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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think baiting rednecks into donating money to social programs so they can performatively destroy a fake guitar might be my favorite genre.

Even if it WAS authentic: absolutely worth it.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 month ago

"Win this guitar signed by Barack Obama!" Raffle it in Texas.

In tiny print at the bottom of the ad: "all proceeds go to Planned Parenthood".

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I mean, the dude owned it fair and square. Destroying it hurts no one but himself.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 month ago

Performative idiocy is this most contemptible idiocy.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I don't think you can call it a fake, from what I understand the charity has a guitar along with a CD insert signed by Swift. It's actually kind of funnier if he wasn't duped, just not smart why to know what he was bidding on, lol

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

The story was already funny. This is the cherry on top.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

She should offer to sell him as many as he wants to smash.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Does this mean the guy can get his money back? I really want him not to get his money back.