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[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I heard Skillet live once at a metal show. They were opening for a band I was actually there to see.

I didn't realize they were a "Christian Metal" band until halfway through, when I turned to my buddy and was like:

Jesus, these guys suck.

And they did. They really did suck. Their music is mediocre at best, and their on stage presence was atrocious. He kept trying to whip the guitar around as some flashy on stage thing; but he smacked himself in the face with the guitar, and then tried to recover by laughing it off, while everyone was cringing.

Just, imagine for a moment, a band full of people, who are trying to imitate a band type that they can't ever actually become, and it's like...well, it's like the Reagan movie that just got released.

So much cringe.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Shouldn’t the human garbage logo be at the top?

Oh, garage

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didn't even notice it wasn't garbage until I saw your comment.

Lol I didn’t notice either at first, hence the edit

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

For a second, I thought that was the most appropriate band possible.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fact Skillet is on that makes me sad

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Used to be (or maybe still is) a "Christian" rock band. MAGA fodder for sure.

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago

Doesn’t take much googling to find out why they’re the biggest name on this poster

CW: Homophobia “SKILLET's JOHN COOPER Explains Why He Believes 'Queer Theory' Is 'Literally The End Of All Things'

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I didn't know Russell Brand was a MAGA idiot, besides his long career of being an insufferable prick and probably a sexual predator. Matt Taibbi I only remember as some gonzo-style writer from the Rolling Stone, didn't know where he stood politically.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's a fundie Christian now that he got caught up in a rape scandal.

He's with Tucker Carlson there, by the way.

Two scumbags, one stage. Somehow the Two Girls video had less shit in it.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Taibbi is the numty Elmo got to writeup the Twitter Files

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL Rob Schneider went down the MAGA rabbit hole.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A very long time ago. He realized it was the only place he could take his dead career. Sort of like Kevin Sorbo and Christian movies.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And scott baio... The Dilbert dipshit... gina careeno... dean cain... jon voight... james woods... jim bruer... roseanne... kelsey grammar... And I mean, joe rogan is the prototype probably. Then all the washed up sports figures - herscel walker, brett farve, mike ditka and jack nicklaus as some of the poster children. Also a bunch of shitty rappers and that reggaeton lady from Vegas the other day.

Even ben shapiro and michael knowles (both failed Hollywood wannabes getting their revenge).

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

It looks like we have an answer to the question "what happens when the FBI shuts off the Russian money pipeline to American right-wing grifters?". Apparently, the answer is that they organize a griftcon.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I thought Jimmy Dore spends all his time posting propaganda to Lemmy.

Why do conservative celebrities suck so bad?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Surely you're not implying the fact that Jimmy Dore being at this event means he is, in fact, not a lefty?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have it under good authority that Jimmy Dore is, indeed, a lefty.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

And if you can't trust SatansMaggotyCumFart, who can you trust?

[–] monkeyman69@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Non-USA here, what are they resisting?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 19 points 2 days ago

Democracy, probably.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Progress, tolerance, decency, minding one's own business

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

USA here- no fucking clue.

Minorities and other disenfranchised groups getting more of the same rights and freedoms these turds have already had for decades.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

And when their powers combine they become... 💩🤡

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In what way is this "event" different from sticking your head in n a public toilet and flushing for the purpose of brushing your teeth?

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone comes and uses the toilet while you are brushing your teeth and tells you a foreigner did it to you.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

While his accomplice picks your pockets.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

That doesn't take very long or cost any money.

well looks like i'm removing skillet from my playlist.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh Taibbi. What happened to you. The more hair he lost, the more right wing he became. Sad, really.

I'm not saying that's the cause, I'm just noting the correlation.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I used to get Rolling Stone back before I owned a smartphone. I loved Matt Taibbi's stuff. I heard he turned right wing but does anyone know what caused that?

[–] Tramort@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

It's like a reality show with an all bipolar cast

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Seeing Lara Logan in these sitches always kinda makes me sad, because it always comes off to me like traumatic response after what happened to her in Egypt.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago