STAVVY HELP THEO LEARN WHY TRUMP BAD

[@ryanlangley1219]

Theo and Joe Rogan will endorse a political candidate and act like they promote the Truth but then say, “hey, I’m just I’m a comedian, you’re an idiot if you listen to me”

[@StreakyBaconMan]

We should start calling it he "Von-Rogan excuse". It's usage has certainly become common enough that we should have a name for that type of excuse.

[@julielacy]

Boycott Vonn & Rogan - just couple of washed up comedianss

[@vincestapels2022]

​@@julielacyGood luck with that 😅 I'm sure you'll made a difference--! 👍

[@UnitedWeStan]

This generation's Tucker Carlson or rush limbs

[@thejanglezclan]

The irony: That's the only thing they'll ever be right about.

[@kayiness]

Theo Von is 44 years old. He can only play the lovable dumb oaf for so long. Joe Rogan is also 57. The locker room banter is more than that.

[@ubahfly5409]

Facts. Theo plays coy & it's so transparent.

[@Savethepeople2004]

You must not understand the vast scale of this dumb oaf life, mate

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

Theo is what Rogan was 10 years ago, in ten more years he'll be what Rogan is today.

[@xSLIMxSHADYx]

theo might be in an echo chamber of faux masculine far right manosphere bullshit but i think stavvy helped theo see something hopefully the rogansphere learns more about these issues SOON☠️

[@unknown5150variable]

IDK, I think theo is a bit naive, honestly. Fr he was literally a cultmember at one point, and nit themaga one. He's got an almost childlike way about him. He's been around and seen some things but he's still somewhat sheltered.

[@johola]

Theo talks about rapists over the border, but not about the *convicted* rapist moving back into the Whitehouse 😂

[@Dan2557]

very good point

[@hugh-jasole]

Tara Reade

[@johola]

​@@hugh-jasole Trump, the convicted rapist. not some hear say ;)

[@Afura33]

True

[@poindextertunes]

Don’t forget his cabinet appointees! Mate Gaetz and Pete Hegseth!

[@davidfaustino4476]

Stavvy is the GOAT. Straight up. Seems like an ACTUAL good dude not just some scumbag looking for attention.

[@khetto1]

​@@whatdoyousayaboutthat2852 the tough guy has arrived

[@Victestr0104]

He’s on Hasan’s stream a lot. They’re good friends and he’s definitely a good dude.

[@jonharvey55]

The Goat? 😂 settle down, lad! He's okay.

[@Serzzle]

I saw him live in East Atlanta in 2022 and he was so down to earth, after his show he stayed back by his merch and just talked to people that were there afterwards

[@purplewine7362]

@@Victestr0104 that's disappointing to go on Hasan "annexation of Crimea was justified" Piker's stream

[@Gates9]

Theo Von plays coy. He’s more set in his ideology and far gone than people realize. Look at how often he starts with a conclusion and looks for the evidence to support it. Roganesque indeed.

[@AstroBear11]

Peterson disciple.

[@sarahnicoleanastasia]

Ya I’m honestly sick of ppl fanboying a lot of these manosphere men that aren’t as extreme as T@t3. They play dumb but def steer conversations in one way.

[@Gates9]

@@HerbTime420 very clever, you think of that all by yourself?

[@NetanyahuWarCriminal]

⁠@@Gates9 HerbTime here clearly sprinkles a little meth in his herb.

[@BlanBonco]

Theo seems nicer than most of that faction even if found myself laughing yet not wanting too much more

[@kottnmth420]

The problem with Rogaine is he thinks comedy is making fun of everything. They claim to love Carlin but their comedy is no where near that level of punching up.

[@Dan2557]

Carlin would be disgusted by the bro comics

[@lurkingposter]

Rogan is still a right-wing shill.

[@Letmegodowninthemud]

@@Dan2557100% plus those libertarian party frat guys rogan has on always mention hunter s thompson like hunter a thompson wouldn’t be disgusted by rogan having no pushback for trump

[@dillon1037]

While the dude's far from perfect, Stanhope is a thousand times closer to Carlin or Hicks than they'll ever be. They're more like, I dunno, Dennis Miller minus the thesaurus?

[@Thedarkknight2244]

No the problem with rogan is he’s not funny, so he made his own comedian sphere for comedians surround him and make him a “comedian” by default

[@TheJofurr]

Emma's hesitation before saying the name of Stavvy's former podcast was adorable.

[@NetanyahuWarCriminal]

When the news gets really overwhelming I find the Cumtown rants on Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson on KZbin. Bye, bye blues. 😂

[@BlanBonco]

The right don't own juvenile jokes.

[@Rossoneri2]

​@@NetanyahuWarCriminalbut are you gay though?

[@ZERO_O7X]

​​@@NetanyahuWarCriminal Mr. Feeny really did a number on Benny Shabibo.

[@jordanremington]

@@Rossoneri2 Adam definitely was, and a gd bug.

[@caymuscairns6845]

I never thought I would live to see the bizarre day where Cumtown is mentioned on the Majority Report.

[@jamals.8786]

I think the late Michael Brooks’ last stream on his KZbin channel was with Stav. 😢

[@lj5708]

​@@jamals.8786 adam freidland was also on Micheal's show

[@radiofreered]

Cumtown were always well inculcated into niche left circles

[@No_co_OK]

The audiences of both massively overlap.

[@SuzakuX]

​@@lj5708yeah, Cumtown, Chapo Trap House, True Anon, and Hasan Piker all run in the same social circle and frequently guest or call into each other's stuff. Used to be called the dirtbag left circa 2016.

