He still looks pretty good!
Jared Kushner Bombs Axios Interview, Can't Defend Trump's Racism
by Anonymous | reply 191 | June 9, 2019 5:19 AM |
What was he thinking granting this interview? When even the Saudis think you're a lightweight, you're a lightweight.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 3, 2019 12:51 PM |
But he's white, Republican and Ivy League, therefore gates will automatically open for him.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 3, 2019 12:54 PM |
And now Trump will be mad at him for doing the interview
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 3, 2019 12:56 PM |
Shiny face = gay face!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 3, 2019 1:00 PM |
He looks good? I think he looks like a pasty empty vessel.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 3, 2019 1:02 PM |
His brother is better looking.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 3, 2019 1:03 PM |
What a prisspot.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 3, 2019 1:04 PM |
More importantly, what happened to Jonathan Swan? He used such a cutie before he left Australia.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 3, 2019 1:45 PM |
He has punchable face.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 3, 2019 1:50 PM |
Swan has become a porker, yes. And I am no fan of his. But even I have to admit it was a good interview. The full thing is only on HBO though
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 3, 2019 1:55 PM |
Evil Doll Boy.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 3, 2019 2:01 PM |
Lori Loughlin's daughters are as qualified for the Ivy League as Kushner.
Let us remember that Kushner got into the Ivy League by way of his father being so "generous" as to "donate" millions just as Jared was applying to Harvard. I'm sure that was, as a Kushner PR shill recently told Newsweek, just a coincidence.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 3, 2019 2:09 PM |
A lot of people sold their soul to the devil for a few bucks.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 3, 2019 2:17 PM |
You can see great strain on Kushner's face. The Presidential years have not been healthy for him.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 3, 2019 2:21 PM |
r1, Jared does not serve this president. While this is often the case, it is transparently the case with Jared and Ivanka: they want the status of working in the White House, and Ivanka thinks she will be president one day, thanks to Daddy, but they will not forcefully defend Trump or his policies. They are always looking to put a shield between themselves and him, and more specifically between themselves and his base.
Does his base even notice that Trump's top aides -- these two idiots, any many others -- are openly hostile to, and/or uncomfortable with, his platform?
Kushner is a collaborator that thinks he is some sort of savant, dealing with both international and national issues. But the truth is that he wouldn't be near the White House if he wasn't a part of Trump's family. He's a middling dullard and a political lightweight.
Yet, this is no real argument for any type of spine or viewpoint from Jared, other than the fact that he thinks he's giving himself plausible deniability as far as being a Trump aide: he gets the power and prestige, but none of the blame. It's all a cheap facade.
And he looks like Abe's skeleton in all of his suits.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 3, 2019 2:26 PM |
Jared should have gone to Glassboro State (whatever it's called nowadays), not Harvard.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 3, 2019 2:29 PM |
From the short clips I've heard, is Jared purposefully trying to deepen his voice? We all remember the first time he gave a policy speech we all couldn't stop talking about how it sounds like he breathed helium. The voice in the part I heard where he does a Mariah Carey on birtherism is definitely not that voice. So what is his real one?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 3, 2019 2:39 PM |
He looks like a female to male transsexual. Very feminine features.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 3, 2019 2:45 PM |
[quote]We all remember the first time he gave a policy speech we all couldn't stop talking about how it sounds like he breathed helium.
Yeah it was pretty funny . . .
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 3, 2019 2:45 PM |
He looks like a waxen devil doll who just won the penmanship medal and is feeling superior.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 3, 2019 2:52 PM |
John Oliver noted that he always appears as if he has just been reset to the factory default setting
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 3, 2019 2:55 PM |
Yes, he looks like an ugly version of Jude Law's robot in A.I.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 3, 2019 3:00 PM |
Why was his face frozen to a sneer? I'm no fan of Swann but Aussie interviewers are tough. I noticed it in when i was in Australia they do not back down like our sycophantic journalists.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 3, 2019 3:01 PM |
Is his family fortune sill teetering on collapse or have the A-Rabs "rescued" it?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 3, 2019 3:06 PM |
Swann this morning talking about the interview . . .
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 3, 2019 3:07 PM |
Lol some of these descriptions are hilarious.
Still I have always found him handsome. I'm sure it's the dimples
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 3, 2019 3:07 PM |
He does't look like that anymore, R27.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 3, 2019 3:10 PM |
Jared is, I'm telling you, someone taking hormone blockers. He is a pre-op trans woman. The skin, and the voice, give it away.
He never, ever looks like he's shaved. At least not since entering Trump's White House.
I suspect he is part of some right wing sexual underground with Drudge, Roger Stone and Milo.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 3, 2019 3:10 PM |
[quote] He still looks pretty good!
I have always thought Jared was good looking, but he is starting to show age and I have always thought he wouldn't age well. I have a thing for the tall nerdy look but he is going to quickly look like Mr Burns. Then his appearance will match his persona.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 3, 2019 3:11 PM |
Jared *was* a good looking guy, as per r27. He looks lack he has maybe a third of the testosterone that he had then.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 3, 2019 3:11 PM |
Kushner is not a good looking guy.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 3, 2019 3:13 PM |
Is he "aging", R30? Or transitioning? In some ways he looks younger now than he does in older pics.
But he appears plastic, and more and more feminine. It makes him look like he's aging badly, I suppose. He is becoming brittle and sexless looking, because of the side effects of hormone blockers.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 3, 2019 3:15 PM |
This interview aired while Trump was out of the country, so Trump will never see it. Trump will be too busy watching his own coverage while in England.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 3, 2019 3:16 PM |
[quote]He still looks pretty good!
You’re fucking high.
And stupid.
Don’t forget stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 3, 2019 3:16 PM |
R27 He actually looks life-like in that photo.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 3, 2019 3:19 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 3, 2019 3:23 PM |
He serves Israel, not the US. The money he extorts from the gulf states is solely because he has the president's ear. He is a vile creature.
And even his HS was shocked he (and his brother) got into Harvard. Typical, vile, entitled scum who got to fail upward.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 3, 2019 3:24 PM |
He looks repulsive in that interview.
Agree with r14
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 3, 2019 3:32 PM |
He's getting all of the frau facial stuff, chemical peels once a mnth, botox all over, filler. It's overkill and that's why he looks femme. That and the fact that he's 100% little bitch,inside.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 3, 2019 3:33 PM |
The questioning on MBS was also very good and tough
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 3, 2019 3:36 PM |
I agree with R40. I am not an expert on Botox but I think his face looks so smooth and plastic because it’s been immobilized and then skinned like a snake molting.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 3, 2019 3:36 PM |
I doubt he is transitioning to female. As others have noted, he seems to have an addiction to Botox and facial treatments. Maybe he and Terry Dubrow can get in on a 2-for-1 deal.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 3, 2019 3:41 PM |
Botox isn't accustomed to being injected into something even more toxic than itself.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 3, 2019 3:45 PM |
He looks like he need a big dick up his ass.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 3, 2019 3:45 PM |
He looks better in his casual off-time. His DC persona with the carefully coiffed and combed hair is creepy as fuck. I agree on too many facials and Botox.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 3, 2019 3:45 PM |
What kind of "facials"? He looks glazed.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 3, 2019 3:49 PM |
Vampire facials with baby blood prolly. All the cool whores are doing it.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 3, 2019 3:52 PM |
But really it's phenol peels that most celebs do iirc
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 3, 2019 3:55 PM |
Never really looked at the face closely before. He looks like a repressed queen.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 3, 2019 3:58 PM |
What type of Jew is he? He practically beds down with anti Semitic assholes every day.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 3, 2019 3:59 PM |
Trump calls him a girl behind his back.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 3, 2019 4:00 PM |
He looks a lot like my step-niece in this pic. Or any stereotypical ashkenazi frau. Just put a wig on him, he doesn't even need further grooming/feminization.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 3, 2019 4:09 PM |
In the r26 video, Jared appears to have grown duck lips.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 3, 2019 4:09 PM |
Is Swann gay?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 3, 2019 4:13 PM |
Women who have dads with alpha male personalities tend to marry passive beta men, don’t they?
