Fighter and the Kid AMA Reddit Gone Bad

[Onetrickpony]

A long time ago TFATK decided to do an AMA session on Reddit and it did not go as planned. I know this is old but I had forgotten how funny and brutal it was. I highly recommend checking this out.


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4o3q9m/we_are_brendan_and_bryan_from_the_fighter_and_the/


Here's a few samples:

First post out of the gate sets the tone of what's to come.


[deleted]

Bryan on Greg Fitzsimmons' most recent podcast, you stated that you take absolutely no supplements and that they're mostly useless (53:33 into the episode). Yet at the beginning of almost every TFATK episode, you talk about how great supplements are. Which is it?


VooDooVaughn
Big Brown! Scale of 1-10 how good was Ronda in the sack?
ghostofq
I heard she copped a DQ for small joint manipulation.


Yearsaslave
Hey guys, huge fan of the show. I have a brain injury just like Brandon so it's great to see someone breaking down barriers for us!

My question is for Brandon, what was it about retiring from UFC that made you decide to finally get fit and start losing the puppy fat? I myself have trouble with my weight so am excited to see what motivates my hero.

 

[member 3289]

I remember that. Can't believe they were naive enough to think it'd go well for them

 

[Robbie Hart]

@Song2 can you find the old thread for Conor mcgregor butt hugger?

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

A long time ago TFATK decided to do an AMA session on Reddit and it did not go as planned. I know this is old but I had forgotten how funny and brutal it was. I highly recommend checking this out.


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4o3q9m/we_are_brendan_and_bryan_from_the_fighter_and_the/


Here's a few samples:

First post out of the gate sets the tone of what's to come.


[deleted]

Bryan on Greg Fitzsimmons' most recent podcast, you stated that you take absolutely no supplements and that they're mostly useless (53:33 into the episode). Yet at the beginning of almost every TFATK episode, you talk about how great supplements are. Which is it?


VooDooVaughn
Big Brown! Scale of 1-10 how good was Ronda in the sack?
ghostofq
I heard she copped a DQ for small joint manipulation.


Yearsaslave
Hey guys, huge fan of the show. I have a brain injury just like Brandon so it's great to see someone breaking down barriers for us!

My question is for Brandon, what was it about retiring from UFC that made you decide to finally get fit and start losing the puppy fat? I myself have trouble with my weight so am excited to see what motivates my hero.

this is funny in the ssense of looking back on it

but i actually dont like that people do this

if someone is kind enough to do an AMA, people should shut the fuck up if they dont have a valuable question. they turn thefocus of QnA into a bunch of Trolls asking trolling (albeit funny) questions. its not the point of an AMA. and this type of behavior is why its pointless for most celebs to do AMA (bc they cant find the good questions in a flow of trolling "look at me, im so funny" questions, and on top of that, people disrespectfully insult other humans beings as if thats at ALL an acceptable way to spend their day. pathetic imo)

in other words, trolls ruin it for real fans. and thats annoying imo

 

[Robbie Hart]

this is funny in the ssense of looking back on it

but i actually dont like that people do this

if someone is kind enough to do an AMA, people should shut the fuck up if they dont have a valuable question. they turn thefocus of QnA into a bunch of Trolls asking trolling (albeit funny) questions. its not the point of an AMA. and this type of behavior is why its pointless for most celebs to do AMA (bc they cant find the good questions in a flow of trolling "look at me, im so funny" questions, and on top of that, people disrespectfully insult other humans beings as if thats at ALL an acceptable way to spend their day. pathetic imo)

in other words, trolls ruin it for real fans. and thats annoying imo

Wouldn't provide the same laughter and enjoyment to us

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

Wouldn't provide the same laughter and enjoyment to us

theres pros and cons

so the trolls take the AMAs and create a funny product absolutely. it has value

but there's an opportunity cost. and thats all the celebs that have never and would never consider doing an AMA

to each their own, but i consider the lost opportunity cost to be much greater than the laughs we get from the trolled AMA's

