Posts by Tom_Joad@toad.social
(DIR) Post #Al2oT4FBjcZg8TUNma by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:32:37Z
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The NYT & Washington Post started counting all of the lies told by Trump during his term as POTUS. He clocked in at well over 35,000. The lines between reality and fantasy weren't just fading, they were disappearing for many. In wrestling this is kayfabe, or 'fake, babe!'
(DIR) Post #Al2oT5Up4yfu1FoNn6 by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:38:43Z
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What Vince McMahon did was stop pretending that wrestling was real. This got rid of any limitations on how weird the storylines could be. It went from kayfabe to neo-kayfabe, or "Yes, it's fake, except for the parts that you chose to believe are real"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/24/trump-wrestling-mcmahon-villain-election-00088590
(DIR) Post #Al2oT6gYepejhwJGim by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:40:34Z
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People have compared QAnon to an Alternate Reality Game, but why not wrestling?It has demonic characters, battles between good and evil, and most importantly the suspension of disbelief.Like neokayfabe, the audience may believe it's over the top, but perhaps partially true.
(DIR) Post #Al2oT7ZVMXbmSM19Mm by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:44:24Z
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But back to our main character.Trump learned from WWE that the important thing was to get people excited, to 'draw heat'. It didn't matter as a 'face' or a heel, if you could generate excitement, you would win. Trump never went for subtleties & nuance.He wanted to fire you up, and it didn't matter if the storyline was totally over the top. The crowds would eat it up and worship him for it.
(DIR) Post #AljMLobp1YJEhM6dyC by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:46:38Z
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Now, though, Trump & his poorly chosen VP pick are on the back foot. When Biden dropped out, Harris unexpectedly hit the ground running & are generating a huge amount of their own heat.While Trump & Vance are being made to look like fools & just weird, which is castrating the DJT image
(DIR) Post #AljMLpUPkZyhQfeF3w by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:49:38Z
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JD Vance apparently understands all this.He held a rally last week at the ECW Arena. (Extreme Cage Wrestling) but only drew a crowd of a little over 200 in a 2,000 seat arena.(Smaller than the crowd for Somoa Joe versus Necro Butcher)(sometimes I think JD is secretly on our side🤣)https://www.indy100.com/politics/jd-vance-philadelphia-rally-ecw
(DIR) Post #AljMLqJofT5w05hIBM by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:50:50Z
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So things seem to be going less that wonderful for the Trump campaign. Vance brings more Ice than Heat. Even with his ear scratch, Trump doesn't seem to have the Mojo he used to.
(DIR) Post #AljMLqpikqcDb2clua by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:52:40Z
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Meanwhile, social media has been set on fire by Walz and Harris. Even if most of the media let the GOP and Trump push them around still.Hey, @nytimes are those cancellations starting to hurt yet?
(DIR) Post #AljMLsH3Oi4c46Q79c by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-08-17T02:54:03Z
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@nytimes Have to add this. Just in:Linda McMahon, Former WWE Boss & wife of Vince McMahon (under FBI investigation), Leading Donald Trump’s Transition Teamhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/linda-mcmahon-former-wwe-boss-leading-donald-trumps-transition-team
(DIR) Post #Alx9H425fn81tYEhgO by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-13T04:23:01Z
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@heidilifeldman My sister has a T shirt very like the second one.
(DIR) Post #Alx9H5QaUCJmDohmVM by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-13T05:02:26Z
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@martinlentink @heidilifeldman On the evil Jeff Bezos app.
(DIR) Post #Alx9H6ojJvDwWz0Zm4 by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-13T05:07:51Z
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@heidilifeldman @martinlentink Yeah, I had to order it for her.And describe them to her. She's been blind for ten years now.But she still really wanted a Harris Walz shirt and a Vote Dem yard sign,
(DIR) Post #Alx9H87YTPsOZep7ku by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-13T05:12:50Z
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@heidilifeldman @martinlentink I got this one.But then I mostly wear Grateful Dead tie-dyes.
(DIR) Post #Am50zmgTg0mqnW3W76 by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-17T02:06:09Z
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It's a well-known fact that Reality has a Left-wing bias.Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris, the pro-science candidate.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote-for-kamala-harris-to-support-science-health-and-the-environment/
(DIR) Post #Am51HAV4NmBraJ0czo by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2024-09-17T02:11:26Z
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@goo True, but try to tell that to the MAGAs who insist she is a Marxist.
(DIR) Post #AsQ2buIqVV756VNorg by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2025-03-25T16:24:11Z
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@briankrebs What would Trump have said if he had published the attack plans before they happened, instead of after?
(DIR) Post #AsmzP4Rl2NYmzq0bBY by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2025-04-05T05:50:19Z
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And I thought the Signal Chat guys were the only ones who could possibly be that dumb.
(DIR) Post #AuL96X5iwOSYRx6E4m by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2025-05-22T03:51:19Z
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@RevXenoFact Careful, the SS may be knocking on your door. 😜
(DIR) Post #AuvrwDcGiNXYrtBFx2 by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2025-06-08T21:03:17Z
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@Nonilex Not only that, but he basically just said that the National Guard were sent there as a provocation.
(DIR) Post #AyqprspU0dW7Hfjj6G by Tom_Joad@toad.social
2025-10-04T00:10:58Z
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