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MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[–] tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 20 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

If you carry a scorpion on your back and you’re surprised when you get stung, maybe the problem less with you.

[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Except the scorpion won't drown in this case

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 16 hours ago

Doubly so when you keep letting the scorpion back on your back, and it stings you again, and you are equally surprised the next time.