Internet comedian Howling Mutant joins Plausibly Deniable to talk about getting doxxed, becoming an accidental Goodreads influencer, the strange sociology of right-wing Twitter, journalism, media trust, AI art, gym culture, looksmaxxing, and why the internet turns every private embarrassment into public lore.

The conversation starts with the story of how Howling’s personal information was dug up and spread online, then veers into Goodreads power rankings, the decline of nerd culture, media narratives, “fell for it again” politics, Iran war arguments, anime pronunciation scandals, AI-generated comedy, recycling scams, posture, lifting, and bone-smashing aesthetics.Sponsored by:

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00:00 Howling Mutant gets doxxed

02:00 The Goodreads scandal begins

06:29 Face reveals, internet expectations, and nerd culture winning

10:08 Gay culture, repression, and mainstreaming

11:41 The media lie that broke Lukas’s brain

13:20 “Fell for it again” politics

16:07 Iran discourse and losing internet arguments

18:47 The Asuka pronunciation scandal

20:43 Frazier Payne, AI animation, and right-wing creativity

23:35 Censorship, bleeping, and edgy comedy

26:02 Sponsors and monetizing Goodreads influence

28:19 Book ratings, Karl Marx, and 800 reviews

29:59 AI art, anti-tech politics, and environmental objections

32:06 Ferry work, old coworkers, and online personas

34:46 How the doxxing happened

38:21 Contacting an ex through her workplace

39:34 How doxxing spreads when people “defend” you

41:53 Posture, camera presence, and gym culture

45:05 Forum experts, deadlifts, and niche knowledge

47:01 Looksmaxxing, bone-smashing, and viral advice

48:46 Closing chaos

Welcome to the Plausibly Deniable experience. Today, we have a very special guest: one of the greatest posters on X, Signull

We explore the bizarre realities of hyper-optimized capitalism, from the dual opt-in mechanics of dating apps to the wild world of DIY Korean Botox and 14-year-olds getting "preventative" injections before Signull tells us about the app he just built - https://skyeapp.ai/

Later, we discuss OpenAI's side quests , Anthropic's focus on coding , and why the infinite scroll is the ultimate IQ filter

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00:00 - Intro: The $4,000 Testosterone Check & Haggling in Taipei

06:59 - Welcome Signal: Pod Slop & The Podcast Tax

10:26 - Frictionless Capitalism: Diet Cherry Coke & Dating Spreadsheets 20:27 - The Botox Epidemic: Masseter Injections, DIY Kits, & 14-Year-Olds 32:11 - Privacy in the AI Era: Cambridge Analytica & LLM Spies

38:23 - Exclusive Reveal: Signal’s New Agentic App "Sky"

54:32 - Trump, Influencers, & How 200 Accounts Control the Zeitgeist

1:06:00 - TikTok, Netflix, and How Infinite Scroll Obliterated Search Skills

1:12:04 - Apple's Missed AI Opportunity & The Steve Jobs "What If"

1:32:30 - Focus vs. Side Quests: Apple, OpenAI (Sora), & Anthropic (Claude)

1:43:00 - Why Consumer Startups Are "Harder" Than B2B Enterprise

1:49:16 - The Wellness Industry vs. The TikTok Dopamine Machine

2:24:23 - Polymarket, Zcash, and the Art of Judging on Twitter

Today, we sit down with the legendary Alexander Campbell, former prop trader at Lehman Brothers during the '08 crisis and ex-head of commodities at Bridgewater

He unpacks his viral (and wildly profitable) silver trade, breaking down why the massive demand from solar panel production has created the perfect setup for a historic supply squeeze. (Follow his substack btw: https://www.campbellramble.ai/)

We also take a deep dive into the macroeconomic landscape, dissecting why Ray Dalio was a dollar bear, how the US suffers from financial "Dutch disease," and why stablecoins are actually incredibly bullish for the US Dollar's reserve status

Campbell pulls back the curtain on the Chinese financial system, explaining the 200% market manipulations and the reality of their wealth management products

Plus, we cover the death of legacy media, the value of prediction markets like Polymarket, why most "preppers" have terrible supply chain strategies, and where the real alpha is hiding in agriculture and AI infrastructure. Hit subscribe, drop a comment, and enjoy the alpha

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00:00:00 - Intro, prepper trades, and the pain of being a macro investor early to a trade.

00:10:22 - Introducing Campbell: Lehman Brothers, Bridgewater, and transitioning to AI.

00:12:00 - The Silver Squeeze: Why solar panel demand and AI make silver the ultimate macro bet.

00:18:25 - Physical vs. Paper Metals: Holding silver as "zombie apocalypse" insurance.

00:23:38 - The US Dollar as a reserve currency and the "Dutch Disease" of financial markets.

00:31:36 - Inside China's $5 Trillion debt crisis, Evergrande, and fake wealth management products.

00:40:00 - The death of the NYT, Nate Silver, and the rise of citizen journalism (Lord Miles & Beaver).

00:49:57 - Crypto talk: Analyzing Bitcoin in 2011, Stablecoins, and the future of digital dollars.

01:08:32 - Polymarket, Hyperliquid, and how prediction markets act as real-time info for hedge funds.

01:17:13 - War, inflation, and how institutional investors are trained to "buy the dip" blindly.

01:31:42 - Bridgewater's culture of radical transparency and rating your boss.

01:35:18 - Geopolitics: Trump's "madman" negotiation style, NATO, and the US vs. China.

01:47:20 - AI energy constraints, local models, and replacing human tasks with compute.

01:57:35 - Unhinged billion-dollar tanker ship macro trades and wrapping up.