AOC jokes more people watched her gaming online than listened to glitch-ridden DeSantis launch

[u/Beckles28nz]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-desantis-twitter-spaces-campaign-launch-b2345995.html

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[u/NorthImpossible8906]

Breaking News:

The game "Among Us" has been banned in Florida.

[u/Shopworn_Soul → u/NorthImpossible8906]

Pretty sus

[u/supermadandbad → u/Shopworn_Soul]

Desantis: please vote out orange

[u/Concrete__Blonde → u/supermadandbad]

Orange sus af

[u/second2no1 → u/Concrete__Blonde]

🚨Orange killed Democracy in the Golden Golf Room

[u/DetBabyLegs → u/second2no1]

Well if Orange really is the new black he absolutely would believe this

[u/MOOShoooooo → u/DetBabyLegs]

This whole comment thread is going to a Florida jail.

[u/TreeChangeMe → u/MOOShoooooo]

You have all been banned from /r/Florida

[u/fatkiddown → u/TreeChangeMe]

It's on the path to become a North Korea, but don't worry. I heard on paper, North Korea is a democracy.

[u/IntelligentEggplant0 → u/fatkiddown]

Is that like how the nazis were socialists?

[u/Equivalent_Yak8215 → u/Concrete__Blonde]

Black has been ejected

[u/r0wbutt → u/Equivalent_Yak8215]

Black was not the imposter

[u/1ndiana_Pwns → u/supermadandbad]

Definitely a self report. But just in case, let's call a meeting after this to vote out both

[u/SprayedSL2 → u/1ndiana_Pwns]

I'm down for a 50/50 and launch both

[u/Genjoi → u/1ndiana_Pwns]

Bait self report! Bait self report!

[u/Ov3rdose_EvE → u/supermadandbad]

deSUStis

[u/anxietystrings → u/NorthImpossible8906]

Breaking news: AOC has been banned in Florida. This is a joke but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened

[u/silverbean → u/anxietystrings]

Russia just banned Obama.

[u/T1mac → u/silverbean]

Russia just banned Obama.

And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - For reals

[u/Bleezington → u/T1mac]

In a game of I'm rubber you're glue, they banned and sanctioned 963 Americans, including dead politicians. Average Russia L.

[u/Then-Raspberry6815 → u/Bleezington]

Our governor Polis (Colorado) is banned from Russia. He may be banned in floriduh soon as well.

[u/faxcanBtrue → u/NorthImpossible8906]

"Us" is a pronoun, after all.

[u/18scsc → u/faxcanBtrue]

The most Communist pronoun of all

[u/jared555 → u/NorthImpossible8906]

Probably another feud against amazon since they own twitch

[u/mountaintop111]

After Ron Desantis launched his presidential campaign yesterday on Twitter, Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“Rob,” My Red Button is bigger, better, stronger, and is working (TRUTH!), yours does not! (per my conversation with Kim Jung Un, of North Korea, soon to become my friend!)”

WTF?

[u/CAESTULA → u/mountaintop111]

The GOP is peopled by maliciously stupid and/or ignorant individuals, with the maturity of glue huffing 4chan posters. Trump is their king, and also why Defuckface has no chance against him- because Trump makes idiots laugh, and Ron can't.

Honestly, that might be the biggest thing to GOP voters between the two of them. While Trump never laughs himself, he always makes his followers laugh in chorus. DeSantis just makes people angry.

[u/armadillofdestruct → u/CAESTULA]

When the Republican debates were going on in the primary race in 2015, I was talking to one of the supervisors I worked with about Trump. He literally said he was voting for him because he made funny faces during the debates. Same guy said he would vote for Sarah Palin because she was hot. The Republican base doesn't care about any sort of competency, plan or ethics. It's a reality show to them.

[u/fillinthe___ → u/armadillofdestruct]

Yep, the biggest Trump supporter I know wants Haley to be his VP "because she's hot." That's literally all he thinks women should be.

[u/[deleted] → u/armadillofdestruct]

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[u/ThisIsARobot → u/[deleted]]

Which is hilarious for a country less than 250 years old. America is the modern day Roman Empire, but probably won't last as long.

[u/Spidey209 → u/CAESTULA]

You seem to understand trump's word salad. Is "big red button" a penis reference?

