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Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
So you're supposed to root for them?

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Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

Milo and POTUS posted:

So you're supposed to root for them?

it would be pretty effective narratively if the brutalization taken directly from real court transcripts was used as the catalyst for a violent uprising against the staffers.

Josef bugman
Nov 17, 2011

Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

This avatar made possible by a gift from the Religionthread Posters Relief Fund
So, apparently sleeptime tea was started by a cult?

https://www.inverse.com/article/10731-cults-conspiracies-and-the-twisted-history-of-sleepytime-tea/amp

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost




Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Kinda wanna know what book that is.

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Solice Kirsk posted:

Kinda wanna know what book that is.

She's got a sticky thread in GBS in which she's playing a game with random passages from that book, whose name I forget (I'm on my phone). Check it out, it's quite good.

E: well gently caress it's no longer sticky, but the thread is "Pick's Book of Death Fun Hunt" or some such. You can't miss it.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

Pastry of the Year posted:

You can't miss it.

You overestimate me.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3954964

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/threatresearch/status/1349408763648876544

Sarcopenia
May 14, 2014
I think Jared Leeto might finally soon be outed for being a pedophile, abusive, piece of poo poo. It's one of those worst kept Hollywood secrets thing. But he literally harassed his coworkers, degraded his fans live on stage multiple times and started a cult so I dont know if anything will ever impact this man's career.

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer

I don't know if I've posted her before in this thread but I really enjoy all of Caitlin Doughty's "Ask a Mortician" videos where she doesn't shy away from really graphic depictions of what happens to the body after death but she's so death-positive and funny it never gets like depressing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe9l-xtBX0w

A lot of it is the politics of bodies too and she has an entire playslist of Famous Corpses where the story behind what happened to celebrities or politicians after death can be nutty as hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVgumSUZQRI

MightyJoe36
Dec 29, 2013

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Who the gently caress wears a "Camp Auschwitz" t-shirt, even ironically?

I guess I have the same issues with this as I do with the confederate flag. Besides the obvious racist symbolism, you're saying you sided with the losers of a war, who also advocated slavery and genocide. Mentally ill just doesn't describe it well enough.

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer
I'm assuming he thinks he's making some edgy free speech statement with it but if I bet if you asked him about it his brain would be too addled and angry to even remember why he has it

xtal
Jan 9, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
The guy is wearing a Nazi shirt because he's a Nazi. You might be overthinking things here

InediblePenguin
Sep 27, 2004

I'm strong. And a giant penguin. Please don't eat me. No, really. Don't try.
im assuming he's actually antisemitic and thinks "the holocaust didn't happen but also simultaneously it was a good thing" because, for fucks sake, if you're not aware that those guys exist in numbers all over America right now then you're idiotically naive

Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



Sarcopenia posted:

I think Jared Leeto might finally soon be outed for being a pedophile, abusive, piece of poo poo. It's one of those worst kept Hollywood secrets thing. But he literally harassed his coworkers, degraded his fans live on stage multiple times and started a cult so I dont know if anything will ever impact this man's career.
any particular reason?

InediblePenguin
Sep 27, 2004

I'm strong. And a giant penguin. Please don't eat me. No, really. Don't try.

Aesop Poprock posted:

I'm assuming he thinks he's making some edgy free speech statement with it but if I bet if you asked him about it his brain would be too addled and angry to even remember why he has it

yeah i gotta fuckin quote this lmao

give more benefit of the doubt to nazi insurrectionists lmfao wtf dude

MightyJoe36
Dec 29, 2013

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Yeah I guess it's wishful thinking on my part that there are more edgy arrested adolescent idiots than straight-up nazis. Guess I'm still holding out hope for the world.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

InediblePenguin posted:

im assuming he's actually antisemitic and thinks "the holocaust didn't happen but also simultaneously it was a good thing" because, for fucks sake, if you're not aware that those guys exist in numbers all over America right now then you're idiotically naive

No, he thinks that the Holocaust happened but it just didn't happen enough. I recall hearing that that shirt has "6 Million Wasn't Enough" printed on the back.

InediblePenguin
Sep 27, 2004

I'm strong. And a giant penguin. Please don't eat me. No, really. Don't try.

