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It's the dunk tank.

This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

It was an amazing grift, folks. One of the best. They ask me: "where can I find great grifts?" I keep on telling them that we have the best grifts. a-little-trolling

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

"my friend who's black so I can't be racist" is a really lucrative grift on the right shrug-outta-hecks

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Candice Owens really took that grift and monopolized it. She managed to outlast both them and Milo.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

some quick maffs shows diamond was worth 14.7 times as much as silk

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I still have no idea where they came from and I don't want to know the answer

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

They originally started off as more moderate, even liberal if memory serves. They had a couple older videos on their YouTube for a while before they found their niche with some random more conservative video. They were always just looking to be influencers in the political sphere and literally let the algorithm push them to saying whatever got them the most hits, fame and money.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

From what I can tell the true endgame for all American right-wing media figures is to sell dodgy merchandise with their name on it