Aug 25, 2026 · 50 min · 15 segments
Comedian Brian Simpson breaks down how social media algorithms can distort the way we see the world, why online outrage feels more common than it really is, how Gen Z interacts differently after…
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I, 'cause this is something we, we're, we're stuck on this nowadays, where you want so badly to hear something bad about somebody you hate.
And, and you realizing, you're like, "I hate this motherfucker." And it's all in your algorithm 'cause you be clicking on it.
You know what I'm saying? You click on one, you click on one fuck that person video, and then that's all they show you.
F- y- yeah, you click on one, "Oh, I hate you..." You like, "Oh, let's see what the manosphere is up to." That's why you're always getting those videos, and that is also why...
And I would love to do, like, a survey and see if this is correct, but this is, this is just my, uh, uh, just off of, I'm just figuring.
[smacks lips] But I think that it contributes to the, uh, polarization of, of America because y- because y- the algorithm shows you what you click on.
You click on mostly stuff that you hate, and then you s- you start thinking that that's, that stuff is more common than it actually is.
It's no different than, like, have you ever [smacks lips] been in a conversation and you bring up a meme or a viral video or something, and you go, "Yo, did y'all see the one with the dude where he fell and it went..." And, and, and nobody knows what the fuck you're talking about, right? You done see, this video, it done popped up on your feed 18 times.
And you talking to a room full of 11 people, and they don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
It's like, it's common to you 'cause it's showing it to you 'cause you watch it all the time, and you think that it's happen- that it, that it's, that everyone sees it all the time, right? Or that this, in, in, in terms of the political stuff, you think that this, this person is representative of the average person when, when the truth is it's mostly extremists.
I, I won't say extremists, but it's mostly people on the outer edges of the political spectrum that make content for that side.
'Cause you gotta be really into it to talk about politics every day, to, like, g- go look it up and have an opin- every single day, right? And those are the people that are more obsessed.
And s- and so it's like y- what's brought, what you see is the p- is the more extreme version of the other side, and you th- you see it so much, you think that that's everybody, right? That's why you got weirdos like, uh, what's the dude's name? Am- uh, Canter, Can- Can- Canter? The dude that's, uh, Innis, Innis, Canter.
I, 'cause this is something we, we're, we're stuck on this nowadays, where you want so badly to hear something bad about somebody you hate.
And, and you realizing, you're like, "I hate this motherfucker." And it's all in your algorithm 'cause you be clicking on it.
You know what I'm saying? You click on one, you click on one fuck that person video, and then that's all they show you.
F- y- yeah, you click on one, "Oh, I hate you..." You like, "Oh, let's see what the manosphere is up to." That's why you're always getting those videos, and that is also why...
And I would love to do, like, a survey and see if this is correct, but this is, this is just my, uh, uh, just off of, I'm just figuring.
[smacks lips] But I think that it contributes to the, uh, polarization of, of America because y- because y- the algorithm shows you what you click on.
You click on mostly stuff that you hate, and then you s- you start thinking that that's, that stuff is more common than it actually is.
It's no different than, like, have you ever [smacks lips] been in a conversation and you bring up a meme or a viral video or something, and you go, "Yo, did y'all see the one with the dude where he fell and it went..." And, and, and nobody knows what the fuck you're talking about, right? You done see, this video, it done popped up on your feed 18 times.
And you talking to a room full of 11 people, and they don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
It's like, it's common to you 'cause it's showing it to you 'cause you watch it all the time, and you think that it's happen- that it, that it's, that everyone sees it all the time, right? Or that this, in, in, in terms of the political stuff, you think that this, this person is representative of the average person when, when the truth is it's mostly extremists.
I, I won't say extremists, but it's mostly people on the outer edges of the political spectrum that make content for that side.
'Cause you gotta be really into it to talk about politics every day, to, like, g- go look it up and have an opin- every single day, right? And those are the people that are more obsessed.
And s- and so it's like y- what's brought, what you see is the p- is the more extreme version of the other side, and you th- you see it so much, you think that that's everybody, right? That's why you got weirdos like, uh, what's the dude's name? Am- uh, Canter, Can- Can- Canter? The dude that's, uh, Innis, Innis, Canter.
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