Exposing the Grift: What is Grifting?

[@Th3Birdman]

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[@Gecs54]

Hey Birdman what caused you to make this video?

[@CoffeeCrowgasm]

Yo build 42 for project zomboid just released! If you do play it you should totally live stream!!

[@Deadpool-Hugejackedman]

I always laugh when people complain about Miles being black. "Okay we doing a black Spider-Man now?" Yes. Yes we are. That's what Spider-Man is. That's what he's always been. That one hero you can see yourself as. That one guy among gods and super soldiers and billionaires who's down there on the street, living your exact life, but still choosing to help people. A black Spider-Man, a white Spider-Man, a gay Spider-Man, a Spidey in a wheelchair (who does exist), are VERY necessary. Because if a kid, or anybody really, can see themselves in a Spider-Man, they'll love it. That's what the mantle is for. Anyone can wear the mask, as it's said

[@Zarixxtheone]

She said "it's me or Th3Birdman" ......She was obviously a grifter herself

[@TobiasMaldonado-e2s]

Hello Mr Th3Birdman actually found your counterpoint of the presidential elections and what you're talking about grifting interesting but what it is the thought in my head of is unfortunate to considering the United States public voting for the former president saddening kids are in apparently the American public wants to vote in a fascist will destroy the entire world and our society and make everybody hate each other more than we already do this unfortunate for the American public is that divisive add hostile I wish people were smarter than this

[@Ghostsoldier2112]

A grift i caught real time was a youtuber called space marine 2 "woke" because it had a trans writer and then when the game came out as a huge success they turned around saying the "woke" crowd is upset that the game is a huge success these people are absolutely shameless

[@popgoesthewheasel3039]

Oh can you name the person, I want this

[@PhantomMiria22]

They also had a problem with the Astra Militarum present being led by a woman, which if I remember correctly was the same in Space Marine 1 where it wasnt a problem at all.

[@Ghostsoldier2112]

@PhantomMiria22 because she wasn't white most likely which proves those people are tourists in the hobby as despite how horrible the imperium is the emporer and the imperium eliminated the very concept of race

[@Ghostsoldier2112]

@@popgoesthewheasel3039 Jon Del Arroz

[@quamifarrgarson4966]

Same shit with the new Indiana Jones game people where so quick to claim the game as woke garbage when they saw one of the developers wearing a rainbow shirt in the revile trailer

[@PatrickWDunne]

If criticizing the Drinker means you're "jealous," I guess Drinker is *really* jealous that people like Brie Larson exist.

[@sain1536]

It's always hilarious to me how these guys hate on Brie Larson for not sticking the landing with CM. Imagine being upset that the "creator" of this universe tells you that a character is the strongest and you project all your hate on a woman doing her job. All because she pushed back on all the online goblins who don't even know that grass is green.

[@aryferreira2375]

Why they hate her so much? until today i dont understand

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@aryferreira2375because they can't get with her lol

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

​@aryferreira2375 They're incels. Basically the gist of it.

[@YTUBENEWB]

Jeremy from Geeks and Gamers exposing how he, Nerdrotic and others all "take 1 thing and make a narrative out of it" should NEVER be forgotten. Also, that time the Quartering referred to himself as "a premium grifter" should be remembered.

[@Th3Birdman]

Was going to add it to the end of this video, but I liked where I ended it. Maybe next time.

[@theonewhocannotsmell127]

Also The Quartering pissing in his basement shouldn’t be forgotten. So he can be endlessly ridiculed for it

[@grantpowell4135]

Also also 11 missing frames from flatziod

[@JustSomeRandomWeeb00]

The quartering is a literal neo nazi. He actually tried defending fucking Hitler on twitter

[@ScAR3Cr0w1]

He's outright admitted to doing the grift and people *still* watch him....lol. Most of these people just want or need the confirmation bias.

[@LSA30]

Remember, people: grifting works because people still (and probably always will) fall for it. YOU may see through the bullshit, but plenty of ordinary people don't. This is why Th3Birdman and other conspiracy debunkers are so important in this day and age. So thank you all for your service!

[@grantpowell4135]

I second this motion

[@immolated55]

This actually has the opposite result. Unfortunately it's the controversy from the push back that elevates these scams in the algorithm. What was once something that would have limited range due to an inability to reach an audience is now broadcast to more people due to it's ability to retain attention. Do you actually want to minimize the impact of these grifters? Try to help people around you. People who believe these obvious falsehoods do not do so because of facts and reason. They do it because something is going wrong in their life and they need something to believe in. It could be a scape goat for their problems. It could be for a sense that they know something others don't and it makes them feel special. It could just be a distraction. I have friends and family that have succumb to these bad ideas. All of them are spiraling. Divorce. Loss of work. Addiction to drugs and gambling. Health issues. Emotional trauma. It is not healthy people who are drawn to this. You are not swaying them with videos like this. All you're doing is giving the grifters the attention they need to survive and reach a larger audience. The ability to find people that are struggling. But that's part of the game. This sort of thing gets engagement. Which means money for everyone involved. So no one cares. Even me making this comment is feeding part of the machine. So we see infinite 'debunk' videos and everyone circlejerks in the comments about how right the person is and how stupid the grifters are and the problem just persists indefinitely, because it's not about solving the problem, it's about pointing it out so you can cut out your own slice of the engagement for yourself. You can't reason with the unreasonable. Thousands of people are proving these people wrong across all social media and have been doing so for almost two decades. Yet all these people have failed to reduce the spread of these obviously false ideas. I can guarantee for every one person this changes the mind of it helps the grifters reach hundreds more. You're all fighting the battle the wrong way and the really frustrating part is that you're all using reason and logic to 'debunk' people, but you can't use any reason or logic to figure out that you're part of the problem. The lack of introspection hurts to watch.

[@lightningstrike9876]

Also remember: Grifters can appear literally anywhere. If it's language you agree with, it's language that can be used to grift you.

[@Sup-ng7un]

bro we are the ordinary people the ones who fall for it are the dumbasses

[@yourdad5799]

​@@Sup-ng7un ok? We should try to help the dumbasses by exposing this shit then. They're people like you and me

[@lightspeed4615]

Playing Not Like Us the second you started talking about a black grifter is fucking diabolical!

[@grantpowell4135]

Th3Birdman stood on business

[@277Shadow]

Cause he ain’t like us nigga 😂 black grifter? Crazy like I always say these guys get no pussy! They sit and talk trash bout anyone not being a man in a game, like a girl gonna get wet from that 😂 they all lame

[@billyfarmerii1669]

The use of “Not Like Us” did not go unnoticed

[@grantpowell4135]

Imagine falling under their spell and not being able to see their lies?

[@PurpTurqTunes]

Another one of Mustard's sh*tty beats😂

[@joeingles7052]

@@PurpTurqTunesdamn u dont mess with mustard 😕

[@Mia-nk1kg]

@@joeingles7052He reacted to the video on his channel. His head was bopping.

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

​@joeingles7052 what do you expect of a MGK fan? Lol

[@totalhufflepuff203]

Funny you mention that flat earther whose fans turned on him the second he went against their ingrained beliefs, I witnessed something similar happen to Critical Drinker temporarily. Back when South Park made that episode making fun of Disney and Kathleen Kennedy, people were insisting it was making fun of “alt right” or “woke left” people exclusively, but critical drinker in his vid about it had a more nuanced take, about how it was making fun of both sides (which South Park tends to do), and that sometimes right wing people can be just as obnoxious as “the message” You wanna know what happened? Absolutely got ripped to shreds in the comments. Never seen a fanbase that usually ate everything he said up disagree with him and even insult him so frequently and intensely. Proves that they don’t even really care about the KZbinrs they look up to and their opinions, they just care about a specific ideology and will attack that messenger if even they show any nuance or deviance from what they want to hear.

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

They only care about echo chamber and confirmation bias.

[@jlev1028]

His comment also reminds me of when Trump promoted the vaccine to a recent disease (KZbin will delete my comment if I said its name) on a campaign trail and he got absolutely slammed by his base to the point on backpedaling his praise for public health measures.

[@steve94183]

They want to consume media about hating media without watching it themselves or having their preexisting bias challenged. So many people who ripped on the Acolyte admitted to not watching it, and they would get furious if you called them out on it. I don't know how they aren't completely embarrassed admitting they don't even watch the stuff they criticize.

[@balsasjekloca9308]

Is this really surprising? So many times these bozos have looked at a reboot/remake and went "The original creator would never approve of this!" And then when the original creator did approve of it "Uhh, all of them are brainwashed, only the real fans know what's best!"

[@honeydenison83]

I'm not even a flat earther, but if someone offered me an all expense paid trip to enjoy 24 hours of sunlight in Antarctica, I'd hop on it. Yes, please! We live in a world where people who spit foolery get offers like that. Let me start making up some ish real quick during prime gullibility LOL.

[@Th3Birdman]

It will never not be the cruelest of ironies that the worst people on the planet get rewarded fairly often.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@Th3Birdmanmeanwhile you got people who would chomp at the bit for the chance to go.

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

I stated in a comment on another video that even if they did go to space or even on a space walk they would simply accuse the experience of being fake VR or LCD screens in place of the windows showing cgi images.

[@OrbitalCookie]

@@myopicautisticmetal9035 Yes, apparently there is a second sun or whole dome is an LED panel that displays simulation of what would be visible on the globe

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@myopicautisticmetal9035i remember you saying that before. Any excuse they can come up with regardless of logic and reason lol

[@catborg780]

The mario & Barbie movie hate was hilarious

[@grantpowell4135]

The 2nd mario movie better have Wario or im gonna riot lol

[@theshire9173]

The second Mario movie better have Birdo. The anti-woke grifters would HATE her

[@grantpowell4135]

She was the dino egg blower creature in the mario the play right? Omg somebody who is good with editing please make Birdo Th3Birdmans wife !!!lol jk

[@SamTheMarioMan]

@@theshire9173 I can see it now: They'd say something along the lines of "The movie made up this new character just to appeal to the woke crowd", because Birdo's obscure enough that grifters might not know her, and they sure as hell wouldn't bother to do any research into what they're complaining about

[@Yumi_Jay]

If I remember correctly Jack Black wants the next movie to have Wario and Waluigi in it.

[@Bugboi_009]

That final line about Sarah Connor and Ripely was killer great vid man

[@grantpowell4135]

The real question is if both women enter a death match who comes out the winner? Lol 10 bucks on Sarah lol

[@h.t.creatction5321]

@@grantpowell4135 duh A well trained mercenary vs a good scientist

[@grantpowell4135]

@h.t.creatction5321 lolok maybe pre sarah

[@h.t.creatction5321]

@@grantpowell4135 You Know What if its 84 T1 Sarah then maybe Ripely

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@h.t.creatction5321lmao yeah

[@God_Is_An_Atheist]

These people love Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley, but lets be real: if their movies came out today, they would 100% cry about them being "too woke".

[@AydenMartinez-iv3jt]

Oh yeah, ESPECIALLY the scene where Sarah talks down to the male scientist about not knowing what it’s like to create life.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

_"Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?"_ Vasquez: **continues doing pullups** _"Nope. Have you?"_ That's it. That's all they would need to have a complete and total meltdown and scream about buzzwords attacking men who totally didn't deserve it. Best comeback I've ever heard, too

[@samuraibeluga3749]

oh absolutely. been saying this, well, for years wich is kinda sad when you think about it cause its how long this shit has been going on. the naughty dog game reaction is a very good example, i mean you have nothing on the character, and its being called woke, well, i guess cause shes bald....the standarts for what is called woke or not woke is preety fucking low and as shallow as can be, i mean at this point if theres a woman, poc, or non straight character in any kind of significant role (and a lot of times they just need to simply exist) you WILL be labelled as such. those characters would 100% be labelled aswell, cause they fall under the pattern that they themselves use as reasoning to call things woke, that would be until the movies come out, and are proven good, then suddenly in typical fashion they either do a 180º, or pretend it doesnt exist anbd dont talk about it anymore.

[@arvinjay336]

If Alien³ came out today they'd shT on it not just on Newt and Hicks getting offed but since Ripley is the only survivor who leads the prisoners to salvation and when they find out that Sigourney, who is also the executive producer of the film wanted no guns and had a lot of say in some parts of the movie like getting offed in the final part.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@BaronVonQuiplyfun fact aliens is one of my top movies. Slap it on anytime and I'm watching it lol Game over man game over

[@criticalplat1num80]

As indifferent as I am to Naughty Dog’s new game, I’m confused on the “woke” controversy because bald women have been a thing in Hollywood for YEARS.

[@norsehorse84]

Considering how absolutely idiotic the grifter audience and/or the grifter themself is, the fact she doesn't look conventionally feminine and thus they wouldn't personally wanna fuck her was probably the beginning and end of the thought process. To act like it was any thought deeper than that is giving them way more credit than they deserve.

[@catborg780]

It's only an issue now because it makes assholes money by stirring up idiots & literal child to be angry. If alien or T2 was made today, it'd be called woke, but it gets a pass because these people have negative critical thinking skills.

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

Ellen Ripley in Alien 3 is the example I remember the most.

[@aureateseigneur5317]

​@@BioGoji-zm5phGI Jane is another one.

[@toastofcinder3547]

I honestly thought it looked kinda cool

[@shonuffkay7203]

I find Critical Drinker's take on the Barbie movie especially funny because he doesn't really explain that well how the movie hates men he just lists off a bunch of feminist or perceived feminist movies that he knows the audience hates.

