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PaperclipPerfector  5d ago (text post)   2513 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for January 10, 2025

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Why attempt such a brazen, obvious lie, with approximately nothing to gain? Just baffing. Make me think I'm being psyoped somehow.

I think the narrative that he's a deeply insecure man that really, really, really wants to be cool is basically accurate.

It would be a pittance for the world's richest man to buy a character, have one commissioned, or otherwise have it power-leveled by a ghost player when he's not using it. Plenty of Whales who are lazy/time poor do this, that is why there is a market for it. So you could say why not.

But why stream? This type of display isn't going to get him mainstream credibility. It might not be deep insecurity, but there's something going on. What 50+ year old man would pass off a relatively childish achievement as his own? (I mean childish as in how it perceived by the mainstream. We aren't talking Everest here. I say this as a lifelong gamer)

The same man who posts pictures of his face photoshopped onto Iron Man? At least with Iron Man it could be interpreted as some sort of post-meta-irony.

(Epistemic status: I think I saw that post screenshotted somewhere, I don't have a link)

He does retweet AI generated images of himself in costume that are created by his army of sycophants (that are more likely looking for a view/follower boost).

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