[u/DaisyHotCakes → u/Spidey209]

Sure seems like it, doesn’t it? Also, since everything that leaves his mouth is a lie I suppose that means his dick doesn’t work.

[u/Spidey209 → u/DaisyHotCakes]

Stormy Daniels' eyewitness testimony seems to support your deduction.

[u/ClothDiaperAddicts → u/Spidey209]

Let's be fair, here. She never said that it didn't actually work. That it was small, looked like Toad from Super Mario, and was altogether disappointing? Sure. But not that it didn't work.

(Because, you know, extreme lack of talent is SO much less embarrassing than not being able to get it up.)

[u/StuffThingsMoreStuff → u/Spidey209]

So Trump is putting his big red button inside Kim Jong Un?

E: I can't spell

[u/GoofyTunes → u/mountaintop111]

No way he actually said "soon to become my friend." Like we already know he admires authoritarians, but the phrasing puts his loser status on full blast

[u/ConfusedOrDazed → u/GoofyTunes]

The great thing about reputable media is that they don't make shit like that up.

Here's the post: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110426121391422436

[u/230flathead → u/ConfusedOrDazed]

Holy shit.

What does that even mean?

[u/Comm0nSenseIsntComon → u/230flathead]

The red check from truth social is bigger than Twitter's blue check, I think.

[u/Purplebuzz → u/230flathead]

It means he’s a delusional asshole.

[u/bisou13 → u/ConfusedOrDazed]

I thought OP was joking omg

[u/seensham → u/mountaintop111]

Okay he definitely used to be more coherent than this, right???? Am I having a stroke or is he?

[u/te_anau → u/seensham]

Seriously, in the past, with substantial effort, I could extract something that could charitably be called a thought from the slurry that is a trump statement. But here, I'm absolutely at a loss.

The big red button is some basic nuclear fetish? Why would trumps be any more or less functional that any other president?
Or did we transition to a basic virility metaphor?

At this stage I feel I've invested more in this statement than trump has.

[u/Terran_it_up → u/te_anau]

After giving it some thought, I think he might be insinuating that DeSantis has erectile dysfunction, and that this somehow equates to cowardice/timidness when it comes to things like using nuclear weapons. Then he's suggesting that authoritarian dictators like Kim Jong Un respect him (Trump) because they know that he'd do things like use nuclear weapons, and that they wouldn't respect DeSantis because he's weak, which is embodied by erectile dysfunction. But who knows, I might just be searching for meaning where there is none

[u/ThisIsNotKimJongUn → u/mountaintop111]

What even is reality anymore

[u/paulenglishby → u/mountaintop111]

I guess that's one way to drive traffic to your shitty alt-right social media website…

…because I had to click through to the tweet(?) because I couldn't believe that was real

[u/Simmery]

Not just a joke. Also a fact.

[u/Quexana → u/Simmery]

The best jokes are truths.

[u/pomonamike → u/Quexana]

You’re right. Truth Social is a pretty big joke.

[u/Bill_Brasky_SOB → u/pomonamike]

If Donnie could read, he’d hate your comment.

[u/thehazer → u/Bill_Brasky_SOB]

I think at one point he could read, but I don’t think he can currently.

[u/da2Pakaveli → u/thehazer]

It's not just reading. He lacks any sort of comprehension to actually process what's being said without turning it into some self-praise.

[u/da2Pakaveli → u/Bill_Brasky_SOB]

In fact. It's the biggest joke possible. You know what they say, they say "we did good jokes before, but nothing like yours Donald". Everyone was in tears!

[u/Mr_Moody_ → u/da2Pakaveli]

At one point a grown man, a hard man, who has never cried in his life before, came up to me with tears in his eyes and said "you make the best jokes sir. I laughed all the way to the bank until they foreclosed on my house, which I reverse mortgaged just for you sir"

Yes, it was a good day.

[u/[deleted] → u/Simmery]

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[u/ashesofempires → u/[deleted]]

I watched her play Among Us with Ilhan Omar and it was a riot. 10/10 would watch again.

[u/AsheBnarginDalmasca → u/ashesofempires]

Run it back please, AOC. Toast won't marinate you again.

