{"id":51060,"date":"2022-07-31T21:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T21:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=51060"},"modified":"2022-07-31T21:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T21:44:47","slug":"comfortably-smug-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter","title":{"rendered":"Comfortably Smug on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8cab5d58c9\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8cab5d58c9\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8cab5d58c9\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Comfortably_Smug_on_Twitter\" title=\"Comfortably Smug on Twitter\">Comfortably Smug on Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Shashank_Tripathi\" title=\"Shashank Tripathi\">Shashank Tripathi<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Mitt_Romney_supporter\" title=\"Mitt Romney supporter\">Mitt Romney supporter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Hedge_fund_analyst\" title=\"Hedge fund analyst\">Hedge fund analyst<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Conservative_political_consultant\" title=\"Conservative political consultant\">Conservative political consultant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/comfortably-smug-on-twitter\/#Sex-diarist\" title=\"Sex-diarist\">Sex-diarist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comfortably_Smug_on_Twitter\"><\/span>Comfortably Smug on Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pvrXiHf.jpg\" alt=\"who is comfortably smug twitter\" align=\"left\" style=\"max-height:387px; max-width:41% height:auto; margin:0px 10px; width:auto;\"> <\/p>\n<p>During Hurricane Sandy, one Twitter user, @comfortablysmug, spread a variety of false information on Twitter and on news broadcasts. The false information was quickly refuted by sources from Con Ed, the MTA, and Wall Street. Is this person a dangerous person? Read on to learn more. But be careful! Here are some red flags to watch for. Follow these people and report any false information to the authorities.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shashank_Tripathi\"><\/span>Shashank Tripathi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Twitter account of conservative blogger Shashank Tripathi, aka Comfortably Smug, has been silent for two days. Tripathi, who has been a prominent troll on the platform for years, is regularly seen in Donald Trump Jr.&#8217;s feed and occasionally on Fox News. Trump insiders have been watching Tripathi for years. It&#8217;s hard not to be interested in his latest escapades.<\/p>\n<p>The New Yorker&#8217;s &#8220;Sex Diary&#8221; was a favorite of ComfortablySmug. He described having sex on the phone in the bathroom, taking pills, and having phone sex with his ex. In a 2009 interview with The New Yorker, ComfortablySmug explained that he was using the pseudonym to cover his tracks and avoid being named as &#8220;Comfortable&#8221;. The New Yorker questioned Tripathi&#8217;s anonymity, asking how he could write so many comments and still have time to do so.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mitt_Romney_supporter\"><\/span>Mitt Romney supporter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Mitt Romney supporter is smug on Twitter. But he&#8217;s not the only one. The ad campaign is making a fool of himself too, with ads targeting women, black people, and Latinos. The same ad campaign is smug on Twitter, too. This Mitt Romney supporter is on Twitter as @comfortablysmug.<\/p>\n<p>Tripathi&#8217;s brand is different from the other trolls on the platform. Although he&#8217;s self-described as an altcenter conservative, his posts rarely venture into the murky depths of the alt-right reactionaries. The alt-right is a loosely organized collection of conservatives and white nationalists, although Smug has stayed away from open racism.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hedge_fund_analyst\"><\/span>Hedge fund analyst<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Hedge Fund Analyst Comfortably Smug was recently outed for tweeting a shady news story. The report claimed that a building at the NYSE in New York City had been flooded and the Con Edison company&#8217;s employees were trapped in a power station. The story went viral on Twitter and CNN quickly picked up on the rumor, re-tweeting it for hours. Later, CNN apologized for circulating the false report and the official NYSE Twitter account refuted the claim. ComfortablySmug&#8217;s false reports spread across Twitter rapidly, with some of his tweets being re-tweeted over 600 times. Despite his apology, the stories he posted on Twitter have continued to rile up many in the media, and there is also an actual person by the same name with the same twitter handle<\/p>\n<p>Shashank Tripathi, a hedge fund analyst and campaign manager for Republican Christopher R. Wight, has been suspended from his position as campaign manager. The former candidate for New York&#8217;s 12th Congressional District was criticized for tweeting inaccurate information about Hurricane Sandy, including false claims that the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange had flooded. In addition to this, the former campaign manager of Christopher R. Wight has resigned from his position as campaign manager.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_political_consultant\"><\/span>Conservative political consultant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A conservative political consultant is comfortable smug on Twitter. Buzzfeed has uncovered the Twitter handle of Shashank Tripathi, an NYC hedge fund analyst and campaign manager for Republican congressional candidate Christopher R. Wight. During a recent investigation, Buzzfeed uncovered that Tripathi was known as &#8220;Comfortably Smug&#8221; on Twitter. Apparently, he was referring to a recent interview with The New York Times in which Tripathi called out the news outlet for misrepresenting his political views.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his smug Twitter persona, Tripathi&#8217;s brand is a distinct one. Tripathi describes himself as an &#8220;altcenter&#8221; conservative, but his posts are so openly conservative that they rarely plumb the depths of the alt-right&#8217;s reactionary denizens. While the alt-right is a loose collection of conservatives who harbor white nationalists, Smug has so far steered clear of open racism.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sex-diarist\"><\/span>Sex-diarist<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The sex-diarist, who goes by the pseudonym Comfortably Smug, has become a controversial figure in Twitter circles, particularly since his name and profile picture went viral. The New Yorker first published his &#8220;Sex Diary&#8221; in 2008, which details his experiences of having &#8220;rough sex&#8221; with a woman. The writer concluded that the act would leave the woman with bruises. But Tripathi, a GOP congressional candidate, has been relatively silent since his outing.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet infamy of Tripathi goes back years, before Sandy. The prolific commenter was also a &#8220;sex diary&#8221; author, writing an essay for New York magazine in 2008. 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