[@MJH-kr4zg]

"This was a master class in how to talk to a dumb guy." Great quote.

[@DemCorp-AgentsOfCarnage]

From the same Brnwshd minds who signed of on an 80 year old, 50 years in Gov, establishment, dementia patient....🤭 Yeah yeah WE are the dumb ones😮

[@thubbs]

Yes, you are

[@DemCorp-AgentsOfCarnage]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 im sure u can work out what Brnwshd stands for , you can do it bud....use that brain power

[@DemCorp-AgentsOfCarnage]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 His point was laughable. Period. If you dont like a states rules you move. If the majority of people want something thats how it should be, period

[@trickstergod9179]

@@freddyrodriguez4732Nah, just accurate.

[@EileenHall-j9f]

I’m a 77 year old British woman, a bit too sensitive to so called bad language. But this is what is needed to relate to people. Us oldies need to embrace this. Intelligent comedians can cut through the crap. I love this man.

[@mtcuppers]

Stavros is not intelligent I'm sorry. He's good at communicating good values.

[@jasonmillsom2981]

​@@mtcuppers granted he's more intelligent than Jordano Petersonian

[@33up24]

​@@mtcuppers Intelligence is not this one thing. There's multiple kind of intelligence. Stav definitely has the "social" kind of intelligence. And fuck It, having simple common sense now days makes you more intelligence than nearly half of the country so there's that too.

[@orangeyewglad]

You should check out his former podcast cumtown it's right up your alley. Just kidding

[@mtcuppers]

@33up24 I don't disagree. I've just listened to ctown and I know how much of a dimwit Stavros Halkias is. It's not to demerit what he's saying, I just don't think intelligence is a prerequisite to listening to what somebody has to say.

[@Rexini_Kobalt]

stavros hitting us again with insulting these fools to their faces for minutes on end and they have no idea, hes so disarming its amazing how he flys under the radar the entire time 😂😂😂

[@severalwolves]

this brief exchange about politics came at the very tail end of a two hour long conversation between the two of them. you can get people to be pretty open to your perspective when you just just talk to them like normal, and don’t condescend. Stav could have just immediately shut Theo down when he said problematic things (like the comment about immigrants doing assaults), but then he probably just wouldn’t get invited back on these shows. instead he just redirects that energy towards more worthy targets (ie. the rich billionaire who benefit from that kind of attitude) while trying to remain charitable as possible. as a result he’s able to remain in the same rooms as comedians like this and remain a force for good in their company - somebody who can have constructive conversations, and try to stem the rightward drift of his peers.

[@Ethan_Tracy]

Well that's the thing. Stavros is not insulting Theo here. They are just having a regular conversation. He isn't trying to be rude or throw shade. Stavros is also a comedian so his main goal is to make people laugh. Plus he doesn't punch down in his comedy even to hecklers. If you can meet people on their level, they will begin to empathize with you. Comedians are experts at this.

[@tonoornottono]

i think you’re wrong. if you can’t be cool and genuinely friendly with people like theo, and even more right-wing like, 4chan types… you’re not capable of leading any kind of movement. the ability to genuinely earn trust and friendship is invaluable. it’s not about “dunking on” people at ALL. this is a class war and we need to recruit lol simple as.

[@pumamanta1771]

@@freddyrodriguez4732stavros is in his early thirties, millennial I believe

[@georgem7276]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 Stavros is a Millennial

[@one_mega_ohm9139]

I needed to hear this, the new wave of fascism apologist comedians has been super depressing

[@MrYago-xd7um]

Not new, it's just manufactured consent with new faces and the same Crossfire scripts.

[@juvedoo99]

@@MrYago-xd7umhiding behind comedy is easy. Just say it’s a joke anytime someone calls you out on it.

[@phunchu8202]

Whats facist about Theo? Or is it just a word you learnt at a drag show?

[@kiiyll]

​@@phunchu8202did anyone call Theo a fascist? No. Learn to read before you reply.

[@graceomalley4]

@@phunchu8202a fascist apologist.

[@gurtpootie7667]

A childhood friend of mine started watching Theo Von awhile back and now says “Trump can’t be bought” after hating him his first term. He also believes all the conspiracy shit right wing bros spout. Now he’s living in the douchyverse.

[@kayiness]

Keep sending him clips like this

[@shinebabyshine.]

Your friend has to be watching a lot more than Theo Von. Black woman here who’s been watching him for 5+ years and he hasn’t changed my politics one bit

[@whramijg]

The ONLY way you get through to Trump is by buying him. Jfc what Republican logic.

[@gurtpootie7667]

@@shinebabyshine. well, he’s also just completely isolated himself and became an alcoholic lol. We both live in Texas and he’s worried about Venezuelan gangs.

[@Unedited43795]

Lol, "douchyverse" is awesome 👍

[@TheLoneMaverick]

These right-wing comedians who think George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, and Bill Hicks were right-wing are idiots. I do love me some Stavy though

[@MoahGentle]

Trying to talk about comedy without mentioning George Carlin - mission impossible!

[@juvedoo99]

⁠@@MoahGentlehe’s a cornerstone of modern stand up comedy.

[@MrDesmondPot]

Bill Hicks would definitely be right wing at this stage. He’d probably be in prison. He was a full on age of consent libertarian.

[@Dan2557]

Carlin is shaking his head in disgust somewhere

[@Rob-v6l]

People are saying that Bill Hicks was right wing? Lmfao

[@Horus-Lupercal]

Theo Von showed his hand with the "letting r*pists over the border" remark.

