The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread

[Michael Knight 12888]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

I thought the illegals weren’t in prison and that was part of the problem?

Who can even keep up anymore

[David Dennison 18652]

Just now, Frank Drebin said:

That must mean those jobs are coming back to America, right? RIGHT???

[David Dennison 18652]

7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

100% in agreement, it is primarily a cultural and social norm thing. Americans were sold the vision of the single income, middle class family, white picket fence 1950's bill of goods. It's not tenable now, nor has been for the vast majority of human history. 

Most people have no understanding that the American Dream is an ad campaign.

[The Dog 43794]

[Gatorubet 30083]

49 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

I'll tell you what has been completely laid bare as a sure fire winner for the Democratic party.  Smug condescension.  You all can't help yourself, its truly breath taking.

Well, it is difficult. When you see people approaching you with giant pustules all over their faces and a feather duster jammed up their asses - all because a politician told them it would be good to do this - it is hard to pretend not to notice, let alone refuse to comment on the pustules and the feather dusters. 

But please, continue to turn around and shake your feather duster at us. 

[Pato del Muerto 52340]

13 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

That must mean those jobs are coming back to America, right? RIGHT???

If they are, are Americans going to work for similar pay, or are the cost of those goods about to increase bigly?  Is there another alternative result that is better for all of us?

[Celery Man 20882]

i think it is fair to say that in the game of chicken where we see how far they'll stick that thing up there when their feelings keep getting hurt, team feather duster wins

[Bullneck 18987]

1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

I'll tell you what has been completely laid bare as a sure fire winner for the Democratic party.  Smug condescension.  You all can't help yourself, its truly breath taking.

I look at stupid, bigoted people with smug condescension.  Guilty as charged. 

The pain you feel must be immeasurable and your only balm is the ending of democracy.  Fair trade, eh?

[G650 14086]

15 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Americans were sold the vision of the single income, middle class family, white picket fence 1950's bill of goods.

 

This circles back to similar ideas in the young men thread that astounded me. At what time are we talking about here? During the 1950s? I can definitely buy that. But in my lifetime? No one I know would have conceived of this. And I don't say this to deny it is prevalent by any stretch, but just to say it's so foreign to me to have that outdated of a concept of American that I struggle to understand how that got from older generations to younger people these days. It's like electricity arcing over a gap.

10 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Most people have no understanding that the American Dream is an ad campaign.

I mean, that's what I've been saying

[David Dennison 18652]

1 minute ago, G650 said:

This circles back to similar ideas in the young men thread that astounded me. At what time are we talking about here? During the 1950s? I can definitely buy that. But in my lifetime? No one I know would have conceived of this. And I don't say this to deny it is prevalent by any stretch, but just to say it's so foreign to me to have that outdated of a concept of American that I struggle to understand how that got from older generations to younger people these days. It's like electricity arcing over a gap.

I mean, that's what I've been saying

Here's what our overlords want us to do. It's not that complicated:

Work. Consume. Shut up.

That's it. That's America.

[4th&Five 41457]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Here's what our overlords want us to do. It's not that complicated:

Work. Consume. Shut up.

That's it. That's America.

and as long as the wifi stays on most people are fine with it.

[mchookem 16195]

like i said...ubiquitous 

 

[Incredulity 11559]

5 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

The pain you feel must be immeasurable and your only balm is the ending of democracy.  Fair trade, eh?

Keep ringing that bell and pissing down your leg.  Its actually getting to the point of comedy.

[David Dennison 18652]

Just now, Incredulity said:

Keep ringing that bell and pissing down your leg.  Its actually getting to the point of comedy.

It's just as preposterous as Donald Trump and MAGA's insistence that the 2020 election was stolen.

[Incredulity 11559]

4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

It's just as preposterous as Donald Trump and MAGA's insistence that the 2020 election was stolen.

But, but, but, but…..Trump!!

[linux 1659]

13 minutes ago, G650 said:

 

This circles back to similar ideas in the young men thread that astounded me. At what time are we talking about here? During the 1950s? I can definitely buy that. But in my lifetime? No one I know would have conceived of this. And I don't say this to deny it is prevalent by any stretch, but just to say it's so foreign to me to have that outdated of a concept of American that I struggle to understand how that got from older generations to younger people these days. It's like electricity arcing over a gap.

