Weirdo gives $4000 to charity so he can smash cheap guitar signed by Taylor Swift
UPDATE: Apparently the guitar was not signed (or certified) by Taylor Swift afterall. š¤£
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.
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.
I maintain that calling them Redcaps, basically an especially spiteful and nasty kind of goblin, is the most fitting way to label them
Oho good one! I never made that connection until now š
Ferengi. They embody the ferengi from star Trek to me. Regardless, neither of ours works because they are nerdy references a good deal of them don't understand. They understand being called weird though, and it gets under their skin. That's the important bit. I wouldn't care if someone called me that, but it damn sure bothers them, so that's what they're called even though other words fit better, like rape apologists.
I'd be willing to bet he owns many things but has a very deep debt.
There's also the "If you're gonna smash a guitar, go Townsend on it, don't use a hammer" angle.
Itās the Side A to the Side B of the same old record.
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.
Big if true. Do you have any sources?
She should sign hammers
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.
If he has kids or grandkids, chances are they already hate him.
Ok, we're going to grandpa's. Leave your tablets & phones in the car. Don't talk about music, church, politics, school, rainbows, libraries, pronouns, anyone gay or trans, tv shows, or really anything. See if Grandma can turn on an old Disney movie, any that came out before you were born, and we'll leave right after lunch.
If I throw my money away to simp on a e-girl I'll see some boob. Donny wouldn't even give dumdum over there the time of day.
Shame about the guitar, but on the bright side: This seems like a good way to trick conservatives into donating to charities.
Not only that, they increase demand for the product, driving up the price
One less signed guitar, makes the others more valuable right? š¤š¤£
Maybe this guy is like the Taylor Swift guitar Highlander. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE TAYLOR SWIFT GUITAR!
That is a really good point haha.
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.
Although at least this time they can't seem to be able to shake the 'weird' label. This won't help.
It's like the emperor's new clothes. They can't shake the label because they are just genuinely weird fuckers.
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.
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
weirdos who bought a bunch of bud light only to shoot it after
In fairness, a bud light can being ripped apart by a .22 hollow point is a pretty awesome sight. And what else is canned horse piss good for?
at least go Boston tea party and steal it
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 sheās 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.
What a great way to motivate Swifties into voting.
Well he convinced me!
I not going to vote for Taylor Swift for President.
What a waste, children in Africa could have eaten that guitar.
Probably the second reason he destroyed it.
The hammer is still fine
$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
Sighā¦
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?
Weirdos...
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.
I had to look this thing up, but it's pretty much exactly what I expected
This almost feels like satire good lord
See this looks pretty alright to me. The company might not always be the best but you get to try different wild game. The cooking photo is just them taking a silly photo. And you know why I really want to go: Talking to a crowd of people if "stick a pig" is the funniest thing ever or 100% serious.
Lots of money to make one look silly.
"Look what I did for you my Cheeto Jesus! šāāļø"
Huh... So that's what Bansky looks like.
In a way it is performance art and it's beautiful
I'm waiting for the auction for the giant faucet.
Good job with the messaging there, Banksy.
Metal as fuck
What was the charity?
High school seniors looking for scholarships into Agricultural programs
I mean, itās both funny and very benign, no complaints from me and apparently Taylor swift.
That makes no sense. It's sexist too. Look at it from this angle... If we didn't know anything about who Taylor Swift was and how she behaved herself, and we only knew she signs on a see thru bikini, then things would be different. Ohhh these are her $4000 panties! Save them for prosperity. But instead we have an instrument she uses to transform her intellectual prominence into music and now it's gotta trash that shit. It's evil. If she was a Republican racist piece of shit they would be taking that guitar to some altar somewhere. Ultimately it's a sexist action where they don't value her political views.
I think their actions can be rooted in misogyny but saying it has nothing to do her political views is... Wrong and contradicted by your own comment
What a fucking weirdo for smashing a guitar with a hammer
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.
True.
He looks old enough to remember them bands from the 60s and 70s, now THEY knew how to smash a guitar (it has been too long and I am not looking up which band(s) did it hehe)
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.
Jeff Jarret is somewhere shaking his head
I just saw Jeff Jarret fail to his knees in a piggly wiggly