Maybe Musk paid a farm to increase the views.
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Anyone else not only not watch, but actively avoided any possibility of even catching a glimpse of it?
If I hear his droning groggly voice going off about some fake shit, I usually snap and tell whoever to shut that shit off. It’s unbearable. The guy sounds how I imagine anyone would after a 40+ years of Quarter Pounders and Diet Coke, he’s probably way over his fair share in carbon emissions from his diet alone.
I thought I could tolerate reading quotes of him but it’s a mess every time. Whatever schools he attended failed him greatly.
LALALALALA!! I know I have to listen to journalist people summarize the shit he's done because it's the reality we need to oppose. But nobody who isn't paid for it should have to listen to that mosquito whine.
Willingly having to look at that Orange piece of shit. No thank you.
Also listening to his voice. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. But worse.
I watched some bits. Saw a few random senators spouting LLM-generated soundbites that basically meant fuck all but a thinly-veiled attempt to get their plastic faces on the news
Over and over and over and over again. Maximum five words per sentence
Switched it off before the orange chimpanzee even opened that weird sphincter on his face
I saw that shit on Disney plus.
Immediately cancelled my sub.
Kids can have Bluey from the warships on the ocean 🦜☠️.
I'd like to support content creators. They work hard, deliver their dream. And early on, a large delivery network is desirable! But if that provider enshitifies beyond my threshold, they are dead to me.
So set sail!
its just monkeys singing songs mate, don't think to hard on it
The fact that it’s streaming on Disney+, while not surprising, is disgusting.
My source of alternative facts says it was the biglyest audience in the history of everything.
So even his TV numbers are lower than Obama's?
I doubt even that many watched.
Right? It seems like a lot.
I didn’t know it was on Disney+. That’s interesting. It really shows how the TV landscape is shifting away from broadcast.
Fuck Trump, but I think it sorta makes sense for the new “networks” to carry live events like this as we move to all-digital.
Back in the day, when over the air was the main option, it was good that things like this were put in front of people. I still think things like this should be put in front of people.
And I’ll reiterate: fuck Trump.
Just wait. There will be mergers and buyouts like you have t seen in your lifetime the next 4 years. Verizon/Comcast/Meta, Disney(abc, Hulu, ESPN, Pixar), Twitter/Fox/tiktok, etc.
First time seeing him swearing in. Look how small his hand is
“It was the BIGGEST TV AUDIENCE EVER!!” - Sean Spicer, probably
But really, how many people still watch TV?