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Philip O'Neill's avatar

I can't help but imagine the *actual* grift pipeline that funds these *friends*.

LOU LOU's avatar

The only way Rubin and his ilk get an aligned audience to spread their brand is through people not being clear of their own, often unexamined biases and prejudices. I wouldn't watch more than one small part of an episode. I'd loathe the messaging, never to view again. Unfortunately an unthinking population lacking in self awareness, and basic dignity for all life, lifts these folks up out of the dumpster and shares their content as if it's good, instead of the garbage from the dumpster of life that it is.

kmblue187's avatar

Rubin just can't stop embarrassing himself. Like Trump, he avoids answering direct questions, at least he didn't storm off.

Hank Napkin's avatar

No relation to Jerry I take it?

Stephanie Hobbs's avatar

Honestly, this shit is so deep it feels like a silly story. Gaaaaa!

Wookiee Monster's avatar

For a group that claims to be the tough alpha males of the world, conservatives are such weenies.

BTW, Mehdi Hassan did Surrounded with a group of people who told him to his face they didn’t think he should be allowed to live in this country and he wasn’t such a beta cuck about it.

CakesWeLike's avatar

Ah yes. The violent lefties looked at him funny. You don't even want to know what the MAGA taint sniffers decided it would be good fun to do on Parker's podcast just afterwards. I saw the aftermath, I just hope to doG that Parker has a good therapist.

Funny how these fucksticks like to claim it's those on the left who are violent and mentally ill.

Tommymo's avatar

You just murdered them by calling them fucksticks.

CakesWeLike's avatar

And I'll happily do it again.

They're nothing but taint licking, brown nosing, paedophile defending, nazi fucksticks.

satch's avatar

Historical note: see "High tech lynching for uppity Blacks."

Clarence Thomas

Tony Seybert's avatar

I forget which GOP dingdong said that. But I remember thinking, so you think that was a lynching? How many actual lynchings can you think of where the victim ended up as a Supreme Court Justice?

satch's avatar

Clarence said it about himself.

BoB the TacoɔɒT, Tumbrel Pilot's avatar

In my entire life, I have never been able to figure out what my porn acting name should be. Now I know.

SAGE STEELE

bjkeefe's avatar

>> Jillian Michaels, Dr. Drew, and Sage Steele

I'm so old, I remember when the last two were likeable people -- no, really! -- and the first was just someone I saw in airplane magazines.

Ah, well.

Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

The less I know about any of these people, the better.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. I'd never heard of Surrounded; it was hot.

Crystalclear12's avatar

I prefer famine resistant over fat-bodied.

Tommymo's avatar

Famine challenged?

Queen Méabh's avatar

Jeeze, what a wimp! Rubin has obviously never been arrested and interviewed by cops for 6 hours or he would understand what it REALLY feels like to think that total strangers want to kill you.

VwllssWndr's avatar

Reality TV has ruined this country.

BoB the TacoɔɒT, Tumbrel Pilot's avatar

Because TV executives didn't want to pay writers what they're worth.

Capitalism destroys everything it touches.

"M"'s avatar

As it was intended to do

It's cheaper to the networks than hiring writers

And as any Confederate Republican who's ever tried to defund public education knows -- people are just that much more controllable when they are uneducated

And you and I are probably thinking of the same well-publicized quote right now

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Agreed. Pandering to the lowest common denominator, which was born out of "maximize profitability no matter what the social cost", will be the death knell of Western Civilization.

Linda1961 aka Pollyanna's avatar

Ironically, the people whining the most about the death of Western Civilization are the ones promoting, and in many cases, participating in reality shows.

What A Debacle's avatar

Woah! I seem to remember a time when our plus sized american brother and sisters asked us to please stop using the word "fat" and to use the word "obese" instead.

And now they have decided that "fat bodied" is the way to go and "obese"is hurtful?

Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

I'm not fat, I'm big-boned!

//Eric Cartman

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Woah. You just learned that language and people's choices in using it evolve over time? Verily, thy eyes are opened.

What A Debacle's avatar

Evolve or Revolve? Seems to be a circular pattern here.

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

No different than black people reclaiming the n word. People do this all the time - reclaiming something used as an insult so that it loses its power for the insulters.

What A Debacle's avatar

There is a difference. SOME black people began to use the N word. But... they never insisted that everyone else should use it.

The simple truth is that "fat" is a perfectly descriptive word and not on its own pejorative, same with "obese". And yet, they are now deemed hurtful and we are being instructed to use yet another new euphemism.

Marcus Damicus's avatar

Your life is so difficult. I feel so bad for you.

Did the obese people try to kill you?

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What A Debacle's avatar

I believe the correct term is "chonker".