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Andrew Callaghan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3400 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Yeah, and it was hard to separate the initial situation that I knew was... more or less the setup and the possibly genuine other accounts. And so it was like, all right, you know what? At this point in my life, I want to be on the right side of history. I don't want to be the anti cancel culture mouthpiece.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

I don't have the mental strength to fight this, especially because I was envisioning the HBO drop to be this like the world opens up to me moment. And it was just the reverse. But it wasn't so much the media reporting on it that hurt me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

I don't have the mental strength to fight this, especially because I was envisioning the HBO drop to be this like the world opens up to me moment. And it was just the reverse. But it wasn't so much the media reporting on it that hurt me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

I don't have the mental strength to fight this, especially because I was envisioning the HBO drop to be this like the world opens up to me moment. And it was just the reverse. But it wasn't so much the media reporting on it that hurt me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

It was just little stuff like a childhood friend that you love seeing they unfollowed you on Instagram or just like seeing someone on the street that you grew up with and like waving at them and they don't do anything back. And you're just like, oh, my God, man, like this is my new life. But what are you supposed to do?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

It was just little stuff like a childhood friend that you love seeing they unfollowed you on Instagram or just like seeing someone on the street that you grew up with and like waving at them and they don't do anything back. And you're just like, oh, my God, man, like this is my new life. But what are you supposed to do?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

It was just little stuff like a childhood friend that you love seeing they unfollowed you on Instagram or just like seeing someone on the street that you grew up with and like waving at them and they don't do anything back. And you're just like, oh, my God, man, like this is my new life. But what are you supposed to do?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Thankfully, like somehow two weeks after, I met an amazing partner who I'm still with to this day. And I was able to conquer my two biggest fears, which is monogamy and dogs. I was terrified of dogs and terrified of having a girlfriend. Now I have a girlfriend who I love and two dogs. So... What was the lowest point? Well... Right after this happened, I entered like recovery programs.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Thankfully, like somehow two weeks after, I met an amazing partner who I'm still with to this day. And I was able to conquer my two biggest fears, which is monogamy and dogs. I was terrified of dogs and terrified of having a girlfriend. Now I have a girlfriend who I love and two dogs. So... What was the lowest point? Well... Right after this happened, I entered like recovery programs.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Thankfully, like somehow two weeks after, I met an amazing partner who I'm still with to this day. And I was able to conquer my two biggest fears, which is monogamy and dogs. I was terrified of dogs and terrified of having a girlfriend. Now I have a girlfriend who I love and two dogs. So... What was the lowest point? Well... Right after this happened, I entered like recovery programs.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Started with AA, but then I found a more specialized program that dealt with the issues that I was dealing with. Say the hardest point was logically deducing that the lives of my loved ones would be better off if I was gone. You know what I mean? And thinking that my mom and my friends, that their life would be better if I took myself out of the picture.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Started with AA, but then I found a more specialized program that dealt with the issues that I was dealing with. Say the hardest point was logically deducing that the lives of my loved ones would be better off if I was gone. You know what I mean? And thinking that my mom and my friends, that their life would be better if I took myself out of the picture.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

Started with AA, but then I found a more specialized program that dealt with the issues that I was dealing with. Say the hardest point was logically deducing that the lives of my loved ones would be better off if I was gone. You know what I mean? And thinking that my mom and my friends, that their life would be better if I took myself out of the picture.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

And for one, I just figured, you know, their friend's canceled. You know, her son is a disgrace. My family's going to think they raised me wrong. And my friends, I'm a social pariah now. I'm a burden. I'm better off dead. And the hard part was, you know, I would read stories in books written by parents who lost their kids to suicide. And they reported feeling a lot of anger after the suicide.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

And for one, I just figured, you know, their friend's canceled. You know, her son is a disgrace. My family's going to think they raised me wrong. And my friends, I'm a social pariah now. I'm a burden. I'm better off dead. And the hard part was, you know, I would read stories in books written by parents who lost their kids to suicide. And they reported feeling a lot of anger after the suicide.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

And for one, I just figured, you know, their friend's canceled. You know, her son is a disgrace. My family's going to think they raised me wrong. And my friends, I'm a social pariah now. I'm a burden. I'm better off dead. And the hard part was, you know, I would read stories in books written by parents who lost their kids to suicide. And they reported feeling a lot of anger after the suicide.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

So I tried to think of what's the way I can do it to get the least amount of anger on behalf of the people who would grieve. Because hanging someone will discover you. So I figured drinking myself to death would be the way to do it. And I wasn't able to. Yeah, that was just a dark place. I remember hating the people who loved me because I knew they would grieve and that made me mad.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

So I tried to think of what's the way I can do it to get the least amount of anger on behalf of the people who would grieve. Because hanging someone will discover you. So I figured drinking myself to death would be the way to do it. And I wasn't able to. Yeah, that was just a dark place. I remember hating the people who loved me because I knew they would grieve and that made me mad.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

So I tried to think of what's the way I can do it to get the least amount of anger on behalf of the people who would grieve. Because hanging someone will discover you. So I figured drinking myself to death would be the way to do it. And I wasn't able to. Yeah, that was just a dark place. I remember hating the people who loved me because I knew they would grieve and that made me mad.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#425 โ€“ Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

That makes sense. Like I was ready to go. I had no will to live. But their grief was like, I didn't want to cause that. I didn't want to hurt them. So I was like, I hated the people who loved me because they were stopping me from taking my own life. You know, and it's weird to think that like when I was going through that, if you walk by me in the street, I look like a normal guy.