Herman weighs in

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socsa@piefed.social · 84 pts · 78d (4 replies)

This just reminded me that it's almost been a full year since Charlie Kirk said something racist.

Inucune@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 78d

He did lean to the left, and the media stopped reporting anything he said afterwards.

I still think it is great he got to live out his percicution fantasy before God called him home... Possibly nitro express.

smeenz@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 77d (2 replies)

Who ?

PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d (1 reply)

Some dude who leaned left at a college campus.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 76d

Counting or not counting gang violence?

areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 65 pts · 78d (11 replies)

Cool. The question was, did he respond?

ceenote@lemmy.world · 192 pts · 78d (7 replies)

The joke is that Herman Cain (the tweeter) died of covid a few years ago.

lemmyng@piefed.ca · 110 pts · 78d (5 replies)

And his Twitter account kept posting antivax messages after he passed.

Saapas@piefed.zip · 33 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Man, he really is committed

ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 78d

It's that or Republican staffers are grotesque mockeries of human beings.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 78d (2 replies)

I can’t wait to find out how Bitch McConnell got his Herman Cain award

chaogomu@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 78d (1 reply)

I always thought of the Herman Cain award being given out when the cause of death was something the person said wasn't real.

Like Herman Cain and COVID.

McConnell is just ancient and evil. There's no award for then an ancient evil dies, just relief.

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d

correct

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 78d

SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Herman Cain died back in 2020.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 78d

Damn, got me

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 78d

Don't feel bad, I didn't remember this either.

AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 78d

iocase@lemmy.zip · 57 pts · 78d

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 78d (11 replies)

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 78d (9 replies)

Could you imagine being this actor (Terry Kiser)?

"We want you to play a dead guy for the entire film. The title character. You have like 10 minutes of being an alive jerk, then you just spend the rest of the movie limp. Lay on sofas and chairs a lot, lean on a few walls, get carried around, do absolutely nothing. Here's your paycheck."

"Wow, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity as an actor to get paid to do nothing!"

"Good news! SEQUEL!"

EpeeGnome@feddit.online · 23 pts · 78d (2 replies)

The role also required a high pain tolerance, as both he and his stunt double were dropped repeatedly while filming and had to stay limp to not ruin the take. I read Kiser ended up with 3 cracked ribs and some nerve issues that took a while to heal from his neck flopping around so much. He more than earned his paycheck.

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 78d

Well that is way less fun

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 78d

Compo?

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 78d

I mean, he did a bang up job of it fwiw, he took the job they usually give extras and turned it into a starring role

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 78d (3 replies)

His best known role is portraying a corpse for 2 movies. A gig's a gig!

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d (2 replies)

I thought you meant in addition to Bernie for a sec. I was about to say "talk about typecasting".

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 78d (1 reply)

No, just Bernie, then Bernie again!

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d

That's the name of my future band. "Bernie Again"

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 78d

I imagine there would have been hours of footage in which the other actors succeeded in making him respond (i.e., what they call “corpsing” in theatre) and they have to retake the scene.

OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 77d

NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 78d (3 replies)

I thought the joke was pretty blatant, but god damn, lots of woosh going on here.

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 16 pts · 78d

layers of humor on full display in here

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 77d (1 reply)

If you're not US american you probably won't know who this is. I have myself never heard of him.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 77d

For those that don't know him, I highly recommend looking into him. Endlessly entertaining.

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 78d

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 78d (11 replies)

Is Herman Cain dead?

gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org · 50 pts · 78d (7 replies)

Said that COVID wasn't that big of a deal, then died of COVID. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_Award

VinegarChunks@lemmus.org · 22 pts · 77d (2 replies)

Then his twitter account continued saying covid wasn’t a big deal

RichardNixos@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 77d (1 reply)

Holy moly I didn't believe you until I checked Wikipedia. Was that tweet sent by a human or was it just a scheduled tweet that became unintentionally posthumous?

tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 77d

Considering there are so few black people in the GQP that they kept running his account even after that, I'd say someone made the decision to keep downplaying covid on his page and didn't care about the optics.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 77d

That he got from a superspreader Trump rally, no less.

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d (1 reply)

Right. Got it. So I was right. They are talking in Hell.

pingveno@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d

No, no, they are both in the embrace of Their noodly appendages. They don't reject anyone. Except Fred, you know who you are and you know why.

Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 76d

And his socials continued to day covid wasnt bad after he died from it because even his staffers are nuts

charokol@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 77d (1 reply)

No, he just spoke with Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior senator from Kentucky

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d

Yeah, figured they were both in Hell. That's how they talked.

TimboSlice@discuss.online · 7 pts · 78d

Yes

Kraiden@piefed.social · 21 pts · 78d

Sure you did

ouija board spelling by fellicia

Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 78d (3 replies)

OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 77d

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 78d (1 reply)

It is insane that this movie exists.

JordanZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
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nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 77d (5 replies)

They have to realize that so many of them posting that they've talked to him is having the opposite effect they intend right?

MJKee9@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 77d (4 replies)

You know Herman Cain is dead, right?

nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 77d (2 replies)

I don't even know who herman cain is, but that makes this funnier, thanks for clarifying 🤣.

In either case, real and currently live people are doing this.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 76d (1 reply)

COVID vaccine denier, too. Died from COVID.

nieminen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d

Absolute shame when that happens.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

xorollo@leminal.space · 6 pts · 76d

Lmao, thanks for the context from another clueless person.

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 78d (1 reply)

This is, in fact, how normal human people talk. I am now convinced they are not engaged in a deception.

I forgot who this loser was.

chaogomu@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 78d

The first winner of the famous Herman Cain award during COVID. Awarded posthumously.

Master@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 78d

I heard that Charlie Kirk spoke with him earlier this week!

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 78d

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 78d (6 replies)

But the real question is did he respond. Can talk to a corpse all day long but I doubt it would respond with words.

starik@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 78d

They spoke in the waiting room

TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 78d (4 replies)

Do you think Herman Cain is smart enough to know the difference?

Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Wait, was he not one of the covidiot who died from it?

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 78d

He was. Guess he's too dumb to realize that he's dead as well.

Tacky4092@feddit.org · 4 pts · 77d

Herman Cain is already dead. That's the joke here.

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 78d

Good point.

kokesh@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 78d (3 replies)

Is it some sort of competition who is better friends with that corpse?

PunnyName@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 78d (2 replies)

Herman Cain died in 2020

kokesh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 78d (1 reply)

So they are friends for real! Cool!

starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 77d

Roommates in hell

multifariace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d

Nein! Nein! Nein!

LovelyMover@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 77d (1 reply)

didnt speak back ofc as hes dead...thoughts & prayers talk maybe?

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 77d

Herman Cain is also dead. He was a Covid denier that died of Covid. They spoke together in Hell.

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d (1 reply)
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Tacky4092@feddit.org · 3 pts · 77d

Herman Cain been dead since 2020. That's the joke.