i just love seeing rich people beat on rich people. i wish there was more of that. bring back chivalry. bring back dueling. i want to see congresspeople slaughter each other legally in the defense of their bills

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

i want to see congresspeople slaughter each other legally in the defense of their bills

In today's livestream - Joe Jackass the Junior Republican Senator from Alabama will fight in a match of honor against Doug Douchebaggery the Senior Democratic Senator from California. I apologize in advance for the handle - the contest was chosen by poopmachine69. poopmachine69's choice and comment are "I wanna see them fight hand-to-hand to the death. Effing yeah. Effing yeah. You just said 'Effing yeah. Effing yeah.' That's stupid. I can chose the method of death but in my own voice I can't say the f word in it's natural, righteous form? That's lame!"

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still shocked COVID didn't take out more of them.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a slap chris-rocked

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Huh, weird how memory can completly get it wrong. Could have sworn he punched him

[–] randomname01@feddit.nl 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn’t the main conversation about why he would do that over someone who clearly didn’t care about him (anymore)? I honestly don’t remember anyone actually blaming Jada.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I couldn't stand all the hand-wringing "conversations" crackers were having about something so trivial and definitely not their biz. At best that shit was benevolent racism. I was a redditor back in those days and had to lurk in /r/blackpeopletwitter (the only sub without slaptakes) to maintain my sanity. That couple of weeks or so really opened my eyes at how pervasive that kinda of racism is and started me on the path to find a new site to spend my time on.

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Did they tho?

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Umm excuse me I blamed Chris Rock for it

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[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If it had been staged, someone would have leaked that by now.

Some of the writers for that year were on a podcast I listened to a couple months after it happened, and it sure sounded like they were all genuinely shocked. I listen to a lot of Hollywood-adjacent shows, and though I've heard people who were there or watching live say that they at first thought it might have been staged because it was so surreal, I haven't heard a single person even hint that it was actually staged. Every time it comes up, it's some variation on "holy shit, can you believe that happened?!?" or a joke about keeping someone's partner's name out of your mouth.

There's too much Internet clout to be had from being the person who spills those beans, and though the scientologists have a lot of power, I can't believe they could keep this stupid and inconsequential a secret this quiet for this long.

[–] Darth_Reagan@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The vibes were too weird for it have been staged

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

It's also completely contrary to Will Smith's career trajectory. He's trying to be a completely inofensive Tom Hanks-like figure. The slap really doesn't work for that image. Especially since everyone is hysterical now so the media reactions were mostly "this is cancel culture" with the "left wing" version saying that it's literally the end of press freedom in the west lmao. I think most normal (older) people were like "yeah if I make fun of a dude's wife I'd expect to get hit", but the media class by amd large thought western civilization ended that night.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Civil War movie is actually about the slap.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

I think people were blaming his cuckholdry more than anything.

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

That's not true, there was the white lady who wrote an op-ed blaming his mother for it

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

The memes afterward were so sick though