has time or energy to engage in this manufactured class / culture / gender warfare, it's only agitators like Asmon, Tate, Crowder, etc. who directly benefit off the engagement their stupid arguments create. Go out and speak to a real person and I guarantee that no one gives a fuck about any of this. Stop feeling like a victim and stop letting these grifters manipulate you.
klonkish@reddit
relevant username
IllusionaryHaze@reddit
lol, LMAO even
InsertaGoodName@reddit
wdym by being ”treated awfully”?
Wwanker@reddit
He can’t say the nword in public anymore
gnyen@reddit
Some people are really living 10 years in the past, huh?
Sultahid@reddit
"original sin of being a white male" 😭
Victim complex is such a funny thing to me.
Klokinator@reddit
I really enjoyed watching the balding idiot for years, but I finally stopped when he started defending the Elon Nazi Salute for an entire stream, downplaying it, etc. If he ever was centrist in the past, he isn't anymore.
SorosBuxlaundromat@reddit
Can you explain the draw? I genuinely don't get what's supposed to be entertaining about him, even before his current heel turn
Ar0lux@reddit
Id watched him very casually for years when he was exclusively a wow player. He is the living stereotype of an MMO gamer and he was good at engaging with chat and advocating/coming up with fun things to do within wow even while it was getting stale.
Despite what hes turned into in the past 2 years or so, i still think he is (or at least was) pretty smart guy thats capable of a surprising amount of insight.
He knows how to put on a show and plays into his absurd lifestyle and turns in almost into an exhibit at the zoo or something.
But hes devolved into just another ragebaiting ring wing extremeist these days.
Klokinator@reddit
It's hard to explain. He always felt like he had a reasonable and measured take on different issues. He would talk about diversity positively and lgbt issues in a calm and mature manner. Then around the time of covid, he pivoted hard into culture war stuff, especially when the Johnny Depp trial happened.
Before then, he would often talk about how a lot of in cells blame women for problems that the incels themselves cause. He was very anti-incel. I honestly thought he was a pretty good role model for most kids. But after the Johnny Depp trial, everything changed. For me personally, the Elon Musk Nazi salute was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
If you watch videos of him back in 2017, 2018, 2019, I'm telling you that he felt like a totally different person compared to today. It's sad to see someone fall apart in real time.
kombat34@reddit
Agreed with your view. I used to watch Asmon all the time and he truly was a good role model, albeit one plays games all day and is kind of a degernate. We like him because he knew it and played in to it and is super funny for it.
Oaker_at@reddit
Man… no offence, but even in his best days that guy wasn’t really any kind of role model for a functioning human being.
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
he used to advocate for universal basic income, worker protections, explained why taxing and regulating industries were good things, spoke positively about lgbtq issues in the face of thousands of GAMER DUDES and said shit like "I don't want my money going to bombing foreign countries."
then he hard pivoted into being a weird incel soy-right icon crying about tiddies in video games.
Oaker_at@reddit
Yes, guy talked about that, but never really understood anything, you could see that back then and that’s also why this guy did an 180
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
you know what, that's actually fair and probably more accurate to reality and i just never realized he was a pos until it was mask off.
Brave33@reddit
He made me feel better because i'm a grown adult that just plays video games all day and don't have a job but at least i shower, work out and help my parents with anything the ask, at least i'm not asmon gold.
Oaker_at@reddit
Hey grown adult without job living with his parents, here is another grown adult living with his parents after a series of bad luck and bad decisions. Haha.
Waiting for a job interview right now.
Sercotani@reddit
exact same situation as you, except my mom's a single mom ever since I was 10, strongest woman I'll ever know.
Here's to us getting a relatively stable future choom 🙏
AzuleEyes@reddit
I know the feeling. I spent the last two decades awash in barely working antidepressants. Eventually even video games lost their appeal.
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
this is super well articulated. he really pivoted hard and it just took me some months to realize it.
He used to surprise me with nuanced, well spoken takes i genuinely didn't expect. now he says just strings of hateful, dumbass shit and is SO confident while being like fucking wrong.
SatanicAtTheDisco@reddit
Covid destroyed all internet decorum, I have no way to back that claim, but it literally feels like the entire world set itself on fire by forcing more people online then ever before
xinorez1@reddit
COVID destroyed all decorum period.
At the end of the day, we are all animals, and not many of us have a functional enough brain to behave otherwise.
Covid caused the social realm to completely disappear for many people, and the subsequent nonsense that replaced it, broadcast propaganda and text based communication, completely rewrote people's social rules and expectations. Whether they like it or not, it was a great reset, and now they have to restart from absolutely nothing.
Unironically, I think reconnecting with philosophy would help people reconnect to what's important in life, just by having another voice speak to what is important. You don't have to be a war mongering nietzschean or an ascetic to act with meaning and purpose.
scud121@reddit
There was a bored, captive audience pretty much worldwide, and successful grifters exploited that.
kickergold@reddit
It definitely sent things in that direction. For months after, and even now people are just generally ruder, especially when they don't fear an in person response. It's really noticeable when driving or at the cinema to give a couple of examples.
