this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Imagine feeling threatened by a wholesome learning puppet

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean he did ruin sesame street ... but not for the reasons presented here.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He did? What happened? The way you said it and with everything going on in the media I’m half expecting you to tell me Elmo is dating a 15 year old or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Well at least he wasn’t going to diddy parties or speaking at trump rallies.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Poisoning masculinity and the minds of young men, you say?

If they didn't know exactly what they were doing, they would never accuse others of it.

[–] bamfic 2 points 2 months ago

It is always projection

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

Me: surely this isn't real

quick search

Oh fuck me

[–] saltesc 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The way he's talking, it sounds like he doesn't know it's a puppet.

[–] PunnyName 16 points 2 months ago

He knows. That's how fragile he is.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Apparently that's legit a problem when a character like Elmo or Kermit shows up in real world interviews, Muppeteer disappears into the role so well the person they're talking to will seemingly forget, mic up the puppet, etc.

[–] WrenFeathers 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is he not in jail anymore? Wait… is sex trafficking legal now?!

Everyone, quick! Lock your doors!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Oh my god, wtf did Elmo do? Never meet your heroes.

[–] hperrin 22 points 2 months ago

Threatening a fictitious toddler is definitely sane and reasonable behavior.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

If Andrew Tate is masculinity, that explains why a substantial amount of men are complete shitheads who make the world worse.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing says strength like an identity so fragile that mere internet words shake its foundations

[–] mojofrododojo 2 points 2 months ago

from a fictional PUPPET...

Tate, just... stop owning yourself.... Go back to prison.

[–] captainlezbian 12 points 2 months ago

Men like Andrew Tate get mad when people are uncomfortable with masculinity and then proceed to accuse men of stuff that not even Andrea Dworkin would dare say. Amongst the serious anti man feminists they at least believed men can be better

[–] Chivera 12 points 2 months ago

Why isn't he in jail

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

If poisoning young boys minds and vilifying masculinity was cause for punishment, Tate should drink the hemlock.

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION 8 points 2 months ago

up yours woke moralists

[–] undergroundoverground 5 points 2 months ago

I don't know what Tates problem is. I love international women.

Also "oh yeah, ill teach you to have a problem with toxic masculinity. I'll learn you good!!"

[–] art 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Andrew Tate is just Jordan Peterson with a Bowflex.

[–] pyre 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This makes me feel. Grouchy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why does this have upvotes?

[–] BigDiction 3 points 2 months ago

OP adding a Lemmy stamp to the repost pile!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 1583 upvotes I believe are on the reddit post, the rant from tate has like 411 likes compared to Elmo's 600k.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I think they were referring to the comment they replied to that is the same image as the post.

[–] HomerianSymphony 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like someone needs a hug.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 3 points 2 months ago

Nobody cares about him.