WhatifAltHist / Rudyard Lynch - History youtuber, galaxy brained, no credentials and no sex

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"Justify the murder of public figures who don't conform to the in-group's morality"
Yes, I agree with murdering obvious parasites. It's what the law's supposed to do, Rudy.
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I like this guy, but he's autistic AF and high on his own supply. This is a bad combination (for him).

I find his constant insistence of "civil war soon" while obstinately refusing to accept that there are actually people who are hyped for it just downright silly. Very James Lindsey esque actually.
 
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Rudy Five Minutes Later: (Post Nut Clarity)
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"I'm 23 and quite mature for my age."
Red flag(?) I've heard that one before.

I like this guy, but he's autistic AF and high on his own supply. This is a bad combination (for him).

I find his constant insistence of "civil war soon" while obstinately refusing to accept that there are actually people who are hyped for it just downright silly. Very James Lindsey esque actually.
boogaloo grifting is plenty worth.
 
One thing I still don't get is why Rudyard is so inconsistent in some of his posts.
He's trolling, don't you know?

I think it has to do with him being a (self-confessed) midwit. He wants to appear intellectual rather than be intellectual, he wants to cultivate an image rather than do something impressive.
Basically he doesn't have any real deep thoughts or positions, which leads to some inconsistency in the end.

The image part is very obvious also, it's why he "brags" about being so well read, being 99th percentile in openess, being a descendant of Celtic warriors etc.
Aside from making up for shortcomings it's also him building an image, or a persona if you like. Very theatrical. Maybe he should've gone to theater instead of Youtube?
 
Rudy cultivates his audience for his audience and he doesn't owe his audience shit.

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I'm not familiar with Zoomer Historian but their tweet shitting on Rudy has 12.9k views and 1,200 likes versus Rudy's 14k views and 185 likes, at time of archiving.

Normally I'd say Rudy should get off Twitter for his own sanity and make the damn Spirit Realm video, but he is incredibly entertaining on there. Not sure if Twitter makes certain people crazier or it just allows us a better view into their nutty little worlds, either way I love it.
 
Who are these ancestors Rudyard's always yapping about? Found out with me at 9:30!
Good video, I saw some of the stuff on his grandfather being educated but didn't read much into his family history, particularly about how successful his dad is. The fact that he's a Harvard-educated multimillionaire lawyer was surprising given how Rudyard is of very middling (if not less) intelligence. I think that Rudyard may seriously have high functioning autism or something like that, because it's very odd that the rest of his family seem significantly smarter and more educated than he is. Given how highly heritable intelligence is specifically, Rudyard is either extremely unlucky genetically or he has some kind of intellectual impairment.
 
Just finished the video, I must say it's a very good job. I can see where a lot of Rudy's frustrations come from. He's dropped out of college, despite his dad being a 10M-networth Havard Graduate, his mom's a wacky farmer that probably forms most of Rud's archetypes of "people whom I like", and he's come from a divorced family. Not to mention, he probably hates his vampire fanfic writing sister.

It may be better to send the video and info in a separate post, for archiving reasons.
 
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I'm not familiar with Zoomer Historian but their tweet shitting on Rudy has 12.9k views and 1,200 likes versus Rudy's 14k views and 185 likes, at time of archiving.

Normally I'd say Rudy should get off Twitter for his own sanity and make the damn Spirit Realm video, but he is incredibly entertaining on there. Not sure if Twitter makes certain people crazier or it just allows us a better view into their nutty little worlds, either way I love it.
Zoomer Historian is a Neo-Nazi YouTuber who makes videos promoting an Axis-centered view of WW2 and its cultural consequences. And Rudyard made the Spirit World video a while back

Good video, I saw some of the stuff on his grandfather being educated but didn't read much into his family history, particularly about how successful his dad is. The fact that he's a Harvard-educated multimillionaire lawyer was surprising given how Rudyard is of very middling (if not less) intelligence. I think that Rudyard may seriously have high functioning autism or something like that, because it's very odd that the rest of his family seem significantly smarter and more educated than he is. Given how highly heritable intelligence is specifically, Rudyard is either extremely unlucky genetically or he has some kind of intellectual impairment.
Is he stupid or just overestimating his own intelligence? Because I wouldn't call him stupid on his own, just egotistical
 
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Who are these ancestors Rudyard's always yapping about? Found out with me at 9:30!
That was a really good watch! Very informative but also entertaining and funny.

To me it seems like a KinCobraJFS situation where some decent genetic lineage on the dad's side gets hijacked by a batshit insane woo-loving woman to produce an... exceptional individual of a son.
 
Is he stupid or just overestimating his own intelligence? Because I wouldn't call him stupid on his own, just egotistical
That's kind of the opinion I have on him. He clearly isn't completely retarded because there's some information in his videos that is correct it's just mixed in with crazy takes and random stuff in-between. It's almost like all he really knows is just basic historical facts and for some reason thinks he an expert on everything there is about history, philosophy and culture which is why his videos are so laughable. I think if he would've either made videos about basic historical events or just stuck to the stuff he used to make and talk about Alt-history we probably won't be questioning his IQ so much.
 
Who are these ancestors Rudyard's always yapping about? Found out with me at 9:30!
Vettii begins by noting Rudyard's recent prolific posting about muh ancestors. Well what do we know of Rudy's ancestors? This is a bridge to discuss his family. Not all of this is new nor does it all need to be archived as these people aren't Rudy, but I'll give some bullet points. Vettii's video pointed me to all this stuff but not all of this info is in the video (and plenty of stuff in the video is not in this list):
  • Joseph Lynch, his paternal grandfather was an academic historian, a lifelong goal of his since age 14, apparently. Educated at Harvard, he specialized in the medieval Church and has had his work translated into Ukrainian, Serbo-Croatian, and Korean. He also had "no athletic pretensions at all" (lol).
  • Rudy's father Mark is a banker. Also educated at Harvard, his degree was in European History. He is involved with a non-profit helping single fathers (for some reason Vettii makes a big deal of the fact that his parents are divorced). There's a video where he points out Mark's terrible hair and the fact that his body language is quite similar to Rudy's.
  • He points out that Mark is super rich and suggests that Rudyard's claims to financial success (Audi, etc) are actually Daddy's Money. I've always thought this. His YouTube isn't that big and he claimed to be making bank for many years, even when his channel was much smaller. If Rudy had other income streams, he'd brag about them on Twitter.
  • Highlights a recent tweet where Rudyard attributes his "skills" to the fact that his dad only let him play strategy video games. As if it weren't obvious enough, Rudy is a historian of the Paradox school.
  • His sister Valentine is way less ugly than Rudyard and has infinitely more degrees (she has two). She studied in Canada and works in forestry. She seems like a well-adjusted person with normal hobbies (and a side hustle making knitwear). There are hints that she has an interest in history and is a bit of a lefty (environmentalism, witch jokes, pronouns on LinkedIn).
  • Despite old tweets saying his mother is from the US State of Nebraska, Vettii thinks she is Canadian, identifying her as Leslie Payne-Zimmer. She has a GoodReads full of history books and believes in batshit woo stuff (5G cancer, frequency medicine, etc.) Seems a bit unhinged, but she is actually living le trad life, running "restoration farm".
Basically, all of Rudyard's family seem to share an interest in history but all are more well adjusted (and educated) than Rudy. Even his mom (who seems pretty bonkers, a bit like Rudy) actually works the land.
 
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