this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Is he not in jail anymore? Wait… is sex trafficking legal now?!

Everyone, quick! Lock your doors!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago

Oh my god, wtf did Elmo do? Never meet your heroes.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 hours ago

Me: surely this isn't real

quick search

Oh fuck me

[–] [email protected] 48 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine feeling threatened by a wholesome learning puppet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I mean he did ruin sesame street ... but not for the reasons presented here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 14 hours ago

Poisoning masculinity and the minds of young men, you say?

If they didn't know exactly what they were doing, they would never accuse others of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why does this have upvotes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

The 1583 upvotes I believe are on the reddit post, the rant from tate has like 411 likes compared to Elmo's 600k.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 44 minutes ago

I think they were referring to the comment they replied to that is the same image as the post.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

Why isn't he in jail

[–] [email protected] 19 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The way he's talking, it sounds like he doesn't know it's a puppet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

Apparently that's legit a problem when a character like Elmo or Kermit shows up in real world interviews, Muppeteer disappears into the role so well the person they're talking to will seemingly forget, mic up the puppet, etc.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 14 hours ago

He knows. That's how fragile he is.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 13 hours ago

Threatening a fictitious toddler is definitely sane and reasonable behavior.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 14 hours ago

If Andrew Tate is masculinity, that explains why a substantial amount of men are complete shitheads who make the world worse.

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

This makes me feel. Grouchy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

Sounds like someone needs a hug.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Nobody cares about him.