The most curious thing in the whole mess is the revelation that Americans actually think companies should react to this kind of thing. Like the employer would “naturally” and “obviously” have a right to invade employees’ personal life and privacy.
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I wish they would maybe capitalize the proper nouns in this post. On first readings, not knowing Astronomer is the name of a corporation, I thought they were just referring to a CEO that also happened to be an avid stargazer -"What a strange detail to include...".
I had to look it up
I wish they would just leave these poor people alone.. whats that? They are rich? Oh then by all means burn them at the stake.
Sucks that the company is named Astronomer. It's not even space based.
Thank you for clearing this up! I, like I assume many were, was assuming this dude was a scientist.
Such a stupid name for a company.
And they would have likely gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky kisscam.
Might have also gotten away with it if they didn't completely freak out in front of the kiss cam, so everyone started thinking they were cheating and looked into who they were.
This. Entirely this.
If they had just gone "woo hoo we're on the TV thing at a concert! Woohoo" .... Like everyone expected them to, then nobody would have given a shit.
They're just people having fun at a concert.
Meanwhile, they freaked the fuck out, the guys on stage pointed it out, and everyone went full Psycho trying to figure out what was going on. And now they're in the daily dose of Internet.
GG guys. Ĝis poste
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There is only 1 CEO I have seen hit the ground faster than that, I don't think I am beeing too harsh.
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Why do we care about this?
Is anyone involved in this, someone i should know?
The news of it happening doesn't land like the video of it happening does.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMMm-ePtVfU/
It's fucking brutal.
"Coldplay hasn’t made a single in years but today they made two." LOL
Technically they made four.
Oh man, so much worse. What an idiot, if they had just smiled and waved it never would’ve gone viral.
Edit: and also if they had never decided to have an affair they wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place.
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Anyone got a mirror that doesn't require a fucking Instagram account?
Edit: YouTube short but at least it doesn't try to beg for a login: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/xL8gdhw4q5I
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Because it's funny as shit.
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Do I need to know who that is? I tried looking up the name but all I can find is gossipy yelling about the two of them and Coldplay so apparently this seems to be some big deal but in general I don't think it should be the public's concern if someone has an affair (exceptions apply).
Their reactions to being on the big screen, which instigated Chris Martin's live commentary, is what's causing this video to go viral.
The point being if they hadn't had this reaction to getting caught, Chris Martin wouldn't have commented, and the video probably never would've taken off or even been posted outside of someone's private story.
If someone is having an affair, and having an affair in a public place, and the affair is between the CEO and the lead person at the company who knows better than to instigate this type of relationship (the head of HR), then this is a hilarious way to get caught.
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Oh fuck, not not the camera.... fuck fuck fuck
I wonder if they would have gotten away with it if they'd just played it cool.
100%! Imagine you look up on the big screen and you see two fifty year olds swaying to some generic pop music. Nobody would've cared enough to look them up.
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I really hate their friends in the video. They’re all aware their friends are piece of shit cheaters, and they find it funny. “Haha we’re taking part in destroying a woman’s life by helping her husband cheat, hilarious!”
I mean theyre both married. Not sure why you're focusing on just the one piece of shit.
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That's the CEO and CPO, not her friends. She was recently promoted, possibly related to things like this
She's making tens of thousands more per year to be complicit. I've seen people do much worse for much less money
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I don’t get it…
Is he an astronomer? Or is that the name of his company? Seriously, who here had ever even heard of him, or his company prior to this?
Yet somehow this is now major news? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
Excellent point. There's a certain 'sacrificial lamb' vibe to this. With everything going on right now, how is this worth anyone's time?
I'm not the biggest Coldplay fan, so let me extrapolate: if tomorrow we learned Weird Al Yankovic's mother liked to kick puppies that would certainly be odd, definitely not good news. But I'd still think having Trump not releasing the Epstein files is a matter far more worth our attention.
It's news because it's fucking hilarious. The clip is funny even without knowing it's a corporate scandal. But the context makes it even juicier.
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