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We're ranking assholes (part 2 of 5)

January 1, 2026·59 min·4 clips

The hosts rank UFO figures on a 50-point asshole scale based on deception, vibes, harm, grift, and legacy.

The opening is caveats, then ranking. After the show's fringe welcome, the hosts explain that part one covered people they did not all agree were assholes. This time, the gloves come off. They treat the next batch as the real assholes, while joking that nobody on this part of the list has paid to shoot anybody, which becomes the ugly benchmark in the background. Then bias walks in. During the Wilcox segment, one host catches themself scoring from personal annoyance instead of the criteria. That little wobble is what keeps the format from feeling too clean. Both hosts land at 23. That shared score gets funnier when co-pilot's separate ranking shows up: Wilcox is eleventh there, with a 40 overall and a nine for grift. Grift is the one place everyone basically agrees. The transcript points to YouTube appeals, books, courses, and dubious claims, with arrogance and ally-throwing adding to the poor vibes. Legacy is murkier. Co-pilot credits Wilcox with shaping modern New Age UFO lore, but the hosts push back. They do not sound sold on giving him that much influence. Harm scores low at first. Their argument is blunt: if people choose to send money and are not draining their last resources, the damage looks smaller than the grift score might imply. Then the discomfort starts to leak in. They remember followers describing serious life problems, including cancer, while the response from the ranked figure sounds flat. That makes the joke harder to keep tidy. The hosts still defend the followers from being mocked. If participation is voluntary and not financially ruinous, outsiders should leave them alone. The ranking stays messy because the categories refuse to line up: scammy behavior, cultural influence, personal harm, and general unpleasantness all pull in different directions.

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A mock-serious ranking session that keeps turning judgment into the joke.

Journey to the Fringe stays locked on a scorecard-style rundown, ranking the people it calls assholes across grift, vibes, legacy, and harm. The back-and-forth gives it shape: the hosts keep tightening the scoring case, then cut into it with dry skepticism and pushback.

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You want a ranking run through fringe-lore assholes.

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