Ryan Reynolds revels in the dumpster fire that is Elon Musk’s Twitter

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Ryan Reynolds isn’t too shabby at entrepreneurship himself, with his partnerships in Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile, and Wrexham, the soccer club that recently hosted the king and queen of England. He might not have as much money as Elon Musk, but his latest hilarious criticism of the billionaire’s Twitter performance has everyone in stitches.

Twits with suspended accounts were begging Musk to take over the company since he first uttered an interest. Of course, that deal almost fell through when the social media platform’s top people weren’t trying to divulge important information about the legitimacy of their users. Musk’s hand was forced into following through with his promise, and moved into the company’s headquarters in late October. It hasn’t been that long, and yet so many headlines have embraced the absolute mess it has been that Ryan Reynolds can’t help but continue to comment.

Not to be misconstrued that Twitter is fire, which would be a good thing, but that Twitter is a dumpster fire. That means a totally different thing. However, that is how Elon Musk took it and he ran with it in his reply.

Of course, there are fans on both sides of this back-and-forth. In Reynolds’ corner is a flashback to the web comic Gunshow meme where a dog is surrounded by flames.

Also, there is a hilarious play on the dumpster fire theme with Samuel L. Jackson laughing hysterically. Reynolds appears to be quite serious, a method he has mastered to make what’s funny even funnier. He’s not the only one to use deadpan, but at this time, he is the best at it.

While the support goes on and keeps coming for Reynolds, one final example would be this sensitive tweet that a user has to indicate they want to see. It’s confusing why Will Ferrell beating up boxes of food on a grocery store’s shelf would be offensive to a few Twits, but the politically incorrect world Musk has promised his followers isn’t without its flaws.

In the corner for Musk is this Twit pointing out the irony of it all. Where did Reynolds choose to put his humorous criticism? It’s on Twitter. The very company he’s criticizing.

Diehard fans are saying the meltdown is totally on the other side of the aisle. It’s interesting to see the different perspectives when everyone is looking at the same thing. Either Twitter is having a meltdown, or the “establishment” is, which begs the question, who is the establishment?

Then, one Twit throws an entirely different wrench into the discussion. This impressive video makes Elon Musk look like a gigantic wrestler roaring like Hulk. Not really sure what that means. But it’s very creative and flawlessly executed.

While Twitter’s stocks still bouncing up and down, it doesn’t seem like anyone has gone anywhere. Where would they go? Creating another social media platform like Twitter where protestors can all hang out seems fruitless since it will only be them. Will Twitter sustain the fire or burn to the ground? Stay tuned for the next installment of Twitter the Dumpster Fire raging online every day.

‘Vikings: Valhalla’ season 2 trailer promises many adventures and lots of violence for our Viking protagonists

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Every Viking dreams of one day feasting with their forefathers in Valhalla, but for our protagonists in Vikings: Valhalla, that day might be fast approaching despite their young age.

Vikings: Valhalla is officially returning for another run on January 12, 2023, and its latest trailer, as you can see above, promises an adventure quickly spiraling out of control for our trio of lead characters.

Taking place more than a century after the events of the original series on the History channel and later Netflix, Valhalla centers around Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Sigurdsson as they try to make their way in the world in a period of volatility for the Danes and their Christian rulers in the new lands. All three characters have been taken out of real history pages, with Leif Erikson, in particular, standing out as the first European to have set foot in America almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Netflix has also released an official poster, which you can check out below.

Valhalla also explores the end of an era for the Viking way of life, and according to its showrunner Jeb Stuart, the spinoff will end with the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, officially marking the end of the Viking Age. Other historical figures who appear in the story include King Cnut the Great, Olaf Haraldsson, Queen Emma of Normandy, and Godwin of Wessex.

The series received acclaim in its first season, and evidently enough attention to warrant a second season at Netflix. The show may feature none of your beloved characters from the original, but according to the fandom, it does a well enough job of setting up a completely new ensemble. As for how long it’ll run, only time will answer that question for us.

