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Michael Hobbes

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Join us on Patreon to find out which of these was the WORST TAKE OF 2023
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jadehawk's avatar jadehawk @jadehawk.bsky.social
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i only acknowledge the whales take as the one true worst take. all the others are pretenders and usurpers.

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¡a!n's avatar ¡a!n @xxiainxx.bsky.social
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Warren Terra's avatar Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social
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Have to give Jake there a little leniency, if I were named after a rammable part of a boat I would be sensitive on the subject too.

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Erika Hall's avatar Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social
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Who should ether elon musk with a brutal comedic impersonation? One clear answer:

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Kate Sheridan's avatar Kate Sheridan @katesheridanart.bsky.social
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oh god i WILL finally pull the patreon trigger to hear you guys talk orca discourse

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Sean's avatar Sean @swilly.bsky.social
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NYT really does pump my ego sometimes into thinking I could be a career columnist because I had a livejournal once.

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A Particular Brand of Man's avatar A Particular Brand of Man @beemow.bsky.social
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Who are the best youtubers for physics rabbit holes? I was talking about particle colliders last week

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Al Jourgensen Twink Death's avatar Al Jourgensen Twink Death @baalhisses.bsky.social
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Wasnt the orca guy also the guy who didn’t like seltzer because the bubbles hurt his tongue

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skyybeans's avatar skyybeans @skyblu.bsky.social
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1. as noted, this harms and kills people 2. i wasnt born to work, i was born to live 3. fucking lol get those boats 4. rest in piss, asshole gonna go with 1 because i guarantee its victim blaming

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Liz's avatar Liz @coolnameliz.bsky.social
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This was such a fun Patreon episode, you both were clearly having a great time! My daughter was in a severe car crash on Friday that could have killed her and escaped with only a broken pinky and man, I needed to laugh this weekend!

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Chris P's avatar Chris P @justokonline.bsky.social
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The marriage discourse did inspire some great essays by @lyz.bsky.social and @scaachi.bsky.social

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Christy's avatar Christy @christymcm.bsky.social
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I want to know what your starting British accent is if it “slips into Cockney”! It’s like saying “my American accent slips into a New York accent” 😆

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Lemur-Cat's avatar Lemur-Cat @lemurcat.bsky.social
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I laughed out loud in the middle of the gym at the part about quartz

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Sam morey 's avatar Sam morey @pensandlighters.bsky.social
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You guys know how to put an EOY list together

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Kevin James's avatar Kevin James @kmj.bsky.social
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You guys recording this episode before Chait's 14th amendment takes is like that year all the music publications completed their best albums of the year lists and then Beyonce surprise released her self-titled album a day later

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The Man From Rio's avatar The Man From Rio @themanfromrio.bsky.social
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Will a Political Dating Mismatch Cause More Employees to Work From Home As Killer Whales Attack Yachts?

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sadcat's avatar sadcat @sadcat.bsky.social
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the richard morgan take was actually plagiarized from andrew sullivan circa 1999, doesn't count as 2023 :/

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson's avatar Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social
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re. orcas

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lindsay's avatar lindsay @hyperglavin.bsky.social
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Peter just managed to scrape the worst take in at the last minute by saying Aussies and South Africans sound the same.

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Steve C's avatar Steve C @opposableplums.bsky.social
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As someone else who has fallen down a physics YouTube rabbit hole, I'd like to recommend acolliestro's channel.
This one in particular was excellent

youtu.be/aY985qzn7oI

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Fix your hearts's avatar Fix your hearts @jnotj.bsky.social
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All terrible, but ADL ❤️ Kissinger has to be the worst for me

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Jack's avatar Jack @livedawg2021.bsky.social
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Don Knotts voice: Not a political dating mishap!

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Blaine's avatar Blaine @blainethankspeter.bsky.social
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I knew the orcas could hear our cheers

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Bipolar Viscountess 's avatar Bipolar Viscountess @sharilyn.bsky.social
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ALL OF THEM, KATIE

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