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FIFA desperately begs drunk Australians to sing about wine instead of Trump
SLOP+ By wttp3
A hyperaware satirical takedown of FIFA's authoritarian approach to fan speech, dressed up as an official statement with hilariously bad suggested alternatives. Someone with a solid grasp of institutional absurdity and Australian football culture weaponized MS Paint and condescension to create this ...
fake intellectualism gets immediately clowned in real time
A screenshot of streaming conversation dialogue where someone recommends Marcel Proust to another streamer (Clavicular) as a form of self-improvement ("soul nourishment"), comparing Proust's work to the streamer's daily life content. The punchline arrives when Clavicular dismisses the entire interac...
Unironically asking if social media is addictive... on social media
banned from pub for having journalist parents; tells story in three newspapers
SLOP+ By Plutôt la Barbie (via @wttp3)
Earlier this month, I was told that I was no longer welcome in my local pub, because my dad is a contributing editor at The Spectator, and my mum is the art critic for The Observer. You can read more about it in The Telegraph (where my friend's dad works as a columnist).
guy warns about digital coups while leveraging them for engagement
SLOP+ By Carole Cadwalladr (via @wttp3)
So, today @tedtalks announced that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was their most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
