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When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead In About 15 Or 20 Years (www.theonion.com)

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My friends, everybody has their down days, and during these long winter months it is especially easy to succumb to the doldrums and find yourself in a bit of a funk. But not to fear! I have a simple tip that’s guaranteed to pick you up and get you back in good spirits in no time, and here it is: Whenever you’re…

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[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda funny this was written in 2013 and three short years later he became president. That's like being told the shittiest person in your life is leaving town but instead they crash your car and win the lottery

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the bits about how we'd find his mental decline "by 2020" comforting were a bit too on the nose. Maybe we would've, if he wasn't the goddamn president in 2020.