Hasan Piker

for not doing right by him he just hates joe brandon he's like i hate joe biden and i think in that process he just like found podcasts and became this guy who believes in nonsense believes in falses because he hears the podcast guy who he's parasocially connected to tell him like this is what's going on and he just regurgitates that to feel smart about himself and it slowly but surely becomes a mantra that he believes this is a dangerous cycle

That man was in his 50s. He was not a 25-year-old, right? So I think we have to examine a lot. A lot that has gone wrong.

That man was in his 50s. He was not a 25-year-old, right? So I think we have to examine a lot. A lot that has gone wrong.

I would assume. Yeah. I try to...

I would assume. Yeah. I try to...

try to be like water i try to bruce lee this when someone comes at me with that i try to make a quick assessment of how much they care about this particular thing because if it's like borderline psychosis if you have a pathological obsession with trans people i'm not going to be able to shake you from that position that's like mental illness for the most part at that point right if you're like constantly worrying about that

try to be like water i try to bruce lee this when someone comes at me with that i try to make a quick assessment of how much they care about this particular thing because if it's like borderline psychosis if you have a pathological obsession with trans people i'm not going to be able to shake you from that position that's like mental illness for the most part at that point right if you're like constantly worrying about that

it does start resembling like and I'm sure people in your audience know someone like this whether online or in their real life where they're just like maybe a little too worried about this stuff where it's like there's like 30 of them calm down you know what I mean

it does start resembling like and I'm sure people in your audience know someone like this whether online or in their real life where they're just like maybe a little too worried about this stuff where it's like there's like 30 of them calm down you know what I mean

But I usually look to quickly try to understand whatever the key issue that we're talking about this time is like trans Sesame Street or whatever for USAID. And I try to see if I can just move him to reason. to find common ground and just like redirect all the force and anger that he has.

But I usually look to quickly try to understand whatever the key issue that we're talking about this time is like trans Sesame Street or whatever for USAID. And I try to see if I can just move him to reason. to find common ground and just like redirect all the force and anger that he has.

Yeah, there's an endless faucet of right-wing reactionary sentiment. So that's not, I understand that that's just what the market looks like. And this is the outcome. People believe in nonsense. There's not much you can do about it. And this is what you do about it. You try to redirect those conversations and hope that that person

Yeah, there's an endless faucet of right-wing reactionary sentiment. So that's not, I understand that that's just what the market looks like. And this is the outcome. People believe in nonsense. There's not much you can do about it. And this is what you do about it. You try to redirect those conversations and hope that that person

will remember that conversation and will have a takeaway from that experience that is otherwise positive. So what I did with him was basically like, you know, set a trap for him. I was like, Oh, you heard about the Trump trans women in sports thing? And he was like,

will remember that conversation and will have a takeaway from that experience that is otherwise positive. So what I did with him was basically like, you know, set a trap for him. I was like, Oh, you heard about the Trump trans women in sports thing? And he was like,

yeah you know i heard and uh and and uh you know he's like oh are you excited about this oh hell yeah thank god no more men playing against women something along those lines right like classic it's like like okay but the egg prices are dog shit what's up with that you know and and he was like oh yeah i guess you're right and i was like

yeah you know i heard and uh and and uh you know he's like oh are you excited about this oh hell yeah thank god no more men playing against women something along those lines right like classic it's like like okay but the egg prices are dog shit what's up with that you know and and he was like oh yeah i guess you're right and i was like

Yeah, don't you think that he's just like distracting you because he doesn't want to fix the egg prices? And he started thinking about it. I could see the cogwheels turning. And the thing that I said to him basically was like, how many trans athletes do you think participate in the NCAA? And he just had no idea. And I think, what is the number, 49? It's not very many.

Yeah, don't you think that he's just like distracting you because he doesn't want to fix the egg prices? And he started thinking about it. I could see the cogwheels turning. And the thing that I said to him basically was like, how many trans athletes do you think participate in the NCAA? And he just had no idea. And I think, what is the number, 49? It's not very many.

Yeah, so it's like you think there's more people standing behind him.