History YMMV / TrueCapitalist

** Ghost's nickname for pedophiles ("Creator/WoodyAllen butt loving paedophiles") is quite a bit less funny after [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/dylan-farrows-new-york-times-open-letter Dylan Farrow claimed that Woody Allen molested her]] as a young girl. Even though no evidence has been found (which, alongside her behavior about the incident, has caused most people to believe it's a FalseRapeAccusation) it's still pretty cringeworthy.

** The June 17, 2011 episode (which pretty much exposed TCR to the wider world and was often held up as a prime example of trolling) gets this reaction today: hindsight has pretty much painted the episode as being chock-full of failtrolls and badly dated memes (to say nothing of hearing "Fuck You Texas" for the umpteenth time). In contrast to the more elaborate personalities and generally higher amounts of effort put into riling Ghost up, both pre-June and post-October of that year, the summer of 2011 can essentially be seen as one long BizarroEpisode. The fact that certain trolls such as The Internet Buttstalker [[EternalSeptember essentially got shafted by the flood of new callers]] only adds to current opinion.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: A few trolls have been either good ''or'' fail, depending on who you ask. "Ash-hole" in particular gets this reaction.

** [=TeutonicPlague=] and G were this during the revival until both got banned from the show.
** [=MaskedPony=] was this before his fetish got revealed.

** During the furore over Rick Perry's comments about Social Security being a "Ponzi scheme", Ghost repeatedly asserted that Baby Boomers own 77% of America's wealth. No concrete data backing this up exists, only statistics with no source from websites and articles about selling to Baby Boomers.

** After getting demonetized by [=BlogTalkRadio=], Ghost quit that site to host the show on his own site. Though the audio quality is clearer, his rants became longer and more unhinged, with way more f-bombs and nastiness. After a month of not doing Radio Graffiti, he brought it back, but it was based on whether or not fans donated to his Cryptocurrency Wishing Well. It all came to a crashing halt after June 13th, 2018 when Ghost not only canceled Radio Graffiti, but canceled all Shoutouts and fan interaction, due to a lack of donations and appreciation.

* BoisterousWeakling: Ghost has made many threats he never follows through on.
* ColbertBump: Most any sort of link Ghost posts on his Twitter gets a major surge in views and comments regarding him and his show.
** The show itself has arguably caused these for "Money, Success, Fame, Glamour", "Boss Nigger", and other relatively obscure works featured on the show.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Ghost has proclaimed to be AltRight in 2016 and has rejected the label since the Charlottesville Riots on August 12, 2017. Ghost does still share many options with the AltRight and is still categorized as that by other people, however he frequently attempts to call out the far-right white nationalist movement, devoting an entire show in January 2018 to attacking prominent AltRight figures (though mostly for believing that they [[CommieNazis are socialists]]).

* ThoseWackyNazis: Ghost has proclaimed to be AltRight in 2016 and has rejected the label since the Charlottesville Riots on August 12, 2017. Ghost does still share many options with the AltRight and is still categorized as that by other people, however he frequently attempts to call out the far-right white nationalist movement, devoting an entire show in January 2018 to attacking prominent AltRight figures.

** Some of the trolls believe/perpetuate the idea that Ghost is simply a character played by a ManOfAThousandVoices from Manhattan (The call-in number is a Manhattan area code, and the one time Ghost was confronted with this he simply told the caller off and angrily claimed that it didn't need an explanation) who likes the attention and/or secretly gets paid depending on how many listeners he has, and his outbursts and abrasive attitude keeps people coming back for more. Of course, bringing up any of this to Ghost triggers [[BerserkButton the usual response]]. This isn't helped by the fact that Ghost does seem to have a natural talent with impressions at times, which is best heard when he mocks sensitive/effeminate guys (In one rant to a caller claiming if used a certain tone of voice and attitude the caller could attract any woman, he uses an extremely well-acted sensitive guy voice, with almost no signs of his southern twang [[OohMeAccentsSlipping slipping through]]).

** As a rule of thumb, any time he tries to show empathy to someone, expect it to backfire spectacularly. This happened with Asho in 2011, when i he faked the whole situation with his family. Then it happened again twice in 2016: with [=MaskedPony=]'s fetish was unveiled, and Teutonic Plague revealed himself to be a closet brony.