[@jordanread5829]

It's even more funny because some of the 'anti-woke' crowd tried to frame the Barbie movie as pro men. To the point of saying Ken was the true main protagonist of the film. Simply because it made money so they had to back peddle hard.

[@grantpowell4135]

We are Kenough lol

[@RictusHolloweye]

His criticism of Midsommar was similarly lacking in context and evidence. I'm not sure he even watched those movies before lambasting them.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@RictusHolloweyethe fact he messed with that movie let's me know he doesn't understand tension and horror. The bear scene will not go away

[@NebLleb]

@@RictusHolloweye Love it or hate it, We all know that Midsommar was really about showing you how easy it is to join a cult by depicting how one girl is manipulated by one such cult into being indoctrinated, complete with the film using similar brainwashing tactics on the viewer to make its point. Whether or not it succeeds in what it sets out to do is another thing, but Drinker misrepresenting the shit out of that movie for an agenda shows that Media Grifters really aren't the best at media literacy.

[@toxeyboyo]

No better way to end the day than a Th3Birdman video

[@Comicbroe405]

Start for me

[@grantpowell4135]

I woke up from falling alseep after reading my kid her bedtime book? Lol

[@sammyhorace7523]

Absolutely

[@Qloworm]

I can't get over how all of these anti-woke grifters look so miserable and joyless all the time.

[@StormSlayer69]

And it’s ironic too, since they complain about unattractive men and (mostly) women in media… who’s talking?

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Judging by the election results, I think a lot of people just like to be angry & upset about things all the time. I think many of them just don’t know any other way to be.

[@ldcg106]

​@@StormSlayer69 And the people who are all for it look even worse.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

Ask the people who make them depressed from constantly insulting them and ruining their casual life because they dare not 100% conform

[@miguelzurita3216]

Ikr, I can't believe I use to like them too. For the longest time they were right, that period between TLJ, GoT, etc. was awful. But overtime they just kept moving toward a grift. Now it's so obvious. For me it was when Act Man was reacting to the Az guy talking about pronouns in Starfield. The outrage from big baby was so funny and unnecessary, that I'm like first of all Starfield is gonna be trash regardless, second pronouns are optional . That was a few years ago, and now we Witcher 4 is coming out and people aren't skeptical because of Cyberpunks launch they are upset because a woman is the mc, and I'm like wtf have you not seen how the third game ended, of course Ciri was gonna get her own game, how is that woke. Then you have all of these people taking about how woman look in games, and I'm like how tf do you expect them to look. I've seen games where woman looked like actual men it's called MK9, I know for me, if I don't like something I'm just not gonna watch it or play it and I after a while I just got tired of hearing people complain about stuff they don't like. Sorry I have to let all of this out somewhere, and hopefully other people get tired of this nonsense too because I hope they understand it not going anywhere and the games that had woke nonsense were bad because they were woke.

[@BugVlogs]

One of the worst Critical Drinker moments was when he made fun of the most recent Oscars ceremony by complaining endlessly about Barbie, even though Barbie only won a single award that night, and it wasn’t even the most nominated film of that year. What’s even worse is that 2023 was a phenomenal year for great quality films (Poor Things, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers), yet he seemed to downplay or even outright ignore any of those films.

[@StevenE-l9y]

They overlook the great original films released each year, choosing instead to complain that Hollywood lacks creativity-ironically, because they only pay attention to the blockbuster sequels.

[@samuraibeluga3749]

he very obviously doesnt care about movies XD none of these people do. they will cry hollywood is dead while ignoring the metric ton of good shit coming out every single year, from smaller studios, or even from over seas (i say that as being someone that would technically be overseas myself in comparisson to americans XD)

[@miguelzurita3216]

​@@samuraibeluga3749of its from overseas it ain't Hollywood. Still complaining about cinema being dead when there's an overwhelming amount of content out is a lie. I also hate how people say woke bad like it's a legit argument.

[@sain1536]

@@StevenE-l9y I'd say Barbie was an original film, even though it is one of the biggest brands in the entire world. Originality comes from how a story is written, not not using established characters and franchises. Original OG films don't get recognised because nobody watches them(very few of us do) and nobody talks about them(the media). Hollywood obviously isn't going to throw money at those, but a low effort, lazily written popcorn flick that we've seen a thousand times? money printer go brrrrrr

[@tatersalad76]

The Witcher "controversy" is hilarious to me. I have about a dozen friends that are *big* Witcher fans and they're all very in favor of Ciri becoming the titular Witcher (largely because it's in the books and makes a lot of sense). The neckbeards will sob over anything nowadays

[@grantpowell4135]

When it was ciri my brian was like here come the complianers

[@kgmotte2363]

The funniest part to me with this "Controversy" is that When they realized that Ciri being the Main protagonist was ALWAYS the plan (Because all of Witcher 3 was leading up to that and the best ending has us play an epilogue as her on her first job as an official Witcher), they INSTANTLY Pivoted to mostly complaining about "How Ugly she is"... Which is Hilarious given that Literally all of them would be Drooling at and trying to get into the pants of any Woman that looked like her if they ever saw one IRL.

[@grantpowell4135]

Me walking down a beaten path and I just so happen to walk past ciri. Would I try and spit game yes would I succeed probably not lol

[@TimoFisher]

@@kgmotte2363 you don't play as Ciri in the epilogue tho?

[@Bookish1995]

Because you're friends are not hyper online and normies

[@austincanady4670]

To Paraphrase the Joker, "I tell these Grifters that, like, a Cyborg from the future will go back in time to save themselves, or a group of gods and aliens will team up & save the world, nobody panics, because it's all "part of this world". But when I say that a woman can kick a man's ass in these movies, well then everyone loses their minds!"

[@grantpowell4135]

How did you get these scars? Lol

[@YTUBENEWB]

There's a book called "The Death of Expertise" by Tom Nichols that talks about the anti-intellectuism and assault on experts worldwide.

[@RictusHolloweye]

In 1980 Isaac Asimov pointed out the anti-intellectualism prominent in the US. It's been there a very long time. Perhaps from the first colonisation.

[@ApexGale]

@@RictusHolloweye It was definitely there when they decided to forgive Confederate traitors and let them run for office. Cost our country years of progress.

[@miguelzurita3216]

​@@ApexGalea huge part of that was because of Andrew Johnson. Republicans were constantly butting heads with him. Tbh I have no clue why this pinhead stood up for the south considering Confederates plotted his assassination not just Lincolns.

