#epic clapbacks of history

[peasantexchangeprogram]

im gonna be honest i don't think that never-ending almost inescapable consumption of 15-second videos or 280 characters within algorithms that prioritize controversy and clicks over actual substance is benefiting any type of discussion in online (and by extension real-life) spaces.

#like regarding that 'historical accuracy' post you cant have any meaningful or educational discussion about when ''historical accuracy'' is- #-important and when it isnt. you cant have any discussions about pre-modern racial ethnic or cultural identities or representation within- #-a 280 character hashtag epic clapback on twitter dot com #anyway #mine* #*biting metal* grrrr i love learning about racial and ethnic and cultural identities throughout history im soooo normal about it too

[mallowmaenad]

I remember getting a 4 for 4 at Wendy’s and when I saw only one sauce in my bag and asked if I could have another the manager just looked me in the eye and said “The goddess of victory smiles upon the strong of spirit.” and Idk that man was possessed by his Nordic warrior ancestor or something to impart some deeper meaning behind the nature of the universe cause they were out of sweet n sour I guess.

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[mummer]

thinking about the use of “my lord” versus “m’lord” at the wall is actually pretty interesting because it’s kinda REALLY inconsistent but it also feels like, intentional. it’s weird that edd uses m’lord despite being highborn but he actually does use both interchangeably. despite being lowborn, satin grenn qhorin iron emmett and clydas all use my lord. a couple other characters appear to use both. what the hale does it mean

#asoiaf #like it does seem like in a sense it's about how there's MEANT to be no class divide at the wall #and to some extent that is true #but to some extent there definitely isn't #so it's a bit wishy washy and depends on the person #and the context #like it's a utopia where you get to be nameless and escape your history blah blah but you cant REALLY #only a little. #hey i found a use for being extremely pedantic. who wants to care about GRAMMAR #edd cmere i wanna study you #and of COURSE it's intentional because of jon's epic clapback at slynt trying to get him to use 'mlord' with him where hes like #you dont know what youre doing MY LORD you are making a mistake MY LORD mance is gonna kill me MY LORD #it's clearly not just clerical errors!!!!

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

Submitted: I thought this Town and Country article from 2018 was interesting.

It was about Hollywood’s reactions to Meghan Markle. What’s really interesting is this part of the article: 

“And when the publicist considered what it will take for Markle to master her new role, she realized it’s a lot of work not just to become a princess but to stay one.”

That publicist must be psychic. LOL! 

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a15885181/meghan-markle-hollywood-backlash/

I also found this interesting. It’s was from 2019 where it talked about Meghan being friends with Katherine McPhee (whose husband got her the house on Vancouver Island): 

“Most recently, the Waitress star shared an epic throwback photo of herself revealing she has a long history with Duchess Meghan — and it seems it came as just a big surprise to Sara and Erin.

“'That was crazy,” the 90210 alum told Us. “I had no idea that she was so close with Meghan Markle. This is all news to me. I feel way too distant from the royals.;”

And yet Katherine McPhee didn’t warrant an invite to the wedding which I think is weird if they’re such good friends. I wonder if they’ll get ghosted again when the Harkles no longer have use of the house. 

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sara-erin-foster-talk-katharine-mcphee-confidence-epic-clapbacks/

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Thanks! We are going to need a March Madness bracket to follow all the ghosting.

[ajani]

Famous middle-aged cis white man multimillionaire does epic clapback against bisexual nonbinary 23 year old *who decided to lash out at him first for no discernible reason or prompt* whose net worth will probably never approach 1 million. Said 23yo decided the best way to while away their time in quarantine was to get mad at someone using his popularity to say "hey wash your hands" during a pandemic no one is taking seriously... maybe they'll never reach that net worth for a reason.

And you won’t reach that net worth because you spent your time writing this bullshit and also not having the critical thinking or investigative skills that that 23 year old was more mad at Gaiman in general because of his history of some shitty takes and not because of him saying to wash his hands

#Anonymous

[meangirlz]

Vegan on main part 3: wooloo whats this? (tw for mentions of animal abuse)

Let me get one thing settled. We all hate Peta. I hate peta, my gf hates peta, every vegetarian/vegan I've known hates Peta. I can assure Peta doesn't speak for us. Yes being vegan has its benefits, the way Peta has approached the topic is atrocious.

Recently Peta made a twitter post about the new Pokemon game and the new Pokemom Wooloo.

We all know Peta's history with Pokemon and so on. Everyone very quickly started making comebacks that the company and using this as fuel to be anti vegan. While yes Peta is an extremely horrible company, and that people seem to think that they can just make an epic clapback to a corporation and call it a day. And I can admits it's funnt, but it seems everyone is missing the point.

It's not the act of shearing sheep that isn't vegan. It's the wool industry. Shearers are often paid by the sheep rather than by the hour. So they work faster to get more sheep in. Anyone's who's ever shaved in a rush can tell you what happens there. If the sheep try to escaoe or move too much, they get injured.

It's not just shearing. Sheep are often docked with no anesthesia. They are kicked, beaten, choked, punched and stomped on. Some are ever sheared too early for extra profit and freeze as a result. Even in the best cases, they will still be abused. Just recently Fairlife milk has been caught abusing their cows; this kind of treatment is the norm, not the exception.

You're probably wondering what do vegans do with sheep? With sheep they will be sheared. If you ever heard of the case of Shrek then you'll know what happens if a sheep isn't sheared. They just don't use the wool. Shearing sheep is necessary because we've selectively breed them to produce so much wool. Vegans believe that animals dont belong to us, and that using them for our personal gain is exploitation. Wool isnt a necessity; there are sustainable and natural fibers avaliable, so the argument nt of plastic fibers is a moot point.

The truth is that these animals are sesn as comodities, property, something to be discarded when they are no longer profitable, instead of sentient beings that want to live a full and happy life. Even in the best situarion, they wont get that. In the end, once keeping them isnt profitable, theyre off to slaughter, and humane slaugher does not exist. Their bodies are but commodities.

Please don't take me as someone who supports Peta, I just wanted to shed some light on the wool subject.

#vegan #gone vegan #zzz.txt

[marinettidinnerparty]

Fashily Asked Questions

1. Are you a fascist?

No.  I am an antifascist.

2. So, like, one of those scary commies?

Yes.  I’m an anarcho-communist.  Or, if you’d prefer, (((anarcho-communist.))) I’m not as scary as I’d like to be, but, please note, I cannot be killed.

3. Will you tell me in detail about everything you’ve done to fight fascism?  Are you just a LARPer?  Who’s your boss?  Where do you live?   How much is Soros paying you?

Not enough, buddy.

4. Don’t you guys believe in ‘no-platforming’?  Why are you talking to fash instead of kicking their teeth into their throats?  Do you think debate will change their minds?  Are you a crypto-lib?

Tumblr staff have in the past demonstrated their complete lack of commitment to banning fascists from their site.  We do not control the platform here, and ‘no platforming’ by trying to appeal to the consciences and magnanimity of giant corporations is energy better spent elsewhere.  We have no power to leverage.  This isn’t the real world. We’re not on the streets.  You can try punching your screen, but I don’t recommend that.

I don’t think debate online changes anybody’s mind unless they want it changed.  I do not think I’ll convince fascists of anything.  But that’s not why I talk to them.  I’m using them to get information, if just about their personalities, their lives, what motivates them, how much of a threat they are.  I also think one-on-one performed sick owns can, occasionally, have utility.  But no, I don’t think epic twitter clapbacks will stop fascism.  This blog will not stop fascism.  But that’s not what it’s for.

You may think my approach is bad, though, and I think people who block and report fash are absolutely 100% correct, too.  There are no easy answers.  Do what makes you feel the safest.

5. Are you claiming to be some kind of expert?  You think you’re hot shit?

No!  I’m absolutely not an expert.  I have no academic training in political science or history beyond, like, a few unrelated electives in undergrad.  I study the fash out of a sense of self-preservation, and because I think understanding what scares you has practical utility.  I have terminal internet brain from spending my formative online years in bad places, but now I’ve grown a spine to match and am willing to use my desensitization towards wholesome, educational ends.  I will try to do what my traumatized comrades cannot.

I talk with fash because I’m not an expert, and because I have so much more to learn.

6. Why are you making JOKES at a time like this? Are you FANDOMIZING the fash?  Isn’t that a bit insensitive?

I deal with stuff that scares me by laughing at it.  I’m afforded so few lines of defense in this life.  Please let me have this one.

That said, I understand that my approach is off-putting to many people, which is why all my fash-studying content is on this blog instead of my other blog.

7. Where’s the name from?

The Futurist Cookbook, written by Marinetti and friends.  Marinetti’s vision has become shorthand for the art associated with early Italian fascism.  The cookbook was the only good thing Marinetti ever made.  It’s funny.   Please read it.  The current header is also a reference to Marinetti’s book of food crimes.  

8. I have a specific question on [X aspect of fascism].  Also, you’re wrong about [Y aspect of fascism].  What do I do?  HOW DO I TELL YOU HOW WRONG YOU ARE?

