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The Guy Who Killed Bin Laden Calling Young Men His 'Concubines,' And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on X from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.
Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it
-- maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019
This week, we've got Jeff Bezos's belated endorsement, a backhanded compliment, someone who needs to brush up on their international politics and an unhinged tweet from a former US Navy Seal.
Wednesday
Jeff Bezos
The character: Jeff Bezos, ultra-rich guy, smuggest person on the planet
The plot: Not long ago, Bezos stopped the Washington Post from endorsing Kamala Harris, and then tried to gaslight everyone into believing that it was for the good of the paper. It didn't work.
Immediately after Trump officially won the election, the boot-licking began. What a loathsome creep Bezos is.
Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024
The repercussion: While the dunking has been non-stop, so has the unsubscribing. Washington Post was hit hard with people canceling their memberships, and many folks continue to push for people to cancel their Prime memberships as well.
WaPo's endorsement finally drops. https://t.co/Qbh1JYRXWG
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) November 6, 2024
Uniting?
— Gary Koepnick (@garykoepnick) November 6, 2024
Trump?
What rock have you been living under?
Thank you for this reminder to cancel my Amazon Prime membership.
— Derek Johnson (@derekjESQ) November 6, 2024
This is a PRIME tweet, Bezos. Sounds like you did endorse someone privately. I’m announcing publicly that my Amazon Prime account is now canceled. Washington Post was already done.
— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) November 6, 2024
You suck!
i hope the next dem goes super populist and runs on breaking your fucking monopoly you bald headed fuck https://t.co/gMv0c3hoLa
— john (@toshanshuinLA) November 6, 2024
One thing you can do right now is cancel your Prime subscription. I understand that quitting Amazon all together isn’t realistic for everyone but this is a good step to take. https://t.co/n7skSqDXN1
— stangle’s kid (@stangleskid) November 6, 2024
Always and forever boycott Amazon and the Washington Post. Try to avoid AWS, too, if you can. https://t.co/osq9GklJWC
— Lena 😷💜🍉🌍 (@amathison18) November 6, 2024
Yeah, okay. Cancelling prime account. I’d rather drive an hour to a store and pay 20-30% more than continue to line this man’s pockets. https://t.co/RoAHnmLPOB
— Maggie Downing (@OnMaggiesFarm) November 6, 2024
This was really a silent coup by our oligarchs guess they decided to cut out the middle man incredible stuff really https://t.co/vajwsLabcu
— Star King (@Balociszar_I) November 7, 2024
Get fucked PIG https://t.co/NyLtnhuR4H
— Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) November 7, 2024
Grant Brunner
The character: @a_shishh, poster, lover, relationship misunderstander
The plot: X user @a_shishh, who appears to be a chronically online poster, posted a photo of a couple where the woman is obscuring the face of her partner with her hands. "A caring women is better then beautiful women (sic)," he added as the caption. The photo was stolen, but the caption wasn't.
a caring women is better then beautiful women. pic.twitter.com/nfDzMSu7d1
— a_shishh (@Ashis_h_) November 4, 2024
The repercussion: It couldn't be clearer from the framing that this post was bait, but a lot of people still had a tough time not reacting to it.
eu terminava com meu namorado se ele postasse uma foto nossa com essa legenda https://t.co/LDsKetDe22
— salto cunty da beyoncé 🐝 (@byungerking) November 4, 2024
if someone posted me to this caption i would send mobs after him but that’s just me idk https://t.co/DQAVCZun40
— physcolosgist (@idkanuu) November 4, 2024
how are women okay with their boyfriends saying shit like this https://t.co/RoCbo2dFNx
— s (@yoongienthusias) November 4, 2024
it’s insane how true love for grown ass men in this country is measured by how much they’re being coddled by their significant other https://t.co/DIyQAKsWTV
— ✮ (@funkysoupboy) November 4, 2024
if someone said this ab me id cry and then cry a little more bc of the grammar https://t.co/qIyPxhYO0l
— Ikra (@ikraa166) November 4, 2024
Adwait Patil
Wednesday
@ronreup
The character: @ronreup, X user, uninformed person
The plot: On November 6, it was announced that Donald Trump had won the US presidential election. Those who did not want a criminal, liar and rapist to become leader of the world's most powerful country were understandably devastated — but one X user couldn't grasp why that group would include people living outside of America.