[@theshyguymaster59]

You know, it's actually kinda sad that most of these grifters are almost 40, and they spend their time about being angry about the most irrelevant things

[@grantpowell4135]

As a 35 year old man i don't see how they have the time or mental factors to do the grifty things they do. Mind boggling i tell you

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

"Almost" 40 ? Grummz is 56 lmao

[@molodezhnaja]

Sad but unfortunately lucrative. As a 50 year old myself, I feel happy being a positive person. But on the other hand, I have much less cash from creating outrage and anger. Silly me.

[@grantpowell4135]

@@molodezhnaja dam our integrity lol

[@277Shadow]

@@PenguinWithInternetAccess56 complaining bout women in media on the internet? Jeez that’s sad 😂😂😂

[@pepsiman7453]

Watching your CinemaSins video and then your anti-grifter videos is like watching an engineer play with Legos and then build a skyscraper. From your tone and how dumb Jeremy is, it's like it's a mere side quest. No matter what level of grifter exposure you do, don't stop, Birdman!!!

[@grantpowell4135]

Th3Birdman is a master builder is what your saying then lol

[@pepsiman7453]

​@@grantpowell4135He is a master builder that calls out master baiters

[@nightshade7240]

@@grantpowell4135 master baiter and master debater as well ;)

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@nightshade7240debater lol

[@HolyKnight-kh1im]

Anti woke content is the worst part of youtube. In my eyes, this stuff is just a category of drama youtube where people churn out low quality slop, calling a game woke while their followers eat it up.

[@evanwoodward6376]

Unfortunately, the likes of Critical drinker and HeelvsBabyface are making money off the grift. It’s low quality but, profitable.

[@NovexusNui777]

I've heard of Grifting but didn't know what it actually is, and now thanks to this video, I learned something new and now have a better understanding on what grifters are and grifting is in general. Thank you for teaching this Birdman, I greatly appreciate it

[@grantpowell4135]

Always best to stay informed

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Another problem with this "go woke go broke" tripe is that it poisons the well when it comes to discourse. There's a lot wrong with the Star Wars sequel trilogy, but a lot of the good criticism gets dismissed out of hand because of what these grifters had done. Their vacuous commentary has invaded so much discourse that everyone just assumes people will talk about it, and either gets upset when they don't or do depending on if the viewer already buys into this grift.

[@grantpowell4135]

I just want more lighsaber battles lol

[@firdanharbima6997]

​​@@grantpowell4135 nah we want Actual Choreographed lightsaber battle with move, stage of skills, and inspiration behind it give us the space samurai or give us shit that's it

[@theshire9173]

Reminds me of when people were criticizing the Minecraft movie trailer and Nick Fuentes joined in hating on the black woman and those people were so confused and dismissed that guy. Just because something is flawed doesn’t mean that every “criticism” one makes is good

[@johnroscoe2406]

Zelda you are 100% right. It's so poisous in fact, that I sometimes wonder if Disney in this example passively encourages it... At the minimum, they absolutely use the well poisoning as a reason to cheap out and be lazy/slack on quality. Because they know, as you said, good criticism will be dismissed out of hand as the grifter garbage. Even when it's not.

[@NebLleb]

Exactly. The Last Jedi is a bad movie in my opinion because it subverts for subversion's sake and shamelessly deconstructs the mythos at the wrong time to do so, and not because Rey and Holdo are women giving rise to unfortunate implications that media grifters run with due to the film's bad writing.

[@RendarSelin]

“It’s always a Jeremy, isn’t it?” 😂

[@TheIndianRedWolf]

We need more people on the internet like you.

[@grantpowell4135]

Not kidding when i say the world would be smarter if we had more Th3Birdman around

[@iraford5788]

Yep.

[@TonyTheTiger94]

That Dave Chappelle skit at the end 😂 Th3Birdman, keep doing your thing bro. You've got real fans out here.

[@grantpowell4135]

True dat

[@MrEffectfilms]

You gotta talk about the controversial nonsense surrounding the recently announced Witcher 4 trailer. It's so frustrating the standards people have now for a simple reveal trailer now 😞.

[@nattythepanda4692]

Geralt, literally at the start of Witcher 3: "Ciri is training to become a witcher like us! She's training well!" Ciri becomes a witcher, weird people immediately upon seeing her: "UUUHM THATS WOKE!"

[@fargowalker667]

@@nattythepanda4692I could be wrong since I didn’t read the books, but didn’t Ciri become a Witcher in the books? A.K.A the source material?

[@dastvan8002]

@@nattythepanda4692 Say it louder for the people who just came in

[@camharkness]

I had full blown arguments with people who claim to have always loved this series about whether or not a woman could become a witcher. They can. These people will call anything woke, but also don't understand the difference between improbable, and impossible. Also she was a witcher in the books. And became one in one of the endings in 3. Just more evidence that none of these people are real fans. Just people who pose as fans so they can push their idiotic views onto others.

[@MrEffectfilms]

@nattythepanda4692 For real man. This culture war has infected people so much that they're raging about shit that doesn't even make sense. It's like they're so scared of being disappointed that they refuse to allow themselves, or anyone else for that matter, to get excited about anything and think they're protecting themselves by just hating everything ahead of time.

[@geraldwalthour41]

Thanks!

[@Th3Birdman]

🤞🏾’Preciate you fam

[@intergalactic92]

15:54 I’m now reminded of how one of the lead campaigners in favour of Britain leaving the European Union said, "I think we're all fed up with experts" in response to economic experts pointing out the economic harm that would occur from doing so. And it only went and fucking worked! And I’m still not over it

[@mutantdog.]

Their grift was tested too with the initial covid vaccine rollout in the UK not being subject to EU bureaucracy. This *should* have been a win for the brexiteers but by then many had already jumped on the anti vax grift.

[@kornfan45]

i don’t know how anybody can think the barbie movie hates men when the whole second half of the movie was focused on ken and his redemption. another great video birdman!

[@xXEndermanManXx]

The critical drinker has nails on a chalkboard for a voice

[@grantpowell4135]

Sounds like he chewing food and speaking at the same time lol

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

He literally sounds like speaking English hurts him, it's painful to talk.

[@SteveLaw-UK]

*an opinion.

[@bullettime1116]

@@SteveLaw-UK and yet many of us share it, he sounds like a dork and is a dork

[@SteveLaw-UK]

@@bullettime1116 you probably didn't understand my comment. Remove "a voice" from OP and replace with "an opinion".

[@flamingpaxtsc]

This is unrelated but you have a really good voice for videos like these.

