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Making videos using big ideas and dumb jokes to understand what's going on in the world. Host: @michaeloburns Patreon:

Joined August 2014
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@wisecrack
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You hate watching ads. We hate doing ads. But it's a necessary evil of surviving on YouTube. If you enjoy our work and want to support us as we try to rely less on ads and algorithms, consider signing up for our new $1 Patreon tier. It helps us a lot.
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@DiscussingFilm Weird because it seems like America has been working on an American version of Squid Game for the last thirty or so years.
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Bearistotle
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@ConceptualJames Bullying a dead child? You are a horrible person who is also a complete idiot.
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@SeanDaBlack it absolutely is - we're big fans btw.
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A message from Jared to our wonderful fans. Thank you, Jared. ❤️️
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we're totally fine with losing followers because you're mad that we don't think Elon Musk has a coherent philosophical position, fyi.
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7 years
Hard to imagine this, but couldn't have gotten here without all of you!
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8 months
This makes no sense
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Logan Rees
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what
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SMTM coming back soon.
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7 years
Truer words have never been spoken...
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We just hit 3 million subscribers! A big thank you to everyone who continues to support us
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5 months
Would anyone be interested in a video about the history and philosophy of student protest movements?
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2 years
Should someone tell them that Plato and Aristotle were around before Christ?
@prageru
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Without God, do “right” and “wrong” exist?
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Experience literature like never before through eyes of a gangsta, @SparkySweetsPhD . Diving into both classic and modern works, Thug Notes delivers smart takes and summaries in a way your high-school teachers never could. Check it out here:
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losing subs for saying that Matt Walsh isn't a professional comedian and satirist is pretty funny.
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1 year
Hot Take: a good show or film can’t be spoiled. If something’s value is dependent on a big reveal or plot twist, then it’s just a gimmick and not good storytelling.
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Sorry not sorry @AdamxPrime
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Going to be reading this article on Wisecrack Live tomorrow to figure out if Zizek is a cop now.
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ACID HORIZON
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up next: the left must sell their labor at a reasonable rate
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Today's video (made with help from Gerrit Krueper, who did a PhD on the topic) is on political streaming on twitch/YouTube, and the question of whether or not it's influence has an offline political effect. Hitting YouTube in thirty minutes!
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3 years
An update from Jared:
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Oh really?
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Attractive, smart ppl don’t join these protests. They have good lives and don’t need fake activism to make themselves feel special.
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Getting an odd amount of “pretty ironic that Wisecrack makes videos with anti-capitalist themes and then does ads for capitalist companies” comments lately. These comments always seem to ignore that the economic conditions of digital media are dictated by . . . capitalism.
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2 years
Lots of snowflakes apparently offended by our edgy take on political comedy.
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6 years
It's our 4th Anniversary! Thank you so much for subscribing to us on YouTube, for being our patrons, and following us! We couldn't do any of this without you!
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@ConceptualJames You should watch our video about how you’re understanding of Hegel wouldn’t pass a freshman year philosophy seminar.
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@ostonox Never stop. Lean into it.
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7 months
Pretty funny when YouTubers scold others about why it's important to work 40 hours a week. Very weird hill to make sponsored content on.
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Congrats to Matt Walsh for releasing a movie about how much he wishes he could say the n-word. And congrats to the tens of people around the world enjoying the movie in theaters.
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@wisecrack
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2 years
But why though?
@Variety
Variety
2 years
Warner Bros. Pictures is revamping the “Lord of the Rings” film franchise. Get the details here:
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A little teaser for tomorrow’s video. Any guesses on what we’re reacting to?
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7 months
What are our thoughts on a four-day work week?
@MorePerfectUS
More Perfect Union
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BREAKING: Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that would make a 32-hour workweek the standard in America —with no loss in pay.
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Do folks still want us to make content about this show? You can be honest.
