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NorthImpossible8906

9.2k points

6 days ago

Breaking News:

The game "Among Us" has been banned in Florida.

Shopworn_Soul

2.4k points

6 days ago

Pretty sus

supermadandbad

1.2k points

6 days ago

Desantis: please vote out orange

Concrete__Blonde

665 points

6 days ago

Concrete__Blonde

California

665 points

6 days ago

Orange sus af

second2no1

407 points

6 days ago

second2no1

Florida

407 points

6 days ago

🚨Orange killed Democracy in the Golden Golf Room

DetBabyLegs

131 points

6 days ago

DetBabyLegs

131 points

6 days ago

Well if Orange really is the new black he absolutely would believe this

MOOShoooooo

98 points

6 days ago

MOOShoooooo

Indiana

98 points

6 days ago

This whole comment thread is going to a Florida jail.

TreeChangeMe

79 points

6 days ago

You have all been banned from /r/Florida

fatkiddown

59 points

6 days ago

It's on the path to become a North Korea, but don't worry. I heard on paper, North Korea is a democracy.

IntelligentEggplant0

38 points

6 days ago

Is that like how the nazis were socialists?

Equivalent_Yak8215

95 points

6 days ago

Black has been ejected

r0wbutt

66 points

6 days ago

r0wbutt

66 points

6 days ago

Black was not the imposter

1ndiana_Pwns

74 points

6 days ago

Definitely a self report. But just in case, let's call a meeting after this to vote out both

SprayedSL2

34 points

6 days ago

I'm down for a 50/50 and launch both

Genjoi

15 points

6 days ago

Genjoi

I voted

15 points

6 days ago

Bait self report! Bait self report!

Ov3rdose_EvE

26 points

6 days ago

deSUStis

anxietystrings

275 points

6 days ago

anxietystrings

Ohio

275 points

6 days ago

Breaking news: AOC has been banned in Florida. This is a joke but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened

silverbean

139 points

6 days ago

silverbean

139 points

6 days ago

Russia just banned Obama.

T1mac

96 points

6 days ago

T1mac

America

96 points

6 days ago

Russia just banned Obama.

And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - For reals

Bleezington

60 points

6 days ago

In a game of I'm rubber you're glue, they banned and sanctioned 963 Americans, including dead politicians. Average Russia L.

Then-Raspberry6815

10 points

6 days ago

Our governor Polis (Colorado) is banned from Russia. He may be banned in floriduh soon as well.

faxcanBtrue

125 points

6 days ago

faxcanBtrue

125 points

6 days ago

"Us" is a pronoun, after all.

18scsc

75 points

6 days ago

18scsc

75 points

6 days ago

The most Communist pronoun of all

jared555

44 points

6 days ago

jared555

Illinois

44 points

6 days ago

Probably another feud against amazon since they own twitch

mountaintop111

1.8k points

6 days ago

After Ron Desantis launched his presidential campaign yesterday on Twitter, Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“Rob,” My Red Button is bigger, better, stronger, and is working (TRUTH!), yours does not! (per my conversation with Kim Jung Un, of North Korea, soon to become my friend!)”

WTF?

CAESTULA

792 points

6 days ago*

CAESTULA

South Carolina

792 points

6 days ago*

The GOP is peopled by maliciously stupid and/or ignorant individuals, with the maturity of glue huffing 4chan posters. Trump is their king, and also why Defuckface has no chance against him- because Trump makes idiots laugh, and Ron can't.

Honestly, that might be the biggest thing to GOP voters between the two of them. While Trump never laughs himself, he always makes his followers laugh in chorus. DeSantis just makes people angry.

armadillofdestruct

130 points

6 days ago

When the Republican debates were going on in the primary race in 2015, I was talking to one of the supervisors I worked with about Trump. He literally said he was voting for him because he made funny faces during the debates. Same guy said he would vote for Sarah Palin because she was hot. The Republican base doesn't care about any sort of competency, plan or ethics. It's a reality show to them.

fillinthe___

56 points

6 days ago

Yep, the biggest Trump supporter I know wants Haley to be his VP "because she's hot." That's literally all he thinks women should be.

[deleted]

45 points

6 days ago*

[deleted]

45 points

6 days ago*

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ThisIsARobot

13 points

6 days ago

Which is hilarious for a country less than 250 years old. America is the modern day Roman Empire, but probably won't last as long.

Spidey209

170 points

6 days ago

Spidey209

170 points

6 days ago

You seem to understand trump's word salad. Is "big red button" a penis reference?

