Lindsey Graham Dead at 71

https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-dead-at-71-12186195

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volore@scribe.disroot.org · 207 pts · 66d (2 replies)

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Mitch is stuck in the dispensing area.

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 66d

They certainly stuck something in his dispensing area, and his coin slot too.

SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 127 pts · 66d

CompostMaterial@lemmy.world · 113 pts · 66d (4 replies)

I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

Mark Twain

Manjushri@piefed.social · 36 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Actually, it wasn't Twain. It was Clarence Darrow who first said something very like it about 10 years after Twain's death.

justaman123@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 66d

I feel like Mark Twain elbows Darrow in the afterlife every time it gets misattributed to him

Edit: I feel like it's really important understand when I say this it's the Mark Twain from that tng episode times arrow where they all go in the past and meet Mark Twain and he figures out that they are spacemen

lena@gregtech.eu · -4 pts · 66d (1 reply)

So he has wished a man dead. No need to pretend to have a moral high ground for the sake of appearing "civil".

cecilkorik@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 65d

You made a very similar joke about "hacking" like 2 comments ago so I know you already understand this is a joke.

Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml · 84 pts · 66d (5 replies)

crab-party

IntangibleSloth@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 66d (4 replies)

Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 66d (1 reply)

timmy-pray more please

Murse@slrpnk.net · 20 pts · 66d

kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 66d (1 reply)

mr_account@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 66d

(V)_iwi_(V)

Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 66d (3 replies)

I thought that other giant piece of shit republican was about to die?

Let's hope these old republican assholes all start dying off quick.

Coldcell@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 66d (2 replies)

You can throw your rock, and hide your hand Working in the dark against your fellow man But sure as God made black and white What's done in the dark will be brought to the light

You can run for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 66d (1 reply)

These downvoters don't recognize Johnny Cash...

Coldcell@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 66d

Preach

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 50 pts · 66d

They say one should never say bad things about the dead, only good.

He is dead. Good.

kreskin@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 66d

oh thank god. Fuck that guy.

gointhefridge@lemmy.zip · 46 pts · 66d

Graham before McConnell? tโ€™s like walking into a deli and coming out with a free slice of cake. I didnโ€™t expect it, but Iโ€™m not upset.

boaratio@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 66d (5 replies)

I still can't believe he never found a wife. Amazing for someone 71 years old.

smeenz@lemmy.nz · 22 pts · 66d

Worst kept secret ever

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 66d

You mean beard?

ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 65d

He lived happilly ever after with his Grindr account.

tamal3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Could have done so much good in SC as an out gay man. Didn't.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d

Yeah he could have retired and come out, tried to make the worst people in SC more tolerant of specifically white cis gay men. But even that basic decency escaped him.

Never let it be said that he ever found a moral choice difficult, for he spent his whole life choosing to do the wrong and cowardly thing without question.

sqauffle@slrpnk.net · 42 pts · 66d

Dude what let's fucking go! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Fucking hell I was thinking would see Mitch McConnell death announcement, I was not expecting this....I just know can't stop smiling.

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 66d (1 reply)

To stave off the fading of his own spirit, Mitch drew the life essence from one of his own kin, and so endured.

ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 65d

How did he pry the shell off with his enfeebled hands?

jontree255@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 66d (8 replies)

RULE OF THREE. WHOโ€™S NEXT?

ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Old man grassley most likely just due to being older than dirt.

GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 66d

But given they were both heart attacks seems like weโ€™re due for a Big Beautiful Coronary

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d

Chomo Caligula ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 66d

I wonder if Rafael Cruz has had a cold lately

DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 2 pts · 66d (3 replies)

I know a lot of people are hoping for Kissenger, and admittedly for good reasons, but I have a personal hang up with Roger Stone.

jontree255@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Kissinger died 3 years ago dude. Stone is a good pick

DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 8 pts · 66d

OMG! You are right, he did. How did I miss that? I may go out for drinks later. From my POV, two very evil people who made life substantially harder for many of my friends died today.

WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 65d

I got banned from Reddit for showing โ€œextreme indifferenceโ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 66d

Enjoy hell you insufferable prick.

DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 66d

Rest in piss

BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 30 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Aw, thats a real shame... So anyway, I says to mabel, I says,

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 66d

"Them anal beads ain't sittin' right."