Grimm808@reddit
I theorise that people have become so polarised from COVID and the explosion in online discourse that they generally make the assumption that at least 50% of the population is diametrically opposed to their world-view and therefore are undeserving of courtesy and respect.
Couple this with the common trait of all living creatures to be suspicious of others and to reject newcomers until they meet an arbitrary criteria of social proof and you get a huge up-tick in poor behaviour whether it's failing to indicate in a car, cutting people off, or having your phone on 300% brightness at the cinema.
We have always been egotistical and self-serving first and foremost because it benefits the drive for survival, but now more than ever we have ideological justification for those behaviours.
But that's just my opinion, I am not a sociologist.
xinorez1@reddit
Once your parents die, you realize that you have no one's standards to live up to but your own.
I think he's basically admitted to completely giving in to the grift. Cons watch more news, they watch more news opinion and they donate more by several orders of magnitude. I'm pretty sure most of these con influencers are just acting. The ones who aren't are extra disturbing.
daelindidnowrong@reddit
You're right in your edit.
During and after COVID, he become someone who didn't outright bashed redpills like he did before, but he still had good takes and a "centric" persona.
It was after his mom death that he actually embraced the incel crowd.
Icy-Cup@reddit
TBH that sounds like „I liked him when he aligned with my views, now he’s opposite so I don’t like him”. Neither pro or anti incel is good in itself. Inceldom is just a symptom. Same with „positively about diversity” - ok so he aligned with progresive ideals more, now seems like the dude aligned more with populist-conservative.
You made me wonder genuinely - neither of it is about his merit or lack of it (eg him not doing research and jumping at first headline) - is it ok to just admit that you stop liking someone when he falls out of your bubble? Rationally it shouldn’t be but it is obvious human nature on the other hand.
AzuleEyes@reddit
Of fucking what, loneliness? It probably is actually but that would require self-reflection.
DrakenDaskar@reddit
Why are you framing this as something bad?
If a person have views you agree with and say things you think are morally correct it's very reasonable to like that person. If that person then change his entire outlook on life and ethical views it's also very reasonable that you change your opinion about that person.
Not changing your opinion about a person when they express views they previously didn't express that does not align with your opinion is the weird thing and proof of weak character.
Why are you framing this as something bad or weird?
Why are you calling have a moral code being in a bubble?
tut_i_tam_comics@reddit
What was his take on Johnny Depp trial?
bigelangstonz@reddit
The dude hasn't changed that much, tbh he still says a lot of center like takes on cultural stuff its just the trump/elon stuff where he fell off with and even then it wasn't that much aside from defending elons antics because he said he voted for trump in previous elections so it wasn't anything recent with the trump stuff it just got more pronounced with him back in office
Sissaphist@reddit
Did you talk to text this while having a stroke?
neoqueto@reddit
His slight shifts towards alt-right and finding more audience who are alt/far-right was a feedback loop. It amplified him. They loved his based takes. They loved him. And he loved that they loved him.
Ruby2312@reddit
He cant even say fuck Nazies anymore, lul
Yorunokage@reddit
He was just good second monitor content. Dare i say he's actually good at reaction videos since he adds a lot to them instead of just passively watching
But yeah, he just had to go crazy defending Musk and Trump for some reason
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
i miss watching pint and barny64 videos, turning one hour video into a 4 hour react
transmog comps and the ff14 arc lmao
present asmon fucking sucks lol
-Quiche-@reddit
He has coworker opinions and people who don't work like hearing them as if he's their coworker.
Cardboard_Chef@reddit
You'd be surprised how many people live this exact lifestyle and find him extremely relatable just on that alone.
SorosBuxlaundromat@reddit
I refuse to believe anyone else has ever woken up because the dead rat in their room got baked by the sun
isnortmiloforsex@reddit
You would be surprised to know that people willingly live in worse conditions.
Novareason@reddit
He was living in "get leprosy" conditions, and he's recently cleaned up to "refuse collecting hoarder."
People arguably only live in those conditions because of poverty or mental illness. He's got a lot of money, so...
isnortmiloforsex@reddit
Probably mental illness, dude changed drastically after the death of his mother
CyberneticSaturn@reddit
Someone’s never seen a meth house before
rayquan36@reddit
He was fun to watch when he was just a loser attic dweller with an autistic amount of knowledge about World of Warcraft. Those Transmog Competitions every Sunday were so fun to watch.
I have no idea how people take his opinions on the world serious as he never steps out into the world unless he's going to buy chicken nuggets.