[@aceofspadeslandscapelesson8219]

It was a joke.. He's a comedian.

[@Oneoneone111One]

@@aceofspadeslandscapelesson8219oh phew we should make all public figures comedians and just jettison accountability and earnest belief and replace it with irony

[@TruantMusic]

theo is very low confidence and doesn't believe in anything. he was quoting not stating. he is friends with right wingers because that is who controls comedy, but he's not a right wing guy at all. when he says ignorant shit you have to go 'oh fuck he thinks that' and i'm not above him or better than him, he has become very successful by having a weird mind, don't write him off

[@rocdaroc]

@@TruantMusic Stop running defense for stupid people. You can only hide behind "jokes" for so long when you don't realize your views are abhorrent. If you know you are STUPID then don't say things you have no idea about because guess what it hurts real people when you have a megaphone this big.

[@TruantMusic]

@@rocdaroc no but social is different to theory. these podcasts are simulating social interation. and look mate, it's not about 'running defence', i'm 'running defence' the other way. America is a fascist country and most people don't know it. we need all of the friends we can get A guy like Theo Von who just is a smart and interesting guy with a perspective, he's not a fascist, he works for the fascists, and has a public voice. Your view of just calling him a nazi and writing him off is useless. We don't have the power and we never will. That is the point of truth to power

[@Steveosupremeo]

Stavros is the comedian we need. He's done more pushback to Joe Rogan in person than Kyle Kulinski.

[@fity_4696]

He told Joe: "illegal immigrants cannot vote in America. Joe said: "Well what if they could?"

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

Kyle blonde hair is not good

[@orangeyewglad]

@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper Kyle is a sexy man in any color you take that back.

[@steelersguy74]

That’s not saying much.

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

I’m surprised Theo didn’t get hit w the thousand island stare

[@thebeermaster34]

Very nice OG reference.

[@jordanremington]

Lol dude that was one of the funniest moments on the pod.

[@severalwolves]

Theo just doesn’t Dream To Imagine™️

[@jordanremington]

@@severalwolves when Nick got the sound board and started abusing it in that first episode with it was magical. Fuck, I REALLY miss those days, but glad to see them all doing well. I wish they'd get back together for an "anniversary" episode.

[@QuantumTelephone]

Probably the funniest play on words of all time. Nick is a nihilistic genius

[@sinisin2000]

The one thing I disagree with that Stavvy said is that Dems didn't talk about or try to do anything about inflation. They did for a hot second and it was shouted down as protectionism. This is the larger problem with the Democrats. They keep trying to please these conservatives who don't care about or respect them. The minute they cry about being called weird or "socialism" the Dems stop pressing the attack and stop pushing the agenda in a meaningful way.

[@brycemcneil4404]

Canadian political strategist John Duffy said something once very accurate and (strategically) complimentary about former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (paraphrasing): "He doesn't focus on getting votes, he focuses on getting the votes *he can*." It's such a crucial distinction and it angers me how many Democrat candidates trust strategy firms that blatantly steer them away from this.

[@floydammons5429]

Part of the issue is that the MSM takes right wing bad faith b.s. and seriously, as if it deserves intellectual discussion. When Trump said "Kamala became black" they went around asking dems if they agreed with that statement, rather than just pointing out the fact that he was being a stupid liar, and everyone who didn't immediately denounce him was also a stupid liar. CNN and MSNBC think that treating both sides equally is the same as being neutral, even if one side is objectively wrong. That's the reason that so many Americans are now in the mindset that medical and economic experts are just someones opinion. They think their vibes are as valid as someone elses researched calculations. The legit think science is just liberal opinions because MSM gives them equal weight.

[@StreakyBaconMan]

​@@floydammons5429 I remember years back seeing a climate denier with no scientific background whatsoever debating a guy with a PHD who had worked in climate science for like 40 years on the news. That was when I concluded that MSM is worse than useless - it's actively harmful.

[@IshtarNike]

In fairness, if they wanted to help people with inflation they should have done even more to raise wages. Raising the minimum wage would have been good. Raising the lay of federal workers would help too as companies are forced to compete with those wage floors.

[@thejanglezclan]

The Covid pandemic birthed a new era of price gouging that is still unchecked. The improving inflation in the US over the last year was actually being admired by virtually every European country, but Americans (rightfully so, if not still ignorantly) only care about their own bank accounts and the prices they see at the pumps/stores.

[@kosmtekken]

We love Stavy around these parts.

[@eatfrenchtoast]

That laugh tho 😂

[@nicolasbaker9601]

Theo plays dumb. Im tired of his shit. He's such an idiot that he really call Bernie that he would like to see him and Trump on the same ticket. And he was being 100% serious too. Just sell 100% completely uninformed an idiotic

[@betterthanrae8137]

yo, i have to have government approved medical procedures now and theo is like "why are peoole scared?"

[@ElyonDominus]

He doesn't care. He's a far right guy playing dumb. He's just JRE for non-UFC fans.

[@ComradeSenpi]

@@ElyonDominusto be fair at least Theos stand up if funny

[@No_co_OK]

He's out of touch.

[@marys2406]

@@ElyonDominus This.

[@orionizaqt]

Not that I disagree or personally care about people talking about cis white guys, but we on the left seriously gotta stop saying the phrase "cis white guys". Anti-cis, anti-white, anti-straight and anti-male rhetoric is a major reason Trump got elected again.

