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Read After Burning
Feb 19, 2013

"All this, for me? 💃Ah, you didn't have to! 🥰"
https://mobile.twitter.com/pantheist1000/status/1466613881015451648

Dude just straight up pulled a "And yet you participate in society....curious" regarding abortions.

PetraCore posted:

My impression is Ariana Grande has that mediterranean skin type that tans pretty dark but gets super pale if you let it, which is fine, it's just her skin, but she's also definitely leaned into tanning and fake tans and cultural markers to present herself in an ethnically ambiguous way, which isn't. It's not that she shouldn't have skin as dark as Nicki Minaj ever, because it's very possible she just tans like that if she's out in the sun, but when it's combined with other stuff...

I guess I would accept that more if she wavered back and forth between pale and tan, but it's just been a steady darkening over her career. Then there's the extra hosed layer of various magazine covers having her skin be very light in comparison (which of course magazine covers have been known to do).

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Elephant Ambush
Nov 13, 2012

...We sholde spenden more time together. What sayest thou?
Nap Ghost

Read After Burning posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/pantheist1000/status/1466613881015451648

Dude just straight up pulled a "And yet you participate in society....curious" regarding abortions.


I once saw a bumper sticker that said "I notice that everyone in favor of abortion is alive"

Martman
Nov 20, 2006

Elephant Ambush posted:

I once saw a bumper sticker that said "I notice that everyone in favor of abortion is alive"
"Keep aborting... I'm reloading"

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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The gently caress is "duly noted," am I now at risk to be passed over for future being born opportunities?

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something
I mean, we're we born because we had no choice in the matter. If everyone were suddenly magically given the ability to rescind their birth, a good chunk of humanity would start blinking out of existence pretty drat quick.

Martman
Nov 20, 2006

Ah, so you persecute unborn fetuses for their different beliefs, do tell. *girls get mad* Duly noted.

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

the joke's on you man I'm pro abortion because I was born

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Read After Burning posted:

I guess I would accept that more if she wavered back and forth between pale and tan, but it's just been a steady darkening over her career. Then there's the extra hosed layer of various magazine covers having her skin be very light in comparison (which of course magazine covers have been known to do).
Oh yeah, I agree with you. The natural color range of her skin is one thing, but there's a definite problem with how things are presented. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the tanning is fake tans, just for her own skin health, I just think whether or not that's blackfishing depends on a lot of context. Like if you make yourself darker when performing music with roots in african-american music that's pretty hosed up, especially if that's something you can just set aside when you want to look 'respectable' in a way poc with naturally dark skin can't, which just reinforces darker skin being seen as appropriate for some stereotypical contexts but not like, day to day life I guess?

PetraCore has a new favorite as of 07:06 on Dec 7, 2021

Coolness Averted
Feb 20, 2007

oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

PetraCore posted:

My impression is Ariana Grande has that mediterranean skin type that tans pretty dark but gets super pale if you let it, which is fine, it's just her skin, but she's also definitely leaned into tanning and fake tans and cultural markers to present herself in an ethnically ambiguous way, which isn't. It's not that she shouldn't have skin as dark as Nicki Minaj ever, because it's very possible she just tans like that if she's out in the sun, but when it's combined with other stuff...

There's also a chance that it came from pressure for roles and contracts and by now it would be awkward to undo it.
I know a person who changed the spelling of their last name and leaned into their darker skin to pretend to be latina for roles, and now can't really undo that. Though this person also does have some family ties to Mexico, but their skintone actually comes from Lebanese relatives. Their Mexican family is pretty pale and frequently blonde. Now that their career has taken off more, they really can't walk it back.

Zetsubou-san
Jan 28, 2015

Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎

i'm hyperventilating

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
Bean Garrison

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
Aren't they the weird ladies from Dune?

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Coolness Averted posted:

There's also a chance that it came from pressure for roles and contracts and by now it would be awkward to undo it.
I know a person who changed the spelling of their last name and leaned into their darker skin to pretend to be latina for roles, and now can't really undo that. Though this person also does have some family ties to Mexico, but their skintone actually comes from Lebanese relatives. Their Mexican family is pretty pale and frequently blonde. Now that their career has taken off more, they really can't walk it back.
I guess, but Ariana has also been open about being italian-american, so it sort of feels like she could just phase it back and it'd be less awkward than keeping leaning into it.

DRINK ME
Jul 31, 2006
i cant fix avs like this because idk the bbcode - HTML IS BS MAN

Hey baby, want to boop my beans?

I knew NFTs weren’t going to get better but I didn’t expect them to get so much worse so quickly. I wish they wouldn’t sell and he could be embarrassed but I’m sure they will and I’m not sure hBen has the capacity for embarrassment.

Fishstick
Jul 9, 2005

Does not require preheating
https://twitter.com/BadVaccineTakes/status/1467807738029817863

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Vaccine Steve never sleeps, just roams the world tirelessly vaccinating all he passes.

Acute Grill
Dec 9, 2011

Chomp
Vaccines Georg was an outlier and should.never have been counted.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1467843496157474820

I’m a few days behind, so I apologize if this has been posted, but it’s just weapons-grade idiocy.

AnxiousSloth
Jul 22, 2007
Red and filled with butter, just like nature intended

I'm glad that Ben Garrison is working through the trauma of that one time he was watching Cars 2 while eating beans through art.

Feliday Melody
May 8, 2021

Look at those backgrounds. Garrison doesn't know how NFTs works. He's literally drawing them.

Fishstick
Jul 9, 2005

Does not require preheating
For all his dumb, Garrison is at least a decent artist. But now that NFTs are involved its just another series of clipart nightmare fuel. Shouldve made buff trump minifigs and he'd make bank in the griftosphere

Prurient Squid
Jul 21, 2008

Tiddy cat Buddha improving your day.