DaisyHotCakes

116 points

6 days ago

Sure seems like it, doesn’t it? Also, since everything that leaves his mouth is a lie I suppose that means his dick doesn’t work.

Spidey209

62 points

6 days ago

Spidey209

62 points

6 days ago

Stormy Daniels' eyewitness testimony seems to support your deduction.

ClothDiaperAddicts

25 points

6 days ago

ClothDiaperAddicts

American Expat

25 points

6 days ago

Let's be fair, here. She never said that it didn't actually work. That it was small, looked like Toad from Super Mario, and was altogether disappointing? Sure. But not that it didn't work.

(Because, you know, extreme lack of talent is SO much less embarrassing than not being able to get it up.)

StuffThingsMoreStuff

35 points

6 days ago*

So Trump is putting his big red button inside Kim Jong Un?

E: I can't spell

GoofyTunes

192 points

6 days ago

GoofyTunes

192 points

6 days ago

No way he actually said "soon to become my friend." Like we already know he admires authoritarians, but the phrasing puts his loser status on full blast

ConfusedOrDazed

139 points

6 days ago

The great thing about reputable media is that they don't make shit like that up.

Here's the post: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110426121391422436

230flathead

80 points

6 days ago

230flathead

Oklahoma

80 points

6 days ago

Holy shit.

What does that even mean?

Comm0nSenseIsntComon

47 points

6 days ago

The red check from truth social is bigger than Twitter's blue check, I think.

Purplebuzz

45 points

6 days ago

It means he’s a delusional asshole.

bisou13

17 points

6 days ago

bisou13

17 points

6 days ago

I thought OP was joking omg

seensham

50 points

6 days ago

seensham

Massachusetts

50 points

6 days ago

Okay he definitely used to be more coherent than this, right???? Am I having a stroke or is he?

te_anau

44 points

6 days ago

te_anau

44 points

6 days ago

Seriously, in the past, with substantial effort, I could extract something that could charitably be called a thought from the slurry that is a trump statement. But here, I'm absolutely at a loss.

The big red button is some basic nuclear fetish? Why would trumps be any more or less functional that any other president?
Or did we transition to a basic virility metaphor?

At this stage I feel I've invested more in this statement than trump has.

Terran_it_up

18 points

6 days ago

After giving it some thought, I think he might be insinuating that DeSantis has erectile dysfunction, and that this somehow equates to cowardice/timidness when it comes to things like using nuclear weapons. Then he's suggesting that authoritarian dictators like Kim Jong Un respect him (Trump) because they know that he'd do things like use nuclear weapons, and that they wouldn't respect DeSantis because he's weak, which is embodied by erectile dysfunction. But who knows, I might just be searching for meaning where there is none

ThisIsNotKimJongUn

35 points

6 days ago

ThisIsNotKimJongUn

America

35 points

6 days ago

What even is reality anymore

paulenglishby

57 points

6 days ago

I guess that's one way to drive traffic to your shitty alt-right social media website…

…because I had to click through to the tweet(?) because I couldn't believe that was real

Simmery

9.5k points

6 days ago

Simmery

9.5k points

6 days ago

Not just a joke. Also a fact.

Quexana

2k points

6 days ago

Quexana

2k points

6 days ago

The best jokes are truths.

pomonamike

923 points

6 days ago

pomonamike

California

923 points

6 days ago

You’re right. Truth Social is a pretty big joke.

Bill_Brasky_SOB

473 points

6 days ago

Bill_Brasky_SOB

Ohio

473 points

6 days ago

If Donnie could read, he’d hate your comment.

thehazer

102 points

6 days ago

thehazer

102 points

6 days ago

I think at one point he could read, but I don’t think he can currently.

da2Pakaveli

108 points

6 days ago

da2Pakaveli

108 points

6 days ago

It's not just reading. He lacks any sort of comprehension to actually process what's being said without turning it into some self-praise.

da2Pakaveli

68 points

6 days ago

In fact. It's the biggest joke possible. You know what they say, they say "we did good jokes before, but nothing like yours Donald". Everyone was in tears!

Mr_Moody_

33 points

6 days ago

Mr_Moody_

33 points

6 days ago

At one point a grown man, a hard man, who has never cried in his life before, came up to me with tears in his eyes and said "you make the best jokes sir. I laughed all the way to the bank until they foreclosed on my house, which I reverse mortgaged just for you sir"

Yes, it was a good day.

[deleted]

383 points

6 days ago

[deleted]

383 points

6 days ago

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ashesofempires

505 points

6 days ago

I watched her play Among Us with Ilhan Omar and it was a riot. 10/10 would watch again.