** As a rule of thumb, any time he tries to show empathy to someone, expect it to backfire spectacularly. This happened with Asho in 2011, when i he faked the whole situation with his family. Then it happened again twice in 2016: with [=MaskedPony=]'s fetish was unveiled, and Teutonic Plague revealed him to be a closet brony.

* FirstInstallmentWins: First Avatar Wins: Ghost's first avatar is much more recognised than his new one that debuted in early December 2011, or even the one that debuted in September 2016.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Ghost has proclaimed to be AltRight in 2015 and has rejected the label since the Charlottesville Riots on August 12, 2017. Ghost does still share many options with the AltRight and is still categorized as that by other people.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; if it upsets Ghost, it's fair game for being mocked. This includes typically off-limits targets such as pets ([[MoralityPet Ghost's dog Templeton]]), the elderly ([[CoolOldLady Ghost's Granny]]), [[SpeakIllOfTheDead the deceased]] (also [[PosthumousCharacter Ghost's Granny]]), the mentally handicapped ([[AmbiguousDisorder the Engineer]]), victims of a tragedy ([[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]], various current events), [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Politicians,]] 42 Coin (a type of Cryptocurrency that Ghost and his Inner Circle endorses), and reverent figures (the [[RememberTheAlamo Texas Martyrs]]).
** Played straight on the October 25th, 2016 broadcast, where Teutonic Plague commented that he would slit a dog's throat if it ever bit him. The trolls got so upset by this that they signed a successful petition [[PutOnABus to sign him off the show]]. While the trolls have no problem making [[BlackComedy dark jokes]] to get a rise out of Ghost, [[EveryoneHasStandards they've clearly shown their contempt for anyone that would sincerely harm an animal]].

** [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] with Celtic Brony, who seemingly evolved from {{Jerkass}} to JerkassWoobie and then finally to {{Woobie}} the more he got [[KickTheDog kicked.]] Then it turned out he was a {{Jerkass}} the whole time.
** Don't forget Goofy_Bone. (Though some may consider him more of a ChewToy) No one likes his music, Tzeki ''especially'' treats him like shit, he can never really win.

* AwesomeMusic: Due to the massive remix culture, there's been quite a few worthy songs.
** DJ Alex's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqIxGzwSuw "Melting Pot of Alcohol"]] definitely deserves mention.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7x1duaeVY "Melting Pot of Dr. Mario"]] for being one of the first remixes. [[MemeAcknowledgment Referred to by Ghost]] as "silly-ass circus music".
** Anything by [=TheHarbingerr=] including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eti6DeEVn8 "Melting Pot of Tetris"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxurtdJD2eg "Angry Racist Jewish Hambone"]] (The lyrics for this remix were set up via several Twitter names that were said during shout-outs), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22PQd-iiiM "Inspector Hambone"]]
** [=NavyHuskie=] has given us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMdjvkutPUc "Taco Tuesday" (the Hambone song)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWZC7inD-H4 "Ghost Miser"]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70qvYKXg4_w Ghost vs. Debi Daly in a rap battle.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFz7fV_zt0 "MONEY, SUCCESS, FAME, BRONIES!"]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_KI-_QHaU "Baaaaawwwwwwing at the Bronies"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2boQwBptkM&t=8m0s This suggests otherwise.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[Funny/TrueCapitalist OH. SO. MUCH!]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqIxGzwSuw "Melting Pot of Alcohol"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22PQd-iiiM "Inspector Hambone."]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyPhsFxnc_c Boss Nigger.]]

* [[FirstInstallmentWins First Avatar Wins]]: Ghost's first avatar is much more recognised than his new one that debuted in early December 2011, or even the one that debuted in September 2016.

* FountainOfMemes: The show is endlessly quotable, with "hambone" and "melting pot of friendship" being some of the most popular memes spawned from it. [[Website/{{Twitter}} #EngineerIsTheTalent]] became a minor meme in late 2011 as well.

** Ghost pointed out on his Twitter on 6/16/12 how Sweden is passing a law to force council members to urinate sitting down. Now remember when that Radio Graffiti caller played "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54t0iyp_udc I Sit Down When I Pee]]"?

** Remember how Ghost usually affectionately refers to a certain day of the week as "Taco Tuesday". Now remember how big of a BerserkButton ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is for the man. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS2Tp4wfnkU Put 'em together!]]

