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jwillywill
OozyRatInASanitaryZoo
Some hilarious commentary from Wonkette:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/republicans-unveil-secret-midterm
BubblesTheFish
Hasan Packing
tvdinner86
geotard
Well I think we found the exact moment grindr hit 150% and crashed.
TSeventhSon
is there any context for that picture to be used? Did the Republican Convention just have dudes in speedos posted up?
PowerThruster
Self-hatred drives a lot of conservative psychology. What better way to get the rally going than give half of them envy, and the other half desire? They'd be frothing at the mouth so you dont notice the frothing in their pants; republicans are nothing but hypocrites and liars.
tentacularfleshscape
I assume it was like "look, this is the left's champion in his underwear, isn't he pathetic"
OhIfIMust
huey9k
ALL HAIL THE TODD!
epicfail48
The Todd was an icon of acceptance and himboism, the world could use a few more The Todds in it
huey9k
ALL HAIL THE TODD!
johnvilnis
They just confirmed why Grindr crashed around this convention.
RevTang
Dangled the carrot. Pun intended.
MisterWoolf
No "they" didn't.
OmegaYeti
Didnt grindr also crash in the area?
Azazellosarmour
Bigly
FruitFlyInStrangePlaces
My understanding is there was a brief outage because fewer people showed up
zzz777
I'm pretty sure things are in outage because people report it not working because people aren't using it. Makes perfect sense.
MisterWoolf
No.
BarnegatLight
There was an Onion article to that effect just as it started, not sure if they predicted reality again or not (so many people had "work to do in my district at home").
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OmegaYeti
Homie, it was a joke, because republican events do in fact tend to crash it, but this one had such shitty turn out that it didnt crash.
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OmegaYeti
Fuck that, its well past time to get down in the dirt and fight these fucks where they are. taking the high road hasnt worked and only got us further into a dictatorship.
Dagordae
Only according to DownDetector, which is entirely dependent on user reports. So, you know, an obvious target for jokes with no actual verification.
MisterWoolf
The "Grindr Crashed" meme is really just a way for liberal guys to be stealthy homophobes.
OmegaYeti
The thing is, we dont actually care. But they vote for and support people that actively harm that community, and hypocrites need to be called out.
MisterWoolf
"Its not that they';re gay. Its the hypocrisy..." Oh please. A made-up story about Grindr crashing isn't about hypocrisy. It's about using the LGBTQ community as a punchline.
illegalacorn
I promise you gay people don’t feel like they’re the punchline
fudgycurmudgeon
People sure keep saying that but I haven’t seen any sources to back it up
OmegaYeti
I'm sure it didn't, because the turn out was just that bad. But still funny.
MeowWoof
People, including journalists, don't realize that outages reported by sites like Down Detector are self reported.
Frenchgeek
You don't use the truth against people who don't care about it.
TheLastGreatAudit
Isn't that the dude who is some sort of wholly owned CCP mouthpiece? Or am I conflating him with someone?
18booma
He doesn't foam at the mouth criticizing a peaceful nation. He doesn't go through the checklist everytime of mentioning the Uyghurs, censorship or a massacre that happened 37 years ago. In fact, he even compliments them on their public transport and high quality universal healthcare. You know it's impossible to have a positive opinion of a country that's lifted 800-million people out of poverty. He must be paid
EverNotRelevant
Watters? I've never heard anything like that about him. You may be thinking of Tim Poole
ontarioOT
No, Pool was funded by Russia and (probably) now by Israel.
Gustave13
https://youtu.be/QRKOh9UhR_Q
SpammersAreScum
Watters? He's a MAGA mouthpiece who has said a lot of absurd and disgusting things, but I don't think he's been accused of being a Russian mouthpiece.
TI99Kitty
I thought CCP was China?
SpammersAreScum
Ah, right. But I'm not aware of that accusation, either.
TI99Kitty
Neither am I, but then I try to avoid having to hear/read anything about the little bitch.