👓 TGWTG The Spoony One / Spoony / Noah Antwiler and Rachel Baker / @RaeAngel07 - The touching romance between a washed-up videogame reviewer throwing a decade-long pity party and his delusional Canuck stalker. #weaknotsick #donttellmehowtosulk

[Doctor Stan]

I think we've all known someone like Noah in our lives.

They have obvious problems, have self destructive behavior, and you want to help them, but if they can't stand up on their own two feet and put forth the effort to fix their shitty situations, there is only so much one can do to help.

You know I'd say that I knew a guy who was going through a pretty spoony time, and he actually got his shit together, but it took him a good kick in the ass from other people in his life, I think he ended up finding jesus or someone, but it does help having family around to motivate you into getting your shit together

 

[A Big Bumbling Black Man]

I think he ended up finding jesus or someone

I hope I'm not ruffling too many feathers when I suggest that Noah's particular brand of fedora-core atheism is hindering his ability to socialize. He claims he can "wield the Bible like a switchblade" as a result of his mildly religious upbringing, but he never actually put this wit to the test and displayed a single Christopher Hitchen's style verbal takedown, so it just resulted in an impenetrable miasma of sullen bitterness towards millions of people.

Spoiler: Personal experience

I'll admit I used to somewhat share this mentality until my curiosity won out and I attended a few church services on my own. I never fully bought into the scripture but the openness, passion, and just plain NORMAL-ness of it all was enough to make me abandon the idea that I held some sort of intellectual or moral high-ground over them simply because of their choice to be a part of a mainstream religious community.

You can witness the results of this mentality in action whenever a fedora-core atheist loses a debate and then falls back on the religiosity of their opponent as a way to posthumously claim victory. It's just a shallow sense of superiority that gets in the way of seeing the bigger picture.
Obviously I'm not saying this about ALL atheists but I'm pretty sure even atheists can admit there's a certain sub-set among them that's getting the whole idea wrong. I miss the example of Hitchen's probably as much as any atheist, at least he made an attempt.

 

[Jack Awful]

Let's be honest:
Even if Spoony worked as hard as he could and used all his resources effectively, The Spoony Movie would suck.
All YouTuber movies suck (except for a small handful), and that goes triple for Channel Awesome movies.

 

[RJ MacReady]

Plus the $280 a month he's making on Youtube a month since people still watch his backlog of videos on the main channel and a whole $95 on his Counter Monkey channel. However in the past 30 days he's lost 100 subs on both channels and while his views on his main channel haven't dropped much, his Counter Monkey channel is down 26%. (Youtube only pays out a whole $0.002 per view according to videos some smaller channels have done showing their account statuses).

Interesting if true. I've never known enough about YT monetisation to figure out how much he makes. And yet it's still not enough to explain his utterly fucked finances.

I hope I'm not ruffling too many feathers when I suggest that Noah's particular brand of fedora-core atheism is hindering his ability to socialize. He claims he can "wield the Bible like a switchblade" as a result of his mildly religious upbringing, but he never actually put this wit to the test and displayed a single Christopher Hitchen's style verbal takedown, so it just resulted in an impenetrable miasma of sullen bitterness towards millions of people.

Spoiler: Personal experience

I'll admit I used to somewhat share this mentality until my curiosity won out and I attended a few church services on my own. I never fully bought into the scripture but the openness, passion, and just plain NORMAL-ness of it all was enough to make me abandon the idea that I held some sort of intellectual or moral high-ground over them simply because of their choice to be a part of a mainstream religious community.

You can witness the results of this mentality in action whenever a fedora-core atheist loses a debate and then falls back on the religiosity of their opponent as a way to posthumously claim victory. It's just a shallow sense of superiority that gets in the way of seeing the bigger picture.
Obviously I'm not saying this about ALL atheists but I'm pretty sure even atheists can admit there's a certain sub-set among them that's getting the whole idea wrong. I miss the example of Hitchen's probably as much as any atheist, at least he made an attempt.

