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Tsk tsk tsk
Brace Belden is our very good parasocial buddy 
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in this pic he's wearing an 'Friend' which is a recently released device that is a necklace running an LLM in it that 'acts as your friend'
while actively listing to everything its microphone picks up and (likely, haven't done network analysis on one myself) sending that data back to the company
and this picture was posted to Instagram
I remember reading an article in Wired about how these things are basically just listening devices pretending to be a balm for the lonely
And then they get passive-aggressive and insulting when you don't treat them nice
Incomprehensible
What
I liked this guy on Chapo but is he just a walking bit? I can't figure him out.
I liked this guy on Chapo but is he just a walking bit?
It's like 15 different characters he switches between and they all have different names. His actual opinion is that he's a Maoist.
he's a Maoist small business owner (180k/mo on patreon)
180k a month
I gotta get in on this racket
step 1: have three really smart friends who are motivated enough to do an adult group project
three really smart friends
if you include yourself (i believe in you) then you only need 2 smart friends!
3 seems like a lot, what kind of group project can I do with 0 friends?
you could record an album in your bedroom or perhaps a spare room in your parents' house
Basically industrial metal in a nutshell
It's the 8th largest Patreon by paying members, while Chapo is the 5th largest. It's honestly kind of wild, considering how left-wing these guys politics are, and how many of the bigger podcasts (Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, Brett cooper, etc.) are so right-wing.
Patreon is funded by listeners while the other ones you mentioned get CIA dollars
CIA can easily subscribe via Patreon and boost what they want without it being known
i hope they're getting CIA dollars too, like castro did in the beginning
I mean, Tim Pool might very well have a bigger audience than them.
lmao
anybody who pays for a leftist podcast that's that big is such a rube
That's a lot of money, wtf do you even do with that much
we don't know how their business is set up for certain but let's napkin math their split 60k/mo and tax them as "income" (which is definitely not happening. Something like "trueanon llc" is getting that 180k if they have a good accountant)
Anyway, 60k/mo is 720k a year. that puts them pretty high up state and federal tax bracket wise. about 45% of that is getting taken by the various US govts. so now all youre left with is about 396k/yr. You're probably buying a nice apartment in brooklyn or a house in new jersey and having a respected financial adviser manage both safe and risky investment accounts for you.
Oh wow. I think I see why rich people hate taxes now.
very few people have their personal income at that high of a number. You eventually consult a financial priest and they perform spells to operate your LLC at a loss, allowing you to avoid heavy taxation
perform spells to operate your LLC at a loss, allowing you to avoid heavy taxation
Yeah it's because they fucking forget after the end of it they still have 400k+ per year and their income vastly exceeds their necessary living expenses
That's almost enough to rent a cardboard box in Manhattan
That's over 10x my yearly before tax income and rent isn't 10x in NYC what it is here.
What about your labubu expenses?
You need to remember true-anon is based in San Fransisco so after rent the three of them are probably making less than minimum wage
Nah they moved to NYC
This puts them below poverty line then
Cool
Damn, talk about a side step. I'm sorry for them
Also an important note is podcasts aren't forever. Some have more staying power than others but this is basically getting drafted into the NFL for people who are good at talking.
Buy a Friend™ subscription obviously
He's liberal Hitler
He's conservative now.
Yeah I think he invented right wing Hitler recently
oh sorry
No one's given you a straight answer, but this guy went and fought ISIS with the Kurds. I don't think he's allowed into Turkey now. Pretty cool dude, absolutely insane life story. He does a lot of wild bits, but there are some solid takes down at the core.
I would never have guessed that about this dude. Well then, that's unexpectedly cool of him! Thanks!
Ok but he’s only using it to make grok celebrity AI porn while on the go.
Ceo Rachel Jake strikes again
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