My god, the dudes here giving tips on researching a public figure’s online activity to Ashley Fucking Feinberg. “All due respect Mr. Hemingway but some adverbs would really jazz up your prose.”
When my wife was starting to have more and more public-facing roles where parents were more likely to google her, she wanted to get a good handle on the search results for her full name.
The first was her master’s thesis. Awesome! That’s a good one.
The second? Some dude’s LiveJournal from the early 2000s in which he complains of unfair casting in the school musical. “Melissa Lastname got the part (that bitch)” instead of his girlfriend, you see.
As someone who is meticulously uncontroversial and always diplomatic by design on public social media, she was horrified.
She actually reached out to the guy on Facebook, explaining why it mattered at all to her (the prominence Google gave it). He was ultra embarrassed and said he would take it down... but he didn’t have the password or access to the email address he used with it. He ended up contacting support to deactivate the blog entirely, and presumably provided some sort of proof because they did in fact delete it.
Ashley- I firmly believe that the Gingrich's would have seen your post by now. What I am curious is how do you imagine the ideal chain of custody leading to them receiving it? Like a grandkid saw it then sent it to their parents? An assistant printed it out in large print and showed them, etc. What would delight you the most?
I have wondered about this a lot! It seems impossible that Cally doesn't meticulously monitor her and Newt's public image, but I also have a hard time imagining her actually reading through however many Google alerts she would get a week? Who knows, but in an ideal world, Cally would be sitting silently behind a large mahogany desk in an almost entirely darkened room when some guy in a suit quietly walks in and places a large stack of papers on her desk. She would then go through the 20 pages of her own instagram photos one by one before setting the whole thing on fire. I don't think this is too much to ask for.
I'd like to wager that the mouth is Kasich's. I'd like to parlay that bet with another one -- that it's hovering over a plate of Cincinnati-style "chili" or some other affront to god. Sorry in advance.
constantly torn between never wanting to have to think about john kasich again and desperately wanting him to be in a position where there are 800 photos of him housing various meats again
Also I spent five minutes of my afternoon lunch hour googling white Republican men’s faces and zooming in on their mouths and then realized I have essentially paid Ashley $50 to give me an assignment that I hate.
All the early social sites for older millenials are gone--your xangas, your myspaces, your friendsters, etc. Even lesser services like photobucket dumped old stuff. If you were over 18 in 2005 and are even remotely savvy about privacy, you've locked down the sites you still use and those sites you don't have all cleared their archives.
Not sure if you use it, Ashley, but Pipl.com used to be a great free search engine for checking usernames or accounts--they dropped free in 2019 but I think you can get a non-enterprise account for some (hopefully small) amount of money.
I just spent the last two hours googling lawmakers and zooming in on their mouths like an absolute weirdo. My research has led me to the conclusion the mouth belongs to either of these 4 men: Romney, Cornyn, Manchin, Jim Jordan. Will update with my final answer later this week.
I humbly request some rules establishing what a “lawmaker” means in the context of this game. Must they be current lawmakers? Former lawmakers? Is the game bipartisan? Is it restricted to federal lawmakers or do state lawmakers/governors count as well? Please help and thank you in advance.
Good point, I'll officially clarify next week, but lawmaker can be a current or former nationally known elected official, and I wouldn't say it's partisan as much as focusing on people I find morally repugnant. Excellent questions and thank you for giving Guess the Mouth the respect and thought it deserves
My god, the dudes here giving tips on researching a public figure’s online activity to Ashley Fucking Feinberg. “All due respect Mr. Hemingway but some adverbs would really jazz up your prose.”
This ryan
No way Gatez didn't have a Xanga.
one of my greatest professional hurdles is the fact that MySpace deleted everything like a coward
When my wife was starting to have more and more public-facing roles where parents were more likely to google her, she wanted to get a good handle on the search results for her full name.
The first was her master’s thesis. Awesome! That’s a good one.
The second? Some dude’s LiveJournal from the early 2000s in which he complains of unfair casting in the school musical. “Melissa Lastname got the part (that bitch)” instead of his girlfriend, you see.
