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[–] avoid_the_noid@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Tyson is a weird dude. Has a tattoo of Mao and says he admires him, has read his little red book. Has a tattoo of Che Guevara, read about communism while he was in prison and said he was a Marxist. No idea what we actually took away from any of that or if it played any part in his life aside from "I admire these dudes because they got shit done", but he also never turns down a paycheck. Honestly, no idea what this dude's actual ideals are other than gangster-spongebob

[–] coolusername@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

he does stuff for money basically regardless of his beliefs. he did a charity event for IDF or Israel or whatever and he threw his fight with whatever Paul brother (all fights vs pro or ex pro fighters are fixed btw), both to make money. When accused of throwing the fight Tyson said something like "we are all dust", which basically means it doesn't matter.

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I don't consider myself a Tyson/Paul truther, but yeah, there was a split second there in the first round where he looked like he was going to lay into him. Maybe not Iron Mike style, but some distant metallic cousin, like ruthenium or maybe vanadium, which would still have been more than enough to rock Jake's shit.

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

My first instinct would be to say it's a case of Eldridge Cleaver ("Hardline" Marxist swerving rightward, selling out) but Tyson might earnestly believe this shit (money helps warping minds of course) while still believing he is part of the Real Movement. Which still isn't great.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Ridiculous amounts of money and clocking in at the CTE factory for years probably doesn't help you have a coherent ideology.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I would sell out too tbh. Probably wouldn't rape a woman and beat several otherwomen like him though

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the Bite than Wins.

Mike Tyson

the Bite

Are they joking?

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I thought so, but is this really the angle they want to take for their marketing? "Hey remember when our new spokesman bit a guy's ear off? Make America Healthy Again!"

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

See I think the people who think MAHA is cool, think that shit is cool too. Maybe I'm wrong.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

You're probably right.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mike Tyson himself literally uses this in marketing his THC gummies, they're called Mike Bites and they're in the shape of little ears with a bite taken out of them

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

He joked about it after the Jake Paul "exhibition" "fight" too

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Is the "real food" human flesh? Is this promoting cannibalism?

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

the brain damaged supporting the brain wormed

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago

I saw a CTE ad.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i guess ears are mostly protein yeah

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Was gonna say, that's the first thing to came to mind. Weird choice.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But of iron in the blood too. Why do you think they call him Iron Mike?

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

He could have done Soviet propaganda ads with an elderly Khrushchev where he bites into an ear of corn, but here we are corn-man-khrushxok-og

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

is anyone asking for mike tysons opinion on anything outside of boxing?

[–] fox@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Knowing RFK he actually got that tattoo for real

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

That RFK picture is probably the most cliche dystopian "big brother" image I think I've ever seen done in real life. He looks like he's on a poster in a dystopian society where they control the population with drugs in the food or something.