@RickandMorty
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This is not a hologram. Rick and Morty Season 7 premieres October 15th @ 11pm #rickandmorty
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Today’s video is on the death of the adult animation industry. Come for the analysis and stay for Michael’s unhinged rant against his mom’s boyfriend, Dale.
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Since YouTube restricted our video on American Political Violence, we're uploading it here so more folks can check it out. Share if you find it useful, and let us know what you think.
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This is @michaeloburns and I need to be honest with everyone - all I want to do is make a video about the Drake and Kendrick beef.
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1 year
Some of y’all would seemingly rather a channel like ours die than accept us having skippable sixty-second sponsor shoutouts that allow us to exist.
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6 years
We have officially declared this month Nic Cage month over at Wisecrack. Prepare yourselves.
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5 years
Soon.
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lol the daily wire got our stream blocked for watching clips they've posted on YouTube. snowflake behavior
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Special Thursday Stream! Is Matt Walsh Good At Satire? Is He Funny? Is He Racist? LINK BELOW
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6 years
It's 👏 about 👏 time 👏
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8 years
NEW VIDEO! The Philosophy of Westworld!! Made in collaboration with @Kurz_Gesagt
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7 years
"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet"- Stephen Hawking. RIP
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6 years
Guess who is on our podcast... and so on...
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It's our tenth birthday. From the bottom of our anxious hearts . . . thank you so much for all your support over the years. We love getting to do this, and we love the community that's been on this journey with us.
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2 years
When you want to make sure you get the dumbest possible take of 2022 in before the new year hits.
@Cobratate
Andrew Tate
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Reading books is for losers who are afraid to learn from life. So they try and learn from the life OTHERS have lived. But you never REALLY learn unless you lived it. You must feel it to believe it. Books are a total waste of time. Education for cowards.
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@ThomasAwful My Bloody Denzel Valentine
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the collapse of google's search algorithm and the disastrous effect it's having on access to knowledge and information
@YouTubeCreators
YouTube Creators
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which trending topic are you most excited to create content about? 📈
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For the life of me I don’t understand what neutral philosophical analysis is.
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Man, remember when @Wisecrack posted interesting and neutral philosophical and psychological analysis using popular culture as a springboard? You know, before it was just one endless lefty shibboleth post on YouTube after another…? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
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We made a video a few years back about how folks like Musk are horrible at reading sci-fi books and/or watching sci-fi films.
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Ben Shapiro is calling for an 8 day work week.
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Congrats to Hollywood for successfully rebooting the blacklist!
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This man talks about Marx and Hegel at a level that wouldn't pass for average undergraduate work.
@ConceptualJames
James Lindsay, anti-Communist
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The Left getting mad about my Kamala Harris thread today feels very much like when they went bananas about me when I started talking about Hegel.
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2 years
A shorter clip from the interview we just linked where Michael risks infuriating the beast hive.
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8 years
Talking smack with C. S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
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Happy Mother's Day! #Freudianslip
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Recently James Lindsay has argued that Kamala Harris is a Marxist satanist. And Jordan Peterson argued that Marx is a satanist. And also that Harris is a communist. Is any of this . . . . true? Of course not, but we couldn't help make a reaction video. Link below.
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Wisecrack is the PragerU for people who don’t believe that corporations have human rights.
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@wisecrack
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4 years
Tomorrow we're introducing a new host - Kris! Kris is a professor of video games at Ryerson University. He'll be helping us create awesome video game content in the future but is on regular hosting duty in the meantime. He's also very good at Street Fighter.
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If there a name for the phenomenon where people (often in tech) articulate a well-known idea from the humanities as if they're inventing it for themselves? (example: Sam Altman thinking he invented emergent materialism.)
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6 years
Sunday Funday
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The Pickle Rick episode of @RickandMorty just got nominated for an #Emmys2018 WHAT. ARE. YOUR. THOUGHTS?!?
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10 years
Poe's "The Raven," read by Christopher Walken. Please, children, scooch closer: http://t.co/vX79CILHJp @openculture http://t.co/rH8mTeQB7l
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At least once a week someone says, "I miss when this channel just did pure philosophy without any discussion of politics."
