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Post by Merge on Dec 30, 2022 2:32:10 GMT
I had never heard of Andrew Tate before yesterday, but apparently he's some kind of self-proclaimed "alpha male" misogynist influencer who has also been MIA/evading authorities in a sex trafficking investigation. He made a rude comment to Greta Thunberg (the teenage climate activist) on Twitter, and she slammed him back pretty neatly, which was entertaining enough, but then ... he posted a two-minute video rant about Greta and some other things. In the video there was a pizza box, and apparently that pizza box was enough to let Romanian authorities that he was in their country, and they tracked him down. He and his brother have now been arrested for their role in an alleged sex trafficking ring. Just such a neat little bit of fucking around and finding out. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Tate's arrest articleBackstory article |
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Post by sideways on Dec 30, 2022 2:39:33 GMT
I’d never heard of him. I asked each of my boys, separately, if they’d heard of him and both of them responded with “Yeah. He’s a piece of shit.”
I am enjoying the FAFO aspect of this. My boys are almost giddy over it. They really hate the guy.
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 30, 2022 2:51:39 GMT
I would say I'd never heard of Tate before yesterday either, but DS24 says he and DD25 were talking about him last week. Apparently after being banned on every SM platform, he was just reinstated on Twitter by the current owner and decided to go after Greta. And I loved her response.  He's a former kickboxer and someone added his "fight" with Greta on his Wikipedia page as a loss.  One article I saw included that he is American born with dual British/American citizenship but has stated he lives in Romania because their corrupt law enforcement would make it easier to abuse women. I absolutely love the way this story has ended.  |
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Post by Elsabelle on Dec 30, 2022 2:53:45 GMT
I’m delighted to hear this update.
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Post by Jili on Dec 30, 2022 3:08:58 GMT
I’m recovering from foot surgery so I’ve got lots of time to spend on social media (unfortunately). I’ve been giggling about this all day.
I had never heard of this guy until yesterday, but my dd knew.
Don’t get me wrong. Human trafficking is disgusting and I’m not minimizing the crimes involved in this situation. I think it’s hilarious, though, how his attempt to needle Greta started this entire chain reaction. I too, am enjoying the FAFO aspect of all this.
I also think it’s hilarious that Romania has a pizza chain called “Jerry’s Pizza”. Who knew?
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 30, 2022 3:43:06 GMT
Had to laugh at one of the twitter posters who said they were impressed with how fast Tate's emissions went to zero. He does look freakishly like John Cryer as another poster mentioned.
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Post by epeanymous on Dec 30, 2022 3:46:49 GMT
Yeah, I knew who he was and yikes.
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Post by purplebee on Dec 30, 2022 3:50:10 GMT
Not ‘til yesterday when I saw his tweet to Greta. FAFO for the win!
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Post by Gennifer on Dec 30, 2022 4:04:55 GMT
Yeah, I knew who he was. Greta’s response to him delighted me, as did the news that his pathetic rebuttal landed him in handcuffs.
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Post by papersilly on Dec 30, 2022 4:31:32 GMT
That pizza box moment reminded me of that Netflix documentary Don't Fuck With Cats
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Post by pantsonfire on Dec 30, 2022 4:52:04 GMT
Who is this person?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 30, 2022 4:52:35 GMT
My 14 year old was talking about him quite a bit in august just before he was banned from social media. He sounds like a piece of work.
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Post by janeliz on Dec 30, 2022 4:56:34 GMT
Oh wow! I saw Greta Thunberg’s masterful clap back to him, but hadn’t heard he was arrested. That’s awesome.
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Post by Merge on Dec 30, 2022 4:59:30 GMT
Tee hee. Worthy of the pea board.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 30, 2022 5:02:22 GMT
Did not know, but very glad he has been arrested!
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Post by withapea on Dec 30, 2022 5:05:28 GMT
He’s the king of incels. He’s a former kickboxer/influencer. He’s honestly really dangerous, he’s got a lot of pull with disaffected young males. I hope this arrest sticks and he goes down hard. |
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Post by lucyg on Dec 30, 2022 5:47:12 GMT
He can rot in a Romanian jail, as far as I’m concerned. What a POS.
My son is on a cruise in Baja, but I had to text him about this story. He says he’s played chess with Tate’s dad. Apparently the guy is a chess master of some kind. (So is my son. I don’t remember what kind. Not a grand master.)
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Post by Darcy Collins on Dec 30, 2022 5:51:05 GMT
My kids knew him - honestly it's one of those situations that really worry me about social media influence as neither my husband and I had a clue what they were talking about but clearly he's a major influence in the younger generation for being basically an asshole.
