I was gonna say that things falling on floors happens indoors while rain is traditionally outdoors, but I imagine the terminal velocity of adult males plummeting from the sky would cause them to end their flights on a fair few floors anyway.
I'm trying to think of an outdoor floor, like maybe if it's got that temp flooring they put down under large tents for outdoor events I'd call it a floor. But even something like a tennis or basketball court, if it's outside I'd almost certainly call the surface "ground".
If the mother nature removes him from the office it would be a clear sign to the world that the only thing that can stop dictator in the USA is time. And that the next one will happen soon.
Is that a real post? That can't possibly be real.... Is it?
But also, hearing both Barack and Michelle speak and then seeing their faces like this still brings me positive, constructive joy. Seriously. Go listen to an interview with either of them and you'll feel your whole body stop tensing.
About 4 or 5 years ago, I was at a relative's house -- The relative was one of those people that basically watch Fox News 24/7. So, unfortunately I was exposed to the literal propaganda that is Fox News. Calling it propaganda is literally and understatement.
Anyway, at one point during the 5 o'clock "news", they aired a segment that featured Democrats in congress. They played the audio feed from whatever hearing or whatever was going on, but the video feed was a bunch of chimpanzees in a zoo setting.
So, what happened today is nothing new. This is who conservative Republicans in the USA are and have always been.
More importantly, reach out to people in your life, and especially people of color. What happened today is absolutely disgusting, and a lot of people are/were already struggling with things. A bit of kindness, connection with others goes a long way. Community and connections are especially critical in these times, and checking in with your friends, family, and neighbors is basically the least you can do, but also one of the most impactful things you can do right now.
You're not wrong, and playing a video feed of chimpanzees while Democrat representatives are speaking is dumb, but I imagine it was a mix of colors and genders. Putting the former PoC president and his wife's faces on fucking apes is another level. It's a very old, very specific, and very intentional act of racism...
He is mentioned in the files several times, but negatively i.e. the pedo elites didn't like him. Which, ironically, only paints Obama in an even better light.
Bailing out multinational banks with taxpayer funds is not "improving the economy."
Yeah, I know they "paid us back"... i.e. they returned funds made with interest from that bail out, and returned a significantly smaller (through inflation) amount of money. CLEVER THAT SURE TRICKED ME
Inflation isn't because of some mysterious unknown cause. This bailout in 2008 is a big part of why.
I figured that when the Epstein Files came out, there would be so many other names in there, that Trump wouldn't really stand out that much.
Turns out, I was wrong. He was way more involved than everybody else, COMBINED.
I should know better by now. Every time we think that something he's accused of is too horrific, even for him, it turns out that he was far more into it than we ever thought.
Epstein himself said that Trump was "evil beyond belief," and "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body... so yes – dangerous"
Doing shit like this without consequences is a virtue to his base. Same with hypocrisy. They know this was vile, if they didn't it wouldn't be funny to them. They know when he's being hypocritical. But has the power to do it anyway, and that makes him godlike to MAGA chuds.
I'm old enough to recall Bush political cartoons, he was constantly a monkey clown for our amusement. I'm fine with any President being portrayed as a monkey, personally.
But this struck me immediately as deeply racist. I think it's because of the attack on the former first lady? It's a visceral reaction.
Agree. I think everyone should skip to make a point but my guess is most politicians will go to 'show respect for the office'. Most of them are spineless PR machines.
edit: i don't like the tone i took with this comment. i forgot the golden rule of the internet that tone is always lost so you must always post in earnest if you post at all. what i hope for is actually that people will look at the past 5, 10, 20, 50, 80, 100, and 160 years to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to getting people more access to dignified living. it's very consistently organizing into a big strong coalition of the people that transcends race, gender, and sexual identity
And I bet you'll see them in public yucking it up with Donald again in the near future, because their loyalty is to class, and not anything else. Obama's response to Ferguson and Flint showed you that.
Please look at history of last 50 years. They swap every term or two for a reason.
If only one dominated, they would be responsible for everything, you see. So they share the burden (and the wealth) with their good cop/bad cop routine. They've got it down to a science.
Zero reason to "steal elections" when you just buy them.
Ignoring it isn't going to make it go away. This is different than the constant bullshit posted by his racist supporters. This is coming from the highest office in the land. No backsies.
Man up, Raoul, and face the dragon. There's a lot more people in the US that are enraged by such garbage, and spurred to action. Being too sensitive to everything hasn't gotten us jack shit.
Go tell your local Holocaust Museum that their exhibits are helping the nazis and see what that gets you.
Observe, the species, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works in its natural habitat: the comment thread. When confronted with the basic mechanics of civic participation, it emits a plaintive cry "What options did you leave me with?” as though choice itself were an external force imposed upon it by predators known as “corporate Dems.”
