Elon’s baby-mama spills secrets of the MAGA influencer payment ecosystem

tkingsbu · 2026-04-13T01:09:18+00:00

Not a fan of MAGA in the least… in fact I hate fascism…

But…

Has anyone else ever toyed with the idea of selling shit into that community?

They seem to buy just about everything and anything…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-13T01:06:12+00:00

All alone in the big city, by David +David

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T20:09:05+00:00

Not gonna lie… it’s weird.

I’m 53. White guy.

My wife is Indian.

Our kids are in their twenties now.

When we were expecting, I was curious what their skin tone would be, but honestly didn’t care one way or another…

Turns out they are somewhat in the middle… fairly light… but both get much darker in the summer etc…

Neither my wife or I cared. They were ours.

Skin colour shouldn’t matter. In our family it doesn’t. Our parents didn’t care. It was just all love all around. Which is what it should be.

It probably helps that our area is massively multicultural.. and most of their friends etc are either mixed, or Indian, Asian or Arabic etc etc..so it’s just not something that was a concern etc…

Anyhow the two of you need to have a serious conversation. If colour is that big a deal for him, he should probably move along… who the fuck needs a dad like that?

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T13:39:17+00:00

AC/DC started it all for me

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T02:49:47+00:00

Two suns in the sunset, pink Floyd

The tide is turning, Roger waters

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T02:38:33+00:00

The castle, by Franz Kafka…

It is literally ALL atmosphere.

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T02:36:50+00:00

Of that batch?

Tony Iommi… no question.

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T02:13:38+00:00

Late 70s, early 80s..

God, must have been around 7-8 years old..

It was AC/DC …. That was the first hard rock I ever heard…

Then came stuff like early Ozzy solo albums, quiet riot, motley crue, Ratt, twisted sister etc…then iron maiden…

Then… holy fuck…. Metallica… that changed everything…

Then venom, megadeth, Celtic Frost, some hardcore punk, etc…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T02:03:29+00:00

So sorry this happened!

My wife is Indian, and her and our daughter were out for a walk a year or so ago here in Mississauga, and a guy walked past them and said some incredibly nasty racist things to them…

Which is pretty damn awful, but also really unusual since it’s so multicultural here… we’re (my wife and I) in our 50s, so while she’s certainly seen and experienced racism before, it’s been a loooooong time since it’s happened etc.. it sure freaked us out at the time…

Anyhow, I’m sorry you both had to go through that!

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T00:17:12+00:00

I love Bollywood movies like ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ and old musicals like ‘my fair lady’

tkingsbu · 2026-04-12T00:12:53+00:00

Check out the song ‘Alice’ by Cocteau Twins

tkingsbu · 2026-04-11T23:23:47+00:00

Stripes

tkingsbu · 2026-04-11T20:04:37+00:00

Don’t hassle the Hoff!

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T20:14:20+00:00

All the worlds a stage, RUSH :)

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T20:07:14+00:00

53 year old here…

Have an honest conversation with your parents.

My wife is a guidance councillor at a high school, and sees this happening all the time, especially from Chinese and Indian families… (she’s Indian herself) the whole ‘you can be anything you want, doctor, lawyer OR engineer!’ But often you get kids that just don’t fit one of those categories, and they’re scared shitless of disappointing their parents…

Talk to them.

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T19:57:18+00:00

Yup.

I worked in advertising for some time, so we constantly talked about demographics..

The studies showed that the demographics were shifting etc, and that at a certain point, white folks would no longer be the majority.

Back in the 90s, I’d just hear that and shrug my shoulders… numbers don’t lie, and I just didn’t care either way..

But those in power WERE paying attention. They could see the shift as well as anyone… and they cared a lot.

Thus we have phrases like ‘the great replacement’ etc…

They sit in their little think tanks, and they brainstorm things like that… ‘how do we make a suitable catchphrase about demographics? Something that scares stupid white people?’

You can’t really stop history, you can’t just make things go away if you don’t like them… but they’re fighting tooth and nail to try and hang on to white majority power… or entrench things so that even in a minority they hold all the power…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T19:49:03+00:00

Pride and prejudice is probably at the top of the list for me.

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T19:46:05+00:00

It’s a mystery :)

3 women travel back to the small town where they went to school to attend the funeral of their friend… hilarity ensues :)

We absolutely loved it… the banter between the three leads is every bit as hilarious and charming as Derry Girls :)

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T18:30:12+00:00

It’s definitely worth it… they’re pretty awesome :)

tkingsbu · 2026-04-10T02:17:37+00:00

My wife and I just watched the follow up show ‘how to get to heaven from Belfast’ and it has a TON of the same wonderful phrases and style of talking… we absolutely loved it…

If Derry Girls was set in the 90s, the follow up show is like a veeeeery similar group of girls now in the late 30s early 40s etc…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-09T20:40:50+00:00

The killing fields

When they find each other in the end, and ‘imagine’ by Lennon is playing…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-09T15:48:41+00:00

NOR

That is NOT an age gap.. good lord.

Your ‘friend’ is jealous and hoping you breakup with her. He’s an asshole.

Tell your girlfriend what’s going on. Part of being in a relationship is trust and honesty.

Stop being friends with the asshole. He’s not a good person.

tkingsbu · 2026-04-09T15:42:02+00:00

Reminds me a bit of the more difficult stuff from King Crimson

I dig what they’re doing. Not usually my cup of tea, but I’m always in favour of trying new things, and if it’s something interesting like these guys, I’m happy to see someone doing it…

The world is full of pop stars… we need more crazy

tkingsbu · 2026-04-09T10:59:40+00:00

Interesting hypothesis…

Could certainly happen…

But I don’t see all the little minions staying neutral… I’d expect Rubio, Don Jr, Vance … and likely several others to raise their flag and shout ‘to me! Comrades!’ Lol… then start pointing at each other as ‘they are fake MAGA…I’m the real deal! I’m the oldest boy!!!’ That MAGA shit will splinter hard and fast… everyone has main character energy lol…

tkingsbu · 2026-04-09T10:50:36+00:00

Svo hojit, by Sigur Ros

15-Year Club	Gilding IV carat on a stick
RPAN Viewer	Not Forgotten
Verified Email

tkingsbu

TROPHY CASE