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This taste of sick in your mouth is the taste of fascism

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[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Tech leaders take turns ~~flattering~~ fellating Trump at White House dinner

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

God dammit, I was gonna do that joke. (as were most of the other commenters I'm sure)

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“This taste of _ick in your mouth is the taste of fascism.”

Was still there for the taking :)

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's also the taste of cock some people say.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 80 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

It wasn't prescient, it had already been happening.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Apple Thanks President Trump for Being the Most Pro-Technology President Ever; Introduces the Trump Channel on Apple TV

Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a bold new partnership with the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, thanking him for his unwavering support of technology, innovation, and large gold letters on buildings. In recognition of his tireless contributions—like personally inventing the iPhone before Steve Jobs “borrowed” the idea—Apple is proud to launch The Trump Channel on Apple TV.

“President Trump is, without question, the most pro-technology president the world has ever seen,” said Tim Cook, staring blankly into the middle distance. “His visionary policies—such as renaming Wi-Fi to ‘Trump-Fi’ and personally boosting 5G by standing next to a cell tower—have created the greatest jobs numbers in the history of silicon. Truly, nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”

The Trump Channel will feature:

Exclusive Original Programming, including The Apprentice: Cabinet Edition and Shark Tank but Everyone’s a Trump. 24/7 Coverage of the Jobs Report, with real-time updates on how many people are thanking him with tears in their eyes. Epstein Documentary Section, labeled “FAKE HOAX,” automatically skipping to golf highlights at Mar-a-Lago. A dedicated Covfefe Mode, where subtitles don’t make sense but still claim to be “the best words.” Apple TV+ subscribers will get access to the Trump Channel at no extra charge—because as Trump has pointed out, “Tim Apple owes me big league.” Availability

The Trump Channel on Apple TV will roll out starting today in the U.S., with international launches pending approval from leaders who appreciate “big beautiful deals.”

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We've gotten to a point when satire is genuinely so close to reality that it is indiscernible

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I read the first para and thought it was real

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

If this is real, people are still going to buy iPhone's. That's how shit this country is.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Will Tim Apple be a special guest on the "Ow, my balls!!" premier on the Trump channel?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Billionaires love power without effort or responsibility. Kissing the shit-stained ass of their puppet is a small price to pay.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This a version of the Dubai portapotty?

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Where are the other world leaders? Where are the rest of our politicians? Where are the journalists? Where are the general strikes? Where are the weekly protests? Where are the sit-ins, the occupy movement.

Where's is the pushback?

They are the minority. We are the majority. Let's act like it.

Fuck the division by race, creed, age, sexual preference. It's a class war, and there's too many of us for them to win.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Fucking. Filthy. Cowards.

Boycott if you can.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you know any progressive or leftist that supports companies like Apple, Microsoft, or OpenAI, this is the video to show them. It's important to ask the tough question of "What would a company have to do to lose you as a consumer?" Another relevant topic I think that's important and ties into this is Hank Green's latest video on Electricity costs (Electricity is About to be Like Housing), the future and purchasing of energy stocks, and what the tech companies have to gain or lose in the sector.

[–] kewjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

not to mention all the ai bullshit is offloading it's power costs into the people connected to the grid. literal leches

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really disproving my view that execs are basically the easiest members of a corporation to replace with an AI. Tell an AI to suck up to Trump and randomly lay off workers to "improve efficiency" and you're golden.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

🤢 They know they are in a bubble that’s about to burst and looking to get some of that sweet socialism.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I can't wear a t shirt and tell people that genuinely suck to fuck the fuck off, why the hell would I want to be a billionaire? If billions can't get me out of a suit and get my lips out of peoples asses what is the glamor in money?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Well, for one thing, you can have a really big boat.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

Didn't Bill Gates fly on the lolita express or something? Bet half the room is on Epstein's list.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Their servile obsequiousness is a delicacy at the Trump Whitehouse.

Fucking pathetic. Both for him wanting it and them giving it to him. Just wow.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Mark Cuckerburg is stuck a little shit.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Tech leaders take turns at the Trump bukkake dinner.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

gargle gargle gargle

Zuck: Is this good enough Mr. President?

[–] plyth@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How about the other industries? Do the weapons manufacturers and oil companies do the same?

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Trump cozies up to Big Tech specifically because their corporate surveillance network can be co-opted to turbocharge the fascist dictatorship he's putting in place, and also because he needs their resources for his crypto scams.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The backdoors have been there for years without dinners. The CEOs are not stupid. If we see it as a humiliation then they won't feel honored.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The backdoors have been there for years without dinners.

Yes of course. Corruption and sucking up to the powers that be is nothing new.

What's new - at least in the United States - is the willingness of those ultra-rich sycophants to perform the Dear Leader song-and-dance publicly without any shame. It's really quite nauseating to watch.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Trump kisses the ass of oil companies, not vice-versa.

[–] HumanoidTyphoon@quokk.au 5 points 1 year ago

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

fuck and nobody bombed them? do I have to do everything myself?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

CHICAGO SURVIVED THIS WEEK!

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

New round of Pedos fucking kids at the White House?

Wow, did Nazi that coming.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://youtu.be/Q2DFCP0tBEg?t=7

Edit- I thought that would only be the gifts and small penis gag as per the article. Will replace with a better clip if I can find one.