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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 184 points 3 weeks ago
[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 113 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Every time I think we hit rock bottom of the dumbest timeline. The universe goes, “Hold my beer. “

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The bottom of the fucking barrel and then lower than that. Fuck.

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An AI eulogy posted by fascists. Some honor.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They're trying to make it uncool to remember Harambe.

And I bet from now on people will call it a right-wing dogwhistle any time you mention his name...

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[–] djdarren@piefed.social 65 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Being a Veteran Of The Internet, I know to take screengrabs with a pinch of salt. I'll do my due diligence, thank you!

And, well, I wish I hadn't. Because now I know this is real and oh my fucking god

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Jesus christ ... whichever 4chan incels were hired to run the U.S. web pages didn't even blink twice at turning a meme into a governmental announcement.

This is what it's about - completely outrageous displays of circusry to distract from it becoming an absolutely, pants-shittingly embarrassing mockery of its former glory.

The U.S is getting robbed blind and made to look like a buffoon simultaneously.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

correction mate. The US is being robbed openly not blind.

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[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 55 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Before reading this article and hearing the name "Harambe"?

Before

After reading this article?

After

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So tired of having a White House that shit posts like a boomer trying to sound cool to 14 year olds

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

That far too old a target for the current Whitehouse.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 36 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

AmeriKKKa is truly the most ignorant and least serious culture in all of history.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 32 points 3 weeks ago

WTF even is this timeline?

This post makes sense, though. None of these clowns would be on the White House if Harambe were still alive. Basic gratitude post.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They're really just throwing stuff at the wall at this point

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Harambe memes were popular with 4chan neonazis and the like, they are shouting out to their base.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course they're honoring him, his death sealed the current future where Trump get elected twice.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With this character's death, the thread of prophecy has been severed. Reload to restore the weave of fate, or persist in this doomed world you have created.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I prefer a meme-free white house, is that communism?

We're killing people overseas RIGHT NOW. We're arming other countries doing the same thing RIGHT NOW. These aren't joking matters. I won't even get into the various financial problems we're facing, whilst building a goddamn Octagon on WH the front lawn. If you don't have something important to say, shut the fuck up white house.

revolting brevity, Harambe would instinctively attack and dismember any of these clowns on sight.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

And now, show me Epstein files.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I wish Trump had been put in cage with Harambe 11 years ago or so.

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[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For a fraction of a second my brain went to some other less awful universe and I read this sentence as a totally normal thing of like "oh yeah of course, harambe must've been an important person and it's totally normal for rational governments to honour important people".

I want to stay there.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I wish to stay there with you.

[–] vapordays@leminal.space 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Everything that can possibly be ruined, they will leave no stone unturned

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago

On this day, Harambe stopped being funny. The memes, though dead, will live on forever in our hearts.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago
[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

Jesus, the entire administration is full of fucking morons. Even the aids that post on social media.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

how is the onion even able to keep going at this point?

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[–] derAbsender@piefed.social 15 points 3 weeks ago

Fitting.

The new heraldic animal for the bananan republic.

Shit hole country.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

I usually try to read the article…and I’m left wondering what in the ever loving fuck I just read.

CIA looking for alien blood lines on 23 and me….I can’t tell real life from tabloid shit any more

As for Harambe, he was not a patriot. He was a beautiful animal that was shot despite being a gentle soul who did not hurt a fallen child. He did not care about human politics or Trumpian bullshit. Lovely being, yes. Martyr, maybe. Patriot, no.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 weeks ago

I love how this post inadvertently shits on/ makes fun of 9/11 with the "we all remember what we were doing when it happened" line

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Best case for shutting down the internet, imo. Bunch of people with internet poisoned brains in positions of power who would rather talk about an ape that died a decade ago than any problem facing a living human being today.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

So it’s been 10 years.

Let’s open the portal to get out of this alternate timeline

Everyone drop acid and walk in circles

[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

Feels much longer than that.
But 2020 went on for at least 5 years.

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[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The stupid pieces of shit have never known what a patriot is

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

When's national Dicks Out Day?

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

meme-washing

cheap, gets likes

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

the fuck is this retarded shit, go shit on the south lawn you fuckheads

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

White Trash elected White Trash and got White Trash. News at 11.

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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do we really need to drop an R-word here?

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

More of a patriot than any of the motherfuckers currently running the country

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

In this case "dicks out" refers to the mid term elections

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

beginning to wonder if I've been in a coma since 2015.... and the madness is all just my brain shutting down more and more... because that's the only way this shit makes any sense

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