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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The administration isn't even in and I'm exhausted already. 2025 might be the year I actually lose my sanity.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago

They are doing this on purpose to exhaust, and when we are exhausted they can get what they want.

Pick your battles, don't stress over things in advance that you can't control.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago

Consider how culturally good where the depressive Reagan and Thatcher years. Convert all that angst into art.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can't lose it if you don't look for it!

Edit: find a good outlet for fun that you consider normal. Don't let it go and keep it your normal.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 65 points 2 days ago

I hate Elon Musk but I love watching him eat shit sandwiches while insisting they’re delicious.

He wouldn’t last more than a week because the zookeeper gets the blame not the spotlight.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can't be speaker and president at the same time.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago
[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Just so everyone knows because the article headline makes it seem like it's a large amount of the GOP House Caucus, the 2 people who put forward this idea initially were GOP Senators and then MTG jumped on board of course. But Senators have no say in who becomes speaker of the house so this all seems rather pointless unless a large amount of GOP House members come out in favor of the idea.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apartheid ghouls should be chained to a boulder and thrown in the ocean.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nothing to loose but our chains

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

We can use them to affix them to the boulders

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago

Make sure theirs are tight.

[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Why would they give power and responsibility to the square shaped fack? Isn’t D.O.G.E. basically a pr firm? An advisory office with multiple teams to keep Elon and Vivek busy specifically so that they won’t do anything?