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PeriodicallyPedantic ,

Poe’s Law is hitting hard in these comments, but for good reason I suppose.

kelargo ,

WTF😬

LodeMike OP ,

That’s what I said.

criss_cross ,

Pretty sure this is when Twitter let everyone buy checkmarks so you had a lot of tweets like this.

Maven ,

!toiletpaperusa

LordWiggle ,
@LordWiggle@lemmy.world avatar

Talking about exerting control over impulses and the impulse to post this shit.

wolfeh , (edited )
@wolfeh@lemmy.world avatar

Well, I’ve just learned more about his search history and interests.

This post is fake, but let’s face it… even when I believed it, it wasn’t a surprise at all.

Malfeasant ,

Every accusation is a confession…

Prethoryn ,
@Prethoryn@lemmy.world avatar

What the fuck is he actually talking about? I have no fucking clue how the US is full of people that read this shit and go, “yeah politics and I am an American Republican this guy knows the truth.” Like how did we get to this kind of stupidity?

LodeMike OP ,

It’s fake

III ,

In defense of the the guy you replied to, the Ben Shapiro types aren’t exactly known for NOT being into their sisters.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

You can’t prove it’s not real

MajesticSloth ,
@MajesticSloth@lemmy.world avatar

That’s the great thing about fake tweets from Ben. They all still feel like they could be real.

EatATaco ,

“omg americans are so stupid”

While falling for a painfully fake tweet.

Anti_Face_Weapon ,

I’m disappointed with how many people are falling for this

Frokke ,

Cuz they want it to be true. They want their “opponents” to be vile creatures so they can claim the moral highground.

Makes it easier to dismiss their arguments.

flying_sheep ,
@flying_sheep@lemmy.ml avatar

I don’t see Ben Shapiro as an “opponent”. His weapons-grade bad takes aimed at nothing but to stoke the fires of a culture war simply are vile.

AWittyUsername ,

Sounds like he’s speaking from experience of both scenarios.

bruhduh ,
@bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

facts and logic be like /s

FelixCress ,

Oddlyspecific

LodeMike OP ,

Yes that’s the joke. It’s funny making fun of right wingers :)))

FelixCress ,

The obvious issue is that it is like taking candy from a baby. They are not developed enough to defend themselves. 😁

umbraroze ,

Hey now, you just can’t call him “Benny” out of the blue. His birth name was Benjamin. That’s what he should be called. That’s exactly according to his own rules he’s espousing. /very sarcastic of course

brbposting ,

I feel sheepish saying it but I wish even these obvious fakes were marked as parody in tiny little font somewhere

ZombiFrancis ,

Yeah without it at a certain point they start giving cover for the heinous shit he actually says and advocates for.

A_Random_Idiot ,

Which is exactly what i’ve argued a hundred times.

I genuinely would not be surprised if half of these are being made by trolls for the explicit purpose of muddying the waters and confusing things to give cover/plausible deniability to what he actually says, since screenshotted tweets have apparently become a medium of information transmission.

A_Random_Idiot ,

You shouldnt feel sheepish about it.

I’ve already seen people using these fake tweets that everything thinks is soooo funny being use to defend and handwave the shit he actually says.

but why use brains and care about common sense when some stupid fucklechuckles get a giggle.

brbposting ,

You were the change today

A_Random_Idiot ,

I think its a good start, but also super easy for an asshole to just edit out the (parody) label.

brbposting ,

Very true. Mentioned this elsewhere someone suggestion a large watermark:

I went a different route, though I avoided placing the callout somewhere it may be accidentally cropped.

I hope the, uh, non-disinformation can have a simple start here, and if we’re big enough some day that kind of thing is a problem maybe we re-adjust. Of course, nothing stopping someone from recreating something to their less-scrupulous heart’s delight. (in the case someone is re-creating something to intentionally mislead, not re-creating based on their expectations of people’s knowledge and BS meters)

Ahh just can’t wait for the proliferation of high-quality generated videos…

ILikeBoobies ,

Watermark stretching the whole image

Otherwise someone will just remove it

brbposting ,

I went a different route, though I avoided placing the callout somewhere it may be accidentally cropped.

I hope the, uh, non-disinformation can have a simple start here, and if we’re big enough some day that kind of thing is a problem maybe we re-adjust. Of course, nothing stopping someone from recreating something to their less-scrupulous heart’s delight. (in the case someone is re-creating something to intentionally mislead, not re-creating based on their expectations of people’s knowledge and BS meters)

Ahh just can’t wait for the proliferation of high-quality generated videos…

Noel_Skum ,

I’d like to apologise now for when, in the future, I place a “parody” sticker on a genuine social media post. I know, there’s something wrong with me… but I thought I’d give you a heads-up about it as you seem pretty reasonable.

brbposting ,

LOL lmk what your psych says about that

When you try it, make sure it’s in a domain where there is some chance of starting an international conflict

Noel_Skum ,

I was thinking of some (gentle) lazy flaming or trolling but your mention of instigating international conflict has inspired me to better myself and aim higher in life. Thank you.

brbposting ,

You’re welcome, Nuclear Noel

PhlubbaDubba ,

It’s funny because his sister looks like someone gender bent him and gave him a proper skin care routine

LodeMike OP ,

Yeah

Delphia ,

I mean, in fairness Ben Shapiros looks are possibly the least offensive thing about literally everything else about him.

HRDS_654 ,

“… Maybe you steal her underwear a couple times…” No Ben. No we don’t.

Regardless of it being the fake, the fact that so many (including me) thought it was real speaks volumes.

xenoclast ,

"It’s funny because it’s ‘relatable’ "

HRDS_654 ,

I don’t know about relatable, but it does speak to Ben’s personality that so many people thought this was real.

xenoclast ,

Relatable… relative… his sister…

LapGoat ,
@LapGoat@pawb.social avatar

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/aaaah

fuck ben shapino but also this is relevant

Amir ,
@Amir@lemmy.ml avatar

Tbh that’s right wing rhetoric. “It doesn’t matter that it’s factually false, it’s enough that it could be true”

HRDS_654 ,

It’s really not that deep.

joshoff ,

I hate myself for crushing on him so hard

LodeMike OP ,

Pardon?

zerog_bandit ,

Just thinking about him spitting in my mouth and calling me an abomination before God makes me flush.

LodeMike OP ,

You’re a different person

vonxylofon ,

I think they know that.

TriPolarBearz ,

Notopbutok

SuddenDownpour ,

My condolences.

Manifish_Destiny ,

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