[@reverendx4ever]

"Cis - Male" "Gis- Female" Cis Is SLANDER

[@Zytri92]

If you think about it, this is a real concern. If young men are disenfranchised and feeling like they need strong authoritarians to give them purpose…well, perhaps society framing them as cis male as a derogatory way is not helping. It is pushing them further into isolation and desperation, and straight into the far right.

[@orionizaqt]

@Zytri92 Yeah exactly my point. I do personally have very strong progressive values, but woke scolding people who don't have those same values or are maybe just a bit ignorant does not seem to work and pushes them further away when they may very well have been receptive to these ideas otherwise.

[@WickedestVoodoo]

Yes! I am a very non-PC liberal man. I am undeniably masculine and that has put some of the more sheepish liberal women on a defensive first path when talking to me. Explaining becomes mansplaining, that sort of thing. Men far weaker than me draw back from that shaming and come up for air in a place they are always made to feel welcome. You can't blame someone who just wants to feel a connection for veering off to where they are offering that connected feeling in piles with no judgement of them based on gender. There has been another excellent point made about democrats, for a group that touts an open mind, some of us are very quick to close it to people that oppose us. I am super guilty of that. That does not endear folks to your cause, at all.

[@andycampbell8622]

The fact that you think cis and white are bigotry shows your hand 😅 would you say them calling everything gay pejoratively is less bad? Why is that?

[@craigmurdock4740]

“They pretend that there is no problem“ was spot on

[@jiggerypokery2962]

I think the ecomony is doing what it's meant to do. It was running absolutly fantastically. The economy just isn't designed to help most people.

[@BCFoolin]

True, but the Harris campaign spoke on implementing anti price gouging policy. Especially during the Hurricane

[@balthorpayne]

@@BCFoolin This, so when he mentioned "Nobody brought it up" as much as he was killing it, this was the problem. None of this was private. I caught it, many others did, but somehow those messages fall to the wayside. Its easy for the Right to say "Gays, inflation, immigration!" and win with concepts of a platform. It honestly sucks.

[@kevinfrancis1384]

Harris mentioned price gouging and going after companies plenty of times. She mentioned cost of living was too high. Ppl went with the narrative they wanted to and ignored the messaging. Even Stavvy wasn’t aware of the messaging. Shows how much of an echo chamber ppl live in or are resistant to information when presented.

[@EdwardAlcantara]

@@BCFoolinSame thing I thought. When he said that I was like “That literally was her first major proposal”. That was the thing that lead to the Komrade Kamala smear

[@craigstahl1874]

Theo huffs Rogan's gas just like the rest of them. It's sad.

[@Dan2557]

well put

[@LazyEyePolitics]

Theo was STRAIGHT SERIOUS about the border grapists 😂😂😂😂 legit

[@starscreamjesse2121]

can you imagine how great Kamala would have done with Von??

[@explainedinenglish]

What's true is that serious vetting is hard to do with limited information. That unsavory people are let in is true by what little statistical evidence we have of undocumented crime, especially sexual assault which is rarely reported anyways. While I don't like blanket statements that paint everyone as 'rapists', it isn't something to laugh about either.

[@Nodiee1]

​@@explainedinenglish there is no information supporting the view that undocumented immigrants are the perpetrators of violent crimes to any significant degree. Sure, there will always be violent criminals in any population, but the data that we have shows that undocumented migrants are much less likely to commit crimes in America, including violent crimes, than native-born American citizens.

[@MisterNiles]

remember. Theo wonder why people be scared

[@fivetwoeighty7012]

@@explainedinenglishcitizens commit more crimes per capita than undocumented immigrants. I’ll emphasize the per capita part.

[@beerkegaard]

“I regret not listening to Cum Town.” 😂😂😂😂

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

Their episodes on r/bigdickproblems and the Opie and Anthony subreddit were hilarious

[@beerkegaard]

@@soysaucehairdye7869 not sure Emma would find the “Nick almost says the gamer word” compilation funny 😂

[@drewpeacock9087]

@@beerkegaard maybe emma really is that cool and just hides it 😅somehow I'm inclined to agree wth you though

[@somethingelse4424]

​@@drewpeacock9087I'm guessing she's only heard it described fondly... Like boomers talk about SNL back in the 80s or whatever. And when you actually watch it you're like what the hell even is this.

[@orangeyewglad]

@@somethingelse4424 Also she would walk back her punching down talk if she heard the Tom Myers compilation. They pretty much hammer the dork for being a weird loser comedian for like an hour straight. lmao

[@isky.h]

I never thought I would ever in my life here Emma say that she regrets not listening to "Cumtown"

[@somethingelse4424]

She might change her mind if she really listened to it.

[@mark6302]

The cumtown Steven Segal episode is one of the greatest things ever put to disk.

[@Xenthosis317]

Cumtown is like 90% "I'm gay" impressions and 10% pure comedic gold

[@Paulxl]

Kamala didn't talk about price gouging? Really?

[@Dan2557]

the dopes didn't hear about it on Fox

I love how people who never listened to even ONE of her speeches or checked out what even ONE of her policies were think they know what her policies were. FFS.

[@tracevicente]

A bit frustrating that what she literally said was just ignored…..

[@Lazyassreactions]

She talked about it, that's great. But what did the Dems do about it when they where in power??? Think That's what he's talking about.

[@curatorious]

Emma you are so wise and kind. I enjoy this channel so much.

[@Dan2557]

Emma is the best

[@24pagedown]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 wdym she’s very empathetic and kind. Like in a genuine way.

[@24pagedown]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 cry.

[@peertopeertherapy3720]

Actually Kamala Harris did bring up the issues of price gouging. Some people just didn't pay attention.