AsheBnarginDalmasca

228 points

6 days ago

Run it back please, AOC. Toast won't marinate you again.

JRandomHacker172342

169 points

6 days ago

I would not marinate a congresswoman!

He said, marinating a congresswoman

WhatDoYouDoHereAgain

16 points

6 days ago

Imagine trying to explain this joke to a caveman

JRandomHacker172342

17 points

6 days ago

Imagine explaining it to someone from 2010

Prowesman

48 points

6 days ago

Prowesman

48 points

6 days ago

We both know toast does whatever is needed to win.

cubonelvl69

30 points

6 days ago

It kinda blows my mind they never did it again. Like an hour a month would attract more eyes and more money than just about anything else a politician could do for an hour

iluvugoldenblue

22 points

6 days ago

iluvugoldenblue

New Zealand

22 points

6 days ago

Iirc it was to encourage people to (register to) vote, given it was in the lead up to the election. The game is based around voting for people.

Qwirk

112 points

6 days ago

Qwirk

Washington

112 points

6 days ago

She totally got into the game, was fun to watch.

SoDamnToxic

159 points

6 days ago

SoDamnToxic

159 points

6 days ago

Her, Ilhan, and Jagmeet were so bad at the game itself but so incredibly charismatic that they were actually so good. Ilhan especially I think somehow just kept absolutely winning and actually beat out AOC it was so good.

Elendel19

74 points

6 days ago

Elendel19

74 points

6 days ago

Jagmeet was WAY too good at lying though Lmao. He just sounds so nice that everyone believed him

Apolloshot

72 points

6 days ago

Apolloshot

Canada

72 points

6 days ago

That’s one of Canada’s dark secret. We do everything while smiling and being nice, so we’re incredibly good liars 😂

Another dark secret is Sorry doesn’t mean we’re sorry — it’s usually passive aggressive for “it’s actually your fault jerkface.”

Spindrune

26 points

6 days ago

Spindrune

26 points

6 days ago

It’s like “Minnesota Nice” people who aren’t from the area think it’s because people from the Midwest are so polite and kind, but Minnesota nice is an ironic statement. People in the Midwest aren’t nice, they’re just polite and most people are too dumb to tell the difference.

Wannacomesitonmydeck

15 points

6 days ago

Fun fact for you, Ontario passed Bill 108 in 2009 under the “Apology Act” stating that “an apology made by or on behalf of a person in relation to any matter does not constitute an admission of fault or liability by the person”

TinyGreenTurtles

77 points

6 days ago

Watching her play with Corpse et al was actually so fun.

Brilliant-Mud4877

330 points

6 days ago

Is anyone seriously surprised? There's some mystery to AOC playing Amongus. People are curious to see her interact like a human being while doing something that other human beings regularly do. People are curious to see if she wins and how good she is at lying. People just like spectating the game, because its a fun game both for playing and watching.

Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis said "I'm going to appear on Twitter and say that I'm running for President" which... okay? We all knew you were running. Now we don't even need to hear the announcement because you just announced your announcement. The only reason to watch the Twitter feed is to catch him in a live Fumble-the-Ball moment. And even then, you're going to have more fun watching the outtakes and memes after the fact, because waiting 5 minutes for Elon Musk to turn the machines off and turn them back on again isn't nearly as much fun as watching some TikTok-er with tig bitties do rifs over the top of Yakkaty Saks while the video plays behind her.

I'm amazed Meatball Ron pulled the numbers he did, given how much of a non-event this was.

Brad-Armpit

145 points

6 days ago

Brad-Armpit

145 points

6 days ago

Plus, it was radio on the Internet. Not really groundbreaking shit to not see and only listen to online.

Brilliant-Mud4877

50 points

6 days ago

Russ Hanneman heartbroken to hear this.

HitMePat

21 points

6 days ago

HitMePat

21 points

6 days ago

Tres commas

xxxxx420xxxxx

23 points

6 days ago

He should have done a RealAudio stream

zaminDDH

11 points

6 days ago

zaminDDH

11 points

6 days ago

Even back when there were like no codecs, Real had the worst ones.

Exodus111

103 points

6 days ago

Exodus111

103 points

6 days ago

This announcement was supposed to be the beginning of Elon Musks and Tucker Carlsons Twitter News Channel.

They complained the servers crashed because SO MANY PEOPLE tried to watch at the same time.

AOC pointed out she had more on her stream, and no crashing.

SirSoliloquy

61 points

6 days ago

I guess that’s what happens when you fire all the staff in charge of keeping things working.

