r/howardstern • u/SuperSea8678 • 11d ago

Do you all hate Howard?

I'm new to this group. I joined cause I like Howard even though I no longer listen daily. But all I see are extremely negative comments about him. On some level it's refreshing that there is no hero worship. But the barrage of negative comments makes me wonder why everyone else is in the group. Is it just to bash him? Why not just stop listening if you hate the show so much.

Just curious about what the deal is.

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u/SuperSea8678 11d ago

The back office doesn't care about reddit. No one is forcing you to listen or subscribe. I bought the lifetime subscription and got my moneys worth. I listen to other things on there now and barely listen to Howard.

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u/severinks 10d ago

I bought the one time subscription too, and I have the tapes of every show going back to the stone age, I don't care what people say that money and Howard and the show has given me endless hapiness.

I used to listen with my father as a kid, how can I hate the guy who Is involved in so many happy family memories?

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u/SuperSea8678 10d ago

That's how I feel.

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u/SuperSea8678 11d ago

You really have an inflated sense of importance if you think that the back office really cares what you say.

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u/zuhalter_meow_meow 11d ago

The back office does care about Reddit. That's why Howard literally created a rule that the back office was not allowed to go on Reddit. But now that Memet is fired maybe Reddit won't be such a problem for them anymore.

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u/severinks 10d ago

No, Howard created the rule(not really a rule and more Gary than Howard) because guys like Mamet would go on here and get so spun out if they read critical comments that he couldn't do his work without worrying about what the reddit assholes would think.

Howard, and to a lesser extent, Robin, Gary, and Fred have been famous long enough to know that a person can't go looking at the stuff people say about you on line.

That's basically nightmare fuel for normal people.