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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

Ah fuck. I really thought that was AI first time I saw it.

Sigh.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 28 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Can we please, as a society, stop pretending this guy is not dumb as a sack of pig shit?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 3 points 23 minutes ago

It is a loyalty test. Fascists do this to weed out people who are not loyal.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I've never not done that. I was under the impression that he's the dumbest motherfucker alive, but tens of millions of dumbass motherfuckers still are falling for his stupid bullshit after ten years of widespread exposure of what a dumb motherfucker he is, so I guess those dumb motherfuckers must be dumber than this dumb motherfucker.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Nothing in this world has convinced me to drastically lower my expectations of the intelligence of the average person more than the continued popularity of Donald Trump

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I’m about thirty years ahead of you there.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 18 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah, getting rid of the foreign names completely and totally is definitely the play.

Other places that will need a name change (with suggested names:

  • New York - New North America
  • New Hampshire - New North North America
  • New Jersey - New North East America
  • Washington, District of Columbia (DC) - Washington, District of America (DOA)
  • New York City - New North America City, District of America
  • Virginia (named for Br*tain's Queen Elizabeth I) - Trumpia
  • North/South Carolina (Names for Br*tain's King Charles I) - North/South Trumpolina
  • Florida (Spanish for "Flowerery) - Ivanka (the "flower" of Trump's eye)
  • Mar-a-lago (Spanish for "sea to lake") - Melania (so people start calling it "Melania Face" when they refer to Mar-a-lago face)

And SO many more!!!
(I hope the /s is obvious)

EDIT: my buddy, who's an even harder troll than me dropped the suggestion we rename DC to:
"Washington, The Holy District of Our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ Redeemer of All Nations"
(No abbreviations, and it is a felony to reference the place without saying the whole thing every time)

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn’t this an Onion article just a few months ago?

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

Pickles and onions are the only vegetables he eats so that checks out.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Likely some satire site

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 12 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

There must be some new criminal bullshit he’s up to.. enjoy the distraction everyone!

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago

Wait until he learns about Amerigo Vespucci.

[–] finley@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 hours ago (3 children)
[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 4 points 1 hour ago

Free gov health care

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Being president gets you top-tier health care, even as many of your constituents are struggling to get any healthcare at all. COVID would have gotten him if not for treatment he received, and who knows what he’s being treated for now.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago

Because the only three named guy who's tried to rectify that had shitty fucking aim, and I assume security has ramped up since.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Never gonna happen.