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Mike Lindell claims ignorance over neo-Nazi symbolism in MyPillow prices
(www.independent.co.uk)
Ah yes, the completely normal 70.23% discount.
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You know he couldn't math that himself.
math that
I'm sad that you Englished that.
Shakespeare verbed nouns all the time. Language should be enjoyed, not bound.
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Crazy thing is he has to give a 70.23% discount for people to even think about buying a pillow
50 dollars for the world's best pillow is a steal
Something you use every night that can actually help with sleep and health. You shouldn't be skimping on your pillow.
That’s because his pillows, like him, are garbage.
To be fair, I see all kinds of $14.88 or $7.86 or other random prices at Walmart. Problem is, I know a person didn't necessarily set those prices because it's every product, seemingly at random.
One dude decides what His Pillow costs, and he had to have chosen $14.88 for a reason. Maybe not because he's a Nazi sympathizer, but maybe just to get in the headlines again. Either way, he knew the connection and what would happen, which is sell a bunch of pillows.
The prices at Walmart aren't random. The cents portion indicates things like limited buy, no longer stocking, temporary sale, etc. It has been over a decade since I've worked retail, buy they are indicators for employees.
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but maybe just to get in the headlines again...
...because he knew it is a Nazi dog whistle.
So he's either a Nazi, or he knows enough about Nazis to know how to appeal directly to them, and is happy to do so for publicity (so, an enthusiastic collaborator with Nazis at the very fucking least).
You really should examine with yourself why you feel the need to jump to the defence of a Nazi.
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It’s amazing how this guy managed to basically throw away everything he had accomplished for a grifter who doesn’t even give two shits about him.
Very on script for an addict
Maybe though I don’t like using someone’s addiction to poke fun. He did a really good job of overcoming it originally and then pissed it all away like so many other’s left in Trump’s wake.
He's credibly stupid enough to not have known.
And plenty MAGA asshole enough to have hired a neo-nazi to set sale pricing.
I don't think he's stupid enough not to know what those numbers mean. The crowds he hangs out with, there is zero doubt he has seen those tattoos on more than a few faces in the MAGA crowds.
I don't necessarily think he was even aware of the price tag, or thought about a proposed sale enough to notice. I think the chances this was one of his nazi employees is higher than him setting his own sales price himself.
He doesn't seem to be coherent enough to be running day to day things like that, when his focus is getting in front of any camera willing to record him.
Am I stupid? I had no idea there was any symbolism in those numbers.
No, that's the point of a dog whistle. Those in the know understand, and they don't want outsiders to notice. One of the best ways to combat these people is to let everyone in on their "secret" codes, so we can see exactly who is putting their hat in with the Nazis.
Not stupid, just lucky that you haven't had extensive dealings with these people
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He knows what he's doing. It got him free advertising.
Mike Lindell did a Nazi dog whistle, not surprised.
Mike Lindell claimed he had no idea about how super Nazi it was: not surprised.
had to do it. it's all I could see from the photo in the article.
Sure, and the promo was 14.98 first and was then changed to 14.88 after 12 days by accident? All just happenstance?
I won't detail everything again here, please let me refer you to my comment from when the story broke:
MeinPillow
Why is he still in the news?
To be fair, he's ignorant AF.
But yeah of course he knew.
I doubt he personally is setting those prices.
Which means he's got at least one neo-nazi on staff.
He might as well be walking around with a Hitler mustache claiming ignorance. I could totally see him doing that.
I'm half tempted to buy the domain name "myLUMPYpillow.com" and simply redirect the traffic to mypillow.com just because of how much Lindell would hate that.
Slow the redirect down, and show people ads for fake couch porn sites, too
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Makes sense, he's a couple of quick razor swipes from a Hitler stache.
Mike Lindell claims ignorance ~~over neo-Nazi symbolism in MyPillow prices~~
Of course he is, they always do.
Bull-fuckin'-shit.
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