pedregaluxJan 7
JA Westenberg
All we have are Mussolini cosplayers who can’t make the trains run on time, Rockefeller LARPers who can’t build a refinery, and Nikola Tesla tribute acts who’ve never shipped hardware. History will remember this as the age of the cover band. We are ruled by guys who watched a YouTube documentary about Napoleon and said “I could do that” but meant the hat.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Jan 6 at 11:57pmTypefully
Show threadStevenSavage (he/him)Jan 7
@Daojoan 10/10 no notes.
Show threadPaul_IPv6Jan 7

@Daojoan

ouch.

maybe not even cover bands but drunken kaoroke screamers and bad halloween costume attempts made of cardboard...

Show threadDonCCJan 7

@Daojoan

absolute RIPPA!
https://youtu.be/BRiCr8mzRzk?si=RESVKm8e4BmyCS8s

Ripper - Australian Slang

YouTube
Show threadsabikJan 7
@Daojoan
Also Hitler's Breitspurbahn vs Musk's Hyperloop
Show threadElon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺Jan 7
@Daojoan
Show threadMegatronicThronBanksJan 7

@Daojoan

I really couldn't have put it better.

And our popular media - being overcharged for multiple streaming sites that despite spending billions could not string a simple story together.

Show threadQ. EdwardsJan 7
@Daojoan If that's true then why do the rule over us? If they're faking being great, why do we let them?
Show threadJA WestenbergJan 7
@the_q a majority keep falling for the confidence trick
Show threadQ. EdwardsJan 7
@Daojoan you aren't wrong. God it's depressing.
Show threadWillJan 7
@Daojoan
🎯!
Show threadnoplasticshowerJan 7
@Daojoan lol. 100%
Show threadHashRaydamonJan 7
@Daojoan And not even the hat, they are to insecure to rock the bicorn
Show threadPSoul•US 🏳️‍🌈Jan 7
@Daojoan and look at what Napoleon did with slavery and Saint-Domingue/Haiti.
This analogy is so spot on.
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Jan 7
@Daojoan I've heard some *very good* cover bands in my time. This is more like open mike night at the karaoke bar. After someone spiked the drinks with Everclear.
Show threadSnowBlind2005Jan 7

@Daojoan

You are giving too much credit for the buffoons. Cover Bands can actually play instruments. I think you mean Air Bands where they all pretend to play instruments with DJ Press Play (aka The Wizard) behind the stage.

Play no attention to The Wizard Joan!

Buy the merchandise!

Show threadMagnus AhltorpJan 7

@Daojoan LARPers and cover bands do positive things though, we’re talking about wannabe frauds here. And Mussolini was a wannabe fraud himself:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loco-motive/

Mussolini and On-Time Trains

Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

Snopes
Show threadAnalog AIJan 7
@Daojoan or thought that all it took was the hat (and hand under the jacket)
Show threadRob LandleyJan 7

@Daojoan Mussolini couldn't make the trains run on time either, he just claimed he did and shot anybody who disagreed. There's a snopes about it: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loco-motive/

Some historicans had a great conversation about how _utterly_ incompetent nazi germany was, and the invasion of austria was because they'd run out of food and needed to steal gold to buy more: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-of-everything-vs-history-of-everything/id1598692909?i=1000674793848

And of course their military accomplishments were all meth ("pervitin"): https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/

Mussolini and On-Time Trains

Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

Snopes
Show threadPaul HouleJan 7
@Daojoan not to mention the people who hate fascists but love the footwear
Show threadJacob SomethingJan 11
@Daojoan @Esuriosa A quote to be printed out and hung up in the window.