And women who have sex with their fathers too.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 3, 2019 4:16 PM |
He looks FTM.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 3, 2019 4:16 PM |
Waxen alien from another universe.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 3, 2019 4:22 PM |
Fucking pretty boy Apologist. His face looks like Mr. Clean's bald head.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 3, 2019 4:31 PM |
OP= Ivanka
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 3, 2019 4:36 PM |
Classic pathetic DL taste, often a reflection of what many DLers wished they looked like. LOLz. I honestly have never shared this crappy attraction to pasty-white, skinny, hairless, feminine, naked mole-rat-looking (alleged) men. Eugh! 🤢
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 3, 2019 4:45 PM |
He failed massively in the Axios interview. What a little smirking incompetent bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 3, 2019 4:55 PM |
R62, I agree with you but “lolz”? Are you 12 years old?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 3, 2019 4:57 PM |
He actually looks very ugly and creepy. OP was surely jesting.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 3, 2019 5:00 PM |
That photo of him at R53 looks exactly like what you'd get with overdoing the facial treatments and spray-on makeup. You can see the imperfections like ingrown hairs underneath a layer of makeup.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 3, 2019 5:02 PM |
Wow, he looks simply AWFUL in the pic at R53.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | June 3, 2019 5:05 PM |
I'll give the little weasel credit for sitting there and taking his beating over Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudis. I thought he was going to end the interview 2 or 3 times, but he kept going even though you could see that even he was embarrassed by how lame his responses were.
When you buy him he stays bought.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 3, 2019 5:08 PM |
This is what he looks like now. Too many peels, plucked eyebrows, fillers, makeup, and contouring on his nose. Plus he always has that creepy expression, which doesn't help.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | June 3, 2019 5:08 PM |
But he's going to bring peace to the whole Middle East!!!
LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOLLLOL
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 3, 2019 5:16 PM |
Jared serves Bibi. The Holocaust builders in NJ give massive amounts of money to Israel and Bibi has stayed at the Kushner home on visits to the US.
Saudi Arabia wants $ and AirPower more than anything else, so they’ll go along with Jared & Bibi so long as they get weapons deals and sell their oil at a good price.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 3, 2019 5:18 PM |
Jared Kushner IS The Danish Girl!
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 3, 2019 5:24 PM |
Most people avert the fact that Trump has also sided with anti-Semitic groups. Jared is Jewish. And Ivanka converted to Judaism to marry him.
So Trump is openly approving of groups that would destroy his own dear daughter.
I remember Jared and Ivanka were both conspicuously out of sight during the riots in Charlottesville.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 3, 2019 5:24 PM |
He had the kind of head that would look good on a pike.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 3, 2019 5:29 PM |
[quote]But he's going to bring peace to the whole Middle East!!! LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOLLLOL
Like hiring a slaughterhouse to bring peace between a meat-eater and cattle.
He directly funds illegal settlements. Rabid Zionists like him are the reason there is no peace. These foreign assholes (like the imbeciles on DL and Roseanne who whine about "antisemitism" every five seconds in the same breath as being bigoted and racist, supremacists themselves) think they have more right to be on that land than actual indigenous people. Many are not even religious, so they can't even claim some flying spaghetti monster is the reason they have a right to be there. Supremacist, racist shits who can't admit that's precisely what they are.
And those wahhabi dogs only have money to give and that's what they use to hold onto power. They don't represent Arabs or Muslims beyond the gulf states and pathetic leaders. Servile losers.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 3, 2019 5:30 PM |
He looks scared. You can see the fear in his dead eyes.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 3, 2019 5:33 PM |
[quote]Jared Kushner IS The Danish Girl!
Excuse me?
