i did not imagine he would be a thrice divorced failed musician loner in the floria panhandle. i was way off (i thought it would be two divorces) https://t.co/XO3M8nDkdt
— world famous art thief (@CalmSporting) February 9, 2023
A profile of @catturd2 — a mid-50s Florida man, former rocker, and prolific shitposter — who has become wildly influential on the right, catching the ear of @elonmusk, @TuckerCarlson, and @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ebKaMK6S2u
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) February 9, 2023
As something of an expert in the area, let me warn you: Klee’s Rolling Stone profile is both rambling and overstuffed, leaving no wriggling-monstrosity-covering stone unturned, and including every single linkable datum on its subject. TL, DR: ‘Catturd’ is a (retired?) frontman for “a rock band with an extremely silly, fruit-themed name, which gigged at establishments like Bullwinkle’s Saloon in Tallahassee and Bubba’s Pizza in Panama City Beach”. His ex-wives seem to remember him semi-fondly, even as they describe his abusive behavior. He ‘never bothered’ to have kids, and now he’s living alone in the Florida panhandle with the cats and dogs he rescues. But he’s worked hard, in terms of endless sh*tposting, to get promoted up the interweb notoriety ladder: From Disqus comment sections, to relentlessly reply-guying luminaries like “[Jack] Posobiec and other Trump-loyal influencers — including Bill Mitchell, Dan Bongino, and Candace Owens”, to… The Former Guy, MAGA’s own God-Emperor.
And now, Twitter’s new owner is practically Catturd’s personal customer-service rep!
How much of this dude’s newfound Fame on the Internet is organic, and how much a canny marketing campaign by the Wingnut Wurlitzer on a level with Disney’s promotion of Britney Spears, remains an open question, in my eyes. But it seems to me that Musk genuinely admires Catturd as his own Big Lebowski: a free-spirited guru, beholden to no one, leading a band of devoted followers, getting boned by hot chicks, despised by the powerful and compromised… and he does it all through bathroom humor!
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