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A little to the right next time (lemmy.ca)
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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I feel like everyone has forgotten who Trump was in the 80s-2000s. He was a laughing stock, late night show fodder. The only reason we heard his name was in ridicule. FFS, he came out with the Trump board game! Whole country was laughing our asses off!

People watched The Apprentice because he was an over-the-top asshole, a ridiculous clown. Then, after 8 years of Obama, he said out loud, "Maybe we should do something about these brown people." Overnight hero.

Want to see history being made? Watch Obama publicly humiliate the man, watch him seethe. And that's how we got President Trump!

(I'm always surprised this never comes up. This was a defining point in American history.)

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

JFC, just saw Obama's last White House Corespondents Dinner. OUCH. Hits Trump right out the gate, and prophetic to boot.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Washington Post published an op-ed 9 years ago (Jesus, it's been that long?) suggesting that Trump launched his political career out of spite after being laughed at during the 2011 correspondence dinner.

https://archive.is/20241107222538/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/i-sat-next-to-donald-trump-at-the-infamous-2011-white-house-correspondents-dinner/2016/04/27/5cf46b74-0bea-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have zero doubt on this. For more evidence, see how he attempted to dismantle anything Obama did.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ducker knows about revenge.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 1 day ago

... [sigh] thanks, Obama.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

(I'm always surprised this never comes up. This was a defining point in American history.)

This comes up constantly lmao

[–] socialsecurity@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

One less social security check for SSA to pay out.

Cheers!

[–] SnekZone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Holy shit, you mean Meta Ai just kinda sits there and is like: "Want me to use excessive processing power to tell you how it happened?"

Damn, I await the day when I can finally ditch whatsapp :')

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Signal. I've never looked back.

[–] SnekZone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I already do use Signal with friends that have it, and I plan to stop using whatsapp for chatting with the other ones, if the entire Ad thing happens. But there just are groups, that I cant imagine will make the switch, and sadly I need those :/

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like removing a bandaid. Hard and fast. (Just make sure the wound had healed first).

[–] SnekZone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do I know it healed?

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

When you're ready. I.e. moving pictures off of Facebook. Making new groups from Discord. Giving up certain apps is difficult, but you have to police who is being unethical with your data. Because nobody else will.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Today is that day

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

Forgot " wants to fuck his daughter."

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago

Death must need corrective lenses or something. Let's get him to the optometrist.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your link has a trailing ) that makes it not work.

Fixed: https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/dd84fb3c-163d-4957-a68e-d03a91638a07.png

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think your instance might be a tad behind on federation, I had fixed it like within a minute after posting lol

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure edits take a lot longer to federate, it's still wonky on my end. Federation is still better!

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

That's red

[–] the_real_monte@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They say celebrity deaths come in 3s, still one more to go.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Chuck Mangione was the third :(

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

Wow - Ozzy, Hulk Hogan, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Chuck Mangione. We're at four! :(