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[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 60 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like a war on Xmas right there

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

... I mean, it's a war on the commercialisation of christmas, as opposed to its religious source...

although St Nicholas, whom Santa (saint) claus is based, is a... saint.

[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Christmas isn't Christan at all. It's all older traditions that the sick Yahweh cult inserted itself into.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I already made a boondocks / saturnalia comment a while back

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 39 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, he was not actually run through an industrial shredder

[–] gointhefridge@lemmy.zip 28 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I don’t understand what he was trying to accomplish. Like simply: why? Is it cause Santa is a commie or something for being generous?

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Attention whoring

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Well, he gives away toys out of kindless and live for childhood innocence.....

So he is at least anti-capitalism....

funny that the rest of the holiday is all capitalism.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The only thing this jack off beats is his tiny dick.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago

Probably his wife and children, too.

And I wouldn't be too surprised if occasionally he goes out to recreationally hunt the homeless.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Man, the one time it was appropriate to use slammed in a headline…

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

Journalists seem like they forgot how to use a thesaurus. You don't always have to have a different headline than others, sometimes the same words are the right words.

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

People like this are what the current slate of Republicanism is breeding, I guess. Nobody asking them for anything and they bust this shit out with no reason other than just trying to be a shithead to get people to react so they can call them snowflakes.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Sun rising in the morning? Woke.

Santa Claus? Woke.

Jesus Christ? woke.

Everything is woke to modern republicans. If somebody invented a virus that made people slightly more compassionate they would hide indoors for the rest of their lives.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Hmm. Maybe somebody should get on that.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

And yet if the virus dropped your IQ by 20 points they would be holding super spreader events

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 14 points 14 hours ago

Is this the new "War on Christmas?"

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

That guy? He wasn't even born here. Off to CECOT he goes....

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Free stuff is SOCIALISM!

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

One shred is equivalent to three slams.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Buy buy buy!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 hours ago

Isn't this the guy who pussied out from a fight with a union boss?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

This is the sort of behavior opposition would post. What on earth would possess someone to post this themselves?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 13 hours ago

I can’t pick the funniest aspect here, but the sleeveless shirt and jacket deserve a mention.

[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've seen photoshop images more realistic than this. These aren't even the usual uncanny AI that creeps people out.

Oh, and it's idiotic, but that's self-evident.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm wondering the same. Like was it really some standard cut and paste work and then some generative fill? It's got a certain 00s vintage look to it like it's not current interpretations of "AI" with text prompt input.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

You might even say slammed.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 points 14 hours ago

designing with my kids,

Wtf

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 34 minutes ago

Sadly, he was not literally shredded.