[@ElyonDominus]

Nobody watches cable news. She didn't say it where anyone listened.

[@00SmileTime00]

She never gave a specific policy prescription on _how_ she would address it. She dropped the issue _entirely_ after the DNC, once the Harris campaign became the Democratic campaign. And finally, it rings pretty hollow to tell people you'll address a problem if they elect you _whilst currently in office_

[@jmitch3431]

you can’t get mad at normal people with maybe multiple jobs for not being tapped in 24hrs to the news. to be honest if she wanted people to know about it they would.

[@onalos1271]

I never heard anything from Kamala. She must have been on corporate "news" or giving speeches to rich donors.

[@factcheckthecharlatan]

The comments being left is exactly what you said, some people just didn't pay attention.

[@SuperChrisDub]

The fact the Theo Von can basically say that about immigrants, without batting an eyelid and without irony, shows just how far right the cultural conversation has shifted. 10 years ago, he may have thought that but no-one bar fringe figures would say something like that on air/online/etc. I know he said it because he is smart enough to know his audience will lap that kind of sentiment up and hee-haw like donkeys. Just like Rogan did when Joey Diaz told his "funny story" about forcing women to pay him in money and a blow-job just to get a spot at the Comedy Store. Then, months later, Rogan is all disgusted by Harvey Weinstein. Zero self-awareness.

[@Crashesdown253]

Whenever Sam comes on at the end and big dose of his voice, I ALWAYS think it’s Charlie day trying to sell me kitten mittens.

[@andaros8449]

I'll definitely check him out! Also, I enjoy Bill Burr he doesn't fall for stupid stuff.

[@Mack.Flurry3]

To me, it feels like Burr is waiting for the Dems to actually speak to the working class again.

[@titussardonicus338]

Bill Burr is an underrated ally.

[@fakename1656]

Those 2 are my favorite comedians. Josh Johnson is also amazing. New mini sets each week that are topical while being hilarious

[@Dan2557]

Burr cynically does the "both sides" crap....he's full of shit

[@tracevicente]

Bill Burr is my fave. He has evolved big time. One of the funniest things I have ever seen is his last pod with Conan, I think it is a year ago, I was wheezing.

[@TwoForFlinchin1]

I don't think it's that Kamala didn't recognize the problem, it's that she didn't reflect people's emotions. She didn't get to the root of the problem but she did directly address price gouging and supported unions. It's just that Dems expect people to make that bridge in an information environment based on outrage. She repeatedly highlighted the difficulties of raising children and caring for aging parents. She wanted to give tax credits to people with children. But she didn't point out an explicit enemy because liberals cannot critique capital itself. The price gouging is just the profit motive. No one shits on Trump for never talking about stagnating wages in the face of record profit. I hate liberal economics but Kamala was everything a normie says they want.

[@ullebor]

Harris' biggest problem was taking on Biden's team.

[@cmbells7736]

​@@ulleborBiden ran left of kamala.

[@GoHawgs1987]

At the end of the day, no one associated with this White House was going to win. We should have seen it coming with how monumentally unpopular Biden is/was. A majority of the country sees Trump as the agent of change this cycle. The last 3 general elections, in my mind, have been a vote against the incumbent as opposed to a vote for the other guy. '16, the inevitable backlash that comes from 8 years of one party in the White House. '20, Trump's coalition turning against him because they were mad about the Covid economy, and '24, Biden's coalition turning against his VP because of inflation. It'll swing back next cycle. Unless we repeal the 22nd amendment or something.

[@2004doody]

This right here.

[@Dan2557]

the right wing noise machine

[@NextChapterRapper]

STAVVY BABYYYYYY

[@sorasorisora]

I found Stavvy through Hasan then I went on a KZbin shorts binge of his crowd work, he is hilarious and like Emma said never punches down. I love him

[@jamesgains8652]

Except to the audience at his shows - but it's hilarious

[@NukaNikki]

Who would have thought Stavros was the rogan bro voice of reason.

[@thebeermaster34]

If you listened to Cumtown back in the day, you saw this coming.

[@ThingsICantFindOtherwise]

@@thebeermaster34 coming

[@NukaNikki]

@@thebeermaster34 i love Stavros for this. I would like to offer him a ride to Cumtown😂😂

[@ouhutra]

Cumtown and Stavvy being friends with Hasan, he's a good dude.

[@metsoIomita]

Stav is the fucking man. Good guy, good politics.

[@tallyholightguy5353]

I think everyone needs to revaluate Theo Von, because his comedy shows have been terrible as of recent, he spreads misinformation, and he's a carpet on his own podcast....and his guests keep wiping all their shit over him and he just accepts it. He's weaponized his stupidness.

[@princejellyfish3945]

Yeah he kinda seems like a different guy all of a sudden. Or maybe i just stopped paying attention for longer than i thought. But he used to be very quick and have a devil-may-care style of humor; both of which he seems to have lost or given up on.

[@tallyholightguy5353]

@@princejellyfish3945 I think he's been struggling with drugs recently based on a show I saw in Greenbay a month ago. Basically told the audience "I'm on drugs." He also has a different crowd of friends and needs to be deprogrammed from all the rich-conservative people he’s been hanging out with of this year. Which started with Dana White 11 months ago helping him fight his sponsor at the time, Pelaton, for suggesting that Theo take down an anti-vaccine podcast episode with RFK jr to continue their sponsorship

[@joekerins9772]

So....just Dave Rubin basically?

