Josh Barro

He's editor of Business Insider, OP. If you think that is conservative, you are out on a limb.

He left the Republican party and registered as a Democrat in 2016, so he's a bit more conservative about finances but he is socially liberal. But even as a Republican he bristled at being called a conservative.

He says he's a top in his Scruff profile.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That’s just Josh fantasizing again.

Can you provide examples of this alleged "conservatism"?

I wonder if he and Tyler DiNucci fuck? They are practically inseparable on Twitter

Former fattie who, even after slimming down a bit, has a permanent chip on his shoulder.

his instagram is basically just his group of fuckbuddies going on vacations to gay destinations. maybe it's just an age thing but my friend group is much more mixed.

is he dating the @chertz guy from twitter?

He's married to someone. Whether he's also dating is anyone's guess.

He's sort of a prick.

I agree with almost everything he says. He's a centrist.

He's sorta hawt. I've heard stories about stuff on Fire Island.

He’s like a concern troll on twitter

i agree with his political takes. he does seem like a prick in his personal life though

i want to hear some Fire Island stories!

I hear he is a slut.

He’s kinda stupid but thinks he’s smart. Light Dunning-Kruger, not at Trumpian levels but still tiresome.

lol. he posted a screengrab on twitter with his Scruff tag still up

He’s fat, ugly, nerdy, entitled, and a prick. His husband is really sweet and too good for him.

R18 i'm assuming his husband is ok with him being a sex pig for lots of other guys?

He posts here, right?

He used to hang out at The Eagle on Sundays about 10 years ago. We had mutual friends and he seemed nice enough. But he always struck me as the type that, if there was a pill to make you straight, would pop that shit in a heartbeat.

He’s slamming the trans cult on Twitter. He keeps pointing out how the gay community is letting these other identities destroy gays and lesbians and their social clout.

R22 He is talking more about things like asexuality and demisexuality.

Libertarian douchebags are awful regardless of their sexual orientation.

When was his last paying job?

[quote] In early 2022, Barro left Business Insider and stepped down as host of Left, Right & Center to pursue his newsletter and podcast Very Serious.[21]

Seems iffy. Hopefully his credit cards are paid down.

He's got a rich husband and you can make decent coin from Substack, if you're just famous enough (which he is).

Who has his nudes?

R26: "you can make decent coin from Substack"

How?

Andrew Sullivan and Matt Taibbi say they make their primary income from it. You don't need *that many subscribers to get yourself a tidy little income.

It's like OnlyFans for intellectual whores, as opposed to the good kind.

I didn't realize it was subscription based. I've seen a few articles there, but they must be free loss-leaders.

His father is one of those fashionable economists with a job at Hoover Institute who makes a living despite having been ultimately wrong about everything. Being a gasbag and making a good living from it must run in the family.

He charges $6/month. Even with only 2,000 subscribers (which isn't a lot), that's $12k a month. I'm sure Substack takes a cut, but even if it's half, that's still $6k a month. He can still do speeches, write books and appear on TV. Add that to the husband's income and you have a nice, upper-middle class lifestyle.

No one wants to see that R27.

Oh i dunno. Josh is hot. He's a lot thicker than you'd think, but i expect pounding that ass would be enjoyable.

Isn't that everyone at Hoover, R31? Propagandists, all of them.

[quote] I've heard stories about stuff on Fire Island.

Go on.

WHERE are the nudes?

he seems super slutty

“I agree with almost everything he says.”

Pleas give some examples of what you agree with?

anyone had him at fire island?

I think he posts here.

I think he is YMF

R41

Been there, done that.

That NYT PitchBot parody account on Twitter fucking hates his guts, I think because he's so trigger happy with the block button. Gets offended easily.

He's basically libertarian. I like him.

He used to be a fat fuck

Barro is the gay Matt Yglesias (that's not a compliment) and it's funny watching him try, and sometimes to fail, to ignore how many of his colleagues openly mock his hot takes.

Preemptively "oh, dear!"-ing that typo.

R47, I know little about Barro but that’s a scathing criticism.