#wtf was that corporate shill

[merrysithmas]

if you want.... lizzo..... and jack black.... in the effing mandalorian we are not the same kind of person

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Wren - 1

fuckin okay i get Save The Planet is noble or whatever but do you understand i'm MAYBE tired of being told to change Everything abt how I live when everything i could ever do is a drop in the ocean compared to corporations and i dont want to micromanage my entire life for the sake of the planet and its ALWAYS the leftist youtubers shilling it as The Best Most Selfless Thing you can do. like. dude. i am tired. i dont get paid enough to have the energy to care.

RAID shadow legends - 22

I caved and downloaded the app, played three levels and holy shit it’s so boring

I don't think I need to explain myself here.

Every Youtuber has been sponsored by them at some point and they are infuriating

It’s everywhere and it’s a shitty game that feels like the kind of low quality shit you’d see in a mobile add, because that’s exactly what it is

I have not seen a single sponsorship that makes this game sound like anything but a waste of time. Plus, their sponsorships are always sooooo long lol. At least a full minute, sometimes two.

the sponsorships and ads are everywhere yet ive never actually seen anyone outside of the ads enjoying it or even talking about it

They say the exact same thing every time so much that it's become a memorized phrase used as a meme

the art is mid, but not only that, but none of the characteers were designed by someone truly unhinged and horny. giving out that many free summons just makes them look like a scam, like those scammy crap gacha games with promo codes that have one digit repeated (example: 1111, 777, 888, and so on). there's nothing you can do there that other games haven't done better, and there's no overlying premise that draws in fans of stories (talk all the crap you like about food fantasy, at least the lore was fucking WILD). raid shadow legends is like fruit gushers in that it's massively mediocre and wildly overhyped. sure, you *COULD* inflict it upon yourself without hurting too badly, but why would you want to?

You KNOW why

Infamous

gaming.

Annoying, constant, bs, dumb, pay to play, badgering, I hate them. My friend ended up spending over a hundred dollars on this game bc their advertising occasionally works, and when it does, that's not great!

You KNOW WHY.

They don't pay the fucking people they ask to talk about them half the time. Also the game is ugly.

scammy as hell wtf is that game

Do I even need to explain? It's not a helpful product, it's just a dumb mobile game no one needs in their lives.

It’s bad

Everyone’s heard of it. Nobody likes it.

[xrskunkrx]

Yo’s & Ho’s galore! It’s the Santan Slayer Sled dashin’ red over the snowy blanket oh joy! Cuttin’ edge through fashion like Swiss cheese shooting Vatican out of U.S. !

Ok..

Gnarly, my dude. Almost forgot to fanboy Nintendo card game from the 1800s but I won’t. F it bro. They fkn boycotted it out of casino’s mfs. Wtf dude. Cmon man, fo real. Rig it all up like Fort Knox!?

W/e here it is.

After Korea, Anime!? You all just stop caring huh? You know they never fired a shot? If they didn’t, war would have kept goin’ on. Merica..

Moving on.

Ok I had this one in my portfolio, quick shill out. It’s coo, from your fav lesbos island bro! J/k

Ok..

Check this red mf out! You know it went straight red after the noise!? Whoa! Looks mad, nomad panda says you’re to blame. I just facilitate peace n’ sht. Can’t help it if I can fly, in my geno. Laws keep me from a lot so you’re fine until nearest fire tornado, sulfur rain storm.. I know, a lot firing, it’s called a corporate turn over rate. Kinda busted atm right now but I clean up piles at a time my dude. You be next episode they never get over…

Now we gives thanks to the Turkey the middle!?

W T F

You let them die!

Sick… bought aimless drills, over genocide!?

W T F

You killed Turkey.

Green eggs n’ Ham !?

W T F

Now they hostage anti regime side JaKo U.K. rian dumbo yongsan lard slurgants completely killing all humans. Why you all like this?

So, now we see ronin. Right hand gets burned up recently too!?