[u/JRandomHacker172342 → u/AsheBnarginDalmasca]

I would not marinate a congresswoman!

He said, marinating a congresswoman

[u/WhatDoYouDoHereAgain → u/JRandomHacker172342]

Imagine trying to explain this joke to a caveman

[u/JRandomHacker172342 → u/WhatDoYouDoHereAgain]

Imagine explaining it to someone from 2010

[u/Prowesman → u/AsheBnarginDalmasca]

We both know toast does whatever is needed to win.

[u/Elendel19 → u/AsheBnarginDalmasca]

https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1661503078162472969?s=46&t=REFxt2KY3sFM60S9uHh1fw

[u/cubonelvl69 → u/AsheBnarginDalmasca]

It kinda blows my mind they never did it again. Like an hour a month would attract more eyes and more money than just about anything else a politician could do for an hour

[u/iluvugoldenblue → u/cubonelvl69]

Iirc it was to encourage people to (register to) vote, given it was in the lead up to the election. The game is based around voting for people.

[u/Qwirk → u/[deleted]]

She totally got into the game, was fun to watch.

[u/SoDamnToxic → u/Qwirk]

Her, Ilhan, and Jagmeet were so bad at the game itself but so incredibly charismatic that they were actually so good. Ilhan especially I think somehow just kept absolutely winning and actually beat out AOC it was so good.

[u/Elendel19 → u/SoDamnToxic]

Jagmeet was WAY too good at lying though Lmao. He just sounds so nice that everyone believed him

[u/Apolloshot → u/Elendel19]

That’s one of Canada’s dark secret. We do everything while smiling and being nice, so we’re incredibly good liars 😂

Another dark secret is Sorry doesn’t mean we’re sorry — it’s usually passive aggressive for “it’s actually your fault jerkface.”

[u/Spindrune → u/Apolloshot]

It’s like “Minnesota Nice” people who aren’t from the area think it’s because people from the Midwest are so polite and kind, but Minnesota nice is an ironic statement. People in the Midwest aren’t nice, they’re just polite and most people are too dumb to tell the difference.

[u/Wannacomesitonmydeck → u/Apolloshot]

Fun fact for you, Ontario passed Bill 108 in 2009 under the “Apology Act” stating that “an apology made by or on behalf of a person in relation to any matter does not constitute an admission of fault or liability by the person”

[u/TinyGreenTurtles → u/[deleted]]

Watching her play with Corpse et al was actually so fun.

[u/therealnozewin → u/[deleted]]

Here you go!

[u/Brilliant-Mud4877 → u/Simmery]

Is anyone seriously surprised? There's some mystery to AOC playing Amongus. People are curious to see her interact like a human being while doing something that other human beings regularly do. People are curious to see if she wins and how good she is at lying. People just like spectating the game, because its a fun game both for playing and watching.

Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis said "I'm going to appear on Twitter and say that I'm running for President" which... okay? We all knew you were running. Now we don't even need to hear the announcement because you just announced your announcement. The only reason to watch the Twitter feed is to catch him in a live Fumble-the-Ball moment. And even then, you're going to have more fun watching the outtakes and memes after the fact, because waiting 5 minutes for Elon Musk to turn the machines off and turn them back on again isn't nearly as much fun as watching some TikTok-er with tig bitties do rifs over the top of Yakkaty Saks while the video plays behind her.

I'm amazed Meatball Ron pulled the numbers he did, given how much of a non-event this was.

[u/Brad-Armpit → u/Brilliant-Mud4877]

Plus, it was radio on the Internet. Not really groundbreaking shit to not see and only listen to online.

[u/Brilliant-Mud4877 → u/Brad-Armpit]

Russ Hanneman heartbroken to hear this.

[u/HitMePat → u/Brilliant-Mud4877]

Tres commas

[u/xxxxx420xxxxx → u/Brad-Armpit]

He should have done a RealAudio stream

[u/zaminDDH → u/xxxxx420xxxxx]

Even back when there were like no codecs, Real had the worst ones.

[u/Exodus111 → u/Brilliant-Mud4877]

This announcement was supposed to be the beginning of Elon Musks and Tucker Carlsons Twitter News Channel.

They complained the servers crashed because SO MANY PEOPLE tried to watch at the same time.