* HoYay / FoeYay: Deliberately invoked by trolls to enrage Ghost twice:
-->Ghost and Alex Jones, sitting in a tree
-->K-I-S-S-I-N-G

** The cans. Oh those cans. Though... depending on your [[MostWonderfulSound perspective]]...

*** Though once again, this tends to fall into MostWonderfulSound territory when the laugh is spliced with ghost doing something particularly depraved

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_dHQsWBcE 'Ghost Tells Us What Christmas Is All About']] video is actually kind of sad to listen to.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvK-ccWcjU This video seems to qualify]] for many trolls. Especially so when he sounds so nice and sincere in the first episode, practically apologizing every other sentence. Contrasting to the Ghost today, it's rather sad.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsDKMgJyM8 The March 1, 2017 show]] counts quite a bit; the poor guy was so ecstatic, then he breaks down about how his infamy on YouTube is pretty much all he's known for. He actually sounds like he's on the verge of tears [[JerkassWoobie Somebody give the guy a hug.]]

** "It's time to play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eAm6Mp2nJ4 Guess the Minority!]]" Gee, [[SarcasmMode that doesn't add fuel to the "Ghost is a racist" fire]].
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lXGaqtIdg "But how is it racist IF I'M ALWAYS RIGHT!? AHA HA HA HA HAA!!!!"]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Charming.]]
** A "representative" from the communist government of the People's Republic of China provides a rebuttal whenever Ghost bashes that country in particular. But you know something's a little fishy when his name is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6fguTatR8 Mr. Fortune Cookie]]. Bad eggrulllll, "[[SevenDirtyWords MATHAFACKA!]]"

** After Ghost endorsed Herman Cain, an African-American, the Engineer promptly played [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wuB_IQVPlg this diabolical EarWorm]]. Could the Engineer be the ''real'' racist here?

** A specific example would be him complaining about people liking [[EnsembleDarkHorse the Engineer]] more than him on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcsyGcf-GJE 9/20/2016 broadcast]].

*** However, all call-in numbers on [=BlogTalkRadio=] originate from New York City area codes, so that might take it out of the question. This is further {{Jossed}} when the call-in numbers switched a handful of times in 2016 and 2017.

** Johnny Walker, [[UrineTrouble Second Harvest]]...[[{{Squick}} gross.]] Johnny Walker, ''Third'' Harvest, [[NauseaFuel really gross.]] Johnny Walker, '''[[UpToEleven 567th Harvest]]'''...And then it goes [[SerialEscalation even further]] with ''Bernie Sanders'' and ''Donald Trump'' Harvest...

** Johnny Walker, second/third/fourth harvest...

** Trolls have made sure that Ghost will never have the chance to live down the time he called Donald Trump a 'megalomaniac blowhard we don't need in the white house' during the 2012 presidential elections by repeatedly playing and splicing this bit in the show.

** On November 30, 2016, after about five minutes of Radio Graffiti, Ghost spent the rest of the broadcast (about twenty minutes) talking about people making fun of Pizza Gate. Right after thisissparta789789 played an intro splice. See "WhatAnIdiot" below.

** After getting demonetized by [=BlogTalkRadio=], Ghost quit that site to host the show on his own site. Though the audio quality is clearer, his rants became longer and more unhinged, with way more f-bombs and nastiness. After a month of not doing Radio Graffiti, he brought it back, but it was based on whether or not fans donated to his Cryptocurrency Wishing Well. It all came to a crashing halt after June 13th when Ghost not only cancelled Radio Graffiti, but cancelled all Shoutouts and fan interaction, due to a lack of donations and appreciation.

* {{Squick}}: JOOOOOOOOHNNNNYYY WAAAAAAAAALKEEERRR, SEEEEEECOND HAAAAAARVEST[[labelnote:*]]Ghost eventually deduces this to mean that the caller drank some Johnny Walker, then pissed it out and drank the resulting urine.[[/labelnote]]
** As of May 9, 2012: Johnny Walker, ''Third'' Harvest.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Ghost has proclaimed to be AltRight in 2015 and has rejected the label since the Charlottesville Riots. Ghost does still share many options with the AltRight and is still categorized as that by other people.
* UnacceptableTargets:
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; if it upsets Ghost, it's fair game for being mocked. This includes typically off-limits targets such as pets ([[MoralityPet Ghost's dog Templeton]]), the elderly ([[CoolOldLady Ghost's Granny]]), [[SpeakIllOfTheDead the deceased]] (also [[PosthumousCharacter Ghost's Granny]]), the mentally handicapped ([[AmbiguousDisorder the Engineer]]), victims of a tragedy ([[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]], various current events), [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Politicians,]] and reverent figures (the [[RememberTheAlamo Texas Martyrs]]).