Doobalicious69@reddit
Someone in another thread summed it up quite well, but essentially asmongold draws big numbers because of a few factors:
There's obviously going to be more to it, but his viewers feel like he's "one of them."
dnen@reddit
I was a sometimes viewers of his videos too. He’s far from stupid, as he never really slipped into commenting on real world issues and revealing just how disconnected he was to real life politics. I believe I specifically became aware of him via my desire to learn about diablo 4 as a new player in that franchise. I watched his videos regularly for a few months in 2023-24. One that particularly struck me as great was a dedicated video to his mom and the tremendous role she played in fostering his childhood obsession with games and promoting his desire to be a content creator. She wasn’t ashamed of her hermit loser gamer teen, she’d play WoW with him too! I thought right then that’d I’d be a long time viewer of this guy. Haven’t watched since he blindly bought into those first right wing conspiracies. No doubt he’s genuinely a decent dude with a very kind heart, he’s just kinda dumb lol
wattsup1123@reddit
Used to watch him for the world of Warcraft content. But that’s basically dead in the water so he became a grifter
Yasimear@reddit
He's a hateful bigot, but he's juuust safe enough to not end up on the crazy side of things.
His viewers just want to hate in comfort.
EMEYDI@reddit
I liked when he roasted peoples dogshit transmogs
SorosBuxlaundromat@reddit
That last word is not in the bible
RunInRunOn@reddit
"transmog" is a name for a custom avatar in an MMO
psyEDk@reddit
lol yes - WRONG BELT
.. ah the good old days.
now it's all pvp streamer twitch drama and endless commenting on things.
Fyrefanboy@reddit
He was, and still is, a genuiely good streamer, regarding videogames. He express himself clearly and without the forced excitation, and have nuances in his videogames opinions. He is a great second screen.
nitonitonii@reddit
He was just a funny idiot, that's his role.
Now, trying to make serious pollitical comentary as a funny idiot? You get elected as president of Argentina
Neomataza@reddit
Some people just enjoy observing rudeness, like savagely roasting people. And usually they enjoy it as long as they don't vehemently disagree with the talker.
Unsure what demographics his viewership is made up of, but I'd be surprised if now they were politically anything but alt right.
Sakuran_11@reddit
Alot of people like that he just says whatever and does what he wants not whats popular unless he enjoys said thing.
I personally dont watch his political content since its an absolute mess but when he plays games its good background unless he mentions DEI in some way.
Abortedwafflez@reddit
When he was just a gamer talking about games, streaming, or whatever he was actually genuinely entertaining. Putting on in-game events, getting involved in random drama, and just kind of being a stoked gamerbro. While there's a lot you can say about his personality now, one things for certain is that he just has a way of talking to his viewers in an engaging way. So when he was actually putting in effort into his streams and OTK as a brand, you could understand why people watched.
But with his mothers declining health and later death, his friends disappearing one by one either due to their own mistakes or Asmon's personality shift, and the complete down fall of OTK, I feel like he just decided it's time for the mask to come off and to show the more repressed side of his personality. Which is what we see now. A deluded guy with no friends, all the money in the world, alone to himself in a house he basically treats as a shrine to his dead mom that's falling apart, and believes he owes the world and those who disagree with him nothing.
Sleazy_T@reddit
>and believes he owes the world and those who disagree with him nothing.
Which is true, isn't it?
bigelangstonz@reddit
He's honest to a fault about what he thinks and does, which seems like a breath of fresh air vs other twitch streamers and he doesn't come off as an elitist snob when talking to his viewers
8123619744@reddit
Back when he played wow (literally 10 years ago holy shit) he had a fun persona and always doing community events. Being a rude asshole in a video game, but utilizing that energy to try and achieve goals in the game with randoms was fun. He had a very Texas “tell it like it is” vibe that made him charismatic.
The problem is being an ignorant attic dweller doesn’t make for a great political commentator.
BrownieIsTrash2@reddit
People watch streamers as almost background noise, and asmongold is really good at saying a lot of nothing.
Ar0lux@reddit
This was the exact same breaking point for me. I would say im pretty left and considered asmon to be center right for a long time. It seemed to change when he returned from the break after his mom died. He just seemed to slip further and further into the extremes.
LieutenantOG@reddit
Asmongold has been a shitter since the beginning.
He exploits other content creators to amass more wealth for himself with React "content".
He is a dogshit and selfish person that steals from others for his own gain
tut_i_tam_comics@reddit
He gives shout-out for people he watches, doesn't skip sponsorship in their videos and ask his chest to subscribe to them, you gotta at least give him credit for that.
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
yeah he was good at bringing attention to small creators and he was one of the few 'reactors' that would turn a like 15 minutes video into a fucking 2 hour react. people that say he didn't just never paid attention. i used to love that dude's streams lol
now, i can't stand listening to him more than a few minutes without rolling my eyes
iacchini97@reddit
I disagree that he was like this from the beginning. I used to watch his videos when he was only notorious to WoW community (around 2012) and beside being infamous for having poor hygiene and being a troll in forums he was a good content creator.
