Carl Benjamin / Sargon of Akkad / Akkad Daily / The Thinkery / @not_sargon / @WarPlanPurple - Leader of the "Liberalists" & Droning Pseudo-Intellectual Boomer anti-SJW Activist, Applebees Waiter, Mass Shooter Whiteknight

[WonderWino]

Apparently sargon is deleting his channels in the near future

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

And nothing of value would be lost.

 

[Jones McCann]

New video with Sargon and Jonathan Pageau

 

[Autism Crowley]

Joe Rogan has tons of money, years experience with commentary and TV productions, and connections to wacky, entertaining guests.

Sargon blew all his money on hookers and blow, and his connections are limited to furries and Gamergate has-beens.

 

[Hamsteroid]

The mystery about the name has been revealed: lotuseaters.com is finally online … or not. Still slow as shit though (when working)

If the internet is like a great, uncharted sea, then its websites can be considered the islands and continents upon which we weary sailors may make landfall.

Like Odysseus on his return from the sacking of Troy, one can be unavoidably blown off-course and find oneself on a strange voyage through unknown and hostile places. Many contain obvious dangers, where others are subtle; one might be faced with giants, monsters, cannibals, magicians or seductresses.

There are, of course, those places that are the exception to the rule. At the beginning of his journey, Odysseus and his men arrived at the island of the Lotus-eaters. According to the myth, this was the only island upon which the inhabitants were not malevolent.

All that Homer tells us of the Lotus-eaters comes from book 9 of the Odyssey:

“Thence for nine days' space I was borne by direful winds over the teeming deep; but on the tenth we set foot on the land of the Lotus-eaters, who eat a flowery food. There we went on shore and drew water, and straightway my comrades took their meal by the swift ships.

But when we had tasted food and drink, I sent forth some of my comrades to go and learn who the men were, who here ate bread upon the earth; two men I chose, sending with them a third as a herald. So they went straightway and mingled with the Lotus-eaters, and the Lotus-eaters did not plan death for my comrades, but gave them of the lotus to taste.

And whosoever of them ate of the honey-sweet fruit of the lotus, had no longer any wish to bring back word or to return, but there they were fain to abide among the Lotus-eaters, feeding on the lotus, and forgetful of their homeward way.

These men, therefore, I brought back perforce to the ships, weeping, and dragged them beneath the benches and bound them fast in the hollow ships; and I bade the rest of my trusty comrades to embark with speed on the swift ships, lest perchance anyone should eat of the lotus and forget his homeward way.

So they went on board straightway and sat down upon the benches, and sitting well in order smote the grey sea with their oars.”

How could one not find such a place intriguing? Compared to the rest of Odysseus’ journey, it seems like the Island of the Lotus-eaters is the one place of tranquility in a sea of malevolence, deception and death.

Contrasted with the raging cyclone of clickbait, misinformation and misinterpretation that can be found on the other islands populating the vast and stormy internet, we hope that you will find Lotuseaters.com a more calm, thoughtful and nourishing alternative.

Perhaps you will even wish to abide among us until Odysseus comes to drag you back to the ships.

I'd get it if the name was for a totally non-political podcast/website as some kind of escapism, but this is just plain stupid.

 

[ddlloo]

The mystery about the name has been revealed: lotuseaters.com is finally online … or not. Still slow as shit though (when working)


I'd get it if the name was for a totally non-political podcast/website as some kind of escapism, but this is just plain stupid.

So he's named his podcast after a bunch of mythological wankers who recruited people by turning them into koolaid drinkers.

Brilliant choice there Carl, you nuffie.

 

[GranDuke]

What the fuck is that crap? Whole point behind lotus eaters was that it was a trap for Odysseus. Had he eaten it himself he would have forgotten about his home and stayed there forever. It was as dangerous as any other place that he visited, it is just that it wasn't as overt as something like Cyclop eating you.

 

[ddlloo]

What the fuck is that crap? Whole point behind lotus eaters was that it was a trap for Odysseus. Had he eaten it himself he would have forgotten about his home and stayed there forever. It was as dangerous as any other place that he visited, it is just that it wasn't as overt as something like Cyclop eating you.

Are you implying that listening to ebooks while playing video games and then glancing at a wiki article doesn't give you good knowledge and understanding of something....

 

[Pointless Pedant]

Joe Rogan has tons of money, years experience with commentary and TV productions, and connections to wacky, entertaining guests.

Sargon blew all his money on hookers and blow, and his connections are limited to furries and Gamergate has-beens.

I wouldn't appear on Carl Benjamin's show, and I'm not even famous.

 

[Danton20000]

Ok his logic for the name is dumber than I thought it was and ignores the actual concept of the island as a trap, well done carl. Next up he will start his motivational guides called "Sisyphus boulder- a guide to getting work done" that we should all be as determined as sisyphus is pushing that rock.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

Having a podcast is easier than doing sketch videos or even video essays. And if you're focusing on interviews it's extremely low effort but an effective way to spread your brand to whatever audience the guest has. That's why so many of these people liked debates and bloodsports, you can see immediate subscriber increases in the thousands sometimes. Problem is, it's way easier to hurt your brand that way. So instead it's friendly chats where often the guest carries the entire show.

