@SA2004YG You think being raped (I don't wanna have sex, boohoo), birthing a child against my will, then losing some of my empathy for other humans is just "life experience"? I know lots of older leftists in real life, and they know plenty about life, thank you very much. My dad is a leftist, too. I still choose an empathetic, fair political system over one that directly promotes selfishness, in which people don't get fair compensition for their work, and the most stupid, ignorant, lazy people are on top and hording all resources for themselves, because they have inherited wealth that can sometimes be traced back to monarchies. I will never promote this status quo, unless something goes very wrong with me.
What you're describing is not the right, but simply your perception of it. I could just as easily make you look like a buffoon through ad-hominem, but I think your comment already did the work for me.
Centrist dads can't be bothered to imagine a world where their day-to-day struggles didn't monopolize their time, never mind a functioning government taking those burdens off of him.
@@SnakePlissken25 how about a government that gives you the opportunity to put your money where your mouth is? free one-way trips to antarctica for anyone who wants to go galt.
The irony is that once you make an effort to do the research needed to understand that the world created for us is all theatre, then youll realise right and left are 2 wings of the same bird..and its not just being lazy or cowardly.
I’ve always thought I’m far too boring to find myself in one of these cultural observations - yet here I am. Change and conflict is inevitable, but it doesn’t mean we have to go along with it! Well done Frankie.
He is right about one thing as a Centrist: I am far too busy keeping my own life from falling into shambles to worry about other people's political bullshit. The fact that I give so little fucks about politics reflects my own inner struggle of not having the time or patience to read up on the issue to feel informed enough to have an opinion, knowing full well that most of the people with the loudest opinions have done less than 1/4 the research I have.
@@Liam-ke2hv There really isn't. Centrism isn't about being in the middle on subjects because you don't really care or know about them, it's having opinions that fall somewhere between the right and the left or having some leftist opinions and some rightist opinions - usually none of them are far left or far right.
You "give so little fucks about politics" that you have done loads of research? People who give no fucks don't tend to heavily research things they don't care about.What a load of nonsense. The people who shout loudest about things tend to be those it affects, Trans people shout the loudest about gender issues, women shout loudest about the gender pay gap, people of colour shout the loudest about racism. To say you know more about Trans issues than the loudest people, who are most likely Trans, is straight BS. Personal experience will always trump your "research".
Every opinion is so correct that the only manner in which it can be expressed is as ontological domination. Yet every opinion is manufactured from a state of such terror-of-lack that its centre is void.
🎶 I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I’ve found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too. I had my pointless points of view, but life goes on no matter who was wrong or right. 🎶
Based. Centrism is literally just believing in the present average of the population's views, it isn't rational, and it's all relative to the overton window.
Almost every dad I know is right leaning , but I would probably be a centrist dad, every party in my country sucks so your only option is to vote on who sucks less😂
I'm not sure about this and its giving me a headache just thinking about it. Ive got enough problems thinking about the kids and the mortgage. I guess we'll just wait and see if its true.
Between a resurgent Russia and NATO expansion, the Middle East aflame I've got my fixed rate ending in July and the decision to either refix or float on the expectation of rate reductions. Two young children and decisions as to future proofing my professional outlook to worry about too. That headaches started again.
why is no one able to differenciate between extremism and radicalism? completely seperate meaning, but get used interchangeably all the time... there is one single occasion where extremism is legit: when your goverment itsself is extremist and operates outside every humanitarian norm. while radical approaches can be legit on a daily basis in pretty much every socio-political context one can image...
@@larsengstfeld6744 That's utter bollocks. Both extremism and radicalism, while having difference in approach, result in similar division and hard reaction; Such is the nature of idealism - it's beautiful in people's heads, but in practice - pragmatism and realpolitik are the things that result in the least damage,
@@SnakePlissken25 "That's utter bollocks." Ehm, no. You are viewing these terms through your own ideological and polit-tribalistic lense, which is why you don't get what I'm talking about. Pragmatism, realpolitik and radical approaches to certain problems don't generally exclude each other. Radical just means "from the root". "Extreme" on the other hand is what is outside every societal norm. Not too hard to understand, and differenciate, isn't it?
I forgot to say the start of the paragraph. The original line was: “Centrist dads talk about the need to understand nuance, and yet by remaining objectively detached, out of the loop and split down the middle on all topics equally; they lack nuance in their consistency. Which remains stable across the board.”
Centrist dad is the obvious choice. Why encourage your kid to the extreme left or right wherein lies volatile and unpredictable behaviour and beliefs, and the terrifying possibility that a wide gap will open between your values and the values of your own children.
