Spyke
startrek.website

Far-right influencer Rogan O’Handley went so far as to suggest that if the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Swift and Kelce would trigger an apocalyptic chain of events that would kill millions. “You MUST defeat the Chiefs,” O’Handley wrote in an X post addressed to the San Francisco 49ers. “If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as ‘world champions’ helping elect Joe Biden WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die. The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders”

Just wow. Only a tidbit of the crazy they are spouting in this article.

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lemm.ee

There’s one key piece you’re missing, Joe Montana is actually resurrected Harvey Milk & has been this whole time.

This plan began back when Joe was winning Super Bowls, but Steve Young was an unexpected hiccup. The queer stopped spreading as fast when Joe got traded.

This Superbowl has been chosen specifically because Montana played for both the Chiefs & the 49ers, & because Joe Montana is also Taylor Swift.

They were going to do it 4 years ago, but Joe was still Arianna Grande back then.

It’ll all make sense when Andy Reid eats Travis Kelce during halftime.

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Unfortunately, this is still tracking easier than whatever that word salad was up above.

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kbin.social

Excuse my ignorance, but is there something going around about 15-minute neighborhoods? Someone pretty kooky mentioned something about that to me just today (in relation to Chattanooga, I think, but I didn't exactly follow the crazy train of thought). Something about how they're monitoring everyone and they can't take more than 100 trips outside that zone or something. I know it's all nonsense but there's also usually some tie back into reality.

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Spotreply
startrek.website

The abilities of some to twist and misconstrue almost everything is almost impressive. Anytime anything might be helpful to society, they come up with conspiracies and ways it must be for evil.

I don't have, and never planned on having, any kids but, I always vote for and push for education. It is scary what large numbers of ignorant people can accomplish.

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This is how things work now. Every idea we come up with to marginally improve society will be met with completely invented bullshit.

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Yeah the conspiratorial right claims they’re a way to trap people into restricted zones 15 minutes across

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Spotreply
startrek.website

I found this USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/04/10/fact-check-false-claim-15-minute-cities-lock-down-residents/11593351002/

From a snippet:

Moreno said the posts are inaccurate and misconstrue the nature of the urban planning framework.

"The 15-minute city is the opposite of lockdown," Moreno said. "The 15-minute city is an open and connected city, which balances the differences in access to services."

The framework does not limit residents' ability to leave their neighborhoods or access services in other areas of the city.

“All citizens are free to go where they want," Moreno said. "There are no constraints.”

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Thank you for this! I figured it was the usual mix of 1) a term based in reality, 2) a dash of sci-fi / dystopian tale, and 3) a whole ton of crazy.

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InvaderDJreply
lemmy.world

It's because so much conspiracy theory requires the conspirators to be simultaneously all powerful but hilariously weak and stupid. And all their plans have to be announced and hinted at through pop culture and in ways that are suspiciously similar to popular movies and TV shows as remembered by people with no media literacy.

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Brilliantly coded reference to Nicki Minaj (“it’s the butt have culture people“), “rapper” and illuminatiarian with 5G cheek implants controlling society via the minds of our youth. Didn’t expect to be so enlightened in this thread.

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Because they need people not to know until all the stars are aligned and then nobody can stop it anymore! Unless some hero changes the course of history by telling everyone and saves the world!

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$0.02:

Optimistically: they're just crazy. Some have access to a louder bullhorn than others, but it's just garden variety insanity.

Pessimistically: someone has a huge pile of cash riding on the outcome of the game, and is making a Hail Mary pass of their own to sway the outcome.

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This is my response to all conspiracy theories. If this deep state cabal is so powerful, and has access to unlimited resources to achieve their agenda, wouldn't it be easier to just declare martial law and send the deep state army in to drag us all into the streets, point a gun at our heads and say comply or die? Why the theatrics? Is the deep state the Joker? Why not just shoot Batman in the head and be done with it?

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kbin.social

Trump sycophant Laura Loomer wrote on X that “the Democrats’ Taylor Swift election interference psyop is happening in the open… They are going to use Taylor Swift as the poster child for their pro-abortion GOTV Campaign.”

This shit sounds like deepfried AI hallucinations, but I know people are actually that dumb.

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M137reply
lemmy.world

And they'll somehow always find ways to bring you to a loss for words even when you expect the absolutely deepest level of stupidity and craziness you can imagine. These past handful of years have just been a constant shattering of expectations of how dumb and fucked up people manage to be. And 90% of it is coming from right-wing fanatics.

