Claiming victory over the sub is the only way Joe can survive.

76  2019-09-03 by BeigeFrequency

Anthony gets wasted and focuses all of his attention on meaningless pursuits like twitter arguments and video games so he never has to think about the fact that he pissed away his radio career and abandoned his mother.

Waring with reddit and claiming victory is Joe's version of this defense mechanism. He can never stop the fight because he has already invested so much time and lost so much. If he ever stops pretending that he is winning this fight, he will have to deal with the realization that he has thrown away his life to fight people on the internet when he could have just ignored the situation and still have a moderately successful cover band career that doesn't require him to use the name "James Heffner."

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well that takes insight and not having a brain the size of an anal egg

It vibrates when he gets a thought

Then someone sticks its dick in it.

Indeed. He should be grateful for the lesson learned: get over your ego and appreciate what a lucky bum you are. Same with Pat. Their lives aren't that bad. They just get a big head and then find 1,500 autists ready to remind them who they are.

we give them purpose which is not the sign of someone having a "good life"

I'm not sure this is even because of Joe's ego. Remember that he was sneaking booze out the liquor cabinet to block out his parents fighting when he was a child. Then got in weed and crack as teen/young adult. The Cumia's have never developed the ability to deal conflict without self medicating somehow. Ant uses booze and xan but Joe's drug of choice is the fantasy world inside his head that he retreats into like a child hiding under his bed while mommy and daddy fight.

Then overcompensating by LARPing as a biker/computer/dieting badass, failing at all of it.

Anyone can do it!

Firsstsh of all, any and all kind of child abuse is correlated strongly with substance abuse (usually starting at a far younger age, too).

The concept of the human ego is blurry and still not well-understood. Freud and psychoanalytic theory assumes that the ego is formed in childhood and emphasizes the importance of childhood experiences. Although psychoanalytic theory is widely seen as outdated today, recent studies have argued that some sort of "false ego" or a very disturbed sense of identity is created by adverse childhood experiences, and these manifest in life-long 'type B' traits in the DSM (B = emotionally unstable).

A solid theory going around at the moment is that borderline and anti-social (The most prone to violence/substance abuse/relational difficulties) are most likely to be caused by physical and sexual abuse. The correlation is through the roof.

Histrionic traits (attention-seeking) and pathological narcissism (a severe mental regression) are thought to be caused by a pattern of over-idealization by primary caregivers alongside complete neglect and other emotional abuse. Think of parents who see their kids as objects and not for who they actually are - parents who project what they want their kids to be and see that illusion instead of the child. Joe and AntH were both told they were special but in reality were treated far from special. They were never allowed to be themselves - so no adult formed. Arrested development.

They were never allowed to be themselves.

I don’t buy that a guy soliciting accolades by jet setting around the Southern Hemisphere playing someone else’s music in costume, and a guy tangentially taking credit for other people’s inventions and achievements on Twitter are stunted and uncomfortable in their own skin.

Finding a “loophole” is Joe’s biggest accomplishment in life. You’re welcome Joe.

Finding a “loophole” his asshole is Joe’s biggest accomplishment in life.

Fixed that

Hopefully that loophole lands around his neck while its tied to his... I mean ants garage rafter. Joe's to poor to own a garage. Even tho is supposed Asian horse bike is "garage kept"

Let him have the big win. I’ve never been so entertained by a cumia before. He wins hilariously, he should win more, if only for my sake. His big win on tv Court was also very funny. When joeh wins we all win.

Even in the exceedingly rare event of a victory, Joe always manages to slip on a banana peel while doing a victory lap. God bless this man and the entertainment he brings us all.

It’s a Pyrrhic Victory, every time.

Pyrrhic Victory would indicate that BOTH sides really lost, but we haven't lost anything really... It's always a lopsided victory in the sub's favor.

I think you’re right. I suspect that Joe is bored and unfulfilled, and that lamely sparring on Reddit has probably been the most exciting thing in his life over the last few years after six decades of emptiness and disappointment.

And I get it—I had an ‘uncle Joe’ (the parallels are eerie): my dad’s older brother—he was the eldest, and abusive to his siblings in childhood. He joined, briefly served in, then was dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard for stealing wax in Rhode Island; he had a prolonged “free base” phase while working odd jobs and servicing soda vending machines in Philadelphia; he “made peace” with my dad and their sister when they were all in their 30’s and successful and uncle Joe needed help, claiming that they owed him from some mysterious childhood pact (no joke).

My father and aunt each did well for themselves as their brother floundered, and while their parents were still alive, did all they could for him, to a fault. I remember as a kid in the 90’s, every Christmas he would show up with a new floozy with a mustang and a new scheme, but he “just needed a boost”. A few times he literally shamed my father into writing him a check on the spot. Of course he always defaulted.

When both of my grandparents died in the same year within three months, my dad finally cut his older brother off at an epic graduation party. I remember him saying “Brother, I’m done. Fuck off.”

That was about 15 years ago. I kept in touch with my “uncle Joe” for a few years after that, mostly from a distance on MySpace then FB. He alienated himself into a flophouse in Camden run by nuns, alone, ranting online about Building 7 and other 9/11 conspiracy stuff in various forums, and actually seemed to really enjoy it.

I stopped in to see him a few months before he died a few years ago—his place was a disaster; stacked magazines, cats, litter boxes—but he actually seemed happy in isolation, no longer able to grift from friends and family.

Nice parellels, stupid

Thanks

Don’t forget,, you have his genes.

I’ll never forget

The enormous-breasted queer was obviously scolded and scolded profusely by his purse strings-controlling little brother after Moo Cow's Reddit antics resulted in Ant not being able to tweet for several harrowing hours. His "victory" proclamation is merely a pathetic and pitiful attempt to soothe his wounded ego after he was forced to spend the entire weekend on enabling his perverted little brother's sad and alarming social media addiction. I mean hey, I'd be humbled and humiliated too if I was a sixty year old fat man whose little brother literally owned me and, like anyone else, I'd be embarrassed and ashamed if I spent an entire long weekend helping that little brother with sending out hundreds of useless meaningless tweets about things he doesn't really understand. But, as we all know, Milk Bag's entire flabby lifestyle depends on getting his Nana allowance in a timely fashion so he had no other choice.

Did that turd really go and delete every comment he’s ever made?