Oskie5272

13 points

6 days ago

Oskie5272

13 points

6 days ago

People keep leaving out that the among us stream had video, not just audio

xxxxx420xxxxx

104 points

6 days ago

The surprising thing is Elon making Four Seasons Landscaping look like true professionals

Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy

106 points

6 days ago

Hey, the folks of Four Seasons Total Landscaping are in fact true professionals.

The goofy morons who had the press conference in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, on the other hand…

RedMoustache

30 points

6 days ago

RedMoustache

Michigan

30 points

6 days ago

Please clap.

ThomasRevere

10 points

6 days ago

Very low energy

godsenfrik

2.6k points

6 days ago

godsenfrik

2.6k points

6 days ago

Also a great example of how ill equipped Twitter is to handle large streams compared to, for example, Twitch.

SuperGenius98K

1.4k points

6 days ago

It was audio only. Imagine if they tried live video.

Spidey209

983 points

6 days ago

Spidey209

983 points

6 days ago

Live audio? That's called "Radio". I am getting ole timey fireside chat energy here.

Frankasti

242 points

6 days ago

Frankasti

242 points

6 days ago

I could download a MP3 faster than it played in 1998.

FUCKTHEPROLETARIAT

95 points

6 days ago

I could download an audio in mp3 and show the whole world how ron gave eminem vd

ChinDeLonge

41 points

6 days ago

ChinDeLonge

Indiana

41 points

6 days ago

You think I give a damn about clemency? Half of you critics can’t even stomach me, let alone vote me to the presidency… or something lol

Spidey209

41 points

6 days ago

Spidey209

41 points

6 days ago

How's this? Last night I had a hankering to play LA Noir which I purchased on DVD back in the day. It took about an hour to install off DVD. To make the game work I had to enter the activation code into Rockstar Launcher at which point the game redownloaded off the internet plus all DLC in about 15 mins. We live in the future!

greenroom628

34 points

6 days ago

greenroom628

California

34 points

6 days ago

whoa. elon brought radio to twitter? amazing.

what's next? a tesla with doors that go like this || instead of =

ErraticDragon

52 points

6 days ago

No, radio is more reliable and can reach a larger audience (via satellite broadcast networks, etc.).

Datathrash

13 points

6 days ago

Shoulda got that guy from the three commas club to handle it.

MagicalTrevor09

34 points

6 days ago

MagicalTrevor09

Kansas

34 points

6 days ago

Their video player in general is fucking garbage as it is. The first half of every video is like 10 pixels

thereverendpuck

222 points

6 days ago

thereverendpuck

Arizona

222 points

6 days ago

Which is super weird given Twitter’s is solely audio (as far as I’m aware) while Twitch can take an insanely big stream and then deliver it out in varying resolutios and bitrates.

Spirited_Hat6758

104 points

6 days ago

Twitch has 1k dedicated employees. Twitter used to have 8k and now it has 1.5k. It's not surprising that they are struggling.

merketa

133 points

6 days ago

merketa

133 points

6 days ago

Playstation Showcase was also yesterday and had 2.6M simultaneous viewers split across Twitch and Youtube. No major issues.

and desantis' announcement was audio only.

LiveStreamRevolution

29 points

6 days ago

On top of Tina Turners unfortunate passing he totally got owned by the very libs he wants to punish with political power

REO_Jerkwagon

117 points

6 days ago

REO_Jerkwagon

Utah

117 points

6 days ago

Yeah, us in the server infrastructure world were expecting this to happen once Musk started firing entire teams with no real discretion. Spotty maintenance on the infra won't bite you tomorrow, but it will haunt you down the road.

I would bet multiple paychecks that TWITTER could have handled this event just fine only 18 months ago.

aboatz2

39 points

6 days ago

aboatz2

39 points

6 days ago

The BBC interviewed Musk on Twitter Spaces 3 months ago, & drew more than 3 million simultaneous users.

As you're aware, it doesn't take long for servers to go to shit when they're not maintained properly.

ShittyExchangeAdmin

12 points

6 days ago

Musk really speedran the whole "everything's running fine, why do we need you?" to "everythings fucked, why do we keep you around?"

Zenamite99

68 points

6 days ago

Twitter, no joke, cant even delete my account. I deleted it like 4 or 5 months ago and it still says "your account will be deleted in 30 days on "Date 4 months ago". Click here to recover your account"\

Twitter is an absolute shit show.

JohnnyBravoIsMyWaifu

69 points

6 days ago

They’re probably trying to pad their account numbers

SlightlyControversal

39 points

6 days ago

They are desperate not to show how many users they are losing.

