https://twitter.com/ccadelago/status/1632497436114538498

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I have expended too much thought on trying to figure out what on earth he's saying, and my best guess is that Carlson is an Ivy League rich boy who has never bought bargain clothes, while Mayo Pete is a man of the people who knows where the poors shop. What does this have to do with him sucking at his job? Not a lot!

    • regul [any]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Now I'm just a simple, salt-of-the-earth, country son of two tenured university professors and a Harvard/Oxford alumnus...

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's so bizarrely clinical even as a 'I'm just a regular joe' bit.

      It's like he's reading from a positioning chart in some marketing deck for a budget online clothing brand. Maybe it's just because I'm not American, but it doesn't feel like something anyone would actually think. It doesn't reference anything emotional or pleasurable, it doesn't use brands that are synonymous with anything, and it doesn't hint at any kind of Americana or nostalgia.

      Even his 'relatable' schtick feels like a McKinsey report on retail trends.