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[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 year ago

Takei is such a treasure, the sass is next-level!

[–] Gpinmg@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is insane to me is that I had to look at who wrote it to determine if it was a joke or if it could have been serious. It's amazing how many batshit crazy things people say AND BELIEVE IN THEIR HEART. This could be a new game show:

Serious or Satire!

10 years ago no one would have ever thought this was anything but a joke but today... They would never run out of material! Think "Jewish Space Lasers" for example.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They set the bar so high for dumb and insane shit to say that i feel like people stopped hearing it. Like fuck, the jewish space laser thing... Just how? In a real world someone would've escorted her out and be like: okay, we get it, pack your shit. But nothing. And years later, that lady is still doing it, and she still has her job.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The laser thing, it's just so out of this world! I actually dug deeper and and it's somehow connected to volcanoes. They don't actually exist, but those giant hills are actually from excavating caves for building Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B.S, you can't make that shit up). The lasers then shoot into the hills so then you have magma and shit.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

This reads like somewhere out there, some random teenager got baked as fuck playing Missile Command and decided to troll that one asshole MAGA uncle nobody wanted to invite to Thanksgiving and things just spiraled completely out of hand.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

That's my favorite conspiracy acronym lol

[–] rodhlann@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

He didn't even ask about her emails

[–] MTLion3@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry to say this is a whoosh on every level for me lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Elderos@lemmings.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He probably broke a few laws right there. Maybe another president would have been held accountable for faking a wewther report and causing panic, but it was just Wednesday.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's only a problem if Dijon mustard is involved

[–] gornar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Or a tan suit

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fox news lost its mind when Obama asked for Dijon mustard for his burger. For real.

[–] Amilo1591@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't help but think "was this guy president of a major superpower for 4 years?!" Almost every single time I see any of his videos.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And he might become their next president... :(

[–] logen@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is how I've felt for every president we've had since (and including) Clinton... Which really is only because he's the first president I was old enough in which to be aware. I'm sure further back was just as bad in their own ways.

Things off the top of my head:

Clinton - sex stuff.

Bush - Oh so many things. His bumbling... His weapons of mass destruction stuff...I mean, if they are so bad, why can we have them, but they can't? I digress.

Obama - Authorizing terrorist attacks on Pakistan, also the failed health care reform.

Trump - Well... well... I honestly couldn't much pay attention to what he was on about through the non-stop assalt he had from our media (also life stuff kept me pretty distracted those four years). But he was certainly one to rock the system.

Biden - Wow. The Ukraine/Biden(and family) stuff, the China/Biden(and family) stuff all the stuff happening while he was a VP... His bumbling is even worse than Bush's was.

Yea, we've had a pretty embarrasing run of presidents in my lifetime. I know there are a few things Trump and Obama did in which I approve... But it's few... Oh so few. The rest though... Nope.

Oh, and, I'm not so sure about Clinton's races, I was too young, but all the folks that came in second to all these presidents? Not exactly great alternatives to what we got.

EDIT: Fix Spacing.

[–] MTLion3@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you lol Whatta doofus

[–] generalEdo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I think you mean what a stable genius.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

I've had so many what the fuck moments with that guy lol, I'm really sorry that you US guys have to deal with this kinda stuff.

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is he back on Twitter now? I thought he jumped ship to mastadon.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I think he might be on both? I got this elsewhere.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This post is also on mastodon. He seems to use it a lot.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do I find him on mastadon? And why in the mastadon app, when I enter the search box, my keyboard autocomplete doesn't work, like it's a password field?

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Search for @georgetakei@universeodon.com

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It says the page you are looking for isn't here

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's weird. Are you using the official app? If I search for a fake name, the message I get is "Could not find anything for these search terms"

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei is a direct link to his profile. I don't know anything about the app. I just use my browser.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Lock ~her~ it up! Lock ~her~ it up! Lock ~her~ it up!

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Didn't even try to nuke it.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

He tried but Hillary wiped it away.

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

:chef's kiss: