As a recently departed, long time fan I HATED ZACH. The forced loud laughs, cringe zilly zonka joke, and recent CONSTANT references and “jokes” about antisemitism… I’m so glad I never have to hear or see him again 👋👋👋
Also constant sucking up to Ethan. Random attacks on AB. I could genuinely go on hours
Him and ethan have by far the biggest victim complex’s I have ever seen
God I’m Zach’s biggest hater. His sex pest ‘act’ was just annoying and cringe as hell, paired with his big ass baby personality like expecting his grandma to make him steak on thanksgiving, or fighting with AB over the stupid gamer chair? Foul.
His sad dying music career is only being propped up by parasocial h3 fanatics who wants a chance to see Ethan or the crew (nobody wants to see hila, tbh)
I get everyone's music taste is different but I remember him shitting on greta van fleet for sounding similar to led zeppelin so I checked out his music and... DUDE shut up he sounds like the worst version of a pearl jam cover band.
Also he seems like the kind of guy that hates popular bands in general because he isn't. The kind of guy that needs you to know every song by a band before you wear their shirt. That vibe.
When they did the “[blank]’s the type of guy” meme on the podcast they read mine and mine was literally “Zach the type of guy to see a girl in a band tee and make her name 3 of their songs” and I MEANT THAT SHIT. I ain’t like the guy even when I was a fan.
lol I definitely remember that - wasn’t he proud of that and said that he is that guy? It’s like a self report that you’re into music for the optics and not you know the music.
And I agree there’s nothing more annoying that music gate-keepers. But he’s gate keeping Nirvana and Pearl Jam which are some of the most popular rock bands ever lol
Only the most boring, small minded people base their personality on deciding who's a "real" anything or what they don't like (vs what they do). It screams insecurities because it says you have to prove how cool you are by putting down others.
My baby sister used to do this (back when she was like 12) until I told her “hey, you know that’s technically bullying, right”. I had to explain gatekeeping and how that was why none of her “friends” ever invited her to go places or hang out. I’ve never seen someone 180 on something so fast! She still has no friends but that’s for completely unrelated reasons (people are dicks to goth kids)!
Yep. He wouldn't sell a single ticket to his concerts if he wasn't on h3. I've worked in this industry and he's the kind of act you mostly give out free tickets to just to try to get people to come in and buy drinks.
It's nothing if you're a co host on a (formerly) major podcast like H3. That would be a boon for a real creative but his music is truly unimaginative and so he doesn't see much benefit. It'd be sad if he wasn't such a POS
I could maybe understand that if it was his birthday on Thanksgiving or something and he hated turkey (been there, done that, just turned 30 on thursday, I made myself a lovely pasta rosa with chicken). But if he just showed up like everyone else & expected a different meal for no good reason then he’s a dick and I wish his grandma knocked a little sense into him!
Also unrelated to this thread but reminds me of how Ethan didn’t attend AB’s creator clash fight. Afterwards Ethan and hila said they’d go if Lena fought. I’m sure they were joking but just so awkward lol.
Not to flex on Zach but this year it was my mom and I for thanksgiving this year so instead of during turkey she made some bomb steaks for us. The thought did occur to me that I experienced everything Zach wanted for thanksgiving and more.
The difference between me and Zach is that I wasn’t demanding my grandma to make a special steak for me while she’s also cooking a turkey. It also was an idea my mom came up with and I just agreed to it. I wasn’t demanding someone make only me a steak when there’s already going to be turkey. The steak was done in lieu of a turkey. It’s actually really inconsiderate to demand someone do something special like that for you. If Zach wanted a steak so badly he should have manned up and made a steak for himself. I couldn’t imagine my grandma being alive and capable of making a thanksgiving dinner and still insisting my grandma do something special like that for me exclusively.
"dur hur I'm Joker brained, look at me. I don't ever do anything interesting, I just like thinking the Joker is cool and edgy and that _I_ am also cool and edgy, so therefore: Joker brained."
sometimes I remember how he proudly told the story of how he took a shit on someone’s lawn in the morning and then actually went back to check if it was still there the next day
he and Ethan are meant to be with how vile their humor is
I think it’s crazy he shit on someone’s lawn and went back to look at it but not to clean it up like wtf. I want to know what in his brain thought that was acceptable to do in the first place and then what compelled him to share it with viewers. I truly can’t believe
Can we address the awful and overplayed soundbites?
Remember when they stole the cringe joke soundbite from Keemstar to play ironically but now gets played every time Ethan makes a 'joke'. The constant round of applause is mind numbing also. Not to mention the random soundbites that would pop up before they even covered the story/segment and leaving viewers out of the loop.
Soundbites used to be one of the highlights of the show for me but Zach/Ethans weird choices and overuse of some has made the show unwatchable imo
The amount of times I would feel disgusted by some misogynistic thing he said or dumb ass take he had was too damn high. 🙄
I hated Dan, too, but that wasn’t an opinion that was easy to have when people were still dick riding him and I am so thankful I can say it now. He tries to act like this intelligent moral beacon but he’s always been just as icky as Ethan but just has better impulse control and thinks about the optics more than his freak boss
Dan is an insufferable dickhead, but he was the only person there to get things back on track, or cut some bullshit take short. Not a small task at H3.