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millions will die

Didn’t seem to care about that too much during Covid, not sure why it’s a problem for him now.

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lemmylommyreply
lemmy.world

If the guy is endorsing a team from San Francisco, the capital of libruls and the gay, he must be part of the conspiracy.

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Absolutely. If anyone is going to stop socialism, Jewish space lasers, and the San Francisco 49ers, it's a guy from Kansas with a mustache and his blonde country singer girlfriend.

Really feels like conservatives picked the wrong side here?

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lemmy.world

Why are there people so convinced that football, or the outcome of any sporting event, matters at all? Like I know that this is just some media manipulators trying to stir people up, but I also fully believe that they will succeed and that the number of people who will find this argument compelling will be depressing (though who knows, maybe humanity will have a pleasant surprise).

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Main character syndrome. They all think they're God's chosen, but they all also secretly believe that they are God's chosen-er

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“You MUST defeat the Chiefs,” O’Handley wrote in an X post addressed to the San Francisco 49ers. “If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as ‘world champions’ helping elect Joe Biden WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die. The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders”

But hey, no pressure or anything guys.

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someguy3reply
lemmy.world

I don't get it, do the Chiefs have Swift and Kelce as spokespeople or something? Why would they tour with Chiefs, if that's what they're saying.

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JJROKCZreply
lemmy.world

Travis Kelce plays for the chiefs, Taylor and Travis are dating. Taylor is present at many chiefs games and almost surely will be at the Super Bowl. Taylor is very outspoken about the need to vote, rarely if ever says who to vote for but presses the need to have your voice heard. Republicans and other fascists know that their policies are wildly unpopular, especially with the youth, and so hate the idea of anyone encouraging the youth or anyone else to vote and possibly outnumber the hateful citizens that normally vote for republicans

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Had to look up this Kelce fellow. He has earrings? Oh noooo (for right wingers).

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lemmynsfw.com

I'm continually impressed at how good Joe Biden is at running this vast, secret, deep state network of people rigging everything... while being so bad at anything else.

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neidu2reply
feddit.nl

Kind of how jews are supposedly inferior while also secretly running everything.

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antireply
lemm.ee

"Schrödinger's Jew", as David Baddiel puts it.

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Wait Einstein was Jewish and he knew Schrodinger. It all makes sense now. how can no one else see how obvious it all is. Schrodinger was warning the world about space Lasers when he came up with the paradox of a quantum superposition.

/s

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And also how Palestinians are simultaneously inferior animals who have to hide on tunnels and at the same time are a powerful cabal that infiltrated all the international agencies to make them antisemites. Fascism is one discourse wearing many disguises.

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Oderusreply
lemmy.world

Or the lazy immigrant that also wants to take our jobs.

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Kiosadereply
lemmy.ca

I’ve met a bunch of immigrants of all types on construction sites… those people are some of the nicest and hardest working people i’ve ever met. Then I have to work with conservative white men sometimes and… hoo boy. I can’t get off those job sites fast enough 😂

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lemmy.world

On a worksite, you avoid the guys that travel one person to truck and associate with the 6 or 7 guys that pile out of a single truck.

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Hahaha why is this so accurate? And the shinest, biggest truck usually belongs to the owner or someone high up at the GC company 😂 Bonus points if they stand in a circle and chew (and spit out) dip…

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Japan gets the Death Note, America gets the Conspiracy Mad Lib...

That seems fair.

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My right wing neighbor dropped this conspiracy on me a few months ago, when Kelce and Swift just started dating. His thought was that Kelce had a COVID vaccine commercial, and the government was using him and Swift to reach a broader population of little girls to brainwash them into getting the vaccine for the "fake disease".

I haven't followed up with him on it, but now that the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl, I'm sure he's doubling down on his crazy conspiracy theory. I guess I shouldn't say "his" theory. I didn't realize it at the time, because I don't mainline Fox News and News Max, but I guess this must have been something my neighbor heard on some crazy show at some point.

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lemmy.world

Hahahahahahaha bahahahahahaaa. Oh wait... They're serious. Let me laugh even harder BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHQHAHAH!

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hex_m_hellreply
slrpnk.net

There's a Q six letters in. There's 12 months in a year, which is 6x2. That means THIS YEAR BIDEN RIGGED THE SUPER BOWL! It's clearly an admission from a secret agent associatied with Q.

/s just in case it's needed, because we live in the dumbest of all possible time lines.

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lemmy.world

Careful, every time we say we live in the dumbest possible timeline somebody on the other side says hold my beer.

