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Author Topic: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée  (Read 1577907 times)

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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2760 on: July 02, 2015, 08:37:24 pm »
Should a distinction be made between the more media outrage side of the generation and the upper-middle student with lots of disposable income? Because one is far more likely to be of greater value at generating publicity or helping with PR with social media capital and free hours whilst the latter is the cash cow to be milked; see EA using the former for defence and Apple for the latter
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2761 on: July 02, 2015, 08:46:24 pm »
One should be made, yes. One generates the monies, the other generates the hype. Still, seems like an awfully byzantine way to cynically capitalize on political movements in the county. You'd think if this were more successful we'd be seeing it more than we have now, although, trends be trending and shit.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2762 on: July 02, 2015, 08:59:31 pm »
Quote from: nenjin on July 02, 2015, 08:46:24 pm
One should be made, yes. One generates the monies, the other generates the hype. Still, seems like an awfully byzantine way to cynically capitalize on political movements in the county. You'd think if this were more successful we'd be seeing it more than we have now, although, trends be trending and shit.
Guy Fawkes masks are the immediate precursor to this. Though then again, though it started with a bunch of trolls and lols it ended with what we'd anachronistically call the tumblr gen.
I think the social media is the key here; it's easy to generate "outrage" on twitter or petitions that take very little effort to appear far more imposing than they are. And the market capitalizing on this new market of hype and dollar has coincided with the rise of the kony2012 activism. I.e. people getting ripped and mugged of monies based off of emotional appeals that overpower reason. In the short amount of time where outrage flows, inhibitions on wallets follow.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2763 on: July 03, 2015, 02:11:15 am »
The grainy Facebook image macro factories are already pumping out Trump memes. Today I learned making $400,000 a day is a top qualification for being President material.

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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2764 on: July 03, 2015, 02:29:00 am »
You know, I'm not that big on the whole replacing "illegal immigrant" with "undocumented resident" shtick, but calling people "illegals" like that is just terrible rhetoric.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2765 on: July 03, 2015, 03:27:22 am »
It's almost like these fucktards are stupid enough to think that Obama is running for President again.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2766 on: July 03, 2015, 06:27:13 am »
"Will make America great again"

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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2767 on: July 03, 2015, 06:29:35 am »
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2768 on: July 03, 2015, 10:05:12 am »
Trump's lack of eyelashes makes me feel like he isn't quite human...
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2769 on: July 03, 2015, 10:11:47 am »
Quote from: RedKing on July 03, 2015, 03:27:22 am
It's almost like these fucktards are stupid enough to think that Obama is running for President again.

Pretty sure I've seen enough of them panic over his imminent plans to send in the black helicopters, cancel elections, and install a New World Order that this you're probably correct...
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« Reply #2770 on: July 03, 2015, 10:36:50 am »
Quote from: mainiac on July 03, 2015, 10:05:12 am
Trump's lack of eyelashes makes me feel like he isn't quite human...

Here in Scotland we've been under the impression he was an orange that put on a suit and a hairpiece and started complaining about green energy.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2771 on: July 03, 2015, 11:40:53 am »
Can't wait for the general election season where all the obama hate vanishes in one fortnight and we start slandering hillary (or bernie).
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« Reply #2772 on: July 03, 2015, 12:01:55 pm »
"Why can't Hillary try to compromise like Obama?"
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2773 on: July 03, 2015, 03:47:31 pm »
Quote from: darkrider2 on July 03, 2015, 11:40:53 am
Can't wait for the general election season where all the obama hate vanishes in one fortnight and we start slandering hillary (or bernie).

Hate to say it, but, people are going to continue hating Obama for many years to come. He is to the right what GWB was to the left.
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Re: Bay12 2016 Electron Megathread- It Was Inevitable
« Reply #2774 on: July 03, 2015, 03:49:42 pm »
Quote from: nenjin on July 03, 2015, 03:47:31 pm
Quote from: darkrider2 on July 03, 2015, 11:40:53 am
Can't wait for the general election season where all the obama hate vanishes in one fortnight and we start slandering hillary (or bernie).

Hate to say it, but, people are going to continue hating Obama for many years to come. He is to the right what GWB was to the left.
And ironically, both are much closer to the other side than they're ever given credit for.
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