ExtremeDullard @ ExtremeDullard @lemmy.sdf.org

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His die-hard core followers, the trailer park Nazis and redneck KKK, yes. But not the common folks who were somehow convinced that blatant lies and fascist proposals from a convicted felon and insurrectionist were somehow more acceptable than a terrible - but otherwise normal - democratic candidate. I guarantee you the latter will not have any patience for prices that don't come down as promised "on day one", missed social security paychecks, their holiday in Yosemite cancelled because the park is closed, inflation and high energy prices.

Actually you didn't quite capture the genius of Trump. It goes like this:

US dismantles CDC ▶ Bird flu kills all birds ▶ No more eggs ▶ No more price of eggs

That's the exact opposite of what Americans elected the orange utan for.
But don't let reality disturb your MAGA fantasy world...

One less omelette per day and they'll have enough money to pay off their cars and buy new ones cash.

I can totally see how European military expenditures are going to lower the price of eggs.

Indeed, as per Betteridge's law of headlines 🙂

Removing the crisis-in-chief from office would go a long way towards solving all the others.

Of course, I also know he's only a symptom, and people will vote another crazy fascist in next time they have the chance, because whatever problems caused them to vote stupid twice haven't disappeared. But short term, it would to the world a world of good.

Wow... For a second, just looking at the thumbnail without my glasses, I thought Michelle Obama really had let herself go...

Trump really is trying his hardest to antagonize all US allies without exceptions. Even the sketchiest allies. Soon the US will find itself totally isolated on the world stage.

Quite an achievement...

Well, Trump is talking to the owner of Gaza to finalize the sale and it's not Israel.

It's still $83,999.99 overvalued.

I wonder how a man like him can live with the crushing weight of his conscience...

You must be a barrel of laughs at parties...

I try to learn the following sentences in the language of a country I go to if I don't know anything at all about that language:

• Hello, as polite as possible
• Goodbye, as polite as possible
• A beer please
• I'm sorry I don't speak

  <language>

  : do you speak English?

I find this quite enough to strike up a conversation in most of the world. When people don't automatically switch to English - perhaps because they don't know it well enough - then I try another "universal" language like Spanish or French (universal mostly because of past colonialism, sadly). That implies speaking those languages of course.

If the locals won't speak English because of a prejudice against English (mostly French-speaking regions) I don't even bother with the "I'm sorry..." bit. I just let them figure out by themselves that conversation is going to be difficult.

If the locals are anti-Americans - very common, and getting more and more common - I affect a British accent. I wouldn't fool a Brit for a New York minute but I'm convincing enough for a non-native English speaker to avoid being associated with the US.

My golden rule is: if it's urgent on the internet, it's probably a scam. Instilling a sense of urgency in people is one of the most common scamming methods.

If you follow through, watch out for other red flags, like you having to pay something for your application to be processed.

And of course, even if it's legit, if it rubs you the wrong way, listen to your gut feelings. It's very likely that you don't want to work for them.

You mean Krasnov is hiding something on Ukraine...

Honestly, I know it's a conspiracy theory. But the orange utan wouldn't act any different if Putin had him on the payroll.

"Anti scam"... Riiight. I'm sure Zuckerberg is very concerned about his customers users cash cows being scammed, and it has nothing to do at all with surveillance.

Never underestimate the power of hunger and destitution.

Desperate people who have nothing to lose are known to do things they would never normally do.

Twitter and Truth Social are two subtly different flavors of fascist excrement.