Is It Time For Gay Pride To Go Away? - Josh Szeps - #767

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Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Josh Zepps. He's a broadcaster, podcast host and a journalist. What are the things you can't criticise? What about gay pride in Australia? What if you're a gay man? What about criticising the cringe of the anti-woke right? Everyone is getting the heat today, including Josh's ex-employer, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Expect to learn what the difference is between getting cancelled by the left and the right, why we feel the need to forensically pick through public figures' lives, why so many people believe the world is ruined, the problem with the anti-anti-woke, what JK Rowling has been up to, what happened to the indigenous Australian people apology trend, and much more. This Monday, the first cinema shoot from our Video Wall podcast that we shot here in Austin, Texas with Dr K goes live. And it's fantastic and it looks beautiful and you shouldn't miss it. So make sure that you've hit the subscribe button or you will miss episodes when they go up and it helps to support the show. And it makes me very happy. So navigate to Spotify or Apple podcasts and press the follow button. A thank you. If you're like me, you probably struggle to read or study or work with music on, but you probably want something in the background giving you a little bit more energy and drowning out any noise that's coming from your environment, which is why I've partnered with Brain FM, a science-backed music app specifically made to help you focus. I love Brain FM because I can't work with music on. It's too distracting and I can't focus. This is the perfect balance between something that gives you additional energy and drowns out whatever's happening in your environment and isn't so distracting and is purpose-built for focus, that means you actually get more work done. Brain FM uses gentle rhythmic pulses that are scientifically proven to support sustained attention all while blending into the background. They also have sleep sounds to help with deep sleep, which has been a game changer, especially if you are traveling. Brain FM has made a real difference in my productivity and sleep quality, and you can try it out for yourself and get a full month for free right now by going to brain.fm slash modern wisdom. That's brain.fm slash modern wisdom to get 30 days of completely free access. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped. If you are a guy who is still using an old face shaver from four Christmases ago to trim your gentleman's area, grow up. Come on, join us here in the modern world. There are purpose-built tools for the job, and Manscaped Lawnmower 4 is the best ball and body hair trimmer ever created. It's got a cutting edge ceramic blade to reduce grooming accidents, a 90-minute battery so that you can take a longer shave, waterproof technology which allows you to groom in the shower, and an LED light which illuminates grooming areas for closer and more precise trim, or if you just wanted to do it in the dark. They've also upgraded to a 7,000 RPM motor with quiet struck technology. It's got a wireless charging system that helps the battery to last even longer. Altogether, it means that you're going to hate trimming your body hair far less, and you can get free shipping worldwide plus a 20% discount if you go to manscaped.com/modernwisdom and use the code modern wisdom a checkout. That's manscaped.com/modernwisdom and modern wisdom a checkout. If you keep getting tons of spam phone calls and have an inbox that's filled with junk, your information might be spread all over the internet, which is pretty terrifying to think about. This is why I've partnered with Incogni. Incogni help prevent scam attacks by automatically opting you out of shady databases. They scrape the entire internet to make sure that your name is taken off dozens of data broker lists so that your phone will become strangely quiet and your inbox will no longer feel like a hornet's nest. You can cancel at any time plus they offer a free 30 day money back guarantee so you can buy it completely risk free, use it for 29 days and if you do not like it for any reason they will give you your money back. Right now, you can get a 60% discount of their annual plan by going to incognito.com/modernwisdom and using the code modern wisdom at checkout. That's incognito.com/modernwisdom and modern wisdom at checkout. But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Josh Zepps.
This is why you need to subscribe to my newsletter. How dare you suggest that I'm not subscribed to your newsletter? Are you? No. I knew it. All right, I'm going to read it out to you fully. Great. This is the culture wars shiny object cycle. Number one, some woke news story hits the press. Cats suffer from racial discrimination, or screwing in light bulbs needs to be recognized as a valid sexual kink or something. Number two, the right wing antibody response activates. Look at how insane these people are. Matt Walsh quote tweets the article and calls it obnoxious. This is the problem with our convenient, decadent TikTok society. Number three, this reaction causes the story to gain infinitely more traction than it ever would have done by signal boosting the original fringe scenario into a much bigger event. Number four, the left wing counter response activates. Right wingers lose their minds over one woman with a particularly dark cat. The Daily Wire has a meltdown over an insignificant troll article. In times when the story is less insane, this includes a defense of the original article too. Cats actually can experience trauma, minimizing this. It's the real problem. Number five, the right wing re-reaction kicks into gear. Apparently I'm insane for pushing back against cat trauma. See, this is the problem. If we don't stand our ground, these blue-haired idiots will take over the country. Number six, finally, the touch grass meta reactionary steam in. The real issue is people talking about this issue. Look at how silly this whole thing is. It's time to check out of the culture war. We should reconnect with what really matters. You should move to a ranch next to Ryan Holiday and hammer fence posts into the ground for the rest of time.