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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Say what now? It’s not even Trump season, and I’m still reading stuff that is so absurd it should be a joke. During Covid times, it was common to read the weirdest things and think: “yeah, that might as well happen”. This time though, I really have to ask if that really did happen.

[–] dragonfucker 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You do have to look at the merch tables with a grain of salt though, as many of them know Trump is in a dementia spiral and losing his marbles. They also know that his rally goers will buy just about anything and are more than happy to pretend for their $$$.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

If that feel-bad-for-people part of me didn't work on overdrive I'd be out there with tables and sites full of merch pandering to these braindead (brainwashed?) morons

"a fool and his money are soon parted"

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

What’s wrong with picking any of the younger candidates? I imagine it’s a pretty demanding job, so being 30 years younger wouldn’t hurt.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yep. That’s about the same level of amazing that I used to bump into on a daily basis. So, are we about to have another season of “you never imagined this would happen, but here we are”.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought the same thing. I guess we live in a society?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

😂 OK, that may as well happen. What’s next? Evil magic zombies wouldn’t surprise me.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We already have trump supporters.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

I always think that now I’ve seen it all, and nothing will surprise me any more… Until Trump supporters somehow pull off some bizarre magic and manage to surprise me anyway. I just looked up some of the twitter posts with relevant pictures. I don’t even know what to think of this stuff any more. Maybe I’ve just had too much internet for today.