Michael Burns

Thanks dude - and that’s for real a helpful note/comment/critique/etc.

show last night was very fun.

CJ is brilliant. @jaredhenderson.bsky.social is brilliant (and wears good shirts).

The audience was so kind and enthusiastic.

And i'm going to have a mild existential crisis figuring out what "my thing is" when it comes to live performance.

viva la austin.

YouTube video by Michael Burns Incels Reinvented Nihilism.

mamas don't let your babies grow up to be looksmaxxers

youtu.be/q4alSFx38Zg

i'm loving this, and michael's videos are hard to title bc they're about ideas -- but in this one, he explains the philosophical split between people who live (and die, or incel) by a template, and people who do not. it's reminding me of kierkegaard's idea of anxiety, too. choice is hard and risky.

For the record we - with about 170 people other people - did kill the Internet last night.

This is a lot more philosophy-heavy than I thought it would be and it's been a long time since I last read philosophy. I'm going to power through. Anyone wanna read it and we can chat about it? @zesmerelda.bsky.social Thanks to @michaelburns.bsky.social for recommending it in videos.

Filming a video about it next week!

AUSTIN ONE OF MY PATRONS HAS TWO FREE TICKETS TO TONIGHT'S SHOW IF YOU WANT THEM HIT ME UP AND I'LL HOLLER AT HIM

yeah i don't totally disagree

come to our event tonight if you're bored

YouTube video by Michael Burns Incels Reinvented Nihilism.

the streets do not seem to want to hear a 41 year old man make sense of looksmaxxing and i am not mad at them for that.

youtu.be/q4alSFx38Zg

but maybe don't watch if you're coming to the show in Austin tonight as i might make one of the same jokes

new video - the boring nihilism of looksmaxxing | Michael Burns Get more from Michael Burns on Patreon

putting out a new video on the same afternoon I'm frantically prepping for a live show in Texas? why not!

www.patreon.com/posts/new-vi...

Wouldn't want a little war to get in the way of a golf weekend.

There was some reporting today about my foreign policy positions, which surprised everyone… including me.

To clarify, here’s where I stand:

I met someone

Michael Burns | Patreon using philosophy to make sense of a non-sense world

true story - I'd love to hire someone to work full-time with me this year.

i'd also like to make some more expansive projects that involve documentary and interview and travel and stuff.

to do that I need to grow my Patreon by 50%

www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns...

if you're in austin come to this show - do512.com/events/2026/...

tomorrow

If you see me in Austin and wanna go to this for free just come say hi and I got you

This is very bad. Handing CNN to Bari Weiss/David Ellison is very, very bad.

fuck

i hope it wasn't implied that . . . . brown people aren't allowed?

and if you're like me and you're wondering "but . . . will there be a bar?" but you also don't wanna be the guy that's always asking "will there be a bar" . . . .

THERE WILL BE A BAR.

with a philosopher bartender!

GAME ON

AUSTIN

somehow tickets are selling for this so grab yours now!

And if you wanna go real bad but you’re broke please hit me up and I can send you a secret code.

Hell yes! I’ll see you there if I don’t miss my flight.

finished filming video and now gonna try to sleep 6 hours before it's texas time

amen

halal chicago hot dogs for all