Oh, my friends and fellow jackals!
It’s time to gather up your tiniest violins.
It seems Milo — not the bored child who, with his watchdog Tock drives to Dictionopolis, Digitopolis and beyond — but the raging human nether sphincter who marketed himself as the pretty face of hate, has both a lawyer problem and a money one too:
This is the kind of news that makes me wish we were still in the good old days before Go Fund Me, so that when the inevitable ask occurs, I could find the address to which one might send a bag of salted…
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What? You thought I was going to type it out? This is a family show!
Oh — and we’re having latkes tonight w. homemade applesauce…which is my way of saying the festival of lights has delights to be enjoyed by those of every faith and none at all.
This thread…
It is open.
Image: Carstian Luyckx, Vanitas still life with skull, music book, violin and shells, before 1677.
craigie
Who leaked that letter? Or is it step one in the Go Fund Me appeal?
Barbara
When I had no money I used to eat potato pancakes and homemade applesauce every night because I liked it and I had no idea at the time that they were traditional fare for Hanukkah, until my co-worker told me.
dmsilev
That letter has a date from the end of July. Did something happen recently to make it public?
Anyway, poor Milo. As in, he’s going to be a lot poorer soon.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
It’s tough out there for contrarian fascists.
bcw
The humbug who can swim all day in the ocean of wisdom and not get wet?
dmsilev
I know it’s sort of heretical for a Jew, but I never really liked latkes. I’m cooking risotto for dinner tonight.
Damien
There are some days where I wish debtors’ prisons were still a thing. This is one of those days. There have never been days where I wished that debtors’ summary execution was a thing, but goshdarn if December 2nd, 2018 won’t stand out in my memory as the first one.
Yarrow
I somehow ended up on his Instagram a few days ago. In the spirit of trainwrecks I had a look around. I know Instagrams are carefully curated to promote the person’s brand, but it did look like he was still jet setting around to various places and meeting with some C-list bigwgs. Apparently he dressed up as Christine Blasey Ford and gave a speech. No, not making that up. He’s disgusting. At that point I closed the tab.
hueyplong
Maybe the most Schadenfreudelicious result would be for RWNJs to blow their money on this clown, but fail to contribute quite enough of it.
Gemina13
It’s not quite as large as my student loan. However, the difference between my debt and Milo’s is that I incurred it doing something worthwhile.
I wonder, what does he do when he’s not spewing misogyny, internalized homophobia, and racism, anyway? Oh, wait, that’s right – I don’t care.
BruceFromOhio
Vultures who feed on vultures deserve to starve, too.
Major Major Major Major
Oh Milo. Go fuck yourself.
Omnes Omnibus
Didn’t these guys ask for a retainer? WTF?
hueyplong
@Omnes Omnibus: Looks like they went for the personal guarantee instead of a retainer. Bad play.
NotMax
@Damien
In ancient times when debtors were treated not so nice one could have asked, “How many Milos to the galleon?”
:)
(Try the waitress, tip the veal, and all that.)
Mary G
@Omnes Omnibus: That is a dumb law firm. They’ll never see a dime.
I’ve seen him whining that he’s broke and needs work because Hillary Clinton is persecuting him for being gay and right wing, poor victim. Soros also involved somehow.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Omnes Omnibus:
How have you been btw?
Chip Daniels
Maybe he needs tips on grifitng the rubes from Franklin Graham.
Heck, maybe they could go on tour together.
“Milo/ Graham- The Most Unnatural Act! Live and Onstage!”
Omnes Omnibus
@??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??: Fine.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: that’s good to hear.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Omnes Omnibus:
That’s good. I know you were going through some issues that you brought up here before. Just wanted to make sure you were okay.
Suzanne
@Mary G:
Maybe if that lazy motherfucker picked himself up by his bootstraps by working at, you know, A JOB, instead of expecting a trophy/paycheck for offering nothing of value, he’d have money to pay his bills.
Pass the popcorn.
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Hugs.
Elizabelle
Australia denied a visa to Proud Boy Gavin McInness. The world is catching on.
Victor Matheson
Can I just point out that The Phantom Tollbooth is the finest piece of literature ever written. True, some people might disagree, but they are wrong.
danielx
@Suzanne:
Perhaps Milo thinks he’s like the Kardashians – people will give him money because he’s famous for being famous, plus being an incredible douche rocket.
Suzanne
@danielx:
I don’t understand the economy. It is beyond my comprehension.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: erk? all OK? Or not? I miss things, sometimes.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: I am quitting drinking. Last drink, last Saturday night.
Major Major Major Major
@Suzanne: another popular way to make money these days is by lighting money on fire a la Uber.
Geoboy
Quick! Does anyone know the symptoms for acute schadenfreude overdose?
