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[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 210 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Insane that these grown-ass self-proclaimed “alpha males” are beefing with a puppet.

[–] Mok98@feddit.it 96 points 2 months ago

And losing, clearly

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't misrepresent the situation, Elmo is a muppet not a puppet!

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that hotly debated? Don't come in here presenting your opinions as facts!

[–] Acid_Burn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

I feel strongly either way

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

On the other hand, this makes perfect sense if they're actually man-children.

[–] SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml 143 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Every time I read "He was a communist, Elmo." I can help but just laugh, it's just hilarious.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, MLK Jr was pretty clear about his position when he said that communism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. He was a socialist, which is a different thing. But let's pretend that he said socialist instead of communist... Wouldn't that make you kinda curious to know the details of what socialism is then? Because everybody says that King was a great man and helped achieve racial equality, so his ideology must not be as evil as everybody says, right?

So if you're young and maybe not super aware of politics and civics and everything, and you see this tweet in response to a general "Happy MLK Jr Day" tweet from Elmo, you're gonna have questions and your Google results are gonna lead you to answers that reveal what a fucking clown show the John Birch society is.

It's petty, it's factually inaccurate, and if chases young people to your opposition's ideology. Plus picking on a literal Muppet is the kind of thing a lazy writer would write to show how villainous a character is. What a disaster of a tweet, and I'm thrilled to see it.

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Notably, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Hearing it in Nick Mullen’s voice doing an impression of Gordon

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Being called a communist is a compliment tbh.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 113 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fragile fucks have to talk shit to an actual puppet spreading positivity because their ideology is such dog shit it can't be hyped.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why talk about yourself like that?

I mean it's completely true, and you should absolutely fuck right off.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

National firefighters distillery

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The extra liquid inside their body protects from the fire!

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Better not break to seal!

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

This is what they say to Elmo in public, I can't even imagine the vile shit they send to Ms Rachel in private. What the fuck is wrong with these people.

[–] myslsl@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Elmo dunking on losers via the cold silence of disregard. You love to see it.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 49 points 2 months ago
[–] simcup@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

shouldn't andrew tate be in jail or something?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

No, because pedophiles are elected to be in charge to protect them.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He was, but then USA pressured Romania into releasing the Tate brothers and they escaped to USA. Although Romania denies they were ever pressured, the Tate brothers was accused of quite a bunch of crimes including human trafficking, so it is awfully convenient that the Romanian government just gave them up like that.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 40 points 2 months ago

The kind of people that answer when Dora the explorer ask them a question

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Carl@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was a communist, Elmo. (positive)

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

the-deserter - "All the real communists are dead. They died fighting for communism -- are you dead?" His voice turns into a hiss: "No. You're an inert lumpen with a gun."

[–] VeniVerminiVomui@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago
[–] itsaphoque@moist.catsweat.com 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The two incel gurus reach such a higher plane of patheticness that they make the last one look out of place.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

It's the opposite of achieving nirvana. Instead of being at one with everything, it's being at odds with everything.

[–] meathorse@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Only possible explanation for these responses: Elmo is the true alpha here, both Peterson and Taite were traumatized as children/teens when they came home from school one day and walked in on Elmo, fur-deep in their mum with their father huddled in the corner crying.

This is the ONLY possible explanation for raging at a children's puppet like this.

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

He was teaching her to count O's, and she was learning the big numbers that day. Luckily her toes were close at hand.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Metaphorically that must be how they see the situation. Elmo and the culture Elmo represents have violated the culture that Peterson and Tate try to reestablish.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Elmo: "Ask a friend how they are feeling"

This fucking nobody: "STOP DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE"

What a fucking brainlet.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“Tell Elmo how you feel today sweetie.”

I HATE YOU ELMO!

“Now, please tell Elmo why you feel that way. Use your words please.”

psychologist furiously scribbling notes

[–] polydactyl@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are such parody’s of themselves I am 60/40 on whether these are real or not.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Elmo is unconcerned with the foes of Elmo

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

DON'T FUCKING TALK TO ELMO THAT WAY, YOU SCUM.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

They take themselves so seriously while acting like jokes

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

these guys send unhinged tweets to Elmo in the same way that I do to sitting U.S. senators

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I didn't know the rivalry between elmo and Kermit ran so deep.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The prophets and rabbis of the West. 😭

[–] YetiMindtrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Elmo is clearly the leader we need.