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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Previously, I'd have said that Trump and Epstein were two sides of the same coin.

But now, it's obvious that they're the same side of the same coin.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

Thread's over. LOGIC won.

[–] anas@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I actually ate this one for a moment

[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Same, this was on the top when I opened the app. I bit it hard.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not microplastics either (it's often starch or something right?).

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nowadays, it can be a lot of other polymer compounds reinforced with carbon fiber, but silver (or GOLD!) spray can make it go a few inches longer.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

one day Trump is going to be so obsessed with gold, that he will spray paint himself gold.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

If he hasn't already

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 18 points 1 week ago

I chomped that onion and had to look again for the zine.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not entirely familiar with British lingo, but I’m assuming nonce is another word for patriot.

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends where you're from. In the U.S., anyone who currently self identifies as a patriot either is a nonce or supports one.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't a nonce some religious person in British?

It's also a cryptographic term for numbers used only once...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i thought it was a slang that british call people PEDOS.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If someone had asked me I'd said it's derogatory, like "you fucking nonce!", but also it's a religious thing (not specifically pedo related 😁) but all I could find was "slang for pedo".

So I doubled down and here is where I went wrong:

The Nonce apostolique is french for Nuncio in English.

So nonce is pedo in English slang, and in french it's a diplomatic representative of the pope.

How appropriate!

Cheers

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You could say it's often a religious person, but not all. The Catholic Church is notorious for this, but really no greater amount of nonce than other religions.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

See my answer below, nonce is french for the popes ambassador.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

and with the way inflation is going, it'll be worth 50 cents by this time next year

[–] CubitOom 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nothing stops us from creating a mold, and pouring melt into it for rounds. Although I guess you can't legally put a dollar value on it unless it comes from a government mint.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Down that route lies the 1 Dunnald IMO

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's one of them fancy expenditures homeopathic goldish coins. It was in the same building as some gold once, it still totally counts.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Two reverse sides then.

If a us minted coin comes about with trumps face, its the opportunity to call them trump-epstein coins. Makes sense.

[–] laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

If anyone mints some out of chocolate in golden wrappers I would buy a 100

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The back should say, "BFFs forever"

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Best Friends Forever, Forever"?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

That's, unfortunately, how many use it.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

E Blackmailus Unum. Will they mint a limited run of 8200 of them?