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 3, 2019 5:34 PM |
This is a big flashpoint from the interview. Most of the Israel imperialists go to great lengths to say they aren't restricting Palestine's right to self determination.
This genius Kushner came right out and said Israel is doing that and it's because he doesn't believe Palestinians are able to govern themselves. He said the quiet part out loud.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 3, 2019 5:34 PM |
R80, people like him have the same mindset as Nazis and they can't accept it. Had anyone said all of the shit these assholes get away with saying but about "Jews" then watch the steam come out of the ears of every US media outlet.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 3, 2019 5:37 PM |
He does look good... If your into hermaphrodite looking man.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 3, 2019 5:54 PM |
R15 Both Ivanka and Jared are also pro-choice. I can't stand either one of them and have posted here many times about the fact that they have no business in the White House. But at least these two grifters do not agree with Trump on banning abortion and de-funding Planned Parenthood.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 3, 2019 6:06 PM |
Damien...
by Anonymous | reply 86 | June 3, 2019 6:08 PM |
[quote]But at least these two grifters do not agree with Trump on banning abortion and de-funding Planned Parenthood.
"Um, like it's OK that they go along with everything Trump does and profit from it and extort money and push vile policies without regard for the people affected...at least they pay lip service which is meaningless."
by Anonymous | reply 87 | June 3, 2019 6:11 PM |
turkey baser babies...
.no wonder his father in law pardoned "Peas" &"Carrots" the Thanksgiving turkeys in '18.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | June 3, 2019 6:16 PM |
In a film about a mental healthy asylum form the 70s he'd be cast as the character who murdered his sister and parents when he was seven years old.
When I see his profile I think young Mich McConnell.
Who the fuck finds this guy's looks hot?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | June 3, 2019 6:18 PM |
^from the 70s
by Anonymous | reply 90 | June 3, 2019 6:18 PM |
R89, with wrinkles and thinning hair that could be present-day Sheldon Adelson.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | June 3, 2019 6:27 PM |
It doesn’t matter if they proclaim to be gay-friendly and pro-choice if they stand behind the puppet tyrant and go along with his policies without speaking out. In the end, they don’t care because it won’t affect them personally and their goal is self-enrichment and promotion.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | June 3, 2019 6:32 PM |
I have permanently written off Hugh Jackman after he came out supporting Jared and Ivanka. Fuck that closeted piece of shit who cannot even sing.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | June 3, 2019 6:36 PM |
I agree and wasn't sticking up for them. At all. Sorry my post came across that way.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | June 3, 2019 6:46 PM |
Who seriously think he looks good? He looks like a wax figure that doesn't have genitalia. You know, the perfect husband for a woman who was probably molested by her father.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | June 3, 2019 6:55 PM |
Yikes r89. He looks terrible
by Anonymous | reply 96 | June 3, 2019 6:58 PM |
That picture makes him look like the T in LBGTQ.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | June 3, 2019 7:09 PM |
Duncebrah
by Anonymous | reply 98 | June 3, 2019 8:16 PM |
Jaredinah looks like a wax figure of herself, if there's one, in Madame Tussauds Musuem. And her voice - aaarrrggghhh!
by Anonymous | reply 100 | June 3, 2019 8:28 PM |
Her voice has been known to lead small children to suicide!
by Anonymous | reply 101 | June 3, 2019 8:46 PM |
[quote]He looks like a wax figure that doesn't have genitalia
A wax figure has more brains than this parasitic shit
by Anonymous | reply 102 | June 3, 2019 8:53 PM |
Going my way?
