The bar was so low all he had to do was order donuts without acting like a serial killer
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It was hard for Republicans to compete with The Onion's devastating exposé alleging that Walz' "aw, shucks" persona is merely a facade concealing his true "gee whiz" tendencies.
Link to the article in case anyone else hasn't seen it yet.
When reached for comment, a spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign denied the governor had ever lost his temper and told anyone to hold their horses.
Their smear campaign honestly made me like him more and I'm unironically considering moving to Minnesota as a direct result. The only problem is that I'm from the South and snow is scary.
Edit: Y'all are terrible at selling people on coexisting with snow
The snow and the cold are no joke. Buy yourself some good winter clothing straight off the bat. Don't go for those cheap off brands. Oh no. You want to be warm, you want the good stuff. And remember to layer.
It's all in the socks and a good, warm hat. Wools over cotton, wet cotton from sweat or snow in cold enough weather can be dangerous.
My sister got me a llama wool beanie a few years ago, and I will sweat at near zero. That shit is WARM.
Llama (or probably alpaca) wool is no joke. There's a reason why most yarns are a blend and aren't 100% alpaca, it's usually too hot.
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Depends on what you do. Plenty of people only have to walk from car door to heated building so crappy winter clothes isn't a huge deal. There are those people that wear shorts year round based on that principle.
Yes, but in the car there is still a bag of appropriate winter clothes for emergencies.
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Born and raised in MN. Snow gives you a chance to learn how to ski, and isn’t terrible to drive in when you relax and are patient.
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Not as scary as the south.
My very first job was in Minnesota and the snow is not what you have to be afraid of.
It's the damn frigid temperatures. My wife and I quit our jobs, broke our lease, packed up and moved to California after one delightful -27F day.
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It’s not that bad. I swear California nights at 40 and humid are worse than 0 and dry.
Snow is easy to drive in if you learn properly and afford yourself extra drive time. Honestly, that old comment from some southern news broadcast is pretty accurate: “If you rarely drive on snow, just pretend you’re taking your grandma to church. There’s a platter of biscuits and sweet tea in glass jars on the back seat. She’s wearing a new dress and holding a crock pot full of gravy.” Just go slow and steady and everything is fine. It’s the folks that think they can still do 60 in their Jeep with 6” of snow and corner like they’re an F1 car on the road that are the problem.
Also, come on up, we’d love to have you! Just be sure you read or watch “How to talk Minnesotan” first. It’s on the test.
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I moved from the south to Minnesota in recent years and will never move back. The winters aren't too bad after the first. Finding a knowledgeable local is pretty easy plus the Internet can fill in the gaps.
The winters aren’t too bad after the first.
Most people, similarly, don't know that Stockholm Syndrome isn't about the weather. ;-)
There are parts of the twin cities that are fully car free so you ~~dummy~~ don’t need to drive.
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Among all of the people included in the survey, no one finished below Vance.
The couch did.
You think he could finish a couch? I think it would eventually fake it, tell him what a good boy he was, and then roll over and let him sleep in the wet spot.
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Vance never lets the couch finish.
!truthabouttimwalz@lemmy.world if you want to know the real Tim Walz.
Lol this was a lot more wholesome than I expected
Yeah but so is he
I think it’s hilarious somebody pointed out that he’s younger than Weird Al.
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According to a poll I saw a while ago he’s MORE POPULAR THAN TAYLOR SWIFT.
I was not aware such a feat was possible.
He should drop an album while he's on top!
It worked in making them seem like douche-bags.
Like they needed any help with that lol
What about the time he stopped to help an old lady push her car out of a snowbank? Did they even think to criticize him for that? I swear, GOP opposition research has gotten lazy.
The gop only does four things effectively:
- Shoots kids
- Sexually assaults kids
- Accuses others of abusing kids
- Avoids discussing all of those dead kids
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The father we all wish we had.
I appreciate that, I guess meme, going around that the reason he resonates with so many of us is because he's the father we could have had if Fox News hadn't corrupted him.
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BUT MUH TAMPON TIM MEMES
When I first saw it, I thought it was in suport of him until I realized who was posting it
Same thing for "all lives matter" where I thought it was someone agreeing with black lives matter the first time I heard it. Didn't realize someone could get so close to the point and miss it there
Same, I didn't get why All Lives Matter was a bad thing at first. I'm like "yes! we're all humans and everyone matters!" Then I saw who was posting it and had to reaccess.
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Anecdotal, but relevant: I had forgotten what the "smears" were supposed to be until I saw this and went "oh, right, they did that".
BUT…. HE FED HUNGRY CHILDREN!!!😡😡😡
The other argument I saw against him was he admitted when he made a mistake one time. I just remember it cause that struck me as so strange. Like... Yeah that's awesome. Admitting you were wrong and trying to fix your mistake is a pretty damn good quality. It would be so annoying if he thought he knew everything about everything and never ever admitted he was wrong about anything even when he- oooooh it makes sense now.
A friend of mine was telling me about it, said Fox News was going on about how they "don't like the way he moves." Whatever that means.
"Twitchy Tim" is what Fox News decided on.
Why do these people always have to have some stupidass nickname for someone that’s not based on anything related to their platform or policies?
Because some of them mentally never left high school. So they pick 'insults" that were "funny" and made them "cool", back when they peaked, and those appeal to the rest of the faux-news followers who did the same.
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