Remember, I’m not an expert.  But I can summarize my research and tell you where I got my conclusions, and maybe point you in the right direction.  Send me a message HERE.  If you want to share something interesting you found by having me post it, go HERE. Also, look in my TAGS for AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

9. Do you think [x political figure] or [y political group] is a fascist?

Some political figures or groups I discuss here (or who get media attention) aren’t classical fascists, but I think it’s worth fighting them in the name of anti-fascism anyway. ‘Rounding up’ to fascist for not-quite-fascist violent alt-lite/paleocon groups --like, say, the Proud Boys-- has practical utility, to me. Their current proximal goals and motives are indistinguishable from fascists’ proximal goals and motives. They can be defeated the same way, in most cases. So, while they may have ideological differences, at the end of the day, both groups are going to vandalize an IWW meeting house for similar reasons. 

Fascism is also place-dependent in its aesthetic expression. Latin American fascism in the 2000s, for example, will not necessarily look or act the same as German fascism in the 30s. This ‘fascism wears different coats but the underlying policies are similar’ idea is something I explore here, and would like to do more work on. The variety across the board is why I use ‘fascisms,’ plural, which sounds a bit pretentious, but there you go.

If you came here to ask about Donald Trump, I think he’s fash-lite at most. Pence is a much better example of what I think ascendant American fascism is going to look like. If I had to take a guess, my unqualified opinion is that the strain of fascism most likely to succeed in the US is going to be Christian dominionist, not a threat to capitalism (at most, it’ll offer producerist critiques), and very patriotic in an ‘American civil religion’ way. It will be more misogynist than previous fascisms. It will look more like Latin American fascism than most European fascisms, and the masculine myth it speaks to will be from the 50s, or 80s. A politician who could combine Trump’s honesty and flippancy with Pence’s outlook and will to power would be the ideal American fascist leader. I could be wrong, though!

10. Shouldn’t it be ‘fasc’?  This abbreviation is more phonetic, I guess, in a void, but it’s not spelled ‘fash-ism’!

fasc4fasc was taken, so here we are.

#faq

[sealedbeastnue]

“et tu brute?” EPIC clapbacks of history from my man julio seaser

[barbosaasouza]

The Best Clapbacks In 'Hamilton'

Premiering on Broadway in 2015 to widespread acclaim, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton resonated with theatergoers in a way their elementary school history classes never could. With catchy tunes, electric performances, and casting that reflects the USA's unique diversity, Hamilton continues to be a major cultural touchstone. It's also got a caustic wit that manifests in several highly-entertaining comebacks. Whether it's Hamilton insulting Aaron Burr, Burr trading barbs with the young Revolutionaries, or Thomas Jefferson throwing shade every which way, Hamilton features some of the best clapbacks in musical theater. (Of course, real theater geeks know that two of the musical's best clapbacks - Hamilton insulting Adams, and Angelica offering a sardonic "congratulations" to Hamilton - were cut from the final version, but there are still a ton of epic putdowns to savor.) Below are a few of the choicest selections, so upvote the ones that truly "burn." The Best Clapbacks In 'Hamilton' published first on https://superworldrom.tumblr.com/

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Why Tyra Banks Didn’t Initially Like Her Infamous ‘Kiss My Fat A**’ Speech (Exclusive)

Tyra Banks almost nixed her infamous, emotional "Kiss my fat a**" clapback at body-shamers.

In an exclusive interview, the 44-year-old supermodel tells ET's Nischelle Turner that she nearly had her producers re-do that 2007 segment on The Tyra Banks Show, over worries about at how vulnerable that moment came across as she addressed critics trying to shame her about her weight.

"I felt like I had a responsibility, you know? I wasn't just thinking ratings. I was thinking, like I have a responsibility to be strong, to be noble and to say, 'Kiss my fat a**' like this," she told ET. "And I thought any emotion, any breaking, any tears, was weak and that I had all these women I felt on my shoulders and I needed to support them."

The 44-year-old model is touring the nation with her mother, Carolyn London, to promote their book, Perfect Is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss. The book details Banks' rise from wannabe to supermodel and TV personality and, as the book's subtitle suggests, sparing few details along the way, whether it be about sex, discrimination or fat-shaming and body image problems.

Banks has been outspoken about the pressures of being a model, the size 0 expectations and the 24/7 nature of media and social media.

Her 2007 onscreen rant on The Tyra Banks Show stands as one of the most epic takedowns on screen and was even named the 60th greatest talk show moment in TV history by TV Guide. In the segment, Banks claps back at critics who mocked her weight in a photo taken of her in a bikini.

She starts by talking about expectations people have of her body image, given her career as a model, but quickly gets emotional. 

"I love my momma. She has helped me to be a strong woman so I can overcome these kinds of attacks. But if I had lower self-esteem, I would probably be starving myself right now," Banks begins, building up steam. "That is exactly what is happening to other women all over this country."

Her voice breaks as she lets loose.