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: Oh, my! Congratulations?! I think?
You’re a better man than I am, O2, which is setting the bar so low it’s on the floor, admittedly, but still…
Suzanne
@Major Major Major Major: See, I was brought up to be pretty damn prudent with money, and yet I have a horrifying amount of student debt, and a mortgage, and an ex-husband who doesn’t pay child support. Obviously I am doing it wrong.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: I was starting to feel like I needed to drink rather than wanting to. So that’s that.
Damien
@NotMax:
That was magnificent. Tips of all my hats to you!
The Thin Black Duke
@Omnes Omnibus: Good luck to you.
GxB
@Chip Daniels: Okay, I’m taking the low hanging fruit here: “The Aristocrats!”
danielx
@Suzanne:
Read up on how to be an Instagram star. From what I understand it involves letting strangers observe every aspect of your life, especially those parts where you’re some doing damn fool thing like that Laura Loomer person.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: Good on you for recognizing that and acting on it, then.
Gelfling 545
We ate the same tonight. It’s always been a tradition in my family. My grandmother would on some day in December start the arduous ( and bloody with only a box grater) task of making potato pancakes, the applesauce having been canned earlier in the fall. We occasionally had them at other times but always had them in December. I upheld the tradition and invited the family to dinner. After I’m gone I doubt anyone will continue it because they’re really a pain to make but, just in case, I’m copying out the family recipes for the descendants.
StringOnAStick
@Major Major Major Major: I’m glad to see a rational assessment of Uber. That investment banker putz I had to spend some time with thinks they are “printing money”; I begged to differ but he’s the big shot as far as he’s concerned so on gender alone he was sure he is right. I can’t see what our mutual friends see in that guy; whatever
lollipopguild
@Geoboy: Hysterical laughing along with “Oh my God Yes! Yes! Yes!”
Suzanne
@danielx: My life is not that interesting. To be fair, none of those people’s lives are that interesting, either.
sukabi
@lollipopguild: that sounds slightly climatic.
Ken
@Suzanne: I suspect a large part of the appeal is mockery. Think of web celebrity as the modern equivalent of paying a penny to peer at the inmates in Bedlam.
Cowboy Diva
I’m just that grateful you referenced The Phantom Tollbooth.
ArchTeryx
@Cowboy Diva: Same here! The literary Milo’s a pretty good kid who just got a bad case of ennui – and ended up in a straight up war with the Demons of Ignorance, which he won.
Fucking RL Milo IS a Demon of Ignorance.
The Golux
@Victor Matheson:
It’s a toss-up (or is that a tosspot?) between that and The 13 Clocks.
Lyrebird
@Omnes Omnibus: Go Omnes! Overly earnest commenter rooting for you to do whatever is good for the sanity of you!
Bemused senior
@The Golux: Favorites both! There’s a wonderful radio production of The Thirteen Clocks. Rabbit Ears Radio?
Harry Hamid
Oh wow. The rise and fall, huh?
Dare I say there’s a depth to which even the alt-right won’t lower themselves, and with Milo, they found it?
cwmoss
@NotMax: Also, just flew in from the coast, and boy are my arms, etc.
Sister Golden Bear
@craigie: He’ll have a hard time of it, since he was banned both Paypal and Venmo earlier this year.
https://www.thewrap.com/milo-yiannopoulos-banned-venmo-paypal-anti-semitic-stunt-targeting-jewish-writer/
The benefits of deplatforming…
joel hanes
@Gelfling 545:
I doubt anyone will continue it because they’re really a pain to make
KitchenAide stand mixer with the cone grater attachment eliminates most of the drudgery: instead of grating a cubic foot of vegetables, you have to clean the attachment. That’s a win.
SRW1
Just for information purposes (any Schadenfreude is entirely on the reader), The Guardian says lil’ Milo is at more than $2 million in the doodoo:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/03/milo-yiannopoulos-more-than-2m-in-debt-australian-promoters-documents-show
What’s the demarcation between grifter and fraud artist?
low-tech cyclist
@Victor Matheson:
Back in the day, a grad school friend and I agreed that A Wrinkle In Time and The Phantom Tollbooth were the two best childrens/’young adult’ books ever written. We disagreed on the ordering (he preferred The Phantom Tollbooth, while I continue to favor A Wrinkle In Time), but that was the extent of our disagreement.
low-tech cyclist
Since we’re on the subject of real and fictional Milos, it behooves me to say that Milo Yiannopoulos is nowhere near as talented a grifter as Milo Minderbinder of Catch-22.
karen marie
@Victor Matheson: I am amazed I never read this, or even heard of it. I’ve just looked it up at my local library’s website, and it is apparently quite popular – all copies are checked out!