Hasan "HasanAbi" Piker
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About
Hasan Doğan Piker, also known by his handle HasanAbi, is a socialist political commentator, former member of The Young Turks (TYT), and Twitch Streamer. He gained widespread popularity on Twitch with his 2020 Presidential Election coverage.
History
The Young Turks
Piker[1] initially began his career as an intern for TYT[2] in 2013, then 2016 became part of its segment by creating the show "The Breakdown", a video series with a left-leaning political analysis exclusive on Facebook. In 2019, Piker created the short-lived "Agitprop with Hasan Piker" (portmanteau of agitation and propaganda), described as a "dive into post-capitalist ideas….[that] feature interviews with leftist thinkers…" before leaving TYT on 2020 to focus on Twitch.
Twitch
In March 2018, Piker began streaming on Twitch in response to the right-wing foothold on Youtube and concerns that right-wing personalities would come to Twitch.[5] Piker covers political content and streams his gameplay.
AOC 'Among Us'
On October 19, 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[4][11][12] invited and collaborated with Piker and other popular streamers to play Among Us with her on Twitch for the "Get out the vote" initiative. On the following day, she and Ilhan Omar played the game with the streamers on Twitch, with a viewership of up to 700,000.[15]
2020 US Presidential Election
On September 29, Piker covered the presidential debate, with over 125,000 viewers on Twitch. On November 3 election night, Piker, along with other streamers in collaboration, covered election results with a viewership of 230,000. Piker became the most-watched Twitch streamer during the election week with 6.8 million hours watched and 75,000 average concurrent viewers. [13] [14]
Leftovers Podcast
On September 26th, 2021, the H3 Podcast YouTube[21] channel uploaded the first episode of their new comedic political commentary series "Leftovers" starring Ethan Klein and Hasan Piker. The first episode gained over 1.6 million views in four days and features the two discussing and critiquing a number of conservative news stories (shown below). The show takes place on a set made to look much larger than it is that somewhat resembles the InfoWars set.
H3 Podcast fans largely welcomed Piker to the channel, inspiring fan art and memes featuring Piker and Klein on the /r/h3h3productions[22] and /r/okbudyhasan[23] subreddits (examples shown below, left and right).
Online Presence
The subreddit /r/okbuddyhasan[6] was created on June 13th, 2020, and acts primarily as a forum for memes about Piker and related content (examples shown below).
He currently has over 850,000 followers on Twitch, with over 39 million total views as of December 14, 2020. His Youtube main channel, created on June 15, 2015, and gaming channel, created on October 29, 2020, has both a combined 374,000 subscribers and combined over 37.3 million as of December 14, 2020.
Controversies
Dan Crenshaw
On August 21, 2019, during his stream, Piker reacted to Dan Crenshaw's appearance on the Joe Rogan Podcast, criticizing the U.S. Representative's foreign policies on the distribution of arms to Saudi Arabia. Piker then made controversial comments by making fun of Crenshaw's eye and America deserving 9/11. [8][9][10]
“This guy has the understanding of foreign policy of, like, a 12-year-old. What the fuck is wrong with this dude? Didn’t he go to war and, like, literally lose his eye because some mujahideen- a brave fucking soldier fucked his eyehole with their dick? Isn't that how he lost his fucking dumbass eye, cuz he got his fucking eye hole fucked?"
“This is so insane. America deserved 9/11, dude. Fuck it, I’m saying it….in a video game. Like we totally brought it upon ourselves dude, holy shit. We did, we fucking did, in a video game, whatever, hypothetically, politically, we fucking did…Look at the way that this dipshit is running his fucking mouth, justifying genocide right now. Like, how is anything I'm saying controversial? We fucking fund the people who did 9/11, still to this day.” [5]
On August 23, 2019, Piker got a 7-day ban on Twitch.
Not only did these remarks got him banned on Twitch, Piker became a topic on national headlines. Rep. Dan Crenshaw responds to Pikers comments on Fox News.