Yes it was quite the entertainment watching Sargon and Co. eviscerate Destiny during his election stream.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

Are you implying that listening to ebooks while playing video games and then glancing at a wiki article doesn't give you good knowledge and understanding of something....

Who needs that? *smuckles* Only the best for The Stepfather, so of course he has Vee read the Sparknotes page on a particular book then give him a short 3 minute summary of it.

Ok his logic for the name is dumber than I thought it was and ignores the actual concept of the island as a trap, well done carl. Next up he will start his motivational guides called "Sisyphus boulder- a guide to getting work done" that we should all be as determined as sisyphus is pushing that rock.

Get ready for his next books, podcasts, guides and video game series! First his upcoming book trilogy:
"Mitsuhide - The Thirteen Day Shogun" will deal about how to get things done over a long period of time as someone in a leadership position that it seems like you did it in less than two weeks, followed by "Icarus - Fly Higher" which will detail how you should always seek to go higher and higher with your ego, dopamine rushes, hubris and paypigs because at some point you become "too big to fail" so it's impossible to crash down to the bottom unceremoniously which will be ended with "Minotaurus - Prep the Bull", a short book on how the myth can be seen as an allegory for the large stranglehold the Minoans always had on the Greek civilization and culture, even today!

 

[Hamsteroid]

Ok his logic for the name is dumber than I thought it was and ignores the actual concept of the island as a trap, well done carl. Next up he will start his motivational guides called "Sisyphus boulder- a guide to getting work done" that we should all be as determined as sisyphus is pushing that rock.

>Albert Camus has entered the chat

If you want to be all philosophical about it, you can probably bullshit an at least partly plausible connection to Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus and Absurdism. Even in a mundane meaning, naming it that way would make at least some kind of sense since working in/ maintaining a mechanized working environment often feels like pushing that rock day in, day out.

But naming your political/philosophical big brained podcast after ancient apathetic stoners is a low point even for the founder of Liberalisticism™.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

>Albert Camus has entered the chat

If you want to be all philosophical about it, you can probably bullshit an at least partly plausible connection to Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus and Absurdism. Even in a mundane meaning, naming it that way would make at least some kind of sense since working in/ maintaining a mechanized working environment often feels like pushing that rock day in, day out.

But naming your political/philosophical big brained podcast after ancient apathetic stoners is a low point even for the founder of Liberalisticism™.

You remember the Rationalists™? That was the first big-brain group The 'Gon formed if I recall correctly, I think the site is still up, he just slapped a picture of Descartes on it because he was rational or something despite the fact that none of his videos use Rationalist thought to get to their conclusions and concluded "good enough *smuckle*".

 

[Hamsteroid]

You remember the Rationalists™? That was the first big-brain group The 'Gon formed if I recall correctly, I think the site is still up, he just slapped a picture of Descartes on it because he was rational or something despite the fact that none of his videos use Rationalist thought to get to their conclusions and concluded "good enough *smuckle*".

If the SJWs behave irrationally and we're no SJWs that concludes that we're rational - checkmate, theists!

 

[JonIrenicus]

I remember that time Carl was on Rogan and all Joe wanted to do was waffle on about Atlantis or someshit and Carl just looked awkward as fuck. Still makes me chuckle.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

I remember that time Carl was on Rogan and all Joe wanted to do was waffle on about Atlantis or someshit and Carl just looked awkward as fuck. Still makes me chuckle.

Also, don't forget when Joe called him out on being a whiny bitch.

 

[Illiterate Wanderer]

Also, don't forget when Joe called him out on being a whiny bitch.

Yeah Joe was uncomfortable with how much Sargon was talking about Anita.

at about 1 hour 43 minutes

Joe: "You're talking really fast, are you on Adderall?"
Sargon: "No, it's just I have a lot to tell you and I'm probably not going to be here again, and there is a lot you need to know."
Joe: "Come on man, you're coming back."
Sargon: "Oh I'd love to."

 

[GranDuke]

I wonder at what point Joe decided that Carl is not coming back? After 15 minutes?

 

[Illiterate Wanderer]

I wonder at what point Joe decided that Carl is not coming back? After 15 minutes?

The thing is that Sargon spent like the first two hours just talking about Anita Sarkeesian. The thing is this happened in mid-2017 so this is like Sargon at his "prime" Sargon has really downgraded since then.

Spoiler

Sargon downgrade moments like
Kraut and Tea Drama
being the laughingstock of Internet Bloodsports
Liberalists
his 2018 feud with Mister Metokur
failed Ukip campaign
giving up This Week in Stupid
giving up making videos like "The Politics of Starship Troopers" "The Politics of Demolition Man" "Illiberal Progressives"
moving to Akkad daily channel where his output became one 15 minute video per day
moving to doing 2 hour solo streams where he basically just talked to the chat

and soon to be deleting all his channels to change his daily output to a 1 hour podcast where he talks about politics wit his production crew.