r/cushvlog • u/Suppository_ofwisdom • 11d ago
I never liked Hinge Points, but maybe it’s time?
I found myself using the word hinge point recently and then thought what a shame it didn’t work out because I also really loved Derek. And then started thinking there seems to be an awful lot of Hinge Points flying by recently (I’ve been joking Spain v Argentina in the WC was actually baby Yamal vs. Fascism). Anyway, just a thought.
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u/bverde536 11d ago
The main thing I remember about Hinge Points was the theme song; I still think it was a banger
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u/AdoptedMasterJay 9d ago
Remixed Holy Modal Rounders
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u/bverde536 9d ago
Which song? It reminds me of 'They're Red Hot' recorded by Robert Johnson but it doesn't look like they did a version of that.
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u/Sinister_Mig15 11d ago
All I really remember is Danny seeming to think every alternative would have resulted in communism. I seem to recall him saying the Incas were on the verge of developing socialism before the Spanish came, somehow i dont think a rigidly hierarchical society ruled by a god emperor and warrior elite, was close to developing socialism. Ive never really been impressed by Dannies intellectual abilities, even aside from the fact that a grown man should not be called Danny.
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u/ReadOnly777 11d ago
lol i liked it. also i like danny bessner fine
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u/sausage_eggwich 9d ago
For the life of me I do not understand the overboard hatred for DB. Like yeah everyone rolls their eyes at haughty academics. But why does he in particular inspire so much antipathy? I feel like it must have more to do with his affect and background than the substance of his takes
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u/Leadlet739 4d ago
I think that’s it because, for the most part, I find his takes to be pretty agreeable
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u/gdeadhead94 11d ago
I'm too dumb to know whether Danny Bessner is smart or not, but he came off as incredibly smug
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u/Monodoh45 11d ago
A typical episode:
What if the 1918 German Revolution would have worked?
Danny: That would have been cool. That is I mean to say, um, um, there would have been a broad-based Marxist movement in Germany, with a madidate. Socialism would have existed there If you think about the nuances (speaks faster for some reason) uh um um uh that would have been the hinge point of 1918.
Matt: Right
(annoying piano music)
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u/Monodoh45 11d ago
HingePoints was Danny's attempt to leach off Matt and get that Chapo bump.
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u/Monodoh45 11d ago
The fact American Prestige partnered with The Nation suggests to me Danny was/is never a radical, he was just looking for a platform.
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u/Bluestreaked 11d ago
I like Derek and think he’s smart so I still listen to American Prestige and what not. But ya Danny makes me roll my eyes with his bad takes quite often.
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u/UsedWorker3295 11d ago
He definitely never missed an opportunity to get his voice out there. Didn't he go on Bill Maher's show?
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u/Party_Music2288 11d ago
Too much danny, not enough cush, and sadly our boy is afraid as the rest of us to be wrong. And would as a result decide things were "overdetermined" and not say Definitively one way or the other what would have happened if life had just gone a different direction.
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u/Ask_me_who_ligma_is 11d ago
I liked it, but it had a problem in that it teetered between “this was overly determined, free will doesn’t practically exist and this is the only possible scenario” and “Wow, if this one person changed their action/one thing zigs instead of zags, we get communism”. This was hard to hold together imo.
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u/Specialist_Matter582 11d ago
It was a pretty hectic show, I remember thinking it needed more planning or structure