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teri Gray's avatar

We look bad!! No!! No!! The Dems made us look bad!! That means they’re bad!!

Oh, look!! Over there!! Squirrel!!!!

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Lesley Houghton's avatar

I feel totally insane right now. But getting back to musk, he's just one of the boys who know they are in real charge of everything, like women, money and politics, for instance.

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Nemo's avatar

I had to look up Kyle Langford on the Interwebz. He's a complete piece of shit. I apologize for saying bad things about shit.

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GPowell's avatar

Isn’t the entire criticism of the ad misogynistic. Sweeney could have refused to participate, yes, but it was a paid gig, negotiated by her reps with AE, it’s possible she didn’t read the copy until day-of. Let’s hold the ad company and the brand accountable rather than attack the actress who is - while maybe not altogether innocent - a cog in a huge machine?

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Fog of Jen's avatar

No, it is not misogynistic to criticize someone for choosing to play into the entire "cause I'm a blond" trope.

Not my cuppa to do so, but it is not misogynistic

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GPowell's avatar

Thanks I appreciate the response. I agree it’s gross! But do we know who wrote the ad and produced it for AE? Because I think they share the responsibility pushing the message. Like, a lot of people had to sign off on this copy and concept. The whole thing is gross.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

think they get more of the responsibility XD idk about gross though. Certainly a stupid ad, but if their aim is to appeal to knuckle breathing idiots with little fashion sense who don't care about merchandise quality, they probably nailed it.

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GPowell's avatar

Amen

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Ward From Cali's avatar

All this sciencein' really takes me back..This is the kind of deep-thinking science talk you used to get all the time on PUA sites. Then some MGTIW would append some misspelled screed about his "resources," and A Voice for Men would ratchet up the implied violence to fit their fantasies of a perfect world. Such great guys!

Just in case y'all were wondering about MAGA's "jeans "

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Ward From Cali's avatar

All this sciencein' really takes me back..This is the kind of deep-thinking science talk you used to get all the time on PUA sites. Then some MGTIW would append some misspelled screed about his "resources," and A Voice for Men would ratchet up the implied violence to fit their fantasies of a perfect world. Such great guys!

Just in case y'all were wondering about MAGA's "jeans "

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sadie holly's avatar

women are made to laugh at Elon Musk's penis size and they should do this whenever possible.

Is kidnapping women what Elon did to Steven Millers wife?

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Who actually was it that complained about the Sweeney ad? I haven't seen even a single name.

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Aileen's avatar

I'm annoyed I'm spending time thinking about this, but there were several centuries of transatlantic kidnapping where the kidnapping victims - men, women and children - did not "slide seamlessly into their new culture." Due to the very intentional structure of chattel slavery and the "one drop rule."

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PropellerVigo's avatar

Is there an actual meltdown on the left, or is that something they just want to be true for the vibes to work?

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Revenant's avatar

Never forget that every accusation by a wingnut is a confession. The MAGATs are themselves having a meltdown over their Dear Leader fucking up their "Democrats are all pedophiles" mythology by refusing to honor his pledge to release the Epstein files "day one".

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Aileen's avatar

Nah, more like lots of people being like, um, that's sort of tacky, probably shouldn't have gone with that particular look for an ad about "good genes."

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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

My strategy of being about five-six weeks behind the curve on new memes has saved me a lot of time and aggravation.

It's not a strategy that was carefully worked and decided after an analysis of facts; it is a strategy born of being a boomer. So there are advantages to getting old besides the senior discount at the thrift store.

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Mark Linimon's avatar

For me, it's more a strategy born of just being tired.

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Glennis Waterman's avatar

Why would anyone spend more than 3 seconds thinking about an ad?

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bakeneko's avatar

What exactly is this 'Kyle Langford' thing illustrated above?

It looks to me to have been appropriated without credit from either a dictionary or encyclopedia illustration of the word "incel" or "cuck", but also might even more appropriately have been used to illustrate the concept of a Nazi eunuch wearing a shit-eating 'punch me' grin.

I am open to correction, but trust my instincts here are, if anything, too kind.

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thephantomcheese's avatar

He'll break out into "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" any minute now

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bakeneko's avatar

Also, the moth-eaten rug is a nice touch.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. I still have no clue as to the identity of Sydney Sweeney, but it's a good name.

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Charles in San Diego's avatar

Lazy fucks can drive to Arizona and meet some Navajo peeps, who are traditionally Matrilocal, meaning that it is the men who are traded between families, not the women, though there is a clan component to the whole thing that complicates things, but still, MATRILOCAL!! Didn't have to go far to make these ignorant fucks sit down.

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Timberjack's avatar

The fact that Ted Cruz is still a senator let alone still breathing is all the proof we need that we’re a failed country.

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