"macanamera" (macanamera)
07/17/2015 at 18:35 • Filed to: None
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"macanamera" (macanamera)
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...But I am seriously enjoying watching this fucking gawker meltdown crisis revolution thing that’s happening. Fuck ‘em. Who’s got popcorn?
aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:37 |
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Next to presidental debates this is the biggest finger pointing show i’ve seen.
lone_liberal
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:38 |
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Gus always has popcorn.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:38 |
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Sorry, the cub scouts skipped my house this year after last year’s incident that may or may not have involved me chasing them off my yard with a shotgun. I was only planning on clubbing them with the butt where was I going with this again? Oh yeah right no popcorn.
Tareim - V8 powered
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:38 |
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I don’t tend to venture away from oppo, what’s been going on?
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/17/2015 at 18:40 |
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It’s a long, complicated, story.
Nibby
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:40 |
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Reddit just had a big shitstorm... now Gawker.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
07/17/2015 at 18:42 |
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meltdowns usually are :/
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:42 |
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This is full circle because how Gawker salivated over any turmoil Reddit experienced.
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macanamera
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/17/2015 at 18:42 |
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gawker bad
ly2v8-Brian
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
07/17/2015 at 18:43 |
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You monster
Scary__goongala!
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:44 |
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What was the article that started all of it?
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ly2v8-Brian
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:44 |
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Indeed. (Grabs handful of popcorn)
Spaceball-Two
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:45 |
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Yeah honestly I haven’t gotten jack shit done at work today because I’ve been watching this neutron bomb of ass-hatery play out.
scoob
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/17/2015 at 18:45 |
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gawker-c…
PS9
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/17/2015 at 18:48 |
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Background: Gawker has been all the way up reddit’s asshole lately over the resignation of Ellen Pao (interim Reddit CEO), the racist sub-Reddits, and all the related drama surrounding that. Conde Nast owns Reddit (a teeny tiny star in their galaxy of media properties that include GQ and Vogue). David Geithner (brother of ex-treasury secretary Tim Geithner) is the CFO of Conde Nast.
tl;dr-> David apparently solicited a gay prostitute/porn star for sex in secret because he is married. The Escort - realizing who Geithner is and might be connected to - asked David to pull some strings to get HUD to possibly undo an eviction. Geithner was spooked at this point and broke things off before they began. The escort then took the story to Gawker which they of course immediately ran because their grudge against Reddit/Conde Nast
Post-Mortem: Many are outraged over this for the following reasons
Outing someone who is probably gay
Protecting the (now outted) identity of a blackmailer
Acting with complicity to fullfill the blackmailer’s retaliation against Geithner
Destroying the lives of people who aren’t even connected at all to any of this (Geithner’s wife and two kids)
Doing all that for clicks/money and to get back at Conde Nast.
My personal take on all of it now that I’ve had time to process the facts is that it is completely fucked up. I can understand why people are wanting to leave Gawker over this. It’s disgusting even for them.
jkm7680
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:49 |
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I honestly don’t really care at all. They are only affiliated with us because we are both under the grasp of Kinja. Besides that? We have nothing to do with them at all.
I know the vague parameters of it, but that’s about it. Anyways, from my experience Gawker is just a collective of surprise dick pics and controversial opinions that should really not be expressed to others.
K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 18:49 |
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macanamera
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/17/2015 at 18:51 |
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i love this gif so much
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Tareim - V8 powered
> PS9
07/17/2015 at 18:55 |
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thank you very much for the synopsis, much appreciated
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K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:04 |
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Me too!
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scoob
> Scary__goongala!
07/17/2015 at 19:04 |
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The article got deleted, but PS9 just wrote a comment above about the situation.
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/background-gaw…
wiffleballtony
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:14 |
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Honestly not surprised considering all crap Gawker runs anyway that we see in the side bar. It was only a matter of time. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch.
Alex B
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:15 |
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I feel the same way. >:)
I'll share some of my popcorn.
citizennick
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:22 |
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Did it have something to do with outing the guy who hired a gay escort? So pathetic of them.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:23 |
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Fuck the popcorn, let’s bust out the marshmallows and make smors! The gawker world is on fire!
Manny05x
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:28 |
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Can someone explain it to me? I’m lost.
ttyymmnn
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 19:28 |
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I'm on vacation. What have I missed?
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Manny05x
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/17/2015 at 19:29 |
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Me 3 best gif ever, this one and the dog that open his eyes real wide.
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macanamera
> ttyymmnn
07/17/2015 at 19:31 |
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Nothing good, buddy. Nothing good.
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K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> Manny05x
07/17/2015 at 19:40 |
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Dog opens eyes wide? Must find!
Funktheduck
> PS9
07/17/2015 at 19:59 |
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I understand not wanting anything to do with Gawker, but oppo is its own little slice of the kinja verse. It's like having a shitty neighbor on another floor in an apartment building. Sure you may see them every once and a while but you can generally stay away if you want. Plus there are some cool neighbors.
sdwarf36
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 20:57 |
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So which one drives the brown manual Mercedes diesel wagon?
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Manny05x
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/17/2015 at 21:13 |
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ttyymmnn
> macanamera
07/17/2015 at 23:33 |
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Yeah, I’ve been getting caught up. What a clusterfuck.