r/duncantrussell

Used to like him back in The Midnight Gospel Days

Nothing Should Exist

My claim is that nothing should exist. I realize that this is not the case, but I believe this to be the more logical case, because creating something (from scratch) seems impossible.

Creating from scratch means that there is nothing to use as base material; there is no “storage unit” to draw from, so to speak. This includes subjectivity and the objects around us.

So Duncan really believes that Tim Heidecker is part of the deep state and from there generalizes that "Those people" are a death cult and are obsessed with violence. Again he generalizes so you don't know if he's talking about coastal elites, liberals, Hollywood, or just the democrats. Basically he implies that if you are atheist you are doomed to evil because you are inherently a materialist and selfish, or something.

I'm a big proponent of trying to step into other people's shoes, especially those who I disagree with. But I really can't understand this perspective, I genuinely tried. I mean, I can cognitively understand it, but I can't understand the anger, the fear, or the rage behind it.

Edit: I also believe, like Duncan, that there is a divine self. And I too can understand the frustration of interacting with people who don't really care about spirituality. But I also understand that's not everyone's path and they can still be beautiful people inside. Also we can't all just live in a zoomed out perspective all the time and ignore what is happening in world.

And of course he wanted someone to make a post like this because he's edgelording and you get nothing as an edgelord if you don't get a reaction.

Imagine how he would react if members of the Be Here Now network and some of the speakers from the Ram Dass retreats (who he’s had many podcast with) called out/responded to his current behavior

He already said that we’re a bunch of bots, and doesn’t think twice about any of the genuine concerns we as a community have put forward.

But imagine if Raghu Markus or Krishna Das or Jack Kornfield or Sharon Salzburg or David Nichtern spoke up. Gave their thoughts on the situation. None of us have been here for the past 10 or 15 years because Duncan was a comedian. All of the that LA(and now Austin TX) comedy stuff was very much appreciated, but it took a weird turn to say the least in the past 3 to 5 years

I have a lot more thoughts on this, but I’ll save it for a discussion if folks are having/have had similar thoughts

Never watched this show before but I recognized Johnny’s voice, and it really had me thankin’ about all the great pods Johnny and Dunc used to do….

Anyone know if Johnny has ever talked about Dunc Dunc lately??