To clarify for those out of the loop, Comet Ping Pong, a popular pizza parlor located in DC, was/is the center of a child trafficking/sacrifice/auction conspiracy. Lots of celebrities have eaten there, including big name politicians. There's been lots of "evidence" brought forth to support these claims, including emails between some of the clients of the pizza shop, referencing pizza, and toppings in strange ways that seem like code.
The basement was next door at Bucks Fishing and Camping - although James Alefantis himself did, I guess, slip up and mention a basement in CPP where they store tomatoes!
Important to note that he is in a band called the Pizza Underground parodying songs by the Velvet Underground with pizza-themed song names and lyrics. This predated pizzagate by a lot.
referencing pizza, and toppings in strange ways that seem like code
Can you give examples? None of the emails I saw referred to pizza or toppings in strange ways. They were all just run-of-the-mill stuff like buying pizzas for campaign workers or getting a pizza for lunch.
Yeah, I read the original 4chan post making up "code words" that started the ball rolling. And when you look at Podesta's emails, the references to pizza were clearly about pizza, not children.
Yeah, but even for his humor, that's a pretty bold thing to joke about openly. I wouldn't even want to verbally connect myself to any of that, if I were a celebrity.
Why is it bold? He's just making a joke, and that seems entirely in line with his sense of humour as displayed in the AMA. He also answered a couple of questions with references to his dick and balls.
He wasn't joking about "child murder/rape/sacrifice", he was joking about a ridiculous conspiracy theory. Just because someone jokes about pizzagate does not mean they're making jokes about child abuse.
When you start having to explain jokes to people, they're never going to get them. People have been talking about Culkin and abuse for ages, and pizzagaters also talked about him. He won't have been ignorant of this. So, when someone asked him if there's somewhere that felt like home to him or resonated on a deep level, he made a joking reference to Comet Ping Pong. It's just dry humour. See his answer, in an older AMA, to the question "What will it take to fully expose/overthrow the culture of exploitation in hollywood?" His answer: "The Illuminati/PizzaGate/Kony2012". He's joking.
This is a good example of one of the probelms with pizzagate. A lot of pizzagaters seemed simply unable to recognise humour or to understand basic conversational English, and thus they thought there was something sinister to a joke about eating cheese and playing dominoes.
When you start having to explain jokes to people, they're never going to get them.
No I think if you explain the joke for me, you can help me "get" it
People have been talking about Culkin and abuse for ages, and pizzagaters also talked about him. He won't have been ignorant of this. So, when someone asked him if there's somewhere that felt like home to him or resonated on a deep level, he made a joking reference to Comet Ping Pong.
So Comet Ping Pong reminds him of child sexual abuse?
No, it doesn't. He was joking about a ridiculous made-up story, and joking about it in no way translates into joking about real child abuse. And, anyway, people make jokes about child abuse and other grim topics all the time. Family Guy is awash with child abuse jokes.
You know that joke in Family Guy where Lois says "9... 11" and everyone cheers? It might shock you to know that's not actually Seth MacFarlane making a mockery of the deaths of 3,000 people.
Making a joke about Pizzagate, especially as someone in his position (child celebrity, has a band called Pizza Underground) is... well I won't say expected, but there's literally nothing surprising about it.
Yeah, the media liked to claim that "pizzagate" was about some kind of child sex cult being run out of some basement. That's the perception cultivated and I think everyone would agree that what they've been accused of would be horrible crimes regardless. If that's what people are likely to think of when thinking of that DC pizza place, why make wry references like that? I guess he was being deliberately provacative, but I wonder how he intended people to understand that comment.
Hmmm could it be that the reason that pizza place feels like 'home' is because he's visited that place tons of times as a kid/teenager? Maybe that's where he was groomed as an actor?
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1 wildfireonvenus 2018-05-23
He's another occulist, no child is safe around him.