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lemmy.world

"Editor wastes ink on this bullshit instead of the news"

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bluewingreply
lemm.ee

Not a waste of ink - it got you and a bunch of to read and react to it.

And thar's gold in them eyeballs......

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Conservatives are so out of touch that they think that Taylor Swift still needs a platform after a record breaking music tour. If anything, she is the platform that the NFL needs for a female audience, not the other way around.

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Rachael: Do you like our owl?

Deckard: It's artificial?

Rachael: Of course it is.

Deckard: Must be expensive.

Rachael: Very.

I can't even afford an artificial owl. :(

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GladiusBreply
lemmy.world

Are there any shady commercials of products that I can buy before 11?

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Anticorpreply
lemmy.world

I'll sell you the rights to buy pluerpen coin at half its actual value when it is released next month. That's a whole 50% off, and it'll almost certainly go up in value one million percent the first week. This is totally a very legit and real coin that will displace Bitcoin. So, how many coins do you want to buy? With your 50% discount they're only $37,000 per coin. Should I put you down for 5?

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lemmy.sdf.org

when I was reading 1984 a few years back it occurred to to me that the main character is trapped in his own hell. he tells you how he is dependent on big brother for everything, even his opinion. But his temptation and love and freedom cause his downfall. His handler even knows he will one day fall into the snare. And when they break him, they do so with simple lies that he is forced to believe, because its all that he has left.

But its not big government that is keeping him trapped. He could leave his life and become a prole but his fear is too great. And he returns to the party even when he knows its his doom.

The conservatives are trapped in this same hell cycle. Brought on by themselves. And they fear that leaving the party so much so that they will harm anyone else who tires.

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Sounds like 1984 is about to get banned South of the Mason Dixon. Can't have these liberal, Yankee views corrupting the youth.

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Funny because I saw this thread and thought of the Two Minutes Hate.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

You say this as if liberals aren't caught in the same trap.

Just because conservatives are rotted doesn't mean they're the only ones

Not much critical thinking goes on in the United States, regardless of party. Which prevents the development of any understanding of material conditions or structural oppression

The definition of neoliberalism:

"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.

Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.

The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."

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lemmy.world

Yeah, those damn liberals and their... Summer school lunch programs... And not wanting kids to get cut to ribbons in the Rio Grande... And wanting to assure access to healthcare, no matter who you are or your gender expression, or if you want safe access to an abortion... And want to end systemic racism...

Yeah, you're right - both sides are the same. /S

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cygonreply
lemmy.world

While I'd join your side here, the term "neoliberalism" does not refer to a contemporary form of liberalism but, rather, has been coined to mean, roughly: "unchecked capitalism, privatization of services and reduction of state-run programs."

For what it's worth, I find it an incredibly poorly chosen term, since there is no relation to liberalism (liberalism as in "live and let live, personal freedoms, tolerance"). If liberal-bashing wasn't so popular, it could as well have been called "neoconservatism" since it was Reagan and his ilk that pushed this kind of economics.

Or it could just be tucked under the umbrella of libertarianism.

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Yeah, I caught that a bit too late. I agree wholeheartedly that it sounds a heck of a lot like libertarianism, and that it's intentionally conflated into neoliberalism purposefully to bash the liberal "brand" (?). And this poster's propensity for both-sides arguing kind of confirms that for me.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

Maybe you should Google neoliberalism. You seem to be unaware of what it is and what it has done to social democracy

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YeetPicsreply
mander.xyz

Summer school lunch programs and restricting kids from getting sliced up in a booby trapped river.

All this and more on neoliberalism today.

Seriously if that's what we have to watch out for sign me up. I back social protections all damn day.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

The erosion of all social programs has occurred under neoliberalism. The reason that things are the way they are is because of neoliberal policies that have been in place for the past 50 years. The reason that school lunch is as weak as it is is because of neoliberalism's successful war against the New Deal and its destruction of American social democracy.

In case you legitimately don't know what the term neoliberalism means, which you may not because the United States' propaganda has grossly distorted the meaning of the word "liberal":

"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.

Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.

The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."

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Its not semantics to name and recognize the ideology and platform of the Western ruling class for the past 50 years

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lemmy.world

If you think Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher supported any form of liberalism you are seriously, seriously out of touch with reality. I don't know if you lived through those times or not, but I did and there was not a shred of liberalism anywhere near the vicinity of those two individuals.

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Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are the poster children of neoliberalism.

Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emerged in the latter half of the 20th century. It advocates for free-market capitalism with minimal state intervention. Key tenets of neoliberalism include deregulation of industries, privatization of state-owned enterprises, reduction of government spending, particularly on social welfare, and the promotion of free trade.

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, although nominally politically conservatives, implemented policies that strongly align with neoliberalism:

  1. Market Liberalization: Both Reagan and Thatcher aggressively pursued market liberalization policies. They reduced government regulation in several key industries, believing that an unregulated market would be more efficient and beneficial for economic growth.

  2. Privatization: Thatcher's government notably privatized several state-owned enterprises in the UK, including British Telecom and British Gas. Similarly, Reagan's administration promoted privatization in various sectors, shifting responsibilities from the government to private entities.

  3. Tax Policy: Both leaders implemented significant tax reforms, reducing the tax burden, especially for businesses and higher-income individuals. This approach reflects a neoliberal belief in stimulating investment and economic growth through lower taxes.

  4. Reduction in Social Welfare Spending: Both Thatcher and Reagan cut government spending on social welfare programs. This aligns with the neoliberal view that too much state provision can stifle individual initiative and market efficiency.

In the context of economic and political ideologies, "liberalism" can have different meanings. In the classical sense, it refers to a philosophy emphasizing individual freedoms, limited government, and free markets. This classical liberalism aligns with some aspects of neoliberalism, such as the emphasis on free markets. However, in modern American political discourse, "liberal" often denotes a preference for more government intervention in the economy, social welfare, and progressive social policies, which is somewhat at odds with both classical liberalism and neoliberalism.

Therefore, while Reagan and Thatcher were politically conservative, their economic policies were liberal in the classical sense and distinctly neoliberal. They emphasized free-market capitalism and reduced government intervention, aligning with the core principles of neoliberalism.

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Aabbccreply
lemm.ee

Because there's a chance trump and the good guys can defeat the forces of evil and un-rig the SuperBowl

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

They probably will bet on it.

How does that dispute their underlying point?

Also, I very much doubt that NFL game fixing is so hard to believe. The United States has a strong history of game fixing in all of its nationally popular athletic leagues. From boxing to baseball. (Say it ain't so, Joe)

So we should not be surprised at the possibility that the NFL would do the same thing, particularly after happily integrating gambling into their entire product at an unprecedented rate over the past 5 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_match-fixing_incidents

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal

Regardless, this is legitimately the most important presidential election in US history. Trump's victory would destroy the United States. Given that, it would be malpractice for the American and Western intelligence agencies not to utilize the most watched 3.5 hours of 2024 American television to diminish Trump and boost his opponents.

I hope that Taylor Swift/The Chiefs are a psychological operation of our intelligence agencies. Our agencies need to be doing things like that to ensure Trump loses. Because if he wins then The West will end. And I have to live here in The West, so I would prefer that it didn't end.

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tmyakalreply
lemm.ee

Wait, so you're hoping that the American government is covertly manipulating the roughly 1 in 3 Americans who watch the Superbowl expressly to retain the incumbents power because it means we'd avoid a fascist autocracy?

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

Yes, because the alternative would be even worse

I fully agree that our current system is incredibly broken though. It's just that Trump, and the Heritage Foundations Project 2025, etc, would make things drastically worse than they already are

We aren't a meaningfully "free" country, at least not by any charitable definition. But that doesn't mean we can't get worse. We can, and we will if Trump wins

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miakreply
lemmy.world

But if you become a monster just so you can destroy a monster, have you really accomplished anything worthwhile?

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Depends how bad the other monster was, I suppose.

Becoming Tony Soprano as a means of stopping Sauron, for instance, would likely be worth it.

Here, the combined intelligence agencies of the West appear to think that Trump is an existential threat to Western civilization. If they're correct about that then I guess that justifies rigging the Super Bowl. Especially when you consider that there are significantly worse things (Gaza Genocide) going on right now. To say nothing of the bad things that they/we did in the past

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

The officiating has been historically horrific this year. Multiple objectively wrong calls have been made or have been missed that have had game altering implications.

Players themselves don't need to be on the take. The officiating is all that needs to be altered to ensure games reach the desired outcome. And the NFLs officiating process is about as untransparent as it gets

At minimum, the league needs to be investigated for fixing games to enrich itself and its partners. But maybe a nonprosecution agreement was reached between the nfl and federal government wherein the nfl agreed to allow Taylor Swift and others to be used in certain ways to assist Biden and diminish Trump. If I was the Western Intelligence State that's exactly what I'd do - blackmail the most watched product in the United States into cooperating to protect the country from Trump.