AOC pointed out she had more on her stream, and no crashing.

[u/SirSoliloquy → u/Exodus111]

I guess that’s what happens when you fire all the staff in charge of keeping things working.

[u/Oskie5272 → u/Exodus111]

People keep leaving out that the among us stream had video, not just audio

[u/xxxxx420xxxxx → u/Brilliant-Mud4877]

The surprising thing is Elon making Four Seasons Landscaping look like true professionals

[u/Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy → u/xxxxx420xxxxx]

Hey, the folks of Four Seasons Total Landscaping are in fact true professionals.

The goofy morons who had the press conference in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, on the other hand…

[u/RedMoustache → u/Simmery]

Please clap.

[u/ThomasRevere → u/RedMoustache]

Very low energy

[u/godsenfrik]

Also a great example of how ill equipped Twitter is to handle large streams compared to, for example, Twitch.

[u/[deleted] → u/godsenfrik]

It was audio only. Imagine if they tried live video.

[u/Spidey209 → u/[deleted]]

Live audio? That's called "Radio". I am getting ole timey fireside chat energy here.

[u/Frankasti → u/Spidey209]

I could download a MP3 faster than it played in 1998.

[u/FUCKTHEPROLETARIAT → u/Frankasti]

I could download an audio in mp3 and show the whole world how ron gave eminem vd

[u/ChinDeLonge → u/FUCKTHEPROLETARIAT]

You think I give a damn about clemency? Half of you critics can’t even stomach me, let alone vote me to the presidency… or something lol

[u/Spidey209 → u/Frankasti]

How's this? Last night I had a hankering to play LA Noir which I purchased on DVD back in the day. It took about an hour to install off DVD. To make the game work I had to enter the activation code into Rockstar Launcher at which point the game redownloaded off the internet plus all DLC in about 15 mins. We live in the future!

[u/greenroom628 → u/Spidey209]

whoa. elon brought radio to twitter? amazing.

what's next? a tesla with doors that go like this || instead of =

[u/ErraticDragon → u/Spidey209]

No, radio is more reliable and can reach a larger audience (via satellite broadcast networks, etc.).

[u/Datathrash → u/Spidey209]

Shoulda got that guy from the three commas club to handle it.

[u/MagicalTrevor09 → u/[deleted]]

Their video player in general is fucking garbage as it is. The first half of every video is like 10 pixels

[u/thereverendpuck → u/godsenfrik]

Which is super weird given Twitter’s is solely audio (as far as I’m aware) while Twitch can take an insanely big stream and then deliver it out in varying resolutios and bitrates.

[u/Spirited_Hat6758 → u/thereverendpuck]

Twitch has 1k dedicated employees. Twitter used to have 8k and now it has 1.5k. It's not surprising that they are struggling.

[u/merketa → u/godsenfrik]

Playstation Showcase was also yesterday and had 2.6M simultaneous viewers split across Twitch and Youtube. No major issues.

and desantis' announcement was audio only.

[u/LiveStreamRevolution → u/merketa]

On top of Tina Turners unfortunate passing he totally got owned by the very libs he wants to punish with political power

[u/REO_Jerkwagon → u/godsenfrik]

Yeah, us in the server infrastructure world were expecting this to happen once Musk started firing entire teams with no real discretion. Spotty maintenance on the infra won't bite you tomorrow, but it will haunt you down the road.

I would bet multiple paychecks that TWITTER could have handled this event just fine only 18 months ago.

[u/aboatz2 → u/REO_Jerkwagon]

The BBC interviewed Musk on Twitter Spaces 3 months ago, & drew more than 3 million simultaneous users.

As you're aware, it doesn't take long for servers to go to shit when they're not maintained properly.

[u/ShittyExchangeAdmin → u/REO_Jerkwagon]

Musk really speedran the whole "everything's running fine, why do we need you?" to "everythings fucked, why do we keep you around?"

[u/Zenamite99 → u/godsenfrik]

Twitter, no joke, cant even delete my account. I deleted it like 4 or 5 months ago and it still says "your account will be deleted in 30 days on "Date 4 months ago". Click here to recover your account"

Twitter is an absolute shit show.