[@Th3Birdman]

Thanks man

[@Mr_universal286]

Peach is a princess…she’s royalty she gotta carry herself in a manner and they fucking showed that she trained Mario is a regular ass dude who’s just learning the ropes that she’s mastered

[@firdanharbima6997]

Ig the hate is just we doesn't see the learning she takes especially how the toad even make the stuff but too much for an hour+ movie

[@Vi_Vi_1]

She's also in a familiar environment while Mario is navigating a world he didn't even know existed. When I go to a country I haven't been to before--one I'm able to study and research while PLANNING my visit--I'm still far less comfortable and confident in my surroundings than I am at home. It's extremely normal to not be your most gracious or put-together self in a new environment, let alone when you got thrown somewhere completely alien and know your brother is in trouble somewhere. These people take perfectly legitimate characterization and responses to situations and try to act like it's some kind of manipulation.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@Vi_Vi_1 struggling to get his business up and running just saw his brother get yanked away in a bullet train portal to a doom cloud world, woke up on a alien planet with building sized mushrooms, yeah I say his characterization is spot on!

[@Mr_universal286]

@@grantpowell4135 exactly he’s portrayed as he should be a seemingly normal guy in a foreign land where nothing makes sense who really expected Mario to jump down the pipe and owning every enemy he sees lol

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@Mr_universal286these people expect godfather levels of movie telling when if you break it down is just a silly fun idea of a man beating up wierd creatures from another universe who just so happens to be a plumber lol

[@harmonlanager2670]

As a West Virginian, the Bernie Sanders thing breaks my heart. Also, thank you, Birdman. I needed this breath of fresh air.

[@mattm8870]

The silly thing is there was no need to do this as they didnt need to change the West Virginia or other states results with the unpledged delegates for Clintion to win.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

I mentioned on social media that Bernie was getting sabotaged by the DNC because they wanted Chump The response I got was both entirely expected cope, and also true if you take the right angle (she said "That's bullsh!t. And what the DNC did was indeed total bull. My statement about them wanting chump over Bernie... unassailable. It's just fact.)

[@abthedragon4921]

You know that meme/phrase: "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." I've thought about this phrase for a while and it's made me notice a pattern in media reviews that I think started to help me notice which are made by people who genuinely care about film and games and people who are just grifting. Actual critics will discuss things like dialogue, plot structure, consistency and character work as well as things like marketing and release windows. If they go the extra mile, they may even make suggestions on improvements they feel the piece of media can make. Grifters will discuss things like "the message," the demographics of the characters (whether or not they have any relevance) and use what I basically like to call buzzword bingo in their script.

[@grantpowell4135]

Grifters are like snake oil salesman. Part of your brain is yelling FAKE while the gullible part is full hook line and sinker

[@mario199923]

do you have said bingo card? Could be a fun thing to use when seeing grifter clips on social media

[@grantpowell4135]

Imagine Th3Birdman hosting a bingo night with grifter videos. Lol

I would like to see the bingo card as well.

[@d3ltazer0judgement]

True, if the narrative, dialogue, overall quality is good, WHY THE FUCK would it be even bad "Oh no, women! It's woke" They don't even know what woke is themselves bruh

[@MrScraftineer]

Man it's shit like grifters that make trying to be dumb on the internet very dangerous... And god I gotta admit, you made me realize I wasn't as dumb as I thought... Really I appreciate what you are doing here! Honestly I am just glad that I watched this video, like I just clicked it on a whim but this was not only informative but really will help me go through my own KZbin feed with a little more of a critical eye... Thanks as always Birdman!

[@grantpowell4135]

Might I suggest going thru his other debunking videos if you want to get more informed but in a hilarious way then if you like that his other work EWW Cinemasins is just as if not funnier depending on your humor level

[@MrScraftineer]

@@grantpowell4135 Oh I am a long time fan of the Birdman! But this was one of the few videos I looked at that wasn't the random stream or of course the EWW videos but I think I am gonna look at the Exposing the Grift content as well~!

[@grantpowell4135]

@@MrScraftineer oooooo right on man

[@BenJ-h6l]

The most annoying thing about grifters is how much people fall for it. Such obvious outrage bait and people nibble every time, although they need to be critiqued and outed for the sewer people that they are, the kryptonite for these people is losing views and interactions

[@filippos13]

After demolishing the Critical Drinker, please destroy Nerdrotic, Geeks and Gamers and Midnight’s Edge

[@miafiolekova5817]

And Asmongold. Would love to hear a take on him.

[@HiddenHandMedia]

Midnights Edge is internet nyquil

[@PatrickWDunne]

They call everything woke and then when those things are successful, they pretend those were never woke to begin with. They'll harp on about Concord until the end of time, but forget that they ever called games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, RE4, SF6, Elden Ring, Mortal Kombat, God of War, Spider-Man 2, Horizon, Elden Ring, Warhammer, Pokemon, BG3, Alan Wake 2, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy, and so much more as "woke"

[@SMM5]

Actually, they did call Spider-Man 2 woke, but that game had a clout of hate at the time anyways

[@PatrickWDunne]

@@SMM5 It also sold 11M copies and therefore didn't "go broke"

[@KiIIerz]

The games they use as ‘go woke, go broke’ proof, always tend to coincidentally be poorly reviewed games that even the ‘woke’ themselves didn’t like. It’s never a truly good game.

[@chandlerburse]

@@PatrickWDunne its budget was way higher tho so it didnt really make a profit back i thought

[@CaptainphoenixofficialYT]

The dig at Star Wars Theory was great 😂 Would love to see you react to his defenses against being labeled a grifter.

[@Jeremy-mg9tl]

I second this. The SWTwat needs his own video from TheBirdman

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

Barbie: men shouldn’t live their lives in accordance to what women do and instead be happy with themselves Cynical grifter: omg this movie hates men

[@NebLleb]

Um... That isn't the message of the Barbie movie. From what I've read, the movie is about women being oppressed by the patriarchy and how it needs to be brought down. It is very misandrist, even if not for the reasons Critical Drinker insists.

[@ApexGale]

​​@@NebLlebUhh....no? The entire purpose of Ken in that movie was to show how men are easily indoctrinated into this idea that they should hold more power over women (which is an objective fact in our world whether you want to believe it or not. You literally cannot argue this). The emotional resolution is literally Barbie telling Ken to find purpose beyond being her partner. The movie is actually pointing out how otherwise well-intentioned men are tricked into becoming misogynistic, because they tie all their worth to pursuing women and get frustrated when their efforts don't pay off. Instead of finding value in things like close friendships and hobbies. It was very clearly about toxic masculinity - not criticizing all men, but rather the harmful mindset that poisons good men "From what I've read" implies you haven't even seen the movie

[@ApexGale]

@@NebLleb "From what I've read" maybe actually watch the film first. though now you've been primed to expect misandry so you'd be biased against it. sort of just shows exactly why this content is so dangerous

[@theshire9173]

@@NebLlebYou should probably watch a movie before commenting on its message. Barbie is about how patriarchy is bad for both women AND men. Ken’s character arc is about how he doesn’t need Barbie to be his girlfriend for him to matter. He is Kenough on his own. This is incredibly obvious to anyone who actually watched the movie

[@grantpowell4135]

​@ApexGale exactly before you spout an opinion probably be best to watch the movie to understand the thngs its showing

[@minuterice19540]

Keep spitting facts. We need them.

