• Arotrios@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    What wonderful news to start the day with!

    As a side note, my son (who’s currently in high school) reports that the Tatetification of the younglings has ceased to spread, and raggedy Andy is now openly mocked. Mad props to @gretathunberg for developing such an effective fungicide against Mildew Tate from nothing more than a slice of pizza.

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      1 year ago

      Look like Qnuts were right about pizza gate after all, they just messed up few small details.

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      1 year ago

      I have no kids, but I have nieces, and also have enough empathy to be concerned for others’ children. Was genuinely concerned seeing how influential he was amongst boys / teen lads.

      It’s long past time to put serious checks & balances on social media. It’s literally ripping apart the fabric of our societies.

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        I’m wondering what it is that young males saw in him that they resonated with.

        I’m (anecdotally) guessing that there might be a recent lack of positive online discourse on masculinity because the positive role models might have become reluctant to participate because of the social climate that only the loud misguided ones like Tate become the “examples” of masculinity to look to in social media.

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          I think a major factor is that many guys like the idea of dominance - it’s pretty fucking core in the brain of a primate. Another core “primatey” idea is that Women gravitate towards guys with power, wealth and leaders of the pack (the whole alpha males gets a harem concept - another thing that resonates with males). Tate’s idea of a leader-of-a-pack was being an asshole, and that’s the secret he was pushing, and the social media outrage machine helped unintentionally push to more eyes - at least that’s my take on it

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      1 year ago

      Raggedy Andy is one of the best nicknames I’ve seen for him yet. Possibly better than Andrew Taint.