[u/JohnnyBravoIsMyWaifu → u/Zenamite99]

They’re probably trying to pad their account numbers

[u/SlightlyControversal → u/Zenamite99]

They are desperate not to show how many users they are losing.

[u/KinkyBADom → u/godsenfrik]

The fact that Elon Musk, who cannot code much less manage coders, fired most of Twitter’s staff only ensured this event crashing.

[u/polarcub2954]

I watched her amongus cast, it was good shit.

[u/gamingmendicant → u/polarcub2954]

They legit sounded like they were having fun and congress woman Ilhan Omar was brutal.

[u/Gekokapowco → u/gamingmendicant]

It's nice when a representative is shown enjoying what their average constituent enjoys. Videogames and streaming are both media powerhouses and a large part of a lot of Americans' lives, especially younger adults. I see the appeal of presidents like Obama and Bush Jr. having a beer or eating at a modest restaurant. It always seems like our politicians' only hobbies are golf and, like, real estate speculation. Hardly relatable to anyone under 50.

Even if it's just for popularity or visibility, it still means a lot to feel represented.

[u/TheLostonline → u/Gekokapowco]

only if sincere

something AOC and her peers seem to get right almost 100% of the time, while R's have trouble getting it right ever

[u/OddExpert8851 → u/TheLostonline]

A lot of them are sincerely racist. Does that count??

[u/Willyjwade → u/OddExpert8851]

To their base yeah.

[u/RegHodge → u/OddExpert8851]

Oddly true. In a way, Trump is incredibly sincere, he never pretends to be a good person. He’s openly petty, jealous, and racist. It’s so strange that it resonates with so many.

[u/OutgrownTentacles → u/RegHodge]

His fans see it as implicit approval of how they are also openly racist, so it feels like affirmation. "He's just like me".

[u/lucidludic → u/RegHodge]

I mean, I get what you’re saying but he absolutely does pretend to be a good person, the best person, even. And he is thoroughly insincere much of the time.

[u/Vinnys_Magic_Grits → u/TheLostonline]

Politicians like AOC are relatable because they’re actual normal people with actual normal problems. She’ll talk issues on Instagram Live while she builds IKEA furniture, and whether you like her or not, she comes across as genuine and real. DeSantis on the other hand, is a petty, self obsessed little freak who falls more into the uncanny valley the more he tries to seem human.

[u/Michael_G_Bordin → u/TheLostonline]

Honestly, it's as though the Republican constituency is so ingrained to insincerity, they've come to expect performative bullshit from pretty much everyone they know. Their Christianity is performative, their political desires are performative, even their notion of freedom is performative. Conservative culture in the US is based entirely around performative bullshitting and not sincere human expression or reflection of truth.

[u/GenericRedditor0405 → u/Michael_G_Bordin]

That tracks super well when they can’t wrap their heads around people on the left being sincere about their beliefs too. They assume everything is fake and a lie because they’re at least a little aware of how much their side lies, and assume everyone is the same.

[u/zertech → u/Gekokapowco]

I think seeing a politician playing group video games in that setting also forces them to show less rehearsed parts of their personality. So much of what is said by politicians is carefully calculated beforehand. Playing among us live with a bunch of strangers and streaming it gives us an oppertunity see a part of their real personality in a situation where they dont have complete control. I think if someone is particularly narcissistic, mean spirited, or even just dumb, than that becomes harder to hide when doing the sort of thing aoc and Ohmar did on twitch.

So much respect for them from me for putting themselves In that sort of an unknown, and than nailing it so hard by seemingly just being themselves.

[u/AwesomeAsian → u/zertech]

Yeah this is what I loved about the game is that it brings out genuine sides out of you. The playfulness, the competitiveness, the willingness to lie. I don't think you can make a full analysis of a person based off the game, but it definitely made AOC look more relatable and she just felt like another millennial instead of someone whose unrelateable.

[u/ItIsHappy → u/Gekokapowco]

It always seems like our politicians' only hobbies are golf and, like, real estate speculation.

You see the real estate game on Saturday? I hear Chicago Family Real Estate is having a real great season this year. I've been a lifelong fan of Houston Capital Investment, but after trading Tom Smith I'm not sure their defense will ever recover.

