#political-culture

#political-culture

He's the middle-manager who talks as if he's the CEO, a beacon of workplace inclusivity in his own head but a bigoted chauvinist as soon as he opens his mouth. And listening to him creates a mix of familiarity and embarrassment-by-proxy that turns out to be surprisingly pleasurable. Ricky Gervais's cringe-making general manager of a soul-destroyingly dull Slough-based paper merchant stopped being a regular presence on British TV over two decades ago, but the many comedic characters that he spawned across the globe have outlived him.

It took a few weeks for the theory to spread to X, Reddit, TikTok, and other platforms. But once it did, it became the go-to comeback for conservative posts and government propaganda alike. "You wanna do a ride-along in the back seat of a big plane and cosplay being a pilot? Of course you do, you're twelve," user @jjellisart said in response to a video of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a fighter jet.

US leader spews out AI trickery to mock 'No Kings' protesters, proving he is the embodiment of a political culture that confuses ridicule for strength

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The school had profound problems... the student culture was remarkably intolerant and contentious. I was sometimes shouted down by angry classmates.