KinkyBADom

35 points

6 days ago

The fact that Elon Musk, who cannot code much less manage coders, fired most of Twitter’s staff only ensured this event crashing.

polarcub2954

2.8k points

6 days ago

polarcub2954

2.8k points

6 days ago

I watched her amongus cast, it was good shit.

gamingmendicant

1.8k points

6 days ago

They legit sounded like they were having fun and congress woman Ilhan Omar was brutal.

Gekokapowco

1.1k points

6 days ago

Gekokapowco

Washington

1.1k points

6 days ago

It's nice when a representative is shown enjoying what their average constituent enjoys. Videogames and streaming are both media powerhouses and a large part of a lot of Americans' lives, especially younger adults. I see the appeal of presidents like Obama and Bush Jr. having a beer or eating at a modest restaurant. It always seems like our politicians' only hobbies are golf and, like, real estate speculation. Hardly relatable to anyone under 50.

Even if it's just for popularity or visibility, it still means a lot to feel represented.

TheLostonline

544 points

6 days ago

only if sincere

something AOC and her peers seem to get right almost 100% of the time, while R's have trouble getting it right ever

OddExpert8851

396 points

6 days ago

A lot of them are sincerely racist. Does that count??

Willyjwade

200 points

6 days ago

Willyjwade

200 points

6 days ago

To their base yeah.

RegHodge

132 points

6 days ago

RegHodge

132 points

6 days ago

Oddly true. In a way, Trump is incredibly sincere, he never pretends to be a good person. He’s openly petty, jealous, and racist. It’s so strange that it resonates with so many.

OutgrownTentacles

52 points

6 days ago

His fans see it as implicit approval of how they are also openly racist, so it feels like affirmation. "He's just like me".

lucidludic

27 points

6 days ago

I mean, I get what you’re saying but he absolutely does pretend to be a good person, the best person, even. And he is thoroughly insincere much of the time.

Vinnys_Magic_Grits

45 points

6 days ago

Politicians like AOC are relatable because they’re actual normal people with actual normal problems. She’ll talk issues on Instagram Live while she builds IKEA furniture, and whether you like her or not, she comes across as genuine and real. DeSantis on the other hand, is a petty, self obsessed little freak who falls more into the uncanny valley the more he tries to seem human.

Michael_G_Bordin

44 points

6 days ago

Honestly, it's as though the Republican constituency is so ingrained to insincerity, they've come to expect performative bullshit from pretty much everyone they know. Their Christianity is performative, their political desires are performative, even their notion of freedom is performative. Conservative culture in the US is based entirely around performative bullshitting and not sincere human expression or reflection of truth.

GenericRedditor0405

16 points

6 days ago

GenericRedditor0405

Massachusetts

16 points

6 days ago

That tracks super well when they can’t wrap their heads around people on the left being sincere about their beliefs too. They assume everything is fake and a lie because they’re at least a little aware of how much their side lies, and assume everyone is the same.

zertech

116 points

6 days ago

zertech

116 points

6 days ago

I think seeing a politician playing group video games in that setting also forces them to show less rehearsed parts of their personality. So much of what is said by politicians is carefully calculated beforehand. Playing among us live with a bunch of strangers and streaming it gives us an oppertunity see a part of their real personality in a situation where they dont have complete control. I think if someone is particularly narcissistic, mean spirited, or even just dumb, than that becomes harder to hide when doing the sort of thing aoc and Ohmar did on twitch.

So much respect for them from me for putting themselves In that sort of an unknown, and than nailing it so hard by seemingly just being themselves.

AwesomeAsian

38 points

6 days ago

Yeah this is what I loved about the game is that it brings out genuine sides out of you. The playfulness, the competitiveness, the willingness to lie. I don't think you can make a full analysis of a person based off the game, but it definitely made AOC look more relatable and she just felt like another millennial instead of someone whose unrelateable.

ItIsHappy

39 points

6 days ago*

It always seems like our politicians' only hobbies are golf and, like, real estate speculation.

You see the real estate game on Saturday? I hear Chicago Family Real Estate is having a real great season this year. I've been a lifelong fan of Houston Capital Investment, but after trading Tom Smith I'm not sure their defense will ever recover.

enixius

14 points

6 days ago

enixius

14 points

6 days ago

Obama doing his March Madness bracket comes to mind. I think Biden does the same thing and I don't remember if Trump ever did.

jetpack_operation

12 points

6 days ago

jetpack_operation

District Of Columbia

12 points

6 days ago

Bourdain and Obama eating together in Vietnam was cool as shit. And if you know where Obama comes from, you sort of realize the "put-on" is when he's being a politician.

keepthepace

22 points

6 days ago

keepthepace

Europe

22 points

6 days ago

It's nice when a representative is shown enjoying what their average constituent enjoys.