Note the confusion. The species believes voting is something that happens after all desired outcomes are guaranteed, rather than the mechanism by which those outcomes are pursued. It demands that representatives be voted out before it votes, a remarkable example of temporal dislocation. Cause and effect have collapsed into one another.
This behavior is not malicious, merely maladaptive. Faced with imperfect options, the creature opts for ritualized sulking instead of strategic participation. It mistakes abstention for leverage, and indignation for agency.
A tragic irony, really. By refusing to engage, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works ensures the very conditions it claims to despise persist, then wonders aloud how such a thing could possibly have happened. Fascinating.
112 Comments
rogsson@piefed.social · 88 pts · 225d
Can Mother Nature PLEASE remove him asap. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 225d
Can Mother Nature make it start raining men? Well, one man in particular…
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 225d
Reminds me of one of my all time favorite tweets:
"It's Raining Men and Bodies by Drowning Pool are two different perspectives on the same event"
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 225d
I was gonna say that things falling on floors happens indoors while rain is traditionally outdoors, but I imagine the terminal velocity of adult males plummeting from the sky would cause them to end their flights on a fair few floors anyway.
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 3 pts · 225d
Do you not have floors outside where you live?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 225d
I'm trying to think of an outdoor floor, like maybe if it's got that temp flooring they put down under large tents for outdoor events I'd call it a floor. But even something like a tennis or basketball court, if it's outside I'd almost certainly call the surface "ground".
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 224d
A tiled patio is in the middle between "ground" and "floor"
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d
Like patios, and atriums, maybe. Boat and house decks probably qualify.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
Just shows how much you can extend someone's life with modern medicine.
If they are rich.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 225d
And an asshole, that keeps people alive more than any medical science.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 224d
Betty White must have been a real cunt.
(joke, obviously)
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 224d
She was a firecracker I'd say she could be rather cunty at times. And that's a compliment, she reminds me of my aunt who's also a badass
Prior_Industry@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 225d
You need to use three wishes as you have Vance then Johnson up next .
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 224d
"I wish for all statements on this list to become true"
ideonek@piefed.social · 4 pts · 224d
If the mother nature removes him from the office it would be a clear sign to the world that the only thing that can stop dictator in the USA is time. And that the next one will happen soon.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 225d
This type of helplessness is the power vacuum that the Republicans have taken advantage of and filled.
They take action while the dems polish their prayer sticks and dance their rain dances.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 225d
Liberals need to internalise a fact the rest of the leftists already have... Every human is a part of nature.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 224d
"rest of the leftists"
See, you're working under the false assumption that Liberals are leftists. Never forget that neoliberism is a right-wing ideology.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 225d
Elect a racist. Get racism.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 224d
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 51 pts · 225d
Bruh....
Is that a real post? That can't possibly be real.... Is it?
But also, hearing both Barack and Michelle speak and then seeing their faces like this still brings me positive, constructive joy. Seriously. Go listen to an interview with either of them and you'll feel your whole body stop tensing.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 225d
😔 it’s real. He posted it, then took it down after outrage and claimed “a staffer” made it.
Here is a palate cleanser: https://youtube.com/shorts/elMEDla2Uao
VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
That was cute, we could always use more wholesome content like this on here.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 225d
that was good, thank you
nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 225d
That was such a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing that!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
You’re welcome, I loved it too. The Obamas are a national treasure.
Janx@piefed.social · 4 pts · 225d
They're adorable! I would gladly let a million conservatives be deported to get 1 more Obama. And he's not perfect...
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 224d
On a personal level obomber is an insanely better person than trump... But libs like obomber are literally why we have trump.
krigo666@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 225d
The Supreme Orange Turd is a complete imbecile, what did you expect?
OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 225d
Not to mention, Donald looks like an old Doctor Zaius.
RustyShackleford@piefed.social · 71 pts · 225d
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 225d
It says a lot that this somehow makes him look more normal
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 225d
The beard is doing a lot of heavy lifting here
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
That's why Ted Cruz wears one. It's a load bearing beard.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
Only when he's on vacation.
daannii@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
Hides the nussy
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 225d
lemmylump@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 225d
Thanks I hate it.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 225d
i hate every ape i see
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
Can I play the piano anymore?
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 224d
Of course you can!
But I couldn't before
loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 225d
Yes.
AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 224d
What did our boy Harambe do to deserve such hate? D:
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 224d
Love the little hand. Manitas Trump.
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 40 pts · 225d
About 4 or 5 years ago, I was at a relative's house -- The relative was one of those people that basically watch Fox News 24/7. So, unfortunately I was exposed to the literal propaganda that is Fox News. Calling it propaganda is literally and understatement.