Piker defends his remarks on Twitter and on TYT, stating "I should’ve used more precise and better use of the language there. It’s messed up that I would even give the opportunity to the right to try to morally grandstand on an issue like this, when they are 100% responsible for all the bloodshed that’s been caused.”
$3 Million House Purchase
On August 13th, 2021, Dirt[16] leaked the details of Piker's $2.7 million home purchase, including a tour of the property. Word of the purchase quickly spread online and inspired criticism and accusations of hypocrisy towards Piker for buying a multi-million dollar home while supporting socialist political beliefs. The news spread, hitting a peak around August 20th.
Numerous content creators came to Piker's defense for buying the home, including Ethan Klein, Anthony Fantano and Gus Johnson (tweets shown below, click to expand).
The home purchase became the subject of memes on both sides of the argument over the following days (examples shown below).
Piker responded on August 20th in a tweet[17] reading, "Everyone collectively needs to calm down." On August 21st, he then tweeted a meme showing Karl Marx with the quote, "Socialism is when azan has no house," gaining over 59,000 likes in five days (shown below).
Tim Pool discussed the situation a number of times on his stream and podcast, calling out Piker for being a hypocrite (shown below, left). Piker reacted and responded to these clips on his Twitch stream shortly after (shown below, right).
On August 23rd, Philip DeFranco covered the story on YouTube, gaining over 900,000 views in three days (shown below). The home purchase gained widespread news coverage throughout late August.[18][19][20]
Related Memes
Destiny
In his early streaming career, Hasan cites Destiny as inspiration as the latter was not only a pioneer in online streaming but also one of the few to bring politics and debating on that platform as a career. The two initially were friends, however political differences and subsequent drama eventually split their friendship.
One notable event was the dispute between Trihex and Destiny, the latter admitted using racial slurs in private conversations. Piker reacted to one of Destiny's statements regarding to such drama, which Piker slams his fist on his desk, angrily[3] responding:
"What a fucking liar, dude. What a fucking, weaselly, little liar, dude. What a fucking, weaselly little LIAR, dude. Holy shit, dude. Holy fucking shit, dude. Literally lying, STILL LYING to his audience. Can someone at least fucking enlighten Destiny that he's literally lying to his audience? What a fucking piece of shit, dude. Holy fucking shit, dude."
This quote would become a copypasta in the Twitch community and the reaction spawned three emotes, hasanSmash, hasanHyperSmash, and hyperHammer on BetterTTV. [7]
Alex Jones
Piker has expressed himself as a personal fan of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Piker would become a topic on a segment on Alex Jones's show "InfoWars", where Jones himself inaccurately criticized Piker's presence as an online personality, to Piker's humor and fascination, calling it "the best birthday gift ever" and making a "cameo" on the show. Piker would use sound clips for alert notifications from the segment on his streams.
Personal Life
Hasan was born in New Jersey, and spent the most of his life growing up in Istanbul, Turkey. He attended the University of Miami, then transferring to Rutgers University, graduating with a double major in political science and communications in 2013. He is the nephew of the creator of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia
[2] The Young Turks – Agitprop with Hasan Piker
[3] Dexerto – Twitch streamer Hasan slams desk in anger reacting to “liar”
Destiny
[4] Mother Jones – On Twitch, AOC and Ilhan Omar Tapped Into the Future of Left Politics
[5] Dot Esports – Streamer Hasan says America “deserved” 9/11
[6] Reddit – /r/okbuddyhasan
[7] BetterTTV – Hasanabi's Emotes
[8] Dot Esport – HasanAbi banned from Twitch after saying “America deserved 9/11
[9] The Young Turks – Hasan Piker
[10] CCN – Leftist Fortnite Gamer Gets Twitch Ban for Saying ‘America Deserved 9/11’
[11] Twitter – Hasanabi Tweet Thread
[13] The New York Times – How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch
[14] GameRant – Hasan Piker is Now One of Twitch's Top Streamers
[15] Forbes – Almost 700,000 People Flock To Twitch To Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Play Hit Video Game ‘Among Us’
[16] Dirt – Twitch Phenom HasanAbi Talks (and Talks) His Way into West Hollywood Home
[18] Insider – Leftist political commentator Hasan Piker faces criticism
[19] Independent – I was homeless in LA and I’m not angry
[20] The Guardian – Can a socialist live in a $2.7m mansion
[21] YouTube – And The New Host Is…
[22] Reddit – Hasan & Ethan heating up their tendies
[23] Reddit – Leftovers Jokerbostain on IG
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He's abusing his dog now.