This is more important than "the integrity of the NFL." This is about preventing the United States from being utterly dismantled by our adversaries, and utilizing any means necessary to achieve that result

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Taylor should start her own Fediverse instance

Edit: Get Margot Robbie to help out since she's already been here, ostensibly

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musereply
kbin.social

Fairly certain Musk is not playing 5d chess and this is just a lovely coincidence for him

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ChicoSuavereply
lemmy.world

At this point I'm not sure Elon even knows how to play regular chess.

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lemmylommyreply
lemmy.world

Is that the game in which you shit on the board and declare yourself the winner?

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reddthat.com

Why would the Superbowl need to be rigged for her to do this? Everything the woman does is already reported and televised everywhere.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

The theory is that it needs to be rigged so that the Chiefs are in the super bowl because she is linked to Chiefs player Travis Kelce. So Kelce playing in the Super Bowl gives her a very plausible reason for being there and for being heavily featured with him

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lightnsfwreply
reddthat.com

I get that. What I'm saying is it doesn't matter. She's got media attention 24/7 if she wants to say something. Anyone who would be swayed by her is already listening.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

But it would look weird if she was there and heavily featured and the Chiefs weren't playing. This result makes it look much more "natural" which makes it easier for the public to accept and not question ("She's his gf, of course she's there! And if she just happened to endorse Biden/diminish Trump at or after being heavily featured on the most watched tv program of the year by far then that's just a coincidence!")

The point is that this introduces her to a mainstream American audience in the most "natural" way possible. Which then allows her to persuade the public throughout the rest of the year because we all will feel like we already "know" her. Plenty of people already "know" her, of course. But we don't need to reach those people. We need to reach the undecided and out of touch Americans in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona - and we do that by using the Super Bowl as a political branding opportunity with our cleancut and All-American characters of Taylor Swift and her classy bf Travis Kelce.

It's pretty simple marketing/branding/persuasion. Not even the most complicated marketing effort that she herself has been involved in.

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lightnsfwreply
reddthat.com

But they don't need the super bowl for that. She could go outside wearing a Biden t-shirt and it'd be plastered all over everyone's screens in 20 minutes. Going to the effort of rigging the Superbowl to get Taylor Swift in front of people is just unnecessary. The work is already done for you.

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beardownreply
lemm.ee

The people you're trying to reach are the people who would never hear about her wearing a shirt like that.

You need uneducated swing voters in swing states. Aka, people who perpetually have their head in the sand. Using the Super Bowl is one of the only ways to reach those people and is one of the only remaining artifacts of the monoculture

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lightnsfwreply
reddthat.com

Why would they give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they're not already aware of her?

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Why do people currently give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they used to be unaware of her?

The goal is the spread her influence and encourage more Americans to follow her. Particularly women, who are more likely to support Swift and Democrats anyway

I don't think any of this, if true, is bad btw. It's how "free and fair" elections have always worked in the United States, or at least for the past 60 years. And it's worth it if it means Trump does not win

Doesn't mean we should pretend that our government doesn't regularly do things like this though

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

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Pulptasticreply
midwest.social

Haven't the chiefs been in 3 of the last 4 SBs? They're a strong team, it's not much of a surprise.

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They're genuinely not a strong team this year. They have no passcatchers outside of Kelce and their rb is a 7th rounder. Obviously Mahomes is good, but that's about it. They're the weakest they've been since this dynasty began, which is partially because they've had weak draft picks from all of their recent success.

So it strains credulity a bit that they're in the super bowl again given this team. San Francisco should destroy them without much of an issue - we'll see if that's in the script though

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Dear wokeists, if conservatives don‘t want people to have rights, then why are they part of the right-wing? Checkmate, liburals

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Asking people to vote? In a democracy? How dare she! /s

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She once only made country music, and she has many conservative fans.

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lemm.ee

Yes, but the fuck does she to do with the super bowl, I don't think she "owns" a team

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Also there are some pretty hot AI generated pornography that so many people liked they shared it all over the place. Clearly something is up!

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lemmy.world

Reality is rigged -the guy who went to Texas to watch JFK come back from the dead

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He stil cum bak. We juss git dat and time rong. U will see. He cum back wit Jesus may b. U wood never even no be cause u librools cant see real trooth.

Thank u, god bless.