My Dad's Centrist. Refuses to go to Londis or Spar. Seriously tho... centrists epitomise the 'ah Sher could be worse' and 'lets not rock the boat' attitude of Irish middle class boomers. This attitude is born out of complacency and fear of losing what was handed to them by the fancy folk in the big cars.
If a centrist dad says something noncommittal to you, it's because they see the gaping chasm between your internet politics and the real world and all the highly pressurised emotional goop ready to spray out if they poke any holes in it, and they think 'where do you even start with that?'. So they perform this special magic trick they learned; which is to say 'really?, Isn't that interesting!' and change the subject.
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind actually, no you didn't. The point is that the centrist dad is an illusion. There is no centrist dad, just the dad who knows there's no point in arguing. He tried it once and everyone just got all pissy and didn't listen so he keeps it to himself.
Extreme opinions aren’t always wrong; we all have them. BUT there is wisdom in the man who’s grown up a bit, seen the futility of political zeal, and thought better of it
I love the idea of imagining frankie going around asking people "excuse me, are you a centrist dad?"
literally what I did
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind what percentage said yes?
@@Corr100 as expected a 50/50 split down the middle
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind😂😂😂.
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind hOLY f@Ck
"a strong gust of wind always sends them to the centre-right" haha
Clowns to the left of me jokers to the right here I am, stuck in the middle with (other centrist Dads)
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I have no strong opinions about how accurate this video is.
This video is awful. Shows the poor grasp of politics beyond the literal nature of left and right.
The centrist dads didn't chase him because they couldn't decide whether him running was a good or a bad thing and therefore, didn't engage.
Also, we're really out of shape
"The party I would vote for hasnt been founded yet"
I'm 25 and I can relate to that, what's wrong with me 💀
@@PavltheRobotnothing
100% true or as I like to say "I am politically homeless"
@@PavltheRobot your issue is most likely that you're a normal person.
Bruh I’m ngl that feels too true, although I’m not a dad lmao
Centrist Mum's like to let their son's borrow their jumpers.
There's me thinking I was just balanced and objective, but no I'm just another centrist dad 😂. Gutted
Used to be punk and secretly still are dads next!
You can laugh now but you’ll all be centrist dads when you grow up.
As an asexual (far) leftist, something must've gone horribly wrong if that happens.
@thechosenegg9340 its called life experience, unless you dont go anywhere and live online
@SA2004YG You think being raped (I don't wanna have sex, boohoo), birthing a child against my will, then losing some of my empathy for other humans is just "life experience"?
I know lots of older leftists in real life, and they know plenty about life, thank you very much. My dad is a leftist, too. I still choose an empathetic, fair political system over one that directly promotes selfishness, in which people don't get fair compensition for their work, and the most stupid, ignorant, lazy people are on top and hording all resources for themselves, because they have inherited wealth that can sometimes be traced back to monarchies. I will never promote this status quo, unless something goes very wrong with me.
@@thechosenegg9340 you just completely assumed all of that and it's not even close to what I was referring to
What you're describing is not the right, but simply your perception of it. I could just as easily make you look like a buffoon through ad-hominem, but I think your comment already did the work for me.
The running away at the end is perfect. That OF girl he simps for must have seen his donation and sent him a DM.
I never thought I was a centrist dad…but now I’m strongly questioning my identity.
No need to run at the end, centrist dads are far too apathetic to give chase.
After watching and considering....I'm going to suggest people ask my wife about it all.
Why does Frankie running away always make me laugh? It's not like I don't know it's coming!
It looks like he doesn't tell the person he's interviewing that he's going to suddenly sprint away, which makes it even funnier
It’s because he doesn’t run, he just leans forwards and does more of a fast walk without lifting his knees.
As a centrist dad, I think it's because it reminds us of Benny Hill.
Centrist dads can't be bothered to imagine a world where their day-to-day struggles didn't monopolize their time, never mind a functioning government taking those burdens off of him.
I would prefer a governement that doesn't skin me alive with taxes, and doesn't offer unsolicited assistance.
@@SnakePlissken25 how about a government that gives you the opportunity to put your money where your mouth is? free one-way trips to antarctica for anyone who wants to go galt.
@MyNameIsBucket oof. Doubt anyone else got it, though
@@SnakePlissken25 I hear Somalia's nice this time of year.
The irony is that once you make an effort to do the research needed to understand that the world created for us is all theatre, then youll realise right and left are 2 wings of the same bird..and its not just being lazy or cowardly.
❤
I’ve always thought I’m far too boring to find myself in one of these cultural observations - yet here I am.