And refreshing when it is not firearms

FlyingPasta

150 points

6 days ago

FlyingPasta

150 points

6 days ago

Ok I am actually kind of interested in watching a bunch of US politicians play a game about lying, backstabbing and manipulation. It would be like seeing Messi play FIFA

throwtheclownaway20

21 points

6 days ago

Did you see the stats on her rig? Fuckin' ridiculous. I didn't even know a 6 TB SSD existed 3 years ago

HwonRunJr

13 points

6 days ago

HwonRunJr

13 points

6 days ago

AOC had a rig with a 6tb ssd? WAT.

throwtheclownaway20

28 points

6 days ago

Nah, Ilhan Omar did. IDK what AOC's specs were

The-Insolent-Sage

352 points

6 days ago

Her saying pokimane was so nice and them getting along was really endearing.

Xalbana

82 points

6 days ago

Xalbana

82 points

6 days ago

Yea, she said Pokemane was nice and then afterwards killed her lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu-5D6KH-Xw

prollyshmokin

21 points

6 days ago

prollyshmokin

Oregon

21 points

6 days ago

Such a good clip! I love it

Tandran

169 points

6 days ago

Tandran

Iowa

169 points

6 days ago

She also LOVED CorpseHusband’s voice lmao

isntthisneat

91 points

6 days ago

Who doesn’t lol

TurboGranny

76 points

6 days ago

TurboGranny

Texas

76 points

6 days ago

On that point, these guys clearly know how to reach the younger voters. Who are you if your aren't gaming on twitch with other twitch streamers?

NotEnoughIT

12 points

6 days ago

It’s pretty telling how out of touch politicians are nowadays because most of them are ancient. I’m 40 and wouldn’t be streaming for my constituents. The 80 year olds in charge are so not representing society.

BigCballer

200 points

6 days ago

BigCballer

Michigan

200 points

6 days ago

I think the concept of politicians playing among us is really funny because in order to win as the imposter you have to be a really good liar. So if one of them manages to be really good at lying, would that make them untrustworthy as a politician?

hostile_rep

249 points

6 days ago

hostile_rep

249 points

6 days ago

Ability to deceive and trustworthiness are independent traits.

chasing_the_wind

80 points

6 days ago

Yeah the CIA wants very trustworthy people that are good at deceiving others.

enter360

48 points

6 days ago

enter360

48 points

6 days ago

Yep Ian McKellan deceives me with his acting. I trust him more than the entire GOP.

BillOfArimathea

87 points

6 days ago

My favorite comment from AOC in that stream was "I think I'm too task-oriented".

rekniht01

24 points

6 days ago

rekniht01

Tennessee

24 points

6 days ago

To be a politician you have to be good at playing games.

bcorm11

289 points

6 days ago

bcorm11

289 points

6 days ago

Musk saying that it crashed because of all the traffic isn't the flex he thinks it is. It's your platform, you're hosting it with him and you couldn't even do that because all your "necessary layoffs" left Twitter held together with duct tape and bubble gum.

Small-Isopod6061

327 points

6 days ago

I think I would rather watch her do anything rather than watch DeSantis, period.

courageous_liquid

85 points

6 days ago

I dunno that incredibly awkward conversation he had in NH the other day was pretty incredible.

He has no idea how to talk to humans. He asked someone their name and shook their hand and when they told him he just said "Okay."

bradeena

35 points

6 days ago

bradeena

Canada

35 points

6 days ago

I would much rather watch DeSantis lose a presidential race

irishnugget

308 points

6 days ago

irishnugget

New York

308 points

6 days ago

How long before Elon claims that there was a bug and that the "actual" numbers were much higher?

Mashtatoes

150 points

6 days ago

Mashtatoes

150 points

6 days ago

I’m surprised they haven’t gone the “sabotaged by libruls” way yet.

Gekokapowco

64 points

6 days ago

Gekokapowco

Washington

64 points

6 days ago

I'm waiting for "social media is really hard, live conversation like this has never been attempted before"

calahil

29 points

6 days ago

calahil

29 points

6 days ago

You left out the 100 "ums" Elon would put in that sentence...also the vacant stare while he tries to think of each of those words.

We_The_Raptors

1.3k points

6 days ago

We_The_Raptors

Canada

1.3k points

6 days ago

AOC could easily create one of the biggest Twitch channels in the world if she wanted, tbh.

username-rage

786 points

6 days ago

FDR had his fireside chats, I feel like that would just be a modern interpretation of the concept.