[@firepuppies4086]

I have seen people say Static Shock is Anti Woke... Just.. yeah let that sink in

[@grantpowell4135]

How in the banana sandwich is static shock one of the most underrated cartoons ever considered that. Phil Lamar is like what

[@joeingles7052]

I wish a mf would try to call static woke 😂

[@firepuppies4086]

@@grantpowell4135 Because the show was popular and they liked it... Literally only reason considering it got downright preachy at times and, even if they couldn't say it outright... Richie was still gay in it and it showed. They can't even say it wasn't the intention because guess whose creator was heading his show

[@grantpowell4135]

@@firepuppies4086 i don't remember it being to preachy but then again I was younger and didn't have the capabilities I do now when it comes to understanding tv and movies

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@grantpowell4135 One of the earliest episodes of the series was about Richie's racist father. Towards the end of the episode has Virgil's father pull him aside to chew him out on his racism

[@tbobontiyu]

I can’t believe the audacity of some men to call the model for Ciri in Witcher 4 “ugly” when most of them look like a melted hairy pudding.

[@kevinr.9733]

To quote something I saw said in a Discord server: "A trailer for a game or a movie could have an objectively, by-classical-definition gorgeous woman, but because she's maybe got a bit of grit on her or she isn't in general acting like the central subject of a p__no, chuds will flock to twitter and complain the wokies are destroying female beauty."

[@Nodiee1]

But let's not pretend that Ciri is only attractive *in comparison* to most of these men because she's legitimately very attractive in that trailer.

[@tbobontiyu]

@ Yeah, I didn’t express myself correctly. I do find her very pretty in the trailer and I loved her more mature look. It genuinely made me excited for what has and will happen to her. I just thought it was ridiculous that ppl you wouldn’t touch with a stick are the ones talking about others having to be “attractive”. Like that loser endymion, whose face looks like it will fall of his skull with his pubes of a beard.

[@grantpowell4135]

Melted hairy pudding

[@evanwoodward6376]

@tbobontiyuThe fact they don’t get that people age speaks to the fact that they have lost their grasp on reality completely.

[@TaureanReignReloaded]

one of the best breakdowns about grifting i have ever seen. I have already shared it

[@grantpowell4135]

Th3Birdman dont miss

[@kenlee4356]

Yooo taurean

[@TaureanReignReloaded]

@@kenlee4356 what up

[@HydroKingEntertainment]

I just want to say Thank You for showing me what grifting means and research things people say online rather than just believing them.

[@ziziorens348]

Man am I glad that I like Birdman as a person. If I listened to him for his politics, I'd just tune out at the first point I'd disagree on. Instead, I'm able to confront my own biases and reconsider some things without having to force myself to listen.

[@poundsofslothcigars]

The critical drinker sounds like he has a perpetual frown on his face lmao

[@otr23kb]

i feel like this video should have been the first video in this series but great video regardless and i feel you articulated your points very clearly

[@Th3Birdman]

It’s my boundless optimism and faith in humanity. I thought everyone knew what we were talking about already 🥲

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@Th3Birdmanever the optimist lol

[@Gaht64]

11:23 I'm fucking crying. The guy couldn't even wait til he got home to give his "review" on the movie and started going on about his delusions in public. Even the people behind him look at him in confusion and eventually leave/move away from him

[@RoskoTwang]

Also super awkward how he was clearly trying to get a creepshot of that Peach cosplayer the whole time too.

[@MatthewBartis]

God I hope I can make video essays like you some day, unlike some other videos talking about topics you actually bring visual evidence across the board to emphasize your point and I love that. You're my biggest inspiration.

[@obiwancanoli621]

Critical drinker fans KNOW what a grifter is, they just are mired in bad faith

[@thewanderingronin1924]

Lesson Of The Day: People don't like to hear the truth because the truth makes them think

[@grantpowell4135]

They start to think then it psychically hurts them like harry holding his head scar lol

[@SenkaZver]

Yuri Bezmenov said it best. People who are turned into useful idi... well they can't handle the truth. They either turn into their side's worst enemy or double down in dissonance and mental breakdown to avoid the truth.

[@HisVirusness]

It still amazes me that some of these people are actually taken seriously. I guess people love to be pandered to that much.

[@CJTheReal]

It's because they are charismatic. It's why they always want to engage in "debates" - winning a debate isn't about being factually correct or convincing the person you're debating, it's about appealing the most to the crowd. Grifters are experts at this, since that's the core of their entire job.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Lack of social connection because of suburban development patterns and no "third places" (isolated islands of grass surrounded by concrete and asphalt) making people do literally anything for attention, including negative things. That's why such people crave such praise and feeling like they're part of some kind of important group despite their boring ordinary and bland existence.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@CJTheRealpeople think they have "debates" but they fail to understand the basics of the word

[@StevenE-l9y]

​@@CJTheRealNo, it’s not because they’re charismatic-it’s because they pander to their audience by saying exactly what they want to hear. There’s a big difference. True charisma can captivate almost anyone, drawing people in with charm, confidence, and an infectious energy that transcends agreement or ideology. These guys, however, only resonate with those who already share their views. Watching them doesn’t inspire admiration-it inspires disgust. Let’s be real-there’s nothing remotely charismatic about people like TheQuartering or Asmongold, who come across as disheveled slobs and sound like they’re missing half their brain cells.

[@ApexGale]

​@@CJTheRealIt's not charisma, it's an echo chamber. There's a difference. Charisma is what hosts like Conan O'Brien or Jon Stewart have.

[@mayasarasfall]

odd side question, you sound really good bruh what kind of audio set up are you using?

[@Th3Birdman]

Mic: Neumann u87 ai Audio interface: Rodecaster Pro 2 DAW: Adobe Audition That’s all.

[@mayasarasfall]

@@Th3Birdman GOAT. TYSM. I bought some cheeks equipment and regret it but I realize that audio equipment takes more than just money to acually sound good

[@DC_Prox]

"NPCs that like slop" sounds like a good description for influencers who shill for crypto and AI, like Felicia Day.

[@ThatGuyGloomy]

Isn't it crazy how some people are completely blinded by their ideologies and exposure to propaganda. Not being able to think for myself is one of my biggest fears. Apparently its an O.C.D. thing. The "exposing the grift" series is awesome btw, not enough people call them out on their bs.

[@grantpowell4135]

I dont consider myself a smart man just a guy who uses common sense and logic for most of the time. The really crazy part is people actively engaging in lieing to their audience. I dont like to take in information that is coming from people who i wouldnt hang with in the real world

[@oziel11132]

That 24 hr sun is gorgeous good god

[@Jables767]

This is by far my favorite series you’ve made, and I love your cinemasinssins videos. Please keep making these. You are a beacon of knowledge in this world of disinformation, and I hope you only grow in viewers man. Might just be my favorite KZbinr ever

[@Kiboune_YT]

I love you dude! KZbin needs content like your, exposing grifters blatant lies!