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lemmy.world

I love the idea that hard right idiots get enraged and boycott everything they love, leaving them sitting alone in their garages angrily muttering to themselves and hating everything.

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Who would have guessed that defining your identity by the things you hate, and your politics by the people you want hurt, would lead one towards being a miserable fuck.

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It's funnier cause they'll just scream about boycotting while not actually being willing to do it.

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It must be exhausting being like these guys. Imagine spending that much emotional energy on hating stuff that you can just as easily ignore and go about your day.

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midwest.social

Don't you get it? The Superbowl is her one chance to reach a large audience. If she doesn't get to endorse him there, she may never get another chance to reach millions of people because platforms like that don't exist outside of a couple major sporting events.

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lemmy.sdf.org

I laughed!

yesterday I was at the grocery store and the young lady at the register asked me if I was going to watch the big games today. I told her I didn't really care about football aside from one team. She asked if I was going to watch the Superbowl and I said probably not. I asked if she was going to and she said yes because her hobby was Taylor Swift. It was a moment that I will remember for a while because it was fun to be in that space where this young lady who didn't care about the game was excited about Taylor Swift being a part of it, and me whos watched it all my life could care less.

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lemmy.world

It’s just a fun and silly way to say she deeply admires Taylor Swift. What else could that mean?

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She is obviously the puppet master controlling the android we call Taylor Swift. It's just a hobby though. /s

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I think it means that whenever she is done with work and stuff, and has a good bit of downtime, she will go into her Taylor Swift chamber where every surface is lovingly adorned with tastefully beautiful images of Taylor, where she will rest on a Taylor Swift pillow and listen to LPs of her music while watching videos of her interacting in social circles online.

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When you put it that way, yeah... she kind of doesn't need this gig. At all. Plus, everything I've read suggests that doing this halftime show is a huge PITA anyway.

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Well I was going to vote for Biden but now I am changed, I can't let the white liberal hope of Tay Tay ruin my enjoyment of making black people play sports.

/s like lots of it because someone crazy MF is going to think that is really what I think.

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Conservatives believe whatever feels good for them to believe at that exact moment. The only evidence they need that a white football player dating a white pop star is a psyop is the cortisol their brain gave them when they came up with the idea.

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Lianodelreply
ttrpg.network

Research suggests, on a psychological level, conspiracist ideation—belief in conspiracy theories—can be harmful or pathological, and is highly correlated with psychological projection, as well as with paranoia, which is predicted by the degree of a person's Machiavellianism.

wiki

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conspiracy theories

The term "conspiracy theory" is itself the subject of a conspiracy theory, which posits that the term was popularized by the CIA in order to discredit conspiratorial believers, particularly critics of the Warren Commission, by making them a target of ridicule.[55] In his 2013 book Conspiracy Theory in America, political scientist Lance deHaven-Smith wrote that the term entered everyday language in the United States after 1964, the year in which the Warren Commission published its findings on the Kennedy assassination, with The New York Times running five stories that year using the term.[56]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory

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Grimyreply
lemmy.world

I think it's a bit dangerous to label all conspiracy theorists as nuts.

Epstein didn't kill himself is a conspiracy theory and so was an elite pedo ring before he was arrested. Trump taking money from the Russian and Saudies is a conspiracy theory.

This current one is silly but not because all conspiracies are.

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I never said that, to be fair.

Of course there are conspiracies. People in power want to stay in power, and they'll do shady things to get what they want.

That's not the same as conspiracist ideation, which is a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. Even as the article I quoted said, it can be harmful or pathological, but isn't necessarily. It's just when it happens to an extreme level. There's a difference between rational fears and phobias; intrusive thoughts are normal, but can be frequent, uncontrollable, and distressing; conspiracies can be true, but then there's buck wild nonsense like Q, "Cultural Marxism," and this shit about the Superbowl. It's not recognizing conspiracies when presented with evidence, it's spinning conspiracy theories out of nothing, and viewing everything as part of a master plot, even if it doesn't make any goddamn sense.

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It used to be a laugh, it was fun to play what-if and talk about aliens and Bilderberg meetings. Obviously the rich and powerful are plotting to run the world right? Art Bell, the X-Files, it was all so much fun. At some point, and I'm not really sure when, it went completely off the rails though. It's not fun anymore.

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Nothing is stopping sane Americans from being armed as well, don’t let the magas have all the firepower.

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Can't believe you'd accuse the NFL, sponsored by Draft Kings and Fan Duel, of rigging the Super Bowl. Is nothing sponsored by Caesars Sports Book sacred?

