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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are there people that take the bateman memes literal?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I’ve heard that when the movie came out, the Wall Street types didn’t get that it was a satire of them, they loved it and wanted to be more like Bateman.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Okay that does sound incredibly on brand.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Never forget that Rand Paul's favourite band is Rage Against The Machine.

Conservatives and media literacy are not good bedfellows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like when conservatives think Homelander is actually a cool hero

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He just has some Mommy issues

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Remember when one of the Trump kids was talking about Tiger King and was like "yeah I had no idea a baby tiger was so cheap" like he was thinking about buying one?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Many conservatives actually idealize fucking Eric cartman. Freaking dumbasses

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

He's literally me fr fr

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

There are definitely people who are unironically into that "alpha/sigma male" bullshit, so probably yes.