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EXCLUSIVE: 'Humorless Pronoun Robots': Tucker Carlson Gives Corporate America, Zyn 'A Middle Finger' Through Alp Launch
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Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-12-19 19:34:51 UTC
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Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn’s attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.

Carlson announced the launch of his joint project with Turning Point
Brands in September, stating that no nicotine consumer should be “forced
to buy nicotine pouches from soulless, pronoun-loving, politicized
conglomerates that despise them and their culture.” Philip Morris owners
and employees had donated thousands to Vice President Kamala Harris’
campaign through a PAC.

At the official launch party, Carlson recalled receiving a letter from
Zyn’s headquarters after he jokingly mentioned on a podcast with comedian
Theo Von that the nicotine pouch had erection-inducing properties.

“About three weeks later, we get this letter from the General Counsel of
the Zyn Corporation, with like pronouns at the bottom of the page, saying,
’It’s come to our attention here at Zyn World Headquarters you made a non-
substantiated whole thing about our product, and you should know that
there is no medical science supporting the untrue misinformation that it’s
an erectile dysfunction treatment.’ And I thought, ‘You know, I hate you.
I hate you so much,'” Carlson said. (RELATED: Tucker Carlson Repents His
Zyns, Admits He Needs ALP)

“‘I hate you and everyone else who can’t take a joke who’s required by law
not to see humor as a category that has to send me a sold-in letter,'”
Carlson said. “‘I’m joking! I paid you the greatest compliment you could
ever pay a consumer product, and you attacked me for it?’ By the way, it
may even be true. You don’t even know the science. Shut up!”
Carlson went on to thank Von for being a pivotal part in pushing him to
realize he had been ingesting a product that was made by people who hate
him and everything he believes in.

“I realized in that moment, I just want to thank you again, Theo, for
making this revelation possible to me. This works in the best of moments.
That I have been for years putting into my mouth the fruit of like the
worst people in the world who hate me and everything that I believe in and
my family. They hate everything that makes America great and I was
throwing them in my mouth every day,” Carlson said.

“To me it was just like a metaphor for what it’s like to live in this
country that I love so much and want and will never leave — [I] will die
here,” Carlson added. “A country full of great people sort of living under
the tyranny of humorless pronoun robots. I thought, not another dollar.”

American tobacco company Philip Morris International fully acquired
Swedish Match and its subsidiary Zyn in February 2023, after launching a
$16 billion takeover bid for the company and its products in March.
However, it was later revealed that the company, through a PAC, donated a
total of $27,610 to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, $6,700 to the
DNC Services Corporation, and thousands more to additional Democratic
candidates, according to OpenSecrets. The donations to Democrats in 2024,
as reported by OpenSecrets, represent the largest amount given to the
party in recent years.

“All of a sudden, I was filled with this holy rage, and I thought, I want
to make something that I will use myself, that I’m proud of, and this
middle finger extended in the face of the corporate America, the machine
that doesn’t like me or my values, or American values. I can’t change the
world, but I can certainly change the nicotine pouch they use. We’re going
to,” Carlson said.

“I’m going to sell this with a pure heart, because I mean it,” Carlson
said. “I’m honestly going to say, not only is it more righteous than Zyn,
because it’s not owned by some company that hates me, and can’t take a
joke and it’s sending me letters about erectile dysfunction, oh shut up.
But it’s better.”

In attendance to celebrate Carlson and Turning Point Brands launch were
celebrities and singers John Rich, Kenny Shepard and Mel Gibson, with
other political figures like Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene of Georgia and former Republican Washington representative
candidate Joe Kent of Washington state.

Supporters told DCNF how Carlson backing ALP’s was an exciting venture for
conservatives and a way for supporters to have an alternative option with
values that they also believed in.

“I think ALPs is really going to give Zyn a run for their money and
definitely take over the marketplace after this,” Greene said.

