r/Harmontown • u/lotsoflemons LiveStream Coordinator • Jun 05 '18

Video Available! Episode 289 Live Thread

Episode 289 - Live Thread

Video will start this Monday, June 4th, at approximately 8 PM PDT.

  • Eastern US: 11 PM
  • Central US: 10 PM
  • Mountain US: 9 PM
  • GMT / London UK: 4 AM (Monday Morning)
  • Sydney AU: 1 PM (Monday Afternoon)

We will have two threads for every episode: a live discussion thread for the video, and then a podcast thread once it drops on Wednesday afternoon.

Memberships are on sale now. Enjoy the live show!

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

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u/EmbracingHoffman Jun 05 '18

I was just hoping he'd apologize to Spencer. I hope that happened somewhere behind the scenes. Spencer seems like such a nice dude and he doesn't deserve to be talked to like that (being interrupted and mocked.) I do hope they worked things out because I love both of them as entertainers and creative individuals.

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u/thesixler Jun 05 '18

Nope

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

I'm sorry to hear that, man.

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u/MrJohnnyDangerously Self-Appointed Schrabbing Critic Jun 07 '18

I feel like the /s nature of Spencer's reply was implied....

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u/thesixler Jun 07 '18

Try being smarter

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u/BeartholomewTheThird Jun 07 '18

It’s too hard!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Imagine being able to talk to Dan like this sometime.

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u/thesixler Jun 07 '18

Imagine taunting someone for the overarching power dynamics driving their dysfunctional relationship

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 08 '18

Imagine not being a total passive aggressive bitch spencer. I tried to give you benefit of the doubt but holy shit. Either play the victim card or stop shitting on everyone here who dares call you out like the person you are . Doing both makes you look like a fucking dickhead.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

Yeah how dare I talk back to you dickheads shitting on me. Fuck off bro your sanctimony is poor disguise for your desire to spew garbage unafraid.

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u/Coenn Jun 08 '18

I'm really impressed that you continue to comment here, in a good way. I think I'm not the only one who is just following your user page to find out how you really feel. You are not required to let us know that, but since you are already here people want to discuss this apparent issue. However, it is clearly visible that you only reply to the negative comments and then you only pick the most negative part and reply to that. That irks some people, since you are fully right in your reactions to those parts. However, there is some good shit here too. People are agreeing with you/giving good advice/asking interesting questions; but it seems like these people get all piled up on the 'you dickheads' pile. That's how I feel anyway. Hope you get on good terms with dan and this sub soon!

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

Those people are pissing me off too but I get they’re on my side so I don’t also yell at them. Just because someone agrees with me doesn’t mean I find them less stupid than they’ve revealed themselves to be.

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 08 '18

Lol. You can basically replace spencer with Dan in this paragraph.

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 08 '18

"Imagine talking like that to Dan sometime".

Yes. That really is "shitting" on you. Not just a criticism of you; wholesale shit.

And yeah. My criticism is also "garbage" and "sanctimony".

All you're doing is taking cheap potshots at anyone critical of you while excusing yourself at every opportunity.

You're misdirecting and self-coddling about as much as Dan is.

I don't desire to spew garbage anymore than you do. But you're literally just attacking the people willing to criticize Harmontown at this point, rather than deal with any of those criticisms.

So maybe look at why people would criticize something they like. Instead id being such a crybaby victim about it.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

See the thing is all of this is untrue and only makes sense if you’re an insecure shithead who can’t take criticism from someone they purport to appreciate and/or respect. I didn’t do any of this shit but you could believe I did if you were sufficiently butthurt.

I’m responding to people being stupid. That’s in the hopes they will stop. That’s not bullying. That’s discussion. Calling that hurtful or bullying is so fucking entitled victimhood bullshit i can’t imagine how you walk through life without collapsing. You don’t have a right to my respect or my politeness. I know you don’t have that right because I don’t have that right from you fuckers. I know I don’t have that right because the moderators of the sub set the standard that garbage harassment and vicious insults is acceptable behavior and when I’ve tried to set a higher standard I’ve been shot down. We have the worst fucking sub this side of content because the moderators let you fucks spew garbage and when anyone calls you out for it you freak the fuck out like the children you likely are.

