EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 5391
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MrJohnson
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maybenexttime
Poland5872 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18452 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22638 Posts
Yeah you sure need to be careful with voicing such incendiary truths, we lefties sure aren't ready to hear that... Just embarrassing. | ||
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MrJohnson
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom10006 Posts
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Billyboy
2470 Posts
He was correct that there a lot of people who were Trump people moving away from him. It is pretty wild to watch. I do not think any of them would go Dem, because they hate "the left" but they seem to have really believed that America and the west could be "saved" with these super easy solutions. Some think they just need a different savior, but most seem to just pulling away from politics in general. I think a lot of the real stuff is too complicated and boring for them to get into. They need maximum Drama, which Trump delivered on, but they are figuring out it is not that easy. I also find it hilarious when people who get their "news" from influencers think they are getting more truth and honesty than from actual news sources. It is in the name, they are trying (and succeeding) at influencing you into a way of thinking they benefits them. Truth and the patience to find it is a inconvenience they do not bother with. | ||
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Billyboy
2470 Posts
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
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hitthat
Poland2349 Posts
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LightSpectra
United States3273 Posts
The law passed almost unanimously by Congress requires all the files released with only the victims' names redacted. | ||
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dyhb
United States770 Posts
I'm as happy as the next guy to see losers lose. However, the influencer/culture warrior types always spin it for more views. In other words, they get paid no matter what. It's more about in-group membership. You can't argue that fans are disappointed with their performance, if nothing about their performance was evidence-based to start their fandom. Contrast this with actual jail sentences or substantial civil lawsuit losses, where their fans would be deprived of "content." | ||
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Fleetfeet
Canada2836 Posts
On December 22 2025 04:10 dyhb wrote: I gather that there are no Andrew Tate or Jake Paul fans here. Are there any leftist/influencer equivalents (that aren't outright politicians), where it's true that someone here would be sorely disappointed if they embarrassed themselves? I gather that the answer is no, but I'm not sure. I'm as happy as the next guy to see losers lose. However, the influencer/culture warrior types always spin it for more views. In other words, they get paid no matter what. It's more about in-group membership. You can't argue that fans are disappointed with their performance, if nothing about their performance was evidence-based to start their fandom. Contrast this with actual jail sentences or substantial civil lawsuit losses, where their fans would be deprived of "content." I guess this makes sense, given RFK jr sounds like he sounds, has brain worms, and yet you'll still hear people talking about how healthy he is and it's good for everyone's health that he's in the position he's in. Evidence is unimportant. I don't know what leftist equivalent content creators would be. Adam Conover maybe? I haven't watched much of any of his content, but I feel like he fits the bill of 'embarassing leftist' considering the current spirit of evidence being unimportant. The equivalent then to Tate representing manliness and getting his ass kicked would be Conover representing... wokeness? and calling someone a racist/sexist/homophobic slur. Not sure how that goes. I don't think he could call Trump a popular 90s homophibic slur even in joke for the 'Big Beautiful Bill' stuff recently and get away with it, but then again I haven't watched more than an hour of his content so maybe he could. | ||
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Yurie
12175 Posts
On December 22 2025 04:10 dyhb wrote: I gather that there are no Andrew Tate or Jake Paul fans here. Are there any leftist/influencer equivalents (that aren't outright politicians), where it's true that someone here would be sorely disappointed if they embarrassed themselves? I gather that the answer is no, but I'm not sure. I'm as happy as the next guy to see losers lose. However, the influencer/culture warrior types always spin it for more views. In other words, they get paid no matter what. It's more about in-group membership. You can't argue that fans are disappointed with their performance, if nothing about their performance was evidence-based to start their fandom. Contrast this with actual jail sentences or substantial civil lawsuit losses, where their fans would be deprived of "content." I think most people here generally skip influencers. George Carlin/John Oliver might fall in the same area for people here? | ||
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CuddlyCuteKitten
Sweden2892 Posts
On December 22 2025 04:10 dyhb wrote: I gather that there are no Andrew Tate or Jake Paul fans here. Are there any leftist/influencer equivalents (that aren't outright politicians), where it's true that someone here would be sorely disappointed if they embarrassed themselves? I gather that the answer is no, but I'm not sure. I'm as happy as the next guy to see losers lose. However, the influencer/culture warrior types always spin it for more views. In other words, they get paid no matter what. It's more about in-group membership. You can't argue that fans are disappointed with their performance, if nothing about their performance was evidence-based to start their fandom. Contrast this with actual jail sentences or substantial civil lawsuit losses, where their fans would be deprived of "content." I don't know if Hasan counts as a left wing influencer and I don't know much about him except for electrodog-gate but I'm sure he has (had?) some fans that are disappointed in him? And probably some that are still diehard fans. The defining aspect isn't really ideology it's that these guys are cunts and everyone likes to see them lose. That they win at the same time by getting money is unfortunate but that seems to happen regardless so at least it's nice to see them get punched in the face when appropriate. For Jake Paul and Tate it is appropriate since that's their image. For Hasan getting punched would be OK but preferably you want some shakespearean justice like getting canceled by the left or something. But it's human nature to to feel disappointed when someone you follow lets you down. I watched a lot of Dota 2 when Tobi left the scene and I really like his hosting and commentary. I felt plenty disappointed in him and that is about as far away from politics that you can come. But at the end of the day he turned out to be an asshole and you have to judge your values against blind belief. | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom1451 Posts
On December 21 2025 14:57 Zambrah wrote: And Jake Paul got a broken jaw from his fight with an actual professional. It was a good day if you liked seeing fuckwits lose boxing matches. I'd take ~$100m to have my jaw broken tbf... | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18452 Posts
Anyway, it begins. Who's first to drinking their own urine for money? | ||
hexhaven
Finland965 Posts
On December 22 2025 19:28 Acrofales wrote: Anyway, it begins. Who's first to drinking their own urine for money? Is the question here "who was the first to drink their own urine for money"? I think it's impossible to pinpoint, so we'll never find the truth of that. Note that I don't disagree with your general point, I just found this specific example funny. | ||
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Uldridge
Belgium5226 Posts
2012 was an inflection point towards marketing and social engineering dystopia. Edit: actually I couldn't verify about the tide pods if anyone has actually killed themselves by it, but I also remember the blue whale challenge etc. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
Would you take 100m for a badly broken jaw if you already had more money than you could reasonably spend in a life time though, that’s the real question | ||
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