I get that Biden was pretty damn passive as a president, but holy moly was it just a relief for a while there to be able to completely forget the president even existed and wasn't actively destroying the world's view on the USA.
Like those 4 years were like sitting down for the first time.
If anybody cares in the future, I think Biden will have a renaissance like Carter, as people realize he was trying to do a lot of good stuff, put a lot of good people in place, etc...
It just wasn't enough, wasn't right for that moment, etc... etc... and arguably helped give us Trump again, though I think that was likely coming regardless.
What he was doing in and of itself wasn't bad, but it was ignoring the shrinking enthusiasm of the democratic base and the growing of the maga rhetoric. It reinforces the pendulum effect of letting the right wing swing back instead of giving the left a whole new momentum.
What's not to like about breaking the law to sell weapons for genocide, after all.
but it was ignoring the shrinking enthusiasm of the democratic base and the growing of the maga rhetoric
Biden made a ton of promises that the left wanted in order to get elected. We got inflation instead of a minimum wage increase. We got told that the economy was getting better while the price of everything but an hour's work went up. Telling people who can't afford groceries that everything is great because it's great for billionaires is a shit message from shit people.
Biden said that his decades of experience in the Senate meant that he could work across the aisle and accomplish his campaign promises. We watched members of his own party stymie every promise he made to the left, and watched people who just got what they wanted make excuse after excuse about how powerless and impotent the presidency is. After 4 years of watching trump do whatever he wanted with impunity, and just before watching biden ignore the Leahy law so he could sell weapons for genocide.
His heart was in the right place. Sure, if you consider genocide to be a virtue and lifting Americans out of poverty to be a vice.
He was still trying to play by "the old rules" too much. But had be been president in the 90s or early 2000s, he would've done a lot of good.
I do understand how little I'm saying. I just do think he deserves a tiny bit of credit for some of his efforts, that's all. But yeah, he was a wet sandwich.
I just do think he deserves a tiny bit of cred for some of his efforts
I think that once he supported genocide, he lost the benefit of the doubt. And that was the most telling demonstration of who he always was and always intended to be.
First: hope so!
Second: am I the only one bothered by a post that could easily have a quarter of the hight by not making me occasionally running into letters on a black void?
I dont know if you know him personally to be able to judge him like that but from his public appearances so far that doesnt seem to be the case. I dont know what you would expect to happen? Some brain washing pills dissolved in the drinking water so hungarians stop being conservative? Changing a whole nation led by propaganda for decades doesnt happen overnight. Magyar is pretty much the best anyone could have hoped for in this election.
lol
I think if men find it hot it just means they find the situation hot, or are empathetic with the main character and feeling what he feels. Also bisexual people exist. There are more bi people than gay.
71 Comments
robocall@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 144d
If it's good, it's just a scam
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 144d
I was going to say dogs break your rule but they scam me out of treats and attention so it still holds up.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 144d
The power of positive thinking.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 144d
I guess the glass is completely empty
variablenine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 144d
I mean there's moisture in the air if you count that
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 144d
They'll figure out how to "fix" that soon enough
YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 144d
The big beautiful obituary will be a great day.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 144d
The bars will run dry.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 144d
Me when that day finally comes
frank@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 144d
Man the onion-style articles are gonna hit hard for that one
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 144d
I will celebrate it like a best friends bday
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 144d
I get that Biden was pretty damn passive as a president, but holy moly was it just a relief for a while there to be able to completely forget the president even existed and wasn't actively destroying the world's view on the USA.
Like those 4 years were like sitting down for the first time.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 144d
If anybody cares in the future, I think Biden will have a renaissance like Carter, as people realize he was trying to do a lot of good stuff, put a lot of good people in place, etc...
It just wasn't enough, wasn't right for that moment, etc... etc... and arguably helped give us Trump again, though I think that was likely coming regardless.
treesapx@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 143d
What he was doing in and of itself wasn't bad, but it was ignoring the shrinking enthusiasm of the democratic base and the growing of the maga rhetoric. It reinforces the pendulum effect of letting the right wing swing back instead of giving the left a whole new momentum.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 143d
What's not to like about breaking the law to sell weapons for genocide, after all.
Biden made a ton of promises that the left wanted in order to get elected. We got inflation instead of a minimum wage increase. We got told that the economy was getting better while the price of everything but an hour's work went up. Telling people who can't afford groceries that everything is great because it's great for billionaires is a shit message from shit people.
Biden said that his decades of experience in the Senate meant that he could work across the aisle and accomplish his campaign promises. We watched members of his own party stymie every promise he made to the left, and watched people who just got what they wanted make excuse after excuse about how powerless and impotent the presidency is. After 4 years of watching trump do whatever he wanted with impunity, and just before watching biden ignore the Leahy law so he could sell weapons for genocide.
His heart was in the right place. Sure, if you consider genocide to be a virtue and lifting Americans out of poverty to be a vice.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 143d
He was still trying to play by "the old rules" too much. But had be been president in the 90s or early 2000s, he would've done a lot of good.
