The J. Burden Show The Egyptians were Woke w/ Bird from TLE: The J. Burden Show Ep. 433
Mar 2, 2026
Birdo, a Timeline Earth contributor and Patreon creator, offers sharp cultural commentary. They and J. Burden parse baffling political memes, conspiratorial think-tank narratives, and surreal symbolism. Short takes cover metaphysical realism imagery, Catholic-inflected critiques that omit liberalism, and the rhetorical aim of positioning authorities through meme craft.
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Lindsay's Memes Collapse Complex Ideas Into 'Woke'
- James Lindsay and his followers create sprawling, inscrutable infographics that conflate disparate ideologies into a single 'woke' enemy.
- J. Burden highlights these as autodidact, dreamlike memes with little evidentiary backing, meant to simplify complex intellectual lineages.
Lindsay's Conspiracy Claims About Public Figures
- J. Burden recounts James Lindsay's conspiracy claims linking public figures to Gnostic or Mesopotamian demons.
- He gives Oren McIntyre as an example, noting Lindsay even appends N-H to names ritualistically.
God As A Measuring Stick Is Philosophically Incoherent
- The political-scale memes treat God, truth, and realism as a measuring device while labeling both left and right grievance politics as equivalent 'idealism.'
- Bird notes the irony of an atheist posting a God-based epistemology and calls the infographics muchotexto and philosophically confused.