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May 8, 2018 9:28 PM   Subscribe

@hillarydale:
life update: i recently made a claim that lorde & jack antonoff are 2gether & it's taken me on a strange journey to the Truth, which i present to u in the way i best express myself - powerpoint:
Someone made a PowerPoint to prove Lorde and Jack Antonoff are dating and it's...remarkable

Someone made a PowerPoint trying to prove Jack Antonoff cheated on Lena Dunham with Lorde - "Honestly, the 20-slide presentation is convincing. Spiked with sarcasm, it thoroughly explains the situation even if you come into it with zero background knowledge of these people—not to mention takes you on a wild emotional journey (with cameos from Taylor Swift!) that will completely change how you listen to Lorde’s critically-acclaimed 2017 album Melodrama."
posted by the man of twists and turns (32 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is exactly the kind of thing I imagine is constantly going on in the Situation Room at the Who Weekly Death Star.
posted by flabdablet at 9:52 PM on May 8, 2018 [4 favorites]


I... really liked this and am conviced.
posted by samthemander at 10:14 PM on May 8, 2018 [2 favorites]


First Grimes/Musk and now this.
posted by chrchr at 10:16 PM on May 8, 2018 [4 favorites]


Pure class
posted by Middlemarch at 10:17 PM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]


Grimes/Musk

WHAT

Grimes, no!
posted by Berreggnog at 10:51 PM on May 8, 2018 [17 favorites]


I think this is how Carrie in "Homeland" got her start...?
posted by PhineasGage at 10:51 PM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]


I now ship Lorde and Timothee Chalamet.

DAMNIT
posted by pxe2000 at 3:24 AM on May 9, 2018


I don't see Pepe Silvia mentioned anywhere.
posted by ardgedee at 4:12 AM on May 9, 2018 [2 favorites]


Angie Harmon got into my brain during "Rizzoli & Isles" (5 years ago) and I can't get her out. I ship her, her kids, her dogs, her new boyfriend, her ex-husband, ad infinitum. I wanna dance with her on the beach!
posted by Carol Anne at 4:35 AM on May 9, 2018 [2 favorites]


mindblown.gif
posted by Annika Cicada at 4:57 AM on May 9, 2018


what no clones
posted by grandiloquiet at 6:55 AM on May 9, 2018


My only opinion about this is that using PowerPoint is for something this text-intensive is a bigger sin than whatever is going on in these relationships.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 7:27 AM on May 9, 2018 [7 favorites]


woosh_sample.wav
posted by kleinsteradikaleminderheit at 7:27 AM on May 9, 2018


I LOVED THIS
posted by josher71 at 7:54 AM on May 9, 2018 [2 favorites]


Grimes, no!

Yeah, she broke half the hears on Mastodon last week. Hopefully, we'll get a great breakup album out of it.
posted by suetanvil at 8:02 AM on May 9, 2018 [1 favorite]


Breakup album? I'm banking on Grimes leveraging this Musk thing into her own personal moon base, guarded by henchmen in goth-glam space armor.
posted by Strange Interlude at 8:44 AM on May 9, 2018 [6 favorites]


That was a super compelling read. I don't really feel one way or another about the relationship drama (except from the age difference between her and her first boyfriend Lowe, which is gross), but I appreciate the interesting and detailed interpretation to keep in mind when listening to the album.
posted by like_neon at 9:43 AM on May 9, 2018 [2 favorites]


Grimes/Musk

WHAT

Grimes, no!


At least Grimes/Musk happened right in front of everyone's noses on Twitter unlike this shady shenanigans.
posted by like_neon at 9:46 AM on May 9, 2018 [1 favorite]


My only opinion about this is that using PowerPoint is for something this text-intensive is a bigger sin than whatever is going on in these relationships.

It would be rough as hell in an actual presentation, but it works ok for delivering semi-graphical gossip.
posted by graventy at 10:19 AM on May 9, 2018 [2 favorites]


This reminds me a lot of that US Supreme Court photo with annotations of each of them - I wonder if they were by the same person? That one seems to have been taken down now which has caused much rending of clothes as I should have saved it offline, it was so good.

Anyway, I liked this about seventy times more than I expected to given its subject matter and format, so I've learned many important lessons today.
posted by greenish at 10:20 AM on May 9, 2018 [1 favorite]


Hey Carol Anne....me too me too, you're not alone
Just something about her!!!

Angie Harmon got into my brain during "Rizzoli & Isles" (5 years ago) and I can't get her out. I ship her, her kids, her dogs, her new boyfriend, her ex-husband, ad infinitum. I wanna dance with her on the beach!
posted by GirlsAloudFan at 11:17 AM on May 9, 2018


WE DID IT REDDIT TWITTER
posted by infinitewindow at 11:33 AM on May 9, 2018


Okay, so, I have only looked at the article summarizing the 27 page Powerpoint and not actually read each slide, but what is up with the line saying Lorde is the "Cause of Presidency"?? Like, that is a pretty big jump from homewrecking to nationwrecking?
posted by overglow at 2:13 PM on May 9, 2018


i mean, it’s spelled out clearly in the powerpoint. lorde was working on the album and (eventually) living at jack and lena’s apartment during the same eighteen month period in which lena was working on the clinton campaign. lorde’s interferrence in lena’s life caused her to be distracted from this work, which caused hilary to lose the election. pretty simple tbh.
posted by JimBennett at 3:04 PM on May 9, 2018 [5 favorites]


but what is up with the line saying Lorde is the "Cause of Presidency"??

see above.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 3:04 PM on May 9, 2018


Ooooh, thanks! All those think pieces about the election and no one (until now) has found the true culprit...
posted by overglow at 3:23 PM on May 9, 2018


This was entertaining and I actually deeply understand this impulse. I've never made a PowerPoint presentation for my wild fan theories, but maybe next time ...

I do sometimes get bored and do deep-dives into celebrity "conspiracy theories" such as this (I did spend way too long reading up on Taylor Swift/Karlie Kloss "relationship") and yeah, while I don't know if Lorde and Antonoff are exactly "boyfriend/girlfriend" in the "going steady" sense, they are ... something that goes a bit beyond buddy-buddy friends. And whatever works for them, I guess, if it works for them.
posted by darksong at 4:52 PM on May 9, 2018


i love celebrity conspiracy theories so much, they're fun in a very specific weird internet way that's unexplainable
posted by colorblock sock at 7:13 PM on May 9, 2018 [5 favorites]


At least Grimes/Musk happened right in front of everyone's noses on Twitter unlike this shady shenanigans.

And the award for best Twitter reaction to Grimes/Musk goes to..."Weird Al" Yankovic
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:51 AM on May 10, 2018 [1 favorite]


If AI is inevitable it should at least be Weird.
posted by whuppy at 7:00 AM on May 10, 2018 [1 favorite]


Serifs are always messing with good jokes...
posted by PhineasGage at 8:13 AM on May 10, 2018


This is GREAT!
posted by Ziggy500 at 9:47 AM on May 10, 2018


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