[u/enixius → u/Gekokapowco]

Obama doing his March Madness bracket comes to mind. I think Biden does the same thing and I don't remember if Trump ever did.

[u/jetpack_operation → u/Gekokapowco]

Bourdain and Obama eating together in Vietnam was cool as shit. And if you know where Obama comes from, you sort of realize the "put-on" is when he's being a politician.

[u/keepthepace → u/Gekokapowco]

It's nice when a representative is shown enjoying what their average constituent enjoys.

And refreshing when it is not firearms

[u/FlyingPasta → u/gamingmendicant]

Ok I am actually kind of interested in watching a bunch of US politicians play a game about lying, backstabbing and manipulation. It would be like seeing Messi play FIFA

[u/throwtheclownaway20 → u/gamingmendicant]

Did you see the stats on her rig? Fuckin' ridiculous. I didn't even know a 6 TB SSD existed 3 years ago

[u/HwonRunJr → u/throwtheclownaway20]

AOC had a rig with a 6tb ssd? WAT.

[u/throwtheclownaway20 → u/HwonRunJr]

Nah, Ilhan Omar did. IDK what AOC's specs were

[u/The-Insolent-Sage → u/polarcub2954]

Her saying pokimane was so nice and them getting along was really endearing.

[u/Xalbana → u/The-Insolent-Sage]

Yea, she said Pokemane was nice and then afterwards killed her lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu-5D6KH-Xw

[u/prollyshmokin → u/Xalbana]

Such a good clip! I love it

[u/Tandran → u/The-Insolent-Sage]

She also LOVED CorpseHusband’s voice lmao

[u/isntthisneat → u/Tandran]

Who doesn’t lol

[u/TurboGranny → u/The-Insolent-Sage]

On that point, these guys clearly know how to reach the younger voters. Who are you if your aren't gaming on twitch with other twitch streamers?

[u/NotEnoughIT → u/TurboGranny]

It’s pretty telling how out of touch politicians are nowadays because most of them are ancient. I’m 40 and wouldn’t be streaming for my constituents. The 80 year olds in charge are so not representing society.

[u/BigCballer → u/polarcub2954]

I think the concept of politicians playing among us is really funny because in order to win as the imposter you have to be a really good liar. So if one of them manages to be really good at lying, would that make them untrustworthy as a politician?

[u/hostile_rep → u/BigCballer]

Ability to deceive and trustworthiness are independent traits.

[u/chasing_the_wind → u/hostile_rep]

Yeah the CIA wants very trustworthy people that are good at deceiving others.

[u/enter360 → u/hostile_rep]

Yep Ian McKellan deceives me with his acting. I trust him more than the entire GOP.

[u/BillOfArimathea → u/BigCballer]

My favorite comment from AOC in that stream was "I think I'm too task-oriented".

[u/CaptainGreezy → u/BillOfArimathea]

"I WAS being marinated!" [headphone warning!]

edit: here's "I think I'm too task-focused"

[u/rekniht01 → u/BigCballer]

To be a politician you have to be good at playing games.

[u/bcorm11]

Musk saying that it crashed because of all the traffic isn't the flex he thinks it is. It's your platform, you're hosting it with him and you couldn't even do that because all your "necessary layoffs" left Twitter held together with duct tape and bubble gum.

[u/Small-Isopod6061]

I think I would rather watch her do anything rather than watch DeSantis, period.

[u/courageous_liquid → u/Small-Isopod6061]

I dunno that incredibly awkward conversation he had in NH the other day was pretty incredible.

He has no idea how to talk to humans. He asked someone their name and shook their hand and when they told him he just said "Okay."

[u/bradeena → u/Small-Isopod6061]

I would much rather watch DeSantis lose a presidential race

[u/irishnugget]

How long before Elon claims that there was a bug and that the "actual" numbers were much higher?

[u/Mashtatoes → u/irishnugget]

I’m surprised they haven’t gone the “sabotaged by libruls” way yet.

[u/Gekokapowco → u/Mashtatoes]

I'm waiting for "social media is really hard, live conversation like this has never been attempted before"

[u/calahil → u/Gekokapowco]

You left out the 100 "ums" Elon would put in that sentence...also the vacant stare while he tries to think of each of those words.

