I can't believe Truman and Nixon got ranked C and Eisenhower got an F. I mean Eisenhower slaughtered a lot of people and oversaw the US drop an unbelievable amount of explosives on people, but he at least recognised the evil he had unleashed and felt sorrow for what his legacy was.
Right? He was a president who came out of the military during WW2. Not sure what people expected, a conscientious objector? The times got what the times were, no other kind of person would have been elected so soon postwar. Heck, he even advised that gunhappy ass MacArthur not to get involved in the Bonus Army debacle and pushed back against McCarthyism. Eisenhower, as much as he could, wanted to rein in the MIC in his “Chance for Peace” speech. Balanced against any modern president’s failings and with his social and public works programs I think the vast majority of people would find it a relief to have a president like him today.
Really depends. The title says it's by how much it looks like they have a soul behind them eyes. W looks like he's got one. And that's what made him as dangerous as he was. "I wanna have a beer with the man!"
Go have a fucking beer with him, then, but don't give him access to the fucking oval Office!
You are correct that I wanted this ranking to be independent of any actual knowledge and instead solely off of surface level reading of their appearance
In that case, I think you did a good job. Though I'd probably have place Ike higher. He looks like he has a soul to me. A weird one. Like a soul that buys used undies from vending machines lol
It’s really unnerving for me seeing old clips and pics of W in contrast to Trump. Don’t get me wrong W doesn’t deserve an ounce of forgiveness or leniency in perception of him. And his likability was what made him so dangerous.
But he also just feels like an actual human being, someone who enjoys things and has interests outside of using others for his own aggrandizement. Trump even when he’s being goofy is just fucking cruel and selfish about everything to everyone that isn’t kissing his ass.
The bar is below the floor
Can someone find W in the Epstein files please so I can be equally disgusted with both again.
Is that Taft in the S tier? And Teddy Roosevelt? Funny considering they had a falling out in 1912(?). Taft set a high bar for President. Probably the 2nd best President of the 20th century (FDR being the 1st). Back when the US had decent politicians.
Taft was a senator, the President, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was very active in busting up monopolies. He was responsible for the direct elections of senators. He was a dedicated jurist and a true American intellectual. But the only thing he gets rembered for is being 300lbs. And having a bigger bathtub installed in the White House.
You would be suprised how much of an unknown Wilson is to many people. Most just see him as that one smart looking prez with round glasses that is not Teddy. Also text books in America tend to skim past his associations with the Klan. At least the ones I've read and was taught from.
Praytell what is it measuring then? Fuck bush junior. Bush senior wasn't bad actually, he's ,more progressive than democrats nowadays. Fucing shitshow hereabouts.
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Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 42 pts · 166d
I can't believe Truman and Nixon got ranked C and Eisenhower got an F. I mean Eisenhower slaughtered a lot of people and oversaw the US drop an unbelievable amount of explosives on people, but he at least recognised the evil he had unleashed and felt sorrow for what his legacy was.
Zorcron@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 166d
Yeah but Eisenhower looks like a crazy person in his portrait, and Nixon looks intelligent. That’s all they were ranking it on.
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 165d
Surely then GWB should rank higher, he's actually smiling, and FDR looks like whatever soul he had has been crushed into oblivion
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 166d
and nixon (and reagan, too!) were elected through fucking treason.
https://lbjtapes.org/conversation/treason
Lodespawn@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 166d
Truman was a schlub backwater senator who should never have been a contender for the primary but ended up robbing the US of George Wallace
hector@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 166d
Eisenhower was a good president, relatively. Perhaps the last good republican.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 166d
Right? He was a president who came out of the military during WW2. Not sure what people expected, a conscientious objector? The times got what the times were, no other kind of person would have been elected so soon postwar. Heck, he even advised that gunhappy ass MacArthur not to get involved in the Bonus Army debacle and pushed back against McCarthyism. Eisenhower, as much as he could, wanted to rein in the MIC in his “Chance for Peace” speech. Balanced against any modern president’s failings and with his social and public works programs I think the vast majority of people would find it a relief to have a president like him today.
TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
It would be a relief to have a baked potato as a president over what we have today.
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 165d
Calvin Coolidge
Ryoae@piefed.social · 38 pts · 166d
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 166d
Not that I care a lot, but putting GW above HW is a wild take. They both sucked, but only one of them ate paste and called his teacher "mom."
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 22 pts · 166d
Really depends. The title says it's by how much it looks like they have a soul behind them eyes. W looks like he's got one. And that's what made him as dangerous as he was. "I wanna have a beer with the man!"
