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Hank Kingsley

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  1. LMAO, someone found a Forbes interview from 2022 where Blake Lively admits she tries to hijack creative control over a film when she is just hired to act. The fucking entitlement is incredible.
  2. I would rather watch Texas play Bumfuck State than literally any other sporting event.
  3. The Eagles tweet is fake. Fuck Twitter.
  4. Holy shit, is that Kristi Noem? She looks fucking hideous. Like the 100 year old demon inside her is taking over the physical form.
  5. NSIAP, I watched this Tim Heidecker episode last night and it's fucking amazing. It's a satire of a Joe Rogan podcast, where everyone nonsensically spews bullshit for over an hour. It's one of the most brilliant bits I've ever seen and they never break character. His Rogan "impersonation" is on point, and the two other guys are perfect representations of his guests. I love it so much.
  6. The funny (or maddening) thing is people like this will continue to publicly support Trump in real life. They'll reply with complaints online, but they'll keep their mouth shut and tow the MAGA line instead of admitting that POS fucked them over.
  7. I hate the discourse about Musk and his drug use. That some external product is the cause of his behavior and viewpoints. It's a copout. Elon is a sociopath. He has a personality disorder.
  8. If Akina passes, I'd make a call to Gary Darnell and Bull Reese
  9. Yes, the right already effectively owns YouTube. The clever thing Trumpians figured out is to connect with users/viewers outside of politics. The Daily Wire has a college football podcast under their umbrella. They hire people to talk about celebrity/entertainment news. Joe Rogan is a force because he covers so many different subjects with his guests, that he's able to capture a viewer's political attention when he focuses on it. Candace Owens is owning the Lively/Baldoni Hollywood drama discourse on YT right now, and the next suggested video from her is an "investigative" documentary series she created to prove Brigitte Macron is a man. Right now you have people like Hasan Piker and Sam Seder at the Majority Report as the longstanding major voices on YT. Half of their content is making fun of Tim Pool and other right wing nuts. It's just not moving the needle and is all about politics all the time. The left needs to cast a much wider net.
  10. If the left wants to re-enter the conversation and capture apolitical or low information people, the venue is YouTube. The usefulness of social media is almost dead. YouTube is free and lots of people (particularly Gen Y & Z) are increasingly watching it to the point where it's effectively replacing cable TV.
  11. Yes. The reality is most of these Trumpers get off on trolling and triggering the left.. The confrontation fuels them. It increases their engagement numbers and monetization. If people on the left leave, and political Twitter effectively become a larger version of the failing Truth Social, it will suffer and die off. IMO ghosting these right wing assholes is how you hurt them. Because engagement, not their actual beliefs or stances, is what feeds them.
  12. Bozo, your impression of Twitter seems pretty naive, like you don't really use it. A lot of us were screaming from the rooftops immediately when Musk took over and started implementing serious changes. I watched its destruction in real time. It is now 100% ineffective in creating meaningful or fruitful conversation. It is a gelatinous monster that absorbs any discourse/information and spits out venom. It simply needs to die.
  13. No offense but I'm not looking at this from a strategic political party perspective. IMO, social media peaked over a decade ago and it's usefulness has run its course. Trump's second electoral victory is enough proof that "fighting the good fight" through social media is a lost cause. I deleted Twitter three months ago after being a heavy, every day user for almost 15 years. The surprising part is how little I miss it. Yeah, I'm not up to date on the world of sports like I used to be (probably the worst part), but my blood pressure is lower and I have more time to focus on my family, friends, and career. I'll continue my efforts via personal interactions moving forward. It's the only way to have a sincere or productive conversation now.
  14. We are basically 10 years into Trump and the disinformation campaigns on social media. It ended up with Trump being elected twice. There are no good answers on how to deal with this shit. But leaving Twitter, with a possibility over time of its influence weakening, is an understandable strategy.
  15. I used to complain about the price of eggs. But with Trump in office, maybe we just get rid of eggs altogether. If you can't buy them, you are saving money. Thank you, Mr. President!
  16. Just part of the plan to "encourage" companies to hire white males moving forward.
  17. Gotta think Week 1 vs. Ohio State is gonna put a MASSIVE number in TV ratings. Two bluebloods, defending champs, playoff rematch, opening weekend, and Arch. The media hype will be out of control heading into that game.
  18. Good post. And Reagan was the one that really sowed the seeds of people distrusting the government. And his War on Drugs filled the prisons and devastated communities.
  19. With Trump, "we" failed to have a spine and a brain and to give a shit about each other. But that was a slow drip result of the people in power failing us for decades. Blame the powerful first.
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