EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:

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Factor Mystic posted:

Hm that's nice but what could I do with $100k?

Cacafuego posted:

“The nicest casino in Iowa” is not a very high bar to set.

Also, since Jastiger is perma’d, you’re the new Jastiger, lol. Tell us more about the Iowa chop

Celebrities Say White Supremacists Used A New Video App To Trick Them Into Endorsing Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories

The celebrities — former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, actor Andy Dick, and rapper Soulja Boy — say they didn't know they were endorsing anti-Semitism on Cameo.

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A group of white supremacist YouTubers are using a new app to pay celebrities to create videos where they make coded anti-Semitic statements — and then the YouTubers use those recordings to promote hatred on the internet.

The videos were made using Cameo, where users can pay to have celebrities record a personalized message for them. Cameo launched in April 2018, and has become another platform that the far-right has seized upon in an attempt to legitimize racist messages — this time with seeming celebrity endorsements.

Cameo and representatives for the celebrities told BuzzFeed News they were unaware the messages supported anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The two alt-right leaders behind the campaign bragged about duping the celebrities in a livestream on Wednesday.

The group behind the videos refer to themselves as the GDL, or "Goyim Defense League," using the Hebrew word for a non-Jew. The group is apparently run by two YouTubers who go by "Handsome Truth" and "Sway Guevara."

In one recent video, former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre — one of the NFL's most legendary figures — addresses the group.

BuzzFeed News has viewed the videos but will not include them in this article, since the users who paid the celebrities have said in livestreams this week that they want the recordings to go viral.

"Brett Favre here with a shoutout to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys," Favre said in the shaky video. "You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don't let the small get you down. Keep fighting too and don't ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care."

The video is loaded with coded anti-Semitic language. For example, "small" stands for "small hats," a slur for yarmulkes.

The USS Liberty is a dog whistle referring to an incident in 1967 where Israeli forces fired on the US spy ship, killing 34 during the Six-Day War. In the aftermath, Israel said that their pilots thought the ship was an Egyptian vessel and apologized — the government eventually paid out $6.7 million in reparations to the survivors and families of the dead. Ever since, there have been unproven conspiracy theories surrounding the circumstances that question whether the attack was intentional. Both Israel and the United States governments have said that it was a case of mistaken identity.

In the 51 years since the shots were fired, many people, including some former USS Liberty sailors who survived the attack, have questioned the official explanation and pushed for another investigation. "Remember the USS Liberty" has recently become a rallying cry for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic individuals who believe that Israel deliberately fired on the ship.

Favre's representatives didn't return a request for comment. Cameo's CEO told BuzzFeed News that Favre’s team was made aware of the video when it started to go viral on alt-right internet spaces, and his reps reached out to Cameo to have it removed.

When someone books a Cameo, they submit specific instructions for the celebrity to include in the video. The celebrity then reviews the request and either accepts or rejects it. If they accept, the buyer will get a video within the next few days. A video from Brett Favre goes for $500.

"Here's the deal guys, they can reject it if they don't like it, right," Handsome Truth said in a livestream Wednesday. "So we were trying to get it, like — we wanted to be cryptic enough to where they would say it."

Comedian Andy Dick also made a personalized message for another member of the GDL, who goes by the name "Sway Guevara" on YouTube. According to the prices on Dick's Cameo page, it cost $99.

"Hey, Sway, shoutout to the GDL, hope you guys keep up the great work. Remember what happened that day on the USS Liberty. And keep our military troops..."

The video cuts off at this point. It's unclear what prompted Dick to leave the message seemingly unfinished.

Enchanted Hat posted:

That app has a lot of potential.

"Hi, I'm a bankrupt has-been celebrity reduced to working for peanuts. Shoutout to the brave equestrians of the BWM thread"

Alan Smithee posted:

I'll start the Kickstarter

could probably get enough from each sub for a personalized message

this of course would get me mad props for being extremely rad

with money

FrozenVent posted:

The last time goons commissioned a video, we ended up with swap.avi

That wasn’t good with anything.

FrozenVent posted:

The last time goons commissioned a video, we ended up with swap.avi

That wasn’t good with anything.

OctaviusBeaver posted:

$1645

https://shop.nordstrom.com/s/maison-margiela-fusion-sneaker-men/4976593

Umister posted:

If we're playing the Nordstrom shoe game, now's a great time to check out these Yves Saint Laurent Yeti Tall Boots, which are heavily discounted!

From $10,000 to only $5,999.98.



Saint Laurent Yeti Tall Boot

Dick Nipples posted:

Seems like buying these for Lowtax might be donation he needs?

Real talk: I bought some no-ads for my account to do my part.

Ashcans posted:

It's not just going to be the isolation, the rules are 'no light at all' so he can't have any kind of screen, nothing to read by. I guess he might be allowed some sort of audio playback as long as it doesn't emit light? That's actually surprisingly tricky, especially with modern electronics, but he could have a tapedeck or a turntable or something and at least listen to music or audiobooks. But if he didn't have the foresight to arrange that, he's not just stuck in isolation but also without really anything to do at all. There are precious few things you can do in the complete dark. Maybe knitting if you already know how, you could try some interesting blind sculpting or something? I don't think people in solitary get much in that way either but I'm not sure.

Betazoid posted:

Is it this thread or the Reddit relationships thread that posts about Funko Pops?

https://www.clickhole.com/best-revenge-this-nerd-was-bullied-throughout-high-sch-1830338973

Nocheez posted:

That article is great! I own a single Funko, a Mr. Poopy Butthole, that my friend gave me for no real reason. I still don't know what I'm supposed to do with it.

Krispy Wafer posted:

Leave it in mint condition, never open the box, plan your entire retirement around it.

buy more

BMan posted:

Time to repost the Pop-tract

kimbo305 posted:

A few days ago, that guy tweeted that his Pops were for sale:
https://twitter.com/JamesBouhuys/status/1066249570760441857
But that linked IG post is gone.

kimbo305 posted:

A few days ago, that guy tweeted that his Pops were for sale:
https://twitter.com/JamesBouhuys/status/1066249570760441857
But that linked IG post is gone.

twitter profile posted:

The views expressed in this account are strictly of my own. I'm a Coca-Cola drinking, Funko POP! collecting, WWE watching, straightedge guidance counselor.

Nephzinho posted:

Pops.. go.. down?

Guest2553 posted:

So does oil!

Murderball posted:

I'm saving a certain title for the new thread, but I'm open to others for now