[@mattchew6426]

I was catching on to the "Go Woke, Go Broke" BS before you called it out, and I wholeheartedly support you dunking on those nitwits anytime you feel like it. #PreachBirdmanPreach

[@ftg3183]

As "Brandolini's Law"! Puts it "The amount of energy needed to refute bull***t is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

[@thegamerator10]

Careful, Birdman. Those people hate facts.

[@elishafollet5347]

And logic too

[@grantpowell4135]

And reason

[@jlev1028]

Conservatives usually do. That's why the ideology has always been a loser throughout history.

[@Jenkkimie]

Recently in Asmongold, a famous gooner-grifter's channel, one of his fans said that something he likes may be a grift but it doesn't matter because those opinions confirmed his biases. So intentional disinformation, lying and misrepresenting is truth because it represents the right opinions in the echo-chamber ecosystem. As a psychologist by my first degree I found this statement very telling, because that is how cult psychology works. You either don't have the cognitive capacity to autonomous thinking, functioning, behaving, or you have some deficiencies and cognitive dysfunctions that expose you to codependence and wanting to replace your own identity and thinking by that of the cults identity and circular reasoning feeds its confirmation bias.

[@seanmcallister7846]

“Not Like Us” during the segment on Eric was perfect

[@ShadwRavn]

As soon as people started calling Ciri ugly, even the most stupid person ever should have noticed that something is wrong with their thinking .

[@duketogo1372]

Plus (not to sound mean), whenever you click on the profiles of these guys complaining about women's looks in videogames, you can't help but think "Is this person really in a place to be criticizing someone else's looks?..."

[@darththeo]

When I saw it my reaction was "She is too pretty to be a convincing Witcher."

[@d3ltazer0judgement]

She doesn't even look ugly 😭 and I'm fucking gay, there's no way they actually like women

[@WraithReaper09]

I think I know why .... She looks like a Mature, Knowledgeable, Adult Woman now. Where as before she looked like a Young, Impressionable, Teenage Girl. A controllable Child vs a confident Woman.

[@ShadwRavn]

@@duketogo1372 100%

[@cleverpsyche115]

You know, a movie called Flow released recently, it was absolutely fantastic. Stunning visuals, likable characters who never speak (since they're animals), and a complex story that explores them overcoming impossible odds by learning to trust each other. I bring this up because it's a movie Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, and Geeks&Gamers will never cover because it's not profitable for them. That tells me all I need to know about them.

[@duketogo1372]

I want to see that movie. it reminds me of some of my favorite video-games. Games which relied heavily on the "show, not tell" approach to storytelling like Stray, Abzu, Jusant, and Cocoon.

[@grantpowell4135]

I heard about it and it looks stunning Also I have been praising a show called PRIMAL on HBO. Banger 2 seasons of drawing mastery

[@edwinv196]

The best movie I've seen this year is Anora. Predictably, it’s been completely overlooked by the usual grifters. Honestly, though, that might be for the best-can you imagine them attempting to "review" it? I can already picture someone like Critical Drinker reducing Anora to: "It’s just a movie about a prostitute falling for a rich guy and getting rejected. Boring." It’s a relief they stay out of our lane.

[@uezac.5754]

hold up hold up hold up, did nerdrotic say that pascal was wrong for saying the confederates were losers? 💀💀

[@jsmoothd654]

Nerdcolonic would have cried when Stonewall Jackson got shot by his own men.

[@optillian4182]

Brainrotic probably believes the "states rights" bs.

[@ApexGale]

@@uezac.5754 Confederates and their sympathizers were (and are) traitors and I make it a point to call them that every time they start yapping

[@jlev1028]

There are people under the Doobus Goobus' "The Confederacy was Dumb and Deserved its Fate" video crying over the guy tearing apart that nonsense "StAtEs RiGhTs" argument.

[@ApexGale]

@@jlev1028 because they're indoctrinated racists, let's face it

[@Harvester4509]

I’m a simple man. I see Birdman exposing grifters I click, upvote and comment. Little did I know the topic of today’s essay…

[@OrphanJupiter]

16:50 not like us playing faintly in the back is just amazing 😭

[@grantpowell4135]

It is a bop lol

[@DreamerOfTheSouth]

I love when grifters complain about the word losing it's meaning, Considering they seriously use "woke" as an insult/critique.

[@kreatona4219]

How long do you think these grifters will use the term "DEI" before they move on to another phrase they repeat for a year or two? Honestly i wish these people just dropped all pretenses and just flat out say the slurs they so desperately wanna say so they can show who they really are (like with that sporky fella)

[@TheCommentingCat]

Those grifters don’t even watch or play the media they whine about

[@mickyjagger7303]

The Amazing Randi (rip) said it best "there are people out there that want benefit from your ignorance ".

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

indeed RIP Amazing Randi, James was a light in the darkness.

[@lilkingg82]

Th3Birdman back at it with the straight up nerd Gospel. And Im here for it

[@grantpowell4135]

Nerdy and proud

[@VanillaSunrise56]

I made the mistake of engaging with a supporter of the media grift who was claiming the Intergalactic protagonist was ugly and woke and that characters with shaved heads caused 'normal people' to recoil in horror. So naturally I mentioned Furiosa and Evey Hammond and various other actresses who have had shaved heads either for roles or just in their personal life. He claimed that the difference was that the actresses were attractive first. So then I showed him Tati Gabrielle, the model and actress who plays the protagonist in the game, and asked if he genuinely thought she was ugly. I've been waiting almost a week for his reply. These people don't really think for themselves, they just look to whatever thought leader they follow (Grummz was shown in this, somehow that almost 60 year old failure of a developer is a media grift though leader) and just parrot what they say. Intergalactic is bad because woke. The Witcher 4 is bad because Ciri is the main character and will be 'stronger than Geralt' and it's like did you even play The Witcher 3? Or read the books? As much as I enjoy laughing at how wrong they are constantly, it is exhausting and draining being around their ignorance.

[@HolyKnight-kh1im]

Another thing I noticed is that many media grifters turn to grifting when their previous form of content isn't successful. The best example of this is Andypants gaming. He was once an Xbox fanboy channel before switching to the anti woke grift when the revenue dries up. They don't do this out of genuine concern, but for money.

[@Goomb0b]

Maybe I should become a flat Earth-er, that trip sounds so so cool!!!

[@destructo-pizzatv2263]

The way 18:25 and onward made my spider sense tingle. How can you claim to be a comic book fan and not know this?