I don’t owe you answers. I don’t owe you excuses. I don’t owe you nondeflections. I don’t owe you my time or breath. I choose to hurl shit at you because the sub moderation has deemed that the appropriate response to my aggrievement as a user of the sub. I owe you no more than shit hurled at you and you’re entitled to nothing better and neither am I and here is the result and is that the community you want to make because you built it and build it with every toxic post you shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Imagine taking your anger about that relationship and using it to be an unrelenting asshole to people here who don't deserve it. You are just perpetuating the same dysfunctional bullying shit that Dan excels at.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

It’s not bullying to respond to people shitting on me and the fact you fucking dipshits can’t see that is so depressing it upsets me into telling you the truth. You’re so morally fucking bankrupt and you sit in your little chairs judging like the redditor bitches you are acting like you’re the solution. You’re absolute poison.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

It's bullying whether you feel justified or whether or not it's the "truth."

you sit in your little chairs judging like the redditor bitches you are acting like you’re the solution.

Guess what, man, you're on reddit spewing plenty of shit yourself. And judging people. And being poisonous. Despite your attitude of intellectual and moral superiority, you are still on here acting like the people who you claim depress you.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

Again this is the stupidity that upsets me. You think that’s some mind blowing truth. That was my baseline assumption day 1 with engaging you pricks. I know it’s unhealthy. You know it’s unhealthy too. You’re here doing the same. You’re the one acting self righteous and like I’m in denial. I’m not the one in a fan forum shitting on the content creators. That would be fucking pathetic and disgusting. I know my sins and I engage on here fully complicit in that behavior. You don’t understand how corrosive your own idling idiocy is. You’re nothing but a tide of acid and you think you’re the cure. At least I choose when I become acid and know it won’t help. You live it every day thinking it’s good.

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u/Pedigregious Jun 08 '18

Fucking quit then asshole. Theirs a thousand other nerds with 20 sided die in their pockets who would gladly take your place in the audience that day when you were plucked from obscurity while living in your parent's basement.

If you want a pity party you should go somewhere else, ain't going to fucking happen here.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

You quit. You’re the one sitting online bitching about a podcast. I’m reacting.

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u/KilRazor Jun 08 '18

Somehow, I find it hard to believe that you actually have something against people being "unrelenting assholes" and perpetuating bullying.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

I don't think calling out a bully for his behavior makes me a bully or an asshole. But whatever you say.

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u/dippitydoo2 Cedric the Jerry Seinfeld Jun 08 '18

Who’s the bully here? I lost track.

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 08 '18 edited Jun 08 '18

No. Spencer deserved it this time. Seriously. Fucking burn. Sorry u/thesixler but holy shit. Learn to focus your anger. Wow.

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u/thesixler Jun 08 '18

Your anger however, perfectly applied?

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 08 '18

Dude. Fuck your whataboutism. This is a sub mostly full of people who support you and were upset you got verbally spanked like a redheaded stepchild by Dan.

And what do you do? Turn around and shit on the plebs because you can't take a stand with Dan.

Show some fucking humility. You're acting like an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Go tell your boss bluntly what you think of them see how that goes.

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u/MrJohnnyDangerously Self-Appointed Schrabbing Critic Jun 07 '18

I am very smart. I'm a fan.

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u/mjdgoldeneye Jun 05 '18

One of the most awkward situations is when someone says something obviously hurtful in front of a group, and everyone but the person that says it recognizes it as hurtful, and then the person that said it never acknowledges it, and all of those people have an objective need to remain friendly to each other.

I sensed a weirdly tense vibe from the new episode where Dan seemed to be frustrated that the show was getting away from him (maybe not; that's kind of been/has become the expectation), you obviously had that unresolved thing with Dan, there was that kind of weird interaction/joke with Jeff about him liking whatever you need him to that didn't go over well (that I might be reading too much into), Rob seemed to try to get the reddit feedback out there and got snuffed, and it felt like D&D was somewhat impromptu/sprung upon Dan and everybody was into it except him.

It was a fun episode, but I felt a lingering miasma that was holding everybody back from genuinely having a good time. I might be crazy, though.

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u/The_Kenosha_Kid with a bucket and a cup Jun 05 '18

there was that kind of weird interaction/joke with Jeff about him liking whatever you need him to that didn't go over well

Wait, what? I thought the crowd loved that. It was part of the running joke where Spencer roasted Jeff all night, right?

And didn't Dan comment on it and Rob was all like "yeah, just like you went after Spencer last week" and Dan had a bit of an epiphany?

