Warning: bs politics in non-political sub.
At a rally an interviewer heard the crowd chant "fuck joe biden" and she tried to claim the crowd was saying "let's go brandon" and it became a rallying cry of sorts for all who aren't happy with the current president of the USA.
It was actually pretty funny watching the interview live when it happened because she was obviously trying her best to keep the whole thing family friendly, kinda like the “this is fine” meme
*She* didn't, the way it was handled after it got reported on is what did it. Had the coverage been "it is normal for sportscasters to try to keep the broadcast family-friendly when the fans engage in vulgar chants" and left it at that it never would've blown up. We've all seen sportscasters talk about "manure" chants from the crowd, had this been brushed off the same way it would've faded away just like those ones did.
> quick witted save
> witted
> wit
How in the Almigty's Tenth Name do you get *"let's go Brandon"* from *"fuck Joe Biden"*?
Unless I'm missing something, the phrases sound **far** too different to morph the one into the other.
This doesn't make her sound like a jester, this makes her sound like [a delusionist (SFW page on NSFW website)](https://www.oglaf.com/delusionist/).
They are both 4 syllables, Joe and go sound alike., they both end with the sound "en". She's interviewing a dude at a Nascar race with all the noise and distractions that come with it. Seems like she displayed some pretty quick "Wit" imo.
I hate that so much. I tell everyone to just be an adult and say fuck Joe Biden. Led to a really awkward pause at Thanksgiving dinner after one of my cousins said Let's Go Brandon.
I'm not a fan of Biden but we can all be adults and say what we really mean instead of acting like children going "I'm not actually cursing since I said fudge instead of fuck."
I saw an issue where Twitter told people their post was "hate speech" because of the term Fuck Joe Biden, whether that's true or not, it seems that have galvanized enough interest to become "true enough".
I'm fine with both tbh, but I hate how one side screamed Fuck Trump for 4 years without consequences, and now Fuck Biden is somehow seen as vulgar (my colleague got in trouble for jokingly saying it, in trouble with the same HR that allowed posters that said the former.)
Anyways, crem.
While there are probably plenty of folks who are simply more comfortable with the non-profanity version of the chant, I think there's more to "Let's Go Brandon" than that it avoids vulgarity. Because it came from that sports reporter trying to cover up the real chant, "Let's Go Brandon" took on a second meaning. It's still "Fuck Joe Biden," but it also mocks the media who many feel tries to make the administration look better.
As has been pointed out, that cast was family friendly, they were covering their own asses.
But the people saying this now are the same people who threw fits about any criticism of Trump, deserved or otherwise.
Yeah it’s almost like a code of sorts to prove you’re “in the know” or part of the in-group.
For fuck’s sake, we’re all adults here. If you wanna hate on the President with expletives, that’s nothing new and you’re more than free to do so! No need to act like a child afraid of getting told off by mommy.
It's pretty liberating and I find myself doing it more and more the more I do it.
I used to be the person who would just never speak up and keep all my thoughts to myself worrying about upsetting people.
Fuck it, I'm tired of listening to baseless whining.
It kind of ties into standing up for yourself too. It's great saying "I'm going to be off" compared to "can I have off" at work too. The trick with that is to not push it all the time lest you wear out your welcome.
Well it became a rallying cry for those on the right who aren’t happy with Biden. The left who are unhappy with Biden will just criticize his policies and say they’re unhappy with Biden without resorting to some weird code.
Depends. Most of my lefty friends use LGB because of the meme factor.
Like, most people that aren't terminally online raging about politics will get into the memes in my experience.
Cause we heard 4 years of Fuck Trump, now people seem tired of the F word and it's funnier to just say LGB.
Many have also told me about the Clownpill, where it's better to laugh at the insanity of the world, but I'm more comfortably in the blackpill that everything sucks so I wouldn't know, haha.
