Did you just describe Fox News?
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Mayhap that I did, inadvertently.
But I feel no pity whatsoever for those hate & fear-mongering fuckers; may they all step on a veritable minefield of legos while barefoot.
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I don’t think my dad gave me $413 total in my whole life. Sheesh.
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Ah yes. Good point. Let’s hope there is some flexibility in what’s allowed.
Years ago I was copy-editing abstracts for a very large technical conference, when I came upon one that was such a mess that I was tempted to leave it as it arrived so attendees would understand what a mess that presentation might be. A wise chief editor advised me to apply the layout standards but keep the original poor word choices so the character would be preserved.
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I endorse this message.
Hadn’t heard that one, thanks!
Though in this instance, Trump is the traditore.
Also, this may top any of the absurd utterances I’ve heard him spew before.
–Update, Snopes has debunked (thanks to @nungesser for the link). I totally believed it was something he could have said, but I’m glad in this instance he didn’t. He’s already insulted enough of our allies.
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They never expected to be upstaged!
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I find that when trying to write Trump-speak for satirical purposes, it is very difficult to avoid trying to form complete sentences.
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I think I need to print that out and stick it on neighbors doors if I canvassed the area
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Snopes says no, he didn’t.
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I mean, that’s a decent summary if you’re too stupid to pass a 9th grade history class.
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It was a JOKE for dog’s sake!
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When I push the “scan” button on my car radio, it goes from station to station pausing for a few seconds at each. I cannot tell the difference between that and Trump when he speaks off the cuff.
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The darkest timeline often makes me think about Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media, and in particular, Turmp’s words make me think of where McLuhan transcribes some of a radio DJ’s speech:
That’s Patty Baby and that’s the girl with the dancing feet and that’s Freddy Cannon there on the David Mickie Show in the night time ooohbah scuba-doo how are you booboo. Next we’ll be Swinging on a Star and sssshhhwwoooo and sliding on a moonbeam.
Waaaaa how about that… one of the goodest guys with you… this is lovable kissable D.M. in the p.m. at 22 minutes past nine o’clock there, aahhrightie, we’re gonna have a Hitline, all you have to do is call WAlnut 5–1151, WAlnut 5–1151, tell them what number it is on the Hitline
Subtract the friendliness and coherence, add in some racism, and that’s Turmp talking. This is in the context of McLuhan describing how aliterate, oral cultures stroke and paw one another, whether with hands or words. It’s why I go out of my way to avoid seeing or hearing Turmp – I’d object to it even from someone I liked, and coming from him, it makes me feel physically violated. It may also give you a clue what I think of people who stand in line to have this done to them at his rallies.
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Look man, when we have official letters that looks like a 3rd grader wrote it, speeches that swing between slurring and manic rambling, and Freudian slips in tweets, we really don’t need jokes to muddle up reality.
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Agreed, but I’m just so bothered by his word choice, which is straight up bizarre:
- Russia wasn’t “involved” in Afghanistan, they (the USSR) invaded Afghanistan.
- It didn’t used to be called the Soviet Union, it was part of the Soviet Union—Russia was still called “Russia” between 1917 and 1991.
- The breakup of the Soviet Union wasn’t a downsizing, it was the dissolution of a union of constituent states. Ukraine, Georgia, the Baltic States etc. didn’t become independent because Russia sold them off. That’s an offensive, Russo-centric view of those countries, and taking that position works against diplomacy with them.
- And, of course, the collapse of the USSR can’t be blamed entirely on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It’s a factor, but it’s not the only one.
- He began this history lesson with “You know”, which makes me believe that he thinks only he’s privy to the history of the Soviet Union and their invasion of Afghanistan, and that he’s the first one to expose us to this information. What a narcissistic idiot prick!
I have no doubt that you’re well aware of these things, but I felt like explicitly pointing out how messed up his understanding of history is (despite everyone already knowing that). I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the only time that the end of the Soviet Union has ever been called “a downsizing”—who on earth would use that word to describe such an event? It’s insane.
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It’s hard to believe we’ve made it (so to speak, while acknowledging some of us haven’t) to the 1,000 day point of his Presidency.
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Is it bad that I’m laughing?
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She looks as if she was tasked with translating the blathering of a severely brain-damaged member of some alien species.
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The same guy who thinks he’s an amazing businessman who’s managed to bankrupt a casino.
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