mekka okereke 

I was trying not to give the Critical Drunk clicks, but people are starting to play the "Someone misquoted something Critical Drunk said to Weir! Weir never said that!" game. So now you all have to watch the clip of what they both said for yourselves. 🤷🏿‍♂️

CD: ...and you don't try to shove crappy identity politics into it

Weir: Right

CD: You end up with a goddam great movie at the end of it...

Weir: I think, you and me, we're kind of on the same wavelength there when it comes to fiction writing...

Weir: ...You don't have to worry about *mocking voice* *cupping hands over mouth* THE MESSAGE! 🤣

CD: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like how you did that!

Weir: *that post mock clarity hits* 🤔...I'm not sure how that came across...

CD: No, it came great!

Weir: OK good!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZ_QGBpaDo&t=3540s

Drinker's VIP Lounge - Andy Weir

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Show threadNilaJones1d ago

@mekkaokereke

Wow... Watching the clip, seeing how Andy's face lights up when he hears 'no crappy identity politics'

But listening to what they are both saying, about how they love a story about individuals from different species becoming friends and understanding each other even though it's difficult...

How do they not realize this is the left's message?

My head is spinning

I guess this is like when racists have a couple of friends of the race they hate? And they make an exception for the people they actually know, but they still believe weird stuff about people they've never met?

I see this split a lot on the extreme right. People who don't consider themselves super political, anyway

They can be the nicest, most generous and accepting person, to people they consider within their circle. Not necessarily their race, but like, their neighbors and stuff

And they can believe that everyone in the world outside their circle is evil at heart

Xenophobia, but not with actual aliens, I guess

Show threadEmily Vale, Gendermancer1d ago
@mekkaokereke I'm not going to say "wow, what a total piece of shit" over this, but it *is* shitty and unnecessary to say. Then again, his "egg theory" that proposes that every human is the same single consciousness in multiple incarnations so it can have every experience sure feels like a not-so-clever way to get away with being selfish and embracing hate (if you choose to) with the excuse that the consciousness needs to experience that hate from both ends.
Show threadMarianne1d ago
@mekkaokereke what a douchebag
Show threadrlonstein19h ago
@mekkaokereke Can I go a couple of days without learning that an author or artist whose work I like is an asshole? 🥹
Show threadBret Mogilefsky13h ago

@mekkaokereke You'll never guess which major media outlet gave inches to this same "movies are too woke, just look at the success of PHM!" tripe. 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/opinion/project-hail-mary-hollywood-fun-movies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.0T0K.SI9SwmctyUPs&smid=url-share

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Opinion | ‘Project Hail Mary’ Is Fun. Maybe That’s All It Takes.

There’s been a vibe shift in Hollywood. Fun movies are back.

The New York Times