[@Dan2557]

trump loves the uneducated

[@churchofbrap876]

Dude seems coked up in alot of his podcasts

[@lau_dhondt]

Theo Von obviously plays stupid when he’s podcasting, just like Lex Friedman. It’s the best way of being adjacent to that far right Rogansphere, while being considered too stupid to bear any responsibility for being instrumental to elevating far right figures with interviews that ressemble hot stone massages.

[@racoonfrenzy3617]

“I’m just asking questions” is another form of this.

[@lau_dhondt]

@ In entertainment that’s alright. Political leaders should be questioned by hardtalk reporters that have zero interest in befriending and palling around with the people that write and enforce the laws by which we are supposed to live. That used to be well understood.

[@infinite-sadness]

Cumtown was gross and immature, but that was what made it funny

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

And how gay it is

[@infinite-sadness]

@@SpiritOfMontgomerythat too

[@Matty272]

Love the Steve Harvey as Nuremberg judge bit.

[@bigfatdynamo246]

@@Matty272 They did *hwhat* with the trains? In *my* Germany?

[@Elcore]

Incel Sebastian is a deeply layered bit. And Andre's Steakhouse changed the cultural landscape forever.

[@keylightsystems]

Just call him a man. Cis male sounds weird.

[@Ipraytopesci]

I can't believe she would think Stavros was right wing when he was a known associate of famed center-left talk show host Adam Friedland.

[@AllG98]

And head of the DSA Nick Mullen

[@JohnDoe-xv9du]

​@@AllG98Lol literally whomst? And thats why emma would think that

[@MisterBadman]

@@freddyrodriguez4732different podcast entirely

[@ubahfly5409]

Nick Mullen. He's funny & may be "on the Left" (DSA yeh yeh) but he's friends & collaborators w/ some truly awful chuds. And let's not pretend like much of his humor isn't borderline racist.

[@ubahfly5409]

​@freddyrodriguez4732 Big fan cryptofascist white nationalist sympathizers, huh? Tf is wrong w/ u ppl?

[@TheChristianRiv]

Stavvy is the best. Glad he’s getting some recognition!

[@PhuzzySlippers]

its stavvy's world we're just livin in it

[@severalwolves]

Dream to Imagine!

[@TenThumbsProductions]

You can all take a lesson from Stav and Theo. You CAN have a friend that disagrees with you. You CAN have a civil conversation.

[@randilowery9669]

He is HILARIOUS!!! I’ve loved him for YEARS!!!

[@choreboy988]

Stewart + Stavvy 2028: Comedians for Change

[@orangeyewglad]

And Nick Mullen could be the Secretary of the Railroad

[@choreboy988]

@@orangeyewglad Nick’s dad would be the proudest dad on earth.

[@severalwolves]

Stavvy is great. Cometown (along with Chapo) were some of the only voices in the podcast space who were actually talking about Palestine in an anti-zio way back in the mid-late 2010s. Despite their many problematic aspects (which I think was employed more in service of making fun of the holders of b1g0ted views than in actually upholding them), they’re some of the only people who I’ve seen leverage ‘edgy’ humor in service of just causes.

[@Kollieprime9]

It’s always funny going to an old c town video where Nick is doing a racist bit but watching the comments not get that the joke isn’t entirely what they think it is. Like the Bernie town hall bit, which started off his idea of how Fox News would racistly portray a black person in a crowd

[@sazonada]

I remind myself that "What got us here won't get us there." Stavros' approach is what I'm hoping I can get to.

[@ApertureAce]

Greek isn't a race so it's 100% acceptable to describe Stavros as white (as it is to describe Latinos, Jews, and Arabs as white). Side note, the longer I compare ethnicities, the less I believe in race as a coherent classification of human beings lol

[@betterthanrae8137]

ceos make 350% more than their average worker, and sure trump really cares about that🙄 he talks about it all the time

[@thrpotatoasfgfejfidieiidkr7071]

350% or 350 times?

[@billwilson9602]

Definitely not 350% lmao

[@orangeyewglad]

350x, 350 percent would be the difference between $100,000 and $450,000.

[@doomslayerdave]

Nick Mullen and Adam Friedland are quite hilarious too.

[@aceofspadeslandscapelesson8219]

Absolutely

[@roundabout468]

and gay

[@hr6280]

Stav was only ever the laugh track.

[@katherinela1717]

We Love Stavy! Yes, masterclass in how to talk to a dumb guy.

[@starscreamjesse2121]

Too bad Kamala didn't go on his podcast. she would have crushed him.

[@jordanremington]

Lol Cumtown was absolutely WILD sometimes, but those dudes captured lightening in a bottle and they shook that shit up and rolled with it. I miss those days so much, but I amreally happy to see Stav, Nick, and the bug are all thriving.

[@patti1101]

Harris did have plans. Maybe pay attention next time. She wanted to make laws about prices that companies can charge. Also wanted to give first time home owners help . Smfh

[@JackAShepherd]

And expansion of Medicare to cover home healthcare! People are effing idiots

[@albertgriffith5801]

She wanted to make laws about prices that companies can charge, specifically in the aftermath of certain natural disasters

[@romangeneral23]

But she stopped talking about that after the DNC. She went radio silent on it!!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@piper998877]

This is the problem with media. They will spend 23 hours a day speaking about the latest stupid think he said. Spend 45 on regular news, and then leave 15 minutes to discuss the Harris campaign, but not have time to bring every issue up.

[@00SmileTime00]

When even the people who supposedly did "pay attention" can't explain what these supposed plans are, you're proving him right champ 🤣

[@justincoleman3805]

Theo is too willfully ignorant and stuck in his bubble to take anything positive from a conversation with anyone smarter than him or his peers.

