Same. It's the new Isis.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that fundamentalist militant group nearly ruined the Is Is ep by Yeah Yeah Yeahs for me.
― peace, man, Sunday, 16 May 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
aoc owns a tesla
:(
i mean, i bet it's electric, so :-|
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 May 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
her team is texting people in her district to see if they need any help with the flooding, why is it so wild to see someone in Congress actually trying to help people
― frogbs, Friday, 3 September 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
Sarah Palin - still alive, and just as relevant as she's been since the morning of November 5, 2008:
I’m so sorry Sarah Palin is mad at me! In fact, to address this I set up a special hotline just for her https://t.co/FGUWvdqt4T pic.twitter.com/Fcr8cYvEYT— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 9, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 9 September 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
ugh, i don't know why i'm always astonished at the face of the fox news journalist. it always seems to be someone new, too! who are these people? sarah palin, i know what she is, i know what she thinks of AOC. but it's the fucking "journalist" who just smiles and _laughs_ back at this shit that drives me nuts. didn't people used to say that fox news had a line between their "news" and "evening op-ed fascism shows" and that the news part was actually decent? but...the screenshot above says "primetime", so maybe it's in the evening fascism time? but if that's true, who is this rando smiling/laughing fascist? how do they have so many?
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
is that Duff?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
oh sorry, I meant the Duffy who dated Puck on the Real World
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
"She's milkin' the whole female thing"
... phrasing
― jmm, Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
i imagine that every few evenings there's just a totally new person there in the anchor chair, reading the PR. "hello, viewers, it's me, number 34. trust me: you can trust me. on fox news, america's most trusted source. now we'll pass it to don blankenship to talk for 8-12 minutes with minimal interruptions"
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 September 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
That aw-shucks phrasing is the only talent Palin has - other than lip gloss. It connects to her audience.
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
AOC flaw: doesn't put enough letters in her fake phone numbers
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
evening fascism time
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
lol
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:57 (two years ago) link
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/aoc-met.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=322
Met Gala
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
I fail to see the flaw there
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
I mean, I know this is effectively a general AOC thread, just clarifying that taxing the rich is a good thing
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
Master’s house with master’s tools, etc
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
great photo
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
👑
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 08:19 (two years ago) link
The Met Gala really makes me want to blow up the entire planet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah this is grim tbh
― crisp, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
kinda with matt
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
ladies!!!
honestly can't believe how the folks at @PartyCity didn't waste any time getting this out there pic.twitter.com/UodV3XaGV6— wide (@widesauce) September 14, 2021
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
lmao
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
i am kinda impressed on the turnaround on that. though chances are the product doesn't even exist yet
― Nhex, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
Swimming at seaworld in a wetsuit that says save the whales pic.twitter.com/g2OqfXrbv2— raina (@quakerraina) September 14, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
I think AOC would be doing a better job for socialism if she wasn’t at the MET gala or basics a likable quasi celebrity. She should be an ugly crank like Dennis Kucinich, who has objectively done a great deal more for the US left and is now the President— Dennis Hogan (@dennismhogan) September 14, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
who is the woman with her?
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
there are only two options: being at the MET gala or being dennis kucinich
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
you could go to the MET Gala dressed as Dennis Kucinich
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
exactly
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
*reads harbl's post, sadly deletes hastily-assembled 2 genders joke*
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
(xps) That is Dennis Kucinich.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
Dennis is running for mayor of Cleveland, again. The primary is today!
― drought map replica (brownie), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
but did they pay full price to get into Seaworld, or did they sneak in? It sounded like AOC got in for free ... so ... I don't see the problem.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
calstars: Aurora James
― visiting, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a37582578/aoc-tax-the-rich-met-gala-dress/
AOC worked with James on the design, and she spoke to Ilana Glazer on the Vogue livestream about the experience: "We really started having a conversation about what it means to be working class women of color at the Met. We said we can't just play along, we need to break the fourth wall and challenge some of the institutions. While the Met is known for its spectacle, we should have a conversation about it."
xp thanks visiting
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
The idea that the dress "challenge[d] some of the institutions" is what most people seem to be taking issue with, not attending the MET.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
Maybe she crashed it
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
lol oh no I've seen plenty of hot twitter takes already about her going to the event at all.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
Idk why I said "already" -- they started last night about 3 seconds after she got there.
In so much as a dress could challenge some of the institutions, I think hers did. Idk ... I'm a diversity of tactics type.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
to be clear, i'm not against her being there, the dress, or the message. i'm just extremely doubtful that it challenged anything about the institution, the Met gala isn't going to be one bit less extravagant and ridiculous last year. but she clearly did get more visibility to the message, so i'm not disdainful of the effort.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
my only beef with this is that i probably would have avoided hearing about the met gala altogether otherwise
― aegis philbin (crüt), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
I think it's going to be consumed by the social media grist mill as a classic "limousine liberal" meme no matter why she attended, despite the fact she didn't pay, etc. The message doesn't matter as much as the imagery.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
I am 100% in favor of her being there and wearing the dress, for the exact same reason I was 100% in favor of Bernie Sanders (a politician I did not support at the time) going on Joe Rogan's show. You reach new people by going to where they are. You present your message, unchanged, and if some percentage of them are receptive, you have achieved something.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
lol realized i botched my post, meant to say "one bit less extravagant and ridiculous next year"
to be fair, i'm salty because i think the whole Met gala thing is ridiculous, stupid and amplifies some of the worst tendencies of American culture, so i look askance at the whole thing. but i'm not faulting AOC in the least for these larger issues i have with it all.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
Get the message out there, build buzz. Take the stupid hits from randos on twitter in order to widen the audience. It's good tactics imo.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link