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[–] moog@lemm.ee 75 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"if you can't stand feel free to stand" hey thanks guy why didn't I think of that

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just do what Professor Xavier does, use that big ol' noggin of yers to levimitate yerself so's it looks what like year walkins!

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You jest, but I honestly always wondered about that... does Xavier only have telepathy and no telekinetic abilities at all? I feel like he should be flying around all Magneto-style (in an upright position, rather than planking like Supes)

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 59 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Equally stupid either way round.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They invite me to stand in front of their car. That means I get to block traffic without repercussion, and they'll be charged with assault if they try to stop me.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, assaulting people you don't agree with is kind of the military's thing.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And a big part of Ram drivers' culture.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Owning a Stellantis product probably would eventually make me want to commit random acts of violence as well.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you've seen the car's back you have its licence plate. You can take a photo of it and record the interaction.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

New York has the plates on the front as well.

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago

If your action of standing in front of their car can be construed as a protest, they are legally permitted to run you down, per some fuckwit judge.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The funny part about this is it legally shows a mens rea of intent to harm. So if your argument for running down protesters is you were in fear of your life, this sticker completely destroys it and gets you put away.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Depends entirely on the driver's pantone number

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Watch out, we've got a badass over here!

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Probably one that bitches constantly about taxes being "too damn high!" like a real man of culture.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile $23,288 delinquent on his child support payments.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Drives a Ram and probably put a bunch of those I Did That Biden stickers on gas pumps

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

But doesn’t actually pay any taxes himself. He ends up net positive after taking the standard deduction, child tax credit, and earned income credit, which is funded by the taxes he hates so much.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The metre flows better that way.

If you can't stand,
Feel free to stand
Behind our troops;
In front of my ram.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

In Flanders field, this blowhard blows,

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

If you read it with notes (tonally?)

You’re probably hearing it exactly how I am.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

$20 says this guy has never been a soldier, doesn’t qualify to be a soldier, and is disliked by most soldiers. I know I dislike him already.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely failed the ASVAB

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago

poetry to my eyes

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why are so many NoSafetySmokingFirst's found on the backs of oversized pickup trucks?

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Car size is proportional to car owner's stupidity. The dumber you are, the fancier the idea of mindless communication on the road is for you. And stupid people want their message to be the biggest around, but you can't do that while writing normally, so, you get what you get.

At least that's my theory.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

I think it is more that the appeal of forms of communication where you can exclaim things without having to worry about pesky things like responses increases the dumber the things you want to say are.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They can't read... the signs pointed to yes and they put it on

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So he wants to kill Trump?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

He certainly seems the type

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Lick boots with me daddy

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

So this guy intends to run over the orange turd, since the orange turd also hates troops and veterans

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

Love the garbage decal job, too. Couldn't be bothered to get out the level, Mr. Gravy Seal?

[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Instructions unclear: I'm a troop who sat down and got rammed by this ram. Now I can no longer stand and got rammed again.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"[P]atriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile." - Patrick O'Brien

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

why is the P in patriotism have a []? did patrick obrien originally say atriotism?

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

It denotes a change in capitalization from the original.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No, the full quote starts off with "But you know as well as I, patriotism..." and I feel the preface dulls the impact of the statement.

But if you want the full meaning then you should read all of the books over and over again. At least that's what worked for me.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

That's some radical ablism

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Crazy how much this guy loves Biden's foreign policy.

[–] zanyllama52 4 points 10 months ago

Do all ram owners listen to "ram ranch"?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

So he calls his junk his Ram and stands behind troops?

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Fool me can't get fooled again.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

[Ram] [place that heals the disabled] [our troops]