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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 196 points 1 month ago (4 children)

This is easily explained.

Donald Trump has dementia.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago

And even before that, he was dumb and easily used. Just easier to use now:

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But media won't harp on this like Biden. Otherwise we'd have a million articles by now.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Mainstream media has a fuckton of culpability here.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 12 points 1 month ago

Not true, not true. Very sharp, Tim Apple called him smart. Fake news

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, it's syphilitic brain damage.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

One doesn't exclude the other.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 131 points 1 month ago (5 children)

When do we start using Gatorade on the crops?

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ahem Brawndo? Idiot doesn't even know it's got electrolytes...

[–] SW42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It’s what plants crave !

[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Where's the grift in that? It's gonna be raw sewage and industrial waste.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 month ago

Because it's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

It'll be Trumpade

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

RFK's worm doing some serious work on upping that foodborne pathogens game...

Edit: Missed a letter and link

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s scares me that some of you don’t get this ~~joke~~ reference

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When all the nefarious people encouraging this abuse die off.

You'll notice that they don't exist in the future world of Idiocracy. That's because it's a fictional world, with a very basic premise only vaguely related to reality.

The problem isn't that people are dumb, it's that the people in power want to keep people dumb. Without that, it's not like we'll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Without that, it’s not like we’ll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

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[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Must be soon. Crocs have been in fashion for a while.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 107 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has Mr. Japan met Tim Apple?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Mr. Japannibal Lector

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

We're like a department store to shop in the United States, and you'll pay a 25% tariff

That's not how any of that works.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Siresly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A mind as sharp as a sharpie.

[–] Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sharpie enough to control hurricanes.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

The power to relocate Alabama by drawing a weiner with a marker.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

A mind like a bowling ball. Blunt, smooth, and significantly dense for it's relatively small size.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm not a fan of the headline.

Peanut butter is useful.

[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder what he's thinking when he says "Ms. Universe"

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Probably thinking about what she looked like in her early teens.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mr. Japan sounds like a really awesomely shitty knockoff super hero.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Still way better than what USA has right now ....

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Comedy genius

[–] susurrus0@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, the long awaited sequel to Tim Apple.

[–] wulrus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That does make sense. Smartest thing he has said so far.

We already have "Miss Germany" etc. Why did we not think of using that term for the respective leader?

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Senile leader

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

The two people in charge of the US government---Beavis and Butthead---sure are some queer fellas.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I grow up, EVERYBODY will call ME "MR. AMERICA". They will GIVE ME "NOBEL" PEACE prizes and hold MILITARY PARADES on MY BIRTHDAY. I will be "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES". They will LOVE ME and APPRECIATE ME.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well I'm gonna get a THREE BELL prize! Take that!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Ask the magic EIGHT BELL.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Thanks Mr. Orange man!

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

The president of the united states and commander in chief, perfect representation of his nation!

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Put my dick in your mouth, Donnie. It’ll block you from saying stupid shit.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I get the sentiment, but still....

ewww

[–] Tollana1234567 1 points 1 month ago

mr japan sounds like a bodybuilder nme.