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[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Are there people that take the bateman memes literal?

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I’ve heard that when the movie came out, the Wall Street types didn’t get that it was a satire of them, they loved it and wanted to be more like Bateman.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago

Okay that does sound incredibly on brand.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Never forget that Rand Paul's favourite band is Rage Against The Machine.

Conservatives and media literacy are not good bedfellows.

[–] SevFTW@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like when conservatives think Homelander is actually a cool hero

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

He just has some Mommy issues

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Remember when one of the Trump kids was talking about Tiger King and was like "yeah I had no idea a baby tiger was so cheap" like he was thinking about buying one?

[–] Ktheone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Many conservatives actually idealize fucking Eric cartman. Freaking dumbasses

[–] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

He's literally me fr fr

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

There are definitely people who are unironically into that "alpha/sigma male" bullshit, so probably yes.