• @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      the “art” isn’t the poster itself.

      it’s that the talentless bigot generated it and the outcome makes pride look cool. or backfired because he’s a brain rotten grifter.

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    Would’ve worked better if “pridemonth” was really one word.

  • Lovable Sidekick
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    Demons lol. The longstanding mass delusion that soaring cathedrals and solid gold ornaments mean you’re smarter than a naked guy shaking a magic rattle made out of a gourd.

  • @[email protected]
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    This reminds me of when rightwing youtube was trying to drum up fake satanic panic over Sam Smith’s devil performance or whatever the fuck it was.

    It was so goofy seeing them trying to pretend to be afraid of this bs, like it was some evil demonic shit.

    As someone who was deep into metal in the 2000s and was exposed to Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth and Dir En Grey, it really was the most pathetic display of outrage ever because Sam Smith is vanilla af. If these puritan right wingers want something to clutch their pearls at, then go watch the 20 something year old music video of Dir En Grey’s Obscure. Uncensored.

  • BmeBenji (he/him)
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    Tangentially related but I miss the days when the 2016 DOOM Slayer was yet to be confirmed as the original DOOM Guy from 1993. I thought it was way cooler to think that the Slayer was a genderless force of anger against evil and the fully-covering Praetor suit made it easy to think of them that way

      • BmeBenji (he/him)
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        Maybe they wanted to avoid making them that much more like Master Chief. Then again Master Chief is personified by his voice

  • @[email protected]
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    42 months ago

    I mean, I’m not a part of the LGBTQ+ community, I just support them, but if this is the marketing, I may consider switching sides…

  • Ginny [they/she]
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    Non-UK people should read up about Laurence Fox if they want a good laugh.

    Some career highlights:

    • Destroyed his acting career and his marriage by being an upper class right wing shit.
    • Destroyed his subsequent gig as a right wing pundit on GB News by being too misogynist on air.
    • Called some drag queens paedophiles after they called him racist. He was sued for defamation and he countersued. He lost on both counts.
    • Stood for election as an MP and lost his deposit.
    • Stood for election as London Mayor and lost his deposit.
    • Tried to stand for election as London Mayor a second time and didn’t get on the ballot because he didn’t fill in the paperwork correctly
    • Stood for election to the London Assembly and lost his deposit.
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      Not his money though. He’s bankrolled by noted Steam train owner Jeremy Hosking, who provides Fox with a central London office, secretary, company car and very large expense budget, expecting no return on investment at all, just to spread hate. Reportedly Fox spends most days snoozing at his desk.

    • @[email protected]
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      What does “lost his deposit” mean in the context of UK elections? Do you only get your money back if you win? Is there some decorum standard he violated or something?

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        You lose your £500 deposit if you win 5% or less of the valid votes cast in the constituency. It’s to discourage no-hopers from taking part.

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          lmao “no hopers” is going into excessive rotation for me now

    • @[email protected]
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      To be fair to him, on his first run at London Mayer, he did get nearly twice as many votes as Count Binface, a candidate who claims to be from space and wears a dustbin on his head.

      • @[email protected]
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        262 months ago

        Not sure about Count Binface since I don’t really follow UK politics, but if he’s anything like Vermin Supreme his platform is likely both preferable to and more realistic than the mainstream conservative party candidates’ plans.

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          Novelty candidates are a highlight of UK politics - practically every high profile election has some.

          The brilliant thing is that they’re treated as seriously as the main party candidates by the election machinery - they appear on politics programmes and appear onstage stood next to the career politicians on count day.

          H’Angus the Monkey, the Hartlepool FC football mascot, even got elected as mayor of Hartlepool a few years back.

          There’s an entire novelty party, The Monster Raving Looney Party, which has been going strong since the 80s, and fields candidates across the country.

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            Don’t forget Tarquin Fin-Tim-Lin-Bin-Whin-Bim-Lim-Bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel from the Silly Party, that was even earlier!

          • @[email protected]
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            I could search this, and probably should. Is the The Monster Raving Looney Party a real thing?

            That’s like so fucking English.

      • Ginny [they/she]
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        I imagine so, but I also imagine that whether or not they are highlights or lowlights depends on your frame of reference.