Karl Bode: when narcissists lose relevance (almost always due to something stupid they did they refuse to own) they inevitably pivot to where all the real money and engagement is in 2024: right wing trolling and shitposting

when narcissists lose relevance (almost always due to something stupid they did they refuse to own) they inevitably pivot to where all the real money and engagement is in 2024: right wing trolling and shitposting

the taibbi trajectory

the greenwald groove

the silver slide

the brand boogey

the rubin route

The Luis CK chicanery

the Dore dance (is there a better word beginning with "D", I can't really think of one rn)

Just thought to myself while showering "the Dore dash". Goddamn me for not being able to think on my feet

Detour. Apropos of nothing, that display name is hilarious, I can't not hear it that way, and I hate you for it.

Not greenwald grift?

lol that's better

The Shellenberger Two Step?

I was going with the Shellenberger Shimmy, but he didn't drift to the grift. He was always there.

He wasn’t. At least not openly at first, Mike. I know some of his former co-workers who have been tortured for yrs watching Shellenberger’s right wing villain arc & being unable to halt it. I mention this because they are some really good people and had no way to know he would turn like this.

The Tracey Tango

lol, how could I forget mikey

I actually blanked on his name for a moment. Leaving Twitter has been good for me

these dudes inevitably have a history of misogyny that’s been ignored until said pivot

THIS. It's what they all have in common

If you pay attention you can see it coming from a mile away.

Don Lemon going full conservative grifter was not on my 2024 bingo card, but it really should have been.

These people spent years being racist and terrible to him and now he thinks they are worth listening to or something. When does he come out as pro Trump?

most of these folks have no ideologies or principles, they're just following the money, and all the real money is in right wing agitprop at the moment

He was ever thus

I worked for CNN, which was also ever thus

JFC

Danica Patrick aligned with the Chuds yesterday too.

sigh

This isn't surprising to folks who've paid attention to her, or, frankly, the careers of many pro athletes. I'm calling next up, she pulls a Kurt Schilling and builds and crashes a state subsidized video game studio while casting herself as a libertarian.

On the bright side, this could be a slow walk of the idea of GoDaddy buying out X.

Noooooo! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

This makes me like my favorite racing game (Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed) less and that's depressing and disappointing

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One of the things that always fascinates me about this shift is the persistent mythology that figures like Ben Shapiro or Tucker Carlson aren't "corporate".

yeah it's a core part of the right wing agitprop illusion that they're bold truth tellers standing up to the man, as opposed to very obviously BEING the very thing they pretend to oppose

Rutger Bregman read Carlson perfectly: A millionaire schilling for billionaires

Ben Shapiro's entire operation, including his sad attempts to make movies, is just a vanity project for two billionaire fracking brothers.

Gay and POC is like a scrabble triple word bonus for opportunities to get paid.

unlimited financial opportunities in the right wing agitprop apparatus

Grievance industrial complex

Look at how little actual work Candice Owens does.

Man, how bad did your actions have to be to go from prime time CNN to ... this did he kill a kid or something?

No, the throughline is always, always, always misogyny

Oh god, I completely forgot about why he was fired. Wait, since when does misogyny have consequences? Did we collectively dream this?

Bingo

"I'll show them!" he screams, weeping into his cereal as he watches Fox & Friends. "I'll make them so jealous!"

the Chappelle Shuffle

I was just talking about how, if you're ever involved in a business endeavor that pins profits to "engagement" then the conservative emotion-train is where you need to be. Those folks dump out their pockets for ANYTHING that seems to be on their side in hating something.

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