I do understand how little I'm saying. I just do think he deserves a tiny bit of credit for some of his efforts, that's all. But yeah, he was a wet sandwich.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 143d
I think that once he supported genocide, he lost the benefit of the doubt. And that was the most telling demonstration of who he always was and always intended to be.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
Agreed. I just don't think he was even capable of that kind of energy injection. He built a great team though. For whatever little that's worth.
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 144d
Yeah, Biden has a lot of flaws, he’s not perfect, but at least he’s a decent president and a decent person. I kinda wish that he was a lot better
Alandrus_Sun@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 143d
My bar was low: "I don't want a president that nearly sparks world war over tweets."
Most Americans seem to disagree with me.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 144d
Imagine how tired your legs are gonna feel if you ever get the chance to sit again
sundray@lemmus.org · 39 pts · 144d
Watch people be mad the good thing isn't "the perfect thing"
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 144d
Why are you celebrating the good thing? Whatabout bad thing #768390626?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 144d
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Spotted Paying Full MSRP for Windows 11 at Times Square Microsoft Store
💔
happydoors@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 144d
People slingshot around the moon. BuT tHe tOiLeT bRoKeee
tomi000@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 144d
Depends on what the good thing is. If people want me celebrating that Trump didnt start or escalate a war for a whole month theyre out of luck
vga@sopuli.xyz · 26 pts · 144d
Did you guys totally miss what happened in Hungary?
rumba@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 144d
Nawww man, we're in G.R.R.M Territory now.
Any good thing that happens just sets us up for some kind of miserable travesty.
Ludrol@szmer.info · 12 pts · 144d
Artemis II
tomi000@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 144d
Thats the standard for good things happening now? Ouff..
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d
You have to celebrate the wins.
9point6@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 144d
We hope
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 144d
"Hope is the first step on a road to disappointment"
FUsername@feddit.org · 11 pts · 143d
First: hope so! Second: am I the only one bothered by a post that could easily have a quarter of the hight by not making me occasionally running into letters on a black void?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
My guess is that would lead to cropping of the thumbnail. But it's not my creation, kinda bugs me, too.
FUsername@feddit.org · 2 pts · 143d
Did Lemmy pad this image? Whaiiiiii?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 143d
No, I stole it from somewhere else and passed it along to you all unmolested.
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 144d
Don't worry, the GOP will make all good things illegal soon enough
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 143d
Meta: if you just share a bloatiful screenshot instead of just copying a few bytes of plaintext, at least crop it down to the actual content.
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 144d
It'll be like that nut you have only once in a blue moon. The one where your body yeets all the feel goods and nearly pass out.
And that's just when billionaires are arrested.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 144d
Titanfall 3 coming out.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 144d
Don't you toy with my emotions like that
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 144d
But you're not the only one.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 144d
I'm not the only one And the rain will kill us all We throw ourselves against the wall
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 144d
I dont think people can accept a good thing at the moment. To much bad
FranzKnut@feddit.org · 6 pts · 144d
I‘m still suspicious about the Hungarian election result
Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 144d
That's a good thing in your book?
FranzKnut@feddit.org · 2 pts · 144d
Yeah
Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de · -1 pts · 144d
How?
tomi000@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d
How is democratically getting rid of a pro-putin pro-Trump wannabe dictator a good thing? Gee, not sure
Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 144d
What a relief, now it's someone who does the same shit except he's pro-EU, so he only harms minorities without inconveniencing us
tomi000@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 144d
I dont know if you know him personally to be able to judge him like that but from his public appearances so far that doesnt seem to be the case. I dont know what you would expect to happen? Some brain washing pills dissolved in the drinking water so hungarians stop being conservative? Changing a whole nation led by propaganda for decades doesnt happen overnight. Magyar is pretty much the best anyone could have hoped for in this election.
JoShmoe@ani.social · 5 pts · 144d
GTA 6
Asafum@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 144d
At this rate GTA 7 will release before GTA 6
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 9 pts · 144d
Lmao, keep dreaming
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 144d
... because gta 5 was amazing and didn't feel like a repeat of things already out there.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 144d
I imagine gta6 is going to be like a less extreme skate. where people remember a series that they once had but was ruined by greed
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 144d
Grand Theft Auto game creator sacked us for trying to unionise
The in-game radio will be a cruel reminder that they're in favor of the things they're satirizing.
heartpunk25@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d
Heated Rivalry released in this media landscape.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 144d
I've admittedly not seen it. I'm not sure I can afford to suddenly realize I'm gay in this economy. I've just got too much on my plate right now.
heartpunk25@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
lol I think if men find it hot it just means they find the situation hot, or are empathetic with the main character and feeling what he feels. Also bisexual people exist. There are more bi people than gay.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 143d
Imagine how good it would feel to have worked to make that good thing happen...
Hisse@programming.dev · 4 pts · 143d
but I'm not the only one
Aneb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 144d
Can I stop taking my antidepressants if it does?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d
i mean sure i'm the internet not a cop.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 144d
100%. Hell, you can even stop them now in advance, if you're feeling bold!
Small caveat, barely worth mentioning: I don't have formal medical training, but...I mean...come on.
shiv@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 143d
That scummy company is no longer involved in producing subnautica 2. It's the small things.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 140d
Artemis II happened recently, despite all the cuts :)
orioler25@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 144d
More liberal doomerism, nice.