Fuck, I'm starting to think I'm the one reading too much into it. Did any of that happen or am I totally mis-remembering it?

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u/velveteen71 You're a bad person. Jun 07 '18

Your memory is correct. Just listened last night. And Dan was like (re: Spencer roasting Jeff and what Rob said): "Yeah, see I should kick people in the ass more often".

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

That fuckin sucks man

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

Sorry man, for whatever it's worth.

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u/TheFolksofDonMartino Jun 05 '18

Sorry to hear that man. I hope this doesn't dim your enthusiasm for doing the show or discourage you from speaking your mind. As well as just being a beloved entertainer I think that your voice is an important one on the show because your life experience is actually close to that of most listeners, and it makes you a lot more politically tuned in than the rest.

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u/NotSoTameImpala Jun 05 '18

Sorry brother. You deserve to be treated better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

Does he just kinda forget that stuff happens?

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u/DJ-Salinger Jun 05 '18

You forget a lot when you're blackout drunk.

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u/jolakaldi Jun 06 '18

Disappointed to hear that. Seems he forgot having your support only means something if you can be real about it. Not even Sarah Sanders could have kept a straight face backing up that ridiculous rant.

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u/DJ-Salinger Jun 05 '18

Sorry, man :(

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u/PerswAsian Jun 06 '18

I hope you can put feelers out to others, and that you don't feel like you owe Dan Harmon anything.

I've been legitimately angry about it on your behalf, which I know I have no place in doing, because he's being a bully and using his alcoholism and drug abuse as an excuse. He's so close to being in a Donald Trump-ian echo chamber, and he doesn't even realize it.

Anyhow, don't know you and don't pretend to know you. I just hope you respect yourself enough to either knock him the fuck out or walk the fuck away.

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u/krazykraz01 Jun 07 '18

Just want to add to the chorus, that fucking sucks. You're an absolute dude and Dan was completely out of line with you. I haven't listened past the first 20 minutes of the new episode so I don't know how your partnership is holding up with that wider context, but you deserve better.

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u/iamsensi Jun 05 '18

it sounds crazy, but have you considered idk.. maybe talking to dan about this instead of being passive aggressive towards him on a subreddit you know he doesn't look at. Let him know you're hurt/upset and talk to him like an adult man

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u/atorMMM reference to the show here Jun 05 '18

it sounds crazy, but have you considered idk.. maybe not being totally passive aggressive towards a him with your suggestions? You might think you're offering some good advice, but it's not gonna land. I'm only doing it so you read your words back and maybe see what I mean.

I personally would like to think that I'd initiate a conversation with my boss in this case, too, but I'm not Spencer. The power dynamic is certainly weird and the onus of being an adult shouldn't lie on him to confront a man who could be his father about shit which said man is supposedly hyper aware of. And very good at apologizing.

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u/iamsensi Jun 05 '18

they have to work together, just seems like coming on here to talk about the show ending ect behind his back instead of just confronting the issue would be the grown up thing to do. Love both of them, dan was for sure in the wrong on the show and spencer is for sure in the wrong with how he's been on here the past few days. Either way they both need to actually work it out instead of making it some thing on the reddit. just my 2 cents

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u/thesixler Jun 05 '18

Fuck you and your invalid opinions forever

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u/iamsensi Jun 06 '18

love ya spencer, hope you get things sorted so a dumb drunk moment doesn't ruin your friendship, we're all human <3

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '18

Saying that you love someone - WHO YOU DONT EVEN KNOW - after acting like a douchebag, it's honestly worse than telling him to slowly die in a fire. You made me throw up a little in my mouth.

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u/mckenny37 Jun 07 '18

this place is weird...

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u/Vancouver_prvinv Jun 06 '18

And how. What condescending BS that comment was.

For the record, I feel bad about saying your response to Dan was "weak shit".

I was trying to provoke a more honest reaction by needling but that's rude and disrespectful. You had the right to say however much or little you wanted to without being pushed to say more.

Sorry about that, Spencer. I regret it.

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u/atorMMM reference to the show here Jun 05 '18

What if he thinks that he just can't open up the conversation? The reputation doesn't come from nothing and opening up that conversation might just put you in the crosshairs. If he feels like that and doesn't bring it up with him for that reason, I'd personally try to figure it out with Jeff or whatever, but who's to say he didn't try that?

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u/thecommentary Jun 07 '18

This sub isn't super big on personal responsibility, nice try though