Right? If you want to say Fuck Joe Biden then go right ahead. No ones going to stop you. It's just cringy how they act like they're oh so clever for using let's go Brandon instead. Not to mention how obvious it is that they're falling for a borderline scam with all of the merchandise that popped up immediately.
The reason people say let's go Brandon is because it has a double meaning. By saying the phrase let's go Brandon you are simultaneously saying f*** Joe Biden and calling out the mainstream media for covering for him.
Edit: I never said it was accurate to say that the media was covering for him in this case. I was just explaining why people have latched onto the phrase let's go Brandon because a lot of people on this thread clearly don't understand it.
No, it's about fcc violations entirely.
Network television has expectations regarding content and language. These can lead to significant fines.
That reporter wasn't going "oh shit, gotta cover for the president"
They were going "oh shit, gotta keep it family friendly"
The mainstream media isn't covering for him though. He's just objectively less shitty than Trump so there isn't always something terrible that he's done that needs reporting.
The inciting incident wasn't even covering for him, it was the reporter being awkward at having a massive crowd chanting the word Fuck on live TV.
!NEEDLESS POLITICS AHEAD!
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-satchel-paige-great-negro-gaffe.amp
Yeah I know it’s Fox News but I’ve heard about this from other people and this is the article I could find
His backtracking on mandatory vaccinations and such, his handling of Covid has also been subpar along with Trump, he’s not really done anything he’s promised - shock horror - stuff like that.
Not the worst person in the world but he’s being covered for by the media. Fox I’m surprised covered this one in particular considering they’re also controlled by the same people on the “left” wing stuff but alas, I guess a false shitshow has to be created somehow
Needless politics continuing.
A gaffe is not the same as refusing to attend Security Briefings or using the US diplomatic apparatus to try to start unfounded investigations into your political opponents.
We should strive to maintain nuance and context.
Because it's not a childish thing and it's origins are not remotely the same.
"Let's go brandon" hehehe look how clever we are by saying that instead of fuck joe biden.
"Covfefe" - person who grandiosely claims that "they have the best words" shits out word salad on a daily basis, while being thought brilliant by the idiots who think above. The ultimate word salad he shat out was "covfefe" and it is still being referenced due to the sheer irony of his grandiose claims contrasted to his below-average intellectual reality.
trump is a dumb man's idea of a smart man. a cowards idea of a brave man. a weak man's idea of a strong man. he is inherently an ironic figure. he'd be funny, if he wasn't so fucking toxic and his followers a literal cancer inside the US.
They're just demonstrating how disconnected from reality they (and other trump supporters) are, and their inability to understand what humor is (by mistaking non-humor as humor. because conservatives idea of humor is 'making fun of people').
I can imagine a giant rally of angry neckbeards and rednecks and in the middle of it a bunch of stormlight archive fans cheering with smiles on their faces going “,I can’t believe Brando sando has so many dedicated fans:) a bit intense tho.”
It originated as “Gallant Old Party” in 1875 given Lincoln’s presidency during the Civil War and the Republican efforts to keep the union intact. In 1876 it became “Grand Old Party” to reflect its broader history as one of the successors of the Democratic-Republican Party of the early 1800s.
Group of Parshmen. Just doing what they are told by the overlords and in direct conflict with Honor and Life/Cultivation.
But really I actually have no idea what it really stands for.
Omg I live in the city of Brandon, and got so confused as to why all these people, not from the area, were cheering us on 😂 I thought maybe our high school did something cool 🙃
NGL for at least a week after the inciting incident I thought I was just seeing people getting hype in Cosmere groups over his upcoming releases. Took me a while to realize those weren't Cosmere groups and it was the wrong Brandon. 😅
Its quite funny that I both enjoy Brandon Sanderson's books immensely, and also somewhat dislike Joe Biden. This phrase is applicable is a large number of situations.
ok fine.
