#i don't actually care if it's juuuuust a joooooke! it's nasty and pointless and makes light of a fucking terrifying conspiracy theory

[gloriousmonsters]

5 minutes and i again see

someone: *makes a joke about how taylor swift should tell people to kill ron desantis for her because it would be super effective*

someone else: haha, no she wouldn't say it right out. Here's a string of emojis and let me explain what the references are, as Taylor Swift is wont to play little games with promoting stuff where she knows her fans have often been with her throughout her career and will get references to specific songs/albums/events, therefore allowing her to create decodable messages

someone else: WOW THIS IS JUST LIKE QANON

#can we stop. fucking please #are you gonna start reblogging people excitedly pointing out references and layered meaning in things like. superhero movies and novels #with 'omg you're reading into something and deciphering a message the creator fully intended you to find? for fun? just like qanon....' #or is it just that you see taylor swift fans as fair game because Haha White Women #i don't actually care if it's juuuuust a joooooke! it's nasty and pointless and makes light of a fucking terrifying conspiracy theory #because you find a pop star and/or her fans annoying #it's fine to be like. wow fans who have weird theories they go really hard on (like the 'she's secretly queer!!' people) #are on some next level shit. like the 'haha what the fuck' that TJLC or whatever was going on with 1D did #but almost everything has weird/annoying/boundary-crossing fans #and i shockingly don't think it's OK to compare all of them to a virulently hateful conspiracy movement #that actively tried/tries to stir up violence #vic talks #this has been Joke Police (Because Yeah Good Taste And Not Being A Dick Applies Even If You're Progressive) Hour with vic