Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse: Survival Tips for the Dumbageddon

by Stewart Reynolds

Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse—where common sense has become the rarest element on Earth and rage is all the rage.

Think of this collection of short comedic essays on politics, life, and more as a field guide for life.

Social media darling Brittlestar brings readers a book of essays similar to his online presence. In these essays, he provides a “voice of reason” by approaching some of the folly and absurdity in the world of social media and politics—not to mention the just plain dumbness of humanity—with a dose of common sense and modern reasoning.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Essays, Canada

203 pages, Paperback

Published September 19, 2023

About the author

Brittlestar (Stewart Reynolds) has built a global following by combining sharp wit, family-friendly humour, and razor-clear observations about the absurdities of modern life. With more than 650 million views across platforms and hundreds of thousands tuning in weekly, his videos make people laugh, think… and occasionally wonder if he’s spying on their family group chat.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

My only disappointment with the book was that he didn’t include a promo code for his S&G butter tart vodka ;)

[Tara Cignarella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse by Stewart Reynolds
Non-Fiction
Writing: A
Information: A
Best Aspect: Says a lot in a short book, very truthful.
Worst Aspect: That we have arrived in the place we are in the US.
Recommend: Yes.

[Darren Elliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome book to read. Recommend to al my goodreads.com friends

[Andreas · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 out of 5.

The internet's favourite dad. If you are familiar with Brittlestars social media presence, you'll get this. Short essays on navigating through life - there's politics, parenting and yes even a take on social media. All done with he's special brand of humour. Sometimes dry and very much Canadian.

Probably the only self help book you will ever need.

[Marfita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wisdom disguised as humor.
Caveat: I know this man. Well, no, I don't. We all know him. We've seen his videos, bought his merch. But we've never met. Oh, he meets up with Obama and Trudeau - but does he come visit us out here in Dystopia?
It's always interesting to see the US from another country's perspective. We sit out here on our front porches, waving cans of beer in the air and chanting, "U-S-A! U-S-A!"[No, we don't - not at our house, anyway. I drink bottled beer.] And then someone comes along and points out our failings and we hang our little heads in shame. [No, we don't. ... But we probably should.] But what country says, "We're Number Two!"? Apparently, Canada. They have everything up there: amazing geology, universal health care, outstandingly huge tides, a handsome PM, snow ... and more snow. And they say "Sorry" all the time - but mispronounce it. We could learn something from this.
These essays sound just like him and are just as likeable. They read so fast I had to set the Kindle down partway through so I could enjoy more the next day. I took a star off for being too short.
Sorry.

[Mindy Gough · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're a Brittlestar fan, you'll thoroughly enjoy this book of quick comedic essays. I was already laughing out loud by page 4 : ) It's lovely to see this book landing in top spots in Canadian non-fiction lists; Brittlestar is gloriously and unapologetically Canadian and his writing has that signature quirky, conversational Canadian tone.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A series of essays that can be read in small doses looking at life, marriage, parenting, business and politics with Stewart Reynolds' trade-mark observational, off-beat sense of humour, with a good dose of common sense. A sometimes light-hearted and sometimes thought-provoking look at everyday life.

[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I follow Reynolds, a.k.a. Brittlestar on social media. He has that wonderful, unique Canadian way of looking at the world, especially politics. These are a compilation of humourous essays on life, family, politics. He’s sarcastic but never mean.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finishing out the year with this one - an apt title for our world right now.

Brittlestar is a quiet Canadian dad making us all laugh at what truths make sense and which ones are just ridiculous.

Follow him on all
The places because often he is the only guy worth listening to.

[Benjamin Kahn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always found Brittlestar's videos funny. This book was fitfully amusing - some of the stuff was funny, some of it was true, and some of it I either didn't relate to, or disagreed with. But it was short and written in bite-sized chunks, so it was a very quick read for me. Decent.

[Warren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of chuckles. The videos are better.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy, fun read. Some good points for living - in a humorous vein. Best quote: "People are awful."

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Jeri · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you follow Brittlestar on social media, you will enjoy this quick read.

[Tina Simmons · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a charming read. I chuckled several times while reading it. I enjoyed the Canadians honest review of America. Honestly, it makes me want to emigrate to Canada.

[Enid Wray]

Really? Somebody wasted time, energy and TREES to print this?

There is so much I could say to trash this but... let's leave it at "Clearly I'm not the reader for this title."

DNF

[Lorrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short essays on humorous topics. Minus a star for putting an apostrophe in “theirs”.

[Dorothy Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this hearing Brittlestar's voice, and if you don't know who he is, well, you'll still enjoy the book (but you might not get some of the jokes). Better get reading, eh?