by Anonymous | reply 103 | June 3, 2019 9:26 PM |
He needs some testosterone. He looks like Bruce Jenner before he cut it off.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | June 3, 2019 9:37 PM |
He looks like Mike Bloomberg’s trans child.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | June 3, 2019 9:38 PM |
He has weird alien lady hands.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | June 3, 2019 10:12 PM |
Looking good, OP? You're a strange one.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | June 3, 2019 11:30 PM |
R77 Don't forget, according to the bible Israel must exist in order for the return of Jesus. Another big reason why so many Xtian politicians work so hard to ensure Israel survives and thrives.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | June 4, 2019 12:03 AM |
Kushner says he wasn't there for Trump's birtherism racist campaign. Trump's birtherism campaign was part of Trump's presidential campaign. Kushner worked on Trump's campaign as a senior adviser. So yes, Kushner was there. Another motherfucking liar just like Trump, Melania, Junior and Eric, their wives, girlfriend and and Kushner's piece of shit lying wife, Ivanka.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | June 4, 2019 1:42 AM |
I see a younger version of Sheldon Adelson too.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | June 4, 2019 2:26 AM |
[quote] Is his family fortune sill teetering on collapse or have the A-Rabs "rescued" it?
Yes, either UAE or Qatar bailed his family out. I'll see if I can find it..
by Anonymous | reply 111 | June 4, 2019 2:29 AM |
The post at R112 reminds me of the scene in Casablanca where the Police Chief is shocked, shocked to learn there is gambling in Rick's back room, then he is handed his winnings.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | June 4, 2019 2:56 AM |
"He still looks pretty good!"
Darling, how old are you? I'm just asking because I just had an eye exam and discovered I've started to develop cataracts. Just an age thing.
You may want to check into that.
Also, and this is not a criticism in any way, dear, but have you considered therapy?
by Anonymous | reply 114 | June 4, 2019 3:02 AM |
He looks like Kate Middleton's male twin in r27's pic. He did look hot that night.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | June 4, 2019 3:05 AM |
r70, so when does he come out? Kind of a lot of procedures for a straight man outside of Hollywood.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | June 4, 2019 3:07 AM |
Trump was right about Kushner when he said "What a girl"
by Anonymous | reply 117 | June 4, 2019 3:47 AM |
The Portrait of Dorian Grey. Pure evil. He looks like he'd be mean, manipulative, and vicious. I wonder if he is sadistic with Ivanka? And I wonder if she'd notice?
by Anonymous | reply 119 | June 4, 2019 4:31 AM |
just the creepiest of creepydom ever
by Anonymous | reply 120 | June 4, 2019 4:32 AM |
Repub congress allowed the Trump / Kushner shakedowns. There ought to be a law!
by Anonymous | reply 121 | June 4, 2019 4:44 AM |
I wonder how many gallons of botox he's had shot into his face.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | June 4, 2019 4:54 AM |
I am in no way kidding when I say I believe whole heartedly this guy is undoubtedly a Sociopath, due to the way he wad brought up and the father he had. And Trump cemented it.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | June 4, 2019 5:16 AM |
I think you are right, R123. I remember watching Inside Job, the documentary on the 2008 economic crash, and seeing the old, white guys talking about ruining hundreds of thousand of lives of middle class Americans. They had zero qualms about making business decisions that caused people to lose their homes and their savings. One has to be a sociopath to think that way.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | June 4, 2019 5:23 AM |
When i look at him, I see 'Reek' from Game of Thrones.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | June 4, 2019 5:35 AM |
He claims that the birther business was “a long time ago”. Wasn’t it just 2 years ago? Aren’t they asking Biden about the Anita Hill hearings, and votes he cast in the 70s and 80s?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | June 4, 2019 5:51 AM |
He used to be cute, now he looks like an alien.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | June 4, 2019 5:56 AM |
Hey you assholes complimenting Kushner. Let's get one thing straight: That slimy little motherfucking lying criminal grifter Jared Kushner is not hot. Got that?
by Anonymous | reply 128 | June 4, 2019 6:08 AM |
No, OP, he looks like he's about to shit out of his mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | June 4, 2019 7:39 AM |
She is as nelly as pink curtains!
by Anonymous | reply 130 | June 4, 2019 9:46 AM |
[quote]I wonder how many gallons of botox he's had shot into his face.
Hmm yes we ALL wonder how much "botox" he's had shot into his face.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | June 4, 2019 9:57 AM |
[quote]Repub congress allowed the Trump / Kushner shakedowns. There ought to be a law!
