Would you like to see Johnny V drive a tank over a car in Vegas? Don't be silly, of course you would.
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facebook.comThis sucks ass. All 3 of these guys are loaded. Remember when Dan said (while Lang was on stream too) that when he was hanging out with him Lang bragged about being a millionaire?
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Definitely starting to get “rich asshole” vibes from them. I’m not a fan of people who flaunt their wealth on social media, but it’s worse when they’re straight up asking for money.
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It's really cool. But a quick Google shows it's 2.5k. Wow, not for plebs like us but for giant fucking ballers dudes can defo do this.
And Adam is right. This is the dumbest thing they have done, maybe this decade. But knowing these guys, definitely not the dumbest thing they ever done.
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Adam was running a Venmo fundraiser on Twitter last night for the money.
I donated $12 haha
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Man, that seems kind of... weird, right? I love the guys and want them to do whatever they find fun for birthdays and whatnot, but surely they can afford that themselves?
Either way, I'm sure they appreciate you donating!
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I dont judge anyone who put money toward this. It's your money, you can do what you want.
I think this is completely indefensible on Adam's part.
We want to rent a tank so he can crush a car - we need to raise $2,000 from viewers like YOU!
Gross.
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Yeah. Especially when dave and Adam are literally top execs in their company. Johnny is not doing too shabby.
I mean more power to them to use their audience. But personally this is not what I would put my money to.
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Love those guys, but I saw that tweet and thought the same thing.
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That's pretty disgusting. These guys are pretty well off that they could afford this comfortably between the 3 of them.
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Yeeeeeah, they should seriously consider a dollar-for-dollar donation to charity, IMO.
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I think it’s more about they planned this Vegas weekend and the extra $2500 was on a whim, so they probably need a little help lol
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Every one of them has enough money to pay 2k out of their pocket on the fly. They are well off or rich, asking other people to chip in is quite gross to be honest, planned expanse or not.
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Adam has deleted the tweet asking for the money. Seems he realises it's a kinda fucked up thing to do. Last couple of months have started making me feel weird about some people associated with giant bomb. Dan and Austin doing work for WWE and these rich dudes crowdfunding a birthday present. Hate it.
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Last couple of months have started making me feel weird about some people associated with giant bomb. Dan and Austin doing work for WWE and these rich dudes crowdfunding a birthday present.
That's a weird bucket you've thrown Dan and Austin into. What do a podcast producer or a comic book writer have in common with high-level executives asking for money?
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I'm not claiming equivalency between the three situations, I hate this situation more, but the is a commonality between them in that they are all guys associated with the site taking money from dodgy sources within a few months of each other. Dan and Austin's situation is different in that they aren't in the same privileged position, but they still made the choice when I'm sure they had more ethical options available to them to make money. Add in that these all happened within a couple of months and I don't think it's unfair to mention them together.
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I'm not claiming equivalency between the three situations, I hate this situation more, but the is a commonality between them in that they are all guys associated with the site taking money from dodgy sources within a few months of each other.
It's a hell of a stretch to compare two people taking middle-class opportunities in tight and competitive industries (with little room for growth) to the party weekend of a couple of folks who are literally rich and run their own company (and never worked for Giant Bomb).
Also, I wouldn't want to alarm you, but Giant Bomb itself is owned by a massive corporation with its own "dodgy" histories and ethical quagmires. It's strange and unfair to project your ethical disagreements onto these guys.
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I think this is too strong. I don't know what's wrong with working for wwe. I am not in that scene but to me, it's a job. I work for a company I don't think it's great. But it's a job.
These guys are dumbasses. Yes I know they can afford it. But they did not pressure anyone to give money. They did it out of choice. People can give money to anyone. Like should big twitch streamers not take donations? They are fucking loaded too. Its not great and I personally would not give these guys a cent. But I would not judge them for asking.
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also actual millionaires asking for money from their people in a parasocial relationship with them is incredibly scummy. i'm not saying anything, but maybe robespierre had the right idea
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WWE is actively broadcasting propaganda and whitewashing an autocratic and authoritarian regime that is in large part actively responsible for one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history. Of course it's just a job for Dan, but that just means he's indirectly getting his paycheck from Saudi blood money. If he's okay with that, fine, but it's not definitely not a decision I support
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I mean yes I agree that they are a scumny company.
But are you against anyone choosing to work for Apple, Walmart, Google, amazon etc. They all have issues one way or another. Not saying any is better or worse. But they are all not great.
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Damn I'm way out of the loop. Obviously, the McMahon's suck but do they get involved in politics in the actual WWE?
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No not really, at least not blatantly open. What's being referred to above is a couple years back WWE entered a huge deal with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to put on a couple huge shows there each year. The first one they did, they literally broadcasted a propaganda fluff piece about how progressive and great the country is becoming... when it's really not. Then when that journalist was murdered, WWE had an event coming up and there was a lot of pressure for them not to go, yet they did. It's all carnie bullshit to get money really. The more you pay attention to the company the more contradictions you see in say their altruistic endeavors compared to what they do to get paid. Most major companies have a element of them being kinda messed up, it's just way more visible with the WWE.
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If you have money to donate, instead of giving it to a bunch of already wealthy dudes to waste, donate to one of the many charities helping Australia recover from their disastrous wild fires, or to some other worthy cause.
For instance:
New South Wales Rural Fire Service: Online donations from overseas accepted via Credit Card
Country Fire Service (South Australia): Online donation link
Country Fire Authority (Victoria): Donations via direct bank transfer. You can nominate brigades to send the money directly to if you want rather than donate directly to the organisation. This map contains every brigade in the state. Big fire is currently on top of the Mallacoota brigade. Latest info for fires here if you want to match a different brigade.
Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland Inc: Credit card online donations. A not-for-profit association in QLD made up of a large number of QLD RFS brigades that disseminates money to their members as required. Strike out gone, resume normal charity operations.
Go Fund Me for saving Koalas also Koalas In Care a not-for-profit organisation covering an area of NSW currently burning and caring for Koalas injured in their area. ALSO NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service a NSW based wildlife rescue organisation covering for not just Koalas.
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Nah, don't feel i need to watch 3 grown ups, asking money from their "fans", to take a 30 second tank ride over an old car.