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[–] jmsy@lemmy.world 160 points 3 months ago (1 children)

brave of boebert to fight a battle of wits while unarmed

[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Going for that pacifist achievement.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 96 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Bobo couldn't win a battle of wits with a damp sponge.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Resonosity@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

WHOOOOOO debates like a pineapple under the sea?

BOBO FUCKWIT!

Who jerks a guy off in a theatre indecently?

BOBO FUCKWIT!

If christofascist bullshit be something you wish

BOBO FUCKWIT

She'll drop her face in your lap and blub like a fish!

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

She’s as smart as she is tall

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That's that's not her IQ, it's the temperature outside. 80°, with 95% humidity to make things extra unbearable.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lauren Boebert couldn't win a battle of wits with a spoonful of guacamole.

[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 months ago

The guacamole just gave the spoon an unfair advantage.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weren't she and like ten other top, younger GOP candidates and influencers formerly models with no interest in politics until someone apparently started paying them to share extreme rhetoric instead of whatever the fuck they used to get up to?

Very, very weird.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Crazy story about how boebert, candace owens, tomi lahren and more of that type of vapid, gop agent of chaos - all started on a sketchy "modeling agency" website (which seems like it's also used as an escort service potentially) called "explore talent"?

It shows some of these "political pundits" in revealing, suggestive poses and is run by an Israeli pornographer with ties to organized crime (Name is Ami Shafrir and he is suspected/accused of some other pretty serious stuff).

Here are some of the photos that were captured (with watermark):

Here's boebert (this photo really shows you her roots as the illegitimate daughter of a deadbeat amateur wrestler from Florida).

And I guess, until recently at least, candice owens' whole profile was still up.

There's always another layer to these cartoon villains and their evil, desperation and ignorance.

And here's a Twitter thread that broke it open and continues to track as new members of things like the Jan 6 insurrection are found to mysteriously also be in the explore talent family

Recent screen grab of that thread

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't an article, it's a Twitter thread.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 12 points 3 months ago

Convenient for those of us who don’t have Twitter accounts

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Most people will lose a battle of wits with Petey B. He's friggin' quick and incredibly intelligent.

Boebert would lose a battle of wits with a rock though.

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

She loses battles of wit with herself nonstop, publicly. I think we're safe.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No surprise, I'm fairly certain that she loses battles of wits regularly with small animals and house plants.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think she could beat a slice of bread with some effort.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only if it’s sitting next to her in the theater though.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

She is definitely the sausage beating champion in that scenario.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

As much as I hate to speak in defense of her, I have, on occasion, been outsmarted by pets.

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[–] tty5@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

She'd lose battle of wits against a stuffed iguana. She's essentially unarmed

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Was also thinking, "LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!!!"

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[–] nepenthes@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

(Image: Lauren Boebert's face from post thumbnail-- ¾ angle. She has a very forced, mostly terrifying smile. The image is edited with a crudely drawn witch hat and text reads, "I'll grope you my pretty, and your little dog too".)

[–] hpucks@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The terming “pulling out” is lost on Boebert.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago

I like when she fails, but that was weak sauce and I feel robbed of my time for having read that.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Play to your strengths. Stick to giving handies.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why was she never charged with indecency? Weren't there kids around? Caught on camera, in a public space.

And, can IQ scores run in the negative?

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bimboert couldn't win a battle of wits against a toilet brush.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

She'd try and blow the handle

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure she's had dirtier things in her mouth.

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Of course Boebert lost. She went into battle unarmed.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

She doesn't even qualify has a half wit.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 16 points 3 months ago

Weird. She doesn't do so good with a male she can't give a handjob to in a public theater with children there. Oh well...

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

She should probably stick to beetlejuicing in the theater.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

That was the tactic she tried on Pete but for some reason it didn't work. It can't be because he wasn't interested because her pastor told her gay people weren't actually real.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (7 children)

She could win the public handy J competition though

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only because Pete is too classy to do out in the open.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly. Handy J’s are a private and sacred thing.

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

I don't like Buttigieg, but he's clever and charismatic while she's stupid.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

She's probably not his type. And she didn't know how to handle that.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, she’s not my type either, and I’m pretty into women.

I find hatred and imbecility to be pretty big turn offs, and she’s got both in excess.

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[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

She's incredibly far from his type, and he's taken, and his husband probably keeps him pretty happy.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Maybe try a battle of giving handjobs at a school play.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

She doesn’t have to win. She just needs the attention and to be seen as battling the other.

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