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Channel 5 found Gen-Z "looksmaxxing" influencer Clavicular is funded by Peter Thiel

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Channel 5 found Gen-Z "looksmaxxing" influencer Clavicular is funded by Peter Thiel

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  • MortUS@lemmy.world
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    I’m lowkey glad Andrew has found his ride. Seemed like accusations were coming out of the woodwork after the Alex Jones interview and Jan 6th. Now though, after he got the Ground News spot, he’s just been running it. Biden Interview, Ireland Trip, expose on Crypto, expose on looksmaxing.

    I think we’ll see a lot more of him in the coming years.

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      He did some interesting interviews about the accusation process and how he dealt with it. Seemed like a reasonable dude but I’m sure there was some PR in there too though.

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      He covers stuff no one else does.

      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        He seems like a younger Louis Theroux to me.

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    Grooming?

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    I wouldn’t be surprised if this kind of thing is widespread. It has always felt uncanny how internet cultures pivot into bizarro worlds through the 2010s. We now know Epstein played a direct role in 4chan. We’ve always known Thiel is one of reddits early investors, but that has flown under the radar. Nobody talks about that.

    One hallmark is how the most incendiary influencers have big studio level of production quality. Availability of high quality equipment doesn’t account for this because if you look at the 99% of other people trying to make it, it’s not the equipment you can afford but how well you can produce. That requires big bucks funding for more than just fancy gear.

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      Thiel was also very involved in facebook at the beginning.

    • MortUS@lemmy.world
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      Thiel is one of reddits early investors, but that has flown under the radar. Nobody talks about that.

      I mean, is he still an investor? I feel like rich folx invest in a lot of things, but the thing they invest in doesn’t necessarily mean they own it, control it, or even that that thing is necessarily bad.

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    What is it with Peter Thiel grooming men who have a tendency to want to be pretty?

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
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      Ask Epstein.

    • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
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      He wants to fuck that kid

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        Wayyyyy to old for Thiel already

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        Well his face is pretty fucked so they’re on their way

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      young men, he wants drain the blood from or sleep with. look what happened to THIELS last attractive sidepiece in florida after he became no use to thiel.

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      Don’t worry, I’m sure there is nothing sinister going on there. He just wants their blood:

      https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood

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        just like bryan johnson sucking the blood out of his son for the same reason. they both look like vampires.

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      Thiel needs a blood boy

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    Mental illness is a hell of a drug

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      Yeaaaahhh.

      The way Andrew asked clavicular “what do you mean”

      When he said he didn’t think people were worth connecting with.

      Was almost heartbreaking if clavicular wasn’t such a cunt.

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        That kid is not gonna live to see 30.

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          He OD’d on GHB like a week ago and had to be rushed to the hospital. Homie might not make it to 21 if he keeps it up.

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            Don’t give us hope

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          well thiel made sure his last boyfriend dint make it to old age. if you look at what happened in 2024, in florida it was on the news for a day.

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    It’s always the guy you most suspect

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      “Real life comic book villain hatches evil plan.”

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    Did anyone watch the video? Clavicular talks with Andrew for like an hour about looksmaxxing and then complains when Andrew runs out of questions on the topic. The dude is capital W Weird.

    https://youtu.be/-_6mni6k0Zw

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      What struck me so hard about that interview is there are times where he speaks knowledgeably about some aspect of health and he sounds completely sane and competent. Flashes of normalcy. Followed by long stretches of WTF.

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        probably coached by thiel before his sudden appearance recently?

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      and there is speculation clavs rise in the news/media is so unnatural someone was definitely pushing his manosphere influence, turns out it was thiel all along.

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      Yea. He also nearly broke down when he asked Andrew if there was really nothing Andrew would change about himself physically and Andrew said no. Dude wouldn’t believe him, lol.

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      deleted by creator

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    And…? It’s easier to just assume this is the case for everyone of these people

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    I heard looksmaxxing described as the beauty myth for men, which makes sense of a lot of it. Same bullshit, different audience.

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    Ah, I suspected that this was the dude who “microfractures” his own face before going out to clubs, by hitting his cheekbones with a tenderizing mallet. Turns out it was actually the dude who “microfractures” his own face before going out to clubs, by hitting his cheekbones with a tenderizing mallet.

    These influencers must sit around and think “holy shit, I can actually get people to do literally anything.”

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      “holy shit, I can actually get people to do literally anything.”

      And for some, mostly the young, ignorant, and unfortunate, this is true!

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    Lol of course he is

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    Didn’t even see this coming absolutely shocked!

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      There is some reporting that Thiel is an Epstein-like figure for young boys

      https://ope1.substack.com/p/the-looksmaxxing-psyop-how-thiel

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    Color me unsurprised. Scumbags of a feather flock together.

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    I believe he owes an apology to a certain reporter.

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    Most of the incelfluencers are.

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