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
To clarify for those out of the loop, Comet Ping Pong, a popular pizza parlor located in DC, was/is the center of a child trafficking/sacrifice/auction conspiracy. Lots of celebrities have eaten there, including big name politicians. There's been lots of "evidence" brought forth to support these claims, including emails between some of the clients of the pizza shop, referencing pizza, and toppings in strange ways that seem like code.
1 IMA_Catholic 2018-05-23
Don't forget how they violated the laws of physics to make their basement disappear.
1 pixiesbitch 2018-05-23
The basement was next door at Bucks Fishing and Camping - although James Alefantis himself did, I guess, slip up and mention a basement in CPP where they store tomatoes!
1 Correctthereddit 2018-05-23
Important to note that he is in a band called the Pizza Underground parodying songs by the Velvet Underground with pizza-themed song names and lyrics. This predated pizzagate by a lot.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
Can you give examples? None of the emails I saw referred to pizza or toppings in strange ways. They were all just run-of-the-mill stuff like buying pizzas for campaign workers or getting a pizza for lunch.
1 Vaedur 2018-05-23
Now ur lying . We have one slice, how thinly should I slice it.. the issue is “pizza” is more likely drugs than kids
1 AlbanyHockey 2018-05-23
That was sent by someone making a joke about having to pinch pennies.
1 pepsimaxonly 2018-05-23
No you have to start on the basis that "pizza" = "kids" and work back from there.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
Yeah, I read the original 4chan post making up "code words" that started the ball rolling. And when you look at Podesta's emails, the references to pizza were clearly about pizza, not children.
1 wile_e_chicken 2018-05-23
Some interesting discussion in the responses too. I'm surprised they haven't been nuked.
1 WhydoesNASAlie 2018-05-23
Holy shit
1 darkcatwizard 2018-05-23
Macualey has a pretty dry sense of humour. I'd say he's joking.. this sounds like a typical answer of his tbh
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
Yeah, but even for his humor, that's a pretty bold thing to joke about openly. I wouldn't even want to verbally connect myself to any of that, if I were a celebrity.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
Why is it bold? He's just making a joke, and that seems entirely in line with his sense of humour as displayed in the AMA. He also answered a couple of questions with references to his dick and balls.
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
Dick and ball jokes, compared to child murder/rape/sacrifice jokes? One is not like the other.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
He wasn't joking about "child murder/rape/sacrifice", he was joking about a ridiculous conspiracy theory. Just because someone jokes about pizzagate does not mean they're making jokes about child abuse.
1 Lyra_Fairview 2018-05-23
Why does Comet Ping Pong "resonate" with Macaulay Culkin? What exactly is the joke?
1 reeditt 2018-05-23
It doesn't. He's trolling pizzagaters.
1 Lyra_Fairview 2018-05-23
Did he tell you this?
1 reeditt 2018-05-23
Yes.
1 PotatoInRedditsAnus 2018-05-23
This post is the joke. Macaulay is probably sitting at home laughing at it right now.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
When you start having to explain jokes to people, they're never going to get them. People have been talking about Culkin and abuse for ages, and pizzagaters also talked about him. He won't have been ignorant of this. So, when someone asked him if there's somewhere that felt like home to him or resonated on a deep level, he made a joking reference to Comet Ping Pong. It's just dry humour. See his answer, in an older AMA, to the question "What will it take to fully expose/overthrow the culture of exploitation in hollywood?" His answer: "The Illuminati/PizzaGate/Kony2012". He's joking.
This is a good example of one of the probelms with pizzagate. A lot of pizzagaters seemed simply unable to recognise humour or to understand basic conversational English, and thus they thought there was something sinister to a joke about eating cheese and playing dominoes.
1 Lyra_Fairview 2018-05-23
No I think if you explain the joke for me, you can help me "get" it
So Comet Ping Pong reminds him of child sexual abuse?
What's the joke here?
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
It kinda does.