He started becoming a little shit after he become more widely known, when he realized he didn’t have to grind WoW collectibles anymore and could just watch videos and spew some bullshit for 10x the pay.
That’s when I stopped following him
Q_dawgg@reddit
I stopped taking what he had to say seriously with the Mahmoud Khalil issue, he just read what the closest headline had to say, lifted up his shoulders and said “that’s what ya get” and didn’t do any extra research on it. Completely insane how people think he’s someone to be listened to
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
yeah him being just SO confident while saying the dumbest more ignorant shit is so damn annoying
Klokinator@reddit
I don't know who that is or when this issue came up. Is it recent?
Q_dawgg@reddit
Ehh it was a few months ago, long story short the dude was affiliated with a pro-Palestine college group and was signed to be deported by Marco Rubio.
The case is still being fought in the courts. There’s a fairly strong argument that the legislation that’s being used to deport Khalil (and many others) is unconstitutional, and is a breach of executive power. I agree with this notion and don’t believe the law should be in place.
Asmongold however looked at the first headline he saw, claimed something along the lines of “people who immigrate here shouldn’t talk shit about America, if you don’t like it, leave” and didn’t say anything about the actual issue.
BigDaddyReptar@reddit
Yeah I used to enjoy his content about gaming a lot because well he is decently knowledgeable about that especially mmos. He just isn't when it comes to politics but he acts like he his and his audience loves it because they agree with him
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
Yeah I watched his stream almost every day between 2018-2021 or so but he just went off the rails with ignorant self centered comments. He's only gotten more delusional and the mental gymnastics more obvious and annoying.
dude defends imperialism and thinks fascist policies are 'based'.
idk what the fuck happened to him.
kubin22@reddit
For me it was when he and his chat were like "this guy speaking facts" when J.D Vance was giving a speach to EU
fistofthefuture@reddit
Not only that, but Elon called him a fraud and he cucked himself into defending him. Wild behavior.
Whatsdota@reddit
I feel like most “centrists” are just republicans that are too ashamed to admit it
albertoroa@reddit
Yeah it makes me sad cause it's never someone claiming to be centrists and then busting out some leftist or far left views, it's always just conservatism lol
howrunowgoodnyou@reddit
Anybody who watches someone else play games is a fucking loser
raysofdavies@reddit
Claiming to be a centrist whilst actually being right wing yet again. Right wingers are so ashamed of it
Ciubowski@reddit
and when leftists have a scandal he goes on and on describing what he thinks it's going on with great details pulled out of his ass to make it more believable.
I really noticed this double standard with his takes on the left vs the right.
When something is absolutely in favour of the left he has no option but to agree with the left.
But when something is even by a slight margin "weird" about the right doing the wrong thing, he sticks to those guns defending the right.
Like with that Elon stuff.
He keeps saying that "oh, you have multiple points on a graph, you draw a line and it paints the picture" but he conveniently forgets to do that when it comes to Elon because "he likes Elon" and he got into his DMs that one time.
KazakiriKaoru@reddit
And also literally calling middle eastern as inferior people and having inferior culture.
Sleepparalysisdemon5@reddit
Well, when your culture finds a 50 year old something sheikh taking your 11 year old daughter as bride acceptable, where woman with open hair are seen as whores or where sex out of wedlock is punishable by STONNING, your culture might be seen as inferior. Of course these are extreme examples and it is a spectrum but these cultures are closer to those very same examples. I wouldn’t call these cultures inferior of course but i can see where he is coming from. If nothing else his wording was rude or he was ignorant. I don’t think he said inferior people.
UnregularOnlineUser@reddit
Wow, funny how none of the things you mentioned happen in Palestine. Maybe in Afghanistan that shit might happen, but the blatant racism and ignorance to say this about Palestinians is astounding.
Worse yet, claiming that they deserve to be genocided because of their culture is indefensible, I really don't get how someone can be this heartless.
Sbotkin@reddit
It happens everywhere in the Islamic world, because it's tied to the religion, not ethnicity or nationality.
UnregularOnlineUser@reddit
It is literally NOT tied to religion, people reallly just believe whatever shit they read online.
TheSearchForMars@reddit
Or what they read in the Quran.
KazakiriKaoru@reddit
Wow, way to show your own ignorance
Sleepparalysisdemon5@reddit
Look buddy, i grew up in a family with such culture albeit not as extreme and my country is full of nutcases. My cousin was married off at the age of 16 with someone in his 20s. Don’t call me ignorant when i see it first-hand everyday. Like i said, i wouldn’t call it inferior and it is not absolutely awful as there are many good things too but i can see where he is coming from as he was talking about the most extreme ends of the culture.
Klokinator@reddit
That was fucking awful too. God he fell off almost as hard as Elon.
TellmeNinetails@reddit
Hey some of my best friends are balding. :(
blueeyeswhitecock@reddit
Balding guys would kill for his hairline. Not funny pal.
