The cruelty is the point.

[krajcitom@universeodon.com]

@crazyeddie

https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115984949702855027

[raganwald@social.bau-ha.us]

@rightsprung Apple Vision Pro, Apple AirPods Pro, and watch Stormy Weather, Hidden Figures, or maybe Trading Places.

[rightsprung@c.im]

@raganwald

haaaa yaaas!

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@the_turtle @raganwald It's a paid role filling seats for the optics. You don't get paid if you leave early. But who cares? Ruin the optics.

[caiocgo@social.vivaldi.net]

@raganwald probably the hardest gig for 50 dollars in the history of times.

[raganwald@social.bau-ha.us]

Receipts:

1. Original post: https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/boston-attend-melania-documentary-free/7911560682.html

2. Counter-post: https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/evg/d/new-york-attend-melania-doc-free-tix/7911891447.html

3. The Cruelty Is the Point: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

[eh__tweet@mastodon.uno]

@Rhodium103 @raganwald
They do not specify:
- do not puke
- do not snore loudly
- do not fake seizures
either (list could be longer...).

[lowlevel@mastodon.social]

@crazyeddie @raganwald
well, you can get 50 bucks and have a good 2 hours warm nap. which seems a good deal if you're a homeless.
of course given the audience is not laughing too hard.

[the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org]

@dalias @raganwald all people have their limits. Or their stomachs do.

[levzadov@kolektiva.social]

@raganwald

Is anyone here old enough to remember Saul Alinsky's famous Buffalo fart-in?

https://activismjoystudio.com/win-using-humor-saul-alinsky/

[jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com]

@raganwald

This is coming from the people who claim protesters are, 'paid agitators'.

[shiitaketoast@beige.party]

@raganwald Do you still get the $50 if you bring speakers and blast Dead Kennedys’ Kill the Poor on a loop for the whole thing?

[raganwald@social.bau-ha.us]

@LevZadov Fascism's kryptonite is mockery.

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@raganwald

😬

$50 is not enough…

[aires@tiggi.es]

@raganwald "Please clap"

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@raganwald lol I'd rather be waterboarded with 10w40.

[zaire@fedi.absturztau.be]

@raganwald lol they’re already so desperate

[zaire@fedi.absturztau.be]

@raganwald also feels like trump is speedrunning the fascist regime arc (the rise and fall, from the atrocities and world-scale bullying to the devolution into complete mediocrity and desperation, and we’re already nearing the second half)