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No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by haunter »

agolio wrote: post #33

So I am tempted to flag this submission because I don't really think HN is the place but I want to make sure I am using the flag feature correctly. Can any more experienced HN user weigh in? Is flagging for articles you don't want to see on HN or is it more reserved for spam/ inaccuracies?

I flag everything that is pure drama, nothing substance. Like this post. Twitter stuff (for example everything Elon related which took over HN for months), everything that I saw on the reddit front page earlier which means it's already at the lowest of low quality and it has no place in mind on HN.

In the end flag whatever you want and move on.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by foreverCarlos »

ffssffss wrote: post #16
foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

No it goes way back to the 80s and 90s when radio consolidated. You had guys like Limbaugh reading off lists of men who died of AIDS and laughing at them. Same grift, different generation.

Oh Limbaugh! He was popular before my time, and the more I learn about him the more I am puzzled by who would enjoy listening to something like what you describe.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by maerF0x0 »

bongoman37 wrote: post #3

Most people know that, but the narrative is just too good that he got pwned because he tried to pwn Greta. People want to believe it.

Given past experience this could just be a repeat false claim. So let's put our pwnies away until we see something stick.

Backstory: Supposedly He's previously been arrested (in aug 2022?) when a woman needed a cover story for why she was cheating on her boyfriend with him. The facts corroborated his side of the story and its claimed he was even apologized to by authorities. The investigation showed her to be a liar and there on her own volition and free to leave etc...d

I cannot find a good source for this besides dubious Reddit and YouTubes, so I guess we'll see what the actual truth is this time.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by Ekaros »

eddsh1994 wrote: post #34
kaptainscarlet wrote: post #18

I came to hackernews to run away from that staged noise to keep twitter engagement high but it has spilled over to this platform as well.

Yeah I was surprised to see him mentioned on a site dedicated, IMO, to startups & tech & interesting discussions.

Maybe some people find this interesting. Unlike lot of discussion here?

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by kaptainscarlet »

eddsh1994 wrote: post #34
kaptainscarlet wrote: post #18

I came to hackernews to run away from that staged noise to keep twitter engagement high but it has spilled over to this platform as well.

Yeah I was surprised to see him mentioned on a site dedicated, IMO, to startups & tech & interesting discussions.

I wish it could be flagged as "off-topic" as I don't see how this post is hackernews-worthy.

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by haunter »

Ekaros wrote: post #44
eddsh1994 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I was surprised to see him mentioned on a site dedicated, IMO, to startups & tech & interesting discussions.

Maybe some people find this interesting. Unlike lot of discussion here?

That's why reddit or Twitter exist

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by SamoyedFurFluff »

stavros wrote: post #10

Off-topic, but it feels like I'm the only person who thinks phrases like "small dick energy" are bad. When did it become acceptable to shame men for the size of their penis? Whenever I've mentioned it, people have defended its usage with arguments that didn't sound convincing to me. Why is it acceptable to say "small dick energy" in the age of body-shaming awareness?

Acceptable, no, understandable, yes, a petty remark to insult a man who has prioritized his identity around a shallow and abusive perception of masculinity

It’s like the hitler has only one ball thing

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by JumpinJack_Cash »

foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

Everybody wants to be a spokesperson or a politician because essentially it’s a job where you get paid to say stuff or today you don’t even have to say anything, just tweet.

In this case a rivalry was shaping up between 2 such characters:

Thumberg and Tate

The former representing the perma-concern and the latter representing the perma-carefree persona

Re: No, Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because of a Pizza Box

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Post by themitigating »

nxm wrote: post #15
foreverCarlos wrote: post #6

Are these contrarian/scandalous/unapologetically insulting figures a new phenomenon or have they always been a part of pop culture? Seems like Tate-like or Yiannopoulos-like personas are attracting a lot of media coverage.

Have you listened to Tate in a more than 15 sec clip? I don’t agree with everything he says but he does speak the otherwise unspoken truth on many topics. His attention is justified.

You're attributing equal value to all his views.
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