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One of the many reasons I watch tv is to see anyone *but* myself on a screen. I spend too much of my short life on zoom calls to ever want to see more of my face than I absolutely have to.

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Re: @unclogging_drains...

I feel seen.

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Didn’t MrBeast get his start simping for PewDiePie? he is choosing his successor

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"4chan users started making Joe Biden say racist stuff..."

Biden never needed 4chan deepfakers to do that.

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Shmunguss made me cry laughing. Also u pimple popping freaks need to be more ashamed of your words and deeds!

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Literally the 5th ¶, on a never-materialized plot point of Pale King: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/d-f-w-tracing-the-ghostly-origins-of-a-phrase

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My 1-year-old birthday party had a drag queen (mom's friend in full attire + dressed to match the party's color scheme, so this was planned in advance) and judging by the pictures, baby me was pretty excited about that.

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LOL!

They took the tweet down.

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That's a lot of good stuff. Impressive article. I especially like your take on the influencer influenza. It's got to suck realizing you've pigeon-holed yourself and feel like you can't break out because this is what your followers want.

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I think putting your face in the movie only makes sense if everyone watching at home or in theaters can see it. I had a cousin who was an extra in a movie and we’d look for her whenever we watched the film.

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The unclogging drains dude has longform videos on YouTube.

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One thing about drag entertainment is that its basically the only way to get access to variety performances now. Once upon a time parents would be able to go see some crap theatre put on a variety show but the only performers doing that now are drag queens.

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oh, there's been a comment section this whole time? :/

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Can I have the link to the discord please? I can't find it anywhere!

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Great catch on the deepfake thing I definitely can imagine every future twitter spat being over whether a video is real or not, and the chuds whose whole shtick is explaining why a real video is fake.

I liked the Mr beast serfdom comp. These Stan armies are super useful if you're facing a sexual misconduct charge but keeping them engaged in the downtime leads to weird stuff. I still think Mr beast is probably a better dude than 99 percent of influencers but I kinda feel for the shlubs who worship him. Also credit to him chocolate is a good celebrity product to develop.

There is I one use for the movie insertion thing that may attract the perv community. But other than that I don't want to see my face over Jared leto's in morbius.

I found the drain clogging thing amazingly watchable and I don't think the internet could make anyone strange let alone @ryanpornstar

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