Bread and Circuses

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NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 59 pts · 81d (5 replies)

“Today’s proposed legislation is brought to you by our platinum sponsor, KFC. This bill proposes to eliminate school breakfast programs, which will leave kids ready to purchase a finger lickin’ goooooood lunch

village604@adultswim.fan · 33 pts · 81d (1 reply)

I wish Camacho was our president if we're going to get idiocracy

zurohki@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 80d

In Idiocracy, they listened to the smart person. We can only wish we had Idiocracy.

earlstilt@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 81d (2 replies)

UFC is the fighting branch of the “FC”s they’re not so big on the chickens

NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 81d

I guess my mind went 20 steps ahead and pictured when we start to see event sponsors become legislation sponsors. I went full ADHD brain there

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 80d

Ultimate Fried Chicken? Sounds fatal 🤔

Depress_Mode@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 81d (1 reply)

Not enough bread, too many circuses

iocase@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 80d

Here, have my shitty meme I made to bring your comment to life visually

Flower@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 80d (1 reply)

Let's hold the billionaire death matches there.

auzy1@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 80d

We could have had the Elon vs zuck one

UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 80d

Hey, throughout history the elites had distractions to keep the masses distracted. The Romans had the colosseum.

Remember the Epstien files

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 80d

And of course having a UFC fight at the White House will not make the Epstein files go away, or make people stop mentioning Epstein on social media. Because Epstein.