zackster This is Kanye West we are talking about, not Elon Musk or Donald Trump. What does Kanye have to gain by helping Candice Owens?

Because they’re mates and greased his palms?

zackster and acting as a front man for some far right grifters does not help in that regards

If they make him some kind of honorary CEO while gifting him shares it might.

I’m not saying it’s impossible that he will buy it btw, but considering this comes after the Twitter debacle you can’t rule out it being a copycat publicity stunt.

Also, if I recall you have been highly sceptical that Musk has genuinely intended to buy Twitter? In which case it seems confusing that you can’t also entertain the idea that Ye is also pretending.

        hugopal I recall you have been highly sceptical that Musk has genuinely intended to buy Twitter? In which case it seems confusing that you can’t also entertain the idea that Ye is also pretending.

        I don’t think it is the case here because pretending to buy Twitter is exactly the type of thing Elon Musk would do. Elon is always thinking about the Tesla quarterly earnings report. He perpetually creates stunts to keep his sham stock price up. That isn’t at all Kanye’s bag. The dude is absolutely atrocious with money and basically takes it for granted. Remember when he was swimming in debt and Kim agreed to create that point and click iPhone game so she could pay it off? He is not focused on $$ at all, which will be a huge part of his collapse.

        Also, lets just say he is actually a willing catspaw for Candase Owens and George Farmer. How much could Kanye really expect to get paid for that? Mid 6 figures at most, imo. He thinks that kinda pay day is beneath him, and he doesn’t currently need that kind of money. That is a Trump grift plan and simple.

            zackster because pretending to buy Twitter is exactly the type of thing Elon Musk would do.

            Well yeah, and Ye had been talking a fair bit with Elon recently so might be trying to copy him.

            zackster He perpetually creates stunts to keep his sham stock price up.

            And Ye is the kind of person who perpetually creates stunts to keep his name in the headlines…

            zackster Also, lets just say he is actually a willing catspaw for Candase Owens and George Farmer. How much could Kanye really expect to get paid for that? Mid 6 figures at most, imo. He thinks that kinda pay day is beneath him, and he doesn’t currently need that kind of money.

            Maybe not if he thinks it’ll give him more influence? He greatly admired and respected Virgil Abloh when he became Head Men’s Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton, because Ye saw it as a rare example of a black person gaining significant power and influence as a creator and Ye wants there to be more similar examples in the world of business (and that’s despite it not being as if Abloh had actually bought LVMH). So Ye might be willing to accept a similar kind of directorial offer if it was made to him at Parler.

            The clout and ability to shape the company and be a black role model in tech could clearly be attractive for Ye alone, even if any pay might be relatively insignificant to him. And as I say, the pay could also be in share options as well, which could be something Ye could delude himself in to thinking he could eventually make worth something.

                  Is there no finer sight on the internet than Hugo arguing the meat and bones of his hypothetical conspiracy theory about what “YE” may or may not be doing with a social media platform built for zombies? What an utter, utter spastitruncheon.

                    Piers Morgan. The parasite’s parasite. He’d interview his dying mother if it meant ratings/relevance for him. Basically, anyone who is a fan of that wanker deserves AIDS all over their face and in their food.

                      LT42 Is there no finer sight on the internet than Hugo arguing the meat and bones of his hypothetical conspiracy theory about what “YE” may or may not be doing with a social media platform built for zombies? What an utter, utter spastitruncheon.

                      Made me lol!

                          Smallman1 Made me lol!

                          LT could murder your mum in her sleep and you’d still claim you found it funny.

                            Piers is such an unctuous worm. I watched the clips he’s dangled and its all the same blah blah blah from Kanye, but with Piers atrocious interviewing skills as an added bonus. Kanye sitting there grinning ear to ear after literally calling himself a genius, and Piers goes “oooh thats right big of you mate. Well done, proper like”. Shut the fuck up. Not shocked to hear he is close with that grasping tub of goo Corden. Cuomo was infinitely better at handling old Ye, and he is a complete cretin himself.

                              Millsy thats fair. He’s already familiar with wearing other people’s faces.

                                If he was Yesky Putin would already have arranged a ‘fall’