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voldothegr8
04/02/21 12:55:34 PM
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Here's hit piece #1 of many about his new show

https://earther.gizmodo.com/mike-rowe-s-new-discovery-show-is-big-oil-funded-propa-1846585716

Reality show host Mike Rowes new series Six Degrees, which is currently streaming on Discovery+ and will soon air on television, begins how I expected it would: with him on screen in a t-shirt, jeans, and baseball cap, and smiling wryly. Its classic Rowe, posturing as an avatar for the average American.

The conceit of the show is to tie seemingly unrelated events together. In the first episode, Rowe traces the history of the dating app Tinder back to the invention of the horseshoe. He explains that in the 1700s, a young blacksmith melted horseshoes to create the first iron plow, and that decades later, Australian outlaw Ned Kelly used an iron plow to create the first suit of armor. Kelly then became the subject of the worlds first feature-length film, which contributed to the rise of the movie industry. Hollywood made actress and inventor Hedy Lemarr famous. One of her inventions was a precursor to wifi, which we use to surf dating apps. Rowe describes this all circuitously, stopping along the way for jokes and whiskey shots. Its dumb but seemingly innocuousuntil you get to the end.

Six Degrees is sponsored by the oil and natural gas industry. Why? Because oil and natural gas connects everything, Rowe says at the episodes conclusion. He goes on to explain that Lemarrs inventing process was funded by the fortune her boyfriend made in the oil fields.


They make it sound like the show is some ode to fossil fuels when in fact it's not. Also, for the context of such a show, the truth of the matter is that the petroleum industry pretty much is responsible for everything we have today. Can't cancel history.
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AldousIsDead
04/02/21 12:58:12 PM
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Found the chud.

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legendary_zell
04/02/21 12:59:03 PM
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Sure sounds like an ode to the fossil fuel industry. You essentially admitted that yourself, you're just saying that's not a bad thing.

They are responsible for both the good and the bad of the modern world and may largely destroy it. People have a right to disagree with caping for such an industry, especially since they've covered up all the terrible consequences of their practices.

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UnholyMudcrab
04/02/21 1:00:06 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
and that decades later, Australian outlaw Ned Kelly used an iron plow to create the first suit of armor.

Hold on a second here
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Jagr_68
04/02/21 1:00:54 PM
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legendary_zell posted...
Sure sounds like an ode to the fossil fuel industry. You essentially admitted that yourself, you're just saying that's not a bad thing.

They are responsible for both the good and the bad of the modern world and may largely destroy it. People have a right to disagree with caping for such an industry, especially since they've covered up all the terrible consequences of their practices.

Exactly that. Author is just a bored, worthless person pandering for clicks.

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UnfairRepresent
04/02/21 1:01:47 PM
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I'm not sure "This is responsible for things we have today" is much of an argument

So is aggressive war, monarchies, rape, genocide

The human race is dull of dark history as we exploit each other to become stronger than other groups

The question is what's it doing today?

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Jiek_Fafn
04/02/21 1:02:51 PM
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I'm sick of everyone kissing big plow's ass. Greedy fucks just looking for an excuse to enslave more horses

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thronedfire2
04/02/21 1:03:53 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Hold on a second here

yeah, pretty sure armor was invented before the 1700s lmao

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RchHomieQuanChi
04/02/21 1:04:19 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I'm not sure "This is responsible for things we have today" is much of an argument

So is aggressive war, monarchies, rape, genocide

The human race is dull of dark history as we exploit each other to become stronger than other groups

The question is what's it doing today?

Yeah....the whole point of progress is so we don't have to do those things lol

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IronWolf87
04/02/21 1:07:41 PM
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Mike Rowe never actually worked a blue collar job in his life. His "persona" is based on his grandfather. He also works for the Koch Brothers. So yeah no surprise that Chudwick loves him.
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MaxEffingBemis
04/02/21 1:08:26 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
yeah, pretty sure armor was invented before the 1700s lmao
This, I am so confused here

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What_
04/02/21 1:17:43 PM
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Rowe is an idiot
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furb
04/02/21 1:21:21 PM
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Is it like this show? It was one of my favorites as a kid.

https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ

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CyricZ
04/02/21 1:23:43 PM
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AldousIsDead posted...
Found the chud.
He was never hiding.