JeffyGoldblumsPen_15@reddit
Asmond supports genocide in Gaza. Sounds like a centrist take to me.
moregonger@reddit
is this political charlie?
Subpar_diabetic@reddit
I think he’s the dark mirror of Charlie if you think about it in a weird way. Instead of the squeaky clean, sterilized vaguely left, milquetoast that you get with Charlie, you get an absolutely vile, “centrist”/right-wing grifter slop show with Asmonchud. So really you get a strangely accurate picture of the current political situation that the U.S deals with from these two internet people
moregonger@reddit
and they look the same which is hilarious
ManOnFire26@reddit
Time to start streaming on his alt alt account
Ir0n_Panda@reddit
Ohhh brother anyone have sauce for the vod? This sounds epic
Hongkongjai@reddit
https://youtu.be/eaPkRdgGDSU?si=-ISOnwJbc_Vkeotq
3:42
“There is clearly not enough definitive proof to be absolutely certain that Trump is involved with Jeffrey Epstein, to a degree that he should be charged as being a pedo or anything like that. I am aware of the public evidence. But Elon is suggesting that the Epstein files that are not released create more evidence for that…we don’t know yet.”
8:44
“Yeah, but do you really think Trump didn’t know anything about it (epstein’s crime) before then (epstein’s conviction)? I can’t imagine he didn’t know a single thing about it…I think Trump knew. I think he at least had an idea before the allegations were out.”
13:50
“I think he is probably involved but i don’t think there is enough evidence to prove it conclusively.”
GoblinBreeder@reddit
And is there enough evidence to prove it conclusively? What is Asmon wrong about here? I think a majority of people would agree with the last statement he made. We all think Trump was probably involved but we all know that we haven't seen enough evidence of his involvement.
Unusual-Pollution-49@reddit
Was live during the whole thing, post is wildly inaccurate. Both sides were mad at him exactly because he did not take any of what was happening at face value, literally stated multiple times that Trump should go to jail if found guilty. This sub like almost everything else on reddit is entirely compromised by dishonest sheep.
GoblinBreeder@reddit
Was about to same the same thing. There's so much Asmon propaganda hatred here. Just people with impressions and opinions of him based entirely off of straight up fabrications. I dont care if people don't like Asmon, there are reasons id understand not liking him, but at least base your opinions in truth and reality.
Sercotani@reddit
blame his editors who're very much for Trump, like look at those damn video titles. Dude's hands off but he doesn't give a shit cos grifting makes money.
Hongkongjai@reddit
Which is weird when you consider the ordinary progressive left will find the entire green text to be far right neonazis to begin with.
Ir0n_Panda@reddit
Interesting. I don’t put it past anon to drama bait, but would still love to see that shit
Hongkongjai@reddit
You can watch his YouTube videos where he said
This is good. He is an accelerationist and he hopes that this will help pressure the government to release the Epstein file in its entirety
He is confused why Biden administration did not use the file against Trump. He reckons that maybe both sides have their names in the file.
He did not jump to trumps defence as far as I can tell.
Kotoy77@reddit
Thats how it always goes with most people, but with asmongold specifically. Mfers just make shit up.
KnownAsAnother@reddit
The swirling hurricane of shit is fantastic and I love watching idiots slowly realize that their beloved guy is, in fact, the pdf file they've been groomed to hate all along. Only problem is there isn't a Democrat, Clinton, pizza parlor, or any number of scapegoats to distract them.
jashAcharjee@reddit
Who is this guy?
Lost_Amoeba_6368@reddit
LOL holy shit
AbhorrentMidget@reddit
Assmongoloid.
Whatthe456789@reddit
The fact people genuinly care to listen to the political opinion of a man who lives in filth, used a rat as his morning alarm, wipes his mouth/gum blood on his walls, brushes roaches off of himself mid stream and cant drink water because it doesnt taste as good as soda
Q_dawgg@reddit
-How to be a “centrist” political twitch streamer:
-Read headline on stream
-Don’t research any further
“Yeah that makes sense”
“See this is exactly what I’m saying”
Read comments of twitch chat
“Yeah exactly”
-Get called out whenever you get something wrong
“Oh my bad.”
Make millions of dollars, become the most watched streamer on Twitch
LilXansStan@reddit
Moistcritical waiting for the court of public opinion before deciding which side of the issue he will stand on and making a video after whatever bullshit drama has already resolved
Fireproof_Matches@reddit
Man, his old stuff (anything about 10 years or older at this point) was great, but one day I guess he kinda just pivoted to "react", "drama", and other low quality bs content.
Q_dawgg@reddit
Lol that too, but I don’t even watch these dudes anymore. I just make stuff up depending on who I’m trolling
Flintiak@reddit
Same for leftist political streamers except for the "my bad" part. Not defending Asmon, I think the idea of discussing politics on twitch with a fast moving chat is always gonna be sloppy, toxic and counterproductive. It's trash content no matter what.
