Mirshe

joined 3 years ago
[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

With a side helping of "please give us another long, drawn-out war so we can milk the last drops of cash from the government via the MIC".

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

While this is true, the FBI and the DoJ have the power to quite literally just go "make me" when ordered to produce evidence or cooperate. This administration has a very fun habit of simply ignoring anything they don't like, and I expect that even a federal court order, even one from the Supreme Court if it comes to that, will not get them to do a damn thing.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I recommend Skate Bird.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget college sports. If your parents are early Gen X or Boomers, college sports weren't quite as big a deal - they weren't quite as commercialized until the mid-80s, which started salaries for coaches and staff flying.

In many states, the highest paid public employee is a college football coach.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Horrible fact I learned from a podcast: during a hurricane in 1935, to escape a 20-ft storm surge, a man climbed up to the top of one (keep in mind, the tree is toxic enough that just standing under one while it's raining can give you blisters) and lashed himself to it to avoid drowning, because it was the only tall tree left (even chopping one down requires a lot of prep and careful work to not aerosolize the toxins).

He lived, reportedly.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I'll do you one worse, because the US coastal South and Caribbean has a tree that kills you if you touch it, the manchineel.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I dunno, with his incompetence, Waspinator might be a fun hang.

Just make sure he doesn't get possessed again.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

He wasn't drinking.

He was high as fuck on cocaine, but he hadn't been drinking.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Oh that's just Valiant Thor's normal form.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Gotta be the latter. I think they're all looking at Grandpa and seeing how long he has left - and everyone, every one of them is eyeing that big chair.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nah, that just helps to normalize it and let people think it's just harmless and fun.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's easier for the news and the government to deepfake things like "huge mobs of Mexican narcoterrorists just over the border" or "there's a nuclear missile silo in Iran" or whatever with this.

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