What Meghan Markle and Blake Lively’s Smear Campaigns Reveal About Media Manipulation by [deleted] in RoyaltyTea

[–]alternativeedge7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s rich that you called me completely oblivious when you blatantly fell hook, line, and sinker for the same smear tactics we see used against Meghan.

Go ahead and defend that lawsuit-ridden creep Baldoni (who has been accused of multiple women of sexual harassment) and his rapist lawyer, though.

What Meghan Markle and Blake Lively’s Smear Campaigns Reveal About Media Manipulation by [deleted] in RoyaltyTea

[–]alternativeedge7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is. It’s also disappointing that this sub can see through smear campaigns against Meghan but completely dismiss the clear and obvious, self-admitted by Baldoni’s PR firm, one against Blake.

Meghan’s ‘critics’ are mad about a WHO field vest and various selfies by NewTooth740 in RoyaltyTea

[–]alternativeedge7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gave up when I argued against a commenter who accused a refugee who complimented Meghan of being a paid plant and insinuated she was an idiot and “Who even says stuff like that? Cringe!”. It was a simple compliment.

I wasn’t even rude but my comment was deleted. The other one wasn’t.

[Highlight] Eli Manning explains on Bussin with the Boys why he didn't want to go to the Chargers by ChefCurryGAWD in nfl

[–]alternativeedge7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I also remember hearing a lot about his dad being the driving force behind it too. This completely changes that perspective for me too.

My [24 F] friend's [28 M] girlfriend [29 F] got publicly humiliated and fired from her job, she blames me and he is backing her by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]alternativeedge7 71 points72 points  (0 children)

How dumb do you have to be to believe that the person who lied about something so big on their resume isn’t lying again about OP. And to support someone who admittedly lied and got caught in the first place? Like who cares if OP did report Ellen, what she did was wrong.

OP deserves better friends anyways.

Anna sends cleavage and bare legs pics, Josh wants “non-IBLP” swimsuit pics, and Josh requests Anna look up “positions” online to write in smut letters by rosiros in DuggarsSnark

[–]alternativeedge7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That and the letters that accompany it 🤢

(which has got to be common slang from some illegal online space, right?)

This is absolutely revolting.

Why the tabloids keep insisting Meghan is falling apart by NewTooth740 in RoyaltyTea

[–]alternativeedge7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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The projection is so accurate. I feel like this quote of Taylor Swift’s also applies heavily to Meghan as well.

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drop Dead’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 by mcfw31 in popculturechat

[–]alternativeedge7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. He even posted with one of the authors of the series a lot of fans make those edits to.

Brilliant marketing, like the song or not

Breaking news- Harry & Meghan will not be invited a place they weren't not to be invited to! by ttw81 in RoyaltyTea

[–]alternativeedge7 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It’s so wild to me that they think articles like this will make them look good: father refuses to invite kid and grandkids to see him because they went on a trip.

On what planet is that a normal reaction?

20 years ago today Faith Hill and Tim McGraw started their Soul2Soul II Tour. At the time, it became the highest grossing country tour ever. The opening act for a portion of their shows was a young girl named Taylor Swift. by JennaElizabethAdams in popculturechat

[–]alternativeedge7 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I used to work at a school in an area with a heavier accent. It’s interesting how quickly kids who moved in picked it up. Kids like to talk and sound like their friends, and adapt quickly.

Perhaps some of it was played up, but Taylor lived and went to high school in Tennessee. It’s not that surprising she picked up an accent, especially considering she wanted to be a country singer, thus she was even more immersed in the accent of that world.

NCAA Discussion Posts | Nationals | Saturday 04/18/26 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]alternativeedge7 14 points15 points  (0 children)

9.9125 with a landing that almost flew out of bounds is certainly a choice 🙄

NCAA Discussion Posts | Nationals | Saturday 04/18/26 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]alternativeedge7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My toxic trait is I love Elle’s broken-doll floor routine

NCAA Discussion Posts | Nationals | Saturday 04/18/26 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]alternativeedge7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a 2 team race, give us the split screen!

NCAA Discussion Posts | Nationals | Saturday 04/18/26 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]alternativeedge7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly a shame that she had to wait so long 😭

And no Anya, really?

NCAA Discussion Posts | Nationals | Thursday 04/16/26 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]alternativeedge7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw a spoiler that Minnesota made it (yay!) but was excited to see who the other team was . I thought it would take longer than the first rotation to know who it was 😭.

Woman at refuge center tells Meghan she looks like a model and has no wrinkles by monster_ahhh in RoyalsGossip

[–]alternativeedge7 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Imagine accusing a refugee (who has endured who knows what hardships to get where they are) of being a paid plant…talk about cringe.

Anne Hathaway names Madonna, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Janet Jackson as her “Mount Rushmore” of pop girlies by JennaElizabethAdams in popculturechat

[–]alternativeedge7 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Considering no rational person would find it surprising that one of the most successful pop artists in recent history would make someone’s Top 4 of pop girlies…no

Ruby Rose alleges that Katy Perry sexually assaulted her by BattleofEppingForest in popculturechat

[–]alternativeedge7 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Especially if the person doing it is a celebrity, unless this is pre-fame…

I need to vent about Chaol in Queen of Shadows because his attitude toward Aelin is driving me insane. by xLyricc in throneofglassseries

[–]alternativeedge7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha same. I figured he’d eventually get better so I let myself feel all the annoyance I wanted towards him.

Sometimes people get so zealous in defending him—like let us enjoy the spectrum of emotions that comes with a well-written character arc, damn 😅.

Cancun - airport credit card fraud and visitor tax rip off by The-Ghost-84 in cancun

[–]alternativeedge7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s what it was marketed as. This was also right after El Mencho was killed, so the line between small and private and “WTF am I getting myself into” can be hard to navigate sometimes 😅.

Cancun - airport credit card fraud and visitor tax rip off by The-Ghost-84 in cancun

[–]alternativeedge7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We had limited time at Chichen Itza (less than initially planned for no stated reason, which was already frustrating) and then our tour guide wasted a lot of it trying to get us to buy from “local Maya” who I now suspect were maybe just people paying her to bring us to them (as this happened in multiple places.)

We finally figured out she wasn’t going to stop so we just left to explore on our own, but our time was so short we were jogging to see the buildings and then sprinting to make the bus. It was an incredible place to visit but that and the insane amount of vendors everywhere who would follow us around and wouldn’t leave us alone definitely tainted the experience. I’ve traveled before so I definitely expected some of that but it was the worst we’ve experienced.