• invertedspear@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      I usually suspect bots whenI see reposting highly upvoted memes from several months back, but OP doesn’t appear to be a bot.

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      There was an early criticism of celebs like Taylor Swift using private jets, because of the ecological effects / fuel usage; claiming it’s hypocritical because she’s pro-environment.

      Honestly, given the equipment / celeb focus (and that people all around the world want to hear her live), the use of a jet isn’t that wasteful imo, but the continued meme of having her take a jet for minor trips is silly enough it’s fun anyway.

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      The original meme, started because a cultist (fan) started tracking her flights(public information).

      She takes a LOT of private flights, it turned out many weren’t her but friends/family using the planes. She got flak because she’s pro environment.

      Hence a meme was born.

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      MAGATS are angry Taylor Swift won’t endorse their rapist felon for president, so they are digging up year old memes to make her look bad.

      As fully expected from a shitbag lemm.ee poster. We REALLY need to defederate from that nest of fascists

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      They fit the Starbucks stuporcommuter better.

      Tbh, would you want to be in the airport the day Taylor Swift is flying on a regular flight? First, all the seats would be taken by Swifties. Plus of course just her entourage. Second, all the seats on planes that depart from the same terminal would be taken by Swifties who just want to see her through Security.

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        The development of a country is measured not in how many of the poor own cars, but in how many of the rich use public transit

        Taylor Swift should be getting to her concerts by high speed rail. If she needs privacy, she should book a private car. A service which would be available to anyone willing to pay extra.

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      Yeah! We need to make it really clear that we don’t care about the really big greenhouse gas producers, or the people that are a thousand times more wealthy and more problematic than Tailor Swift.

      We just want to sound like we care by targeting someone who is comparatively not doing that much damage.

      It’s all for the lulls after all.

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        An overlooked part of that article.

        it is unclear if she was personally traveling to St. Louis, where part of her extended family originally hails, or if the flights were for maintenance or testing.

        Though, reading on from there, her trying to stop people from tracking her flights through lawsuits is just as bullshit as Musk trying to shut down the kid who was tracking his private jet flights. It’s public data and they chose to be public figures. They can both suck it up and deal with the consequences.

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      She’s notorious for using private jets going anywhere, even for short trips that’s perfectly doable by other modes of transportation. There’s even a subreddit dedicated for tracking her jet.

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      She’s starting to gain a lot of political influence with young liberal voters, so conservatives are latching on to anything they can find to try to discredit her with them. The fact that she used a private jet to travel seems to be the only dirt they can find on her.

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        For what it’s worth it’s definitely not just conservatives. While I think she’s doing a lot of good compared to others in her wealth bracket, that wealth bracket still should not exist, and anyone in it is a problem.

        I can acknowledge that she pays better than most other entertainers. I can acknowledge that she’s pushing back against a lot of the BS that the music industry is pedaling lately. I can acknowledge that she does a lot of philanthropy.

        I can also acknowledge that she’s acquired an inhuman amount of money, which necessarily requires perpetuating suffering. I can acknowledge that she’s absolutely a part of the environment problem. All of these things can be true at the same time.

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    Doesnt work anymore. Maybe if this is about the Starbucks CEO. Swift at least responded to criticism and swore to use less flights. I’m not sure the CEO cares at all.

    It’s almost like these are bullshit posts with an agenda.

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    Buncha haters! If I were as rich as her I’d take a private flight to 7-11 down the street if I could. I would take a flight to another country just to eat dinner and come back.