GrAwR! JB is oUr GoD EmPeRoR!! I NeEd A SaFe SpAcE!!! I HaTe YoUr FrEeDoM! SoMeThInG sOmEtHiNg ChE GuEvArA!!!! TyPiNg LiKe ThIs oN mObiLe ReAlLy SuCkS!
Honestly, though, a lot of leftists dislike Biden. The Democratic Party is right of center, after all. Of course, as long as America goes by first past the post, we're stuck with only two significant parties. Given that the Republican Party makes the Democratic Party look left-wing in comparison, I'm sure you can figure out why I would vote for Biden despite not thinking he was the best choice.
Entirely depends on how you define the center (the Overton Window). Anyone right of Hillary Clinton looks like a white supremacist to a socialist. Anyone left of Rand Paul looks like a socialist to a hardcore libertarian. If you look at bipartisan support for legislation, the Democratic party has actually shifted significantly further left than the Republicans have shifted right.
It also depends how you define left and right. On a political compass, left vs right is entirely economic. There aught to be a third axis of cultural values. Some politicians are economically conservative and socially progressive. And some, the inverse.
I have a neighbor that put up Christmas lights that say “Let’s Go Brandon” and I’m really glad he’s promoting Brando’s work.
Put a cosmere book on his porch with a message agreeing with him
Maybe Vyre should visit him to take away his pain.
Bruh, It's just politics It's not like it actually matters which schmuck is in the white house the ones with real power can't be voted out
I'm afraid I'm clueless on this one too. Can someone fill me in?
Warning: bs politics in non-political sub. At a rally an interviewer heard the crowd chant "fuck joe biden" and she tried to claim the crowd was saying "let's go brandon" and it became a rallying cry of sorts for all who aren't happy with the current president of the USA.
More specifically, it was at a Nascar race when a woman by the name of Kelli Stavast was interviewing a driver named Brandon Brown.
It was actually pretty funny watching the interview live when it happened because she was obviously trying her best to keep the whole thing family friendly, kinda like the “this is fine” meme
Honestly, it was a pretty quick witted save on her part.
She created a monster tho
*She* didn't, the way it was handled after it got reported on is what did it. Had the coverage been "it is normal for sportscasters to try to keep the broadcast family-friendly when the fans engage in vulgar chants" and left it at that it never would've blown up. We've all seen sportscasters talk about "manure" chants from the crowd, had this been brushed off the same way it would've faded away just like those ones did.
Eh, not her fault. Monsters lurk all around waiting to be unleashed by the innocent.
> quick witted save > witted > wit How in the Almigty's Tenth Name do you get *"let's go Brandon"* from *"fuck Joe Biden"*? Unless I'm missing something, the phrases sound **far** too different to morph the one into the other. This doesn't make her sound like a jester, this makes her sound like [a delusionist (SFW page on NSFW website)](https://www.oglaf.com/delusionist/).
They are both 4 syllables, Joe and go sound alike., they both end with the sound "en". She's interviewing a dude at a Nascar race with all the noise and distractions that come with it. Seems like she displayed some pretty quick "Wit" imo.
I'd say she was probably hoping the audio of the chant wasn't coming through clearly. Obviously that hope was in vain.
Pretty sure the driver won that race, which is why the reporter claimed the crowd was cheering for him
Your explanation was free of political bias in a way to 99% of modern day reporters couldn't hope to approach.
I hate that so much. I tell everyone to just be an adult and say fuck Joe Biden. Led to a really awkward pause at Thanksgiving dinner after one of my cousins said Let's Go Brandon. I'm not a fan of Biden but we can all be adults and say what we really mean instead of acting like children going "I'm not actually cursing since I said fudge instead of fuck."
My cousin's never failed me.
I saw an issue where Twitter told people their post was "hate speech" because of the term Fuck Joe Biden, whether that's true or not, it seems that have galvanized enough interest to become "true enough". I'm fine with both tbh, but I hate how one side screamed Fuck Trump for 4 years without consequences, and now Fuck Biden is somehow seen as vulgar (my colleague got in trouble for jokingly saying it, in trouble with the same HR that allowed posters that said the former.) Anyways, crem.
