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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 59 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I only met him 3 dozen times

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago

He met him less than 40 times... purity test much?

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

lol that got me too. there's people i work closely with that ive met less than that. a hilariously constructed sentence.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

Still less than Ehud Barack and William Gates.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I only met him 3~dozen~ times!

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 54 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

If only Liz was wearing something with a palm print in that picture lol

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

Brace has been talking a lot about cloning recently. Makes you think.

[–] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

It was in front of our eyes this whole time

👁️👁️👁️

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I don't know anything about this guy other than that his podcast exists. I can never tell if these posts are a joke or not

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 77 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

::: spoiler lifting the veil of irony

Most of the millennial leftist podcast culture is like this. Brace Belden regularly makes a lot of jokes about being various characters as a bit in the podcast. He pretended to be a software CEO called Racial Jake (Rachel Jake) when he got interviewed by the Falun Gong. He's got a cryptobro gremlin persona called the Coindexter. A gourmet enjoyer called the Gourmand. He once opened a podcast episode and introduced himself as Adolf Hitler. The thing is, his actual, honest to God, real life story is also so bizarre and something out of a Pynchon novel (he was addicted to hard drugs, was reading a lot of Mao and other leftist theory, flew to Syria when he heard about the YPG, then fought there for a few years before coming back to the US and becoming a labor organizer) so it becomes a bit hard to tell when he's telling a real anecdote or if he's doing a bit.

He's had a recurring bit about generating AI porn of John Fetterman for the last couple of months that I could've sworn was just a joke, but it became apparent that he wasn't kidding when he actually showed it to Hasan on camera. You just can't really tell lol

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, what a character

[–] dead@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

Spoiler: the guy in the photo in the jacket is actually Hollywood director Woody Allen.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's the dark cowboy.

He would never hang out with epstein unless it was to draw his weapon and fire upon him.

[–] GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago
[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He is literally always joking. This man is incapable of being serious

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He actually did this interview out of character

https://youtu.be/9Jq-17KImSM

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

Nah he's just playing his "Brace Belden" character

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

On the podcast he does have some moments where he gives genuine takes.

[–] fanbois@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

If you listen to their episodes concerning the actual victims and deeds of Epstein, his change in tone and demeanor is sometimes so stark that it's a bit scary. He sounds deeply emotional, empathetic and filled with a burning rage against it all.

Honestly, True Anon would not be bearable if Brace wasn't turning the goofball up to 11 sometimes. There is only so much reporting about our disgusting pedophile ruling class you can do, before you need a palate cleanser of some kind.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Brace Belden is actually an alter ego of the software entrepreneur Rachel Jake.

CEO Rachel Jake getting interviewed by NTD

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

what the ACTUAL fuck. how did this ever happen. incredible.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

i like how every time he does a video interview, he’s in an all white room. i like to imagine his whole apartment is organized by color, like there’s a room where everything is red, a room where everything is blue, etc. regardless of each object’s function or purpose

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

who would have thought that pisspiggranddad would turn out to be such a strange dude

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

To catch a pedophile, you have to become a pedophile

[–] RedSturgeon@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't tell who flocked to Epstein because of cash and who is a child diddler and at this point I'm too afraid to ask, but I don't wanna trust any of them regardless.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you don't wanna trust brace belden?

[–] RedSturgeon@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I only have a vague idea of what trueanon is and this is the 1st time I hear the name, but if I'm serious I don't trust anyone with ties to the system. Nonetheless I remain hopeful that anyone has the capacity to betray their personal interests to Capital, should they so choose.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

(in case it isn't clear, everyone here is having a laugh, Brace Belden is a former YPG fighter and labor organizer, and does not have ties to Epstein)

[–] RedSturgeon@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

lol I kind of got lost in the sauce myself. I was originally making a joke about how everyone is being linked to Epstein, the only part where I was being serious is basically just a comment on how we're all corrupted by living in capitalism, but I was also being pessimistically hopeful that we can willingly choose to make decisions that would hurt our personal wealth and work towards establishing socialism.

I know I'm difficult to read myself tho' I try to remember to make it easier kobeni-sweat

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

His only ties to the system are his involvement in 9/11 and the assassination of John F Kennedy.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Brace Belden also threw a shoe at Bush!

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wtf is online downloadable radio? Podcasts? Shoutcast?

[–] Rey_McSriff@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

It's when your dad records himself ranting in a traffic jam and sends it to on casette tape in the mail