Genuinely grateful to everyone who spent the past few days dunking on me. Taking this gig was obviously a massive mistake on my part. I’ve turned down the money World was supposed to pay me, and I’ll be addressing all of this (and World as a company) in a video next week.
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the mistake you're referencing is getting caught.
your mistake is misjudging your audience's moral line.
you went on Tim Pool.
you are done.
Dude, what were you thinking?
What’s going on?
For real.
All it does is provide them with content and revenue while boosting their legitimacy by connecting his name to it.
I see Tim Pool similarly to how I see Alex Jones, Stephen Crowder, Nick Fuentes, etc.
Those aren’t people you give oxygen to.
He should know better.
A Neo-Nazi mass shooter was allegedly inspired by the likes of Tim Pool (among others) to commit violent acts.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/allen-texas-killer-posted-neo-nazi-incel-content-online/
I’m not trying to further start any argument or controversy, but it was very clear in your advertisements you were being incredibly disingenuous.
Did you feel that same shame in the moment? Or only after someone pointed it out?
Honestly curious.
Was it that you had a contract and couldn’t say no or an actual lapse in judgement you were cognizant of as it was happening?
Then, today, guest appeared on known Russian sponsored fascist Tim Pool’s podcast.
They give you some cryptocurrency in exchange for your biometric data to do...what, exactly?
In other words, they’re collecting unique data for the purposes of ID, surveillance, and control.
They’ve already been hacked.
Could be his magnum opus!
Now that said: Going on Dim Fool's podcast: WHEW. You can't "not take the payment"/revese that one, dude.
then we all see its for sale
Bullying works.
Seriously though, good on ya.
A lot of us try to make excuses or try to downplay mistakes. Can't wait for your future videos
like yeah fuck adam conover but omg this ain't it bro you found the only way to be anti-adam and still suck congrats
Sam Seder went on Poole. So did Emma Vigeland. Bernie Sanders went on Shultz's podcast.
...And wasn't the biggest contention during the election the fact that Harris and other democrats didn't hit up JRE or other pods?
Like, the fuck is happening here lol.
1. Show the hypocrisy and lack of integrity of the host. Bonus points for destroying their "brand positions" Tim's is free speech.
2. Use the host as a pinata for clips. You dont need people to watch the episode. Hell, you
Now, unless I'm missing something, Adam did great on both points.
The clips of Tim
And we aren't starving out the poolcast guys... I'm sorry, it isn't gonna happen. The shit-stain just had a meeting with Netanyahu.
He's getting funded from multiple shady-ass pacs and now, literally Israel.
The only way to limit the scope of people like this is to remove their credibility to their audience on the issues they built their brand on.
I do understand not wanting to feed into the attention economy of these assholes. I get it.
His money isn't coming from views. It's coming from leveraging his fanbase with foreign propaganda budgets, PACs, and advertisers.
(in my defense i had been brainwashed at hebrew school)
Israel exists partially in response to generations of global aggression against a diaspora - plus foreign finagling for regional influence. Palestine now exists under generations of aggression and occupation
But I don't know how much support we can draw back without exponentially more death happening
Our ancestors created a perfect storm of perpetual struggle in that area
Did you just not want to find out?
We know you're not a mark or a gullible bumpkin, you knew full well how shitty this endorsement was, but clearly there was Bag to be Got
Biometric data capture device labeled “orb” (to reassure the plebs) used to sell an Authenticator to companies using that data…
So the high-lich thiel is trying to steal what’s unique about our eyes and reselling it to his ghoulish cohorts.
Seems like a great idea to add exposure to. /s
You clearly had regret that same day when you deleted the Twitter post, and you were also boasting about ego searching so we KNOW you saw the response.
I'll withhold judgment pending your video.
I do still think the shilling was sh!tty of him though !
I *do* mind that he ignored the criticism, went radio silent on social media for a week (he normally posts daily), and posted two unrelated videos on YouTube without mentioning or addressing this.
That is messed up.
His YT videos are in a production pipeline. The videos were almost certainly already scheduled by someone else from post.
It can be hard to speak out against a sponsor/contract, which means you often have to run it by a lawyer first.
Adam "shutting the fuck up" until the contract is canceled fully is usually the fastest way out of a situation in industry/union standards.
Hope you're doing well
You can reach their audience without going on there, just keep being informative. People can come around.
Have you seen any of the video? He did not do a good job.
Here are 21 reasons why it’s not a good idea.
https://bsky.app/profile/myraccoonhands.com/post/3lpewnxj6ok2a
He refuted little and, to an extremist, looked very unknowledgeable and unprepared.
(In fact, that’s exactly how they’re all describing him.)
The shilling ends
Wish you would have asked Ed Zitron before taking the gig. I look forward to your take on what happened.
😂 Good on you for listening to feedback, too few people are able to admit to a fuck up nowadays.
But seriously, an apology, turning down/redistributing the money, and offering an explanation is the blueprint for believable contrition. This is cool and good, and I'm glad people are reacting positively.
It's like. Like he's actually a decent human being who just made a mistake.
My day is automatically better after this response. Not everyone is a sellout.
He's just as bad as Newsom
More extreme right than that, no.
I think Tim Pool & audience falls on the wrong side of that divide.
There ya go
Looking forward to the video.
I think sometimes the greatest weakness of the left is our ability to differentiate between an enemy and an imperfect ally.
Promoting AI & being on a far-right Podcaster who advocates trans people shouldn't exist? Once is a faux pas...anymore than that is being inconsiderate. He has until tomorrow to address both.
I've made plenty of mistakes but always tried to be better. I have a high threshold for second chances. But no one owes that to anyone.
Publicly influencing people means your quality as a human is mixed into what you're selling. I don't fault folks for not buying.
It seems like we have a culture of exiling people for mistakes. I've seen this behavior happen at both a political and interpersonal level a lot.
(In all seriousness, huge respect for this).
That is going to determine where my respect goes now.
You are entitled to make a mistake.
You are not entitled to profit from the mistake.
I'm sure feeding america could use a donation right about now.
But the Poolcast shit? Like, oh yes... lets allow these fascists keep their uninterrupted echo chambers intact so they can poison the minds of their audience.
wut? lol
Same type of thinking that leads to maga brainworms.
This so weird.
Why are you being genuine right now.
Is this real life? or is just fantasy?
This is so surreal. An actual human response. A sensible one.
It's been 84 years since I last saw something like this and I can't even remember what it was.
Respect dude.
Adam's apparent acceptance of personal responsibility is genuinely refreshing.
Enough of this. Hope your catalytic converter gets stolen.
Do a video about that.
For people new to Bluesky: the above text is what is known as a joke.
Keep doing good, Adam.
*Looks at right wing grifter list*
I'm gonna say Ben Shapiro
Too late now, but maybe next time you decide to sell out to a pack of fascists, you’ll remember to do that.
When it becomes impossible to argue against the fact.
😅
"We read the news and tell you where it's from so you can decide if it's worth believing!"
as a paid service
as opposed to, y'know, the old way "thinking about things for more than 5 seconds"
And now you're making it right and she's doubling down.