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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 170 points 1 month ago (6 children)

A politician who tells it like it is? A guy you could, God forbid, have a beer with? A veteran even, but with working class cred and a love of video games. A total unknown on the national level, but beloved by his constituents... You couldn't order a more perfect veep off a menu. It's almost surreal

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's even better is that this is really him. Not a character, not adapting to the political race.

Minnesotans are sad to lose him as governor, but he'll be great as VP and definitely qualified to step in if something happened to Harris.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it helps save democracy, its a sacrifice we're willing to wait. Our bisexual, indigenous lieutenant governor will be fine as his replacement.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait. He plays videogames?! I'm gonna pokemon-go to the polls next month!

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He did a WoW stream recently that blew up in the news

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Apparently it was another streamer playing WoW with half the stream as a campaign speech, but broadcast on Kamala’s Twitch channel. Still cool, but it wasn’t him playing.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Couldn't you have just fucking killed me instead

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I wanna have a beer with Walsh and share a joint with Sanders.

Or maybe visa versa. Idk either way sounds like a good time

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I gotta say, you write in a very similar way to Anthony Bourdain. The cadence especially. I actually read it in his voice, well done.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was totally accidental, but that's one one of the finest compliments I've ever been paid. I read Kitchen Confidential at a formative age, so I'm glad to have memorialized him however fleetingly in my dotage.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

~~Didn't he rape children overseas and that's why he killed himself? Because you knew it was going to get out?~~

Nope I was WAY off. Don't believe anything you hear, I should have looked deeper before accepting it as fact

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You gotta source for that? He literally doesn't have a controversies/scandals page on his wiki.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Couldn't literally be the opposite. His partner Asia Argento, ironically a big proponent in the #metoo movement, got outed by fucking a 17 year old actor on set. Apparently he didn't want her seeing him, despite being open, but after some posts of them together on social he killed himself a few weeks later.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I hope tourte right.