Jedimaster996@reddit
"leftist political streamers"
"Hey guys, maybe we should help our nation feed it's poor and educate it's children while just leaving people who are different from you the fuck alone".
Both sides, am I right?
Realistic-Pain-7126@reddit
Ah good old left wing Hasan "America deserved 911!" is totally not bad or anything
Nathan_hale53@reddit
Im pretty left wing but I despise Hasan.
zobor-the-cunt@reddit
you didn’t?
Flintiak@reddit
You conveniently forgot "hey guys check out these wonderful musical people with AK47s and their smiling hostages just chilling out. I have no issues with them whatsoever, their flags look cool. I hate America though btw, 9/11 was deserved, in fact if we reach the dono goal I'll bake a 9/11 cake"
Do you see how none of this shit promotes moderate, level headed and empathetic thinking? Are we really incapable of acknowledging that the biggest political streamers are ALL cooked no matter which side?
Sercotani@reddit
I had an epiphany when I just checked the "video" tab of the leftist content creators I follow. Hasan obviously, Vaush, then commentators like Adam Mockler, Luke Beasley, Brian Tyler Cohen, David Pakman, hell even the Daily Show.
I enjoyed their content unironically, the way they mock the Republicans and Trump. But I sometimes worry how absolutely sure I was that they're right. Like, that has to be dangerous, right? But I don't really care.
Sometimes I go check if Asmon covers the bad shit that happens w/ the GOP, that these channels I mention covers. Nope, totally different echo chamber, can't alienate their own audience, I guess.
My question is...who do I listen to? What kinda centrist wins here when the people I wholeheartedly agree with call centrists closeted fascists?
Flintiak@reddit
Let's be honest here, dunking on Trump and the remaining GOP cult is incredibly easy, no matter who does it. But if you look more closely to your list, there's pretty big differences between Hasan and Jon Stewart for example in what they stand and advocate for. I assume Stewart would probably be a "centrist" in Hasan's eyes for even platforming Democratic party members.
The term "centrist" is dumb and has no real meaning. Right wingers(like Asmon) use it to appear as moderate to reach wider audiences, but never bothering to reach middle ground or consider different perspectives, while radical leftists(like Hasan) use it to bully moderates, if they're not fully down with their radical partisan politics.
Outside of that, I don't see many people declaring themselves centrist when asked about their political views, but that could easily be my blindspot, I wouldn't know.
The answer to your question is you make your own critical judgement on everything and everyone based on the information you have. It's not always convenient, it's sometimes exhausting, but it's better than to just blindly subscribing to the Arby's of political ideas, aka Twitch/Kick.
If you happen to agree with leftist people more that's totally fine(which I usually do, because everyone has their biases obviously), but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be criticized, or that conservative perspectives are invalid by default.
These streamers will occasionally say some common sense things, and they will get certain topics right, but when you look further it's easy to see their problematic behavior and the perpetually pissed off, toxic audience they're cultivating.
Sercotani@reddit
I'm economically liberal but socially leftist. I don't think capitalism is incompatible with the liberation of human society from its traditionalist and tribalist woes.
Sometimes I feel like taking the time to read communist works, but like, I love my supermarkets. I think its fucking amazing that I (a city dweller) can buy so much good shit that only the very wealthiest and most powerful of monarchs in the olden days would be able to barely dream of.
I guess I'm...a socdem, haha.
BIGBUKKILLA@reddit
Everytime it’s always someone sayin “the online left” and they literally just mean Hasan who they hate because they will never be him
AzuleEyes@reddit
The left doesn't have the same sort of streamers tho. It doesn't (mass) sell. Seriously, name one leftwing show on AM radio. Left wing political hosts weren't popular enough to sustain an internet network let alone a terrestrial one. Are their leftwing streamers? Undoubtedly but they don't fucking matter. Actually liberal opinionators work at places like The Nation and The New Yorker.
Jesus dude, everything might have two sides but seldom are those sides equal. Name a "leftwing" streamer with the audience of Asmon? You can't. Sides are unequal. Assume a 80/20 politcal split. 80% are under the umbrella of the republican or democratic party, 40% each side. Leftwing streamers should be more popular. The problem isn't that they're not popular. The problem is too many people are getting their "hot takes" from idiots and that one is starting to make them law.
Flintiak@reddit
I mean, if you can't name the obvious one endorsed by Twitch itself, then best case scenario is that you just lack the information.
Swagamemn0n@reddit
See your favourite anime character do something that is literally the opposite of what the constitution allows: "this.. this is awesome! :D"
BanjoMothman@reddit
Was Trump not on the logs when it all hit the fan originally?
Superkritisk@reddit
Ah yes, the "I thought my favorite streamer didn't have some batshit bad takes" post.
Your online favorite idols are the same flawed people as you and me.
Banjo_Kazooieballs@reddit
Lots of jealously in these comments
CalhounWasRight@reddit
Can you blame them? I wish I could make millions of dollars a year being a smelly shut-in.
