The “Star Wars” legend said one part of the post was particularly pertinent.
      • TheFriar@lemm.ee
        4·
        9 months ago

        But you’d miss this the part where they mention that trump claimed he made Taylor swift “so much money” and that she’d be “disloyal” if she supported Biden “like she did in 2020.”

        What the fuck is that geriatric diarrhea bag even referencing.

        But on the whole, yeah. Huffingron post is basically twitter news. Which is…fucking insane.

      • jkrtn
        2·
        9 months ago

        Alas, the website only has a text LLM to generate content.

      • SturgiesYrFase
        43·
        9 months ago

        But that wouldn’t justify a “journalist’s” pay cheque.

    • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      Just needs to bring it up to date to include:

      • legally adjudicated rapist and serial defamer
      • indicted on 91 criminal felony counts

      What other bullet points are we missing? The list is so long, just got to hit the highlights.

  • Apeman42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1942·
    9 months ago

    Well, I can’t say I can name even one of her songs, but if she triggers magats and has Luke Skywalker on her side, then I guess it’s time to get Swiftie in here or whatever.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      695·
      9 months ago

      I have heard literally one of her songs and only because I was being paid to write a parody of it, but based on her overall behavior, she seems like she’s better than pretty much every other billionaire out there. Admittedly a low bar, but still something.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
        623·
        9 months ago

        There was a pandemic era interview of her that was really poignant and insightful. She knows and things about quite a lot. Her Midnights album had a lot of self criticism and reflection, and she’s commented a lot more about unfair gender norms.

        She also kept a music store in Nashville afloat during the pandemic, and she’s really generous about health insurance and bonuses. Her truckers for her tour got $100k in just bonuses.

        I’m a fan. I think as far as billionaires go, she’s achieved it in the only ethical manner possible. Being a global music sensation is pretty much the only way to do so – if she has even just 100,000,000 fans globally, each just needs to spend $10 for her to make a billion. And honestly, I don’t think that fan number is that off.

        Sure, she makes and made mistakes. She’s human. But all in all, I quite like her. I’m biased certainly, I grew up listening to her music. I listened to it a lot through a lot of loneliness, and at some of my lowest points, I was listening to “this is me trying” daily (and “beautiful” by Eminem, an odd pair to be sure).

        I’m a 29 year old man and I’m happy to call myself a Swiftie haha

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        303·
        9 months ago

        Rowling used to be my example of a good billionaire, then she went all TERF-y.

        • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
          331·
          9 months ago

          Rowling earned her billion ethically – she just turned out to be a unethical person, and it wasn’t known until much later.

          Alongside Taylor Swift it highlights the only way to ethically be a billionaire – mass global popularity. When you have 100,000,000 fans, and each of them spend just $10 on a book or album, you make a billion.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          Sure, if that’s your metric. I was thinking of things like paying people fairly and agreeing to every single strike demand so that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA agreed to approve her releasing her concert film in the middle of the strike and getting thousands of her fans registered to vote…

          • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            I would say your metrics are probably better. I was just trying to see where the floor was between good and bad billionaires. That seemed like the first step

    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
      61·
      9 months ago

      Check out some of her re-releases. 1989 Taylor’s Version is pretty solid all the way thru.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        The new songs she’s added with it are really really good too. “You are in love” is I think one of my favorite love songs ever.

  • drislands@lemmy.world
    1271·
    9 months ago

    An article…about a tweet…quoting another tweet.

    I mean, it’s mildly interesting, but I don’t know that this is really news.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
      142·
      9 months ago

      The page also doesn’t load for me. Probably because I block so much bullshit. Don’t know the quote, don’t care. Time to keep scrolling 🤣

    • pachrist@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, but to 70 million people watching Fox News tonight, Luke Skywalker, who worked for the woke, child-grooming, deepstate, communist Disney coporation, is a socialist libtard. It’s going to be a global headline and breaking news.

  • ALQ@lemmy.world
    115·
    9 months ago

    Trump, meanwhile, has claimed he made Swift “so much money” and argued she’d be “disloyal” if she supported Biden, like she did in 2020.

  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
    482·
    9 months ago

    Didn’t everyone already know even before 2016 that he was a narcissistic rapist with the IQ of a damp rag?

  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
    421·
    9 months ago

    Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.

    So much stupidity

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      106·
      9 months ago

      Because Trekkies understand Tech and Warries understand Religion.

      Star Trek: mostly hard sci-fi

      Star Wars: fantasy space opera with magic powers

        • orbitz@lemmy.ca
          31·
          9 months ago

          Mean for hundred of years in the future it may be hardish sci fi…they at least use made up words to explain things rather than just saying it works. Though I do agree, it’s no The Expanse (minus the gateways), Altered Carbon (without the consciousness put on a chip), Battlestar (without the teleporting)…wait not sure what the reasoning was. Those were just some of the first hard sci fi hits from Google for me.

          Though Star Trek is more out there for sure, in not sure it’s much worse than others…maybe transporters being the worst for the category.

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        9 months ago

        It’s aggravating that Twitter is still treated as the public square when half of the public has abandoned it.

        Even with a mountain of earned media (AKA free publicity), loosening restrictions and enforcement on bot accounts and trolls, and tens of billions of dollars of new investment, It’s dropping rapidly off the social map. It’s less popular than Instagram, Telegram, Weibo, and Facebook Messenger (not Facebook - Facebook Messenger). Every time I see a news article promoting it I cringe. When I see people who should know better sticking around to prop up the dying platform it’s beyond disappointing.

        • turmacar@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          At it’s height there were twitter accounts for something like 1/4 - 1/3 of the population in most developed countries. That is huge, but it was never the universal adoption that heavy users seemed to think it was.

          It generated/generates news because it’s easy to see and short enough to digest quickly, not because it’s a representative sample.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    9 months ago

    hehe… Hamill does a better Luke Skywalker IRL than anything anyone could write in the last 25 years.

    nice

  • endhits@lemmy.world
    1621·
    9 months ago

    I’m so sick of seeing her name. I don’t care what celebrities think about politics, they’re either part of the ruling class or are a willing servant.

    Swift puts out more carbon than hundreds, maybe even thousands of other people. I couldn’t care less what she thinks about trump. Yes he’s an asshole that I want breaking rocks in prison, but you really don’t deserve input.

    • AquaTofana@lemmy.world
      20·
      9 months ago

      I disagree. She’s got a platform that reaches people. If this is the thing that pushes younger people to get out and vote against Trump, then I’m all for it.

      Do I think it’s short-sighted to vote on what a celebrity says? Sure, and I wouldn’t do it. But I’m also interested in US politics, and a lot of people aren’t/tune it out. I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth if this is where people find their motivation.