 

[Onetrickpony]

theres pros and cons

so the trolls take the AMAs and create a funny product absolutely. it has value

but there's an opportunity cost. and thats all the celebs that have never and would never consider doing an AMA

to each their own, but i consider the lost opportunity cost to be much greater than the laughs we get from the trolled AMA's

In this case I think it was more about who was doing it. This was about the time that TFATK hit their peek in sickening self promotion and bragging on the show which was grating to a great many listeners. Aiding to that growing hostility Brendan can come off like a giant egotistical douchebag at times and the threads on Reddit about him and callen reflected this. If they had done any poking around on Reddit prior they would have realized that doing this was not a good idea.

I have seen lots if AMA threads that have turned out great but due to TFATK not knowing their audience on this platform this one backfired pretty badly.

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

In this case I think it was more about who was doing it. This was about the time that TFATK hit their peek in sickening self promotion and bragging on the show which was grating to a great many listeners. Aiding to that growing hostility Brendan can come off like a giant egotistical douchebag at times and the threads on Reddit about him and callen reflected this. If they had done any poking around on Reddit prior they would have realized that doing this was not a good idea.

I have seen lots if AMA threads that have turned out great but due to TFATK not knowing their audience on this platform this one backfired pretty badly.

I hear ya. I still find this hard to relate to. I dnt have time to listen to them, but when I did , I enjoyed their shows. I just don't get why people find time and a place in their hearts for forms of hate. Its like a poor choice of how to spend time when there are so many awesome things to do each day

Why waste time going to an AMA if u aren't a fan? I totally get that there a reason since it's such a prevelant thing. But the concept is so foreign to me. I can't imagine having that type or urge inside me (at least not here today. I often wonder if I would have been a huge Internet troll if it wss popular back when I wss in high school and college)

 

[La Paix]

I hear ya. I still find this hard to relate to. I dnt have time to listen to them, but when I did , I enjoyed their shows. I just don't get why people find time and a place in their hearts for forms of hate. Its like a poor choice of how to spend time when there are so many awesome things to do each day

Why waste time going to an AMA if u aren't a fan? I totally get that there a reason since it's such a prevelant thing. But the concept is so foreign to me. I can't imagine having that type or urge inside me (at least not here today. I often wonder if I would have been a huge Internet troll if it wss popular back when I wss in high school and college)

@conor mcgregor nut hugger may be able to provide some insight here.

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

@conor mcgregor nut hugger may be able to provide some insight here.

I remember back in th3 day I didn't realize cmnh was being sarcastic of fecicious (my mom always uses that word. Not sure I know what it means tho)

Ur funny. Cmnh is definitely an anomoly. But in a good way. There a big difference between sarcasm and jokes vs meanness. I guess it doesn't surprise me. I see people act mean in stores all tthe time. But just like on the Internet, it's boggles me where theit pain comes. And even more so, it boggles me how they feel ok treating other humans in such callous and cold ways


It's the rreason i love this community. That behavior is non existent here

 

[La Paix]

I remember back in th3 day I didn't realize cmnh was being sarcastic of fecicious (my mom always uses that word. Not sure I know what it means tho)

Ur funny. Cmnh is definitely an anomoly. But in a good way. There a big difference between sarcasm and jokes vs meanness. I guess it doesn't surprise me. I see people act mean in stores all tthe time. But just like on the Internet, it's boggles me where theit pain comes. And even more so, it boggles me how they feel ok treating other humans in such callous and cold ways


It's the rreason i love this community. That behavior is non existent here

A lot of it depends on what you think the motives are for the guy posting. Hopefully it's just for a lol and TFATK are an easy target ( I personally think that the show is shite) But no doubt there's people who genuinely are disgruntled in life and the only place they feel they have a voice or sort sort of lower is behind a computer screen ( @Robbie Hart )

 

[member 3289]

A lot of it depends on what you think the motives are for the guy posting. Hopefully it's just for a lol and TFATK are an easy target ( I personally think that the show is shite) But no doubt there's people who genuinely are disgruntled in life and the only place they feel they have a voice or sort sort of lower is behind a computer screen ( @Robbie Hart )

Most of the bagging on Schaub and Callen was just for laughs, the rest imo were just attempts to point out conflicting statements Callen or Schaub have made on the show or attempts to get them to explain illogical statements.