[@churchofbrap876]

Dude is clearly on drugs

[@patches.742]

Seemed like he was trying when Stavvy was on

[@matthewmurray7428]

Just bought my tickets to see him in Denver...

[@blyatt]

Stavvy is awesome, but I don’t like that she didn’t give a nod to Bill Burr. He’s also great for a straight white guy.

[@No_co_OK]

Bill Burr is more progressive than the average comedian but he frequently lapses into dumb conservative talking points. He's literally made some of the same dumb conservative talking points that Theo Von made in this video.

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

Damn, were gay now!!

[@jojoe3193]

Wow! Stavros Halkias on the Majority Report, Bravo!

[@benjamindorothy5667]

@@jojoe3193 I'm pretty sure Adam was actually on the show once before Michael passed.

[@thebeermaster34]

To be fair. Cumtown is gross... And that's why we love it.

[@emilyroseayres84]

Marc Maron is the most hilarious comedian. His special on Binge is the best. He has a bit about Rogan and other far right comedians and their stupid theory about “Anti-woke” comedy. lol. The best bit is Maron doesn’t mention any of them by name. He just describes them in detail in hilarious way.

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

I think Stav is good at communicating with non-left wingers not because he's some sort of genius but because he spends a lot of time around people who aren't politically active in either direction (aka most people). When you watch lefty shows all day or you run a lefty show you sort of lose that ability focus on the macro view of your beliefs in a way that's easy for other people to digest that doesn't come across as pretentious or obscure or unrelatable

[@angiebams123]

Good point

[@loner419]

Stavvy seems to effortlessly funny when he's just shooting the shit. Stavvy's world has had me dying of laughter all the time.

[@sharonmaitland4411]

Kamala said she was going to stop price gauging.

[@foamingclean596]

But she stopped talking about it after the DNC, it was a clear choice for her to drop populace rhetoric during the campaign. It was a dumb choice and that's why she lost. She was crushing it when she was saying that.

[@LostInTheMovies]

​@@foamingclean596 DNC was a real pivot point.

[@frogcannon]

3 months before the election

[@Tearakan]

She completely stopped talking about it early on.

[@PBandJJJJJ]

80% of Americans own 7% of wealth…

[@Dan2557]

trumpers: duh...that's good, right?

[@Afura33]

And Trump wants a tax cut for the rich lol

[@jasonbeil7093]

Attacking Joe and Theo and just being mean to them isn’t helpful. The left which I am a member of has a nasty habit of being kinda shitty to people that could be won over through argument

[@dylanjones9354]

Very true. I'm right wing and what you said increasingly pushes people away from the left and to the right (even if they started off in the centre or was independent). The left won't learn but instead double down on the hatred so reasonable left wingers like you will remain as a rarity.

[@monty3854]

The little floating head added nothing but waffle

[@Itsant33]

Honestly I knew Theo von was like this years before anyone else did. He did a sense where he tried debunking white privilege. And his excuse for that in the joke was that he was also poor growing up. Which is honestly really flawed logic. and most white people that are performative moderate liberals will use this defense mechanism. Because the thing is when we say White privilege it doesn't mean that everyone who is white is well off or well connected. What we mean is that we don't experience the same difficulties for certain situations. White people are more likely to get hired and less likely to be pulled over by the police. That doesn't mean that they have impunity when they're driving or that they're more qualified. it's just that when they hear privilege, they think that we envy them for no reason. And honestly when he first told that joke I understood a bit of what he was trying to communicate. It isn't that white people don't suffer at all. But I'm also not going to pretend that minorities experience the same amount of difficulties. Just because I didn't ask more manly as a boy in elementary school, something that confuses me because we didn't even start going through puberty until the late end of it, male classmates would say that I'm gay or that I act like a woman. But now I only really do that around the women or not straight guys because they're the only ones that are more safe to be around. And even then some women and not straight guys will say that they can't tell. And that's not even the worst problem I have. They hear that and they assume it's a blanket statement meant to attack white people.

[@NetanyahuWarCriminal]

Theo is the poor man’s Joe Rogan. And by poor I mean “suffers from massive brain damage.”

[@ElyonDominus]

That's just JRE.

[@NetanyahuWarCriminal]

@ Zero lies detected

[@notamurderer6226]

And this shows the stupid man’s tyt you want the most Brain dead takes you come here

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Stavy is the king!

[@starscreamjesse2121]

Democrats should have run Stavy for president, articulating your thoughts was a challenge for others.

[@andresserna4120]

Cumtown is my favorite leftist podcast

[@brentwalker8596]

"Democrats didn't tell people that they were going to stop price-gouging"???? Oh, you mean, when Kamala repeatedly mentioned corporate price gouging and that she would be addressing it if elected? SMH.

[@ElyonDominus]

Where were people supposed to hear about that? Cable news watching just isn't it anymore and she did one podcast nobody watched. How did she communicate that? She didn't.

[@Iliketoeatallday]

You mean that thing she immediately stopped mentioning when she should have been shouting it from the rooftops?

[@piper998877]

@@ElyonDominus She did several podcasts. It's amazing how poor black people heard her message, but for some reason, poor white people were too busy being racist to listen or thinking her "cackling" laugh would make it difficult for Putin to take her seriously.