Nobody with any credible understanding of theology would refer to God as "the invisible bearded man in the sky" at nearly fourty years old.

But I still think the most eye-rolling bellwether for Noah's views on religion is when he compared the church massacre in Texas to getting bullied over D&D in grade school. It was a conspicuously detached response compared to his comments on other mass shootings before and since, and not so coincidentally that massacre was the only among them that targeted Christians.

 

[Pokemonquistador]

Interesting if true. I've never known enough about YT monetisation to figure out how much he makes. And yet it's still not enough to explain his utterly fucked finances.



Nobody with any credible understanding of theology would refer to God as "the invisible bearded man in the sky" at nearly fourty years old.

But I still think the most eye-rolling bellwether for Noah's views on religion is when he compared the church massacre in Texas to getting bullied over D&D in grade school. It was a conspicuously detached response compared to his comments on other mass shootings before and since, and not so coincidentally that massacre was the only among them that targeted Christians.

In my experience, the most belligerent, fedora-tipping atheists have either:

1. Been diddled by a priest or pastor.
2. Been raised by extreme evangelicals who scream "DORKSIDED!" at every piece of media that has even a whiff of heresy. Spoony has claimed to have an abusive religious upbringing and he probably caught a lot of holy hell for bringing home D&D books and Ultima games with devils and pentagrams adorning the covers.

So one could give such people like Spoony a pass for feeling instinctively hostile towards anything Christian or religious in general. It still doesn't excuse them for being intellectually lazy and knee-jerk dismissing all believers as uneducated rubes who believe in invisible fairies, especially if said atheists adopt crazy beliefs of their own, like beliefs in New Age Mysticism or in cultlike, inconsistent political ideologies.

Unfortunately for most atheists, it's the ones like Spoony who leave a bad taste in everyone's mouths concerning atheism. Everyone tends to judge a movement by its worst adherents.

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

Yes, everyone knows or has known a Noah. These days, in such a culture of victimhood and entitlement, it's inevitable.

As much as we want to help that person, they have to WANT help first. And they will often make it as difficult as possible for themselves and for others, all while blaming the rest of the world for their own problems.

This is true, it can be hard to dig yourself out of a hole, admit you are the problem and break that mindset of not trying because you feel you will fail. But for Noah the solution was perfectly simple, he didn't have to reset his life, rebuild from a failed marriage or find a new career, he just needed to do the thing he was doing, and was still being paid for. Even if he just did unscripted 10-15 minute weekly reviews, it would have kept his fanbase and the money coming in. Most people facing a crisis would have killed to be in his situation.

 

[Nutritious_Banana]

In my experience, the most belligerent, fedora-tipping atheists have either:

1. Been diddled by a priest or pastor.
2. Been raised by extreme evangelicals who scream "DORKSIDED!" at every piece of media that has even a whiff of heresy. Spoony has claimed to have an abusive religious upbringing and he probably caught a lot of holy hell for bringing home D&D books and Ultima games with devils and pentagrams adorning the covers.

So one could give such people like Spoony a pass for feeling instinctively hostile towards anything Christian or religious in general. It still doesn't excuse them for being intellectually lazy and knee-jerk dismissing all believers as uneducated rubes who believe in invisible fairies, especially if said atheists adopt crazy beliefs of their own, like beliefs in New Age Mysticism or in cultlike, inconsistent political ideologies.

Unfortunately for most atheists, it's the ones like Spoony who leave a bad taste in everyone's mouths concerning atheism. Everyone tends to judge a movement by its worst adherents.

With how histrionic he is, and the amount of vintage fantasy media/books he owns, I don't believe for a second he had an "abusive religious upbringing" beyond "I don't want those monster books in my house, Noah."
He's still the 14 year old euphoric that's upset at mom for making him go to church on Sunday.

 

[UnclePhil]

With how histrionic he is, and the amount of vintage fantasy media/books he owns, I don't believe for a second he had an "abusive religious upbringing" beyond "I don't want those monster books in my house, Noah."
He's still the 14 year old euphoric that's upset at mom for making him go to church on Sunday.

You would think with this vendetta he has toward religion, his mom was Margaret White and he was locked in the scary Jesus closet when he had wet dreams. But no, he grew up playing Ultima, every one of them from 0 to 9, and he hung with the tabletop nerds at lunchtime. If the sketch in the Ultima VIII review is semi-autobiographical, he probably had an argument with his mother about the pentagram on the box - similar to look I got over the Carmageddon car hitting the dude.

My guess is he had a typical, mild Protestant upbringing. The youth pastor wagged a finger in his friends' faces. He wasn't allowed to play D&D because of the Satanic Panic so he circumvented it. Maybe a secret basement party got parent raided. It is not something one should still be angry about over 30 years later. On the other hand, Social Justice ties in heavy with the fedora crowd because "teh oppressors!" Maybe that's what fuels Noah's decades old nerd rage.

Hell, I wasn't allowed to watch The Simpsons, Beavis & Butt-Head or slasher movies. I don't hate my parents for that. Looking back, it was more fun getting away with it.

 

[Drink More Water]

There was a time when I thought this downward spiral was going to be revealed as a bit, something he was setting up to be a plot point to the movie, like he was Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman prior to "I'm Still Here."
The longer it wore on, it became increasingly clear that Spoony was not the master troll crafting some kind of Andy Kaufman peformance, which is a shame.

 

[huckbeine]

So, what's the latest with Spoony?
Is the car crash trial finished? Is he going to jail?

 

[Clop]

How the hell do you walk away from a car crash without a scratch with a policeman straight up telling you your car can be replaced but you can't be and you take none of it to heart?

How did the crash come to people's attention again? I want to put money on Spoony himself bragging about the fresh new victim points he just got.

 

[UnclePhil]

How the hell do you walk away from a car crash without a scratch with a policeman straight up telling you your car can be replaced but you can't be and you take none of it to heart?

How did the crash come to people's attention again? I want to put money on Spoony himself bragging about the fresh new victim points he just got.

If I may do some armchair psychoanalysis on that video...really, it all comes back to the end and one line from Spoony.

"Trying not to panic; that's my only car."

He just blew a red light, and he knows it. Two witnesses know it. He was flying fast enough to spin the oncoming vehicle when he slammed into it. The other driver is clearly injured. Is there any concern for the other person? Any hint at remorse for his actions?

"That's my only car."

It's hard to judge someone in a fight-or-flight situation, where adrenaline is pumping through them and their synapses are firing on all cylinders. In this case, the detached way Spoony talks to the responding officer, and his primary concern in all this chaos, tells me he is thinking only of his property. Not just himself, his car. It makes me wonder how often he puts himself before others. This was a horrific car crash; that's pretty high priority on the list of "Maybe I should worry about some other people."

He also says way more than he needs to when telling his side of the story ("I was going the speed limit") shoeing in a lot of virtue signaling that's not going to help him. Lying on Twitter and deflecting blame, that part I get. He is smart enough to know not to incriminate himself before a trial. But lying to the officer was pretty damning on its own. That will bite him in the ass. He should have kept his mouth shut.

The officer comes off as polite and professional as one in his position should be. He was probably struggling to be that nice, dealing with one-track minded Noah in the back of the cruiser. And yeah, that bit of advice should have been a wakeup call; it should been the voice of fucking God. It did nothing.

 

[BScCollateral]

Is there any concern for the other person? Any hint at remorse for his actions?

I think you're right to blame lawyers; I think they've inflicted serious harm on society by twisting expressions of concern into admissions of guilt.