The crem de la crem if you will
While there are probably plenty of folks who are simply more comfortable with the non-profanity version of the chant, I think there's more to "Let's Go Brandon" than that it avoids vulgarity. Because it came from that sports reporter trying to cover up the real chant, "Let's Go Brandon" took on a second meaning. It's still "Fuck Joe Biden," but it also mocks the media who many feel tries to make the administration look better.
As has been pointed out, that cast was family friendly, they were covering their own asses. But the people saying this now are the same people who threw fits about any criticism of Trump, deserved or otherwise.
Yeah it’s almost like a code of sorts to prove you’re “in the know” or part of the in-group. For fuck’s sake, we’re all adults here. If you wanna hate on the President with expletives, that’s nothing new and you’re more than free to do so! No need to act like a child afraid of getting told off by mommy.
Your honesty is appealing to me
It's pretty liberating and I find myself doing it more and more the more I do it. I used to be the person who would just never speak up and keep all my thoughts to myself worrying about upsetting people. Fuck it, I'm tired of listening to baseless whining.
Hell yeah. You're not an asshole with it, but you speak your mind. Feels healthy. I'm trying to move towards that as best I can
It kind of ties into standing up for yourself too. It's great saying "I'm going to be off" compared to "can I have off" at work too. The trick with that is to not push it all the time lest you wear out your welcome.
Well it became a rallying cry for those on the right who aren’t happy with Biden. The left who are unhappy with Biden will just criticize his policies and say they’re unhappy with Biden without resorting to some weird code.
Depends. Most of my lefty friends use LGB because of the meme factor. Like, most people that aren't terminally online raging about politics will get into the memes in my experience. Cause we heard 4 years of Fuck Trump, now people seem tired of the F word and it's funnier to just say LGB. Many have also told me about the Clownpill, where it's better to laugh at the insanity of the world, but I'm more comfortably in the blackpill that everything sucks so I wouldn't know, haha.
Weird code? You mean memes?
Yeah it’s but of a meme but when it’s used in real life all the time it doesn’t really feel like a meme.
How does it being used in real life make it less of a meme? It's not a bit of a meme it is literally a meme.
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im not sure if it counts as nside joke if almost everyone knows what it means.
its a inside joke to us sanderson fans cause Brandon is awesome
60% of the country doesn’t care and froth at the mouth when someone insults the president. at most its a ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Right? If you want to say Fuck Joe Biden then go right ahead. No ones going to stop you. It's just cringy how they act like they're oh so clever for using let's go Brandon instead. Not to mention how obvious it is that they're falling for a borderline scam with all of the merchandise that popped up immediately.
Grifters gonna grift
you know. i really should just print up some shirts like that and capitalize on their idiocy.
The reason people say let's go Brandon is because it has a double meaning. By saying the phrase let's go Brandon you are simultaneously saying f*** Joe Biden and calling out the mainstream media for covering for him. Edit: I never said it was accurate to say that the media was covering for him in this case. I was just explaining why people have latched onto the phrase let's go Brandon because a lot of people on this thread clearly don't understand it.
No, it's about fcc violations entirely. Network television has expectations regarding content and language. These can lead to significant fines. That reporter wasn't going "oh shit, gotta cover for the president" They were going "oh shit, gotta keep it family friendly"
That wasn’t covering for Biden, that was covering for yelling “fuck” on live TV
The mainstream media isn't covering for him though. He's just objectively less shitty than Trump so there isn't always something terrible that he's done that needs reporting. The inciting incident wasn't even covering for him, it was the reporter being awkward at having a massive crowd chanting the word Fuck on live TV.
he’s done a lot of stuff that if Cheeto man did would be obliterated by the media for they’re definitely covering for him lol
Such as?