As someone who is meticulously uncontroversial and always diplomatic by design on public social media, she was horrified.
She actually reached out to the guy on Facebook, explaining why it mattered at all to her (the prominence Google gave it). He was ultra embarrassed and said he would take it down... but he didn’t have the password or access to the email address he used with it. He ended up contacting support to deactivate the blog entirely, and presumably provided some sort of proof because they did in fact delete it.
I bet everything was registered under his college email address. I bet he's that kind of person.
Any Nestor content better than this out there that I haven’t seen yet? https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1273778173969182720
Ashley- I firmly believe that the Gingrich's would have seen your post by now. What I am curious is how do you imagine the ideal chain of custody leading to them receiving it? Like a grandkid saw it then sent it to their parents? An assistant printed it out in large print and showed them, etc. What would delight you the most?
I have wondered about this a lot! It seems impossible that Cally doesn't meticulously monitor her and Newt's public image, but I also have a hard time imagining her actually reading through however many Google alerts she would get a week? Who knows, but in an ideal world, Cally would be sitting silently behind a large mahogany desk in an almost entirely darkened room when some guy in a suit quietly walks in and places a large stack of papers on her desk. She would then go through the 20 pages of her own instagram photos one by one before setting the whole thing on fire. I don't think this is too much to ask for.
So basically when Brandt hands the Big Lebowski the ransom note.
You were supposed to let us vote on the way you used revenue!
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547229-matt-gaetz-wants-to-date-your-child-billboard-appears-in-florida
I find it hard to believe that Gaetz didn't have an online presence pre-politics. You just need to figure out what his AIM handle was...
To be clear I will die before I give up and if anyone knows ANYTHING I urge you to email trashberg@substack.com—it takes a village, my friends
I bet his AIM name was something gross like Goochman69 or something. If im right, please credit.
I need to know so much more about Nestor than I know now
I'd like to wager that the mouth is Kasich's. I'd like to parlay that bet with another one -- that it's hovering over a plate of Cincinnati-style "chili" or some other affront to god. Sorry in advance.
constantly torn between never wanting to have to think about john kasich again and desperately wanting him to be in a position where there are 800 photos of him housing various meats again
What a day to learn what a priapism is. Thanks, Ashley!
The mouth has Jim Jordan energy
Also I spent five minutes of my afternoon lunch hour googling white Republican men’s faces and zooming in on their mouths and then realized I have essentially paid Ashley $50 to give me an assignment that I hate.
When do we find out the owner of the mouth?
Next Friday! Guess the Mouth is a marathon, not a sprint.
"When do we find out the owner of the mouth?" is one of the weirdest sentences I have read in my entire life. Only in Trashberg...
Kinda disappointed that the inaugural mouth isn’t Jarod’s crotch...
All the early social sites for older millenials are gone--your xangas, your myspaces, your friendsters, etc. Even lesser services like photobucket dumped old stuff. If you were over 18 in 2005 and are even remotely savvy about privacy, you've locked down the sites you still use and those sites you don't have all cleared their archives.
Not sure if you use it, Ashley, but Pipl.com used to be a great free search engine for checking usernames or accounts--they dropped free in 2019 but I think you can get a non-enterprise account for some (hopefully small) amount of money.
I feel like perhaps this is too easy but is it Newt's mouth?
I just spent the last two hours googling lawmakers and zooming in on their mouths like an absolute weirdo. My research has led me to the conclusion the mouth belongs to either of these 4 men: Romney, Cornyn, Manchin, Jim Jordan. Will update with my final answer later this week.
I humbly request some rules establishing what a “lawmaker” means in the context of this game. Must they be current lawmakers? Former lawmakers? Is the game bipartisan? Is it restricted to federal lawmakers or do state lawmakers/governors count as well? Please help and thank you in advance.
Good point, I'll officially clarify next week, but lawmaker can be a current or former nationally known elected official, and I wouldn't say it's partisan as much as focusing on people I find morally repugnant. Excellent questions and thank you for giving Guess the Mouth the respect and thought it deserves