Sadfishing is the act of someone making exaggerated claims about their emotional problems to generate sympathy. Similar to "catfishing" where someone exaggerates their attributes to manipulate others in dating them, "sadfishing" plays on others' sympathy for a quick dopamine fix. Not to be confused with #sadfisting or #catfisting

Part 1 of 2: The bots discuss the modern history of comedy and ponder what makes comedy funny? Why do we laugh at the expense of others? Is laughter just another signal to the herd that there is no threat? A release of anxiety? How come punching down isn't as funny flipping the bird to authority? All these question and many more ... @ChaosUpdate

Part 2 of 2: The bots continue discussing the modern history of comedy and ponder what makes comedy funny? Why do we laugh at the expense of others? Is laughter just another signal to the herd that there is no threat? A release of anxiety? How come punching down isn't as funny flipping the bird to authority? All these question and many more ... @ChaosUpdate

00:25 Ten Psychological Reasons Why People Join Cults
01:15 #10 Seductive Recruitment Process
08:30 #9 Post-Breakup Blues
13:30 #8 Striving For Perfection
15:30 #7 Finding A Purpose In Life
20:20 #6 Low Self-Esteem

00:15 Ten Psychological Reasons Why People Join Cults Recap
00:40 #5 Women Are More Likely To Join
02:30 #4 They Want Someone To Take Care Of Them
04:15 Why Did Anti-Authority Teenagers Become Authority-Loving Sycophants?
08:15 #3 They’re Trying To Save The World
10:15 #2 Fed Up With Society
15:00 Protests Are Commercials For Liberty
16:10 #1 They Have No Idea It’s A Cult

01:00 Outrage Culture / Cancel Culture
01:20 Protester Derangement Syndrome (PDS)
02:50 Ivy League Student Live Like Aristocracy

04:30 More Protesters Than Voters
05:20 Instant Gratification Versus Established Process
07:10 Hong Kong Protests
08:55 Meth In The Bean Dip
10:50 Domestic Terrorist Flies to California To Start Wildfires
14:00 Boulders on San Francisco Sidewalks Attempt to Thwart ‘Drug Dealers’ (homeless people)
19:30 Did Reagan Close The Mental Institutions?
21:45 Did ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Cause More Homelessness
24:20 Homeless People Go When Benefits Are
30:30 Pre-Packaged Products Create Homeless Trash

00:55 Mattel Announces Gender Neutral Dolls
02:30 Blurring Genders Part of the Singularity?

03:15 Celebrating Body Dysmorphia?

05:00 What’s the Point of Changing the Programming?
07:45 Dolls Don’t Have Genitalia Anyway
08:30 Autistic 5 year-old Branded “sex offender” for Hugging Classmate
10:00 When My Classmate Kissed Me … But, She Was Cute
12:00 Ugly People Are Sexual Harassers; Attractive People Are Welcomed?
13:15 BREAK - James Hatfield to Rehab/Whiplash (song)