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SIDEMEN ABANDONED IN ASIA
Sidemen·Apr 26, 2026
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Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp5 people
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- Travel as high-stakes risk3 people · 60%
- Strategic road trip competition2 people · 40%
Travel as high-stakes risk
Travel involves unpredictable dangers such as natural hazards, environmental threats, and logistical failures.
3 people · 2 episodes
Joey believes dust storms are terrifying because they can produce dangerous static electricity and thunder strikes.
“what's more terrifying in my opinion than a blizzard is the fact that uh in a dust storm it can cause static electricity oh so basically you have like thunder strikes at ground level because of all the particles rubbing together right”
Trash Taste · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 2.0M views on this topicGM
Garnt views the travel experience of being stranded in a snowstorm as a situation where one is playing a game of chance with airlines.
“I swear to God every time you go to haaa you're playing gacha with the planes there right cuz a lot of planes get canceled like very frequently”
Trash Taste · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 2.0M views on this topic
She argues that falling coconuts are a significant danger in Hawaii.
“you might want to google this before you put this up i think we have more deaths in hawaii by coconuts than we do by sharks”
Dropouts Podcast · Aug 2020 · 1 episode · 218K views on this topicStrategic road trip competition
Travel is best approached as a competitive pursuit that requires strategic planning, ambitious goals, and efficient resource use.
2 people · 2 episodes
Josh asserts that the team should commit to an ambitious, difficult travel plan to compete effectively.
“It's just gotta be balls to the wall I think. Just gotta go.”
Sidemen · Mar 2024 · 16 episodes · 386.9M views on this topic
He suggests using a car rental as a strategic way to navigate and spend their budget.
“we can run a car we be able to run a car here should we ride a bik somewhere we can rent a car”
Sidemen · Aug 2024 · 17 episodes · 255.0M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Jun 2021