“ALP is a true American company genuinely built with a stiff spine and a
pure heart,” Kent and his wife Heather told DCNF.
Prior to the open sales of ALP, the nicotine product was already poised to
“upend” the industry, with more than 86% of Americans using nicotine
pouches saying they’ll likely to switch to ALP, according to a survey by
online nicotine retailer, Nicokick.
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Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-12-19 19:43:01 UTC
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[a load of claptracp, especially his sigfile]

A new candidate for my killfile.
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lar3ryca
2024-12-19 22:53:14 UTC
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[a load of claptracp, especially his sigfile]
A new candidate for my killfile.
Indeed, but don't forget the "ignore subthread' (if your newsreader
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Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-12-20 07:57:06 UTC
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[a load of claptracp, especially his sigfile]
A new candidate for my killfile.
Indeed, but don't forget the "ignore subthread' (if your newsreader
supports it.
Alas, no.
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occam
2024-12-20 09:59:48 UTC
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[a load of claptracp, especially his sigfile]
A new candidate for my killfile.
Indeed, but don't forget the "ignore subthread' (if your newsreader
supports it.
I would not have seen Athel's post (or yours) if I had also ignored
"subthread". Even the shittiest posts can sometimes have good
side-effects.
Peter Moylan
2024-12-20 00:18:57 UTC
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Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn’s attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.
Carlson announced the launch of his joint project
Another bunch of crap from a known pest, but for once it does raise a
language question.

What is a nicotine pouch? Is this a pouch where you store your nicotine
patches? And perhaps also your joints, if it's a joint project?
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Tony Cooper
2024-12-20 01:57:00 UTC
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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn’s attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.
Carlson announced the launch of his joint project
Another bunch of crap from a known pest, but for once it does raise a
language question.
What is a nicotine pouch? Is this a pouch where you store your nicotine
patches? And perhaps also your joints, if it's a joint project?
No, it's a small dissolvable pouch containing a nicotine product that
is inserted in the mouth. It's similar to chewing tobacco, but not
taken loose.
Paul Carmichael
2024-12-20 08:13:25 UTC
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Another bunch of crap
Until today, I thought that construction was strictly AmE. Or am I
missing some irony?
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Hibou
2024-12-20 08:35:32 UTC
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Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn’s attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.
What inept writing!
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Post by Peter Moylan
Another bunch of crap
Until today, I thought that construction was strictly AmE. Or am I
missing some irony?
I can't imagine what it's supposed to mean. A bunch of daisies, yes. A
heap of crap, yes. But a bunch of crap? Would that be a handful of
jobbies [Scotticism]?
Steve Hayes
2024-12-21 05:00:42 UTC
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I can't imagine what it's supposed to mean. A bunch of daisies, yes. A
heap of crap, yes. But a bunch of crap? Would that be a handful of
jobbies [Scotticism]?
A posy of turds?
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Hibou
2024-12-21 06:12:45 UTC
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Post by Hibou
I can't imagine what it's supposed to mean. A bunch of daisies, yes. A
heap of crap, yes. But a bunch of crap? Would that be a handful of
jobbies [Scotticism]?
A posy of turds?
Very good! Don't "Say it with flowers"; say it with faeces!

Google...

<https://www.creativereview.co.uk/say-it-with-flowers/> :

"Say It With Flowers is generally attributed to one Major Patrick
O'Keefe. The story goes that, in 1917, O'Keefe, a Boston adman, was
having a drink in a bar with Henry Penn, a former president of the
Society of American Florists. [...]"
Hibou
2024-12-21 06:17:57 UTC
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Post by Hibou
I can't imagine what it's supposed to mean. A bunch of daisies, yes. A
heap of crap, yes. But a bunch of crap? Would that be a handful of
jobbies [Scotticism]?
A posy of turds?
Very good! Don't "Say it with flowers"; say it with faeces!
Google...
"Say It With Flowers is generally attributed to one Major Patrick
O'Keefe. The story goes that, in 1917, O'Keefe, a Boston adman, was
having a drink in a bar with Henry Penn, a former president of the
Society of American Florists. [...]"
"At the time Penn's point was almost literally true. Floriography - the
language of flowers – had gained popularity during the Victorian era to
the extent that it had become a complex means of coded communications.
Using particular blooms or even just their scents, Victorians were able
to convey emotions that the strictures of the time made impossible to
speak about openly. Thus, if a man sent the target of his affections a
red chrysanthemum (meaning 'I love you') he would be hoping to receive
in return perhaps a Jerusalem Oak ('Your love is reciprocated') and not
a striped carnation (a symbol of refusal). [...]"
Aidan Kehoe
2024-12-21 09:12:32 UTC
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[...] "At the time Penn's point was almost literally true. Floriography -
the language of flowers – had gained popularity during the Victorian era to
the extent that it had become a complex means of coded communications. Using
particular blooms or even just their scents, Victorians were able to convey
emotions that the strictures of the time made impossible to speak about
openly. Thus, if a man sent the target of his affections a red chrysanthemum
(meaning 'I love you') he would be hoping to receive in return perhaps a
Jerusalem Oak ('Your love is reciprocated') and not a striped carnation (a
symbol of refusal). [...]"
The chrysanthemums (chrysanthema?) don’t translate particularly well to French,
cf the Jacques Brel song « J’arrive »:

