Galactic level trolling by Russia

Oh Dear. This is galactic level trolling by Moscow…pic.twitter.com/OmSWagloy0

— Patrick Henningsen (@21WIRE) June 15, 2023

Here’s How Two Twitter Pranksters Convinced The World That Pepe The Frog Meme Is Just A Front For White Nationalism

Pepe the green frog meme’s unmitigated rise into pop culture comes amid hysteria that the internet cartoon is little more than a stand-in for white nationalism. But it turns out the original story that prompted the panic is more or less a complete troll job.

The Daily Beast’s Olivia Nuzzi wrote a piece in May striving to describe and trace the genesis of Pepe in the alt-right scene, a nascent, illiberal political movement focused on preserving white identity and Western civilization. In the process, Nuzzi just ended up repeating various made-up stories from the only two people she interviewed from “Frog Twitter”: Paul Town (@PaulTown_) and Jared Taylor Swift (@JaredTSwift).

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DONALD TRUMP, KING OF TROLLING HIS CRITICS, SHOULD BE THE INTERNET’S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT

Even his name, in British slang at least, is another word for flatulence. But lovable, mega-rich windbag Donald Trump is having the last laugh. I know this because Trump is doing what I and all internet-savvy provocateurs do: he is trolling the Establishment.

Like me, Donald Trump draws attention to himself through lavish spending, arresting blonde hair and sheer force of personality —and he uses that attention to tell the worst people in the world where to stick it. (My hair, similarly, has an independent following of its own.)

Trump’s success and persona are such that allegations of clownishness only further inflate the balloon. Because he is shameless, he is impossible to embarrass. That’s a lesson I also learned long ago: say whatever your enemies are planning to say about you first, and say it devastatingly. If you do it with enough honesty and self-deprecation, people will laugh with you, not at you.

I don’t think Trump is too fussed about becoming president of the United States. He just wants to flex. If anything, his particular power to get attention and annoy the right people is far greater outside of the presidency. Take it from me, no-one past a certain level of wealth is that fussed about anything.

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