Jedit posted:

No, he thinks that the Holocaust happened but it just didn't happen enough. I recall hearing that that shirt has "6 Million Wasn't Enough" printed on the back.

i'd like to be clear that the guys i mentioned ALSO actually believe that it happened but not enough and the entire denialism thing is a cover, but also your correction is needed bc there's a distinction between the ones who bother pretending even a little bit and the ones who don't bother pretending at all, even though they're all dangerous and all literally nazis

ravenkult
Feb 3, 2011


Sarcopenia posted:

I think Jared Leeto might finally soon be outed for being a pedophile, abusive, piece of poo poo. It's one of those worst kept Hollywood secrets thing. But he literally harassed his coworkers, degraded his fans live on stage multiple times and started a cult so I dont know if anything will ever impact this man's career.

Is its OC research or what?

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

MightyJoe36 posted:

Who the gently caress wears a "Camp Auschwitz" t-shirt, even ironically?

I guess I have the same issues with this as I do with the confederate flag. Besides the obvious racist symbolism, you're saying you sided with the losers of a war, who also advocated slavery and genocide. Mentally ill just doesn't describe it well enough.

It says "STAFF" on the back. hth

R.L. Stine
Oct 19, 2007

welcome to dead gay dog house
Jared Leto also owns a once-secret military film studio in Laurel Canyon in case he didn't seem sketchy enough.

Busket Posket
Feb 5, 2010

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Bland American Actor #717010, Armie Hammer, has been DMing several women for years saying he loves the idea of killing and eating them, which he swore was just gossip until one of his exes verified that he got off on licking her wounds and the idea of breaking/eating her bones.

There are also graphic threats, of r*pe and “you belong to me so if I want to break your neck I can”-level poo poo.

Leave
Feb 7, 2012

Taking the term "Koopaling" to a whole new level since 2016.
Why do so many famous people seem to be completely loving bonkers? I know part of it is that they're rich and can sidestep consequences with that, but for gently caress's sake. How do they think poo poo like this is never going to get out?

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider
On the other hand at least now I can honestly say that he’s not boring and forgettable anymore

Pretty good
Apr 16, 2007



I had literally never heard of him before today and now he is definitely cannibal guy forever

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider
He was in call me by your name and he was also the Lone Ranger in the movie where Johnny Depp played captain Jack tonto

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe
He was also in that Man From UNCLE reboot movie that two people watched, and is named after baking soda

e: he may not actually have been named after baking soda, like by his parents, but come on, he's obviously named after baking soda and we're all thinking it

PringleCreamEgg
Jul 2, 2004

Sleep, rest, do your best.
He's the descendant of Armand Hammer, who at one point became a controlling member of the board of directors of the company which produces Arm and Hammer baking soda. Armand Hammer had close ties to the soviet union and was a lifelong republican donor but also was great friends with Al Gore sr. When you are rich is hell you can play every field simultaneously I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer

Honestly the article is pretty unnerving just for how little sense this dude's life makes, given what I thought I knew about politics. I'm sure there's a deep well of conspiracy theories involving this guy.

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Leavemywife posted:

Why do so many famous people seem to be completely loving bonkers? I know part of it is that they're rich and can sidestep consequences with that, but for gently caress's sake. How do they think poo poo like this is never going to get out?

The longer you are able to get off on terrorizing people without consequences, the more you escalate and the more extreme your "tastes" become as what used to give you a rush becomes mundane.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!
Armie Hammer is named after his great-grandfather Armand Hammer, who initially had no relationship with the company that makes Arm & Hammer products, but later bought enough of the company to become a member of the board purely because people kept asking him “oh, are you the Arm & Hammer guy?” and he decided it was easier to buy part of the company so he could say “yes” than to keep dealing with their questions.

a mysterious cloak
Apr 5, 2003

Leave me alone, dad, I'm with my friends!


I mean, they work in an insulated fantasyland, so I'm not surprised they're all a bunch of loving weirdos.