"So I have something to say to all of you that have something nasty to say to say about me, or other women that are built like me, women that sometimes or all the times look like this [sticks out stomach], women whose names you know, women whose names you don't, women who've been picked on, women whose husbands put them down, women at work or girls in school, I have one thing to say to you," she says. "Kiss my fat a**!"

Despite the standing ovation and cheers she received on set, Banks tells ET she immediately regretted the segment.

"And I ran into that booth with my director, Brian, and I was like, 'I gotta do it over again, I gotta -- through tears and a swimsuit -- I gotta do it over again, I gotta do it over.' And he turned off all those monitors and he said, 'Go home.' He said, 'That was real, and you will see what this will do," Banks said. "And I was freaking out for weeks because it took a couple of weeks for it to air and I just was feeling like it was a mistake until it aired and I just saw it all over the news and everywhere and I was like, wow. It was a big lesson for me about vulnerability."

Perfect Is Boring released today nationwide in hardcover.

For more from Banks on modeling and body image, see the video below.

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[junker-town]

Hawaii’s Nick Rolovich claps back at UCLA’s epic game poster tweet

Just adding a little pizazz to the proceedings this weekend.

When you pull off the second biggest comeback in the history of the sport, then I’d say you earn to the right talk a little spicy on Twitter. That’s what UCLA did when tweeting out a ticket link and a certifiably epic game poster.

This will not be a vacation.@UCLAFootball vs Hawaii : https://t.co/C3RNXXd52s#BeatHawaii l #GoBruins http://pic.twitter.com/44B8nfRj1U

— UCLA Athletics (@UCLAAthletics) September 6, 2017

Hawaii’s Nick Rolovich was clearly not here for the nonsense. The clapback was swift and succinct.

It's not? Dang it, better cancel those @Disneyland passes. https://t.co/NtJPZ8xNad

— Nick Rolovich (@NickRolovich) September 6, 2017

Most of the time, college coaches lean hard and fast into the business trip mantra when going to a road game. It’s an easy party line and gets everyone into the right mood to make the trip. Shoutout to Rolovich for taking a jab and making the game a bit more fun (which it’s supposed to be).

If I’m Rolovich, a flight to Los Angeles this might as well be a vacation. He’s had road trips to Michigan and UMass during his tenure. The latter being, as far as we can tell, the farthest road trip in the history of the sport.

He’s earned the Disneyland visit as far as I’m concerned.

[meditationklaus]

Yoga Pants Parade: Women Respond To A Man Telling Them Not To Wear Yoga Pants

In case you guys missed it, last October, a whooole bunch of women organized and gathered outside a man’s house to stage a yoga pants parade-slash-party. Why a yoga pants party and why do it at this man’s front yard?   The story goes a little something like this…

It All Started With a Letter

Alan Sorrentino from Rhode Island wrote a letter to the editor of their local newspaper to express his strong feelings against women wearing yoga pants anywhere outside the studio or gym, calling it “the absolute worst thing to ever happen in women’s fashion.”

He goes on to say, “Maybe it’s the unforgiving perspective they provide, inappropriate for general consumption, TMI, or the spector [sic] of someone coping poorly with their weight or advancing age that makes yoga pants so weird in public.”

It’s a pretty strong-worded letter with a not-so-polite suggestion for women to stop wearing yoga pants in public because yoga pants, as he put it, “do nothing to compliment a woman over 20 years old.”

The Epic Clapback

Credit: Kerry Lemoie

So when the letter was published and word got around, yogis and yoga pants-loving women in and around Rhode Island quickly organized to get together and make a stand. At first it may seem petty to many (“it’s just yoga pants”), but as the Facebook page set up for the event succinctly puts it:

“While yoga pants seem to be a silly thing to fight for, they are representative of something much bigger — misogyny and the history of men policing women’s bodies.”

Took a break from cooking to walk in solidarity with @bethdog and a few hundred other women and supportive men to assert our rights to dress as we please and not be controlled. #yogapantsparade #peacefulpantsparty #womensrights #iwearwhatiwant

A photo posted by Jennifer Costanza (@rooted.life) on Oct 23, 2016 at 11:21am PDT

Image credit: Jim Davis / The Boston Globe

It was a successful gathering, with hundreds of women and men turning up to join and support the peaceful parade to make a point. And as expected, the participants also had some group yoga fun — they’re all already dressed for it after all!

When Sorrentino was asked about the yoga pants parade and the response his letter got, he said it was only “satire.” Whether it was satirical or not, how about we just leave women’s choices about their clothes, body, lifestyle, etc. to women themselves, eh? ;-)

You can view more photos from the awesome event on Kerri Lemoie’s Flickr.

The post Yoga Pants Parade: Women Respond To A Man Telling Them Not To Wear Yoga Pants appeared first on DOYOUYOGA.COM.

#Yoga #doyouyoga.com #Health

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