[@grantpowell4135]

My spidey sense is going of like crazy when he didnt know lol

[@kevinr.9733]

I don't claim to be a comic book fan, and even I know Amazing Fantasy #15 was the debut of Spider-Man.

[@Zeithri]

7:20 - It legitimately makes me upset because *I WANT* to go to Antarctica. And yet these bastards get it paid, and dodges it... 19:50 - omg xD 25:10 - Signourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley was a huge rolemodel. I love her. Excellent video.

[@TheGeekofAllTrades8]

Oh this came at the perfect time!! 🗣BABY TH3BIRDMAN IS ON CANCEL MY APPOINTMENTS

[@grantpowell4135]

All things stop immediately once Th3Birdman drops a video lol

[@jacktaylor3636]

The reason I don't like the new Naughty Dog game that was shown at the game awards is because the very first thing you see is an advertisement

[@kiaba360-4]

I think the proper term is "product placement". I heard people complain about the Adidas shoe, but I only caught it the second time I watched the trailer because I BLINKED the first time around lol. I understand that showcasing real-life brands in games supposedly breaks the immersion factor for some, but it didn't bother me at all. Maybe I'd feel different if it was an actual advertisement. To dislike a game because of product placement seems a bit extreme.

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

​@kiaba360-4 not at all. Product placement is the bane of all media. It's gross and only exists so the ceos and other executives can pad their wallets while paying their workers next to nothing.

[@boonanasplitz]

That’s a fair thing to state, however, when I did some reading on the setting it makes sense to have these products because they are like, correct me if I’m wrong, ancient products and nostalgia in this world. Either way. It looks fun and cool.

[@evanwoodward6376]

It’s not a problem for me, sure Death Stranding is weird for having energy drinks yet, cyberpunk 2077 including a car from a certain German company feels true to that world. Johnny Silverhand has taste for sure. As long as it isn’t anachronistic, it works.

[@destructo-pizzatv2263]

Day 241 of telling th3birdman I appreciate his content. Love this series I'm excited for this

[@grantpowell4135]

Day 21 of me nodding my head in unison

[@captainawesome0711]

Your point about people not knowing what a grifter is applies to so much of society beyond this context. The overall understanding of language is at an all time low, with most people repeating what they’ve heard you say back at you because they feel insulted by a word they don’t understand. Like I had an ex girlfriend that I was arguing with once, and I was a little terse in the argument. She then starting telling me I’m doing things I regret, like being terse with her… at which point I burst out laughing and explained that being terse means being short with someone. It’s not wrong to be terse if you’re in a heated debate/argument, it shows you’re trying to regulate your emotions in a complex and intense situation

[@Your_LocalWizard]

I would honestly love to see you make a video on the whole "both sides" rhetoric, where as soon as the right gets criticized they will try to paint with as big of a brush as possible to say "The left does it too!". I don't even mind calling out both sides, but it's only ever used to deflect criticism from the right, and that's where the grift is

[@dudewithachannel1163]

I've been suffering kidney stones the last three days, your videos are one of the only things that don't annoy me right now. Glad to see a new video

[@grantpowell4135]

You pass em yet?

[@dudewithachannel1163]

@grantpowell4135 , so far I've passed two, and I'm praying they're the last. I'm getting them looked at tomorrow to see if this is a diet thing or just genetics. I even named the especially painful one "Porkchop" lol

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@dudewithachannel1163i can see it now you hovering over the toilet gripping the towel and then you yell out PORKCHOP thus a name is born lol

[@StormSlayer69]

Oof, wish you luck?

[@GM_MorganV]

Good luck sib. Those suck.

[@whodis3560]

Thank you for this video birdman. Thank you for bringing back my sanity. Looking back, I don’t think there has ever been a point in time where grifting was as prominent as it is now. Maybe I was just too young and didn’t notice but todays landscape is looking rough. And the young generations seem to be affected the most. I truly have no clue what there is to do about this shit.

[@grantpowell4135]

Whats crazy to think is grifting has been going on for a long time. I would take a guess with the invention of new technologies it opened up a new lane of possibilities for those scumbags

[@RORofCinder]

Grifting has been around forever it's just that the internet has made it easy to farm outrage to people its far easier to create a angry mob and lead with fear than to listen to the rational and correct person telling people the real solution but because these people use buzzwords that have been ingrained in a lot of people's minds and we live in a age where being a prick is the popular thing to do then of course these puppet master's are gonna keep getting more strings attached too there finger's really the best way to beat them is just to expose there lies and mock them for there idiocy which will hopefully make people realize they have been had.

[@steve94183]

The Internet and social media make it so much easier for them to spread this garbage and until recently, no one has really attempted to push back on it.

[@Sikhanyiso_Nqabenhle_Ngwenya]

WTF Birdman, I feel like you had more to say where's the continuation of this? Great video as always take this W👌

[@toastofcinder3547]

I was hoping you were going to make this video, the voice of reason as always.

[@aaronsmith7143]

I'm still listened and only nearing a 4th of the way through. But my issues with ND's new game is that we literally have no information about the game except the general vibe. We know nothing about the world, characters, or major themes.

[@grantpowell4135]

Thanks! Th3Birdman I'm throwing down the gauntlet bro. It's ok if your afraid to face me in Super Smash. Come catch these hands lol jk Also any possible drop of voice over video coming soon? Also also thanks for the informative video as always!

[@Th3Birdman]

Challenge accepted And possibly for the next EWW video.

[@grantpowell4135]

@Th3Birdman Much appreciated sir

[@kasaibouF29]

Rare Organized Chaos W in asking Eric was a legacy character is.

[@robertdarden9194]

"Not Like Us" right when Eric July pops up?? ...I don't believe in coincidences....

[@TubiTuesdays]

They are so obviously grifting I don’t know how people fall for this?

[@ldcg106]

Because modern media sucks, if you complain about you get insulted and these people like to take a 💩 on mediocre products

[@TubiTuesdays]

@ you don’t have any sense of history of media if you think it’s somehow worse. There’s always been bad things being made you have nostalgia glasses on.

[@ApexGale]

​@@ldcg106 Nobody said you can't crap on mediocre products. The issue is most of the people saying this never actually consume the product, they simply parrot the opinions some guys that validate their worldview say online.

[@Comicbroe405]

Another video on grifters? Oh we're back.

[@grantpowell4135]

We eating like kings fellas lol

[@jasoncarter455]

Th3Birdman, I could listen to you read the description of a 7 course meal and the recipe for the perfect chocolate malted milkshake

[@grantpowell4135]

Funny i could listen to Th3Birdman talk about the complexitys of duct tape

[@Emanon...]

Birdman is a goddamn paragon of truth and facts! We need more of you and more like you!

[@bullwinkle524]

Also that snippet of Not Like Us when talking about Eric July was absolute perfection