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Jordan Peterson's Appeal and Brad the Superfan
from Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine) · #111
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4 minThey discuss their complicated admiration for Jordan Peterson's family-first philosophy despite his lack of empathy, then introduce Brad, an unfiltered superfan/Facebook friend known for savage one-liners like his take on baked ziti.
- 38:47Tim says he loves Jordan Peterson but admits Peterson says things on Facebook he can't cosign the next day.
- 39:04Peterson is described as the ultimate troll who seems like a good father and intelligent guy, though maybe lacking empathy.
- 39:39Tim's argument: if everyone took care of their family like Peterson advocates, people wouldn't fall prey to scams from big business.
- 40:46Brad made a brutal ranking comment about baked ziti, saying it's what you eat at a shitty grandfather's retirement party or for faggot coworkers.
- 41:11Brad stopped listening to Tim and Matt's show after some falling out between him and Matt over co-host quality.
- 41:33Matt reveals Brad said he's not as good a co-host, and Matt admits Brad was right about that criticism.
- 42:02Tim predicts America will have divided and states will have seceded by the year 2040, but Matt will be great by then.