« De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
Nos amitiés sont en partance
De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
La mort potence nos dulcinées [...] »
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lar3ryca
2024-12-21 17:42:00 UTC
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:35:32 +0000, Hibou
Post by Hibou
I can't imagine what it's supposed to mean. A bunch of daisies, yes. A
heap of crap, yes. But a bunch of crap? Would that be a handful of
jobbies [Scotticism]?
A posy of turds?
Very good! Don't "Say it with flowers"; say it with faeces!
Google...
"Say It With Flowers is generally attributed to one Major Patrick
O'Keefe. The story goes that, in 1917, O'Keefe, a Boston adman, was
having a drink in a bar with Henry Penn, a former president of the
Society of American Florists. [...]"
"At the time Penn's point was almost literally true. Floriography - the
language of flowers – had gained popularity during the Victorian era to
the extent that it had become a complex means of coded communications.
Using particular blooms or even just their scents, Victorians were able
to convey emotions that the strictures of the time made impossible to
speak about openly. Thus, if a man sent the target of his affections a
red chrysanthemum (meaning 'I love you') he would be hoping to receive
in return perhaps a Jerusalem Oak ('Your love is reciprocated') and not
a striped carnation (a symbol of refusal). [...]"
Interesting. I wonder if that was the basis for one Star Trek episode
that featured an alien race that spoke using meanings derived from
situations. I am not going to look up an example, so I'll just make one up.

Athel: "Are you shocked?"
Larry: "When JJ mentioned America without bashing it."
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Peter Moylan
2024-12-20 10:21:38 UTC
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Another bunch of crap
Until today, I thought that construction was strictly AmE. Or am I
missing some irony?
In MyE metaphorical crap is allowed to come in bunches, even if literal
crap can't.

I might equally have written "another load of crap". I reserve "deep
steaming pile" for more extreme cases, though.
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Kerr-Mudd, John
2024-12-20 13:43:12 UTC
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Post by Peter Moylan
Another bunch of crap
Until today, I thought that construction was strictly AmE. Or am I
missing some irony?
Agreed, 'load of crap' is UKE, IME. 'Playing craps' is apparently an
acceptable US pass-time.

PS
Is 'bunching crap' easier than 'herding cats'? EMNTK.
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Tony Cooper
2024-12-20 15:24:46 UTC
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Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
On 20 Dec 2024 08:13:25 GMT
Post by Paul Carmichael
Post by Peter Moylan
Another bunch of crap
Until today, I thought that construction was strictly AmE. Or am I
missing some irony?
Agreed, 'load of crap' is UKE, IME. 'Playing craps' is apparently an
acceptable US pass-time.
While "playing craps" could be used, it's usually "shooting craps".

"Craps" is always with the "s" when dice are used. In other usages,
one can "crap out", though.
Aidan Kehoe
2024-12-20 12:46:32 UTC
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[...] What is a nicotine pouch? Is this a pouch where you store your
nicotine patches? And perhaps also your joints, if it's a joint project?
Snus analogues, usually not in dissolvable pouches, contra Tony. Nicotine is
absorbed from the buccal mucosa in a way less likely to give cardiovascular and
neoplastic problems, without the current social opprobrium of smoking. (Snus is
a longstanding Scandinavian way of using tobacco in this way; non-Scandinavian
preparations usually don’t contain tobacco.)
--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
Steve Hayes
2024-12-20 09:07:23 UTC
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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/14/tucker-carlson-corporate-america-rival-
product-alp/
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn? attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.
Any reason for calling it a nicotine pouch rather than a tobabbo
pouch?

I'm assuming that's why it was posted to aue.
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Tony Cooper
2024-12-20 13:49:04 UTC
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:34:51 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro"
Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/14/tucker-carlson-corporate-america-rival-
product-alp/
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson was joined by
friends and supporters Thursday evening outside of Nashville, Tennessee at
the launch of his new nicotine pouch line, ALP, where he explained how
Zyn? attack on him led to the creation of his rival product.
Any reason for calling it a nicotine pouch rather than a tobabbo
pouch?
Because they do not contain tobacco. That's a "feature", according to
the makers.
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I'm assuming that's why it was posted to aue.
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