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See I could definitely see the NFL rigging this one to try to gain more fans, since the venn diagram of extremely dedicated football fans and extremely dedicated swifties is basically 2 seperate circles, so its a significant growth opportunity for the NFL

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lemmy.world

"Everything The TV tells me not to like in life is on purpose and against me specifically!!! Everyone is thinking about me, all the time, and plotting. EVERYONE!"

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Aren't you paying attention? She rigged the Superbowl so Joe Biden could score a touchdown. I think? Because she definitely couldn't tell people to vote without rigging the Superbowl.

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This is one of the worst leftovers of the Trump Cult and regime. Trump got his cultists all hooked on conspiracy theories, and their brainwashed minds were not ready for that level of addictive content, and it worked far too well. It has become similar to a religion in many ways. Everything that makes Our People look bad is an evil conspiracy. Anything that doesn't work out well for Our People is a conspiracy against us.

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lemmy.world

The joke is on them... the game is definitely rigged, she's paid off the NFL so that she can announce she's running for president on an independent ticket against Trump and Biden.

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Sadly, that could make Trump win. Swift stealing the younger voters from Biden. No trump supporters would waver for some young singer so the vote would split.

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mander.xyz

I was going to ask for someone to explain this for a non American that doesn't understand a word of it, but I think I'd rather remain ignorant tbh.

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I'm American, I know what all the words mean, but they make no sense when put in that order.

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American here. I’m sorry to report that 2024 is just a bad year to be literate on earth. The headline sounds batshit insane to me, and yet I can 100% hear some conservative family or acquaintance say it with zero joking or sarcasm.

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lemm.ee

I'm just waiting for it all to devolve into a kind of nonsense where they all go crazy and do a suicide pact or some shit like the Heavens Gate cult. It can't be far behind with the delusions they spit out day after day.

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lemmy.world

To be honest, I do not mind the Super Bowl getting ruined for these miserably ignorant and miserable knuckle-draggers.

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Zugyukreply
lemmy.world

In the national divorce... I never thought liberals would get football

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Well the other team is SF, which if I had to guess is probably the right's most hated city in America. It must be galling to them that the 49ers are easily one of the winningest teams in NFL history.

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lemmy.world

Is there a limit to right-wingers idiocity somewhere? I mean, there must be a point where some fellows pull a person back and tell "What you just said makes absolutely no sense!"

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

It certainly smells like a ploy to get more women to watch football, but that's about it.

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Shyferreply
ttrpg.network

I think the Chiefs have proven perfectly capable of going to the Superbowl by now lol

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lemm.ee

Yeah that's one of the bizarre parts of this. They've been to the super bowl 3 times in the last few years. But suddenly THIS year is the conspiracy to get them there.

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Of course it could be purely happenstance. It's just that the dates of all these events are in such close proximity that one can't help but think that there are backroom machinations. Ultimately, I probably won't watch the Superbowl because I don't watch sports.

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lemmy.world

If Biden, who is from Delaware, were able to rig a Super Bowl, he would have the Baltimore Ravens, which are significantly closer to Delaware and undoubtedly have lots of fans there, in the big game instead of the Kansas City Chefs, who are much farther away from Delaware.

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You jest, but I remember sitting in a bar in Vegas in the spring of 1994.

There were two guys in there going on and on about how the Clintons had rigged college basketball to ensure an Arkansas championship.

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lemmy.world

I'm sure there will be a convenient excuse lined up if the Chiefs don't win.

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"We changed the outcome by having discovered it! That'll show them!"

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You know a conspiracy theory is psychotic when it presumes a massive multi-billion dollar corporation would manipulate consumers into supporting their left-wing agenda.

They're obviously doing it for the money.

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lemmy.world

They said the same shit about Hillary. If she wins definite war with Russia, I knew people very concerned about that and it affected voting. I don’t understand the conservative mind.

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Anticorpreply
lemmy.world

Idk man. Had we gone to war with Russia, then they probably wouldn't have gone to war with Ukraine. Given their performance against Ukraine, we probably would have squashed them like a tiny little bug under the weight of our terrible boot. Then they probably wouldn't have the resources to run massive online troll farms any more, the Republican party would be negatively impacted, and there would be a lot less propaganda online. Perhaps the whole world would be a little better off if we had gone to war with Russia.

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US vs Russia means NATO vs Russia, you don't want to see that war. It will not be fought with infantry and tanks.