There are laws on the books but the Republicans are ignoring them or pretending they don't exist as long as they get their cut.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | June 4, 2019 11:32 AM |
He looks like something out of an early 80s Bowie video.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | June 4, 2019 12:48 PM |
Is more of the Swan interview available on line? I hope portions like this one are being shown all over the network news.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | June 4, 2019 12:53 PM |
Is he a top or a bottom?
by Anonymous | reply 136 | June 4, 2019 3:32 PM |
He's a moron with a grossly inflated sense of his own value and intelligence.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | June 4, 2019 5:11 PM |
He always looks very gay.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | June 4, 2019 6:32 PM |
Maybe not gay, but certainly FEY.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | June 4, 2019 7:29 PM |
R138 said it perfectly about Kushner. So good it deserves to be posted twice:
"He's a moron with a grossly inflated sense of his own value and intelligence."
I will add: Kushner is also a motherfucking criminal, fraud and grifter.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | June 4, 2019 8:34 PM |
When Kushner is smiling like in R137 and R27, he does look good. When he tries to look serious or intense he looks awful. Like a ghoul
by Anonymous | reply 143 | June 5, 2019 12:15 AM |
Do you think he waxes and bleaches his a-hole?
by Anonymous | reply 144 | June 5, 2019 12:28 AM |
Wealthy, Male American Students Are More Likely to BS, Study Says
Students who are wealthier and male are more likely than others to claim that they know more than they actually do, says a new study.
The study, which reviewed surveys of 40,000 15-year-old students from across nine English-speaking countries, found that boys and people from wealthier families are more likely to be “bullshitters,” which it defines as “individuals who claim knowledge or expertise in an area where they actually have little experience at all.”
The study, which was published by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, looked at survey data attached to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), an assessment which compares students’ academic abilities across countries. The survey asked students how well they understood 16 mathematical concepts, but there was a catch: three of the concepts were made up.
Across all of the nine English-speaking countries, boys and more economically-advantaged students were more likely to exaggerate their knowledge, Nikki Shure, one of the study’s authors and an assistant professor of economics in the Department of Social Science at University College London, tells TIME.
“You’re claiming expertise in things you have absolutely no knowledge of,” says Shure. “You couldn’t. These things don’t exist.”
The countries where students were guilty of the most BS? The U.S. and Canada. Students in the two counties had scores that were .25 and .3 above average on the study’s “bullshit scale.” However, the two counties also had the narrowest gap between boys and girls, with a gap of .25 and .34 between the genders. In England and Ireland, the gap was much wider – .48 and .46 points.
The study also asked students to assess their own personal characteristics. Students who were more likely to BS about their math knowledge were also more likely to say that they are more popular, persevering and have good problem-solving abilities.
Shure says that she is interested in determining whether a person’s ability to BS has a major impact on economic inequality between men and women, and how the ability plays out across socioeconomic lines.
“You can imagine that the people that score high on this bullshit index are good at certain things that might be rewarded,” says Shure. “It might be an interview to get into college. It could be an interview for a job, or an internship. It could be those skills end up helping exacerbate the gap that we observe between people from rich backgrounds and poor backgrounds, and even men and women.”
She argues that learning more about the phenomenon could help employers or colleges to come up with strategies to cut through the BS and determine which students are actually the most capable.
However, Shure says that it’s conceivable that “bullshitters” may have an advantage when it comes to getting ahead: “They clearly have very high opinions of themselves. And that could be associated with becoming leaders in the future.”
by Anonymous | reply 145 | June 5, 2019 12:31 AM |
I don't think there's any doubt that Kushner is currently leading a miserable life, if that makes anyone here feel better. He must be very sorry (if not suicidal) he's stuck in a marriage that constantly brings light and attention to everything that's a failure about him.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | June 5, 2019 12:33 AM |
I agree with R146. There is no worse hell for someone like him than the entire world continuously seeing he is a lightweight and mocking him.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | June 5, 2019 12:36 AM |
I disagree, R146 and R147.