WTF

Hawaiian is gone but no one bats an eye!?

The hands, humanity let down by copy writing pedo star badazzling f…

Fury wild fiery elf shots, black man! Racist…

Kk, k where da feds at? Lulz they tried blaming COVID on me!!! Who am I?

Jonb, that’s me. You’ll never believe what complete disregard one has to go through once you see it through just one eye of mine homie. Yo a pile of child bones, yet finding them had everyone goes epidemics with outsourcing, imports oh & Walmarts off the chain. Equality!? You also killed mom n’ pops bro

Fo real w. T.. f…

Is the race over!? Na, but ya’ all on yo seconds. Eat it, you’re fryin’ beneath the ashes, gettin’ washed down. Check the label, dust it off. Poor ya down the world’s toilet bowl.

PS: whole wide world man made recipe. Ya folks go broke before you choke is a SYN you dug. Call me the gravedigger.

PPS: let me have your things, I need it. I live in a communist trash heap called Muskogee Oklahoma. I’m an American with no thin’ but a bunch of fiery twigs, AKA U.S. Gov slobs.

Oh! For warned they may kill ya, enslave ya or take ya grapes from ya. No joke homie. For what it’s worth, I give ya the grace of god. Figure that enough, you’re in for a surprise & theres something in there for ya if you know what I’m sayin’ bro I don’t fall, I leap. I can’t fear, I raise it out of no where. Exercising in a gym is for loosers ho ma yo to close, 6 feet or courts closed! Uhhhhh where every one go? First home buyers schism everyone that badly aye? Ddddddddd

….fin until then t(‘.’t)

[bsmat]

Again, polls showing this nutbag(Drumpf) is poisoning the minds of our county... He can literally say anything and people eat it up regardless of facts... He's polling around 2/3rds of primary votes. He wouldn't leave office, I think he said that basically the old man sold the parts of the border wall he was going to force fund, for scrap... Wtf. He pretty much appointed every corporate shill he could find who was against the agency they were going to work for... He didn't really do much he promised except spend on a wall that did do much, put families in cages at the border, and filled the swamp with those likely to profit over protect.

My only hope for his presidency was that the government might get a little leaner in a good way. It did not. He has basically tried to turn the right into a white supremacist group in my opinion. I fear for this confused country if it keeps entertaining charlatans. The presidency used to be a hard working gig and now it's just a joke. I think most people with sense are terrified everything is going to fall bad on their watch, meanwhile this guy wants to drive the bus.

[mischas]

If you were to rewrite the second half of season 3, what would you change? Personally, I felt like the first half of three was fine, but when I got to the second half, I kept thinking it should've been written better.

I feel like most of s3 is terrible but they truly lost their minds making a Chrismukkah episode about Johnny and making Ryan have a bar mitzvah. Talk about jumping the shark. They could've been more inventive than that drivel. As for ideas, almost every storyline in s3 is atrocious but the actual dialogue is mostly okay. A lot of the characters feel like themselves even if nothing is gripping or good. But I don't know what Kirsten's doing the entire season and for some reason Sandy's a corporate shill? I know the Charlotte storyline ended in 3x07 but it felt like forever. I truly adore the AA meeting scene when Kirsten brings Seth but I can't even tell you what episode it's in (and I'm pretty good at knowing these things).

I'd make it so Kirsten runs into Marissa at an AA meeting sometime after Johnny's death and the two start talking openly about their addiction issues. There was some real potential there that the writing just never came close to touching. I'd change the Seth-pretends-he-got-into-Brown storyline because that was illogical and stupid. And I'd make Seth be the friend Marissa leans on post-Johnny and post-breakup with Ryan. The two had a lot of similar interests in books and music so I'd start there and make them stoners tbh. Marissa could lean into smoking weed as opposed to drinking and Seth could have his college crisis. Like not getting into Brown and not being smart enough to have applied to backups. Something sort of unbelievable but better than truly believing he could talk his way into the Ivy League. Jesus. Bringing Anna in was an interesting take but it's executed with such low energy that it's hard to watch.