[u/We_The_Raptors]

AOC could easily create one of the biggest Twitch channels in the world if she wanted, tbh.

[u/username-rage → u/We_The_Raptors]

FDR had his fireside chats, I feel like that would just be a modern interpretation of the concept.

[u/BuckysKnifeFlip → u/username-rage]

IIRC, there's a senator or congressperson that does something similar on Tiktok. Breaks down the bills that are getting voted on and whatever else is going on. I would honestly love to see that kind of engagement from politicians. It's a great way to connect with the younger voters.

[u/TouchofRed → u/BuckysKnifeFlip]

Jeff Jackson my congressman in NC does this. I'm so glad I was able to vote for him.

[u/Newmanewma → u/TouchofRed]

I follow him on instagram. Kicks ass.

[u/kat_a_klysm → u/TouchofRed]

I follow him on here. I’m always delighted when one of his posts pops up on my feed.

[u/itsatumbleweed → u/TouchofRed]

He's one of my favorite congresspeople and I'm not from NC. I know him by reputation.

[u/jodamnboi → u/TouchofRed]

I’m not from NC but absolutely love him! He’s so honest and transparent. A true rarity in today’s political landscape.

[u/NTDP1994 → u/BuckysKnifeFlip]

Congressman Jackson from North Carolina, he's really cool

[u/Bimm1one → u/BuckysKnifeFlip]

Slightly unrelated but during the world cup in Qatar this past December the coach for Spain's national team started using twitch to connect with the fans, talk about the games and just general chit chat.

It was a huge hit, in the few weeks they were there he got like 700k users to subscribe and regular news media criticized him to hell and back, but as time went on more and more people praised the decision because it cuts out the middle man and any spin they may put on stories or comments. We need more of that.

[u/Edeloss → u/username-rage]

And like...if she was ever president it would be some prime OC from President OC.

[u/bs000 → u/We_The_Raptors]

already has 938k followers after having only streamed like 4 times ever

[u/GrippedInGold → u/We_The_Raptors]

Ya and 90% of the viewers would be incel maga repubs jerking off to her. I am 100% serious

[u/GetInTheKitchen1 → u/GrippedInGold]

Tbf, that's also why magas want to make women dependent 2nd class citizens again.

Reminder that women needed a man to cosign in 1974, your parent's/grandparent's generation: https://bankbonus.com/guides/when-could-women-open-a-bank-account/

[u/captainoftrips → u/GrippedInGold]

The algorithm doesn't care, hate watching is still watching.

[u/iamtheliquornow]

how long before meatball ron sets up an OnlyFans...

[u/QueueWho → u/iamtheliquornow]

my eyes just started bleeding

[u/Lostin1spot → u/QueueWho]

My eyes! The goggles! They do nothing!!!!

[u/[deleted] → u/iamtheliquornow]

Or Auntie Graham. Surely someone out there wants to see his ladybugs.

[u/evil_timmy → u/[deleted]]

Bad day to be literate, thanks to you.

[u/sMarmy_Mcfly → u/iamtheliquornow]

*onlyflans

[u/discountralph → u/iamtheliquornow]

Cash in on the pudding-fingers fetish community, good call

[u/prailock]

I watched that stream and it was legitimately good. Disguised Toast and Hasanabi really opened her up to the community for a new form of outreach. Good on Hasan's mods pulling double duty for her chat too. They did a solid job and AOC can go back for similar get out the vote campaigns knowing how effective the viewership and interactions can be. Same for Jagmeet Singh and Ilhan Omar.

[u/TheFalconKid → u/prailock]

I got extremely jealous of Ilhan's setup and fit during that stream. I hate that she isn't my rep.

[u/prailock → u/TheFalconKid]

Right! Her rig was solid. IIRC one of her kids helped set things up.

[u/BauerHouse]

Her stream in entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dh_BZPxveY

[u/noeagle77 → u/BauerHouse]

Her self reporting was so cute 🥹

[u/Logical-Witness-3361 → u/BauerHouse]

Ah, i watched the one where she played with Northernlion (and others, of course)

[u/JanGuillosThrowaway → u/Logical-Witness-3361]

Northerlion ft. AOC and Jagmeet Singh

[u/firemanfriend → u/BauerHouse]

Thanks for the link. I caught this at the end of the stream and thought it was great. Always meant to go back and watch the entire thing but never got around to it. Will be doing this later today.