1 jim653 2018-05-23
No, it doesn't. He was joking about a ridiculous made-up story, and joking about it in no way translates into joking about real child abuse. And, anyway, people make jokes about child abuse and other grim topics all the time. Family Guy is awash with child abuse jokes.
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
It kinda does though.
1 Tranchera 2018-05-23
You know that joke in Family Guy where Lois says "9... 11" and everyone cheers? It might shock you to know that's not actually Seth MacFarlane making a mockery of the deaths of 3,000 people.
Making a joke about Pizzagate, especially as someone in his position (child celebrity, has a band called Pizza Underground) is... well I won't say expected, but there's literally nothing surprising about it.
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
Try thinking outside the box next time.
1 Afrobean 2018-05-23
Yeah, the media liked to claim that "pizzagate" was about some kind of child sex cult being run out of some basement. That's the perception cultivated and I think everyone would agree that what they've been accused of would be horrible crimes regardless. If that's what people are likely to think of when thinking of that DC pizza place, why make wry references like that? I guess he was being deliberately provacative, but I wonder how he intended people to understand that comment.
1 CarolinGallego 2018-05-23
He's obviously making fun of the pizzagate idiots, which is something most people are in support of.
1 Squirrelboy85 2018-05-23
He did mention something eerily similar in the last ama a few months back.
1 LOST1992 2018-05-23
Hmmm could it be that the reason that pizza place feels like 'home' is because he's visited that place tons of times as a kid/teenager? Maybe that's where he was groomed as an actor?
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
Could be. It's such a specific, but vague answer it has to be intentional reference imo. Who feels at home at a pizza place anyways?
1 LOST1992 2018-05-23
exactly. And it's not like he lives in D.C.
1 AlbanyHockey 2018-05-23
Someone in a band called Pizza Underground, who makes real songs and makes them about pizza.
1 morkman100 2018-05-23
CPP was founded in 2006 when Culkin would be 25-26.
1 CarolinGallego 2018-05-23
Good lord, he is so obviously making fun of people just like you.
1 theawesomethatis 2018-05-23
He's going to end like peewee somehow.
bet.
1 lucky2014 2018-05-23
What kind of country do we live in where a man can't go to an adult movie theater in privacy?!
1 Lyra_Fairview 2018-05-23
"The Pizza Underground"
1 RedditAccount2416 2018-05-23
He's aware of the whole pizzagate thing, it's been spammed at him a ton because of his band "The Pizza Underground". Pretty sure it's a joke.
1 Afrobean 2018-05-23
Obviously it's a joke. Who would "feel at home" at a distant pizzaria? The weird thing is that he would make that kind of a joke.
1 bowies_dead 2018-05-23
Wow, this goes higher than I thought!
1 RedditAccount2416 2018-05-23
He was making jokes about his genitals for the whole AMA.
1 TheFlyingOx 2018-05-23
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
Wow, this comment is great.
1 sn0wdays 2018-05-23
It was a direct reference and also an OBVIOUS joke. Are you serious?
1 RemixxMG 2018-05-23
Lmfao people on this sub cant even entertain ideas anymore.
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
It was so obvious.
1 sn0wdays 2018-05-23
Yeah, it was. Do you struggle with reading comprehension or something?
1 AlbanyHockey 2018-05-23
Pizzagate in a nutshell. Taking thousands of emails, attributing malice and fake code words and you'll find a treasure trove of "evidence"
1 ipizi 2018-05-23
I don't think so. I'll ask a doctor and let you know.
1 I_am_Torok 2018-05-23
Me thinks Macaulay is trolling.
1 wile_e_chicken 2018-05-23
Highlights:
https://np.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8llrif/i_am_macaulay_culkin_this_is_the_2nd_most/dzgmufn
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8llrif/i_am_macaulay_culkin_this_is_the_2nd_most/dzgn4l1
Archive just in case: http://archive.li/HiuHY
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1 AlbanyHockey 2018-05-23
Someone in a band called Pizza Underground, who makes real songs and makes them about pizza.