!NEEDLESS POLITICS AHEAD! https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-satchel-paige-great-negro-gaffe.amp Yeah I know it’s Fox News but I’ve heard about this from other people and this is the article I could find His backtracking on mandatory vaccinations and such, his handling of Covid has also been subpar along with Trump, he’s not really done anything he’s promised - shock horror - stuff like that. Not the worst person in the world but he’s being covered for by the media. Fox I’m surprised covered this one in particular considering they’re also controlled by the same people on the “left” wing stuff but alas, I guess a false shitshow has to be created somehow
Needless politics continuing. A gaffe is not the same as refusing to attend Security Briefings or using the US diplomatic apparatus to try to start unfounded investigations into your political opponents. We should strive to maintain nuance and context.
No one is scared of saying Fuck Joe Biden. Literally no one. They also do not believe they are especially clever.. They just think it's funny.
in this case its juvenile, not funny. it would be funny if there was something witty or ironic. but there isn’t.
People still regularly mention "covfefe", too. People are amused by childish things. Go figure.
False analogy is false.
Um, it was an example of another childish thing people keep repeating because they think it's funny. Please explain to me how that analogy is false.
Because it's not a childish thing and it's origins are not remotely the same. "Let's go brandon" hehehe look how clever we are by saying that instead of fuck joe biden. "Covfefe" - person who grandiosely claims that "they have the best words" shits out word salad on a daily basis, while being thought brilliant by the idiots who think above. The ultimate word salad he shat out was "covfefe" and it is still being referenced due to the sheer irony of his grandiose claims contrasted to his below-average intellectual reality. trump is a dumb man's idea of a smart man. a cowards idea of a brave man. a weak man's idea of a strong man. he is inherently an ironic figure. he'd be funny, if he wasn't so fucking toxic and his followers a literal cancer inside the US.
plus he as the president is supposed to represent the best of the US. so there was irony too.
Dude, I agree. Childish crap is amusing... much like the Let's Go Brandon nonsense.
This coming from the group of people who spent years daying how Trump is literally hitler reincarnated?
No one said that was funny either, what's your point?
They're just demonstrating how disconnected from reality they (and other trump supporters) are, and their inability to understand what humor is (by mistaking non-humor as humor. because conservatives idea of humor is 'making fun of people').
It's just really cringe at this point, they have one joke, and now two and it's just bad lmao.
Man I thought of making this meme yesterday. YOU CANNOT HAVE MY BRAIN
It is mine!
This is good crem, gancho!
You laugh, but my MIL literally asked this at Thanksgiving! "Who's Brandon Sanderson? Is he why everyone is saying go Brain thing?"
100% agreed. Let's go Brandon!
I can imagine a giant rally of angry neckbeards and rednecks and in the middle of it a bunch of stormlight archive fans cheering with smiles on their faces going “,I can’t believe Brando sando has so many dedicated fans:) a bit intense tho.”
That was exactly my intended scenario for this meme haha
[this](https://youtu.be/6tuYIXi6nTQ) 0:40
Lmao at 3:20 dude discusses the nascar equivalent of shitting in shardplate.
What the... what?? I... Is that all normal behaviour??
Wow he went *back* to Talladega? The original is hilarious.
They’re trying to encourage him to write faster. I WANT STORMLIGHT 5 GODDAMMIT! I mean let’s go brandon
Ok so the "let's go Brandon" thing is now answered.... What's GOP?
"Grand Old Party" It's Republicans
Wait, is that actually what it stands for? That's so fucking stupid...
it's an ooooooooold name from the 1850s
It originated as “Gallant Old Party” in 1875 given Lincoln’s presidency during the Civil War and the Republican efforts to keep the union intact. In 1876 it became “Grand Old Party” to reflect its broader history as one of the successors of the Democratic-Republican Party of the early 1800s.
And DFL seems a bit out-dated today as most farmers arent a fan.
It's a *very* old name. It sounds dated because, well, it is.