BuckysKnifeFlip

490 points

6 days ago

IIRC, there's a senator or congressperson that does something similar on Tiktok. Breaks down the bills that are getting voted on and whatever else is going on. I would honestly love to see that kind of engagement from politicians. It's a great way to connect with the younger voters.

TouchofRed

448 points

6 days ago

TouchofRed

448 points

6 days ago

Jeff Jackson my congressman in NC does this. I'm so glad I was able to vote for him.

Newmanewma

94 points

6 days ago

I follow him on instagram. Kicks ass.

kat_a_klysm

58 points

6 days ago

kat_a_klysm

Florida

58 points

6 days ago

I follow him on here. I’m always delighted when one of his posts pops up on my feed.

itsatumbleweed

40 points

6 days ago

itsatumbleweed

I voted

40 points

6 days ago

He's one of my favorite congresspeople and I'm not from NC. I know him by reputation.

jodamnboi

29 points

6 days ago

jodamnboi

Missouri

29 points

6 days ago

I’m not from NC but absolutely love him! He’s so honest and transparent. A true rarity in today’s political landscape.

NTDP1994

52 points

6 days ago

NTDP1994

52 points

6 days ago

Congressman Jackson from North Carolina, he's really cool

Bimm1one

27 points

6 days ago

Bimm1one

27 points

6 days ago

Slightly unrelated but during the world cup in Qatar this past December the coach for Spain's national team started using twitch to connect with the fans, talk about the games and just general chit chat.

It was a huge hit, in the few weeks they were there he got like 700k users to subscribe and regular news media criticized him to hell and back, but as time went on more and more people praised the decision because it cuts out the middle man and any spin they may put on stories or comments. We need more of that.

Edeloss

20 points

6 days ago

Edeloss

20 points

6 days ago

And like...if she was ever president it would be some prime OC from President OC.

bs000

23 points

6 days ago

bs000

23 points

6 days ago

already has 938k followers after having only streamed like 4 times ever

GrippedInGold

114 points

6 days ago

Ya and 90% of the viewers would be incel maga repubs jerking off to her. I am 100% serious

GetInTheKitchen1

48 points

6 days ago

Tbf, that's also why magas want to make women dependent 2nd class citizens again.

Reminder that women needed a man to cosign in 1974, your parent's/grandparent's generation: https://bankbonus.com/guides/when-could-women-open-a-bank-account/

captainoftrips

10 points

6 days ago

The algorithm doesn't care, hate watching is still watching.

iamtheliquornow

446 points

6 days ago

how long before meatball ron sets up an OnlyFans...

QueueWho

125 points

6 days ago

QueueWho

Pennsylvania

125 points

6 days ago

my eyes just started bleeding

Lostin1spot

60 points

6 days ago

My eyes! The goggles! They do nothing!!!!

durbry

85 points

6 days ago

durbry

85 points

6 days ago

Or Auntie Graham. Surely someone out there wants to see his ladybugs.

evil_timmy

95 points

6 days ago

Bad day to be literate, thanks to you.

sMarmy_Mcfly

12 points

6 days ago

*onlyflans

discountralph

11 points

6 days ago

Cash in on the pudding-fingers fetish community, good call

prailock

364 points

6 days ago

prailock

Wisconsin

364 points

6 days ago

I watched that stream and it was legitimately good. Disguised Toast and Hasanabi really opened her up to the community for a new form of outreach. Good on Hasan's mods pulling double duty for her chat too. They did a solid job and AOC can go back for similar get out the vote campaigns knowing how effective the viewership and interactions can be. Same for Jagmeet Singh and Ilhan Omar.

TheFalconKid

113 points

6 days ago

TheFalconKid

Michigan

113 points

6 days ago

I got extremely jealous of Ilhan's setup and fit during that stream. I hate that she isn't my rep.

prailock

65 points

6 days ago

prailock

Wisconsin

65 points

6 days ago

Right! Her rig was solid. IIRC one of her kids helped set things up.

BauerHouse

414 points

6 days ago

BauerHouse

414 points

6 days ago

noeagle77

59 points

6 days ago

noeagle77

59 points

6 days ago

Her self reporting was so cute 🥹

Logical-Witness-3361

47 points

6 days ago

Ah, i watched the one where she played with Northernlion (and others, of course)

JanGuillosThrowaway

23 points

6 days ago

JanGuillosThrowaway

Europe

23 points

6 days ago

Northerlion ft. AOC and Jagmeet Singh

firemanfriend

87 points

6 days ago

Thanks for the link. I caught this at the end of the stream and thought it was great. Always meant to go back and watch the entire thing but never got around to it. Will be doing this later today.

hamburgers666

23 points

6 days ago

hamburgers666

California

23 points

6 days ago

Would love to see her stream again one of these days. I'm still following her Twitch just in case!

lifeat24fps

41 points

6 days ago

A platform that boasts 450,000,000 users can’t handle 0.11111% of them loading up an audio stream? What are they running RealPlayer over there at Twitter?

