Sydney Sweeny/American Eagle Genes/Jeans Controversy

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  1. T.R

    T.R Don't care.

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    No one is doubting that this is no big deal in your tiny little echo chamber. :shrug:

    Out in Twitter, Discord, Redit, Facebook, Tik Tok etc.. where most of the online world hangs out, this is a much bigger deal.
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  2. Coloratura

    Coloratura "Not a total fucking piece of shit."

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    That's not what you were saying earlier.
    Either we're all mad and denying it, or only a few of us don't care in our echo chambers. Pick a lane to gaslight.
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  3. T.R

    T.R Don't care.

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    Yes it is.

    So, you were saying?
    I never said you were a part of the people making a big deal about it. Either learn to read what is written or stop replying to things you don't understand.
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  4. Coloratura

    Coloratura "Not a total fucking piece of shit."

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    Weaseling around there, friend. "You guys" but it's apparently not me and the people I know. Thank you for not including me in that unknown large group of lefties making a huge deal out of this.

    Eh, this isn't going anywhere.

    The point is that it's not the scandal some people want it to be, but it does make for good fodder while everything burns around us.
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  5. Crosis36

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    Plus, isn't it kind of sad that his response to "your quality of life of pretty terrible" is "Yeah, well I can faster than you!"
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  6. T.R

    T.R Don't care.

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    Agree 100 percent. This is one of those non issues that the media and talk shows shouldn't be wasting any time on.
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  7. Coloratura

    Coloratura "Not a total fucking piece of shit."

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    Amen.
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  8. Mirah

    Mirah Resist Now

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    I have to respond again to the original post because when I first saw the add on the Daily Show and I heard Sydney Sweeney say, "My jeans/genes are blue" I thought she meant "Democrat" and I was like, "Oh yeah, lots of people are going to be mad about that"
    And then I watched the rest of the bit on the daily show and saw that people were mad for other reasons-OR that there was a "Percieved Mad". Because serisouly I had not heard about it before then. The whole thing is so stupid.

    And now someone told Dump that she is a registered Republican and he was like "OH I like the ad now!" and he was so genuinely happy. Like the happiest I have seen him-ever.
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  9. Rincewiend

    Rincewiend 21st Century Digital Boy

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    Some people say the ad was a little tone-deaf(especially in the current political climate), rightwingers go "Libtards are triggered, hur hur"...
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  10. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey cynicism isn't wisdom, it's surrender.

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    everything old is new again?
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  11. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    To make that statement, you would either have no idea of my standards, or be willfully misrepresenting them.
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  12. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Nothing remotely associated with caucasians can ever be praised, for that is the dreaded HWHITE SUPREMASAH.
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  13. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    I am not contesting how useless Crosis obviously is.

    The nonexistent ones. :dayton:

    A chimp could be trained to dump bedpans and flap his virtue-signaling vagina at people who never asked too, sweetheart


    I don't give a fuck how impressed either of you are with yourselves.

    Incorrect.

    In your humble opinion, which combined with a pile of shit might fertilize a houseplant.
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  14. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Jesus, how did I miss that?
    I guess I was too busy drooling over Brooke to hear what she was saying.
    :shrug:
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  15. Damar

    Damar Liberal Elitist

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    At this point, I think we just keep up the fake outrage to see how submissive the conservatives become.
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  16. Raoul the Red Shirt

    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    I think it is certainly possible to find examples of people taking just about any position online. There's a whole spectrum of people, some of whom might be crazy, some of whom might be upset, some of whom are trolling etc.

    What I have not yet seen much or any of is anybody who can reasonably be said to be representative of the left taking the level of offense to this ad as there are prominent people on the right complaining about the left supposedly being upset about the ad.

    Are there left social media folks with high levels of followers, people like AOC or so forth, genuinely accusing American Eagle or Sweeney of being or propping up Nazis?
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  17. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    Late to this party, but I found receipts of her registering as a Republican in June after moving to Florida.

    Which left leaning people do in red controlled states to make sure the least shitty candidates get the nomination, but combined with her throwing her mother a MAGA themed party is WAAAAAAAAAAAY more than a little sus. Not every creative is a liberal, but there's "old school quiet Republican" stuff like Kelsey Grammar and there's the enabling of the MAGA cult.

    Guess those weirdos claiming her last year for her boobs clocked her after all. :shrug:
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  18. Coloratura

    Coloratura "Not a total fucking piece of shit."

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    Agreedr. There are plenty of conservatives in Hollywood that don't bother me at all. Arnold is among them because even though I don't agree with his political positions very often, he comes by them honestly, and he sees Trump as anathema to what he believes is genuine conservative values. He's honestly more of a Theodore Roosevelt Republican, which isn't great, but you can be far worse. If Sweeney's a MAGA or at least MAGA adjacent, that certainly sucks some serious donkey balls, but at the end of the day it's her choice. Still, we're free to call her out on it.