He's abusing his dog now.
Anybody who says "Amerikkka deserved 9/11" needs to kicked in the chuds.
Anybody who says "Amerikkka deserved 9/11" needs to kicked in the chuds.
Hasan really showed what kind of "person" he his during this Russia-Ukraine conflict. What a piece of garbage.
Hasan really showed what kind of "person" he his during this Russia-Ukraine conflict. What a piece of garbage.
Leaving this here because it may as well be news similar to the house thing: the last few days, Hasan spent $200,000 on a Porsche.
https://twitter.com/ostonox/status/1489758277714038785
All I can say is good for him in getting his own dream car since I don't know anything else about the guy nor do I care for his content but if what I see is true about him being a anti-capitalist and all that, it may as well get a "lel" in one spending 200K on a luxury car when you could have a more cheaper car that could be just as reliable if not more than a some luxury brand vehicle. One can also expect Twitter to be filled with usual idiocy from both haters and fans of the guy.
Leaving this here because it may as well be news similar to the house thing: the last few days, Hasan spent $200,000 on a Porsche.
https://twitter.com/ostonox/status/1489758277714038785
All I can say is good for him in getting his own dream car since I don't know anything else about the guy nor do I care for his content but if what I see is true about him being a anti-capitalist and all that, it may as well get a "lel" in one spending 200K on a luxury car when you could have a more cheaper car that could be just as reliable if not more than a some luxury brand vehicle. One can also expect Twitter to be filled with usual idiocy from both haters and fans of the guy.
Could anybody explain why are people so overblown about slurs?
Could anybody explain why are people so overblown about slurs?
Lol asshole got what he deserved, shame it's only for a week.
Lol asshole got what he deserved, shame it's only for a week.
Looking forward to the Man of Steal movie, starring Ethan Klein as Lex Lumbar #nuggies
Looking forward to the Man of Steal movie, starring Ethan Klein as Lex Lumbar #nuggies
Hasan and H3H3 join, the biggest
brainlet griftersleftist streamers join together to make a podcast. The first episode:Hasan and H3H3 join, the biggest
brainlet griftersleftist streamers join together to make a podcast. The first episode:hey youtube, how comes many of the content creators i usually follow get insta demonetized for using any "no no word" or talking about anything slightly controversial, like idk for example "itsagundam".
But people openly mocking people that died from a virus is:
1. Not taken down
2. Monetized (Those multimillion dollar mansions doesnt get paid by themselves, am i right socialist comrades?)
3. Promoted by algorithm
"BiG tEcH MeDiA biAs dOeS nOT exIsT bRuH"
Fuck off youtube
hey youtube, how comes many of the content creators i usually follow get insta demonetized for using any "no no word" or talking about anything slightly controversial, like idk for example "itsagundam".
But people openly mocking people that died from a virus is:
1. Not taken down
2. Monetized (Those multimillion dollar mansions doesnt get paid by themselves, am i right socialist comrades?)
3. Promoted by algorithm
"BiG tEcH MeDiA biAs dOeS nOT exIsT bRuH"
Fuck off youtube
Hey, wouldn't it have been cool if, like, every dude who can buy a big house would, like, settle for less and use the excess money to buy small houses for people who don't have houses at all? Maybe someone can come up with some sort of system of thought around sharing wealth, and then talk about it on Twitch.tv
Hey, wouldn't it have been cool if, like, every dude who can buy a big house would, like, settle for less and use the excess money to buy small houses for people who don't have houses at all? Maybe someone can come up with some sort of system of thought around sharing wealth, and then talk about it on Twitch.tv
Why this guy was ever given a shred of credence is beyond me.