Bwomsamdidjango@reddit
Still a much better person thar Hasan Didy Party Hamas Piker
yoloswaggins92@reddit
It is genuinely baffling that this guy has an audience. Like WHO does this appeal to lmao
tespacepoint@reddit
I never understood centrism. What does it mean ?
If you have for example someone proposing legalizing something not harming anyone, and another person proposing to systematically kill every of these persons, centrist are like « let’s make a compromise ».
Which compromise.
You don’t make compromise with the killing people guy
dragoslayer1327@reddit
Wait that's not penguinz0?
MarxistTransFurry88@reddit
Did the leftists just wake up again?
AttentionRudeX@reddit
Usually astroturfing
BigBrilla@reddit
I mean, being a “centrist” or left leaning from 10-20 years ago is now considered being a far-right authoritarian racist fascist.
Free-speech was massive for the left and now it’s the complete opposite.
Supporting free trade and as little government intervention into people’s lives was once left
Feminism. Supporting biological women being equal is not enough. If you argue that a man shouldn’t be allowed to piggyback off the real struggles that females face, you aren’t left
Being anti-war is no longer left. There’s overwhelming leftist support for the Ukraine-Russia war and the terrorist organisation hamas
Being tough on crime and being anti-criminal is no longer left. It’s racist to critique crime. Being tough on crime is abusing the white supremacy patriarchal system and directly hurts marginalised people, looting for example.
Supporting gay marriage is not enough.
You need to be obsessed with men in female sports, men in women’s bathrooms, child mutilation and whatever made up victim pronoun comes out in the future.
Obviously this isn’t universal and it’s a spectrum but if you once believed in all these things as a leftist you are no longer left, you are far right authoritarian..
imnota_@reddit
No Idea who that guy is, but in general do not understand why some people are doing the shocked pikachu of the relation between Trump and Epstein. It was already very public with many pictures of them together, Trump saying they've been friends for a decade, etc
Cod_on_crack@reddit
both trumps and musk are in the epstein files
BojukaBob@reddit
Asmongold's success is the final nail in the coffin of the idea that we live in a Meritocracy.
Sleazy_T@reddit
Go do what he does better than he does then. Enjoy your millions Bojuka Bob.
BojukaBob@reddit
Fucking deranged nonsense. You don't know what meritocracy means nor what its absence implies.
Sleazy_T@reddit
Go do it! Enjoy your success.
Otherwise please just put the fries in the bag.
BojukaBob@reddit
Dipshit NPC nonsense.
AnnoyingInternetTrol@reddit
Wait, I thought 4chan closed like 2 months ago when they got hacked?
beepbeepbubblegum@reddit
Who fucking watched this loser in the first place?
proletarianliberty@reddit
Trump on Gislane Maxwell: “I wish her well”
hundenkattenglassen@reddit
He probably in them DMs asking for noods.
ThirdIrony@reddit
Nah she's too old for him
Smelldicks@reddit
I am too, she’s fine as hell
Flimsy-Jello5534@reddit
Asmonslop at it again.
Minute-Weekend5234@reddit
Assmongoloid would rather die than not have the shittiest takes of all time
DrillTheThirdHole@reddit
hes on blackrocks paysheet, thats all i ever needed to know
TheyCallMeCool1@reddit
Real idiocy is believing only either the left or right was responsible for the murder of epstien and not both.
Down with the entire government of crooks
1800leon@reddit
Baldy is a stinking streamer he is the lowest of the low in society a modern day E begger
kudos_kudu@reddit
I have never watch Asmon gold, I have never actively sought him out, yet everyday, I see his gross, scurvied face
Grenyn@reddit
For some reason he both still has diehard fans, as well as probably new people who become fans despite all the evidence out there that he is not someone you should want to follow.
I used to respect him somewhat... over a decade ago. Even at that time he was divisive and contentious, but he had reasonable takes often enough. But now, he's firmly established that he's just a gross goblin man whose opinions pivot as soon as he gets some backlash, and who will always say the dumbest shit first.
thecryptohater@reddit
Conservatives just don't believe in anything anyways
smokeymcpot720@reddit
Is any of this a big deal? Trump is obviously a pedo. This was already evident from his creepy beauty pageants, Ivanka comments, and Epstein photos. Even if there was hard evidence that he raped some kids, it wouldn't change anything for his cult.
And Asmon is a grifter. He'll say whatever makes him more money.
IT_techsupport@reddit
He's a wow streamer from a red state that has an opinion on everything from the safety and comfort of his desk, what else do you expect?
lewd-boy-o@reddit
The only time you can be a true centrist is if you suck Trump off to make him feel good then crush his balls to hurt him
E1visShotJFK@reddit
Erm... You see this is because Trump himself is a centrist, but the left has moved so far into the left while the right has stayed perfectly still that now centrism is right-wing ☝🤓
ILoveWesternBlot@reddit
there's people that unironically think this is true and it makes me sad
Sercotani@reddit
its not hard to see how that's wrong when Americans call lefties "libs".
but then again, they're American. Or some dumb fuck 3rd worlder cosplaying as a white dude.