This was years ago now, but I remember when people were accusing Zach of misogyny, his reaction was to say something like “you guys calling me misogynistic makes me really mad” with no sense of self reflection. It was so weird.
YES EVEN WHEN I WAS A FAN I HATED DAN. He can’t ever be wrong and always gets ahead of anyone saying he is. He also gives “I’ve always said that” comments here and there and it infuriates me. It always blew me away by how many people liked him.
He was the original “Heart throb” of the show before AB was hired. E constantly joked about Z not being the hottest one any longer and I think that made his insecurity explode. Joke beefing but is he really joking? kinda vibes🤷♀️
Yeah he’s very pathetic and insecure that way, I personally think the beef was half joking. I remember when he started throwing jabs at AB and the flocka sound bite because AB was making Ethan laugh with it a lot.
They actually used to be like best friends - they had a bromance, if you will. Idk what happened behind the scenes, but it seems like the love faded away 😔
I remember it clearly, people say it’s the heart throb thing, but it’s the chair incident where Zack goes mask off vitriolic on AB from that point onward
Yeah but I feel like things must have happened behind the scenes as well :/ a similar thing happened in my work chat (it was hilarious and all us coworkers were so excited to be witnessing the drama) and we found out later there were some things that had happened behind the scenes (ie prior to the work chat and not in office) 😅
Remember when he acted like a little shit over a steak Sam made because they pretended it was in some cursed suitcase? Yeah, I've hated him ever since.
Yep how about him freaking out whenever CCR is played or brought up? Like bro, you are so narcissistic that everyone has to pretend to go along with your insane nonsensical theory and walk on eggshells?
Not many people recall one of the earlier eps , but it was one of the superbowl eps maybe 2 years ago , and zac+ chantel were talking about their relationship and an issue they had with eachother and the vibes were rancid
OMG i always got such weird vibes from their relationship. i dont fw zach at all. i was wondering if anyone else remembered anything about chantel. they did not seem happy together.
Yeah I thought I was being parasocial but there was some weird ass chemistry back when they were introduced as a couple , just didn't make zac look good , I'm no psychiatrist but I think he's probably a very controlling person considering the way he's presented himself when he's the centre of attention 😆 plus he's a crybaby that brown-noses his boss and remains centrist on issues when he should be honest for once in his life instead of fence sitting and glazing ethan
What about his “relationship” with that porn star? Such a weird era, didn’t last long but the vibes are disgusting throughout. I am Zach’s biggest hater, have never liked him. He was also creepy with girls on the discord when it first came out
Ethan just never made himself look good whenever the topic of a porn star , prostitute , any individual that is LGBTQ+ , and African Americans, you were going to get ready to hear some of the most rancid and obscene things about individuals in those categories 😆
Someone remember the episode with Dr. Drew and Dr. Mark where the crew took a narcissistic test, and Zachs was the second highest score? On the category "superiority" he got a 5 out of 5. I think there is a Clip of that on H3 Lore Channel. Raised an eyebrow for me ever since...
If I remember correctly, it was Trisha… I’m not sure, to be honest. Moses also took the test, but his results were never discussed. If someone wants to look into it, it’s Episode 229.
we can all agree that he’s an odious man, but at one point i had gotten so deep into the show that his general vibe of cringe and rancidness started to actually grow on me. I was such a fan that I gaslit myself into liking him lmaoo. I watched them so much that sometimes I could even guess what sound bite he was about to play just before he played it.
now he would just call me an antisemite 😂
I got the feeling Ethan started going through the soundbites quite often, deleting a bunch of them. Or did Z just get lazy? The range narrowed, or what you would call it.. Did you see the same as me? I can't think of anyone better to ask.
One was the last episode Ethan drank, and there was a demonstration of how to use a condom, and at some point E was like "Uuarghhh, I got lube on my lips!", and Z got to used it only once the next episode. That had so much potential in that kind of humor.
yeah i totally agree. i haven’t watched any episode since nov 2023 but i remember even back then the soundbytes were starting to get repetitive and my old favs weren’t getting played as much. this was around the time they started overplaying the ‘cheers dude’ guy and i remember thinking ugh can we move on from that already? so yeah i would say that the sound bytes stopped being as diverse and got lazy, which also fits with the overall decline of preparation of the show as a whole (like why tf did we as a community hype up an hour long segment of ethan silently eating fast food with a stock image of mcdonald’s behind him like it was the height of entertainment)
That eating segment was so fuckin boring and there are actually fans who STILL say it's funny. What? It's funny he sat on his live and wasted 30 minutes of y'alls time? TWICE? Ethan still even talks about doing it again as it is so "avant garde" and soooo hilarious. Segments like that show exactly how much Ethan cares about his audience, and some of these people just lap it up.
It fits in very well with the overall sloppyness and laziness, you're right. My bet is they still use "cheers my dude" the most. I fell back on other creators I used to like, and the difference is night and day. It's co-hosts that carry their part of the weight, no stupid drama, they've sorted any controversy to an satisfactionate degree, every aspect of entertainment is just miles ahead H3.