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe

PringleCreamEgg posted:

He's the descendant of Armand Hammer, who at one point became a controlling member of the board of directors of the company which produces Arm and Hammer baking soda. Armand Hammer had close ties to the soviet union and was a lifelong republican donor but also was great friends with Al Gore sr. When you are rich is hell you can play every field simultaneously I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer

Honestly the article is pretty unnerving just for how little sense this dude's life makes, given what I thought I knew about politics. I'm sure there's a deep well of conspiracy theories involving this guy.

oh my god

wikipedia posted:

In the 1980s Hammer owned a considerable amount of stock in Church & Dwight, the company that manufactures Arm & Hammer products; he also served on its board of directors. However, the Arm & Hammer company's brand name did not originate with Armand Hammer. It was in use 31 years before Hammer was born.[35] He was spurred to buy shares in the company as a result of often being asked about the brand being so close to his name.[36][37]

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

a mysterious cloak posted:

I mean, they work in an insulated fantasyland, so I'm not surprised they're all a bunch of loving weirdos.

Absolutely yes. We’re lucky his kink isn’t just hammering people to death.

On this note, you may also recognize Armie Hammer as the rich rear end in a top hat from Sorry to Bother You.

Watermelon Daiquiri
Jul 10, 2010
I TRIED TO BAIT THE TXPOL THREAD WITH THE WORLD'S WORST POSSIBLE TAKE AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID AVATAR.

Phy posted:

He was also in that Man From UNCLE reboot movie that two people watched, and is named after baking soda

e: he may not actually have been named after baking soda, like by his parents, but come on, he's obviously named after baking soda and we're all thinking it

He was named after his grandfather who was in turn named after the iconography of the Socialist Labour Party of America

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out
Biscuit Hider

Pirate Radar posted:

Absolutely yes. We’re lucky his kink isn’t just hammering people to death.

On this note, you may also recognize Armie Hammer as the rich rear end in a top hat from Sorry to Bother You.

Sure, but who did he play?

PERMACAV 50
Jul 24, 2007

because we are cat
Fans of long-form media writing about creepy people may be interested in Ten Long Years of Trying to Make Armie Hammer Happen.

quote:

It’s the sort of Twitter conversation that, in 2017, makes heroes out of otherwise unremarkable Twitter celebrities. But it also helped launch what has since coalesced into a sort of Cult of Hammer — a new, if unexpected, route to Making Armie Hammer Happen. Take the Vulture post, published just days later, entitled “11 Delectable Armie Hammer Stories.” It simply lists examples of how Hammer has narrativized himself in ways that are kooky or weird or simply non-Hollywood: “He insists he doesn’t have a trust fund,” “He was on the receiving end of nonconsensual knife play,” and the most delectable of all, “He once liked a bunch of bondage tweets,” referring to Hammer’s Twitter penchant, written up by Cosmopolitan in March 2017 under the headline “Armie Hammer keeps ‘liking’ BDSM Twitter Posts and Doesn’t Know Everyone Can See It.”

Busket Posket
Feb 5, 2010

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Leavemywife posted:

Why do so many famous people seem to be completely loving bonkers? I know part of it is that they're rich and can sidestep consequences with that, but for gently caress's sake. How do they think poo poo like this is never going to get out?

Hollywood, like capitalism and politics, rewards sociopathy. Which is why, when poo poo like this does get out, the perpetrator often feels it’s sufficient to just say “Nope, that didn’t happen”, even when there’s overwhelming evidence. Because not only is it reflexive to lie and avoid consequences with no regard for the victim’s emotions, but there are also agents and publicists and PR people who will reinforce the lie and do everything they can to attack the person who dared to come forward. Then any consequences they face aren’t internalized as a lesson learned, but instead as a vendetta against the victim for ruining everything.


PERMACAV 50 posted:

Fans of long-form media writing about creepy people may be interested in Ten Long Years of Trying to Make Armie Hammer Happen.

Somehow it’s personally frustrating how many “chances” he got despite being fully mediocre.

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One More Fat Nerd
Apr 13, 2007

Mama’s Lil’ Louie

Nap Ghost

steinrokkan posted:

The longer you are able to get off on terrorizing people without consequences, the more you escalate and the more extreme your "tastes" become as what used to give you a rush becomes mundane.

Yeah, its the same escalation spiral often associated with porn addicts, except when you're rich you dont have to jack it to imaginary extreme stuff like dicknipple hentai, you can do crazy things irl like have a team at MIT trying to determine how to make sure you impregnate as many women as possible, which I'm pretty sure is a real thing Epstein did.

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