I liked the idea of Ryan working at The Newport Group so more in that area would've been nice to see for him. Especially since we know he likes architecture. I feel like the show drops that in every once in a while but never really goes for it.

Sum leaning into the history of fashion could've been something explored more. I'm not sure how they could do it, but I like the scene where she puts Seth in his place when it comes to her Brown interview. It feels more authentic than her lowkey playing the tuba her whole life (wtf).

I'd bring Luke back too. Watch as he tries to become Marissa's friend again, and reflect on the change they've both been through the last two years. It'd be interesting to see him and Seth try to make Ryan and Marissa talk. I've always wanted RM to be trapped in a room together in the 3x17 era and see what comes of it.

I can go on and on lol I'd change everything 😂

[assortedvillainvault]

*through gritted teeth* I am not a corporate shill I am not a corporate shill I am not a corporate shill I am not I am not I am not I am not-

I didn't know there was a potc game LORD HELP ME THEY FINE AF AND I AM BUT A WEAK SOUL IN NEED OF PIRATE CONTENT

MY MANS LOOK DELISH WTF HOW DARE I BE TEMPTED BY THE DISNEY MONOLITH AGAIN THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

[ariminiria]

shills admitted via anon asks to reporting my @anti-RoP side blog to tumblr and now I’m shadowbanned. 💀

bruh wtf

Amazon bootlickers are living on another plane of existence 💀 imagine keyboard warrioring for a multibillion dollar corporation that doesn't care about you, over a shitty fanfiction

[frumfrumfroo]

People who like TROS complaining about people who disliked it “not putting in the energy” to make it work in their minds because it’s somehow a sin of watching movies or proof you’re not engaging in good faith if you don’t come up with 50 headcanons about why it’s good actually? Wtf. What’s it with people who like TROS and their inability to let other people dislike it? It’s like all the people who came to people’s mentions to bash TLJ are doing it to defend TROS now

The people who called anyone who liked TLJ ‘shills’, claimed all the positive reviews were bought, and talked about the Disney conglomerate industrialising popular entertainment are now gobbling corporate cock. Irony.

I’ve never understood why I should ‘work’ to like something that has no depth and was made with no care. Something made by professionals for $300 million dollars shouldn’t be garbage, but it is garbage and it’s that simple. There is no reward to pretending otherwise. It’s not coherent, it’s not trying to tell you something, it wasn’t even important enough to the people who made it for them to finish it (please do not @ me about how this is totally a piece of art and someone’s vision- the editor admitted it wasn’t finished and that MASSIVE story decisions were being made last minute with no plan, Chris has clearly not even fucking seen all the movies, JJ’s creative spine is made of overcooked spaghetti).

Brand loyalty is ridiculous when the brand doesn’t stand for anything except a font and proprietary made up words. There is no author, there is no unity, this film is no more authoritative than any other off-the-rails fanfic. Saying you need to love it because it has the franchise name on it is just absurd. Your loyalty is to an ugly monopoly with terrible business practices which has demonstrated an increasing disregard for even the appearance of artistic integrity. I’m not going to bat for fucking Disney to help line the pockets of its cartoonishly greedy CEO after they treated both this story and their audience like an inconvenience, I’m especially not going to thank them for the privilege of giving them money for a wet fart and a slap in the face.

[xrskunkrx]

Geography triangulation. Let’s create a race to figure out how to fix the U.S. Gov rite, not via U.K. Raine… nor via U.N.America for a global calamity.

John Smith is a dead man. Correct.

Natives without a tribe, only through a fashionable sense.

Pros n’ Khans only thanks you’ll ever be given. So let’s see, perhaps knot. Lulz shill n’ you’re grossly cut, you’re not worth it.

Sew~

Where’s the toilet bowl of the world? Clogged… ew

Grab your colors, you’ll now wonder mine. Got ya bro!

