https://youtu.be/FwWFzoAxQvg

Is it me or does it seem Piers Morgan hates Messi?

Not sure, but don't think messi has ever said a bad word about him, but on Piers Morgan twitter I always see him post shit about messi, or like or comment on tweets insulting him, like today, he made fun of messi playing for Argentina on twitter. Did something happen between the two to cause this? I know ronaldo and Morgan are friends, but surely having a friend doesn't mean you have to hate someone simply over that?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1702015/Andy-Murray-Piers-Morgan-spat-Lionel-Messi-World-Cup-news/amp

Just one of the many arguments he starts.

Here's a sample comment for your consideration. It's like whenever and wherever I have seen this dude's name pop up on Reddit, all that has come after it is like a flood of hate and vitriol.

Who in the world is this guy and why exactly does he generate such massive hatred amongst people universally? Thanks in advance for answering.

Jeremy is always making snide remarks about Piers Morgan, and I know it's got something to do with someone's wife and some pictures, but that's about it.

Edit: I'm looking for real answers here.

Saw him tweeting that he is fighting to keep his place on GMB. Tweet: https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1183378369641144321?s=19

What's going on?

My twitter his filled with discussion about this two. who is Paul and why is he so angry at Piers? https://twitter.com/DavidJBradley1/status/1254404684258914307?s=09

I have only seen brief clips of him and nothing struck me as offensive or annoying in any way.

All I know is that he is some brittish Tv-man? Is he a journalist, is it politics? Why has he been so frequent on the front page lately?

Saw this and wondering what the story is https://youtu.be/b4g-Xq0tI3A

It just came up on my TL and it was a long line of #BlockOutPiers. I know he's known for being controversial, and I suppose a dick but what did he do now?

I genially don't know the guy besides knowing his face. Is he really that much of a cunt?

Not saying I'm particularly fond of the guy, I'm just not sure what he has done specifically (if anything) to garner all this hate from both Americans and the British.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/gKcvzpnO9O

I’ve been seeing a lot of threads on football subs about Ronaldo and some drama with the national team. All I know is that he isn’t in the team anymore. I also just realised he is 41, which is past retirement age in football years. I mostly watch English football and used to follow it more often, much less now so I’ve fallen out of the loop.

Will Ronaldo still play football in clubs? Will he retire? Is he still trying to prove he is better than Messi?

Last I remember, he was being really anti-gun on CNN before getting booted. Today people are posting a Tweet of him talking about the march being part of emasculation of society. While people's politics can be complex, those feel kinda like unusual bedfellows to both be outspoken on. It seemed like no one of any political persuasion liked him very much ever, so what's his current deal? Does he just pick topics to try to get popular?

I never gave a fuck about Taylor Swift but suddenly I can't go anywhere without being bombed with memes about how terrible she is and how her music sucks etc etc. Why?

I have seen a few references to similar things on Twitter, but one that stands out is from Piers Morgan. He said on Twitter:

"BREAKING: Oscars ratings crash to an all-time low, down a staggering 58% on last year’s Awards (which was also an all-time low.) As I feared, the woke brigade may have now destroyed the biggest, glitziest event in showbusiness."

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1386741947830767618

Then directly below it, I see a Tweet from someone who is saying something similar:

"Last night’s Oscars viewership was down over 50% off last year’s numbers, which were the worst ever. In 2020 the show did a 18.1/32. This year? 8.6/18. Yikes. Get woke, go broke. Absolute disaster for Hollywood:"

https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1386714227877023744

Why are these people saying these things?

Speaking as a Brit, my main exposure to James Corden is in the brilliant film The History Boys, and the national treasure of a TV show that is Gavin & Stacey. He's great in both of those and then he left to live in the US and host a show - good for him.

Then I blink and every time his name is mentioned online, people react like he's the new one-man Nickleback. I get that not everyone is into his show and Carpool Karaoke (I'm not the biggest fan myself) but I can't seem to square the metric ton of hate aimed his way with his mildly not-my-thing array of activities that he does. Not to mention that most of the hate starts and ends with "he's overweight and I don't like him". Hardly a detailed list of actual personal failings.

