Can someone enlighten me: what is the motivation anyone has to send a di__ pic? Not being rhetorical.
It is to their mistress, so I assume the intent it to titillate or arouse. Same reason anyone would send a message of a sexual nature.
Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail
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#22To modify a quote from The Dark Knight: "Let me get this straight, you think one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, who owns the Washington Post and pays out of his own pocket to send rockets to space, won't stand up for himself so your plan is to blackmail this person? Good Luck
It worked swimmingly for Gawker.
Gawker never tried to extort Thiel, they just published their story. Nor did they have a history on sealing or using these stories as leverage.
Pretty well summaries in the 1st third:
> “Of course I don’t want personal photos published, but I also won’t participate in their well-known practice of blackmail, political favors, political attacks and corruption,” Mr. Bezos wrote of A.M.I., explaining why he had decided to speak out. “I prefer to stand up, roll this log over and see what crawls out.”
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#26Can someone enlighten me: what is the motivation anyone has to send a di__ pic? Not being rhetorical.
Guys tend to enjoy getting nudes from their SO's. Why would gals be any different?
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#27Can someone enlighten me: what is the motivation anyone has to send a di__ pic? Not being rhetorical.
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#28To modify a quote from The Dark Knight: "Let me get this straight, you think one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, who owns the Washington Post and pays out of his own pocket to send rockets to space, won't stand up for himself so your plan is to blackmail this person? Good Luck
Same thing I was thinking. That said, I hate the National Enquirer and I am praying this leads to their destruction.
On a tangentially related note I also believe there ought to be laws restricting paparazzi from harassing people. I think it's awful every time I see someone trying to walk down the street or out of a hospital or courthouse and swarmed by cameras that won't leave them alone even in moments of grief. They're people. I don't understand why it's considered perfectly acceptable to treat them that way just because they've become well-known.
Just a thought connected to my disdain for tabloids.
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#30Peter Thiel (worth 2.5b) destroyed Gawker with a contribution of 10m to Hulk Hogan's legal fund. If Bezos contributed a similar proportion of his fortune (112b), he would be contributing 448m. Not only is the National Enquirer about to be in the shitfight of its life, but every single other lawsuit it's going to be facing will be armed to the teeth with amazing legal talent. Couldn't have happened to nicer people.
You surly meant 2.5b not 2.5m.