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Good night, sweet prince. RIP #BurtReynolds
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Summarizing the main thesis of most of our recent videos in 24 seconds.
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Well this sounds . . . terrible.
@FilmUpdates
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Joe Russo, who says he is “on the board of a few AI companies,” believes there will be movies made by AI in “two years.” ()
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If you enjoyed our recent stream watches of the weird Elon interview and the weirder Peterson/Destiny "debate" then you'll LOVE this video.
@SomeMoreNews
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Hi. It sure seems like Elon Musk agrees a lot with the Nazis lately, doesn't it? Check out our latest episode:
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If you are defending Charlie Kirk in our comments you have utterly missed the point of this channel.
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4 years
Coming soon to a Wisecrack video near you...
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@wisecrack
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. @BoJackHorseman - What does it know? Does it know things? Let's find out!
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@Mike_from_PA haha we're simply saying that your job can be kinda cool when the power is in the right hands! (like yours, for example)
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Thug Notes fans, @SparkySweetsPhD has a message for you - ALL episodes are now on Amazon Video! With NINE seasons categorized into your favorite lit genres, you can get lit like never before. Check it out here:
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We take comments VERY seriously. goodbye, @michaeloburns . See you in hell.
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If we look at history, it's pretty clear that mass student arrests are always looked back on as good and morally justifiable . . . right?
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Every time we say we're never talking about Jordan Peterson again, he goes and puts out a video where he gives embarrassingly bad readings of philosophers like Foucault and Marx. He makes us do it.
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Which Jared look from the Film Tourist did you like best?
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What else should we cover on "A Philosopher Reacts To" and why is it God's Not Dead starring Kevin Sorbo?
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Pretty big news.
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We’re starting work on a new video and wondering if charity or good deeds done for the sake of clicks and algorithmic success have real moral value. What do y’all think?
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Happy holidays #tbt
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Yes. Definitely.
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@hasanthehun appreciate you checking out today’s stream. If you ever have room on your dance card would love to get you on and chat.
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6 years
Hm..
@jokermovie
Joker Movie
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Put on a happy face. #JokerMovie - in theaters October 4.
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Because we've been getting into some contentious topics in recent videos, we've decided to step back and talk about something non-controversial that everyone agrees on in tomorrow's video. It's on the politics of gender theory.
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6 years
Controversial opinion: #missionimpossible is one of the finest action movies ever made. Come at me.
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@wisecrack
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2 years
But . . . . freedom of speech? Or something? Right?
@oneunderscore__
Tim Onion
2 years
Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell . Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
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We're writing something new, and it ain't a video. Get ready for something BIG from Wisecrack, coming in August... dun dun duuuuun!!
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@wisecrack
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thoughts and prayers for all the brave Cybertruck drivers out there.
@IGN
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Tesla has issued a recall for every Cybertruck delivered to customers due to a potentially faulty accelerator pedal.
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FYI no idea why we have Twitter blue now. Maybe our corporate overlords did it? But we weren’t consulted and it’s not our favorite. Oh well.
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Jared and the rest of the Squanch crew are running around like it's Christmas morning because of this news: 70 more eps of @RickandMorty !!!
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2 years
A quote from Nietzsche that goes well with the theme of our newest video:
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If you're a big fan of Jordan Peterson and James Lindsay, and think that their respective readings of Marx bring a clarity and precision to the interpretation of his work that far exceed those offered by academics and scholars . . . . you're going to HATE today's video.
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@wisecrack
Wisecrack
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We keep trying to help but it’s like people just don’t want to understand what nihilism actually means.
@atrupar
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Beware of nihilism masquerading as leftism. There's a lot of that going around right now.
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@wisecrack
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It’s our ninth birthday! Thanks for helping us get this old, which is increasingly uncommon in digital media. To help us celebrate, share some of your favorite Wisecrack memories from the last nine years, and/or what you hope to see from us in the next nine!
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