Anyway, at one point during the 5 o'clock "news", they aired a segment that featured Democrats in congress. They played the audio feed from whatever hearing or whatever was going on, but the video feed was a bunch of chimpanzees in a zoo setting.
So, what happened today is nothing new. This is who conservative Republicans in the USA are and have always been.
More importantly, reach out to people in your life, and especially people of color. What happened today is absolutely disgusting, and a lot of people are/were already struggling with things. A bit of kindness, connection with others goes a long way. Community and connections are especially critical in these times, and checking in with your friends, family, and neighbors is basically the least you can do, but also one of the most impactful things you can do right now.
Janx@piefed.social · 18 pts · 225d
You're not wrong, and playing a video feed of chimpanzees while Democrat representatives are speaking is dumb, but I imagine it was a mix of colors and genders. Putting the former PoC president and his wife's faces on fucking apes is another level. It's a very old, very specific, and very intentional act of racism...
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 224d
No point carrying water for racists. Regardless of the skin tone, racism is the point.
I don't understand how any rational person could fall for the ploy that "some of those politicians had pale skin!!!"
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 225d
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 224d
He is mentioned in the files several times, but negatively i.e. the pedo elites didn't like him. Which, ironically, only paints Obama in an even better light.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
Bailing out multinational banks with taxpayer funds is not "improving the economy."
Yeah, I know they "paid us back"... i.e. they returned funds made with interest from that bail out, and returned a significantly smaller (through inflation) amount of money. CLEVER THAT SURE TRICKED ME
Inflation isn't because of some mysterious unknown cause. This bailout in 2008 is a big part of why.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 27 pts · 224d
I mean who knew electing a disgusting racist paedophile would result in that? Better elect him again.
SoloCritical@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 224d
But I just didn’t know enough about her! And she had a weird laugh!
InputZero@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 224d
Saw this in a post somewhere.
He's a super-sexist-pedophile-nazi-racist-potus.
Say it like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 224d
He is the very model of a model racist-potus,
He's prone to information super-sexist-nazi locust...
BanMe@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 225d
Black Republicans: "I sure hope that's fake or you guys apologize"
How the hell could it be fake and you know he won't, but keep towing that party line.
rayyy@piefed.social · 18 pts · 225d
Total projection from the orange malignant narcissist. Only he is much lighter colored, hairless, fatter and shits himself.
DistrictSIX@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 224d
He's closer to an orangutan I think.
Renat@szmer.info · 3 pts · 224d
He is orange-utan
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 224d
a distraction from the files.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 224d
Yes, the original video was. Which is why everyone should bring it right back to the tRUMP-Epstein files like in the above picture.
modus@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 224d
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 224d
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1E03KTMQB1g
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 224d
is this ai
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -5 pts · 224d
No, "AI" doesn't exist. Stop participating in the grift.
DoomProphet@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 224d
What's the right term for a picture generator? I'd guess LLM, language model, doesn't fit.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 224d
Congratulations on signposting for everyone that you have no ability to differentiate between colloquial language and technical terminology.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 224d
I figured that when the Epstein Files came out, there would be so many other names in there, that Trump wouldn't really stand out that much.
Turns out, I was wrong. He was way more involved than everybody else, COMBINED.
I should know better by now. Every time we think that something he's accused of is too horrific, even for him, it turns out that he was far more into it than we ever thought.
Epstein himself said that Trump was "evil beyond belief," and "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body... so yes – dangerous"
ceenote@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
Everyone knows this is what he's doing, and it's still working.
BranBucket@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
Doing shit like this without consequences is a virtue to his base. Same with hypocrisy. They know this was vile, if they didn't it wouldn't be funny to them. They know when he's being hypocritical. But has the power to do it anyway, and that makes him godlike to MAGA chuds.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 224d
I've posted this a lot, but it really needs to be seen by everyone. Why else would the DOJ remove these if they weren't true?
DOJ Removes New Epstein Files That Mention Wild Trump Sex Allegations, Including Rape
The documents before they pulled them
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 225d
Epstein Files!
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 225d
His, or one of his family members.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 224d
I'm old enough to recall Bush political cartoons, he was constantly a monkey clown for our amusement. I'm fine with any President being portrayed as a monkey, personally.
But this struck me immediately as deeply racist. I think it's because of the attack on the former first lady? It's a visceral reaction.
What did she ever do to anybody?
mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 224d
Be black?
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 224d
The racist loser who is mentioned "38,000 +" can f-himself.
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 224d
My captain, my racist, my pedo, my king...
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 225d
Is Obama like Ronald Regan for the right?
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
They think we elected him to spite them because they are racist
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 225d
Voters: because we want CHANGE!!!