Tiktok signals the fall of Funko Pop as the plastic figures become the new Beanie Babies

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Funko Pop vinyl figurines can be anything anyone wants them to be these days. Not only are there versions of celebrities and favorite characters throughout film and television, but a customer can even have a Funko avatar of themselves. Fun to have and fun to show off, but not fun for investors who are watching the stock plummet as TikTok is signaling its downfall like the fade of the Beanie Baby sensation.

As if Machine Gun Kelly himself summoned this conversation, one Funko fan says “Let’s talk about it.” In a Vox report, these neat little toys have been out since 2011 and that year they sold about 20 million worth of product. They’re not doing so well these days and it reminds people of the rise and fall of Beanie Babies which had a good run in the 90s but found a way to kill its own popularity by the end of the decade.

At one time back in 2018, the price of FNKO was almost $30. Today, it’s below $10 and dropping by the second which gives investors so much reason for concern. This TikTok report is putting everyone on alert, but some followers are just having fun with it because after all it’s a toy and when consumers take toys too seriously, things get ugly.

As one TikToker notes, Funko has a way of going overboard on how many versions of a character they make. If there’s a reason, a second or third version might be worth making. Consumers just don’t need a toy made for every clothing change and look an icon has.

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Making another good point is a fellow TikToker who doesn’t see the need for everything walking or imaginable to be made into a squarehead vinyl figurine. Overkill at its best when a company has something good and shoves it down everyone’s throat rather than let consumers appreciate the rarity of certain items.

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Seeing them on the shelves at stores like TJ Maxx, Ross, and Burlington is TikTok’s biggest Funko fan’s signal that the toy is on a serious downfall that it might not be able to bounce back. As he tours a store and looks at the merchandise on the shelves, he makes a few good points about how they’re treated and displayed. If they’re just haphazardly thrown in a box, the perceived value definitely drops.

This TikToker talks as if she expected this to happen. Not surprised at all, she lists that there are way too many variants and not everything in the world had to be made into a collector’s item. That beats the purpose of being a collector’s item.

In the most recent wrap-up, Funkofinz is back on the topic detailing why the merchandise isn’t selling and he even rates a few of the latest releases. His scores aren’t good and he’s one of their biggest fans.

Buy Funko for the fun of it, but at this time it’s not a good investment. Of course, the bears of investing are like a piranha when stocks fall. They love buying low and selling high. That’s all good, but will Funko ever bounce back?

The ‘We’re just normal men’ meme, explained

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In the amazing world created by netizens, filled with memes being created every single day, at times there are just unexplainable audios or images that pop into our heads from time to time. Whether it be through Tumblr, Twitter, or TikTok, everyone will be creating a meme out of quite literally every single moment in life. Sometimes, those memes may originate from an image or even a simple sound, but at the end of the day, everything will be ‘meme-worthy.’

One of the many trends to have come up in recent years is the clip and audio from CBBC, a British children’s TV channel. In the video, the puppet Hacker T. Dog and co-host Lauren Layfield, hilariously break out in a laughing fit in a blooper that went viral years after it was released on Youtube. Layfield is seen cracking up at her co-star’s hysterical delivery of his line.

The CBBC HQ short blooper dates back to 2016, however, according to Know Your Meme, the video was unearthed in April 2022, leading to the immense amount of videos surfacing with T.Dog’s line, “We’re just normal men. We’re just innocent men.”

After several clips were shared with variations of the bloopers, and a reaction tweet by Layfield herself, the viral clip inspired an overflow of videos that included the mockery of public figures through the use of the audio overlapping the hand-picked clips. The public figures include soccer player Harry Maguire, and U.K. former prime minister, Boris Johnsson.

The trending audio and clip have since taken over Tik Tok, where several users have also been using the increasingly popular 2013 blooper to emulate their daily lives. In a hilarious turn of events, the cast members responsible for the viral clip have also reenacted the viral scene and posted it to the video platform.

The reenactment video has received over three thousand likes and Phil Fletcher, who voiced T. Dog, even wittingly admitted that the viral moment happened solely because he wanted to make Layfield laugh. After all, who doesn’t love a wholesome and comedic duo on and off camera?