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“You know, this is the only commencement speech that I’m giving this year and so I’ve watched a few highlights of graduation speeches where this or that corporate leader will discuss artificial intelligence, AI, and be met with literal boos,” Vance said as he wrapped up his remarks.

“Now, you can’t boo me. I’m the vice president of the United States,” he added, drawing laughs.

that's pretty cringe

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[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

please clap

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

truly some small dick energy here

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Bro, top republicans look so good right now, just raw alpha big dog energy.

I miss pre Botox Mike Johnson when you could see his ass turn red when he lied.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

would have been amazing to meet his candor with silence. no boos. no clapping. nothing.

sometimes silence is the loudest sound of all.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

and thats all he is.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago
[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean c’mon - I hate the guy too but that seems pretty cut and dry as a joke to me.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

It was a joke when Jeb said "Please clap", but that doesn't change the fact that it was also sad and pathetic

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago

And had it come from any other politician in a different country, it actually might have been a funny one

Coming from this guy, it wasn't a joke, though, it was a threat

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

It’s the kind of joke only a loser asshole would make. “It’s just a joke” is the stupidest defense used by the stupidest people.

[–] agentTeiko@piefed.social 216 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You know people that are true leaders have to remind people constantly they are leaders.

/s he is so pathetic

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lion does not concern himself with the opinions of sheep.

So please don't be mean, sheep, or the lion will start crying.

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

A leader and a supervisor are often conflated, but they are critically different. One uses power assigned to them, one draws power willingly given to them by using it correctly.

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Immediate flashbacks to the tangerine toddler getting huffy about it after people called Nazi Musk the President.

So pathetic.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is big-time 'Please Clap' energy.

It's going to be very satisfying in November, for about five minutes, when I watch this batch of Republicans get creamed in the elections. Then my brain's going to kick in to remind me that it doesn't matter, because all Democrats do when we give them power is make excuses about why they can't do anything, and then the hopelessness is going to kick right back in.

[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't have hope that the world will see this administration "get creamed" in November. They are trying really hard to fuck up the elections, delegitimize results they don't like or commit voting fraud. Pick one or all. These people don't ever want to leave office.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Those bastards know they could be ousted at anytime, that's why they're going to insane lengths to increase GOP presence and wreck the elections like no more different as elections in couple dozen of impoverished countries.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"You can't boo me" was also supposed to be a joke... both are pretty sad jokes I will say.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 89 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Please clap is an unfair comparison to stuff like this, if you know the backstory.

[–] bajabound@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You gotta remember that his audience was full of young ideologically aligned people who willingly decided to serve usa government. I bet they loved that shit.

[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Ideologically aligned is not quite accurate. I've met a couple of academy grads (and many military officers in general) and they're generally pretty smart. Much smarter than JD Vance is. Some may be aligned ideologically, but I would say that most of them are probably not. It's a 4-year pipeline too like any college, so they would have joined in 2022.

They have been noticing the attacks of the Trump administration on higher academia. They've been noticing the failures of the Trump administration in foreign policy. They've noticed the focus on trying to get rid of the queers and women instead of legitimate Force structure reform.

They've taken civics classes and understand how the government is supposed to work much more than the general population. They might not yell and protest JD Vance, but I don't think many want to endorse him either.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

They like giving speeches to people that can be court martialled and ruined if they boo them.

[–] Darthcapi@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being vice president is the best reason to boo him. Cheney didn’t care about title, he was gonna shoot his friend in the face on a hunting trip regardless.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The young officers are not going to boo, whether they disagree or agree. The fucknut Christian Nationalists will intensely clap, while the sane ones will offer a golf clap.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

America is pathetic.

It's hard to meet people that don't feel like product from an assembly line. Even the people that think theyre rebelling or fighting the system seem like they following a mass produced marketed script of "how to rebel".

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

What you describe, while true, is not just an American thing. People are largely sheep. Everywhere lazy, greedy people are fine being told what to do, so long as they perceive that benefits them personally over others. Makes me think the human race is hopelessly fucked.

But on the other hand, I know many people personally who are basically good people, yet they support despots. They appear deceived based on fears they've long held.

Also you got me thinking. How do you rebel? I've been giving this a lot of thought recently. Do I go smash flock cameras with hammers? Mass organization attempt? In much of the world we already live in a surveillance state. Shit is depressing

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[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

What a pathetic little bitch. 🙄

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago

What a sad little man.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 41 points 2 days ago

"I was told there wouldn't be booing."

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Wee pee-pee energy

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Couchfucker is so pathetic.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (7 children)

He might be right. He's a complete ass for pointing it out. And the fact that he would think he might need to point it out should be cause for some serious self reflection. But ya, disparaging someone above you in the chain of command is going to run afoul of the UCMJ. I'm just not sure of the VP is considered in the chain of command.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You seem to know this, but for anyone happening on this thread who doesn't, I'll spell it out more clearly ...

Vance's statement that he can't be booed is only true at a military graduation where they must follow the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

If he were speaking at any public university (or many private ones), the graduates and the audience could have booed to their hearts' content. And I'm sure that's part of the very calculated reason why he only gave the one commencement address this year.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

So the only commencement speech he gave is the only one where the grads are literally ordered by LAW to keep their yaps shut.

So courageous.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Nawww.. boo that couch-fucking moron.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago

The US Vice-president is not in the chain of command.

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

BOOOOOOOO^OOOO^OOO^OOO^OO^OO

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago
[–] daannii@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay but did they boo or no ?

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They didn’t, but they also didn’t cheer. The room was dead silent from the clip I watched.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If you tell me I'm not allowed to boo... thats fine. But you cant make me clap.

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[–] nerv@fedinsfw.app 4 points 1 day ago

You can control the show, not the audience.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What a fucking fart. Just as dangerous as POTUS.

Of course the cadets will not do anything other than just applaud as ordered, or at least react silently. Better than in some places everyone must clap their hands or else.

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