Change and conflict is inevitable, but it doesn’t mean we have to go along with it!
Well done Frankie.
I could not relate to the visuals of all the old fellas, maybe that’s the real eye opener here.
Dman i didn't know i was a centrist dad (im a 19 years old girl from the middle east )
“The masses called out ‘get off the fence & choose a side’ then ready their pitchforks when you side against them” - Qijmu 1842
Now do anarchist dads.
A rarer breed of dad than centrist dad but I'd watch that video if it was made
Thisss I know a few
their feminist "wives" just used them to get pregnant.
Ancap or ancom dads
AKA Twats
He is right about one thing as a Centrist: I am far too busy keeping my own life from falling into shambles to worry about other people's political bullshit. The fact that I give so little fucks about politics reflects my own inner struggle of not having the time or patience to read up on the issue to feel informed enough to have an opinion, knowing full well that most of the people with the loudest opinions have done less than 1/4 the research I have.
What your describing is being apolitical. Centrism does not mean you ignore politics
@@BigPongus true but there is a lot of overlap
@@Liam-ke2hv you are not able to both take a middle stance in politics and also not acknowledge politics
@@Liam-ke2hv There really isn't. Centrism isn't about being in the middle on subjects because you don't really care or know about them, it's having opinions that fall somewhere between the right and the left or having some leftist opinions and some rightist opinions - usually none of them are far left or far right.
You "give so little fucks about politics" that you have done loads of research? People who give no fucks don't tend to heavily research things they don't care about.What a load of nonsense.
The people who shout loudest about things tend to be those it affects, Trans people shout the loudest about gender issues, women shout loudest about the gender pay gap, people of colour shout the loudest about racism. To say you know more about Trans issues than the loudest people, who are most likely Trans, is straight BS. Personal experience will always trump your "research".
I love how none of dads agreed to chase him away at the end, because they are too lazy
Once you have raised kids you will understand the headaches that wont go away 🤔🤫
The sheer genius of this.
Rational Alt-Centrists.
Every opinion is so correct that the only manner in which it can be expressed is as ontological domination.
Yet every opinion is manufactured from a state of such terror-of-lack that its centre is void.
As a ‘centrist dad’, I can confirm, we’re to tired to have an opinion ;-)
"A faint gust of wind always seems to blow them to the center-right" 💀
From comedian to fashion icon.
Sweet Jesus that sweater… God bless you’re a brave lad 😂
This is sensational. This might be the best of the lot.
this channel is a fukn' gem!
Realist Dads.
As a centrist mom, can relate.
Why can't Franco be my dad or at least my weird uncle. It's really not like he has better things to do! 😅
Great work like always.
Franco, the dictator? 😨
🎶 I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I’ve found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too. I had my pointless points of view, but life goes on no matter who was wrong or right. 🎶
Maybe this was ment to be a roast, but specially the last one kind of made me a centrist dad sympathizer.
Based.
Centrism is literally just believing in the present average of the population's views, it isn't rational, and it's all relative to the overton window.
The political spectrum is not relative; The overton window doesn't define it, but slides along it.
Isn't taking the average democracy? Otherwise its how to dominate others.
The middle of the road is the worst place to drive.
Juggling a mortgage, raising kids, managing back pain and nursing headaches...yup that's me
Almost every dad I know is right leaning , but I would probably be a centrist dad, every party in my country sucks so your only option is to vote on who sucks less😂
I think I may be a centrist non-dad 🤣
This is where I would make a comment, if I wasn't a centrist dad
That first dad looks like Johnathon Pryce
Brilliant 👍
RIP my dead centrist dad.
why is this so accurate about my dad oh my god
I am not a man, but I think I am a centrist dad 😂
I am a centrist dad as soon as I'm too tired to make up my mind or defend my actual beliefs.
I feel 100% seen.
I’m a centrist dad, without even being a dad
Guy at the end has the legs of a baby giraffe
It's not a dressing gown, it's a house coat and it wasn't berocca, it was 2 rennies!
Centrism is the ideological version of an extra medium neon beige t-shirt and I refuse to elaborate
I love your sweater where did you get it
Got it in zara 🫡
I thought I was unique.
GET OUT OF MY CENTRIST DAD BRAIN!
I'm not sure about this and its giving me a headache just thinking about it. Ive got enough problems thinking about the kids and the mortgage. I guess we'll just wait and see if its true.
Between a resurgent Russia and NATO expansion, the Middle East aflame I've got my fixed rate ending in July and the decision to either refix or float on the expectation of rate reductions. Two young children and decisions as to future proofing my professional outlook to worry about too. That headaches started again.
