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  • Who’s Afraid of Hasan Piker? He’s hot. He’s “dangerous.” Young men actually listen to him. Is he what Democrats are looking for?

    02/19/2025 10:09:40 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 78 replies
    Slate ^ | 02 08 2025 | Luke Winkie
    SNIP For nearly a decade now, Piker, who streams under the name HasanAbi, has been one of the most famous political commentators in America. If you’re a certain type of mainstream liberal—or a not-very-online moderate or conservative, for that matter—you may not have heard of him. His precise class of celebrity is difficult to describe, but in some respects, he has inherited the role of the agenda-setting television pundit for a generation that ditched the traditional medium long ago, if it ever knew it at all. Piker streams every day, weekends and holidays included. Outside of a few bathroom breaks,...
  • The Baffling Rise of the Most Inoffensive Comedian Alive

    12/21/2024 11:00:50 AM PST · by thecodont · 43 replies
    Slate ^ | Dec 19, 20247:42 PM | By Luke Winkie
    It wasn’t long ago when most comedians shared the same game plan as Nate Bargatze. The 45-year-old stand-up veteran—whose latest Netflix special arrives on Christmas Eve, and has a holiday variety show airing tonight on CBS—has dutifully steered clear of every pressure point currently mangling American society. Unlike so many other comedians his age, Bargatze is fundamentally disengaged with the curdled rage over the trans debate, racial justice, or “wokeness” writ large. Nor has he adopted the surly demeanor of the lefties who dominated the scene in the 2000s—guys like Patton Oswalt and David Cross, who managed to shape every...