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Post by malibou on Dec 30, 2022 7:25:48 GMT
My Ds knew who he was and referred to him as a massive piece of shit.
I only know of him from today when I caught an article about the Greta Thunberg tweet.
He is absolutely despicable. May he rot in Romania alongside his brother.
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Post by wellway on Dec 30, 2022 7:42:41 GMT
Because of my kid I knew who he was. We had talked about Greta's response earlier yesterday. I don't know where my kid gets their info but they filled me in on his arrest hours before it made the BBC.
I've since read the BBC article and discovered he was kicked off the show Big Brother back in 2016. I didn't know that about him as I wasn't a fan of big brother.
But the fact that he was arrested because of a video he made in his private space is like a circle being completed.
Eta, I love that our kids have all got the same view of him.
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 30, 2022 8:51:39 GMT
I had never heard of him until his ridiculous Tweet to Greta, and her fucking epic reply. Man, I love her! He got RATIOED!!  And then the next day, after mulling it over all night, he came back with a classic third grade "I know I am but what are you" response: |
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Post by malibou on Dec 30, 2022 9:00:09 GMT
Holy fuckoly, his mother must be so proud of the two boys she has raised. What a gross piece of shit he is.
I love that he got taken down by a pizza box.
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 30, 2022 11:52:15 GMT
Me. He picked a fight with the wrong person. It was perfect.
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Post by wellway on Dec 30, 2022 11:59:05 GMT
I'm not on Twitter but I'm being told she has now posted something like, see what happens when you don't recycle your pizza boxes.  |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 30, 2022 14:09:48 GMT
I wouldn’t say that he is only attractive to disaffected youth. My son isn’t what I would consider to be disaffected and he looked up to him (mostly imitating his accent and some of his common phrases from what I could tell). Before I knew more about him he said that Tate was teaching him important things about being a man and listed some things that were not negative. The danger is that there was apparently a lot of other information mixed in his messages that is not positive. When I brought up the concerns they didn’t recall seeing or hearing him say any of the things people were upset about. Even my older kids felt that the outrage about Tate was overblown, although they weren’t as into him as younger DS. So it’s not like only troubled youth were watching him.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Dec 30, 2022 14:26:31 GMT
I don't think I had heard of him before the Twitter feud with Greta. There's a reason he was living in Romania. I hope they throw him in prison and throw away the key, especially now that the world is watching.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Dec 30, 2022 14:51:51 GMT
I saw the Greta clapback and was confused why, after being reinstated back on SM, he immediately attacked her. Then, I didn't understand the Jerry Pizza references until I saw a TikTok explain it. I love it. He sounds like a real POS douche bag. Like someone said, he attacked the wrong person. I also saw that Romania has a group they formed to fight agaisnt human trafficking. Guess what it's name is? GRETA! GRETA (Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings) - Isn't that some poetic justice. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/romania-greta-andrew-tate-b2253387.html |
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Post by busy on Dec 30, 2022 15:02:57 GMT
I was aware of who he was. Not deeply, but knew the broad strokes. I was just talking to my nephew about him on Christmas. He thinks Tate is gross but is very familiar with him. He also noted that there are quite a few guys in his frat who think he’s great (those are guys, thankfully, who are not nephew’s friends).
I’m glad he was arrested and hope he stays in jail for a long time.
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Post by J u l e e on Dec 30, 2022 15:04:29 GMT
He's a former kickboxer and someone added his "fight" with Greta on his Wikipedia page as a loss. I love this so much! |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Dec 30, 2022 15:04:49 GMT
I wouldn’t say that he is only attractive to disaffected youth. My son isn’t what I would consider to be disaffected and he looked up to him (mostly imitating his accent and some of his common phrases from what I could tell). Before I knew more about him he said that Tate was teaching him important things about being a man and listed some things that were not negative. The danger is that there was apparently a lot of other information mixed in his messages that is not positive. When I brought up the concerns they didn’t recall seeing or hearing him say any of the things people were upset about. Even my older kids felt that the outrage about Tate was overblown, although they weren’t as into him as younger DS. So it’s not like only troubled youth were watching him. This is what scares the shit out of me. I hate that this is where kids go to "learn how to be a man". IMO this is how Hitler came to power, mixed "good" messages in with bad and people just accepted it all. As a mother of a 17 yr old son, I really try to have conversations my son and keep tabs on what is going on in social media, but honestly, there are SO MANY out there. I had not heard of AT until this whole twitter thing. Not attacking you iamkristinl16 just trying to state my own worries and feelings of helplessness. |
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And then the next day, after mulling it over all night, he came back with a classic third grade "I know I am but what are you" response:
