Quimby

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Also, the irony of the US pointing at China and saying things like "the party picks the leaders", "it's not a real democracy" etc etc.

You WILL vote for Biden and you WILL like it!

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will personally ban anyone who unironically supports Trump. Supporting hardcore reactionaries is reactionary behavior and not allowed.

But, I think we enjoy, in a sort of dark humor way, the ways that he spotlights the contradictions and flaws in our system. There's also an almost incredulous hilarity to the things he is coincidentally right about sometimes, like making American foreign policy less hawkish.

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I was taught this at one point (though I'm not Christian), but isn't the existence of such a gate irrelevant since the meaning of the phrase is unchanged? Like, either way, the point is that a camel is too big to get through the thing.

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 85 points 2 years ago (2 children)

post better bait next time. this is way too obvious.

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

no they're not here. they're over in ukraine putting up statues of Bandera and wearing nazi symbols all over their military uniforms. were you not listening, or...?

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

"And that's all I have to say about that." fedposting

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

We have the best system, folks. Truly the greatest. trump-dapper

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Thoughts on the use of geographic domains for vanity purposes? I know that's come up recently as a topic of concern (including with lemmy, specifically), and personally, it seems like it's both extremely widespread and also maybe shouldn't have become super widespread given the actual implications.

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

TIL Mao was a Posadist pog-dolphin

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

"I need to go back in time and warn Stalin not to stop at Berlin!"

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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Quimby@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
 

Stan, since you're probably here, please don't doxx me.

Update: he added

The only infrastructure I need is a replacement liter bottle of Black Velvet Whiskey - where’s the federal funding for that?? My best, Kelly

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

yeah. actual conversation I was a part of with two people last year (I'm none of the people in the conversation though--I was just listening): "oh. he's staying with you?" "yeah, for a couple weeks." "is he in the Red room? I think that's where I was last time." "no, you're thinking of the Green room. we're redoing the Red room." "oh, so he's there?" "no, no, he's in the Blue room. But you stayed in the Green room, which is across from the Red room."

And this is one of the 4 houses these people own. They have their DC house, for when they are doing government stuff, their island house, their golf course house, and then their regular home mansion, which is the one with the color rooms.

 

If you don't count his $70 million custom built private jet, his multi-million dollar fleet of personal cars, the hundreds of millions of dollars of mansions he owns, or the various corporate headquarters where he ostensibly spends most of his time, then he's technically homeless!

Also, "staying at a friend's house" for rich people is very much not the same as couch surfing. Idk why, but "staying with a friend" is actually like a huge part of "rich people culture". It gives people a chance to show off, it helps build clout and reinforce relationships, and it's often more comfortable than staying in a hotel since you're typically staying in the guest wing of an expensive mansion.

Which, by the way, is another example of how it's perversely cheaper to be rich. Two week vacation to the Cape? hardly costs a thing when you stay in a friend's summer home. not that that stops you from spending more on wine while you're there than a 2 week hotel stay would have cost, of course.

[–] Quimby@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago

oooo this sounds intriguing. do you know if it'll still work with, like, a modest amount of oil? or is the tons of oil basically necessary to achieve the artery-clogging deliciousness of Alfredo sauce?

 

A police officer sued to challenge the legislation, at the behest of the governor, whose lawyers are helping the challenge (at a cost to the public). And it was heard by a judge appointed by the same governor. We do love our representative democracy, don't we folks.

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