Over rated. Well let’s go to the most world known.

It’s a corporate man! He Ha!

Here’s my SYN for now, it’s a standard of such below. I change it time to time. Skunk works too, catch the colors being tossed up homie.

I dig it, it means something. Has doable, perhaps triple meaning. Bro if I make it, infinity ratio, I design domains, raise it even, open it before it can even close it. First royalties, hand me down percentage on bought goods. Whoopi dookie, infringe it’s bad ju ju. You’ll start the whole piracy parade! Better than weak lefty rainbow emo shouts out, be super glad if ya did though! Beckon even, go all in, fly a flagship for ya even. Blow down the kite farms hella quick yo

After all. I need the hype right? Not tryin’ to ju ju ya, after all I slayed the snake. It’s gravy, decentralization right around the corner we say!?

…wtf, there’s a pic quota. Go to next page. It’s part of the race yo! We’re all kind of E Z as she goes~

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[sweetlifetownsville]

Memo Mayor Mullet: Being Seen Through Is Not Transparency. The TCC Culture Of Secrecy Continues Apace.

Meetings behind closed doors to commit an undisclosed amount of ratepayer money to a vague notion of (yet again) attracting an international airline, and just what is the deal with that City Deal now, has it all been scuttled? The scurrying and squeaking behind the political skirting boards is getting more frantic. Think were being taken for a ride at the ballot box? youd be right, with the system revamped to hoodwink the majority of voters. But The Pie to the rescue with an explainer. The Pie spots some glib sayings during the week, which are simply wrong, wrong and wrong. Also, an unexpected moment of clarity from our council, .while off-shore, our regular weekly visit to the Trumpistan gallery. But first The Campaign Caravanserai Grinds On Across The Landscape, Stirring Up Apathy all Around There has been enough said elsewhere about the triviality of the weeks campaigning, and the totally unedifying leaders debates, which have offered about as much probative value as that smugly orchestrated outrage on Q&A. Candidates from both sides are dropping like flies, all caught out by some ancient un-PC social media posts, giving the finger waggers a field day. Makes you wonder who does the background checks for the parties and what it says about their social media competence to begin with. Our resident toonist Bentley is still sceptical of many issues from both sides, but one in particular he thinks is utter tosh.

Why is this even an issue in this election? Actually, come to think of it, its not, just a wish list distraction. But our bright spark wannabee PM has the right power connections, when it comes to other sensitive issues, like his franking credits swoop on super funds. The very best advice is on hand for him, 24/7.

This is a campaign is search of a universal issue, a cross-generational punch-up starter. As it stands at the moment, the rampant glad-handing emptiness underlines the rampant disenchantment with big party politics The Pie is tipping a balance-of-power parliament. Fear And Loathing At The Ballot Box So youve listened to the pleadings, wheedlings and horror stories until your ears bleed, made what sense you can of it all (or simply believed whichever fairy tale you want), and now you stand in the pre-polling booth, wanting to get your duty over and done with, clutching two ballot papers roughly the length of War And Peace (more characters, but less plot). Youre ready to make your mark for your choice of who you want to lead this country. Or are you? The House of Reps seems to be a doddle

Hmmm, seems relatively straightforward. Licking the pencil with a tentative tongue, you number the boxes, starting with 1 for your first choice, and then number on down in gradients of disgust until all boxes are filled, from most wanted to least wanted. Whew, not so hard after all. Now lets just knock off the Senate vote and head to the pub. As you unfold the Senate ballot paper, you think back to the puzzling advice from the polling officer Please watch your language sir, there are children around. Then you open it.

