QAA Podcast Episode 365: Redpilled Poetry Night – Vibecraft Edition (E365)

Release Date: March 27, 2026
Hosts: Julian Feeld, Travis View, Jake Rockatansky, plus guests Andrew Hudson, Alex Branson, Charles Austin
Theme: Conspiracy, AI-generated poetry, online masculinity, and satirical cultural critique

Episode Overview

This episode is the QAA crew’s fourth “Redpilled Poetry Night”—but according to the hosts, you don’t need to have heard the others; this is its own unhinged beast. The night’s theme: poetry for and by “redpilled” minds, with a twist—embracing collaboration with AI via a fictional app called Vibecraft, designed for “founders, flaneurs, and minor empire builders.” The show parodies tech boosterism, toxic masculinity, and the desperate subcultures of online grifters, content creators, and would-be cultural entrepreneurs. Expect roasts, absurdist monologues, self-deprecating poetry, and relentless lampooning of startup, hustler, and influencer cultures.

Key Discussion Points & Segments

1. Setting the Stage: Redpilled Poetry and the Scene

• “We’re gonna be playing some characters and we’ve written some beautiful poetry for you to enjoy.” (00:50, Julian)
• The hosts sketch a hilariously bleak picture of the “venue”: broken chairs, stale snacks, sad men “on their fourth or fifth political pivot,” and a defunct popcorn machine (03:05–03:45).
• The mood is self-aware parody: “Men who are four to five beers in as well. A lot of walking caps.” (04:02, Julian/Andrew)

Notable Quote:
“I'd rather build with my bros than have sex with my hoes... I'm changing my name to Maurice Mindset, the lyrical vagrant with a patent for Porton.” (05:01, Julian/Maurice)

2. Vibecraft – Satire of AI Grift Culture

• Julian introduces “Vibecraft,” a fake AI poetry SaaS aimed at “poetrepreneurs”:
  “Vibecraft is the poet in your pocket for founders, flaneurs and minor empire builders who understand that language is leverage... it extracts signal from your interiority and renders it as verse optimized for seduction, prestige and psychic self-mythology.” (05:18–05:54)
• This becomes a running bit skewering both AI hype and the performative “business mind” masculinity (“With Vibecraft, every half formed grievance becomes an aphorism... every passing delusion becomes brand equity.”)
• The hosts play out exaggerated skepticism: “Honestly, rather not [support Vibecraft]. I’d rather pray for you guys.” (06:12, Charles)

3. Character Introductions & Bizarre Backstories

Each "poet" is introduced with a surreal, satirical mini-biography:

Hot Dog Taylor

• Failed “Jan 6 alone” cosplay sends him to jail on January 7th; laments failed rap career about “easy arrest.”
• Delivers a forced public apology per his parole officer (34:03):
  “I’m sorry my crypto coin downloaded child pornography onto your laptop. I’m sorry for the merch that burned holes in your nipples...”

Joseph Rogan, No Relation

• Has “pivoted” to running "Golden Point USA," a supposed youth outreach funded by "the incredibly 90 plus elderly."
• Lampoons boomer outrage campaigns (e.g., candy renaming, Mrs. Butterworth scandal), bizarrely blending scammy nonprofits, zine culture, and alt lit pretensions.
• Comically defensive about allegations of misused funds:
  “You know, a lot of it has to do with the salary I was given...” (13:49)

Jerome Durapois

• Briefly joins ICE, gets heatstroke, experiences a quasi-religious awakening, but is bullied for being “too skinny.”
• Travels to Dubai, threatens to kill influencer Ian Miles Cheong for disrespecting poetry, wields “an ICE gun.”

Thomas Kincaid Jr.

• Realizes poetry didn’t make him hot or popular; now “looksmaxing” and “streaming” on Kick.
• Obsesses about jawline, “jaw hammer thing,” and his status as “a 3” (out of 10).

4. AI Vs Human Poetry: Vibecraft’s Output & Real Poems

Vibecraft’s Satirical Poems

• Joseph Rogan, No Relation – Vibecraft Edition (21:02)
  Surreal self-roast: “People said my name like it was a candle brand or a theory of intimacy... Titles come cheaply to the insufficiently loved... I am jealous of Maurice Mindset...”
• Thomas Kincaid Jr. – Vibecraft Edition: "I’m a cheeky little cunt" (27:31)
  Paranoid, aggrieved masculinity rendered as bathos:
  “Doomscrolling Truth at 3am by blue light, a prince of comments, king of hints...”

