Herman weighs in

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socsa@piefed.social · 84 pts · 26d (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 · 26d

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 · 25d (2 replies)

Who ?

PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d (1 reply)

Some dude who leaned left at a college campus.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 24d

Counting or not counting gang violence?

areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 65 pts · 26d (11 replies)

Cool. The question was, did he respond?

ceenote@lemmy.world · 192 pts · 26d (7 replies)

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

lemmyng@piefed.ca · 110 pts · 26d (5 replies)

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

Saapas@piefed.zip · 33 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Man, he really is committed

ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 26d

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

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 26d (2 replies)

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

chaogomu@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 26d (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 · 25d

correct

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 26d

SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Herman Cain died back in 2020.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 26d

Damn, got me

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 26d

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

AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 26d

iocase@lemmy.zip · 57 pts · 25d

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 26d (11 replies)

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 26d (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 · 26d (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 · 26d

Well that is way less fun

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 25d

Compo?

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 26d

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 · 26d (3 replies)

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

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d (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 · 26d (1 reply)

No, just Bernie, then Bernie again!

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d

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

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 26d

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 · 25d

NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 26d (3 replies)

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

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 16 pts · 26d

layers of humor on full display in here

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 25d (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 · 25d

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

OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 26d

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 25d (11 replies)

Is Herman Cain dead?

gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org · 50 pts · 25d (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 · 25d (2 replies)

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

RichardNixos@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 25d (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 · 25d

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 · 25d

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

Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 24d

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

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d (1 reply)

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

pingveno@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d

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.

charokol@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 25d (1 reply)

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

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 24d

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

TimboSlice@discuss.online · 7 pts · 25d

Yes

Kraiden@piefed.social · 21 pts · 26d

Sure you did

ouija board spelling by fellicia

Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 26d (3 replies)

OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 25d

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d (1 reply)

It is insane that this movie exists.

JordanZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
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nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 25d (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 · 25d (4 replies)

You know Herman Cain is dead, right?

nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 25d (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 · 24d (1 reply)

COVID vaccine denier, too. Died from COVID.

nieminen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 24d

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

xorollo@leminal.space · 6 pts · 24d

Lmao, thanks for the context from another clueless person.

Master@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 26d

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

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 26d (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 · 26d

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

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 26d

kokesh@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 26d (3 replies)

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

PunnyName@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 26d (2 replies)

Herman Cain died in 2020

kokesh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 26d (1 reply)

So they are friends for real! Cool!

starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 25d

Roommates in hell

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 26d (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 · 25d

They spoke in the waiting room

TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 26d (4 replies)

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

Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 26d (1 reply)

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

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 26d

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

Tacky4092@feddit.org · 4 pts · 25d

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

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 26d

Good point.

multifariace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d

Nein! Nein! Nein!

LovelyMover@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 25d (1 reply)

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

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 24d

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

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26d (1 reply)
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Tacky4092@feddit.org · 3 pts · 25d

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