[@hooksx]

She did. You don't even have to be literate to have heard her speak about it. Came up during the debate.​@@ElyonDominus

[@00SmileTime00]

"I will address this if elected" doesn't mean much coming from someone _currently in office_

[@MorbidMorvick]

I think that the point about tech companies sapping everything they can out of a potential market then leaning to the right to keep line going up is so important

[@democrazy69]

Cum Town lmao

[@PBandJJJJJ]

Stavros is a real human being and a heavy hitter, in more ways than one. I love that when he roasts people, it also feels like he is giving them a hug.

[@curatorious]

Sweet. It was a master class on how to talk to a dumb guy. Really appreciate you sharing this clip.

[@MoahGentle]

Stavy does this all the time. Glad you guys credit him.

[@carolyntalbot947]

Theo Von hides his power level. He’s not a nice guy, he can’t be arsed to be responsible with his platform.

[@scarahtl2731]

I love Stavros is essentially laughing in his face and theo is completely serious

[@Robert_Bob_Bobrob]

Stavros seems like a good guy from what I've seen of him!

[@mannyc7187]

Dude trying to explain what Theo tried to say with the joke was torture lol.

[@kem1036]

You GOTA get a little Nick Mullen in your life then.. 😂😂

[@seanentzel9616]

It shouldn't have taken the Democrats 7 months plus a losing election for them to start actually talking about the problems with the campaign, period. As the dude was even stating: the right was at least willing to talk about the problems so whether their voices will actually be heard or not, the ppl that voted that way felt heard

[@seanmiller6747]

All these comments coming from those who are chronically online already saying “but but Kamala DID say something about price gouging!!” Comments were made on it in literally July and maybe August, then it was dropped. You can’t call it a relevant message of the campaign unless you’re saying it right up to Election Day. That’s it.

[@Dan2557]

silly take

[@kylenmaple4668]

Theo is the most infuriating out of all the Joeroganverse characters. He has absolutely no integrity, he feign empathy when he has none. Its actually insane, I fell for it at first

[@Dan2557]

never listened...but he seems like a huge jackass

[@rainbowkrampus]

In retrospect, I should have known that "Professional Dumb Guy" was a space occupied by more than just Rogan. But he's such a huge figure that he apparently eclipses all others. I had never even heard of Theo Von until this incident. So now I know of two Joe Rogans. My life is not better for this.

[@phiksit]

Rogan-lite... kind of figured as conservatives seem to like this Von guy.

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@freddyrodriguez4732 Half of US adults are illiterate, so... I suspect the answer can be derived from there.

[@Mankster23]

Condolences. Think of Rogan like the planet Jupiter of dumb guys. With hundreds of thicko dudebro influencers being moved around by his gravitational field.

[@bnz70]

Stavvy nailed it. I've never heard of him before now, but jeezus .....

[@be.random]

Cumtown is highlighted by Nick Mullen, the true comedian of the pod the best of the trio (.)

[@WolvesHart79]

What is so wild is the fact the policy positions he brought up actually was talked about by Kamala...housing, price gouging, abortion etc. Was no one listening to actual policy positions at all?

[@Dan2557]

no

[@xbabu142x]

See the issue with the way the US does politics is that the messaging needs the same level of charisma and broad media appeal. One of them has a clear privious advantage with this setup.

[@PeteNThat]

I don't think Von can "learn."

[@estoy3300]

he sure can, but he don't need to.

[@mchga]

stav's affability/intelligence really shines in this clip

[@brianwells3271]

Is Stavy getting the Tim Pool Audio Filter?

[@Titanvol91]

The fact that Theo agrees with a lot of Bernie Sanders means he's not too far gone even though he's deep in the Rogansphere

[@MrDesmondPot]

He’s a stupid person. He goes with his feeling

[@Ish-k4l]

Stavros must not be rich enough to cross over yet. Enjoy him while he lasts.

[@longliverocknroll5]

Hasan is way richer and hasn’t changed his stances. The guys on Chapo do pretty well too. Bill Burr is also getting more Lefty populist in his comedy as he ages. Being rich doesn’t de facto change you, but it will if you lose your connections to regular people. See Chapelle.

[@benjamindorothy5667]

Nah, dudes been a millionaire for a minute now. He's just a decent human being.

[@TruantMusic]

those guys are pretty rich. it's a hope for the future. the Gen X comedians don't believe in socialism because when they grew up america won everything. the millenial comedians (and people) grew up with american capitalism failing and being inferior to China. totally different set of assumptions

[@keithmorgan3295]

Only the scum bags cross over.

[@joshuaDstarks]

These guys were getting 5 figures…a month…for years. Stav is doing alright.

[@atrainradio929]

It’s amazing how clear cut things are when you approach politics from a working class point of view.

[@ElyonDominus]

That's almost like that's why nobody does.

[@mazterlith]

​@@HerbTime420So through your actions got "they need to finish the job" Trump?

[@benjamindees]

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

[@reddeadren351c8]

Cumtown! 😂 Great podcast

[@thomaskemp8803]

Dude he nailed it

[@puckerings]

Stravros repeated at least one right-wing talking point: that Harris and Walz only presented themselves as not Trump. That's right-wing lie. They talked about policy plenty.

[@ElyonDominus]

But where do you hear about that if you're a low info voter? You don't.

[@billwilson9602]

It's 2024. Everyone is glued to the Internet 24/7. Anyone claiming they "never heard Kamala Harris' message" is either lying or was actively trying not to hear it.

[@jmitch3431]

that’s such a stretch, everyone knows her big thing was that she’s not trump

[@fakename1656]

I love talking policy but Kamala did poorly at it. You gotta repeat it to nausea with easy examples of how they apply. They sadly hid Walz most of the time. His weird comment alone literally was breaking their brains