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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1609 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 20, 2025

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Culture war - bro podcast edition.

Sam Hyde was recently on Bradley Marty's podcast where he brought former mma fighter Jason Mayhem Muller. Two whacko wierdos I love who fell off came together after a new resurgence, Mayhem has a history of drugs and likely has severe adhd like me because he wouldn't stop interrupting.

Sam Hyde accepted the anti semite, admitted he was a Christian for the first time and started the podcast with jokes like "Bradley was telling us about 14 this, 88 that". Miller acted like a total dunce, a ie collar democrat stuck in the early 2000s. I was surprised that the podcaster got a quarter million views. Recently Joe Rogan acknowledged his existence after having denied it for close to a decade.

It's nice seeing Sam be famous. He seems a little bitter, yet he was one of the only ones who didn't cuck out back when his show got canceled. Just surprised to find him on a popular podcast. This was unthinkable 4 years ago. He gets Moores Law wrong but hey, Scott and lesswrong gets tech wrong too so won't say much.

Can a bro get a summary of all this? I don't know these people but the drama of former friends following different paths and redemption intrigues me.

Gotta say, though, from what I can see initially, I would be devastated if my children ended up like any of these guys.

Highly recommend you watch it for the lols. The entire podcast is Sam going mask off and Mayhem who he picked up for the podcast 5 minutes ago being the walking MAGA stereotype. Mayhem didn't know Sam 10 minutes before the podcast.

Obviously no one wants to be an e celeb. I despise the entire thing too.

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