My Top 5 Funniest Moments from Online Politics

The five times I laughed the hardest during my time involved in online politics.

I’ve been into online political commentary for over seven years now. Needless to say, when documenting and commenting on the existential crisis facing Western society, the subjects one delves into are usually less than uplifting. However, it’s not always doom and gloom. Sometimes, its fun to reminisce on the moments which brought a smile to my face. So, here’s a list of five memories from my time in this sphere which never fail to make me laugh.

5. Tim Pool EXPOSED!!! (2017)

The squeaky-voiced, beanie-wearing, mixed-raced former “independent journalist” turned right-wing ragebait merchant constitutes a joke in and of himself. Tim Pool is certainly a candidate for the worst political commentator on the Internet. A glance at his YouTube channel will show countless thumbnails of videos with melodramatic buzz words such as “EXPOSED”, “IMPLODES”, or “BOMBSHELL” in bright red capital letters along his stupid face staring down whatever happens to be in the news cycle that particular day. The content itself is little more than him and his idiot co-hosts ranting about some article making the rounds on X that week for 20 minutes and that’s about it.

Tim has become known for his ceaseless praise of President Donald Trump, his fear mongering over the rise of dangerous “identity politics”, and his repeated incorrect predictions of a civil war in the United States. Despite the sensationalism of his content, it’s difficult to take seriously the high-pitched squeals of impending societal doom coming from a guy in his late 30s dressed as a 15-year-old skateboarder.

Back in 2017, before Tim realized that screaming at a camera over a headline for 20 minutes was much easier content to produce, he still used to do IRL ragebait. He attended an ANTIFA rally where he could do his moderate centrist shtick of acting flabbergasted by how crazy the left had become, garnering favour with the YouTube algorithm. But then Millennial Matt showed up and threw a spanner in works, yanking the iconic beanie from the hapa’s noggin.

After the most pitiful attempt at sounding intimidating ever, beanie boy then insists that he always wears a hat so that he is unrecognizable without it, meaning ANTIFA can’t follow through on their alleged death threats against him. Either that, or the hat is intended to conceal the perceptible lack of hair on his head. You decide…