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A Football Player Who Thinks Women Should Be 'Homemakers,' And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'

Darcy Jimenez
Darcy Jimenez
A Football Player Who Thinks Women Should Be 'Homemakers,' And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
A man in a hammock on a bus has really captured the internet's imagination.
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Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on X from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.



This week, we've got a pathetic reaction to a Black video game character, the viral "bus hammock" guy and Harrison Butker's wildly outdated views on gender roles.


Wednesday

@Mangalawyer

The character: @Mangalawyer, video game player, casual racist

The plot: Ubisoft unveiled the brand new Assassin's Creed game coming out in November, subtitled "Shadows," and the lead protagonists are a samurai and a ninja. The "problem," according to some people (racists), is that the character of Yasuke — a real historical figure who became a samurai in Japan during the late Sengoku period — isn't Japanese, he's Black.

You don't need to know anything else to guess where this nonsense went for some gamers (racists) crying about "historical inaccuracies" (racism poorly disguised as legitimate critique).


The repercussion: It's super easy to find out who is a prejudiced, bigoted a—hole with one simple trick. Not only do they intentionally say the acronym DEI stands for "didn't earn it" when it in fact means "diversity equity and inclusion", but they're concerned about the historical accuracy of a gaming franchise that involves aliens, super powers, ghosts and anachronistic technology. It ultimately doesn't matter what any movie or book or game or show is actually about or who made it, racists will find a way to complain, make it all about them and then attempt to dismiss or boycott "woke" products.


Jared Russo



Sunday

Bus hammock guy

The character: Bus hammock guy, talented actor, sign obeyer

The plot: If you've spent any time on the app formerly known as Twitter this week, you'll have seen a video of a man lying in a hammock inside a city bus. The clip, which sees the man ask the bus driver "where's the no hammock sign?" and refuse to leave the hammock, has gone viral, with one clip shared to X counting almost 100,000 likes at the time of writing.


The repercussion: People couldn't work out whether the bizarre scenario was real or a skit, but it has since emerged that it's the latter. A pair of creators on Facebook, named Lexi and Ocean, have claimed responsibility for the video, saying it was made "for entertainment purposes only."

Though we're admittedly a little disappointed the whole thing turned out to be fake, we're glad everyone got a good laugh out of the video before the boring truth came out.


Darcy Jimenez


Saturday

Harrison Butker

The character: Harrison Butker, football player, recently thawed caveman

The plot: Harrison Butker, kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, recently gave a commencement speech to the 2024 graduating class of Benedictine College. Considering that this school is fairly close to where he plays football, you'd think this would be a joyous occasion focused on success and community. Unfortunately, his speech included some unambiguously retrograde opinions about women and the LGBTQ community in general.

Among the many offensive comments made, Butker said his wife had "one of the most important titles of all: homemaker" and attacked "degenerate cultural values," "dangerous gender ideologies" and "the tyranny of diversity, equity and inclusion." All the classics, really.



The repercussion: While there was immediate, widespread disgust at the blatantly misogynistic and homophobic language he used, there is practically zero chance he'll see any professional ramifications beyond a few uncomfortable conversations. The shunning is saved only for people who kneel, it seems.

@mrs.frazzled Replying to @Abbie Hahn ♬ original sound - frazz
@the.charity.stripe Replying to @Debbie Krieger Ever wonder how the internets new enemeny, Chiefs’ Kicker Harrison Butker, acts at home? Well don’t worry we got you covered • • • • #chiefs #comedyskit #spoof #taylorswift #kansascitychiefs ♬ The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Taylor Swift
@spooky_elder_emo It's like they're the same person 😂 🤣 #whataretwoclipsthatgiveoffthesameenergy #harrisonbutker #handmaidstale #fredwaterford #fy #viral ♬ original sound - 🕷️🕸️Misty Torres🕸️🕷️

Grant Brunner



Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which featured a stupid take on women's basketball teams, Kathy Hochul saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what "computer" means and reactions to RFK Jr.'s brain worm diagnosis.


[Updated 5/17: Copy edited to clarify the different ways the term "DEI" has been portrayed online]

Comments

  1. Harry Setatestes 1 week ago

    Lol! Digg is deleting comments critical to them. Or Brandon is at least. Sad.

  2. Unknown 2 weeks ago

    DEI stands for 'diversity, equity and inclusion'.

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