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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 37 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

No joke, the allleged shooter Luigi was right. Except it wasn’t him, he was playing poker with me in Arizona on that day.

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is hilarious because when my Dad was alive, a long pause like that usually meant he completely agreed but felt like a father shouldn't say that.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 23 points 13 hours ago

Yeah that's how it reads to me too. Like "nice, but don't talk like that."

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 19 hours ago

"Killing evil people is only okay in theory, putting it into practice is a step too far"

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Luigi was just saying the quiet part out loud.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

not that loud; the sound was allegedly muffled by a silencer.

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Loud enough to be heard, but quiet enough for the bougie mouthpieces of the MSM to miss the message apparently

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

i think the panic they're showing is precisely because they did get the message.

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They eventually got it but at first all the propaganda outlets were parroting “what possibly could have motivated such a cold blooded act?!?”in unison with Surprised pikachu face energy

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think any of that was genuine to be honest

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

I think people who spend more on weekend vacations than you or i could earn in a dozen consecutive lifetimes are so vapid and unable to read a room without their army of advisors to tell them which way the wind blows that it is very likely they did not adequately assess the situation until the second news cycle

[–] mercphilby 70 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Luigi was just being sarcastic.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 15 points 14 hours ago

Luigi didn't do it. He was with me in Mexico.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mercphilby 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously he should’ve put it on YouTube for his fans. And then he would get away with it

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Ever hear of Crashing Out? It's a new trend where you record yourself doing a bunch of illegal shit for the hits, and then getting as much ad revenue as you can, invest the money before the account is banned, and collect the cash when you get out of jail.

Non-surprisingly it keeps ending in failure when the people are immediately arrested before making any real money off of this, getting perma-banned from all platforms, and the businesses involved sue you for more than you made.

I can't see this fad lasting, ngl. Especially with that Johnny Salami guy who went to Japan to do this, got kicked out of the country and instead of quitting while he was ahead, went to South Korea where he's expected to never be seen again.

[–] mercphilby 4 points 14 hours ago

It happens every day though. Platforms care about money. I can see it getting worse.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 66 points 21 hours ago

Who's joking?

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Your dad is a billionaire?

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 19 hours ago

Temporarily embarrassed

[–] nwilz@lemmy.world -4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 18 hours ago

r/itwasagraveyardinnineteenninetyeightwhentheundertakerthrewmankindoffhellinacellandplummetedsixteenfeetthroughanannouncerstable