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1.1 mil likes under "pregnant" Gates reminded me of the House of Cards line: "When you're fresh meat, kill and throw them something fresher." I think this cap
by thejackgoode 4y ago
1.1 mil likes under "pregnant" Gates reminded me of the House of Cards line:
"When you're fresh meat, kill and throw them something fresher."
I think this captures average twitter well. It does not need much to be "controlled"
- starik36 4y ago> It does not need much to be "controlled" So therefore "not controlled". That tweet was funny or at least mildly amusing. We can call any likes that any celebrity gets a "controlled mob", if we go with this line of thinking.
- robonerd 4y agoIf posting funny (albeit mean-spirited) things to make people laugh constitutes control, then accusations of 'controlling people' seem a lot less serious. Every comedian is in the business of control by that measure.
- thejackgoode 4y agoIt doesn't, that was my point. It's a gamble in front of a shouting crowd that is demanding an emotional release
- JohnTHaller 4y agoDon't forget his "FREE AMERICA NOW" phase in April 2020, getting hundreds of thousands of likes when he echoed right-wing anti-lockdown talking points. And when he claimed the US would likely be down to zero cases within a month in March 2020. Or him going after the British diver he referred to as "pedo guy". Or his stock market manipulation tweets.
- thejackgoode 4y agoI have a completely unbased hypothesis that having Aspergers matters when it comes to hostility in social context. IMO he clearly oversteps with insults
- roguecoder 4y agoThat is pretty insulting to those of us with autism who manage not to be giant tools. Probably because we weren't born rich & don't get to live consequence-free.