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[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 376 points 7 months ago (5 children)
[–] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 91 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

I bet they wear a cape, when no one’s looking

[–] noevidenz@infosec.pub 58 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This article could've been a PNG

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[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I think in basketball they call that an alley oop.

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 192 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Well, I can't say I can name even one of her songs, but if she triggers magats and has Luke Skywalker on her side, then I guess it's time to get Swiftie in here or whatever.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 63 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I have heard literally one of her songs and only because I was being paid to write a parody of it, but based on her overall behavior, she seems like she's better than pretty much every other billionaire out there. Admittedly a low bar, but still something.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 58 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There was a pandemic era interview of her that was really poignant and insightful. She knows and things about quite a lot. Her Midnights album had a lot of self criticism and reflection, and she's commented a lot more about unfair gender norms.

She also kept a music store in Nashville afloat during the pandemic, and she's really generous about health insurance and bonuses. Her truckers for her tour got $100k in just bonuses.

I'm a fan. I think as far as billionaires go, she's achieved it in the only ethical manner possible. Being a global music sensation is pretty much the only way to do so -- if she has even just 100,000,000 fans globally, each just needs to spend $10 for her to make a billion. And honestly, I don't think that fan number is that off.

Sure, she makes and made mistakes. She's human. But all in all, I quite like her. I'm biased certainly, I grew up listening to her music. I listened to it a lot through a lot of loneliness, and at some of my lowest points, I was listening to "this is me trying" daily (and "beautiful" by Eminem, an odd pair to be sure).

I'm a 29 year old man and I'm happy to call myself a Swiftie haha

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago

I give her props for writing her own songs in an age where everyone on the radio uses the same five ghostwriters.

[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed reading your take on Swift. Thanks for sharing. ☺️

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Rowling used to be my example of a good billionaire, then she went all TERF-y.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago (36 children)

Rowling earned her billion ethically -- she just turned out to be a unethical person, and it wasn't known until much later.

Alongside Taylor Swift it highlights the only way to ethically be a billionaire -- mass global popularity. When you have 100,000,000 fans, and each of them spend just $10 on a book or album, you make a billion.

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[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Shit on the floor!

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[–] drislands@lemmy.world 126 points 7 months ago (3 children)

An article...about a tweet...quoting another tweet.

I mean, it's mildly interesting, but I don't know that this is really news.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago

The page also doesn't load for me. Probably because I block so much bullshit. Don't know the quote, don't care. Time to keep scrolling 🤣

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 117 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Trump, meanwhile, has claimed he made Swift “so much money” and argued she’d be “disloyal” if she supported Biden, like she did in 2020.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 53 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Buzz word disloyal Means a green light to followers.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

MAGAts: "Y'all hear what Trump wants us to do?"

Thomas Edison: "I'm deaf in one ear and I heard that."

Beethoven: "Tommy, my boy, I'm deaf in both ears and I know what he meant."

Helen Keller: Yeah, it's clear as day what he's saying.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 7 months ago

He wrote most of her songs.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

Duff man says a lot of things. If you are still listening your brain will just stay hurt. Ignore the trolls.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Apparently she secretly coached her boyfriend to win the Superbowl or something

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago

Oh absolutely. Without help from a pop star there's no way the professional football player would know what to do.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Didn't everyone already know even before 2016 that he was a narcissistic rapist with the IQ of a damp rag?

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago

Yes. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Repubs want.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

America is a country that rewards sociopathy, and conditions its citizens to think that the most heartless among them are the most awesome.

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[–] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A lawyer for damp rags is gonna make a killing off the defamation suit they're preparing against you.

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 40 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.

So much stupidity

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.

So much stupidity

They fear her potential, so they try for a pre-emptive strike.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Mark Hamill is a treasure, but why can't he be on Mastodon? George Takei has 420k followers, and he could too.

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

hehe… Hamill does a better Luke Skywalker IRL than anything anyone could write in the last 25 years.

nice

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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 11 points 7 months ago

This used to be politics, not celebrities.

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