Not The Onion

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What I'm getting out of that is that he hates women.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Prerequisite for being GOP.

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[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I want to believe.....so for now, I will.

Keep kicking ass Margot!

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[–] DokPsy@infosec.pub 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's either a very dedicated imposter or the real deal which would mean Margot Robbie is a giant nerd. I choose the latter option but would not be surprised by the former.

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[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Margot Robbie is one of the smartest and savviest women in Hollywood, and is definitely one of the most likely celebrities to be using Lemmy and the Federated internet. She's also clever enough to hide in plain sight, by using her own name, knowing that others will just assume she's not the real Margot.

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[–] DokPsy@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's what's so sneaky about it. It's genius, honestly

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Next thing you are going to tell me is that I'm actually intentionally leaving contradictory "hints" in my comments to protect my privacy online, or something like that.

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[–] DokPsy@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

I'd expect nothing less, honestly

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's not her, I've seen them say as much in previous threads. It's just some sad dude playing pretend.

Unfortunately, it has seemed to work. It appears as though we're not much different than reddit after all.

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[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

FWIW I figure I'd verify and these are the closest they get to saying it outright.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 61 points 1 month ago

You guys are laughing right now, but as the only real celebrity on Lemmy, identity theft is not a joke! Millions of celebrities would suffer every year!

Imagine what would happen if some random Internet weirdo uses AI to impersonate me, super serious Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie, and make me say extremely silly things that I would never say in public on the internet? Would you still think impersonating a celebrity is funny?

MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 62 points 2 months ago

At least they are not doing the Twitter/X thing where they impersonate celebrities to push crypto... yet.

Lemmy Silver is the only fake Internet money I endorse.

MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

I've never seen anyone trying to impersonate me on Lemmy, but if you ever see them, could you tell them to promote my latest movie, now also available on streaming, since I'm still on strike?

MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Erm. You are not planning to impersonate a celebrity to make them say hateful things they would not say, right?

I think Tortoise is the best open source model, and ElevenLabs is the best closed source one. But you should always be careful and responsible if you are speaking with someone else's voice.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yay

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[–] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

you keep doing you, we love you

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fascists create enemies out of everyone who isn't a fascist, then complain how they're surrounded by enemies.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service!

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Clearly a balanced reasonable stance.

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[+] prole@sh.itjust.works -28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

You know that it's like super creepy to impersonate a celebrity like that. Get a hobby.

Edit: And here I thought Lemmy was different. But nope, thoughtless novelty accounts already being deified. This shit isn’t even clever, it’s just a "hot celebrity’s" name. Wow.

Lazy, uninspired, and just not funny. There's nothing creative or interesting in making your username "Margot Robbie" and having people fawn all over you. It's probably a middle aged dude.

I guess I'm the only one who finds that creepy. I imagine Margot herself probably would too.

But go ahead and validate some weird fucking dude cosplaying as a celebrity (who, remember, is a real actual person).

Parasocial weirdos.

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

People like you don't make the world better, just more boring for everyone

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[+] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago

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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Maybe BBS will be sufficiently boring for you.

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[+] prole@sh.itjust.works -8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

boring

Yes, nothing sates boredom like *checks notes* seeing a (likely) middle aged man cosplay as a celebrity on lemmy. You know, a real person. Not a character.

Can you people really not see how fucking creepy that is?

How is this shit clever or funny or novel in any way? It's not even an attempt at parody or satire.

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[–] CrabLord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Do you also get creeped out by biopics? Someone playing someone else who isn't them? What a terrible crime. At the very worst it's someone spending their time to entertain us. It's really not that unusual.

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago

Lol comparing this to biopics... What a fucking joke. A piece of literal art (whether I enjoy it or not), written, rewritten, casted, produced, rewritten again, thousands of people working together to create a film from literally nothing....

Totally the same thing as a creepy dude making their username "Margot Robbie" like it's creative or funny... Totally the same thing. Same level of creativity and execution.

Also, perhaps most importantly, biopics of living people are rarely, if ever, made without that person's (or their estate's) permission. They have rights about their image being used. And, if the movie is defamatory, the person can sue.

This isn't even apples and oranges. We're comparing two completely different types and classes of foods.

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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You know that it's like super creepy to refer to Margot Robie as "just a hot celebrity"?

And hobby? What the hell do you think this is? It isn't a damn job. Lemmy is recreational. Vanity accounts are fun and appropriate.

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[+] prole@sh.itjust.works -7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

The point was that it's lazy, uninspired and just not funny. I guess the standards for humor/novelty are very low around here.

Like they're not even creating anything, its not parody or satire or anything. They just made their username Margot Robbie and pretend to be her. Sometimes. And people just fawn over it.

Frankly, if I were her, that kind of shit would seriously weird me out.

Bunch of parasocial weirdos.

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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I think there are two concepts that are still eluding you.

One, Margot Robie is larger than a person, not smaller. She's not just some pretty women. She's shorthand for a very complex collection of aesthetics, politics, and voices. She's an idea, she's an answer. Using her name is meant more to be evocative rather than convincing.

Two, we're all just farting around here, man. We're sharing star trek memes and complaining about opening noisy food packaging in the middle of the night. Of course it's lazy? No one is trying to construct the Sistine Chapel.

If every place you go you're confronted with disappointment, maybe you're in the wrong place?

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

As someone who was as reddit since long before the digg migration, and remembers how it was like. And how lemmy reminds me a bit of it... Forgive me for trying to avoid this place turning into that shit fest. I saw it happen in real time, and it starts with awful shit like this.

Nothing wrong with a clever novelty account, but fruit is the lowest of the low hanging. Not to get too serious, It brings the entire discourse down. Obviously, I see the comment scores, and I know most of the people here seem to disagree, but I've seen this happen. More than once. And they started with good novelty accounts. This shit is insulting to people's intelligence.

I thought people here were more intelligent and high brow than to find "hurr durr, their username is Margot Robbie, and that's really funny because she's a really famous woman known for her looks, not the technical abilities most people on lemmy have! Hahahahaha" just.... What? Lazy and boring. Not even hacky because it's not even comedy.

Just do better, that's all.

Bring the downvotes. Make sure you validate 43 year old Frank, from Boseman, Montana, for being smart and clever enough to come up with such a brilliant idea. I mean, to make your username THAT? Just inspired...

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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

My man, it's just a username. The comments section of a frankly niche social network are not the portents of the apocalypse.

Also, you roll around insulting people, calling them creepy and lazy, telling them to "do better". What is it that you bring to the table? Disproportionate outrage? Negativity? "Bring on the down votes" sounds more like vintage bad-times reddit than anything this Margot Robie user has done.

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago

Nah, just pointing out the creepiness of it that's all. The creepiness, and just the lack of creativity involved. This is the kind of shit that makes the internet look bad and creepy to normal people.

Honestly, as creepy as "impersonating" a celebrity is,, I don't even completely blame that particular person. It may not have even have been their intention for it to get like this.

The stranger part about it all, to me, is the reaction they get when posting literally anything. That's kind of what skives me out I guess. I've seen them posting all over the place, and it's just weird to see people grovel to an account simply because the username is the name of a celebrity. And they want to believe.

Lots of people think it's really her, and I've seen some weird shit... I dunno man, just doesn't add anything of value imo, so I felt like pointing it out at the time.

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[+] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 1 point 2 years ago

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Lemme, like the rest of the internet, is pretty ass. There's not much that can be done at this point. I try to step back and just view it as a way to understand human nature when given total freedom and anonymity