But that aside, I'm thinking of a Russian story about a wicked old lady and an onion (don't know if Dostoyevsky made it up or if it's folklore) which represented the only kind action she ever took in life. And I don't think I've ever run across a "Spoony was really there for me, and I'm grateful" anecdote. Crap, some of Hitler's personal staff were able to share anecdotes about him being generous and thoughtful. Damn near every bastard on the planet has a defender.

You've got to wonder if Spoony has an onion to fall back on.

 

[RJ MacReady]

So, what's the latest with Spoony?
Is the car crash trial finished? Is he going to jail?

His hearing is at 9 AM on April 15. It's a bench trial no lawyers will be involved so it'll be pretty quick and straightforward.

Also it's for a ticket. I don't know where people have been getting the idea that he's going to jail.

 

[MirrorNoir]

If I may do some armchair psychoanalysis on that video...really, it all comes back to the end and one line from Spoony.

"Trying not to panic; that's my only car."

He just blew a red light, and he knows it. Two witnesses know it. He was flying fast enough to spin the oncoming vehicle when he slammed into it. The other driver is clearly injured. Is there any concern for the other person? Any hint at remorse for his actions?

"That's my only car."

It's hard to judge someone in a fight-or-flight situation, where adrenaline is pumping through them and their synapses are firing on all cylinders. In this case, the detached way Spoony talks to the responding officer, and his primary concern in all this chaos, tells me he is thinking only of his property. Not just himself, his car. It makes me wonder how often he puts himself before others. This was a horrific car crash; that's pretty high priority on the list of "Maybe I should worry about some other people."

He also says way more than he needs to when telling his side of the story ("I was going the speed limit") shoeing in a lot of virtue signaling that's not going to help him. Lying on Twitter and deflecting blame, that part I get. He is smart enough to know not to incriminate himself before a trial. But lying to the officer was pretty damning on its own. That will bite him in the ass. He should have kept his mouth shut.

The officer comes off as polite and professional as one in his position should be. He was probably struggling to be that nice, dealing with one-track minded Noah in the back of the cruiser. And yeah, that bit of advice should have been a wakeup call; it should been the voice of fucking God. It did nothing.

Not to defend Spoony, but if you are a poor fag or working class type, having your only car be totaled in a car crash of any kind is pretty much a life ruining event.

If you are poor/working class, losing your car basically means your ability to move is pretty much destroyed. You are stuck walking on your feet, which can supremely limit where you can go, especially when it comes to work and basic needs like food/groceries. But especially the former, as you run the risk of losing your job if you lose the only means to get to it. Especially if it's one that's in another town and requires a commute of some kind.

Worse, the lose of a car is pretty much a death sentence unless you are super fucking rich. Even middle class types can get fucked if their car is totaled. Car repairs can cost in the thousands after a wreck, and sometimes it's just cheaper to buy a new one than repair one unless you are super rich and can afford to piss away money rebuilding a severely damaged car.

And buying a car is pretty much out of the reach for the bulk of the working class/poor and even some middle class types. New cars basically cost $20,000 minimum (basically the cost of a house) and require rather HUGE down payments before the dealership will even consider a payment plan. Worse, even a used car that is in moderate driving condition will cost you $3000 minimum from mom and pop used car lots. And even then, you'll be expected to put down a huge down payment ($1000-1500) and for a lot of working class (and even some middle class types), they don't fucking have that kind of money laying around for an emergency. Fuck, the average working class type doesn't even have $400 dollars available for an emergency.

A wrecked car, especially if it's your only vehicle and even worse if you don't have a network for family or friends who can give you rides or worse, so poor that it would take you half a year to scrap up the money for the down payment on the cheapest car on the lot of your nearest used car dealership if had a job and could still get to it, is a life ruiner. Especially since Spoony is a literal poor fag that doesn't even have a job and only makes $400 in Patreon money a month at this point.

 

[Kulee Baba]

Especially since Spoony is a literal poor fag that doesn't even have a job and only makes $400 in Patreon money a month at this point.

