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projecthalaxy
Dec 27, 2008

Yes hello it is I Kurt's Secret Son


Killingyouguy! posted:

Seems like ultimately a boon for tankies to be able to write off defectors so that's cool and good

._. tfw tankies get a boon...

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Read After Burning
Feb 19, 2013

"All this, for me? 💃Ah, you didn't have to! 🥰"

Air Skwirl posted:

North Korea is really fun because you can basically say any horrible thing you want about them and a poo poo ton of people will believe you.

Kim Jong Un sucked me off??

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Killingyouguy! posted:

Seems like ultimately a boon for tankies to be able to write off defectors so that's cool and good

Yeah, I'm sure North Korea is an autocratic dictatorship with a tyrant at the helm, but I'm not going to believe they got rid of the word "love"

https://twitter.com/basedbrandt/status/1658501777442983937?s=20

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

I mean, how else are they going to describe their feelings toward the Great Leader

azflyboy
Nov 9, 2005

zoux posted:

I mean, how else are they going to describe their feelings toward the Great Leader

Wait, are we talking about the North Koreas or the Chuds?

zoux
Apr 28, 2006


https://twitter.com/i_zzzzzz/status/1658617125236355075

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

Trabant
Nov 26, 2011

All systems nominal.
I'm Plant Fry.

No, the other one.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/johngramlich/status/1658909462550257673

The vibes are so hosed

graventy
Jul 28, 2006

Fun Shoe

So the number of Twitter users has been halved, then?

Halisnacks
Jul 18, 2009

What is the agenda behind the publication of these types of stories? They are so prevalent that obviously someone is getting something out of it, but I don’t know what.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Halisnacks posted:

What is the agenda behind the publication of these types of stories? They are so prevalent that obviously someone is getting something out of it, but I don’t know what.

Outrage clicks. You ever see a tweet about a good NYT opinion piece that you agree with? They are out there, but they never seem to go viral.

CNBC in particular is really bad about it, they post a "I make 500k but I'm poor" article multiple times a year because they know a million email job having twitters are going to drive insane engagement by performing outrage

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
To be fair to that North Korean refugee lady, making up ridiculous bullshit is the only PR strategy she's ever known.

Halisnacks
Jul 18, 2009

zoux posted:

Outrage clicks. You ever see a tweet about a good NYT opinion piece that you agree with? They are out there, but they never seem to go viral.

Okay so it’s as simple as clicks/ad revenue, rather than pushing a false narrative about the economy/housing market not actually being completely broken?

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Halisnacks posted:

Okay so it’s as simple as clicks/ad revenue, rather than pushing a false narrative about the economy/housing market not actually being completely broken?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgk-lA12FBk

Most people only read the headline and at best the first paragraph of these kinds of articles.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Halisnacks posted:

Okay so it’s as simple as clicks/ad revenue, rather than pushing a false narrative about the economy/housing market not actually being completely broken?

That's all it ever is. "The media" is biased as hell towards the bottom line, which is why CNN and seemingly every other news outlet in America is doing everything they can to get Trump re-elected. There is no shadowy room of editors discussing how to manufacture consent, they are discussing how to manufacture page clicks.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Halisnacks posted:

Okay so it’s as simple as clicks/ad revenue, rather than pushing a false narrative about the economy/housing market not actually being completely broken?

I imagine there are also a lot of old boomers who enjoy stories that tell them there isn't anything wrong and it's the lazy millenials who are at fault.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

OwlFancier posted:

I imagine there are also a lot of old boomers who enjoy stories that tell them there isn't anything wrong and it's the lazy millenials who are at fault.

They all get their news from realpatriotfacts.com via FB link. Their revenue model is selling pensioners gold and sham health treatments.

wash bucket
Feb 21, 2006

OwlFancier posted:

I imagine there are also a lot of old boomers who enjoy stories that tell them there isn't anything wrong and it's the lazy millenials who are at fault.

"I bought my first house when I was 27 with the money I made working 3rd shift at the local Schlitz cannery! Could have bought a bigger one if I hadn't been paying those drat union dues."

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty

Mauser posted:

https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1658608559242768385

if you hold elon's head up to your ear you can hear the ocean. Also, why is it always loving movies with these people? Please just read a loving book
yanno, I clicked this and realized I have never actually heard elon musk speak. And as he sat there like an exceptionally stupid and rich deer in headlights, I realized I'd like to keep it that way and closed the tab

Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
Kris Kristofferson not screwing around.

https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1658822909735960576?s=20

Dick Trauma has a new favorite as of 21:41 on May 17, 2023

ToxicFrog
Apr 26, 2008



What does this mean

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

ToxicFrog posted:

What does this mean

It means we're old

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

we're in the "unintentionally hilarious" phase of AI generated music, enjoy it before it graduates to "competent looking but utterly boring and soulless" like image generation has

https://twitter.com/jetskitosway/status/1658913814782386176

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/ATRightMovies/status/1658839419112022016

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo

These folks have rights to sell prints.
https://deadly-prey-gallery.myshopify.com/

Horace
Apr 17, 2007

Gone Skiin'


...and I thought my cinema was being creative when they cut the figures out of one poster and stapled them on top of another copy of the same poster, making a kind of 3D effect

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty
these are incredible

Tom Smykowski
Jan 27, 2005

What the hell is wrong with you people?
Good details on the total recall one

Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet

My favorite by, like, a lot:

TotalLossBrain
Oct 20, 2010

Hier graben!

Tom Smykowski posted:

Good details on the total recall one

Hank looks like rear end

RoastBeef
Jul 11, 2008


https://twitter.com/BenMSmith/status/1658177865274335233?s=20

Schurik
Sep 13, 2008



Ordering two RN, been looking for a good source, thanks!

Interpretation by poster owns. Polish Trainspotting is a great representation.

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
LIL SUSIE POOPE

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1658828679156211718?s=20

I recognize almost all of this including 88 and 14, but what's 92 and 18?

Angry Salami
Jul 27, 2013

Don't trust the skull.
18 I assume is Adolf Hitler - AH, 1st and 8th letters.

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

Air Skwirl posted:

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1658828679156211718?s=20

I recognize almost all of this including 88 and 14, but what's 92 and 18?

18 is Adolf Hitler (1=A, 8=H), 92 I have no idea.

stringless
Dec 28, 2005

keyboard ⌨️​ :clint: cowboy

Identity Block
A UK neo-Nazi group was founded in '92
"Identitäre Bewegung" in Austria/Germany
Apparently Sterling Silver is 92.5%

all from some random reddit thread asking the same question

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

The insidious thing about "18" as a Nazi symbol is that it's also a Jewish one, in the form of "חי".

It means "life", but those letters also have the numerical total of 18. It's popular motif on pendants and such (the Hebrew letters, not the numerals "18"). It's also a thing to give bat and barmitzvah gifts (and that sort of thing) as money in multiples of 18.

Hyperlynx has a new favorite as of 08:46 on May 18, 2023

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grittyreboot
Oct 2, 2012

https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/1533215098004807680?t=gZAizwqGsVob6pjjC8UfXA&s=19

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