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makes you wonder though. Russia lost almost all their well trained forces in the opening weeks, what if they were perfectly trained to fight Americans but couldn't handle Ukrainian style of warfare? interesting whatif

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Afaik that was because of a "no fly zone" comment she made, so it wasn't completely false.

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Maybe tell the right wingers that inhaling oxygen is socialism and supported by Biden and the Democrats.

That could solve all of our problems.

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pachristreply
lemmy.world

Yeah, I don't get it. With 4 Super Bowl appearances in 5 years, they are clearly the Lord's anointed football team.

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True, but that led to Andy Reid. Also, for a 2-14 team, there were a ton of Pro Bowl players on the team that year. I just knew they'd be monsters with the right coach.

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The Pats went 5-11 in Belichick's first year. The Cowboys went 1-15 in Jimmy Johnson's first year. Sometimes you have to walk through the desert before you reach the promise land.

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The officiating crew they had at that game, and how many times they cut to her, it doesn't make me tinfoil hat, but it does remind me the NFL is almost entirely profit driven.

Also comparing comment threads (on YouTube) of the games yesterday, it's amazing how much more derision is stirred when the officials seem to have bias (chiefs ravens), compared to when the game is called with restraint (49ers lions). The niners lions comments were downright civil, while Ravens and Chiefs were openly hostile.

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Considering my Baltimore Ravens lost, this is clearly all rigged and the NFL wants Kelce to propose to Swift with the Superbowl in one hand.

I'm making bets she's the halftime show next year and she'll drop a breakup song about Kelce in the show while he's in the locker room .... just to maximize the ratings and pr.

Go Ravens. Go Niners.

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And you fascist fucks are powerless to do anything about it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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As a Niners fan…I fully expect Taylor swift to win

Kittle does his thing, Greenlaw and Bosa too.

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lemmy.world

Counterpoint, I saw the Ravens play this Sunday. This is a fair point.

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Yes, it was a liberal conspiracy to defeat the rabidly conservative city of.... Baltimore.

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droansreply
lemmy.world

Counter-counterpoint.

The Lions collapse was even more boggling.

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It's all part of the woke agenda for San Francisco to win. The corporations (and liberals) need that gay representation in the Super Bowl to sell more Pepsi!

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lemmy.world

Truly impressed with Bidens PR team.

Right wingers sux because they mistake conspiracy for 'conspiracy against them.' OK, you're all into conspiracies or w/e but every conspiracy can't be a slight to you.

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It's just like how they keep screaming loudly that the election got stolen, yet the people who tried to overthrow the elected government were them, and Trump was the one who tried to steal an election by sending fake people.

The very same thing they yell loudly about is what they themselves are doing with right-wingers. Just like with child abuse or drug abuse or illegal immigration for cheap labor.

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Imagine your favorite thing in the world - sweaty men trying to push a handegg up and down a field - being infiltrated and rigged so even that is no longer sacred for your Sunday winter ritual. Fucking epic.

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"Right wingers"? Who? Some former presidential hopeful and some lady named Laura? We need to set a number when some "journalist" says a group of people are saying/doing something. 40, 50 people. I don't know. A few turds on Twitter hardly qualifies. Election season is certainly heating up.

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lemmy.world

This is so incredibly stupid.

NFL fans around the league, regardless of political faction, have been calling the Taylor Swift Super Bowl since the relationship was announced. It isn’t right wingers doing this.

Just wait. We will see Taylor Swift lift the Super Bowl trophy next to Mahomes and Kelce. It’ll be plastered all over everything for a month.

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It isn’t right wingers doing this.

It's pretty annoying when people are obviously just responding to the headline. Read the damn article. It's about specific right wingers pushing the conspiracy theory. So in this case, yes. It is in fact, right wingers doing this.

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Jaysynreply
kbin.social

But only Fascists & Conservatives are brain-dead stupid enough to actually believe this is some kind of conspiracy & that the other however many teams in the Chief's conference would go along with it.

It's staggeringly stupid, but if you can believe in a magical old man living in the sky that watches you masturbate, you can believe in anything.

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I would say it's not a kink if there is no consent. Except if the all powerful creator of the universe wants to watch me wank it, you know what, go ahead. Just remember where your bread got buttered space man and maybe conjure up a few days off for your creation.

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It's almost like it's the chiefs' fourth Superbowl with Mahomes and they're a decent team to place bets on. Though as a native to KC it's a bit wild considering the regular season they just played. I like to think the guys I know shitting on Kelce for not having his best year are feeling like assholes for being so sexist about how "women ruin men's careers."

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