SllortEvac@reddit
Is anyone seriously listening to a wow streamer’s political opinions?
Sercotani@reddit
Millions.
sussywanker@reddit
Since when is 4chan lib chan?
Sercotani@reddit
libs ≠ leftie.
RunInRunOn@reddit
4chan has always had people from every side of the political spectrum. So, probably since before you were born
mrpeshoga@reddit
I'd like to remind everyone that Asmongold endorsed Kamala and he and his father had a Kamala endorsement stream. He also said he'd vote for her. However he quickly flipped his attitude when Trump won. He is some who only repeats the popular opinions of his community. He has no opinions of his own. He's just a lich lord who played wow religiously for 20 years and when the game died, he switched to react content and started the always agree with the unpopular but safe opinions of his followers and gained a bigger following with people with unpopular opinions. His only slip up was calling supporting the genocide of Palestinians. He is a Blackrock employee after all. And so are many popular streamers. And before you say it's a conspiracy, search up night.co. It's owned by blackrock and there's a surprising amount of famous talent they've got.
MADMAXV2@reddit
I used to watch him and he was fun to watch but time gone by it was clear thst it got worse and worse and worse with some of the takes and opinions, now I ain't going to go out my way to change someone mind or call out on them for it, I'll just stop watching them and it just becomes another lost memory
talc25@reddit
Dude's a fucking idiot, no clue why people hold relevance to what he speaks
Fun1k@reddit
Honestly it would surprise me if Trump never had sex with underage girls. He is exactly that type of vain person.
Shoddy-Warning4838@reddit
"yeah, i get my political opinions from a streamer who plays wow and doesn't shower"
someone
lordxebec@reddit
he plays wow?
333Deutschblaze@reddit
Bro rn
Kotoy77@reddit
Anyone got a link of him saying this?
awesomedan24@reddit
AsmonOld-Cold-&-full-of-mold
Cpt-Kadde@reddit
if 4chan doesn’t like you, your are doing somthing right 😷
RunInRunOn@reddit
4chan doesn't like anything
Cpt-Kadde@reddit
simultaneous truths 🗣️
RunInRunOn@reddit
Some people get way, way more attention than they deserve
LazyLucretia@reddit
Who tf cares?
Throwaway-fruit-4445@reddit
Why y’all keep on posting about Asmongold?
Who cares what that bum does, it’s not like he ever contribute any takes to anything
Mohc989@reddit
Much like the rats in his home. He lives rent free in peoples minds.
phoenix_bright@reddit
Who the fuck is this
THEGREATESTDERP@reddit
Reason why i blocked his channels. Trump sympathiser and always has a opinion on everything and if you don't agree on it you get shit on.
benis444@reddit
The andrew tate for gamers
Soldierhero1@reddit
He is literally the anti cr1tikal
HiImYannick@reddit
Really miss the days were he just streamed WoW. He changed into a really weird person
GranTurismo364@reddit
I really will never understand why this goblin is popular.
davion303@reddit
Asmondgold is a fucking dumbass and a loseem everyday i thank god im not him, or near him
Ham_Drengen_Der@reddit
Asmongold is a far right goblin
Sen-oh@reddit
It's a bit. They literally pay him not to pick a side. It's like the political version of an OF model who never shows nudity or something. People will follow for years just for the chance that they can be there when it finally happens.
And if she does go nude, her career will nosedive, at least in the short term. Asmon's niche is being a professional fence sitter. The stuff he regurgitates is to balance out being a lefty irl
PartyClock@reddit
"centrist"
GreenKangaroo3@reddit
It's not news that he is a despicable human being. I can't understand how ppl can side with him
Manskewer@reddit
That’s isn’t a man. That’s a child.
TerminalDoggie@reddit
GOD PLEASE Someone send the crashout if it's real, I need to see this stain blubber and lie his way out of this
bigelangstonz@reddit
Looks like asmon got a taste of TGS(trump glazing syndrome)because how tf else do you say epstein kill himself after believing he did not for years ? 😭
ThePlumKing@reddit
Hoes mad
TayWorGG@reddit
Room temp iq and a lip full of spit
vibe_assassin@reddit
Asmon isn’t smart enough to be as big as he is
Latviacm@reddit
His only good content was transmog comps
Naash17@reddit
I thought he was Auth Right.
Now I know he's an Auth right that's still in the closet.
CrosshairInferno@reddit
Asmon knows a good 30% of his views would drop off if he didn’t defend Trump. He’s been riding this weird centrist/logical grift train for a while now. It would have fared better for him if most of his statements weren’t just a variation of “Yeah, well, it is what it is boys.”
Nokan96@reddit
Why so many people watch this dude? The only time he was mildly entertaining was during the 2021Blizzard shitshow