Why this guy was ever given a shred of credence is beyond me.
Because teenage straight/bi girls and gay/bi guys want to fuck him.
Because teenage straight/bi girls and gay/bi guys want to fuck him.
I'd say you don't HAVE to buy a house in one of the most expensive districts in the country but at the same time I don't want more Californian dilettantes flooding the market down here. Trying to buy a house myself and shit's already pricy as hell.
I'd say you don't HAVE to buy a house in one of the most expensive districts in the country but at the same time I don't want more Californian dilettantes flooding the market down here. Trying to buy a house myself and shit's already pricy as hell.
Ah, yes, nothing says socialism quite like being essentially self employed, owning most of your means of creating content, on a very competitive platform where how much you make directly corelates to how well can you convince your customers to pay you instead of anyone else, rather than being tied to how much work you put into creating said content.
Ah, yes, nothing says socialism quite like being essentially self employed, owning most of your means of creating content, on a very competitive platform where how much you make directly corelates to how well can you convince your customers to pay you instead of anyone else, rather than being tied to how much work you put into creating said content.
You can have free markets with socialism.
You can have free markets with socialism.
All these champagne socialists remind me of that episode in the first Season of Black Mirror where a guy gets fed up with the system and makes his way into getting on live TV to give a speech while threatening the elite judges to kill himself with a glass shard, and in the end, the judges actually hire him to give these speeches on TV – and he becomes part of the elite.
The problem isn't Hasan buying a big house in a extremely privileged area, the problems is what he does to do this. He claims to hate capitalism, he gives inane speeches against it, but then he goes and does exactly what the system needs to survive. He is part of the system, and he only rails the people against it because he knows that means no threat to the system.
All these champagne socialists remind me of that episode in the first Season of Black Mirror where a guy gets fed up with the system and makes his way into getting on live TV to give a speech while threatening the elite judges to kill himself with a glass shard, and in the end, the judges actually hire him to give these speeches on TV – and he becomes part of the elite.
The problem isn't Hasan buying a big house in a extremely privileged area, the problems is what he does to do this. He claims to hate capitalism, he gives inane speeches against it, but then he goes and does exactly what the system needs to survive. He is part of the system, and he only rails the people against it because he knows that means no threat to the system.
I consider myself a pretty big lefty but I just don't like Hasan… He does seem to me to be a champagne socialist and all he is good for is making socialism look cool enough for young people to look up the ideology on their own. I couldn't tell you if other breadtubers are genuine except for shoe, chrisraygun, and maybe vaush but at least they do a good job at teaching the ideology and debating their opponents on the right. Hasan all he does is remind me of the 'skeptics' that would just pause a 'stupid feminist' video every time they same something and just repeat "Are you serious?!" or "This person is so unbelievably stupid" or just laugh without explaining what about they said that was so ridiculous.
I consider myself a pretty big lefty but I just don't like Hasan… He does seem to me to be a champagne socialist and all he is good for is making socialism look cool enough for young people to look up the ideology on their own. I couldn't tell you if other breadtubers are genuine except for shoe, chrisraygun, and maybe vaush but at least they do a good job at teaching the ideology and debating their opponents on the right. Hasan all he does is remind me of the 'skeptics' that would just pause a 'stupid feminist' video every time they same something and just repeat "Are you serious?!" or "This person is so unbelievably stupid" or just laugh without explaining what about they said that was so ridiculous.
contrapoints is less a socialist activist and more a vague left activist but she's way more legitimate than hasan
contrapoints is less a socialist activist and more a vague left activist but she's way more legitimate than hasan
Vaush is a shill
and I wouldn't call shoe or raygun breadtubers
Vaush is a shill
and I wouldn't call shoe or raygun breadtubers
ChrisRayGun is a breadtuber now?
ChrisRayGun is a breadtuber now?