I mean, that's what I've been saying

I don't think it is that it was a 1950s to today, but certainly that is what the propaganda latched onto, young people have not hope right now, from incels to women too (college age women also dramatically voted more for Trump than the previous generations something like +30 for Hillary but +12 for Harris now) its a powder keg that we have been blissfully ignoring, using models that predicted +10 for Harris in that age group and instead got like -5 for her.

[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

I am no better than most of you assholes, but at this point in the coping process, I’m not sure I can indulge myself in 4 years of celebrating leopards gorging on faces. Still contemplating the appropriate, healthy level of disengagement. I don’t want to cede what remains of my mental health to anger and resentment because I’m selfish and it would suck for me and my loved ones.

 

I'm also considering a daily self-roofieing when I take meds and vitamins each morning. Lots of options on the table.

 

Edited November 8 by Degenerate Gardner

[linux 1659]

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

But, but, but, but…..Trump!!

Trump is your president now, Biden is a senile old dirtbag heading out, this excuse is desperate.

[David Dennison 18652]

Just now, Degenerate Gardner said:

I am no better than most of you assholes, but at this point in the coping process, I’m not sure I can indulge myself in 4 years of celebrating leopards gorging on faces. Still contemplating the appropriate, healthy level of disengagement. I don’t want to cede what remains of my mental health to anger and resentment because I’m selfish and it would suck for me and my loved ones.

I'm also considering a daily self-roofieing when I take meds and vitamins each morning. There’s a lot of options on the table.

I'm going to try my best to live by the immortal words of St. Zacharias of La Rocha: Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me.

[Dbeasy 14963]

I presume a lot, if not most, Trump voters were focused on inflation. This thread will be epic, considering:

1. Trump caused the inflation in the first place with a massive stimulus bill with trillions of corporate direct giveaways of money.

2. Tariffs are one of the most anti-Republican ideas ever, and if he follows through, inflation will move up substantially.

3. He will ignore the national debt, which happens to be one of our most serious issues, which will of course cause inflation to move upward. That also goes against Republican ideals (eventhough they run up as bad or worse deficits than Democrats).

4. The Union people that voted for Trump will soon find out about Reagan-style union busting; If Boeing could have held out for a few months Trump would have figured out how to bust up that strike somehow. The Union people are probably the dumbest Trump voters, which is quite a badge of honor.

5. People complain about the cost of housing. A good part of that is the incredible concentration of wealth in the hands of the ultra-wealthy who are basically buying up real estate all over the country.  Trump exacerbates that issue. He won't do anything about it. He also won't help young buyers, many of which were dumb enough to vote for him.

6. The Trump/Republican plans to stop pursuing anti-trust against the mega-cap tech companies will make inflation worse because they have unrestricted power to raise prices. In fact, the reduced regulation in general will increase inflation. But, you say, won't the improved corporate efficiency lead to lower prices? In a competitive market, yes. But we have too many companies with monopoly or oligopoly power.  Just a few here for everyone to think about: cell phone bills, insurance, cloud services, etc. Now to be fair to any President, it's a tough problem to solve. Because you don't want to hamstring your US companies against global competitors. As a result, you need to have a coordinated strategy among countries to reign in monopolies and oligopolies. No one on the planet will work with Trump since they all believe he is a buffoon. So that isn't a strategy for them.

7. The deportations and stricter immigration limits will cause services costs to jump up substantially, further fueling inflation.

Now, if he does a 180 degree turn and really cuts government spending, doesn't implement tariffs, doesn't restrict immigration too tightly, etc. then maybe the low inflation we have today will hold. And maybe even there could be some decent results overall. But he's driven by crowds liking him, not knowledge or ideals. And he's a complete moron who has full control over his entire party, so no one will be able to stop him from doing anything he wants.  This is not a formula for success.

There is a very good chance that in 4 years people are crushed by spiraling inflation, walking around in a daze wondering how it possibly could have gotten worse. Meanwhile wealth inequality will be even worse.

[Gatorubet 30083]

1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

There is a very good chance that in 4 years people are crushed by spiraling inflation, walking around in a daze wondering how it possibly could have gotten worse. Meanwhile wealth inequality will be even worse.

he will tell them it’s all Kamala’s fault and they will believe him. 

[David Dennison 18652]

2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

he will tell them it’s all Kamala’s fault and they will believe him. 

The people who shifted in this election and those who sat it out might not, though.

That would be good news for Democrats in 2028.

