"I review the previews, to let YOU know which trailers are failures!"
— The Distressed Watcher
Terroja "The Amazing Atheist" Kincaid (or as he ironically calls himself, the God of the Godless) is an atheist who has been making videos on YouTube since joining the site on November 20, 2006. Although the subject matter of his earlier videos centered almost entirely around atheism and anti-theism, he rarely deals with those topics today. Instead, most of his current videos are either social commentary or purely comedic in nature.His style is loud, boisterous, and unapologetically offensive. However, he claims that these are his honest opinions. The Amazing Atheist never has even the slightest qualm about speaking his mind, despite sounding offensive to various targets. This is precisely why he's won well over 100,000 subscribers over the course of his YouTube career, replacing Pat Condell as the website's most popular atheist. That hasn't stopped him from making quite a few enemies, especially because of his strident anti-feminism.He has also written three books: In Defense of Evil, Scumbag: Musings of a Subhuman, and Final Revelation. Like most of his videos, the books are part philosophical, part comedic, and part autobiographical.When not using the Amazing Atheist moniker, he often goes by T.J., Terroja, or The Distressed Watcher. His YouTube channel can be found here. Though he was forced to take down most of his older videos in early 2009 due to YouTube's increasingly strict censorship policies, you can watch a few hundred of them here and here if you are so inclined.
Notable Tropes Invoked by the Amazing Atheist:
Accentuate the Negative: His criticism of theists. His serious moments are reserved for holier-than-thou types.
Angrish: Plenty of it in this video. Considering that he's feeding a troll, it's to be expected.
Berserk Button: He has many, but a notable one in the PWNED: Stupidest Youtuber Ever video is when he went berserk over the troll admitting that Mario was fictional but real at the same time. Other infamous targets of TJ's wrath include white supremacists, feminists, Justin Beiber, and Ron Paul.
Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch: Frequently on the receiving end of this, if he is to be believed. So far he's managed to become rivals with several former companions, including, but not limited to:
Big Guy, Little Guy: With FakeSagan. And his brother Scotty. And Cody Weber. And Galen/Hallcyon. Hell, never mind, T.J. fits this trope when he's with any of his friends.
Control Freak: How he perceives Ayn Rand, and the reason he wasn't too fond of her even when he was a libertarian.
Country Matters: Is not averse to this, though his usage of it is comparatively fewer and farther between than with other words.
Curbstomp Battle: Often occurs in his "PWNAGE"-videos, when he obliterates the flawed arguments of, for example, StrawFeminists and obnoxious little wannabe republicans.
Dagwood Sandwich: The Slaughterhouse. a sandwich composed of the Baconator from Wendy's and the Double Down from Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Terroja: The taste of death is sweet.
Discussed Trope: From the entry on the famous "remember when I promised I'd kill you last?" scene from Commando in his list of the most awesome movie scenes: "'I Lied!' That is the best thing ever! 'Hey, honey, remember when I promised to love, honor, and cherish you, until death do us part? Well, guess what? I lied!' Woo! That's badass."
The Ditz: It's easier to list the characters that aren't.
Don't Explain the Joke: He spends the first part of his Dungeons and Dragons review joking about all the characters wanting "the rod," and explains the joke at length in the second part.
For the Evulz: His theory in this video for why radical conservatives deny gay people rights, want a christian theocracy and want women to be second class citizens
Heh Heh, You Said X: His beliefs as to why Anthony Weiner's indecent exposure scandal got so much coverage.
Heterosexual Life Partners: There seem to be several, but TJ and his brother Scotty have remained the most constant throughout the years.
Hive Mind: His main problem with Buddhism; he sees the search for Nirvana as repulsive and collectivist. To quote him directly: "Becoming a selfless component of some vague cosmic unifier doesn't sound that fuckin' appealing to me. If that's 'enlightenment', you can fuckin' keep it."
For better or worse, the video has been removed at the time of writing.
King of All Cosmos: When debating against the Cosmological Argument, he jokingly says that a blueberry muffin is what caused the Big Bang.
Money, Dear Boy: The Watcher said in his "Justin Bieber Trollz" video that this was his only real reason for knocking Justin Bieber, whom he doesn't genuinely care enough about to truly hate.
Screw Yourself: He has expressed interest in having sex with a clone of himself a couple of times.
"I mean guys, go get up, look in a mirror, look at your ugly mug and ask yourself if what you really want in life is a female equivalent of THAT?!...Yeah, me too, but surely there’s normal people out there."
Self-Deprecation: He has been known to frequently take potshots at his own weight.
Worthy Opponent: His apparent attitude... at least some of the time... towards JezuzFreek777. There have been moments when TAA has pointed out common ground between the two, such as when discussing their (somewhat) similar views on the Grand Theft Auto series. Also, when Jezuzfreek was going through a divorce, TAA went out of his way to say "I wouldn't beat down on you while you're already down."
He once referred to JezuzFreek as "The Batman to [his] Joker."
as the website's most popular atheist. That hasn't stopped him from making quite a few enemies, especially because of his strident anti-feminism.He has also written three books: In Defense of Evil, Scumbag: Musings of a Subhuman, and Final Revelation. Like most of his videos, the books are part philosophical, part comedic, and part autobiographical.When not using the Amazing Atheist moniker, he often goes by T.J., Terroja, or The Distressed Watcher. His YouTube channel can be found here
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