warning: gross leech pic
An NYT Reporter Who Needs To Read The Room, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on Twitter from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.
Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it
— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019
This week, we've got a sports-brained guy who wants a "coachable" wife, someone who lets their pet leech eat them and an NYT journalist who's seriously lacking awareness.
Tuesday
@NickStillHere
The character: @NickStillHere, gives out free marriage advice, thinks about sports too much
The plot: Not all characters have to be vilified, some can be lightly clowned. When Slick aka @NickStillHere tweeted out his four-step process for vetting a potential marriage, by asking if she's "coachable," how she "handles hurt" and "does she make your life easier," people had no choice but to stop this sports-brained take from taking on a life of its own.
Fellas dont get married for love. That should be ya bare minimum. 4 things you should look to make sure:
— Slick (@NickStillHere) August 15, 2023
1. Is she coachable?
2. how she handles hurt/pain/anger?3.would she make a good mother?
4 does she make your life easier?
If you can be honest and say yes to these. RING HER
The repercussion: Some of the replies suggested that OP was being serious, or rather wasn't entirely sh—tposting. It seems he got off much easier than expected by the internet mob, especially considering he’s talking about someone being “coachable.”
the coach: https://t.co/7UcIA42W1d pic.twitter.com/d8ejRrBMnP
— adriana la serving cunt 🍝🦀 (@BIMBOMINDSET) August 16, 2023
5. Can she switch the pick and roll
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) August 16, 2023
6. Can she create off the dribble for herself and others
7. If she doesn’t get the rebound does she box out so that a teamm https://t.co/AeyBuSW6Cp
ladies don’t get married for love. 4 things you should look to make sure:
— Gabrielle Drolet (@gabrielledrolet) August 16, 2023
1. Is he coachable?
2. how he handles thunderstorms/fireworks/mail men?
3. is he ok around children
4 does your lease say you’re allowed to have him
if you can be honest and say yes. LEASH HIM https://t.co/aQjetLWcR5
Fellas dont get married for love. That should be ya bare minimum. 4 things you should look to make sure:
— Two-piece Advocate (@frazierapproves) August 16, 2023
1. Does she have a dowry
2. Does your union unite rival chiefdoms
3. Can you apprentice under her father
4. Will that apprenticeship get you into the guild https://t.co/QtgVk5ezsX
Fellas you got to ask:
— Dan Carson (@TheDoctorCarson) August 16, 2023
1. Does she box out?
2. How she handles double teams/full court press/strong side help?
3. Would she be a good locker room presence https://t.co/k4xtVGJ8Or
Is she coachable https://t.co/9HvrQwAzHw pic.twitter.com/6TtYrSU38f
— Episode 3 Anakin (@Tony_Be) August 16, 2023
Adwait Patil
Tuesday
@kcalbug
The character: @kcalbug, someone who has a pet leech that feeds off of them
The plot: On Tuesday, Twitter user @kcalbug shared a photo of their pet leech, stuck to their arm, feeding off of their blood.
still on my arm after an hour what a fatass pic.twitter.com/DVD9UFbizK
— ️amelia ! (@kcalbug) August 14, 2023
The repercussion: People were understandably shocked and grossed out, but there were a couple of curious and even supportive responses, too.
Roaches and leeches as pets… letting leeches get THICK from feeding on you… I don’t have a response for once. https://t.co/eG7A5dcMJV
— Tom Cruise’s Shoe Lifts (@platformedboots) August 16, 2023
this is how george washington died https://t.co/IMjd5VU6kK
— COSMIC SLOP (@afrocosmist) August 16, 2023
Why r u fat shaming ur pet leech..? https://t.co/tsQA3dRLGw
— Mr yuri man (@boreopilled) August 15, 2023
Bitch are u nuts 😭 https://t.co/thKwFBXq9V
— 💣 (@HATETHEREALME) August 15, 2023
wild leeches can give you numerous diseases yes !! but these are raised by a medical company for leech therapy and r completely sterile and bacteria free :]
— ️amelia ! (@kcalbug) August 15, 2023
this is not gonna be popular but why is everyone hating on this other than “omg its yucky 😣😖” . like these are raised in a completely sterile environment and only feed 80ml every few months which is like 1/5 of the amount you’d typically give at a donation center https://t.co/kmaZP1lgLA
— ju ne 🌸🏳️⚧️ (@jun3buggy) August 16, 2023
This bitch balancing her humours https://t.co/qL6QbomfPd
— Le Rational Skeptic (@twinkophrenia) August 16, 2023
Closing this app and resuming my normal life now https://t.co/rRIaygyxaB
— Daniel (@growing_daniel) August 16, 2023
Darcy Jimenez
Saturday
The New York Times
The character: Kellen Browning, New York Times reporter, Rolex enjoyer
The plot: A devastating wildfire in Maui, Hawaii, has left more than hundreds dead and over a thousand missing, and every day brings new updates and more horrific images and videos. But a reporter from one particular newspaper (that has been getting more and more cringe over the years) decided to post this downright insulting tweet about a woman finding her prized Rolex among the same rubble that bodies are lying beneath.
Oh, The New York Times, what happened to you?
On Friday, Elicia Stratton searched desperately through the wreckage of her Lahaina home for the Rolex watch her parents gave her when she graduated college.
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) August 12, 2023
Suddenly, her fiancé pulled it from the ashes. “You found it!” she said, choking up. It was damaged but still legible. pic.twitter.com/cM5hnzKD8Y
The repercussion: The tweet has been rightfully criticized for being insensitive, and others have also pointed out how staged the photos look, and how racist the whole thing seems. Not great, NYT.
While people are out searching for bodies, the NYT does a piece about white people searching for their prized Rolex in the debris. https://t.co/vaEdsDKH4a
— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) August 12, 2023
There are Kānaka Maoli bodies in that wreckage. How dare you post this https://t.co/qtRUStVw3O
— Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) August 12, 2023
Thank god that white girl found her needless luxury item.
— Dennis Perkins Will Never Pay Apartheid Boy A Dime (@DennisPerkins5) August 12, 2023
Yeah, I don’t even bite my nails or anything, but they’ve never looked that good in my entire life
— AlisonRises Indict All Traitorous Mofos!❄️💙🌊💙❄️ (@AlisonRises) August 14, 2023
Reports are confirming 80 dead, so far, and the @nytimes is reporting that a white settler couple successfully recovered a ROLEX watch from their Lāhainā home. https://t.co/slWHuZHCIq
— Uahikea Maile (@uahikea) August 12, 2023
There’s really no better example of U.S. settler colonialism and the reality it has brought to occupied Hawai’i.
— James Ray ☭ (@GoodVibePolitik) August 12, 2023
An entire city burned to the ground, more than 80 dead including Indigenous Hawaiians, and U.S. media is choosing to focus on the personal items of a settler. https://t.co/veF6LcvlN5
YOU DID IT TWICE. pic.twitter.com/PvW8K0n3gk
— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) August 13, 2023
Jared Russo
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Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which included an academic who thinks not crossing the picket line is a privileged act, a TV writer who believes speeding is okay sometimes and an actor with a hot take about Marvel movies.