[u/hamburgers666 → u/BauerHouse]

Would love to see her stream again one of these days. I'm still following her Twitch just in case!

[u/lifeat24fps]

A platform that boasts 450,000,000 users can’t handle 0.11111% of them loading up an audio stream? What are they running RealPlayer over there at Twitter?

[u/B9f4zze → u/lifeat24fps]

Rob DeSantis eating a meatball sub [ASMR] sponsored by WinAmp

[u/aretasdamon]

And that was with LESS THAN 24 HRS notice to make happen. It still is one of my favorite organic PR moves ever

[u/mad_titanz]

I’m waiting for Qanon conspiracy theorists claiming that Musk is a secret Democrat and he brought Twitter in order to ruin DeSantis’ campaign

[u/spinfip → u/mad_titanz]

The not-Q-related conspiracy theory is that after Musk was on the hook to buy Twitter because he kept running his mouth, the Saudi government secretly bankrolled him with instructions to torpedo the site so it can't be used in popular uprisings like the Arab Spring.

Musk gets to not take the immense losses he stupidly lined up for, and KSA gets stronger information control over their citizens.

[u/gnomebludgeon → u/spinfip]

The not-Q-related conspiracy theory is that after Musk was on the hook to buy Twitter because he kept running his mouth, the Saudi government secretly bankrolled him with instructions to torpedo the site so it can't be used in popular uprisings like the Arab Spring.

That's weird because you can actually look up how the financing was done and see that Musk is on the hook way deeper to banks than anyone from The Middle East.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal rolled 2 billion in Twitter stock over to Musk to help finance it and Quatar kicked in just shy of 400 million, but there's way more Wall Street money in there. Now, admittedly, Wall Street doesn't have a penchant for sawing people apart while they're alive, but Musk does have Joe Rogan's army to protect him. Maybe.

[u/Low-Caterpillar-9913]

Context matters here, though. It wasn't just a weird flex that more people watch her play Amogus than watch DeSantis launch his campaign. It was in response to comments that the DeSantis launch was "the single biggest gathering of people online ever", despite the fact that it barely broke 100k viewers.

"More people tuned in to watch me play a stupid game about multicolored astronauts" is a far hotter burn than the out of context quote implies.

[u/duckinradar]

What’s with these sadbois and their easily disproven lies? Trumps yuge inauguration, this dingleberry’s live stream…

[u/MOASSincoming]

I love AOC. She’s an authentic and genuine human and I’m rooting for her.

[u/Leonard_Church814]

That stream got 400k viewers and was, at the time, one of the largest Twitch streams ever and went flawlessly. Twitter had trouble doing an AUDIO ONLY announcement to +200k listeners. In the middle of it all they tried SO HARD to spin this as them breaking the internet. Really pathetic.

[u/AwesomeAsian]

The Among Us stream was truly one of the highlights of the pandemic. I think it brought the playfulness out of people.

[u/Bowman01PMC]

I bet AOC could smoke Desantis 1v1 in League of Legends

[u/MakeTheNetsBigger → u/Bowman01PMC]

Guarantee DeSantis is that guy who gets killed 1v1 in lane, then immediately tilts and starts feeding mid while blaming the jungler.

[u/urmyheartBeatStopR]

Who wants to watch DeSantis, Elon, and Caitlyn Jenner circle jerk each other off? Also Caitlyn Jenner literally killed people with her car, South Park did an episode making fun of it.

No sane person wants to watch 3 insane people in a room talk.

AOC is awesome, her passion is just down right charismatic and attractive.

[u/James1984]

People really need to stop underestimating DeSantis. The dude is dangerous and his following grows by the day. If he wins the republican nod it's over.

[u/JARL_OF_DETROIT → u/James1984]

Yep. All of r/conservative is falling in line behind him as the new god emperor.

Over there, they're asking "Donald who?"

[u/James1984 → u/JARL_OF_DETROIT]

Yea and yet over at /r/politicalcompassmemes they seem to think Trump is going to destroy DeSantis and he won't even make it past the primary.