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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] vsoponge@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Imagine having $300 billion and 12 kids and this is how you choose to spend the limited time you have.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

this is how you choose to spend the limited time you have

My guess is that these guys saw someone like Bernie coming down the line at some point, a populist left wing politician who would have basically ended the billionaires free-for-all in america, and they said 'well we gotta take over the entire government to stop this', and people fell for it.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

Pretty much, I hope that by doing so they've escalated the end of Corporate America...

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You think his children would want to hang out with him?

[–] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They want to hang for sure. Maybe him.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 242 points 4 days ago (17 children)

The White House has one of the best chefs and kitchens in the world, and this dumbass will be ordering McD's and KFC for 4 years.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 127 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I hope so. Less cost to the taxpayer, and the high calorie and sodium count will send Trump to an early grave.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 64 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

The taxpayer doesn't pay for his meals, actually. Came as a surprise to the Obamas they said once.

2014 link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/nov/28/obama-bill-white-house-thanksgiving

Didn't look to hard for the Obama quote, but Nancy Reagan's reaction is in that one.

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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 146 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

This reminds me of so many comments from Americans saying how embarrassing Biden is as a president and that no one takes 🇺🇸'Murica🦅 seriously anymore under the Democrats. It was weird to read as a foreigner because I loosely remember what Trump was like. And now here we are again. Hope Americans are proud.

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nahhh... we're pretty fucking disappointed... Least everyone I know with half a brain.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (19 children)

I wish I knew someone who was disappointed. The only two people in my life that aren't Trumpers are my daughter and her fiance. Everyone else thinks that gas will get back to $1/gallon and food prices will return to pre Covid levels on Jan 21.

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[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's always projection with conservatives.

What is actually embarrassing is that the US elected Reagan, twice, then G.W Bush, twice, and now Donald Trump, twice.

As the great scholar Bush once said:

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again

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[–] Brega@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Do they a) have a McDonalds Kitchen on the plane b) eat warmed up Burgers and Frys c) eat lukewarm Burgers and Frys

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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 168 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Strap the fuck in, American people of the Fediverse. This table of lunatics is about to make your lives much harder and more dangerous.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 101 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Hate to say it, but the US isn’t the only country that is fucked. The impact is going to be felt worldwide and in a harsh way.

We’ll see how long places like Ukraine and Taiwan will last.

Ugh, the more I think about it the more I realize how bad it’s going to be.

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[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

USA didn't vote for a female president for the first time but at least you now have a male first lady for the first time.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 103 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Musk being best buds with the President of the USA is legit friggin' scary, speaking as a foreigner.

Then you remember that Trump, and it becomes terrifying.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 36 points 3 days ago (5 children)

In fairness to him, he looks genuinely uncomfortable just holding it for this paid publicity shot. Not enough raw bear meat in it for him.

Boycott McDonalds, sponsors of Fascism 2025.

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has the same vibes as homelander forcing the deep to eat the octopus.

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[–] FleetingTit 7 points 2 days ago

They all look so happy, like kids having a birthday party in a giant ball pit.

[–] lordgreylock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] resin85@lemmy.ca 73 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Never has more divorce been captured in a single photograph

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 45 points 3 days ago

Republicans: We want to get rid of the elite in power.

Republicans:

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

It's a shame no one ever gave Elon Musk the "You're good enough I guess, please stop calling your ex-wife, move on." talk to end his midlife crisis...

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A real meeting of the mindless.

[–] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

Elon's far from mindless. He's just a self-serving prick who would burn a country down to increase his stan- oh wait.

Yeah. Fuck.

He's potentially the most dangerous person at that table. He doesn't want power in the limelight - though he uses the limelight when he needs to, yes - he wants power behind the scenes. And he's very good at getting what he wants. That much should be unambiguously clear.

And if gaining that power means helping a fascist fucking prick fuck gain dictatorial powers, well I don't think he'd think twice.

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[–] xorollo@leminal.space 60 points 3 days ago (10 children)

This is so weird. Why is the dude displaying his fries like he's proud of them?

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wow, I can say with confidence that this is the first time I've ever wished for a plane to crash. Just one patriotic pilot is all it would take.

I really don't like that these shitstains make me feel such vitriol...

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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 88 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I hope they all have strokes.

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago

Reality is too much

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 65 points 4 days ago (5 children)
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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago

Not shown: perfectly normal JD Vance humping the backrest from behind Trump while violently stuffing his face with a cold cheeseburger.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 54 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Not a single sauce opened, no bites taken, nothing removed from an annoying tray lip and placed on the table like a real person. No sign whatsoever that they are actually eating this junk. The half eaten fries are staged as eating without the ketchup that is right there on the tray is quite unlikely.

This is a staged ad. It is meant to be a message to others in corporate America, and for marketing to convenient idiots to quote the Russian term.

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[–] Tusser@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It's been so odd seeing Trump cabinet picks come in because it feels like he is just picking conservative celebrities, rather then actual politicians. Like it's still kinda crazy that fucking Elon Musk is gonna be in government.

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What a proud moment for the USA

[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 51 points 4 days ago (12 children)

Fun fact: RFK jr plans to ban most of the ingredients of the junk food he is currently eating

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[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Musk actually has the most punchable of faces.

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why is Musk's hands so damn big?

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

He comes from a colonist family of emerald thieves...bigger the hands more emeralds they could steal

[–] don@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

Because his husband has tiny hands.

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

If there was ever a nicer place to hit with a hellfire missile...

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Don, Jr.: My dad put these fries in the box himself! hurr durr

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