B9f4zze

14 points

6 days ago

B9f4zze

14 points

6 days ago

Rob DeSantis eating a meatball sub [ASMR] sponsored by WinAmp

aretasdamon

127 points

6 days ago

aretasdamon

127 points

6 days ago

And that was with LESS THAN 24 HRS notice to make happen. It still is one of my favorite organic PR moves ever

mad_titanz

103 points

6 days ago

mad_titanz

103 points

6 days ago

I’m waiting for Qanon conspiracy theorists claiming that Musk is a secret Democrat and he brought Twitter in order to ruin DeSantis’ campaign

spinfip

45 points

6 days ago

spinfip

45 points

6 days ago

The not-Q-related conspiracy theory is that after Musk was on the hook to buy Twitter because he kept running his mouth, the Saudi government secretly bankrolled him with instructions to torpedo the site so it can't be used in popular uprisings like the Arab Spring.

Musk gets to not take the immense losses he stupidly lined up for, and KSA gets stronger information control over their citizens.

gnomebludgeon

24 points

6 days ago

The not-Q-related conspiracy theory is that after Musk was on the hook to buy Twitter because he kept running his mouth, the Saudi government secretly bankrolled him with instructions to torpedo the site so it can't be used in popular uprisings like the Arab Spring.

That's weird because you can actually look up how the financing was done and see that Musk is on the hook way deeper to banks than anyone from The Middle East.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal rolled 2 billion in Twitter stock over to Musk to help finance it and Quatar kicked in just shy of 400 million, but there's way more Wall Street money in there. Now, admittedly, Wall Street doesn't have a penchant for sawing people apart while they're alive, but Musk does have Joe Rogan's army to protect him. Maybe.

Low-Caterpillar-9913

56 points

6 days ago

Context matters here, though. It wasn't just a weird flex that more people watch her play Amogus than watch DeSantis launch his campaign. It was in response to comments that the DeSantis launch was "the single biggest gathering of people online ever", despite the fact that it barely broke 100k viewers.

"More people tuned in to watch me play a stupid game about multicolored astronauts" is a far hotter burn than the out of context quote implies.

duckinradar

26 points

6 days ago

What’s with these sadbois and their easily disproven lies? Trumps yuge inauguration, this dingleberry’s live stream…

MOASSincoming

59 points

6 days ago

I love AOC. She’s an authentic and genuine human and I’m rooting for her.

Leonard_Church814

18 points

6 days ago

Leonard_Church814

America

18 points

6 days ago

That stream got 400k viewers and was, at the time, one of the largest Twitch streams ever and went flawlessly. Twitter had trouble doing an AUDIO ONLY announcement to +200k listeners. In the middle of it all they tried SO HARD to spin this as them breaking the internet. Really pathetic.

AwesomeAsian

16 points

6 days ago

The Among Us stream was truly one of the highlights of the pandemic. I think it brought the playfulness out of people.

Bowman01PMC

76 points

6 days ago

Bowman01PMC

American Expat

76 points

6 days ago

I bet AOC could smoke Desantis 1v1 in League of Legends

MakeTheNetsBigger

41 points

6 days ago

Guarantee DeSantis is that guy who gets killed 1v1 in lane, then immediately tilts and starts feeding mid while blaming the jungler.

urmyheartBeatStopR

13 points

6 days ago

Who wants to watch DeSantis, Elon, and Caitlyn Jenner circle jerk each other off? Also Caitlyn Jenner literally killed people with her car, South Park did an episode making fun of it.

No sane person wants to watch 3 insane people in a room talk.

AOC is awesome, her passion is just down right charismatic and attractive.

James1984

42 points

6 days ago

James1984

42 points

6 days ago

People really need to stop underestimating DeSantis. The dude is dangerous and his following grows by the day. If he wins the republican nod it's over.

JARL_OF_DETROIT

16 points

6 days ago

Yep. All of r/conservative is falling in line behind him as the new god emperor.

Over there, they're asking "Donald who?"

James1984

10 points

6 days ago

James1984

10 points

6 days ago

Yea and yet over at /r/politicalcompassmemes they seem to think Trump is going to destroy DeSantis and he won't even make it past the primary.