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coh
04/02/21 1:23:52 PM
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Mike Rowe is great
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TendoDRM
04/02/21 1:27:35 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
This, I am so confused here
I reread that sentence like 5 times trying to figure out what I was missing.

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Antifar
04/02/21 2:31:04 PM
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It turns out Rowe shouts out the oil and gas industry in some capacity in every episode. I couldnt believe he was so up front about it. But as jarring as it was to hear him praise the industry that is largely responsible for frying the planet, this sponsorship makes sense. It fits right in with the industrys current favorite media strategy: Reminding us that their products are used in everything.

They want to impress upon us that theyre responsible for making a lot of the cool shit we use, starting with when you wake up in the morning and you take a hot shower, and then when you fry an egg, and then when you turn on your iPhone, said Kert Davies, director of Climate Investigations Center.

Its true that across the U.S., water heaters, stoves, and electricity that keeps your phone charged largely run on fossil fuels. Yet none of it has to. We have the technology to power each of those things with clean energy. Delaying that transition would lock in catastrophic climate damage. Thats what makes Rowes show and other fossil fuel PR campaigns like it so insidious.

If all you know about this industry, if all you see, is that that they sponsor a cool show you like, youll probably subconsciously think, how bad could they be? said Geoffrey Supran, a Harvard researcher who has studied the fossil fuel industrys misinformation campaigns.

Davies was a little more, uh, direct: The point of the ads is, back off, dont fuck with us, you need us. Its all to do with social license.

Though the blatant shilling for Big Oil on the show is shocking, its not surprising. Rowe has a history of pro-fossil fuel messaging, and according to tax forms obtained by Earther, his nonprofit has raked in six-figure donations from the likes of Koch Industries. (He declined to comment for this story through Discovery+, and Earther did not receive a response from his nonprofit.)
I dunno, this all seems like a reasonable critique!


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CommonGrackle
04/02/21 2:39:15 PM
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https://earther.gizmodo.com/mike-rowe-s-new-discovery-show-is-big-oil-funded-propa-1846585716

oh is this this "energy companies are blocking the development of renewable energy" schtick again?

edit, btw this is the conclusion:
Six Degrees is rightcurrently, fossil fuels do provide the foundation of society and are connected to nearly everything. But thats not an immutable truth, its a problem to be solved by creating a just, green economy. Its precisely because of the interconnectivity of everything, the premise on which the show is built, that we need to forge that new world. Rowes new show is a roadblock to do just that, and thats exactly the way the Six Degrees sponsors want it.
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What_
04/02/21 2:40:46 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
https://earther.gizmodo.com/mike-rowe-s-new-discovery-show-is-big-oil-funded-propa-1846585716

oh is this this "energy companies are blocking the development of renewable energy" schtick again?

it literally happened for decades
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CommonGrackle
04/02/21 2:42:06 PM
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it couldn't be that consumers took a look at wind and solar and determined that the power just isn't there to replace fossil fuels yet...
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s0nicfan
04/02/21 2:45:29 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
it couldn't be that consumers took a look at wind and solar and determined that the power just isn't there to replace fossil fuels yet...

I'd love to use solar, but the sales pitch right now is basically "we'll permanently fuck up your roof to install panels that will be outdated in 3 years that you'll be spending the next 15 paying for and if you don't also buy our expensive storage unit you'll only be able to use the energy collected during the day when it's least necessary. If that sounds like too much, you can lease the panels from us which has all the drawbacks but you also can't sell your home unless the buyer wants to transfer the lease."

For new construction maybe, but for existing homes solar is just a massive money sink.