Go have a fucking beer with him, then, but don't give him access to the fucking oval Office!
s@piefed.world · 14 pts · 166d
You are correct that I wanted this ranking to be independent of any actual knowledge and instead solely off of surface level reading of their appearance
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 165d
In that case, I think you did a good job. Though I'd probably have place Ike higher. He looks like he has a soul to me. A weird one. Like a soul that buys used undies from vending machines lol
hector@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 166d
Bush senior wasn't that bad.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
It’s really unnerving for me seeing old clips and pics of W in contrast to Trump. Don’t get me wrong W doesn’t deserve an ounce of forgiveness or leniency in perception of him. And his likability was what made him so dangerous.
But he also just feels like an actual human being, someone who enjoys things and has interests outside of using others for his own aggrandizement. Trump even when he’s being goofy is just fucking cruel and selfish about everything to everyone that isn’t kissing his ass.
The bar is below the floor
Can someone find W in the Epstein files please so I can be equally disgusted with both again.
Ryoae@piefed.social · 1 pts · 164d
JPAKx4@piefed.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 165d
Abraham Lincoln before and after the war should be different categories
afromustache@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
Yeah he looks like he has shell-shock in that picture
The_Lurker@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 166d
Is that Taft in the S tier? And Teddy Roosevelt? Funny considering they had a falling out in 1912(?). Taft set a high bar for President. Probably the 2nd best President of the 20th century (FDR being the 1st). Back when the US had decent politicians.
Janx@piefed.social · 10 pts · 166d
Weird, it's almost like capitalism ruins everything. GET THE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS. Before it kills us all...
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 165d
This is why Taft deserves S-tier.
https://youtu.be/L63J_ZluKJ4
s@piefed.world · 2 pts · 166d
I need data correlating my soul read to their presidential aptitude and measured ethicality
hector@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 166d
Idk about taft, Roosevelt was hands down the man. We need him now. Fucking now!
The_Lurker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 165d
Taft was a senator, the President, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was very active in busting up monopolies. He was responsible for the direct elections of senators. He was a dedicated jurist and a true American intellectual. But the only thing he gets rembered for is being 300lbs. And having a bigger bathtub installed in the White House.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 165d
We need less racism, not more.
hector@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 165d
Because racism existed fdr is chppped liver in your book got it. Great analysis if you have shit for brains, which you do apparently.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 165d
Oh? If were are making absurd, unfounded claims, then im gonna label you a racist. 🙂
thomcat@midwest.social · 7 pts · 165d
Am I stupid (yes) or is Biden not on here?
PolarPirate@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 165d
Yes and yes. He's in B
rmuk@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 165d
B for Biden.
Hold your applause, please.
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 166d
No joe biden?
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 166d
I think it's just old, but it's still missing 2 presidents if I didn't count wrong.
s@piefed.world · 3 pts · 166d
Fixed, in the most convenient way possible
Bullerfar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d
Was thinkikg the same
sunstoned@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 165d
Obligatory Andrew Jackson: Most Terrifying Man Ever Elected President
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 166d
Nixon is F
BioDriver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 164d
How in the hot holy fuck can you look at Wilson and NOT put that condescending racist anywhere above F?
sibannac@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
You would be suprised how much of an unknown Wilson is to many people. Most just see him as that one smart looking prez with round glasses that is not Teddy. Also text books in America tend to skim past his associations with the Klan. At least the ones I've read and was taught from.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 166d
Ike had a bunch of problems and I know its about looks but seeing him next to Trump seems so incorrect
s@piefed.world · 12 pts · 166d
Ike is 100% a haunted plastic doll
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
Ok that’s fair, although that is giving, extremely detailed French street marionette
AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 164d
How the holy molarity did Clinton rank that high
Sagan_Wept@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 166d
I feel feel like you're judging the glosses on Truman too much
s@piefed.world · 3 pts · 166d
Truman’s glasses make him an enigma, perfectly balanced in the imperceptible centerpoint of C tier
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 166d
hector@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 166d
Bush belongs in the worst category gtfo. Fucking piece of shit through and through. Fuck him.
Soulg@ani.social · 14 pts · 166d
That's not what it's measuring though lol
hector@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 166d
Praytell what is it measuring then? Fuck bush junior. Bush senior wasn't bad actually, he's ,more progressive than democrats nowadays. Fucing shitshow hereabouts.
s@piefed.world · 14 pts · 166d
It’s in the title
Soulg@ani.social · 5 pts · 165d
It's literally the title of the post
Bush was indeed a war criminal and needs to be in prison but hard to say his eyes are soulless
hector@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 165d
Bush was without a soul, if you see a soul your vision is bad.