** Some people consider Elfoxoloco emailing [=BlogTalkRadio=] trying to take Ghost off the air as him going too far.

* SeasonalRot: People have found that the 2016 shows and especially the 2017 shows have degraded in quality substantially from 2011 and 2012's shows, due to old memes being re-used, a lack of originality in the trolls, less convincing and amusing reactions from Ghost. There was also a greater focus on the infighting between trolls and Short Bus members, worsening by the month. This seems to be the general consensus for most of the November and December 2017 episodes, where his rants on Asperger's and Autism became more common and longer every time, taking away time from both serious callers and trolls to call in. 2018 is even worse because he moved away from Blog Talk Radio, doesn't have a podcast RSS Feed, streams using Adobe Flash, removed Shout-outs and Radio Graffiti, has more, longer, less informed rants, and not breaking up the monotony with commercial breaks.

* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst: An argument he commonly uses.

* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst: His argument he most commonly uses

** It wasn't. After getting demonetized by [=BlogTalkRadio=], Ghost quit that site to host the show on his own site. Though the audio quality is clearer, his rants became longer and more unhinged, with way more f-bombs and nastiness. After a month of not doing Radio Graffiti, he brought it back, but it was based on whether or not fans donated to his Cryptocurrency Wishing Well. It all came to a crashing halt after June 13th when Ghost not only cancelled Radio Graffiti, but cancelled all Shoutouts and fan interaction, due to a lack of donations and appreciation.

* SeasonalRot: People have found that the 2016 shows and especially the 2017 shows have degraded in quality substantially from 2011 and 2012's shows, due to old memes being re-used, a lack of originality in the trolls, less convincing and amusing reactions from Ghost. There was also a greater focus on the infighting between trolls and Short Bus members, worsening by the month. This seems to be the general consensus for most of the November and December 2017 episodes, where his rants on Asperger's and Autism became more common and longer every time, taking away time from both serious callers and trolls to call in. 2018 is even worse because he moved away from Blog Talk Radio, doesn't have a podcast RSS Feed, streams using Adobe Flash, removed Shotouts and Radio Grafiti, has more and longer, less informed rants, and not breaking up the monotony with commercial breaks.

* SeasonalRot: People have found that the 2016 shows and especially the 2017 shows have degraded in quality substantially from 2011 and 2012's shows, due to old memes being re-used, a lack of originality in the trolls, less convincing and amusing reactions from Ghost. There was also a greater focus on the infighting between trolls and Short Bus members, worsening by the month. This seems to be the general consensus for most of the November and December 2017 episodes, where his rants on Asperger's and Autism became more common and longer every time, taking away time from both serious callers and trolls to call in. 2018 is even worse because he removed Shotouts and Radio Grafiti, has more and longer, less informed rants, and not breaking up the monotony with commercial breaks.

* SeasonalRot: People have found that the 2016 shows and especially the 2017 shows have degraded in quality substantially from 2011 and 2012's shows, due to old memes being re-used, a lack of originality in the trolls, less convincing and amusing reactions from Ghost. There was also a greater focus on the infighting between trolls and Short Bus members, worsening by the month. This seems to be the general consensus for most of the November and December 2017 episodes, where his rants on Asperger's and Autism became more common and longer every time, taking away time from both serious callers and trolls to call in. It remains to be seen if 2018 will be any different.

** Some people consider Elfoxoloco emailing [=BlogTalkRadio=] trying to take Ghost off the air and taking down Ghost's gumroad page as him going too far.

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* DudeNotFunny: Both fans and trolls alike were disgusted when Ghost came out to support the repeal of Net Neutrality. Noting the hypocrisy, as Ghost was adamantly against SOPA back in 2011, the fact it would hurt Ghost, and his extremely childish reason for supporting the repeal (he believes it would get rid of the trolls)