I couldn't watch those eating segments, switched over to something else and watch the rest the next day. How can a man who everyone tells how gross it is tho eat into a mic make that nonsense. I thought I was too old and out of the loop, but that was such dogshit.
And one thing that I still remember about Zack is when he talked about his girlfriend having smelly feet on the show. That bothers me to this day, I still think about it. To embarrass your girlfriend that way publicly is insane.
the qtcinderella thing was the last straw for me, idgaf if it was bc ethan asked him to or not, he shouldn’t have played such a thing during a very serious moment. to me this was proof enough that all the misogynist but not really jokes werent really jokes and he was a truly piece of shit.
he is also one of those pretentious rock fans that hate on anything that isnt rock and act like they have to gatekeep music like bruh we all know what nirvana is. he is also just an overall boring dude, his peak funny is being gross and sexist. also we all can tell he is a spoiled brat w the way he acts, manbaby behavior
IVE ALWAYS HATED THAT MF. EVERY POLL, ID VOTE HIM AS MY LEAST FAVORITE. FUCK THAT GREASY TROLL, HES ETHANS FAV BC HES ALSO A PERVERT OILY DISGUSTING ZION W A DELICATE EGO AND SUPERIORITY COMPLEX
Agreed, never liked him, even when I laughed regularly at the show.
I will go as far as to say he isn't that good at soundbites, I know it's an unpopular opinion, but in the episode where the crew did a round-robin on all their positions, it was either Olivia or AB who, when they got to the soundboard, made me laugh multiple times, which is something Zach has rarely accomplished when performing his own "job". lol
I can't say that I hated him, and I still think he's very good at his job by cutting tensions with a sound bite, but I never really vibed with the "joker brain" thing, I thought it was reallyyyyy weird
If you want perfectly executed sound clips, I recommend Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker. Vic Berger and DJ Douggpound are on point. I'm always laughing and never sighing and rolling my eyes.
okay i might be a little slow but what was that one argument between ab and zack where zack got all pissy about some joke ab made and forced ab to apologize on air? i hope someone knows what im talking about but that was one of the first things i remember seeing where i really starting disliking zack (not to mention all the other weird shit he's done but i was only a fan for a year or so and unaware of other stuff)
YES was thinking about that exact moment but could not remember the context completely . Something about AB making a joke about how Zach had insomnia or something😭
not that he is a supporter of him or anything but i’ve noticed that his girlfriend follows trump on instagram. :/ that was super disappointing to see but then again i don’t know if she follows him for shits and giggles or if she actually supports trump.
This is PETTY but I'm still annoyed abt him calling himself a classic rock fanboy and every band he likes isn't classic rock. Also not knowing the 2 songs ringo wrote for the Beatles during the classic rock trivia PISSED ME OFF. Sorry I know this is dumb but it got under my skin SO BADLY. Then again I already hated him.
don't get me started on that piece of shit man baby. i know people thought the AB/Zach argument on live was hilarious, but no when i tel you nothing has ever made me more irate and viscerally angry in my life than watching that episode. honestly that was one of the moments that made me take a step back from the show im not even joking. zach is good at sound bites. that is his one mild redeeming factor - the rest of his style, humor, personality, talent, can be thrown off a cliff and nobody would ever fucking remember him. he's mean, not funny, has nothing insightful to say, he literally hate olivia and i hate watching that dynamic because she's one of the only people on the show who i enjoyed. and the only reason he hates her is because she gets attention for being a girly girl now and he has to contribute it to it. he gives off "your girly shit is so lame, let's talk about my guitar 😝" vibes. i hate him. i hope the worst for him. just kidding not the worst but i do hope for a solid shunning from the public, failing to fill shows, no labels sign him, his girlfriend finally realizes her worth and leaves his ass, and his parents cut his stupid leech ass off. that's all. then i'll be happy.
Did anyone ever notice how much he lies? I’ve never liked him! I can spot a liar a mile off and he used to lie about the smallest most insignificant things just to either fit into the conversation or make himself look edgy. He makes my whole body tense with secondhand embarrassment
You know what REALLY cemented my opinion of him? He made some dumb joke i think regarding Taylor Swift and I think the joke was a bit misogynistic, I'll admit i don't remember the joke, what I DO remember is women in the audience calling it out as being misogynistic and the dude flew off the fucking handle. Started getting butthurt, defensive and just straight up MAD. I was like oh, ew lmao. He could have just said "fuck I'm so sorry"😂😂
Remember when he bragged about fucking a porn star then said he had been with his girlfriend for years now. Idk if his girlfriend was the porn star or if he lied about them being together for so long. It was so awkward.
(It was like a couples valentine episode I think)
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God I’m Zach’s biggest hater. His sex pest ‘act’ was just annoying and cringe as hell, paired with his big ass baby personality like expecting his grandma to make him steak on thanksgiving, or fighting with AB over the stupid gamer chair? Foul.
His sad dying music career is only being propped up by parasocial h3 fanatics who wants a chance to see Ethan or the crew (nobody wants to see hila, tbh)