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The fuck this Timo guy saying? This reads like peak Jordan Peterson thought aka thoughts from a pseudointellectual bullshit generator.

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[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Citizen Donald

How is anyone taking these people seriously?

[–] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they really owned the chuds by calling him “citizen” instead of “president”. there are definitely chuds on mastodon and they are all really mad

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that’s what they mean. I thought it was some reference to Citizen Kane lol

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

If Trump gave a press conference to defend his memory and then confused Mexico and Egypt, let alone forgot the name of Hamas after using October 7th as his excuse for why the special counsel thought he was senile, liberals wouldn't shut the fuck up for years. Blue MAGA somehow manages to be more obnoxious than red to me. At least red knows who they are.

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Them being old isn’t the real problem. It’s a distraction from their horrible policies.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If is useful for revealing the rot in the system though

[–] TimeTravel_0@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with being old but if 30% of the government barely fuckin alive we got a problem

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been seeing posts from libertarians and CATO institute on it multiple times in the last week. It’s a distraction.

As there are younger people in power.. and they are ghouls too, mostly.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We'd be stupid not to jump in and dunk along with them. Yes, Biden or McConnell being old isn't the problem, if they were gone the political establishment would find young people with just about the same ideals. But even to the most grillpilled boomer that doesn't really care to admit there are huge problems with American politics, pointing out that a huge portion of American politicians are senile is enough to get people saying, "hold on, something's off." It's an important agitation tool.

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I’m not going to attack people for the wrong reason.

Boomers are fine with nothing changing. America as far as they are concerned has been static for 2 decades.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I keep wondering what they mean by economic success?

[–] AlkaliMarxist@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't you noticed how great the economy is?

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've noticed that I can afford even less than I could befor and it was already to expensive to start with...

[–] AlkaliMarxist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, same, but the Dow is up, up, UP!

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

You can call me Dow Jones

Techno Groove plays

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dem strategists trying out a few different spins on the Biden memory story, seeing which sells best

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Shoulda called him Anticitizen Donald

The Vortigaunts folks, they're simply marvelous. They have healing powers and they'll jump your car. Some people say they should stay in Xen but I say bring em here! Bring em here they're such good chefs

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

If you aren't going to survive a single term of your successor to the office, you shouldn't hold that office.

These people being worried about ageism and ableism all of a sudden after partying maskless for three years straight while the disabled and immunocompromized are forever unable to safely mingle and older people just keep on dying from a preventable disease is also an angle. Because it is the same people, no doubt.

All vibes, all optics, all big words that mean nothing.