I gotta imagine he's getting a monthly tugboat from the government going on disability for "mental illness."

 

[RJ MacReady]

I gotta imagine he's getting a monthly tugboat from the government going on disability for "mental illness."

He's not. He doesn't qualify for any program I'm aware of.

 

[Pokemonquistador]

His hearing is at 9 AM on April 15. It's a bench trial no lawyers will be involved so it'll be pretty quick and straightforward.

Also it's for a ticket. I don't know where people have been getting the idea that he's going to jail.

I think the idea people have is that Spoony is going to act exceptional in front of the judge and get slapped with a huge fine and jail for Contempt of Court. Spoony himself has expressed doubts on his ability to remain collected during this hearing, plus the guy is known for punching Christmas trees just because they looked at him funny.

The truth is that he'll probably act subdued for most of the hearing, acting more or less as he did during his accident. There's a small chance though, that a bolt will pop in his brain due to stress and Psycho-Snark Spoony will come out, like he sometimes does during Livewire sessions. This is probably what will goad at least one person to drive to the courthouse and video the trial for posterity.

 

[Borzoi]

Not to defend Spoony, but if you are a poor fag or working class type, having your only car be totaled in a car crash of any kind is pretty much a life ruining event.

If you are poor/working class, losing your car basically means your ability to move is pretty much destroyed. You are stuck walking on your feet, which can supremely limit where you can go, especially when it comes to work and basic needs like food/groceries. But especially the former, as you run the risk of losing your job if you lose the only means to get to it. Especially if it's one that's in another town and requires a commute of some kind.

Worse, the lose of a car is pretty much a death sentence unless you are super fucking rich. Even middle class types can get fucked if their car is totaled. Car repairs can cost in the thousands after a wreck, and sometimes it's just cheaper to buy a new one than repair one unless you are super rich and can afford to piss away money rebuilding a severely damaged car.

And buying a car is pretty much out of the reach for the bulk of the working class/poor and even some middle class types. New cars basically cost $20,000 minimum (basically the cost of a house) and require rather HUGE down payments before the dealership will even consider a payment plan. Worse, even a used car that is in moderate driving condition will cost you $3000 minimum from mom and pop used car lots. And even then, you'll be expected to put down a huge down payment ($1000-1500) and for a lot of working class (and even some middle class types), they don't fucking have that kind of money laying around for an emergency. Fuck, the average working class type doesn't even have $400 dollars available for an emergency.

A wrecked car, especially if it's your only vehicle and even worse if you don't have a network for family or friends who can give you rides or worse, so poor that it would take you half a year to scrap up the money for the down payment on the cheapest car on the lot of your nearest used car dealership if had a job and could still get to it, is a life ruiner. Especially since Spoony is a literal poor fag that doesn't even have a job and only makes $400 in Patreon money a month at this point.

There is also the insurance rate increase especially for an at fault accident like this one. It is even worse if there are tickets involved so Spoony had better hope he wins his hopeless court case. Even if he gets a car again he will have a very tough time dealing with the basic costs.

 

[RJ MacReady]

I think the idea people have is that Spoony is going to act exceptional in front of the judge and get slapped with a huge fine and jail for Contempt of Court. Spoony himself has expressed doubts on his ability to remain collected during this hearing, plus the guy is known for punching Christmas trees just because they looked at him funny.

The truth is that he'll probably act subdued for most of the hearing, acting more or less as he did during his accident. There's a small chance though, that a bolt will pop in his brain due to stress and Psycho-Snark Spoony will come out, like he sometimes does during Livewire sessions. This is probably what will goad at least one person to drive to the courthouse and video the trial for posterity.

If even Chris won't freak out in a courtroom then I don't think Spoony will either. It's just a ticket. Bog standard shit.

I also don't think Noah's anti-fandom is large enough to have field agents in a Chicago suburb early on a Monday morning. I'm sure the audio recording or transcript will be posted though.