I don't think they (the Kushners) have any self-awareness of how they are perceived outside of their bubble. And I don't think they care.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | June 5, 2019 12:40 AM |
Oh spare me! He's a half-assed cunt and has known it since high school. He knew what hew as getting into with Ivanka. They are both grifting greedy money grabbers - out for themselves and the almighty DOLLAH. Jared went to the White House VERY SPECIFICALLY to grift and save his investments.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | June 5, 2019 12:40 AM |
R138 I thought Trump hired him for his intelligence.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | June 5, 2019 12:44 AM |
R148 I think they know how they are perceived. People forget this but before Trump ran Kushner was a dem donor and NYC socialite. All his friends pre-2016 would be liberals that see him as an empty suit and defender of bigotry
by Anonymous | reply 151 | June 5, 2019 12:46 AM |
So is my husband, R137
by Anonymous | reply 152 | June 5, 2019 12:46 AM |
He looks cute in some pics but not in others. I prefer his brother. However, I feel better with Kushner leading on middle least peace than the growing number of politicians who have aligned themselves with the BDS movement. Didn't he also get credit for leading on prison reform? Getting angry at Kushner seems like a waste of energy to me.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | June 5, 2019 12:58 AM |
Should tell you everything you need to know about TRUMP'S intelligence, r150.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | June 5, 2019 1:07 AM |
[quote] Getting angry at Kushner seems like a waste of energy to me.
Well, that's a new one.
Let's not waste energy on people in the White House who are a national security risk.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | June 5, 2019 1:10 AM |
[quote] I feel better with Kushner leading on middle least peace
This one I like, too.
Words fail me here, however.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | June 5, 2019 1:12 AM |
[quote]Jared went to the White House VERY SPECIFICALLY to grift and save his investments.
I really am scared for the day we find out what they were "really" up to in the White House when they're out of it.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | June 5, 2019 1:14 AM |
Me too r157, me too
by Anonymous | reply 158 | June 5, 2019 1:16 AM |
[quote]However, I feel better with Kushner leading on middle least peace
And why would that be, given his manifest incompetence, not to mention the fact that his most recent proposal in that area is a complete non-starter? What on earth about Kushner's record would make you "feel better" about anything he's involved with?
by Anonymous | reply 159 | June 5, 2019 1:43 AM |
damn he look like such a prissy asshole
by Anonymous | reply 160 | June 5, 2019 1:44 AM |
He reminds me of the accountants at the big firm where I used to work...we called them femme breeders. Always white, Slim, delicate, almost shrewish features. Slightly effeminate mannerisms. But always married with more than one child.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | June 5, 2019 2:32 PM |
And I almost forgot...politically conservative.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | June 5, 2019 2:33 PM |
That’s a lot of baggage to carry around being the uglier, less successful brother.
Look at the difference in their wives.
Jared will always be the loser brother who turned to foreigners for extortion money.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | June 5, 2019 2:41 PM |
He wants to be gentile so bad he will do anything to scrub his ethnic heritage.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | June 5, 2019 2:42 PM |
His brother, Josh, is really cute and supports liberal causes. I saw him at both the Women's March (Jan 2017) and the March for Our Lives (March 2018).
by Anonymous | reply 165 | June 5, 2019 2:44 PM |
He always looks like he just smelled cabbage cooking.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | June 5, 2019 2:56 PM |
Ivanka would never marry a man who would be the type to grab her by her hair and force her face into his crotch.
