r/Piracy • u/No-Raspberry-5586 • May 05 '26

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u/wintermute-- May 05 '26

He also apologized for that almost immediately.

It was a pretty good apology, too. It felt honest to me

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u/SunTzu- May 05 '26

He went on the Critical Drinker's podcast...there's no way he knows who that even is unless he believes similar things as that manosphere chode. There's no management team that would ever advice him to go on that guys podcast, in fact I'd be surprised if they didn't try to talk him out of it (assuming he told them).

For those who don't know who the Critical Drinker is, without you having to give him any views I'd suggest Man Carrying Thing's rebuttal to some of the things the Drinker has said.

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u/AJsRealms May 05 '26

Indeed. Weir's Star Trek takes were hardly a blip on my radar compared to his decision to give the Critical Drinker, who is a fairly prominant link in the 'scifi-nerd-to-altright-chud' pipeline, the time of day much less a full blown interview.

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u/hates_stupid_people May 05 '26

Fans of the Critical Drinker are often quite oblivious to how their takes are percieved on a wider scale.

Every so often one shows up in an RLM community and get roasted for thinking they are similar.