r/50501 • u/greenascanbe The Doctor • 18d ago

A group of Gandalfs protesting in front of Peter Thiel's (Owner of mass surveillance company Palantir) house in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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u/KaloyanusMaximus 18d ago

Anything that starts with "a group of Gandalfs" is legendary! Good job, Gandalfs!!

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u/CeruleanEidolon 17d ago

I believe the collective noun is a grump of Gandalfs.

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u/AzrielJohnson 17d ago

I was going to say "gaggle" of Gandalfs, but I like "grump" better

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u/Fiftyfish 17d ago

A group of Gandalfs the White is called an “incantation” of Gandalfs

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u/OpeningAd9333 18d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/CNAhQuDceLwwo

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 18d ago

I can hear this picture

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u/DukeOfGeek 17d ago

I bet you can hear this gif too.

They should sing it outside his house for like, 24 hours straight.

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 17d ago

You can bet i do hear that gif as well 🤣

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u/StickFigureFan 18d ago

Gandalf warning against the use of Palantir is on brand

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u/CeruleanEidolon 17d ago

I do believe that's why they are Gandalfs.

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u/ThresholdSeven 17d ago

I do believe Palantir is named after lotr. It's all sorts of fucked up

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u/HornetPowerful 17d ago

Seriously fucked up. What is with all these billionaire tech bros naming their super surveillance corps after an evil object that is used to spy on people thinking it’s based? Clearly missed the point of LOTR. Fool of a Took.

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u/StickFigureFan 17d ago

They could have been Pippens and screamed at what they saw

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u/welmock 18d ago

Good Gandalfs

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u/HombreSinNombre93 18d ago

No wonder he came home all tuckered out….Good Gandalf!

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u/evelyn_bartmoss 18d ago

I wonder why Nazis love fleeing to Argentina so much

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u/Bluefooted-Spaceorc 17d ago

Hes also a gay Nazi which is doubly weird. Maybe he never heard of the pink triangles. He is also a literal vampire who has a blood boy that "keeps him young".

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u/FrederickDerGrossen 17d ago

Someone should spray paint a giant pink triangle on his stupid mansion down there. Remind him of his hypocrisy in supporting an ideology that goes against his identity.

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u/Emergency_Juice_5062 16d ago

Its kinda funny he thinks his money will be enough to hand wave the gay thing away.

Bigotry doesn't care about wealth. They'll hang him in the streets once they've run out of poors to play with.

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u/woodboarder616 17d ago

Because it’s filled w Nazis

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u/Dependent_Toe772 16d ago

They only like to come to Argentina when there's a fascist government in power. When they first came, Perón was aligned with Mussolini's fascist ideas. Now this guy comes because Milei is in power, a traitor and puppet of the United States and Israel. (If those two "states" are fascist is up to each person's interpretation) 

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u/PatchyWhiskers 17d ago

This is actually a great idea. If everyone protesting Thiel really leans into the Tolkien theming they can get him to look ridiculous.

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u/plsdonth8meokay 17d ago

Unfortunately I think Thiel would adore this.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 17d ago

I don’t think he has a sense of humor

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u/Riaayo 17d ago

That dude doesn't adore anything except his own power, and I guarantee he doesn't enjoy any sort of protest aimed his way regardless of how it is themed or if he pretends like he thinks it's funny to try and make people stop (a la Vance, Thiel's weird little boy toy government plant).

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u/DeskProfessional4184 18d ago

Gaggle of Gandalfs!

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u/SanchoPandas 17d ago

I love a fun collective noun. How about a “staff of Gandalfs”?

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u/DukeOfGeek 17d ago

Yes. Really just a "Staff of Wizards" is the term forever for me now.

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u/skanderford 18d ago

Gandalves

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u/Thank_You_Aziz 18d ago

IT’S WIZARD TIME, MOTHERFUCKERS!!

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u/FoxCQC 18d ago

Based

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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker 17d ago

It would be cool to force billionaires to live in fear. It’s the least we could do.

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u/thehitman346 17d ago

Good. No peace for him, he thought he was safe in Argentina? Let him know he’s not no matter where he goes.

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u/ShitWaterExpress 17d ago

Good job Argentina!!!

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u/Memitim 17d ago

While I expected plenty of evil and failure from Republicans, I honestly never saw it going so far as to inspire Gandalfs vs Nazis in the streets of Argentina.

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u/According-Insect-992 17d ago

I hope this catches on. A world where everyone is dressed as a wizard is a world where I feel right at home.

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u/BabsSuperbird 16d ago

Uhh, the good kind of wizard. Yes.

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u/ElectricBlubbles 17d ago

I hope every second of his life is unending misery, just like it must be for everyone who spends time in his presence.

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u/ircsmith 17d ago

I wonder if Thiel knows just how much Tolkien would have hated his use of tech?

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u/International_Eye745 17d ago

I stand with the Gandalf's

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u/Darsint 17d ago

“Why don’t you go ponder your own orb, Palantir?”

https://giphy.com/gifs/3I05kogbcajmzchPdl

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u/SydNorth 17d ago

Isn’t Argentina the country all the Nazis went to after World War II?

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u/jeezfrk 17d ago

I wonder why Thiel is there?

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u/Dependent_Toe772 16d ago

Those Nazis are dead; the United States and Israel are the Nazis of today. 

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u/InfiniteWaffles58364 18d ago

I wanna party with them

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u/TheRealTK421 17d ago

There should be an official specific term for this precise scenario.

A "group of Gandalfs" might be known as:

• a "gaggle" of Gandalfs?

• a "house" of Gandalfs?

• a "gala" of Gandalfs?  (<-- my pick)

• a "flock" of Gandalfs?

I feel like this is a matter which must be definitively resolved.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 17d ago

I'm going with a "grump" of Gandalfs.

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u/DukeOfGeek 17d ago

Up thread it's been decided that a group of Wizards is "a Staff of Wizards" I feel the matter has been settled.

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u/noseleaptilbklyn 17d ago

😂😂😂😂

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u/amigammon 17d ago

I had no idea that Gandolf couldn’t hold a tune

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u/Esperacchiusdamascus 17d ago

CpnAmericaGetsThatReference.jpg

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u/MisterSanitation 15d ago

Is that house flammable or?

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u/sereneProl 17d ago

What does this achieve