I didn't see anything truly mean-spirited.

 

[La Paix]

Most of the bagging on Schaub and Callen was just for laughs, the rest imo were just attempts to point out conflicting statements Callen or Schaub have made on the show or attempts to get them to explain illogical statements.

I didn't see anything truly mean-spirited.

Yup. ND knowing those 2 guys they probably did it k owing full well that Reddit users would really r that way. If it was serious questions about them and the show it wouldn't have got last 1 page. Both guys are comedians (shitty ones) so they were probably flattered to see so much interested regardless the content.

 

[TheAwkwardTitan]

Brandon actually responded to the brain damage comment IIRC. Something like "I don't have a brain injury and my names brendan....."

 

[Robbie Hart]

Both guys are comedians (shitty ones) so they were probably flattered to see so much interested regardless the content

I've never heard schaub do stand up....

 

[La Paix]

I've never heard schaub do stand up....

If you think Bill Burr is painful...

 

[Robbie Hart]

If you think Bill Burr is painful...

I looked on YouTube but can't find anything......would like to hear it

 

[La Paix]

I looked on YouTube but can't find anything......would like to hear it

Can't really search now but it's there


View: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT6q3-JBGSS/

 

[La Paix]

Hes lucky to have good friends in the biz to support him. Just not my style.


View: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9YhiXh9LR/

 

[otaku1]

A long time ago TFATK decided to do an AMA session on Reddit and it did not go as planned. I know this is old but I had forgotten how funny and brutal it was. I highly recommend checking this out.


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4o3q9m/we_are_brendan_and_bryan_from_the_fighter_and_the/


Here's a few samples:

First post out of the gate sets the tone of what's to come.


[deleted]

Bryan on Greg Fitzsimmons' most recent podcast, you stated that you take absolutely no supplements and that they're mostly useless (53:33 into the episode). Yet at the beginning of almost every TFATK episode, you talk about how great supplements are. Which is it?


VooDooVaughn
Big Brown! Scale of 1-10 how good was Ronda in the sack?
ghostofq
I heard she copped a DQ for small joint manipulation.


Yearsaslave
Hey guys, huge fan of the show. I have a brain injury just like Brandon so it's great to see someone breaking down barriers for us!

My question is for Brandon, what was it about retiring from UFC that made you decide to finally get fit and start losing the puppy fat? I myself have trouble with my weight so am excited to see what motivates my hero.

Holy shit
It's brutal. Tons of gold.
Worth the read.

 

[Robbie Hart]

Holy shit
It's brutal. Tons of gold.
Worth the read.

Has anyone seen the vid of schaub doing stand up? If so, can you link it to this thread?

 

[Zeph]

this is funny in the ssense of looking back on it

but i actually dont like that people do this

if someone is kind enough to do an AMA, people should shut the fuck up if they dont have a valuable question. they turn thefocus of QnA into a bunch of Trolls asking trolling (albeit funny) questions. its not the point of an AMA. and this type of behavior is why its pointless for most celebs to do AMA (bc they cant find the good questions in a flow of trolling "look at me, im so funny" questions, and on top of that, people disrespectfully insult other humans beings as if thats at ALL an acceptable way to spend their day. pathetic imo)

in other words, trolls ruin it for real fans. and thats annoying imo

Many AMA go exceedingly well. The only ones that go bad are when the people doing them are hypocrites or liars. It would have been fine if they hadn't whored themselves to sell things they don't believe in. Once it started bad it was only going to go downhill.