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    6 months ago

    It doesn’t matter if I like Bad Bunny. Simply the idea that anyone of such stature in pop culture today can upset half a nation, doing something so harmless, brings me joy. This is not about you Red Hat Cult idiots.

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    6 months ago

    Is this the state of the press now? All this shit going on and people are arguing about a fucking dress again

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      6 months ago

      The dress is resistance. Joy is resistance. Yes all this shit is awful and happening but if we’re not also doing things to support others and bring up people who are being marginalized and scapegoated, then the oppressors are winning.

      I agree it’s fucking stupid to fight about it, and yes, it’s a distraction, but that doesn’t take away from the real pain that people are feeling that is caused by these distraction tactics.

      Two things can co-exist, and everything is related.

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      Is this the state of the press now?

      No? What gave you that impression? The only semi-serious press I see about this is from the sports column of USA Today. Everything else – what little there is – is tabloid trash like The Daily Beast or the Daily Mail (don’t construe this as me putting those on the same level; a tide pool and an abyssal trench are both in the ocean).

      Just because something on Twitter says “BREAKING” doesn’t mean it’s receiving actual coverage. “The press” isn’t a monolith.

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      This is the distraction for the white, christonationalist straight people. Those predisopsitioned to support ICE. The aging boomers who are not distressed by current events. All those barking to comply.

      Rage bait for engagement exists at all levels.

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    5 months ago

    Greek and Albanian traditional fustanella win.

    🇬🇷💪🇦🇱

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      Queer dude here who wears skirts in the summer time. Fully agree. Not a big fan of his music, not my style. But he can rock a fucking gown my god.

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    5 months ago

    idk who this is, but he actually looks good in it. can we make this fashion normal again?

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    6 months ago

    It’s so heartwarming that this show of solidarity and support is boiled down to: “Making the libs MAGA cry”

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    Is that the dress? He serves in it! Slays? Sorry I’m not sure of the right lingo on this one.

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      Puerto Rican rapper. Repugs had a collective aneurysm when he was announced for the half time show because oh no a latino

      This is fake news though. He doesn’t have plans for a dress apparently.

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        Does he even have plans to enter the country at any point?

        Edit: srry must have the wrong music artist, there was some other latin pop music guy who said he doesn’t want to perform in the US anymore

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          He is an American. Puerto Rico is an American territory, so when he is there is is in the country.

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            In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the clusterfuck of a governmental response, the only thing Trump supporters and I agreed on was that the responsibility fell on the President of Perto Rico, who was an unqualified fuck-up.

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              I have zero clue who the Puerto Rican president was in 2017. But as an American territory, why wouldn’t America have some responsibility? Even if it’s just sending aid money to hire contracted help.

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                Whoosh

                Title

                Donald Trump was the president of Puerto Rico in 2017, since it is an American territory. Some people in MAGA didn’t realize this. OP was playing on this fact to say that Donald Trump was a fuck up.

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                For people unaware, the inhabited US territories except for American Samoa are like states, except the federal government has more power to override their decisions and they don’t get a say in the federal government.

                However their people are full US citizens, just as much as those born in the 50 states. This means that if I, a white English speaker from the contiguous 48, were to move to Puerto Rico I’d be more than permitted, but would lose my say in the federal government until I moved back. The inverse is also true and Puerto Ricans who move to a state get to vote in federal elections.

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      6 months ago

      The most streamed musical artist in the world in four separate years, who is set to play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

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    6 months ago

    Based af bad bunny make them bitches wretch and shriek