Harelipsteve@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Hahahahahaha

IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 66d (1 reply)
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psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d

They've run out of lists to put me on.

yilian@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Good riddance, hopefully McConnell is already dead.

grinning_serpent@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 66d

He is. Or he's a vegetable, which is no different in terms of being able to perform hus duties as a senator. They're playing weekend at Bernie's with him and they'll do the same when ol Grim eventually claims Trump.

VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 66d

Graham was the final sacrifice McConnell needed to ascend to lichdom

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 66d (8 replies)

Some people make the world a better place with their passing, others make the world a better place with their passing

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d (7 replies)

Others pass away and make the world a better place

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d (6 replies)

that's the point of the sentence

some passing (going though the world) makes the world better

others passing (death) is what makes the world a better place.

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 66d (5 replies)

Yeah, but my joke is that they both sound the same :P

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d (4 replies)

but, in my version they were the same

Lemminary@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 66d (3 replies)

Ugh, dude, that's the joke

WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Nobody understands that you are hilarious

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 65d

That's what I've been saying!

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 65d

No this is the joke.

BillCheddar@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 66d

C'mon, Yahweh; take Bibi next.

badmancrooks@kopitalk.net · 23 pts · 66d (1 reply)

I don't believe in God, but they did just get me an unmatched birthday present, could not have asked for a better gift.

Mediocre_Bard_Redeux@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 66d

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your present!

ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one · 22 pts · 65d

Mediocre_Bard_Redeux@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 66d (9 replies)

A brief and sudden illness describes ricin poisoning, I speculate wildly in the knowledge that Graham recently supported a sanctions package against Russia, a nation notorious for silencing dissidents with ricin.

cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 66d (5 replies)

It was also like a hundred years old. That happens when you're above 60.

3abas@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 66d (4 replies)

He was just in Ukraine though. It's very likely a heart attack or something from old age, and it's also not unlikely that Russia got to him in Ukraine with one of their signature assassinations.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d

I heard a theory he died from poppers a common party drug in the gay community. Interesting theory put out by a man of the community

cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Does it even Matter? Nazis killing Nazis. They love doing that shit. Or a really old guy dying of old. That happens too.

Do we really care who kills these people, as long as they're dead? Is it worth conspiratizing over?

3abas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d

No, it doesn't matter, I'm celebrating either way.

It would be extra delicious though to find out he was killed by Russians in Ukraine as a favor to Iran as revenge for killing the Grand Ayatollah and the 200 school girls, it would be so good for the soul to know Israel got him killed.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 65d

I think whatever happened to him is distinct from "heart attack," as if it were that, then news outlets would just be calling it that. Instead, they're going out of their way to explain this other thing.

adhdsergio@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d (2 replies)

The article said: "A preliminary examination by the DC Medical Examiner has determined the possible cause of death for longtime Senator Lindsey Graham to be aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, officials said Sunday.". Read the article people, or at least the first paragraph ๐Ÿ˜„

Mediocre_Bard_Redeux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d (1 reply)

I was elected to speculate wildly, not read.

But, yeah, aortic dissection is a bitch. There isn't really anything you can do about it unless you happen to be near a surgery suite that is expecting you.

adhdsergio@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d

๐Ÿ˜‚. My heart bleeds for him

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 66d (2 replies)

666 Hell Yeah

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 65d (1 reply)

I landed a 666666 on an internal generative thing a few months ago at my job. I felt like I'd won a tiny lottery.

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d

Double Devil

Birch@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 66d

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 66d (17 replies)

"Sudden illness" are we thinking this was a Mr. Hands type situation?

zwerg@feddit.org · 9 pts · 66d

Well, 2 days ago he announced that had struck a deal with Trump, Russia sent panicked messages of escalation... and now he's suddenly dead. I'd check him for signs of poisoning...

IronBird@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d (10 replies)

eh, i know america loves a conspiracy but the dude was 71-72 or something.

everyday past past like...65 it's a cointoss if your gonna wakeup the next morning imo

forkDestroyer@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 66d (7 replies)

Not if you take care of yourself as you're growing up. Don't let the last years of your life be trash, gang! Eat healthy and lift weights.

stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 66d (1 reply)

And try not to be hateful as to pop a vein.