    All of that said, The White House is running with the "controversy" of course, and it honestly feels pretty manufactured. Americans love their celebrities, and when you have a celebrity who is conventionally beautiful and has political opinions, of course she's going to become a lightning rod for really shitty takes, and the Trump administration has the shittiest takes.
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  19. Crosis36

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    I can only gauge based on your obsession with my appearance.
    Though I think it's mostly just your feeble attempt to cling onto something, anything, you think you hang over my head.
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  20. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey cynicism isn't wisdom, it's surrender.

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    I dunno, dude's clearly making bank and seems happy.
    I'm reasonably content and getting ahead in life and work.
    You seem to be pretty miserable in your drudgery with nowhere to go but warehouse management. 49 now? Yeah, your knees are gonna start to feel it soon enough.

    For all the formatting you do in responses, you never actually read what I do? Or you just don't understand it? I think you're confusing what I do with personal support work... I'm more of a case worker sidekick, doing the grunt work so they can focus on the heavier lifting.

    Technically it's true that you don't boast about being physically superior, although your go to of calling others "body by x box", "stay-puft","virtue signalling vagina", etc kinda is more than an implication that everyone else is inferior, so... (why is it you so compulsively deflect, anyway? You always throw out these meaningless phrases to throw discussion off track. All it does is signal that you got nothing-you get that, right?).

    Incomplete, but not incorrect. I'm sure the set up is at least as complex as the all in one photocopier/scanner/fax/espresso maker. Do they let you run the overhead crane? I'll bet you're even forklift certified!!

    Keep talking, we can start a farm...
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  21. Mirah

    Mirah Resist Now

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    Has there been a "war" on beauty? Can you give me examples?

    And then my counter question would be-or is there a war on "fake beauty" like air brushing and photo touch ups etc etc
    AND is there a war on certain standards where people are bulemic or unhealthy to try to look a certain way?
    AND is there a war on lots and lots of plastic surgery?

    thx
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  22. Mirah

    Mirah Resist Now

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    Is there any evidence of women showing jealousy and offense other than the "genes" part? Or is that something that is made up to detract from the "genes" part?

    sry if this was already addressed.
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  23. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Sure. The obsessive featuring of unattractive women in art and advertisements. The whole body positivity movement. The relentless critique of the very idea of beauty. The notion that every woman is beautiful.
    I think you kinda proved my point there. You reflexively launch into the standard litany to undermine the very idea of beauty.

    Woman can apparently muster the mental will to say that a 300 pound woman is as beautiful as any supermodel, but they're helpless to resist the competitive urges that arise from seeing an airbrushed model on the cover of a magazine.

    When everyone's beautiful, no one is.
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  24. Donald Trump Raped Kids

    Donald Trump Raped Kids And wants to fuck his daughter

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    Please share the link of Sydney Sweeney sucking on some serious donkey balls. For the purposes of this discussion and nothing else.
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  25. Donald Trump Raped Kids

    Donald Trump Raped Kids And wants to fuck his daughter

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    Everyone is beautiful, but you. :)
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  26. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I'll survive.
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  27. AlphaMan

    AlphaMan The Last Dragon

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    I don’t think people are accusing Sweeney or AE of flat out making Nazi propaganda but my criticism is that self proclaimed Nazis will see this and be like “that’s my jam!” I think it’s unfortunate for both.

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  28. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Don't care.

    Incorrect. You don't set the terms for me. I get to work with metal while dealing with very few people, then bicycle home through the park. Life is good.

    Not interested in babysitting.

    ,
    Knees are fine. I'm not dredging mine shafts and swinging a pickaxe, for fuck's sake.

    It's not that complex. I just don't fucking care.

    Big of you to admit. :brood:

    Crosis comes off as a chubby little squeak toy with napolean syndrome, and nobody asked about your saintly pursuits. Sue me. :shrug:

    Deflect what? I generally give direct answers , but I'm not responsible for anyone's made-up strawman bullshit.

    And I bet you could go fuck yourself if I drew you a diagram.
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  29. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey cynicism isn't wisdom, it's surrender.

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    it's nice that you're content to be a bottom feeder, AI... but nobody's impressed, let alone cares beyond the fodder for ridicule your narcissistic self delusions provide. At the end of the day, you're still an unambitious loser.

    Thing is that beauty standards are always changing. 15 years ago, Christina Chong in her lululemons would've been seen as too chunky and kind of weird looking, now we're perceiving her as clearly athletic and unique.

    I think think the point you're missing in the last bit about "mustering mental will" vs "retouching" is that they're seeing each other unfiltered then focusing on the positives rather than the flaws. Y'know... reality vs. fantasy...

    You may want to delve into a few articles on "the beauty myth". I don't expect you to become sympathetic or anything, but figure you might come away with a bit more insight.
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  30. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    It's not my fault your entire concept of ambition is limited to career and the approval of others. Don't project your vanity on me.
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