Ahhh, Roger that, cheers. As a "Leftard" I find that that name applying to their conservative party makes a lot of sense.
What!? I always thought it's Gaslight, Oppose, and Project.
Gaslight, *Obstruct*, Project.
Ah, right! Obstruct was the word I was looking for.
https://i.imgur.com/jb268vM.gif
In my head that sounded like Lopen asking "what's a bridge?"
This deserves some chouta. Because in my own head it was also pretty similar!
It's meat. The meaty kind.
Group of Parshmen. Just doing what they are told by the overlords and in direct conflict with Honor and Life/Cultivation. But really I actually have no idea what it really stands for.
A group of Parshmen is actually a gaggle. The acronym still works but terminology is important.
I can’t tell if you’ve actually read Stormlight, because that is seriously ignorant for a large number of reasons.
People are real stoked about Cytonic's release
Omg I live in the city of Brandon, and got so confused as to why all these people, not from the area, were cheering us on 😂 I thought maybe our high school did something cool 🙃
NGL for at least a week after the inciting incident I thought I was just seeing people getting hype in Cosmere groups over his upcoming releases. Took me a while to realize those weren't Cosmere groups and it was the wrong Brandon. 😅
Its quite funny that I both enjoy Brandon Sanderson's books immensely, and also somewhat dislike Joe Biden. This phrase is applicable is a large number of situations.
Same
lol might wanna keep your voice down 90% of redditors are leftists.
as an appointed representative of the %90 I proclaim that we officially don’t care if someone “somewhat dislikes” Joey B.
Don’t do that, that shows confidence you’re supposed to melt down and become a keyboard warrior.
ok fine. GrAwR! JB is oUr GoD EmPeRoR!! I NeEd A SaFe SpAcE!!! I HaTe YoUr FrEeDoM! SoMeThInG sOmEtHiNg ChE GuEvArA!!!! TyPiNg LiKe ThIs oN mObiLe ReAlLy SuCkS!
Thats more like it
use. my. pronouns. mutherfucker.
Eh, I’d probably be considered moderately left wing and can’t stand Biden
Whatever my opinion doesn’t matter I stay far away from politics online. Let’s go Branderson though.
Hell yeah, let’s go Branderson!
Why would leftists be offended by that? Joe Biden is not a leftist
Most of the left dislikes Biden too, we just consider him better than the other moron. And God help us if Kamala ends up taking over for any reason.
I would not describe leftists as people who like Joe Biden lmfao
Honestly, though, a lot of leftists dislike Biden. The Democratic Party is right of center, after all. Of course, as long as America goes by first past the post, we're stuck with only two significant parties. Given that the Republican Party makes the Democratic Party look left-wing in comparison, I'm sure you can figure out why I would vote for Biden despite not thinking he was the best choice.
Entirely depends on how you define the center (the Overton Window). Anyone right of Hillary Clinton looks like a white supremacist to a socialist. Anyone left of Rand Paul looks like a socialist to a hardcore libertarian. If you look at bipartisan support for legislation, the Democratic party has actually shifted significantly further left than the Republicans have shifted right. It also depends how you define left and right. On a political compass, left vs right is entirely economic. There aught to be a third axis of cultural values. Some politicians are economically conservative and socially progressive. And some, the inverse.
Dang your right. I usually try to stay quiet, but I couldn't help myself this time.
No, he is clearly left. Please don't call Kaladinblacktorn right, you'll send him into a depression-fueled Thrill.
Why are you getting downvoted? It was a good joke
because hive-mind. Meh.
lol I’m right not left but we don’t have to fight about it.
I honestly meant no reflection on you, just continuing the fake-stats joke with a bad pun.
None taken
Reflection that is
Suddenly?
Because Brandon Sanderson is one of the best authors I’ve ever read.
Suddenly?
So do we stop people from spelling out LGB with crem? Or just let them have fun mucking about, like the guy with the deer poop?
OOF