[linux 1659]

Sadly not good enough if democracy is still fucked, when people said democracy is in danger like myself we argued that the 2020 margins were not good enough to get rid of him, they would fuck up elections to the point where they fabricate results, see Maduro in Venezuela.

4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

The people who shifted in this election and those who sat it out might not, though.

That would be good news for Democrats in 2028.

 

[linux 1659]

People don't understand that his end game was eternal presidency, our only hope is senility, how desperate are we?

[David Dennison 18652]

2 minutes ago, linux said:

Sadly not good enough if democracy is still fucked, when people said democracy is in danger like myself we argued that the 2020 margins were not good enough to get rid of him, they would fuck up elections to the point where they fabricate results, see Maduro in Venezuela.

This is the liberal version of stop the steal.

Edited November 8 by David Dennison

[David Dennison 18652]

Just now, linux said:

People don't understand that his end game was eternal presidency, our only hope is senility, how desperate are we?

It's not up to him.

[linux 1659]

Just now, David Dennison said:

This is the liberal verision of stop the steal.

No, stop it, stop your high horse, stop the steal was wrong not because it was wrong per se but because it was not backed by anything, it was a lie it was fake. If elections are factually being stolen then STOP THE STEAL.

[C-Man 27041]

 

 

[linux 1659]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

It's not up to him.

Because of senility, he is old and forgetting where he is, my grandma went from that to complete senility 3 years later, like she would repeatedly ask me if I was studying or working every 15 minutes, 5-6 times in an hour long conversation.

I only hope he got rid of Stephen Miller by then.

[Dbeasy 14963]

This is so so sweet, and perfect for this thread. Dumb boomers (and others) actually believed the Trump commercials that claimed Harris was going to cut Social Security while Trump would preserve it. One of the biggest lies of the entire campaign. Social security must be reformed, and we all know who will cut deeper in favor of more tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.

What's awesome about this one is that it directly effects boomers who voted for Trump. Most boomers assumed he would screw only the rest of us who haven't reached social security age yet. It's nice to see them get torched right away.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/08/republicans-block-bipartisan-bill-social-security/76127806007/

[softlynow 1783]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

And Democrats wonder why the working class has turned away.

Yes, it’s us assholes on surly that gutted the party. Finally someone with the courage to call us out. 

[Pato del Muerto 52340]

21 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

and really cuts government spending, doesn't implement tariffs, doesn't restrict immigration too tightly, etc

Well that sounds like what a Republican used to promise, and what the party believed in.  Why can’t that be what happens when Rs are put in charge?  Thats the conservative position. 

[David Dennison 18652]

2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

This is so so sweet, and perfect for this thread. Dumb boomers (and others) actually believed the Trump commercials that claimed Harris was going to cut Social Security while Trump would preserve it. One of the biggest lies of the entire campaign. Social security must be reformed, and we all know who will cut deeper in favor of more tax cuts for the ultra wealthy.

What's awesome about this one is that it directly effects boomers who voted for Trump. Most boomers assumed he would screw only the rest of us who haven't reached social security age yet. It's nice to see them get torched right away.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/08/republicans-block-bipartisan-bill-social-security/76127806007/

Even if that bill never passes, how are they getting torched by the status quo?

[linux 1659]

While I do agree laughing at misfortune is therapeudic we need to stop with cackling, I want a party that wants to win, not a party in a high horse that thinks it is right (and yes it is 100% right). Muslims with Palestine are about to learn that hard lesson first.

[Gatorubet 30083]

1 minute ago, linux said:

While I do agree laughing at misfortune is therapeudic we need to stop with cackling, I want a party that wants to win, not a party in a high horse that thinks it is right (and yes it is 100% right). Muslims with Palestine are about to learn that hard lesson first.

The problem is the way to win is to demonize people and make the electorate scared even though what you say is false.   To win, you must constantly lie about what you do and about what your opponent does. But most of all, to win you have to be absolutely cruel to some group that you’ve decided you will blame everything on.

That is the template for a winning strategy these last several decades.  I don’t particularly want to belong to that party, so I guess I will remain in the losing minority until I die.

[B00M 6280]

1 hour ago, softlynow said:

I agree with that, but taking it a step further, I think our culture needs to shift towards encouraging multi-generational homes. Management of scarce resources, transportation issues and child care costs/time management could be better addressed if we did.

Probably better for our mental health but also… ew.

