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Soup tossers, Kanye, and why it's good to be hated now

Soup tossers, Kanye, and why it's good to be hated now

In an attention economy, “they’re talking about what a jerk I am” still registers as a victory.

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Oct 18, 2022
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Putting chicken in boiling water makes chicken soup. So isn't coffee really just roasted bean soup?

No, I’m not stoned. I’ve just got soup on my mind.

It’s because of this: “Climate Activists Throw Soup on Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to Protest Fossil Fuels.”

Climate protesters hold a demonstration as they throw cans of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
“After throwing cans of soup on Vincent van Gogh's ‘Sunflowers,’ two climate activists glued …

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