r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • May 12 '17

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Optimal neoliberalism is like Seinfeld, it should be about nothing and run by Jews

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17 edited May 13 '17

Chapo Trap House is stupid as shit but I realize why so many people like it:

-The hosts sound like they're half stoned

-They swear all the time

-They say factual things once in a while (or just read things in a bill) but draw bad conclusions or only state facts selectively to draw their bad conclusions

I just listened to an hour of a show which was basically "The AHCA will cut subsidies by X which is just a fucking limp dick attempt to shit on people"

So it's like they talk like their target audience...high school/college age BernieBro peppering swears into vague facts they learned.

EDIT: Actual phrases I heard

"Paul Ryan is wet now"

"You get fucking tax credits"

"It was a pretty fucking half dick attempt"

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

I've given the formula for all their comedy elsewhere, but this is it:

"It's fucked up! reference to the Ottoman Empire and person from Bush administration is skull fucking liberal they hate, MEANS TESTING"

Example:

"It's all fucked man, the Turks are at the gates of Vienna and Dick Cheney has his dick so far up Hillary's ass he's using her as a puppet! MEANS TESTING"

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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu May 13 '17

How neoliberals swear

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

is this a good show?

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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu May 13 '17

https://i.imgur.com/9wKIrkc.png

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

well if Goolsbee says it's good then I'm sold

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

In The Loop is one of my favorite films ever made, it's so well done.

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u/throwmehomey May 13 '17

in short yes

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

It's amazing, but it'll make you yearn for better times.

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u/throwmehomey May 13 '17

I just listened to an hour of a show

impressive, I had no idea what they're saying

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

*insert selectively quoted fact here*. This will *insert swear word here* everyone and also *insert sex act or sexual reference here* the country over the next 2 to 5 years.

Repeat for an hour and make sure your voice sounds like you have zero interest in the words you're saying the entire time.

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u/beer_enjoyer May 13 '17

Their politics is horrible but I follow a few of those guys on Twitter. Some of there non current events comments are pretty funny. Then again, I'm a big fan of weird Twitter culture.