people who don’t live in the US doing the most panicking 😭 like sis you don’t even go here
— 𝗿ø𝗻 (@ronreup) November 6, 2024
pic.twitter.com/W5sgheEWy6
The repercussion: Some people offered @ronreup a quick politics lesson, while others were more to the point with their responses.
this election will literally impact the whole world? and i feel like it’s normal to care and worry for the women and minorities living in the US who are going to lose their rights
— Carla ౨ৎ (@oceanblvdvinyl) November 6, 2024
i dont think some of yall realise the effect the united states has on international politics https://t.co/dm97ojSXek
— lara (@ghostinkissys) November 6, 2024
https://t.co/hfRRdqtYrS pic.twitter.com/tJC5EgGGi4
— rina 🇵🇸 (@pinkponeclub) November 6, 2024
Society if american politics didn't affect the world https://t.co/Er7LXswPRH pic.twitter.com/Rum4hkjqRw
— Ezlyn 🍉 (@Pokelwoo) November 6, 2024
If ur shithole of a country didn’t act like the world’s police we wouldn’t give a damn fuck about your fuck ass presidents. https://t.co/m718GWbjHL
— rim 𓂆 (@rhaespa) November 6, 2024
can’t even say ‘open the schools’ bc they schools don’t even teach y’all https://t.co/IflazluC5B pic.twitter.com/yRpUSpuCOW
— 𝕟𝕚𝕔 🇵🇸 (@nniicoleeee) November 6, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
Monday
Robert J O'Neill
The character: Robert J O'Neill, former US Navy SEAL, truly unhinged poster
The plot: On the weekend, young Democrat Harry Sisson posted a photo of himself and his friends to X, with the caption: "We're Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris!"
Unsurprisingly, Sisson received plenty of less than friendly replies to his tweet — but one response was so bizarre that it instantly went viral. Robert J O'Neill — you know, the guy who says he killed Osama Bin Laden — quote-tweeted Sisson's post, writing: "You're not men. You're boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines."
You’re not men. You’re boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines. https://t.co/EUwCiB4o1b
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) November 4, 2024
The repercussion: People from every corner of X tried to get their head around O'Neill's comment. The guy who killed Bin Laden apparently wants a group of young men to be his sex slaves — and thinks, for some reason, that social media is the only thing stopping that from happening.
As if that's not bad enough, O'Neill later doubled down on the tweet by sharing a video of himself reiterating his point while walking through an airport. You can't make this stuff up — but I really, really wish it wasn't real.
The guy who shot Bin Laden is saying he would sexually enslave Kamala Harris Twinks on my timeline...wtf is going on man... https://t.co/gythIZtiOt pic.twitter.com/aVKjL6qh3R
— Conor (@counterconor) November 4, 2024
This election season is insane because why did I just find out “the guy who shot bin Laden” is into twinks? pic.twitter.com/HftZQP1Jv4
— Mike T (@rhymeswithbeg) November 4, 2024
https://t.co/ng0N4buk5T pic.twitter.com/jlBPbptrSf
— Garrett Petersen (@gpetersenislip) November 4, 2024
https://t.co/p5lQbOSFoq pic.twitter.com/iHV6BiosB6
— scrotum phillips (@mustachetoilet) November 4, 2024
if it wasn't for SOCIAL MEDIA I would be having GAY SEX with KAMALA SUPPORTERS!! https://t.co/MMFOJtgk16
— america's top lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) November 4, 2024
I was unaware we had a cultural moment when straight conservative men started talking about wanting to own boy sex slaves https://t.co/DhPtFAMhdQ
— Liv (@Liv_Agar) November 4, 2024
https://t.co/XW3L7Udjyh pic.twitter.com/rHd13xH4Fd
— Mulvaholland Drive (@Seinpeaks) November 4, 2024
https://t.co/OO7ERY99y7 pic.twitter.com/CDNfja6l2p
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 4, 2024
The guy that shot Obama Bin Laden has doubled down on wanting me to be his sex slave after media backlash. https://t.co/Gfpfgy0hG4
— Dean Withers (@itsdeaann) November 5, 2024
as this guy triples down on his desire to rape young boys, it's worth wondering what he might have gotten up to during his decade + of tours in the middle east, where he assuredly ran into many young boys in a relatively consequence-free environment https://t.co/MmgwCH3aUI
— america's top lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) November 5, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which featured a controversial Halloween costume, a bad take on NYC trains and a billionaire making a very bad decision.
[Image credit: @mchooyah]