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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Did she encounter a mirror?

(it's a joke, I know there are enough clowns in washington to create a natinowide job shortage in circuses)

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

Lol she'd never pass the mirror test.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

.... and an echo

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

She entered that room at the end of Enter the Dragon.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair she does work in congress

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

"Imagine you're an idiot. Now imagine you're in Congress. But I repeat myself."

--Mark Twain

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For the outliers who may not be familiar with the term Dunning–Kruger effect, here it is in the real world.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

It also creates a really weird paradox where the folks suffering from this effect do not believe they are suffering from this effect and instead believe that everyone else is.

It's a lose-lose situation for everyone involved. There is no winning play, since any play means being drug down by stupidity.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember kids! When you feel surrounded by idiots, it usually means you are the idiot.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

Either that or you're traveling through rural America

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait I genuinely thought Newsweek was satire

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

They used to be a respected news publication, but then they got bought and turned into a streaming pile of dung. It's all about what gets clicks now, so your confusion is understandable.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Oh boy if only.

[–] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm tired of all the blond, red jacketed, play-doh faced morons I have to work with here in Washington!

Marjorie Taylor Green

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 2 years ago

All those people she works with think the same thing about her.

[–] TheAuthor_13@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s like the Queen looking down upon her subjects with disgust.

Let them eat gespacho (police)

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah I think Queen Elizabeth was not a complete out of touch monster. Can’t say the same for most other parts of The Firm.

[–] TheAuthor_13@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not disagreeing; my statement was about MTG being the Queen of the Schmucks, not comparing her to Liz or any current monarchs

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago
[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In that video clip she’s not actually wrong. And I feel dirty just typing those words out. Americans are going broke because of the idiots in Washington DC.

However, maybe she shouldn’t be throwing stones inside her glass house. She’s easily in the top 5 of the most moronic people in DC.

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

You say idiots like they don't know what they're doing. They do. They are paid corporate liars, decievers, malicious abusive sociopathic ETOW oil cock sucking actors. Do not for one second pretend that Biden is anything but exactly the same.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh man... Thanks, Marj. I need that.

[–] morriscox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

She sounds like a snowflake.

[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuckin' Sporkfoot never fails to fail.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And also:https://agnostic.com/post/711688/its-why-we-call-her-sporkfoot-and-its-how-she-got-her-name-sporkfoot-the-ho-sporkfoot-the-h

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh weird. I wonder what caused that.

[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I think it's turned out to be not true, but shit sticks.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Has she looked in the mirror lately? Like, irrelevant of physical appearance, I just mean she needs to point to herself in the mirror and start screeching at THAT fucking idiot she sees.