Human/Analog Poems – Mostly Unhinged Screeds

• Joseph Rogan (real): “Please Don't Fucking Kill Me” (23:16)
  Frantic, escalating rant about college campuses as warzones:
  “I just wanted to make a little fucking money for once in my shitty fucking life... The colleges are foxholes. Nostalgia is the portal to a better way.”
• Thomas Kincaid Jr.: “Wouldn’t it Be Gay If I Wrote A Poem For You?” (29:13)
  Deadpan nihilism around looksmaxing and popularity:
  “I don't respect anyone who would write a poem... Normies shouldn't be allowed to be named Chad...”
• Jerome Durapois: “Spiritual Botulism” & “Neon Shit” (40:19, 46:06)
  Conspiratorial rants about everything from soup kitchens and hormone meat to “the backrooms”:
  “School lunch is causing transgenderism, Serving hormone meat meant to destroy kids, jism...”

Poetic Parodies & Meta-commentary

• Hosts riff on what life/poetry/content would look like if only defined by attention, status-maxing, or even contempt for poetry itself.

5. Meta Jokes, Self-Deprecating Banter, and Satire of Online Masculinity

• The podcast is littered with jabs at online narcissism, scamminess, influencer grifting, and the desperation for relevance.

• Banter about Kick, Twitch, sub counts, and the pointlessness of poetry:
  “Now I just make content for my stream. I don't really do poems.” (28:57, Kincaid Jr.)

• Self-loathing, body dysmorphia, and “mogging” are recurring themes—depicted as a black hole of online male insecurity.

• Multiple bits about eating coins on stream for subs, wanting to “be a tree” for clout, or being a “reverse panopticon” for attention.

6. Key Quotes & Memorable Moments (Timestamps)

• The Redpilled Venue (03:05):
  "A group of body odor emitting men are kind of milling around pretending they're 23."
• On Poetry as Status (06:18):
  "Writing a poem, whether you're a person or AI or whatever is kind of stupid and a waste of time." — Charles Austin
• On Self-Hype (05:16):
  "We put down the hustler and we became hustlers. We stopped jacking off and started jacking in to the business mind spirit."
• On AI Output (21:02):
  "The face is the final border. No one stopped me." — Vibecraft/Joseph Rogan poem
• Apology Monologue (34:07):
  "I'm sorry my crypto coin downloaded child pornography onto your laptop. I'm sorry for the merch that burned holes in your nipples..."
• Analog vs. AI Poetry (28:54):
  "That's the kind of garbage I used to write when I did poems. That's why I stopped doing poems."
• Creative Burnout (61:13):
  "You really backed yourself into a creative [corner]..." — Jake to E1 Podcast crew

7. Final Round of Poems, Absurdity, and Plugs

• Mads Bunny’s “R.K. Gandhi" Poem (47:35):
  A blackmail-commissioned, sexually charged AI satire:
  "I want to stick Florida into my mouth and take the Washington Monument right down to the base..."
• Joseph Rogan’s Lament: “Her Name Was Keegan...” (49:22):
  Mixes heartbreak and erectile dysfunction with product placement for cop shows.
• Jerome – “Joker Cola” (53:30):
  Reads an ingredient list as a poem, ending with “Antichrist. That’s called Joker Cola.”

Plugs & Meta-Ads (55:00+)

• Plugs for fake and real projects: "Money Wars" (Alex Branson’s in-progress book), "Golden Point USA" scam, E1 Podcast, podcasting meta-jokes, and a shout for "Spectral Voyager" miniseries.
• Final jab at their own self-promotion:
  “This is the most ads I've ever heard on a podcast that doesn't have ads.” (62:13, Charles)

Standout Quotes

• “With Vibecraft, every half formed grievance becomes an aphorism, every situationship becomes literature, every passing delusion becomes brand equity.” (05:54, Julian)
• “If a tree falls in the woods and no one is paying attention, does it make a profit? Of course it does. So put me in a wood chipper, turn me into lumber. I'd be more beautiful that way.” (51:56, Charles)
• “I need an MRI, but I do not have healthcare and I'm afraid of how much metal might be in my stomach.” (40:58, Kincaid Jr.)
• “I crave the security that is the 55 and over community that is your heart without the riff raff of the present. I am contractually obligated by Golden Point USA to mention that reruns of Walker, Texas Ranger and MASH will be playing on Local 3 TV every morning at 5:30 and 6…” (50:21, Joseph Rogan)

Structure & Flow

• The show alternates between group banter, performative readings of satirical poems (human and AI-generated), and comic asides about the state of online masculinity, creative desperation, influencer burnout, scam culture, and generational divides.
• Tense, funny, and sometimes bleak, the night is a carousel of in-jokes about the culture of online grifting, “red pill” disaffection, “vibe” as a business model, and the futility/absurdity of content creation as a way to personal meaning.

For New Listeners

This is QAA at their most unfiltered, mixing hyper-current satire with bleak, creative absurdism. It’s part legitimate poetry slam, part savage critique of contemporary online hustle culture, and part extended riff on what happens when AI, nostalgia, and masculinity collapse into each other. If you like your satire with layers—and are willing to wade through irony so thick it becomes its own personality—this episode is both a parody and document of a decaying digital era.

Ad-free; timestamps provided for each major bit. Skip to the poems (~21:00+) if you want maximal surreal payoff.