IronBird@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 66d

hate seems to keep these people alive longer

lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 66d (2 replies)

I live in America. The last years of my life are going to be shit regardless of what I personally do unless I hit the lottery or something.

forkDestroyer@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Not if you're hope pilled and whimsy maxxing.

That might just be my micro plastics talking though.

ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 65d

Hell, yeah!

I mean, as an American, I still think it'll suck, but I'm all in on the whimsy maxing and hope pilling; even if one gets lucky, those can't hurt!

comador@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Cancer would like a word with you...

forkDestroyer@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 66d

Yeah and a jet engine could detach and crush me in my living room, too. I'mma go out swole if I have any say in it, either way. Suns out gunz out 4 lyfe.

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d

His dad also died similarly in his late 60s so it may be he was a ticking time bomb

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 65d

Average age of death is 83, with a normal distribution, so half of people die above 83.

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 66d

I'm hoping for explosive diarrhea

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Mr. Hands as in the guy who fucked a horse?

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 66d

Yeah. He's always had a very "horse fucker" vibe to him.

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d

I was trying to find the Cyberpunk 2077 reference. Was not expecting the horse.

ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 66d

Gotta be. Lindsay looks like a Mr. Hands type

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 66d

Itโ€™s only Sunday and my week is already awesome!

Clutter@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 66d (1 reply)

One evil bastard down, the GOP-1 number of evil bastards to go.

maniclucky@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d

Two really. Fingers crossed that the trifecta hits big.

KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Ladybug, ladybug,

Fly away home,

Your house is on fire

And your children all gone;

0x0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 65d
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 66d

Good, Iโ€™m glad heโ€™s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people.

Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 66d (1 reply)

I'm glad I'm living at a time where I outlive the people I loathe

WalterLego@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 66d

Whenever I think about making a healthy choice instead of picking the easy option I think about the people I will survive thanks to a healthy lifestyle. I mean I also do it because I try to be good to myself, but sometimes a little spite goes a long way.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 66d

This makes me very happy!

kreskin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 65d

Lorenzo Salgado, the home builder guy in Houston who ice murdered deserves all the attention Lindsey Graham's death is getting.

honesthenery@thelemmy.club · 12 pts · 66d
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CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Grindr app at half staff

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d

Male prostitutes in DC are gonna have to tighten their belts through this difficult time

xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu · 11 pts · 66d (4 replies)

๐Ÿฆ€ ๐Ÿฆ€ ๐Ÿฆ€ ๐Ÿฆ€ ๐Ÿฆ€

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d (3 replies)

Pray tell, what means the crabs? I've them used today but not sure what are referencing lol

chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 65d
j5906@feddit.org · 4 pts · 65d (1 reply)

crab rave

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d

Ahhhh, got it, thanks!

GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 66d

I'll pray for his soul to get the afterlife he deserves๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ

InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 66d

Lindsey Graham, like the bulk of drivers in South Carolina, was simply a menace to society.

FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 65d

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 66d

From the looks of that photo, even he's saying, "Hooray!"

Abyssian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 65d

I'm not upvoting the story this time, I'm upvoting the death itself.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 65d

and mitch mcconell is suddenly recovering as he passed away.

joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 66d

Another one bites the dust

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 66d

One shitty dude, like 500 more to go.

grinning_serpent@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 66d

Great way to start the week!

Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 66d

Rest in piss, bozo

cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 66d

I can only wish for the trend to continue.

Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 65d

Closeted hate filled man comes out as dead.

UnmetPlayer@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 65d

Another gender neutral bathroom opening up wherever they bury this goblin.

GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Oh no! I forgot to buy milk for my cereal.

Anyways, what circle of hell do you think Lindsey is in?

raynethackery@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d

Bolgia 5 โ€“ Barrators: Corrupt politicians, who made money by trafficking in public offices (the political analogue of the simoniacs), are immersed in a lake of boiling pitch, which represents the sticky fingers and dark secrets of their corrupt deals. They are guarded by demons called the Malebranche ("Evil Claws"), who tear them to pieces with claws and grappling hooks if they catch them above the surface of the pitch. - Wikipedia

gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d

If I had a nickel for every time a guy named Graham suddenly suspended his campaign for the US Senate in July 2026 I'd have two nickels

dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 66d

Lady G has left the building.

