Comedians: Bill Hicks, George Carlin and Doug Stanhope.

Musicians: Peter Spilles, Robert Del Naja and Gregory John McCormick.

Politicians: Bernie Sanders and many leftists from Europe.

I find that public figures often disappoint if I relate to them too much. That parasocial relationship angle gets fucky. So there's a handful of people that I return to time and again for their viewpoints.

Emily Nagoski and Dan Savage's views on sex.

Amy Taylor and Kathleen Hanna for how they live their lives unapologetically in the face of sexism.

I'll add Mamdani onto the pile for now to cover a politician. I haven't seen anything I disagree with so far.

Bernie Sanders.

most comedians are far too centrist for me, but i enjoy how they piss on the extreme left and the extreme right and their delusional self-destructive agendas. it's terrifying how many people take extremest views seriously.

I forget his name but the lead game designer for Path of Exile. I'm an indie game designer, and when I listen to interviews with that guy I feel like I'm listening to myself talk game design philosophy.

Weirdly, I don't like PoE, so not sure how to reconcile that part. 😅

Public I don't know. Ron Swanson is a fictional character that sometimes feels like he could be a caricature of me.

None of them. It takes a certain type of personality to attain, and especially maintain, that level of public highlight. Dig deep enough or long enough, and you will always be disappointed. There's a few where I hope I'm proved wrong, but the numbers aren't favorable

Sam Harris, though it's not accidental as many of my views comes from him.

Brennan Lee Mulligan seems to have decent takes on most things. Not on proper social media though.

hangman adam page.

i too like gardening and being sad

Sam Neill did.

Greta Thunberg

I'm somewhere between Robert Evans and Benn Jordan on politics and tech.

I like Calling In Sick Magazine for cycling stuff as they seem to be one of the only ones in that space with a "don't worry about what you ride, just ride" ethos.

He not my favorite musician but I love how Chris Thile talks about music and just seems to generally just love music.

As far as media/cultural discussions I've always really liked Mike Rugnetta.

Maybe Abigail Thorne?

not sure but like waltz kinda is like me for a politician. I mean closest I have seen. Really don't know him enough though.

Thanos

AOC2028!

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Barack Obama