She only does that with her father.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | June 5, 2019 3:00 PM |
R161 we had those at the big 4 firm I used to work for. They also came in Asian and East Indian varieties. I was a closeted version—except pretty, not shrewish looking, and no kids.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | June 5, 2019 3:29 PM |
Jared Kushner is not a political lightweight, he’s not a political anything. He’s the son in law. He’s not doing a goddamn thing of any value besides provide cover for Ivanka’s relationship with Daddy. He’s a nothing useless moron. For those who think he feels bad about his life, wrong again, his type doesn’t think they do a goddamn thing wrong ever. They stay in the bubble and everyone else is an idiot to them. Ivanka getting booed won’t penetrate the bubble. Cf, Agent Orange saying “I didn’t see protesters” when 75000 people showed up with a statue of him on a toilet. The only way this asshole will learn is when he’s hung upside down with his nuts in his mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | June 5, 2019 10:57 PM |
He may have lived in a protective bubble most of his life but his every move (or lack of a move) is scrutinized now. And he's miserable. His face looks like it's in horrible pain in that Axios interview.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | June 6, 2019 12:42 AM |
Seriously r164? He's orthodox Jew, if he wanted to be gentile so bad the first thing he would probably have done is change his religion.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | June 6, 2019 1:22 AM |
Kushner Is going to look like Mr. Burns in a few years.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | June 6, 2019 3:04 AM |
[quote] Ivanka would never marry a man who would be the type to grab her by her hair and force her face into his crotch. She only does that with her father.
It's a good way to understand Jared's true value: Trump is an irredeemable piece of shit, but compared to Jared he looks good.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | June 8, 2019 2:03 PM |
Dead eyes.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | June 8, 2019 2:09 PM |
This is a straight person???
by Anonymous | reply 175 | June 8, 2019 2:18 PM |
When Jared becomes a woman, R175, "she" will be straight.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | June 8, 2019 2:19 PM |
Quick reminder: Jared supposedly filled out his voting form...by identifying himself as "female". Note that both the conservative and liberal press have buried that story.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | June 8, 2019 2:21 PM |
At OP he looks like shit is about to come out of his mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | June 8, 2019 2:28 PM |
My guess is, to maintain his sanity, he pokes his head out of the FOX bunker every now and then to gauge how his old compadres think he’s doing. Sees the damage (such as this interview) and then quickly retreats into the bubble.
All the time worried about possible term indictments.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | June 8, 2019 3:11 PM |
“post term indictments”
by Anonymous | reply 180 | June 8, 2019 3:12 PM |
This is what Jared really looks like (link). Weren't his grandparents holocaust survivors?
by Anonymous | reply 181 | June 8, 2019 6:29 PM |
That's exactly why I stopped getting botox injections. That shine is impossible to get rid of until your skin can wrinkle again. It is worse in pictures and with bright lights than in person, though. I can't stand the pics of me when I was botoxed. I had that same shiny wax forehead...and to think I paid $500 for it! R27 is clearly before any needles went into the face & he looks so normal. He could've just aged naturally from there.
Based on the r27 pic, he had his undereye hollows filled in too, with the cheeks. Since fillers don't have any "muscle" or integrate into muscle that well, it just looks like a waxy misplaced blob. If people truly have severe fat loss, it can be miraculous. Not the case here though.
Sorry - not trying to turn this into a plastic surgery thread. I am triggered by what I did to my face in the early 30s.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | June 8, 2019 6:54 PM |
Anyway, enough about you R183, what's Jared like in the sack? Anyone had him? I heard he was needy and like the peen at Harvard.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | June 8, 2019 6:59 PM |
That squeaking voice would've turned anyone off.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | June 8, 2019 7:08 PM |
They used to gag him before the gangbang.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | June 8, 2019 7:10 PM |
I too have read he messed with dudes in college but so have tons of people. That's pretty common.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | June 8, 2019 10:45 PM |
Trump calls Kushner a fag behind his back.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | June 8, 2019 10:51 PM |
Like R93 I have been completely turned off Hugh Jackman for his close friendship with Jared and Ivanka. Just feel a sense of repulsion when I see a photo of Jackman.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | June 9, 2019 4:24 AM |
Glad I've never been that much of a Jackman fan. The Kushner connection would be a real downer. And, yes, I know that the artist and his work are two separate things, still...
by Anonymous | reply 190 | June 9, 2019 4:39 AM |
World’s most punchable face.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | June 9, 2019 5:19 AM |