Read After Burning posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/pantheist1000/status/1466613881015451648

Dude just straight up pulled a "And yet you participate in society....curious" regarding abortions.

I guess I would accept that more if she wavered back and forth between pale and tan, but it's just been a steady darkening over her career. Then there's the extra hosed layer of various magazine covers having her skin be very light in comparison (which of course magazine covers have been known to do).

Kicking the ladder away.

acyclicity
Oct 27, 2008

A curious little mouse!

It never ceases to amaze me how hideously ugly these things always turn out to be. Why would anyone willingly pay money for this garbage? Grifting people by trying to monetize the concept of ownership for digital artwork is stupid enough by itself, but there's so little effort put into this that I don't understand how anyone could possibly fall for it.

Dr. Stab
Sep 12, 2010
👨🏻‍⚕️🩺🔪🙀😱🙀

https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1415323614593826820

gbut
Mar 28, 2008

😤I put the UN🇺🇳 in 🎊FUN🎉


acyclicity posted:

It never ceases to amaze me how hideously ugly these things always turn out to be. Why would anyone willingly pay money for this garbage? Grifting people by trying to monetize the concept of ownership for digital artwork is stupid enough by itself, but there's so little effort put into this that I don't understand how anyone could possibly fall for it.

You have to make sure that whoever buys it can't experience remorse of any kind. It's a solid litmus test.

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

acyclicity posted:

It never ceases to amaze me how hideously ugly these things always turn out to be. Why would anyone willingly pay money for this garbage? Grifting people by trying to monetize the concept of ownership for digital artwork is stupid enough by itself, but there's so little effort put into this that I don't understand how anyone could possibly fall for it.

Well, the art itself isn't scarce at all - anyone can save a copy of the actual picture. All that's in it for the actual owner is the idea of owning an NFT. And if that's what you're selling, why bother shelling out for good art from a proper artist?

There's probably some crossover with the typo-ridden scam email effect too. By not having any actually desirable art you filter out the people who understand and care that owning an NFT means gently caress all.

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



"Value is derived from uniqueness"

"Well also scarcity and utility and —"

"VALUE IS DERIVED FROM UNIQUENESS"

DreadUnknown
Nov 4, 2020

Bird is the word.

Those hashtags are like the bright colors of a poison arrow tree frog, they tell me that Twitter account is intensely venomous and to stay far away for my own safety.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

In the US, a woman gives birth every 30 seconds. She must be exhausted.

acyclicity
Oct 27, 2008

A curious little mouse!

Tenebrais posted:

There's probably some crossover with the typo-ridden scam email effect too. By not having any actually desirable art you filter out the people who understand and care that owning an NFT means gently caress all.

It's just weird to see major celebrities, including actual artists who should certainly know better, shilling for this stuff. They're already monstrously wealthy and can (presumably) afford to buy actual art. Why would they care about Appalling Apes or Crapulent Cheetahs or whatever?

I guess I just hate how we're living in a world where adding the word "blockchain" to the most obvious scam imaginable suddenly makes it mysterious and alluring.

PurpleXVI
Oct 30, 2011

Spewing insults, pissing off all your neighbors, betraying your allies, backing out of treaties and accords, and generally screwing over the global environment?
ALL PART OF MY BRILLIANT STRATEGY!

acyclicity posted:

It's just weird to see major celebrities, including actual artists who should certainly know better, shilling for this stuff. They're already monstrously wealthy

People don't become monstrously wealthy and stay monstrously wealthy without also being greedy fucks. They may have shitloads of money but they always want more.

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

PurpleXVI posted:

People don't become monstrously wealthy and stay monstrously wealthy without also being greedy fucks. They may have shitloads of money but they always want more.

Also, becoming monstrously wealthy has never at any point required being smart. Tons of celebrities get into weird scams.

grittyreboot
Oct 2, 2012

acyclicity posted:

It's just weird to see major celebrities, including actual artists who should certainly know better, shilling for this stuff. They're already monstrously wealthy and can (presumably) afford to buy actual art. Why would they care about Appalling Apes or Crapulent Cheetahs or whatever?

You can expand that question out to include all sorts of dumb celebrity side businesses. Like we all make fun of GOOP, but why does Gwyneth Paltrow need to run a scam lifestyle brand? Lots of celebs outed themselves as landlords when they "graciously" gave their tenants a single free month on rent in the early pandemic. It baffles me because (on paper, at least) being a movie star seems like one of the least greasy ways to become a millionaire.

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010
The celeb landlord thing is such a bizarre concept. Imagine having to text Kristen Bell or Hannibal Burress because your heat isn’t working.

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011

Henchman of Santa posted:

The celeb landlord thing is such a bizarre concept. Imagine having to text Kristen Bell or Hannibal Burress because your heat isn’t working.

I thought this rental was the Good Place but you’re really making it more of a Bad Place!!!!!

Voyager I
Jun 29, 2012

This is how your posting feels.
🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥

Henchman of Santa posted:

The celeb landlord thing is such a bizarre concept. Imagine having to text Kristen Bell or Hannibal Burress because your heat isn’t working.

Surely they're just acquiring properties and farming out the work of management, right? There's no way they are personally dealing with tenants or, like heading over to unclog a drain.

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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Renting from Harry Potter

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo
JK Rowling bulldozed a historic property she bought to build two HP-themed treehouses adjacent to her Edinburgh mansion.

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

JK Rowling bulldozed a historic property she bought to build two HP-themed treehouses adjacent to her Edinburgh mansion.

just don't post that on twitter or it's doxxing

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Kaiju Cage Match
Nov 5, 2012




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