WHOAAAA!!! WTF, YOU MUST BE FKING KIDDING!! But wait, theres more

Welcome to our loopy democracy at work. But hang on, it seems simple enough, if you vote above the line you just number at least 6 boxes, your first choice being number 1). But if you vote below the line, you must number at least 12 boxes, with the same priority of choice. Note the at least, as though that 12 isnt enough. But no, you can spend a merry hour or two and number the whole lot if you want, you old academic, you. But Heres The Thing A Trap For The Unwary HOWEVER, what you do not do with your senate vote is replicate the voting preferences as you did with the Lower House, where your enter your descending order of disdain. In the Senate, you vote 1 to 6 above the line, or 1 to 12 if below the line,for the candidates you most want to see in the Senate. Its like naming a team you want to take the field for you. Because if you vote further down for a candidates you least want, YOU ARE ACTUALLY CASTING A VOTE FOR THEM. So wonder no more why we end up with fruit loops like Malcolm Roberts and Fraser Anning et al having the power to block laws decided by the peoples place, the House of Reps. Researching all this, The Pie was particularly taken with the practice sample provided on line by the AEC: he wonders if the imaginary names given arent actually pretty good description of the real parties in this election. You choose whos who.

In Passing Couple of polar opposites in names way down the list in the Senate paper caught The Magpies eye.

Bravehearts founder and champion of child protection Hetty Johnston is having another tilt at public office, numerous previous attempts being unsuccessful. The Pie has met Ms Johnston on several occasions when he was taking Ruperts shilling, and was impressed with her sincerity, compassion and commitment to her cause. And oh what might have been Hettys most recent foray into the political arena was in 2015, when she ran for mayor of Logan City, but had to withdraw to care for her elderly mother. Oh, just think what heartache and public expense might have been avoided had she won. But then (sigh) as they say, if my aunty had balls, she wouldve been my uncle. And at the other end of the zealots stable we find one Kim Vuga, of the Love Australia Or Leave Party. On all evidence, Ms Vuga, a simplistic vulgarian which, as her party name suggests, campaigns on issues based on racism, packaged up as bogan-style patriotism, but is actually an attack on free speech; she is from the Malcolm Roberts School of foam flecked shouty single issue nuisances. But accidents happen and Roberts undeservedly actually did fall into a Senate spot before being turfed out on grounds of nationality he was found to be a Martian. But you can bet a vote for Ms Vuga will be a vote for an old BBF of hers.

All of which is just one small example of the fruit salad of candidates from which we can choose to govern us. A T-Shirt For The Times

Our mates at the wonderful piss-taking publication the Betoota Advocate reckon the ladies of their local CWA have created the ideal T-shirt for this election campaign and no argument from The Pie about that.

And one Magpie reader has come up with a re-cycling idea which is sure to make hasten the associated activity.

WRONG WRONG WRONG Adani continues to be an on-again-off-again issue in the Federal election, and the heat generated could a handy power source in itself. It also had a variety of people trotting out some banal and incorrect analogies. And the first to get it wrong was this bloke in the Astonisher story. Queensland Resources Council chief executive Ian Macfarlane urged the Government to get on with approving the $60 billion in resources projects in the approvals pipeline.Its great to celebrate the investment secured over the last four years, but no one won a race running backwards, he said. Well, Ian, matey, thats just plain wrong, and will come as a big surprise to this bloke.

Then the Adani issue grew from a thorn to a big rusty nail in the side of The Tool, who has been ducking and weaving on the Carmichael Mine issue because of the confusion in the Short Uns camp about the correct line. From the Astonisher again. Ms OToole re-affirmed Labor had no plans to review Adanis approvals but said the mine needed to go through due regulatory process. That is really important you cant just throw sticks to the ground, put a roof on it and call it a house, she said. Well, in this country, you can actually, dearie. And some are still forced to do so.

