UPDATE: Apparently the guitar was not signed (or certified) by Taylor Swift afterall. π€£
What a fucking weirdo for smashing a guitar with a hammer
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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Without a doubt the dorkiest way to smash a guitar.
I can't think of a less rock and roll way to destroy a guitar.
Knife and fork
Okay, you have a point, but still... if you're going to smash a guitar and you don't go all The Who on it, what's even the point?
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A smaller hammer
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Ahh, how shall I do it? Oh, I know!
I'll have Taylor Swift sign a guitar, a harmless little guitar! And then, I'll put that guitar in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, then I'll auction that box to myself and when I win it...
AHAHA! I'LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!!
It's brilliant brilliant brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!
Or, to save on postage, I could poison myself WITH THIS!"
I thought Republicans had angry down. This guy can't even do angry right.
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I know Weirdo is the current kinda forced (IMO) word we're hurling at the magas these days, but that kind of behavior is legit weird. Like really weird.
There's obviously the "some people have more money than brains" angle of dropping 4K on something so you can destroy it.
Then there's the "I'm a grown-ass man, and I'm so insecure about a female celebrity endorsing a politician I disagree with that I'm going to drop 4K so that I can publicly and in front of cameras showcase that insecurity for the entire world to see, while gloating and being proud of it" angle. (Which by the way, smoothbrain magas, serves to amplify her endorsement, not diminish it.)
I can't promise I'm not going to drive around with "Fuck Donald Trump" blaring and my windows down all during election day and the day after (regardless of outcome), but I'm not going to spend $4k for the privilege, and I'm sure as hell not going to do it for an assembled audience.
It's not really forced imo. Waltz called them weird conversationally and it just kinda stuck. Likely because it fits so well.
I agree that it's fitting and the word should have been applied to them sooner. However, I definitely think some folks and journalists go out of their way to use the word. I'm not even saying there is anything wrong with that, just acknowledging that sometimes it feels a little forced.
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I maintain that calling them Redcaps, basically an especially spiteful and nasty kind of goblin, is the most fitting way to label them
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that kind of behavior is legit weird
This kind of "buy things to destroy them so other people can't have it" protests from the petite bourgeois are nothing new, though.
They're just expressions of rage by people with more money than empathy.
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I'm pretty sure - wait, hear me out - that Taylor Swift is still able to sign her name, and that - you won't believe this - other guitars exist.
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This is just sad. He could have given it to a kid on a cancer ward who loves Taylor Swift. He probably has grandkids who love her music, they could have had it. He surely has kids in his neighbourhood who love her music, could have donated it to a youth music group or something. But this is what he chooses to do with it. To impress a man who still doesn't know how to apply foundation after 50+ years of using it, apparently just rolling his face across a tableful of it each morning like he's fingerprinting his head.
If Trump doesn't even so much as 'truth' about this, I think this silly fuck is gonna feel genuine grief. He's probably expecting a phone call, or even a meeting & photo op next time Trump's in town. "I spent 4 grand to do this, surely he'll notice me!"
Sad, sad, sad.
It's virtue signaling but don't tell them that or they'll lose their minds.
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Shame about the guitar, but on the bright side: This seems like a good way to trick conservatives into donating to charities.
- celebrity angers conservatives by being normal
- celebrity donates merch to charity
- charity starts an auction for merch
- conservatives buy it
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One less signed guitar, makes the others more valuable right? π€π€£
Like that movie with Jet Li!
The One! Best nΓΌ metal infused sci-fi martial arts flick ever made. Remember when he picked up a police motorcycle in each hand and used them as clubs? That was pretty sweet.
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This is just like the chicken-hawk conservative dipshits buying expensive French wine just so they could publicly pour it down a storm drain in front of reporters. And all because France didn't agree with the invasion of Iraq (which we now know was founded on lies).
Time truly is a closed loop.
They did it with beer as well, when the beer company didn't express enough hatred of LGBTQ+ people. Bought lots of their beer to teach them a lesson by not drinking it. And I seem to remember them doing it with shoes at one point.
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I'd do this to a conservative celebrity, but for $4000 I could buy Kevin Sorbo's whole sad fucking life.
You know the difference between Kevin Sorbo and a fishing lure?
A fishing lure gets cast.
I just hope both Taylor Swift and whoever got that $4000 learned a valuable lesson in all of this.
The $4,000 was towards a charity. "The proceeds for the dinner went to the Future Farmers of America", to teach kids about agriculture and keep us fed in the future.
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It reminds me of the weirdoes buying wine to splill it down the drain when France had the audacity of telling the truth in the un during the whole Irak mess. Of course the wine makers and sellers were fine with that.
Or all the ~~homophobes~~ ~~transphobes~~ weirdos who bought a bunch of bud light only to shoot it after ~~fox news told them to be absolutely outraged over a limited edition 6 pack in canada that they never would have heard about otherwise~~
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Imagine this 65 year old man, sitting at home listing to All Too Well, because he could really relate to dating a Jake Gyllenhaal type, then Taylor tweets that sheβs all in for Harris, and his world comes crashing down.
I wonder if it was really Taylor Swifts guitar, or if this was all just political theater.
It was a cheap guitar he bought, signed and pocketed $4k.
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What a great way to motivate Swifties into voting.
Well he convinced me!
I not going to vote for Taylor Swift for President.
$4000 dollars to hate, $0 for love.
She endorsed a lady for prez, so we should performatively destroy things linked with her. It totally makes sense. /s
Sighβ¦
It's hardly even linked to her. Like she has no connection to the guitar, it means nothing. I always wonder what's in these people's heads. It's easy to say nothing, but he had this idea, he thought it's a good idea, he maybe even told someone about that idea, he had time to think about his idea, and still thought it's a good idea?
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So I watched the video and watched as the guy was handed the hammer with the guitar. Was the auction a chance to destroy the guitar or just the guitar? Cause it looks like the former and the media is just reporting what will piss people off.
I tried to "fix" the misleading headlines with my title as most sites make it sound like it was Taylor Swift's own guitar that she signed. Sensational and highly inaccurate is what 99% of current media does now. Gotta get those clicks.
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I had to look this thing up, but it's pretty much exactly what I expected
This almost feels like satire good lord
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Lots of money to make one look silly.
should require a license to handle your own money. minimum intelligence measurement at least
Oh not at all... he still gave his money to the same charity as someone who would have loved and cherished the guitar, all he's accomplished is making himself $4000 poorer and being publicly known as a weirdo.
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