• Wren@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I don’t get it…

    Is he an astronomer? Or is that the name of his company? Seriously, who here had ever even heard of him, or his company prior to this?

    Yet somehow this is now major news? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

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      13 hours ago

      It’s news because it’s fucking hilarious. The clip is funny even without knowing it’s a corporate scandal. But the context makes it even juicier.

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      17 hours ago

      Excellent point. There’s a certain ‘sacrificial lamb’ vibe to this. With everything going on right now, how is this worth anyone’s time?

      I’m not the biggest Coldplay fan, so let me extrapolate: if tomorrow we learned Weird Al Yankovic’s mother liked to kick puppies that would certainly be odd, definitely not good news. But I’d still think having Trump not releasing the Epstein files is a matter far more worth our attention.