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SothaSil
04/02/21 2:46:13 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
it couldn't be that consumers took a look at wind and solar and determined that the power just isn't there to replace fossil fuels yet...
Considering youre arguing in another topic that masks are useless I dont think youre in any place to judge efficacy

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Zeeak4444
04/02/21 2:52:18 PM
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CommonGrackle posted...
https://earther.gizmodo.com/mike-rowe-s-new-discovery-show-is-big-oil-funded-propa-1846585716

oh is this this "energy companies are blocking the development of renewable energy" schtick again?

edit, btw this is the conclusion:
Six Degrees is rightcurrently, fossil fuels do provide the foundation of society and are connected to nearly everything. But thats not an immutable truth, its a problem to be solved by creating a just, green economy. Its precisely because of the interconnectivity of everything, the premise on which the show is built, that we need to forge that new world. Rowes new show is a roadblock to do just that, and thats exactly the way the Six Degrees sponsors want it.

Like, its not even hidden lol theres half a decade worth of readily available information on the subject.

why youd instead decide to let everyone know how little you know on the subject Ill never understand. Youre shilling would go better if you at least tried to look credible.

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AldousIsDead
04/02/21 2:52:46 PM
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CyricZ posted...
He was never hiding.
Fair.

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Giant_Aspirin
04/02/21 2:54:31 PM
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so what in the article you linked to indicates anyone was "triggered"? or did you forget to include that part?

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Background_Guy
04/02/21 2:56:19 PM
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This is the rich tv host who pretends to be a blue-collar working man, right?
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Orchestrion
04/02/21 2:56:32 PM
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Mike Rowe is a silver spoon dipshit masquerading as a blue collar folk hero. His Safety Third bullshit is egregiously irresponsible and points to how much of a fraud he really is. Hes the Joe Rogan for people who buy full size pickup trucks to commute to office jobs.

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CanuckCowboy
04/02/21 2:57:52 PM
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Orchestrion posted...
Mike Rowe is a silver spoon dipshit masquerading as a blue collar folk hero. His Safety Third bullshit is egregiously irresponsible and points to how much of a fraud he really is. Hes the Joe Rogan for people who buy full size pickup trucks to commute to office jobs.

Accurate.

Too had he couldn't hack it as an opera singer. We all woulda been spared his TV persona.

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averagejoel
04/02/21 2:57:55 PM
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Mike Rowe Penis

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Gwynevere
04/02/21 2:58:45 PM
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No one is triggered by Mike Rowe lmao

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Antifar
04/02/21 3:00:43 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
so what in the article you linked to indicates anyone was "triggered"? or did you forget to include that part?
It's a pretty neat rhetorical trick to be able to accuse any critics of either being triggered or trying to cancel x. If you've got an audience primed to react negatively to those claims, you never have to discuss the substantive merits of anything.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
04/03/21 11:03:07 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
the truth of the matter is that the petroleum industry pretty much is responsible for everything we have today.
Oh, you mean shit, shit, and more shit?
https://i.imgur.com/G2L0tVa.jpeg

Cool, I hate them even more now.

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cymbaline
04/03/21 11:30:50 PM
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Who

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Payzmaykr
04/03/21 11:32:04 PM
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Streaming on discovery plus...

I stopped reading there. I dont support that scam
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Unsugarized_Foo
04/03/21 11:36:22 PM
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Gwynevere posted...
No one is triggered by Mike Rowe lmao

No one sane anyway

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cjsdowg
04/03/21 11:36:57 PM
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The people who like Mike Rowe are the people who read the Jungle and say the meat industry needs less regulations.

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billcom6
04/03/21 11:38:09 PM
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Starring in oil funded propaganda to own the libs.

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1337toothbrush
04/03/21 11:46:25 PM
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Mike Rowe has always been a simp for the big corporations. He got big pushing trades since employers were looking to drive down labor costs by flooding the market through the promotion of trades. Now he's sucking that petroleum cock. No surprise.

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creativerealms
04/03/21 11:58:41 PM
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Sounds like the "left" is triggering the TC.

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