Let’s get into it. A UFC commentator texts the president about psychedelics on a Saturday. By Monday he’s in the Oval Office watching an executive order get signed. Men are literally hitting themselves in the face with hammers to get dates. Africa is cracking in half. The government published alien documents so redacted they might as well be a grocery list. And in the middle of all this absolute chaos — strangers on the internet decided I’m a bad dad.
Because of comedy clips.
That’s where we are. Everyone just wants to be right all the time and nobody wants to laugh anymore. This week on Thoughts Off The Stem it’s a high energy, zero filter rant about a world that has completely lost the plot and the people making it worse.
We Are Living In A Simulation And Nobody Sent The Patch Notes
Look at the headlines. Just look at them. Psychedelics in the Oval Office. The manosphere trying to build harems of obedient wives like it’s the dark ages with WiFi. Paid protest crowds you can order like an Uber. Social media turning an entire generation into people who can’t hold a conversation longer than a TikTok. Wars. Oil prices. A continent literally splitting apart.
I changed my mind — we are definitely living in a simulation. And whoever is running it needs to be fired immediately.
But here’s the thing that actually gets me fired up. It’s not the chaos. The chaos is at least interesting. It’s that instead of laughing at any of this — instead of stepping back and acknowledging that everyone just wants to be right all the time and the whole thing is completely absurd — people are out here getting angrier. Picking fights. Attacking strangers. Convinced that their outrage is the most important outrage in the room.
Bad Dad? Come On.
So I post comedy clips. Clips from the show. Unfiltered, raw, sarcastic single dad humor. And some people in the comments decided that makes me a bad dad.
Not people who know me. Not people who have spent five minutes around my actual kids. Strangers. People who watched a 60 second clip and decided they had enough information to weigh in on my parenting.
This is exactly what the episode is about. Everyone just wants to be right all the time — and when you can’t actually put in the work to back it up you just get mad at people online instead. It’s easier than looking inward. It’s easier than doing anything. You just find a stranger, decide they’re wrong, and unload.
I see you. And I’ve got thoughts.
The Real Reason You’re Mad At Strangers Online
Here’s where the episode lands and it’s worth hearing. The reason you’re mad at strangers on the internet — the real reason — has nothing to do with the strangers. It has everything to do with the stuff you haven’t dealt with about yourself.
The world is unhinged. Life is hard. Things are genuinely frustrating. But people who spend their energy attacking comedians in comment sections aren’t fighting for anything meaningful. They’re just avoiding the mirror.
Find the humor. Find the irony. Enjoy the moment. And maybe — just maybe — take a hard look at what’s actually making you that angry. Because I promise you it’s not a podcast clip.
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