Theyre called gunyahs. The Hermit Kingdom Of Jen Kim-un

The closed door culture was at its best with the Townsville City Council this week, when last Tuesdays meeting went into closed session to discuss that item we mentioned last week the ominous sounding International Flight Attraction Incentives Contribution. After the secret session, which decided to proceed with the recommendations of a confidential report, we learned that the council will be in cahoots with Townsville Airport to lobby for direct flights from Singapores Changi airport to Townsville. But things werent too clear in the Astonishers report, when Mayor Mullet was quoted We wont be offering incentives per se to the company. Its really more about what well contribute to a marketing campaign. That of course means paying in part for advertising, which aint cheap. Several questions spring forth like startled gazelles. For a start, which company is being referred to, the QAL-owned Townsville Airport, or the targeted airline (which wasnt named)? And Tony Raggatt neglected to ask what one would think was an obvious question how much are the ratepayers stumping up for this, this time? It may well be justified but we are entitled to know, arent we? And who did the confidential report on which the decision was based , how much did it cost, and when did council vote to commission it, its the first weve heard of it? And heres the biggy on a running issue why is the council doing this, and not Townsville Enterprise, which is laughingly billed as Townsvilles peak marketing and tourism body? (Again we must ask, just what the bloody hell do TEL do, except claim credit for the work of others?) There was some talk that TEL would be involved, which is interesting since the mayor is the vice-chair of the TEL Board to chairman Kevin Rhymes With Gill who is also the head of Townsville Airport. All using public money for this venture. Gotta love this town. And Wither The Much Vaunted City Deal? As The Pie understands it, to get City Deal money, a council development corporation had to be created, which would also hold council land that is deemed suitable to develop in partnership with private enterprise. Why this insistence on yet another layer of bureaucracy which in the wrong hands, is an invitation to corruption, a la Ipswich is anybodys guess, but as it stands as of now, thats all out the window. It would be reasonable to assume that there was no activity, no appointment of new directors, no returns, no report since incorporation. Maybe they just realised is was a dud idea that they were never going to be able to manage. Company Name: TOWNSVILLE EA2 PTY LTD Company Type: Australian Proprietary Company Registered Office: 103 WALKER STREET, TOWNSVILLE, 4810, QLD No. of Current Company Directors: 3 Directors: Name: THOMSON MATTHEW ALLAN Appointed 23/11/2017 Name: YOUNG ADELE CATHERINE MARIE Appointed 23/11/2017 Name: HILL JENNIFER LORRAINE Appointed 23/11/2017 Company Secretary: FINLAYSON GRAEME ROBERT Appointed 23/11/2017 No annual returns or financial reports were recorded by ASIC for this company. And it will be wound up in a matter of weeks. So this company dies from neglect. But there is no explanation as to why all this has happened, especially as it is pivotal to the City Deal worth tens of millions. This May Come As a Surprise, But

The Magpie was impressed with the new TCC CEO Mike Chiodos forthright, plain English statements in todays paper regarding the great news for Townsville that the second stage pipeline looks like being built concurrently with stage one, which is already underway. Compare this with the usual patronising political duck and weave: Mr Chiodo said the council could not wait any longer to ensure the appropriate design was in place for stage 1 but that they would still be in a position to use the design, with some alteration and by moving the pumps to Clare, if a funding announcement was made by late May or early June. The fact that we are proceeding with design shouldnt be construed as anything other than we as an organisation wanting to meet our original commitment and being in a position to facilitate stage 2 should that come through after the election, Mr Chiodo said. The Pie just hopes theres more where that came from doesnt have to be stuff with which we agree, but just so long as we are respectfully informed in plain language. Mayor Mullet, take note. Chewbaccas Last Flight To The Stars Actor Peter Mayhew, best known as the man behind the Star Wars cuddly cult hero Chewbacca, departed our planet during the week. By all reports, one of the good guys in life, Mayhew was lauded from all sides as a funny and likeable bloke. And the man who brought to life one of the most memorable movie characters. But he may be encountering a problem on his final mission, according to the New Yorkers Avi Steinberg.

The Week In Trumpistan Attorney General Barrs toady antics is attempting to shield President Agent Orange from the damning details of the Mueller report has been the focus of attention during the week, along with a shameful milestone for the president.

And

Dessert? The Statue of Limitations

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