Politicians: because he's black, got it
[Later]
Voters: we demand change or we're gonna burn it all down
Politicians: wow you're so sexist
Serialchemist@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 225d
I have a two part question:
I’m not familiar enough with the Lion King. Can you tell me the names of these ape characters they’re supposed to portray?
And the follow up: Do these names appear in the Epstein files as much as Donald Trumps?
starik@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 225d
There are no apes in the Lion King. There is a monkey named Rafiki, the colorful-faced mandrill who holds Simba up at the ceremony in the beginning.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 225d
Obama could slap him and not get charged right?
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
Just the other way around.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 224d
Do you think Obamas will go to Trump's funeral? Do you think they should?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 224d
I hope they don’t… but I also know they probably will because “the high road.”
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 224d
Agree. I think everyone should skip to make a point but my guess is most politicians will go to 'show respect for the office'. Most of them are spineless PR machines.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 224d
no one can learn anything in the modern world
edit: i don't like the tone i took with this comment. i forgot the golden rule of the internet that tone is always lost so you must always post in earnest if you post at all. what i hope for is actually that people will look at the past 5, 10, 20, 50, 80, 100, and 160 years to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to getting people more access to dignified living. it's very consistently organizing into a big strong coalition of the people that transcends race, gender, and sexual identity
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 223d
Absolutely.
Michelle should give a two-word eulogy and announce her candidacy.
pfr@piefed.social · 5 pts · 225d
I didn't see it. Link to the video? The internet never forgets
m3t00@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
probably reposting from epstein group chat. be grateful it isn't worse i suppose.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 223d
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 225d
There is some tool who just follows orders writing and posting for him most of this year at the very least. I'd love to see them doxed.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
Even if there is, that person may as well be an AI chat bot subscription to him. He still posted this himself.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
And I bet you'll see them in public yucking it up with Donald again in the near future, because their loyalty is to class, and not anything else. Obama's response to Ferguson and Flint showed you that.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 225d
Even so. Republicans might still win the midterms. Crazy
ickplant@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 225d
Especially if they post ICE by voting booths in blue states.
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 225d
Will win the midterms. Whether they’re fair or not.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 225d
Funny thing is, that may not even be necessary, because voters seem to be ok with what is happening.
turdburglar@piefed.social · 15 pts · 225d
are the mass protests giving you that impression, or did you come to that conclusion by smelling your own farts?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 225d
Ohoho, we have a badass here!
Sorry sorry. These historic protests yes. Wonderful, they are bound to solve everything as they usually do, you are right. Sleep well.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
They won't.
Please look at history of last 50 years. They swap every term or two for a reason.
If only one dominated, they would be responsible for everything, you see. So they share the burden (and the wealth) with their good cop/bad cop routine. They've got it down to a science.
Zero reason to "steal elections" when you just buy them.
Almost forgot! Obligatory "bOtH pArTiEs"
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 225d
People should really stop reposting any of those monkey pictures. You can talk about it without spreading their racist content.
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 225d
Ignoring it isn't going to make it go away. This is different than the constant bullshit posted by his racist supporters. This is coming from the highest office in the land. No backsies.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 225d
Nobody said anything about ignoring it. You don't seem to realize that spreading that imagery is what they want. Spreading it helps the nazis.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 225d
Censorship helps the nazis dummy.
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 220d
Man up, Raoul, and face the dragon. There's a lot more people in the US that are enraged by such garbage, and spurred to action. Being too sensitive to everything hasn't gotten us jack shit.
Go tell your local Holocaust Museum that their exhibits are helping the nazis and see what that gets you.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 224d
Ngl, wanted to see what the shit show was actually about.
sommerset@thelemmy.club · -14 pts · 224d
Yeah I'm sorry. But what options corporate Dems left me with?
Maybe vote fuckers out before asking for me vote?
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 224d
Observe, the species, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works in its natural habitat: the comment thread. When confronted with the basic mechanics of civic participation, it emits a plaintive cry "What options did you leave me with?” as though choice itself were an external force imposed upon it by predators known as “corporate Dems.”
Note the confusion. The species believes voting is something that happens after all desired outcomes are guaranteed, rather than the mechanism by which those outcomes are pursued. It demands that representatives be voted out before it votes, a remarkable example of temporal dislocation. Cause and effect have collapsed into one another.
This behavior is not malicious, merely maladaptive. Faced with imperfect options, the creature opts for ritualized sulking instead of strategic participation. It mistakes abstention for leverage, and indignation for agency.
A tragic irony, really. By refusing to engage, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works ensures the very conditions it claims to despise persist, then wonders aloud how such a thing could possibly have happened. Fascinating.
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 224d
a.k.a. The Lumpenprole
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 224d
Note the condescending lib. They feel so superior while offering nothing but more genocide and planetary destruction.
Sorry, I don't have the time or smug to write a short story about it.