True
I used to be a centrist, and now I'm a dad. But I was never a centrist dad.
It all comes back to Nietzsche.
Never truer words were said
Does being a cat dad count, too?
“Extremism bad”
why is no one able to differenciate between extremism and radicalism? completely seperate meaning, but get used interchangeably all the time...
there is one single occasion where extremism is legit: when your goverment itsself is extremist and operates outside every humanitarian norm. while radical approaches can be legit on a daily basis in pretty much every socio-political context one can image...
@@larsengstfeld6744 That's utter bollocks. Both extremism and radicalism, while having difference in approach, result in similar division and hard reaction; Such is the nature of idealism - it's beautiful in people's heads, but in practice - pragmatism and realpolitik are the things that result in the least damage,
@@SnakePlissken25 "That's utter bollocks."
Ehm, no. You are viewing these terms through your own ideological and polit-tribalistic lense, which is why you don't get what I'm talking about.
Pragmatism, realpolitik and radical approaches to certain problems don't generally exclude each other. Radical just means "from the root". "Extreme" on the other hand is what is outside every societal norm.
Not too hard to understand, and differenciate, isn't it?
Hey Frankie! Did you know Andrew Callaghan’s hiring? You should get in on that
My centrist Dad loves berroca
Namaste ⭐
0:33 the side eye
Thank god i am not a centrist dad, at least I dont think that I am...
I'll go ask my wife.
I just realised I'm a centrist dad. And I don't even have children.
Sending this to my dad
truly pa-werful
I am innocent until you do people that send emails instead of using the telephone
Now do centrist mums.
This is perfect.
Omg im a centrist dad...
touche
They're right though
No, they're not!
As in centre-right, yes.
Damn video about me
Frankie's been hitting me hard lately. Its got me thinking Joe Rogan is making a lot more sense now.
Embrace space paganism
Solid performance
"they lack nuance in their consistnecy" what does that even mean? :D
I forgot to say the start of the paragraph. The original line was: “Centrist dads talk about the need to understand nuance, and yet by remaining objectively detached, out of the loop and split down the middle on all topics equally; they lack nuance in their consistency. Which remains stable across the board.”
1:56 does that dude have one central leg? 🤔
This is me after I turned 30
more like 15
I prefer to call myself politically-fluid
waiting for your video about they/ thems lol
Ow.
Centrist dad is the obvious choice. Why encourage your kid to the extreme left or right wherein lies volatile and unpredictable behaviour and beliefs, and the terrifying possibility that a wide gap will open between your values and the values of your own children.
You are right.
My Dad's Centrist. Refuses to go to Londis or Spar.
Seriously tho... centrists epitomise the 'ah Sher could be worse' and 'lets not rock the boat' attitude of Irish middle class boomers. This attitude is born out of complacency and fear of losing what was handed to them by the fancy folk in the big cars.
and your attitude is born out of thinking you actually understand the world and are able to be objective about it
@@WillyJunior found one lmao
@@blackliquidtv1579 hehe very clever
No, that's lemming behaviour, not an "ism". "Centrism" nowadays is most reminiscent of Classical Liberalism.
If a centrist dad says something noncommittal to you, it's because they see the gaping chasm between your internet politics and the real world and all the highly pressurised emotional goop ready to spray out if they poke any holes in it, and they think 'where do you even start with that?'. So they perform this special magic trick they learned; which is to say 'really?, Isn't that interesting!' and change the subject.
found the centrist dad
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind well, aren't you clever. Go tell mum and she'll give you a biscuit.
@@stevem815you do not need a biscuit, it’s nearly tea time, if you’re hungry have a piece of fruit.
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind actually, no you didn't. The point is that the centrist dad is an illusion. There is no centrist dad, just the dad who knows there's no point in arguing. He tried it once and everyone just got all pissy and didn't listen so he keeps it to himself.
@@stevem815 Spot on.
🤣🤣🤣
if left and right are two cheeks of the same arse,
then what does that say about the centre???
As an ass eater it screams yummy to me
💯!
Extreme opinions aren’t always wrong; we all have them. BUT there is wisdom in the man who’s grown up a bit, seen the futility of political zeal, and thought better of it
Just study sociology and stop fuqin about.
"extreme opinions" like what? Thats highly subjective.
I’m right there with you
I agree, sir
Define "extreme opinions"
Centrist dads are right though
iim not first :((
Yep, this sounds like my dad unfortunately
They lack nuance via refusal to adopt one of two extremes.
The most tiresome, patronising bores you will ever come across.