[aggie08 21424]

3 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The problem is the way to win is to demonize people and make the electorate scared even though what you say is false.   To win, you must constantly lie about what you do and about what your opponent does. But most of all, to win you have to be absolutely cruel to some group that you’ve decided you will blame everything on.

That is the template for a winning strategy these last several decades.  I don’t particularly want to belong to that party, so I guess I will remain in the losing minority until I die.

No, what we need to do is have another talking head try to corner a Republican politician for not being able to answer "was the 2020 election stolen?" as some kind of gotcha moment. Doing that multiple times a week has been working out great! People definitely care about the truth.

[Pam Cummings 9568]

2 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

A thread in which monied whites laugh at the misfortunte of minorities and the poor.

Cool.

I voted in a way that was against my self interest but which I thought was better for the country. I am now being laughed at and mocked by a bunch of online morons who probably aren't as well off as I am about how big daddy Trump is back and they love the taste of my tears. Excuse me for being a human and thinking "I tried my best bruh. Time for you to touch that hot stove and learn by experience. On you go."

Edited Friday at 06:27 PM by Pam Cummings

[Gatorubet 30083]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

100% in agreement, it is primarily a cultural and social norm thing. Americans were sold the vision of the single income, middle class family, white picket fence 1950's bill of goods. It's not tenable now, nor has been for the vast majority of human history. 

no, they weren’t.  What was normal to me growing up in the early 60s was a one car family with a two or three bedroom house with one bathroom.  You could afford that on one income.  Nothing about that vision of America said everyone deserves a Mcmansion with a giant bathroom suite, several expensive foreign cars and all the toys and vacations you felt you wanted.

My current 5 bedroom house is nicer when we bought it than any home I or my former wife ever had growing up.  My home is not a McMansion.   

I felt that I was entitled to the two bedroom, one bath, small house and one car with one income life - and that I was extremely fortunate to have done better than that in my personal situation.

But that is likely because I was born in the 1950s -  and many folks who were born in the last 30 years can’t conceive of the way I grew up as being anything but poor.

[TwiceHorn 31265]

1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

I love how all of a sudden thinking Harris would win was gaslighting.

No one knew shit about fuck.

[Anastasis 23393]

So one car instead of two in your particular case. Got it. My point regarding the cultural social norms wrt multigenerational households is slayed. 

Edited Friday at 06:32 PM by Anastasis

[G650 14086]

5 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

I voted in a way that was against my self interest but which I thought was better for the country. I am now being laughed at and mocked by a bunch of online morons who probably aren't as well off as I am about how big daddy Trump is back and they love the taste of my tears. Excuse me for being a human and thinking "I tried my best bruh. Time for you to touch that hot stove and learn by experience. On you go."

QFT

[mchookem 16195]

 

7 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

I voted in a way that was against my self interest but which I thought was better for the country. I am now being laughed at and mocked by a bunch of online morons who probably aren't as well off as I am about how big daddy Trump is back and they love the taste of my tears. Excuse me for being a human and thinking "I tried my best bruh. Time for you to touch that hot stove and learn by experience. On you go."

 

Edited Friday at 06:32 PM by mchookem

[G650 14086]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

So one car instead of two. Got it. My point regarding the cultural social norms wrt multigenerational households is slayed. 

I'd honestly appreciate if you fleshed the point out a bit more because I'm not 100% sure I am totally understanding what you are saying. Yes, it was the norm at some point, but not so much in my lifetime. What @Gatorubet wrote more closely mirrors my experience, though I was born in the 70's. The conception of what middle class life is now bears no resemblance to my childhood whatsoever.

[GenXer 2776]

When obamacare gets repealed, and health insurance companies deny me due to my type 1 diabetes, you’re goddamn right I’m gonna laugh and make fun of maga suffering.

Gallows humor.

[mchookem 16195]

well laughter is the best medicine!

 

 

 

(i'm actually really, really sorry for what you're facing 😞)

[The Dog 43794]

 

[GenXer 2776]

It was great while it lasted. Thanks, McCain.

And fuck you, Republicans 

 

[Hookah Horns 3073]

4 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

Oldie but lots more to come!

Undocumented husband of Indiana Trump supporter deported to Mexico

https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/us/undocumented-husband-deported/index.html

 

This is chicken soup for my soul right now. 

[B00M 6280]

1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

Well I, for one, am glad our MAGA frens have crawled out of hiding so they can share rock solid breaking news sources like this one. It may be time for a nap, grandpa