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The quoted portion happens at 9:40. This is from their podcast thing they do thats called even more news I think idk, it just popped up on my feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inXSxMvNW8

I cannot fathom rationalizing actually going and voting for the democrats.

(i heard the rules got more serious around here? Idk, I'm not gonna check what they are now because I'm sleepy but these people are famous and this is dunkable so take that)

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[–] fox@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Some More News got a lot worse the more bits they added. Shocked that comedy writers came up with that puppet

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The puppet is brilliant, but would work better if the hosts had more radical politics.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love the puppet and I won't apologize for it. But I do agree Warmbo was at his best making fun of libs like Biden supporters during the 2020 race.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Considering that Warmbo has fallen for right wing rhetoric and is a reaction streamer, it seems like an accurate portrayal.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

That puppet would party rock so hard on an actual leftist news show.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago

What I loved about it at the time I watched it was that with each episode he became a bit more disheveled in his mannerisms, appearance and production values. It was watching the news man be gradually jokerfied from the news he read which aligned with my own changing perception from following the news. The problem is he only played a character who grew more cynical but the show itself remained trapped in the liberal world view.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

Honestly they must be getting bored of being stuck in the news broadcast format and just want to do some cracked skits sometimes

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

I don't know if Katy has always been part of it, but it seems like the more involved she's gotten, the worse it's gotten. I used to listen to their pod and she was just insufferable to listen to. She regurgitated that whole "calling Liz Warren a snake is misogynistic".
The puppet was introduced as a bit to illustrate how pointless one of their sponsors were, and then they just... ran with it? It was incredibly weird to see.

[–] whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I enjoyed the puppet at some point, but the episodes are always pushing like 1-3 hours, and I barely have time for that, much less repetitive drawn out fucking muppet bits.