• daikiki
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    682 months ago

    Remember that time when we elected a literal idiot to be president and a million Americans died because of how fucking stupid he was?

    • @TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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      272 months ago

      Not So Fun fact:

      Bird flu has killed 50% of the humans it’s infected so far, and that same idiot is going to be back in charge.

      And this time, our soon to be Secretary of Health has part of his brain eaten away by a worm.

    • @Wogi@lemmy.world
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      272 months ago

      And then we prosecuted him for crimes, convicted him, and then sentenced him to live in government housing for the next 4 years?

      Shhh, everything I said is true don’t ruin it for me with facts.

    • @seaQueue@lemmy.world
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      171 month ago

      We were averaging one 9/11 every three days during Trump’s pandemic. And that’s just counting the deaths directly attributed to COVID, with the CDC and a shitload of states playing “don’t test, don’t tell” plus the delayed deaths due to cardiac injury I’m betting the death numbers were closer to 5x reported.

        • @seaQueue@lemmy.world
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          41 month ago

          Can’t have high pandemic casualties if the pandemic is fake news and you’ve dismantled the agency responsible for coordinating testing!

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        41 month ago

        And yet people never even talk about it now. No memorial, no day of remembrance, no lessons learned, just right back into the arms of the seditious traitor who killed more Americans than all of our wars combined.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        21 month ago

        Yeah but it’s not like we could bomb the virus so what are we gonna do? We’re Americans, after all, the only thing we can do is wage war. War on drugs, war on crime, war on poverty, war for independence, war to end slavery, war on Mexico, war on Spain.

      • Queen HawlSera
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        21 month ago

        I still don’t know why Kamela didn’t just run ads reminding people of all those who aren’t here because of Trump’s handling of Covid.

        • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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          61 month ago

          The democrats have all been Ned Stark in Kings Landing for a decade. Taking the high road doesn’t work against when the goal of the opposition is to slit your throat

          • Queen HawlSera
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            31 month ago

            …Can you explain the character better for those of ous who don’t Game any thrones or Sing without fire and ice, thanks.

            • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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              11 month ago

              Spoilers I guess. Ned was an honorable man summoned to rule at advisor to the king in the capital. He plays the game of politics with honor and get his head cut off for it.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            21 month ago

            “Did you really think this piece of paper would protect you?” Is a perfect example of the Republican response to the DNC.

            • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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              21 month ago

              It upsets me that in the time since I started making that analogy that show went from the hottest thing in the world to a case study in destroying an infinite money machine

        • @SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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          That would’ve been a terrible idea to remind them of that period. Voters hate the way it was handled and blame the dems for it. They were blaming Kamela for all sorts of things she had zero authority over.

    • @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Hey let’s do it again! I’ll call 10 million of my fellow Democrats and tell them not to bother showing up to vote. It’ll be fun!!!

  • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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    Am I the only one who found a message of “hope” in Idiocracy? We start at a future dystopia approaching human extinction caused by following some of the worst trends in current society. Then a savior appears, and they’re smart enough to actually follow him? They’re able to overcome some of their worst natures and start on the road to recovery.

  • s08nlql9
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    152 months ago

    stupidiest timeline

    i’m waiting for MTG’s nomination and we should be good to go

    • @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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      Wow, I wasn’t even paying attention to her. Looks like she and Lauren Bobblehead both kept their seats. I really think this election confirms that we’re in a simulation, and a drunk grad student just fucked with it.

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          It’s actually kind of useful for the seats of two solidly Republican districts to be occupied by ineffective embarrassments instead of Republicans who might actually do something.

          • @CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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            11 month ago

            Ha! I forgot about this comment. I think it’s funny that I got downvoted for claiming I somehow voted for both a Georgia and Colorado candidate.

    • @edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      72 months ago

      She probably won’t get one since she called out Laura Loomer for saying the quiet part out loud being too racist

    • Queen HawlSera
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      11 month ago

      She’s actually been having a “Too little, too late” Heel Face Turn, so probably not

  • Ech
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    112 months ago

    Camacho did try to kill him, to be accurate.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    101 month ago

    I keep trying to tell people. We do not live in Idiocracy, Idiocracy is a fucking utopia compared to what our situation is

    • @PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee
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      81 month ago

      Yeah stupid people wishing they had real solutions is a way better outcome than stupid people cheering for the worst outcomes thinking they are solutions

      • Queen HawlSera
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        11 month ago

        Indeed, Idiocracy shows an automated sex positive future where everyone does what they want because they don’t have anything to be afraid of anymore… One where problems exist sure, but we all acknowledge them and agree the smartest people should be fixing them.

        We have… a fire burning the world down, but it’s a slow burning overly painful flame that isn’t even pretty to look at, and you’re considered impolite for bringing it up and “playing politics” if you wanna try putting it out.

      • @Ton@lemmy.world
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        52 months ago

        Well, as long as you have the money to pay for it yourself, you’re golden. This could decimate the Republican voting base forever though.

    • @chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      71 month ago

      Well, as long as we fly out an antivaxxer in change of the only department that can ban existing vaccines, that should be fine.

  • @rayyy@lemmy.world
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    61 month ago

    Here we are, “Idiocracy .001”, folks. We are at the point where they haven’t even realized that they need a person with an actual brain. It will get worse, much worse. Maybe they will pick a pedophile for attorney general. Oh, wait.

  • @SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    51 month ago

    My favorite dichotomy is found on things like hurricane Helene posts. The same people who say humans aren’t affecting the climate say the gov is manipulating the weather.

  • @CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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    Nah the stupidest timeline is simulation 28 where Elon Musk was able to capture the FDA and 30% of the US population was left mentally disabled by malfunctioning brain implants. Compared to those guys you’re doing just fine simulation 19.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    31 month ago

    Also, some lab monkeys escaped in Florida recently. So, it looks like we’ll be starting another trump presidency with another pandemic. It’ll probably wait until he eliminates the pandemic response team again before it hits.

  • @iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    31 month ago

    the connection between the two might be more subtle than you think. bird flu has already jumped to cows and non infectious virus particles were identified in supermarket pasteurised milk. RFK endorses raw milk and is anti vaxx. Go figure.