• OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if this kind of thing is widespread. It has always felt uncanny how internet cultures pivot into bizarro worlds through the 2010s. We now know Epstein played a direct role in 4chan. We’ve always known Thiel is one of reddits early investors, but that has flown under the radar. Nobody talks about that.

    One hallmark is how the most incendiary influencers have big studio level of production quality. Availability of high quality equipment doesn’t account for this because if you look at the 99% of other people trying to make it, it’s not the equipment you can afford but how well you can produce. That requires big bucks funding for more than just fancy gear.

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      8 hours ago

      Thiel is one of reddits early investors, but that has flown under the radar. Nobody talks about that.

      I mean, is he still an investor? I feel like rich folx invest in a lot of things, but the thing they invest in doesn’t necessarily mean they own it, control it, or even that that thing is necessarily bad.