The comedian and podcaster used his huge platform to spread more COVID disinformation, talk up Alex Jones and Elon Musk, and reveal an odd obsession with gay sex.
That’s all well and good, but it’s irrelevant if you understood that the crux of that particular joke is simply their slogan being “keep Austin weird.” Not only have I never been to Austin (stone cold steve or otherwise), I’ve never even been to Texas. The geopolitics or demographics involved therein are of little consequence, assuming they have not already changed their slogan.
That’s all well and good, but it’s irrelevant if you understood that the crux of that particular joke is simply their slogan being “keep Austin weird.” Not only have I never been to Austin (stone cold steve or otherwise), I’ve never even been to Texas. The geopolitics or demographics involved therein are of little consequence, assuming they have not already changed their slogan.