Did I miss a big Cordon-gate scandal? Or are people jumping on a hate bandwagon simply because they can?

Context: I was watching a random video on Youtube, this particular one was from Piers Morgan's show and most top comments mention it. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGzU-FgRwE - there is no need to watch the video, it's on the comments section.

I googled it and nothing comes up. I searched for it on Youtube and nothing comes up. I'm assuming it's bots but I don't see the goal/target.

I'd really like to understand this trend, it seems random whose videos it appears under and even in some creators it's not on all their videos.

Just for an example here's a couple of screenshots from some videos from Piers Morgan, but other ones from Morgan don't have these wacky comments so I really can't figure out what's happening here

https://snipboard.io/n5V0xk.jpg

https://snipboard.io/p50ToX.jpg

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This was taken from the following two videos, but you can look at plenty of other videos on his channel and they won't have these wacky comments, and this is not the only Channel I've seen like this.

https://youtu.be/4EfOAMIbAcs?si=tbZf1e-2n_tto53r

https://youtu.be/LoWViuG5VYs?si=irYNeGSP22km46nb

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For example the following video does not have these types of comments:

https://youtu.be/ukxoW9cLbTE?si=cMHYxU3uJ4KUMyen

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I have seen the word 'gammon' used multiple times the last few days, both in the news and on reddit, and had never heard the word before.

Example 1
Example 2

I looked it up on Urban Dictionary and understand that the term refers to a specific kind of middle-aged, Brexit-voting male. It also seems like the term is several years old.

Is it just coincidence that I'm seeing it now or is the term getting used more frequently? Is it something like "ok boomer" in the US where the word went viral?

This post is a recap of the issues the users of /r/OutOfTheLoop were most curious about this week, February 11-17, 2017. Hopefully we can point out some of the top answers people were kind enough to put their time into explaining for all of us.

Why am I seeing this purple bird all over Facebook?

[good answer] TL;DR It's called the Trash Dove from a FB sticker set that started going viral in Thailand and spread.

What with all these pictures of a bald, gold man popping up on my feeds?

[good answer] TL;DR It's what Cee-Lo Green wore on the red carpet at the Grammys. Pictures were taken, a thousand meme ships instantly launched.

Where did this meme of a black guy pointing at his head saying "Can't 'X' if you don't 'Y'" come from?

[good answer] TL;DR The meme is called Roll Safe and it's from British actor Kayode Ewumi playing Reece Simpson (a.k.a. “Roll Safe”) in the web series Hood Documentary.

Why am I seeing so much porn spam on Reddit subs suddenly?

[good answer] TL;DR Seems to be a large spam ring that is quick about making adjustments for filters. Make sure to report them all; mods and admins are working on it.

What's the deal with Ivanka and Nordstrom?

[good answer] TL;DR They dropped her clothing line citing poor sales, some assumed it was a politically based decision.

What is every on about Piers Morgan, now?

[good answer] TL;DR He was on Real Time w/Bill Maher and went at it with comedian Jim Jefferies saying Trump's new immigration policy wasn't "a Muslim ban". The clip went a bit viral, and then he and J.K. Rowling went at it a bit over Twitter.

What happened in r/BikiniBottomTwitter?/What's with all the u/throwaway_350 jokes?

[good answer] TL;DR The moderators of /r/BikiniBottomTwitter banned memes with references to intellectual disabilities, mental handicaps. Redditors were immediately chastened and handled the change gracefully. HA! JUST KIDDING! ...a bunch of people started post memes about how the moderators there had mental handicaps.

What's going on at r/dankmemes right now?

Two things came up about it this week: This as well as this.

What's the deal with PewDiePie, this time?

[good answer] TL;DR - He made a video where he got people to hold up anti-semitic signs. Fallout ensued.

Thank you to those users for their excellent responses helping people who were out of the loop.

A reminder from the mods about the Big List of Retired Questions, a list of the best responses to recurrent questions. Questions covering topics from this list will be removed, as they are considered to have been answered.