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 66d

Womp womp

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d (2 replies)

Came down with a case of poloniumitis?

Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Too fast. Novichok maybe?

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d

Something like that probably.

Dude looked hearty and hale in all the Ukraine photos.

charonn0@startrek.website · 5 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Sending my pots and thrayers ๐Ÿ‘

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 66d

Lots of flayers

Avicenna@programming.dev · 4 pts · 65d

like all villains he tried hard to stay alive but failed

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d

tough titty

stickly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d (1 reply)

Wow life comes at you fast. I was just talking with him yesterday for roughly 20 minutes about international politics and how healthy he was ๐Ÿ˜ข

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d

Who is you?

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d

Didn't read the article. Did he suffocate in the closet on a dick too big? Or did his back break trying lift Trump's massive ego? I have money riding on it.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 66d

Oh hell yeah

mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 65d

๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž๐Ÿž

plateee@piefed.social · 3 pts · 66d

71... Wow, it's true what they say, only the good die young.

WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d (3 replies)

Dead? I didnโ€™t even know he was sickโ€ฆ

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 65d (2 replies)

aortic anuerysm is usually quick and deadly. apparently being on the plane probably pushed it over the edge.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 65d

quick

What a shame

0x0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 65d

probably pushed it over the edge.

Boeing does have a tendency to defenestrate people.

UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d

Yay!

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -6 pts · 66d (16 replies)
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doomchapel666@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 66d (8 replies)

alternatively, no one cares who you are

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -5 pts · 66d (7 replies)
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solrize@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 66d (1 reply)

No it's important. Imagine some party or coalition has very narrow control of your country's parliament. Then one of the members dies, and another one is in the hospital and hasn't been seen in weeks. So that control is teetering and the entire government might collapse if the control slips away. That's not entirely a local story since what your country's national government does will have effects all over the world.

Here in the US we have a separate executive branch so even if Trumps party loses control of Congress (= parliament), Trump himself is still the president, but it's still a big change, it becomes much harder for him to get laws passed. That affects all sorts of things. Also, these guys (Graham and McConnell) have been around forever and are very influential. McConnell (the guy in the hospital) is the Senate majority leader, maybe of similar standing to the head of the opposition party in a parliamentary country, since the head of the governing party would be the PM. Still an important dude.

I don't want to be morbid about it but it might help understand some of the other posts here.

grinning_serpent@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 66d

To be fair, Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries ain't exactly champing at the bit to go after MAGA and throw em all in prison and reverse all the shit they've done.

Removing the GOP from power is sadly just the first of many steps to fixing the myriad problems with this country.

doomchapel666@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 66d (1 reply)

are you high? this post has 124 upvotes. so....thats 124 people that care that a senator (which isnt local considering they vote on country-wide policy) is dead unexpectedly.

you're weird.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -3 pts · 66d
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arockinyourshoe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d (2 replies)

"Local politician", he was governor of the State of South Carolina, and one of Trumps right hand men. His death should be wildly celebrated across the globe

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -4 pts · 66d (1 reply)
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arockinyourshoe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d

Literally two names that gives no results when I type "name party death". What are you even doing?

And for the record, Im not American, so I dont know where you get your "exceptionalism" comment from

Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 66d
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nieminen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 66d (5 replies)

I'm really annoyed all your comments are deleted.

This is lemmy, there's no penalties for downvotes. If it's your opinion, leave it up, if you've changed your view, edit it.

grinning_serpent@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d

I'd recommend making a reply if you changed your view so that the original is still visible (unless you said a slur or something that no one needs to see I guess.) Or I suppose you could just add to the bottom of the original post.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 66d (3 replies)

I just figured that this discussion leads nowhere and also had nothing to learn from and i only get more complaints if left there.

There's no "unsuscribe" or "ignore topic" on lemmy, no?

nieminen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d

I guess I just have to take your word for it then?

As far as unsubscribe and whatnot, can only assume that might depend on your client? ๐Ÿคท

frongt@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Yeah but you delete a lot of your comments. Like so many of them that I recognize your name for it. Why?

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 65d

Too much Lemmy and ADHD (oh wait, someone else wrote this already/that was unsensible/sensitive info/bullshit, lets quickly delete it).