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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 147 points 4 months ago (55 children) is that... did he... did he really say that? permalink fedilink source hideshow 55 child comments replies: [–] ignotum@lemmy.world 278 points 4 months ago (44 children) Per Newsweek article "Think of it, magnets," Trump said. "Now all I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that's the end of the magnets. Why didn't they use John Deere? Why didn't they bring in the John Deere people? Do you like John Deere? I like John Deere." Incoherent rambling like usual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 44 child comments replies: [–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 157 points 4 months ago (37 children) How. How is he THIS fucking stupid? How did someone THIS fucking stupid become president twice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 37 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 116 points 4 months ago (7 children) Many people are just as stupid as him. Our society prioritizes trash like nft startups instead of education permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago Many don't really get to hear him unfiltered. Around T1 I was watching Fox and they at best had a text snippet of something he said. Never extra text around the snippet and certainly not the audio. Still many do go and see him live. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dudinax@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) Many are, but many Trump supporters started out smarter than him but they've dumbed themselves down to his level in order to continue their support, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) When I read the comment sections of my local news most of the comments are incoherent rambling like Trump but with more spelling mistakes. Its sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Covfefe permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i think his supporters are stupider than he is, he has said how dumb republicans are on many occasion, but this almost never clicks with the voters, because these voters are likely never following up with his policies anyways. permalink fedilink source parent [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Because even before he was a senile old man, he was already a child raping con artist? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can without a shadow of a doubt say I would be a better president. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago My grandfather was 104 when he died and until he was about 95 and had a stroke he was still perfectly capable of tinkering around with his car and it still worked at the end of it. "Old" isn't an excuse, anyway we have documented evidence that he has been been a gormless idiot his whole life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago* Porque no los dos? permalink fedilink source parent [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago His brain is soup. Probably a combination of hard drugs and venereal diseases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SW42@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (14 children) Just look how stupid the average person is. Half of the people are more stupid. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children) The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought. I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was. These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence. Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (9 children) I think you mean then median person. ☝️🤓 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply) [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 5 points 4 months ago "He's one of us" permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ignorance is often glorified here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago when you have a propaganda apparatus on tv, online helping its not hard. plus general mysgoyny and racism goes hand in handle. rather than actual "action plan". permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago behold, the shining beacon of freedom and democracy permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago What the tractor people? Are they particular experts in magnetism? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* Incoherent rambling to us fucking poetry to the demented lead paint chip eating maga crowd permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i wonder if his dimwitted supporters actually understand or trying to decipher what hes saying or they just like hearing him talk as background noise to affirm thier beliefs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago If you actually look at the pattern, you will see it used everywhere. He is using the same words all the time. It's a kind of rambling that people recognize now, and you could have a stranger guess that it was Donald Trump who said this just from the semantics of the words. At this point I know (roughly) what he is going to say before he says it. :) permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] marcos@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (2 children) He was talking about electromagnets at sea ships... Because the sea-water would short them. But then, it's almost as stupid as the short version. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is retarded as well. I once repaired an undersea $10,000 cable for like $600. Like bitch (orange menace), pay people what they're fucking worth, I was worth 3 times that much, if not more.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago I'm just going to call him removed from now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago At this point you can't really tell whether something is satire or a quote from the orange president. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eldritch@piefed.world 10 points 4 months ago When ever you think something sounds too stupid even for trump. No you didn't. His stupidity is his defining characteristic among his voters. For the wealthy and powerful, he's an easily manipulable rube. For the poor saps he says the same stupid things they think and say. He's just like them, so relatable! permalink fedilink source parent [–] SatansDaughter@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately he did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJufrrsaIks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qualia@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child) And just in case anyone thinks that's AI, ABC News vetted it as being true here (in the body, not the video). I know why voting records can't be public, but I simultaneously wish they had to be too. As an appropriately-colored scarlet letter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago had to look it up. aparently yes, 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] luthis@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago It sounds shocking until you remember Americans are dumb as shit. I have to keep reminding myself of this to make any sense of the absolute dystopian nightmare that somehow they support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 278 points 4 months ago (44 children) Per Newsweek article "Think of it, magnets," Trump said. "Now all I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that's the end of the magnets. Why didn't they use John Deere? Why didn't they bring in the John Deere people? Do you like John Deere? I like John Deere." Incoherent rambling like usual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 44 child comments replies: [–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 157 points 4 months ago (37 children) How. How is he THIS fucking stupid? How did someone THIS fucking stupid become president twice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 37 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 116 points 4 months ago (7 children) Many people are just as stupid as him. Our society prioritizes trash like nft startups instead of education permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago Many don't really get to hear him unfiltered. Around T1 I was watching Fox and they at best had a text snippet of something he said. Never extra text around the snippet and certainly not the audio. Still many do go and see him live. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dudinax@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) Many are, but many Trump supporters started out smarter than him but they've dumbed themselves down to his level in order to continue their support, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) When I read the comment sections of my local news most of the comments are incoherent rambling like Trump but with more spelling mistakes. Its sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Covfefe permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i think his supporters are stupider than he is, he has said how dumb republicans are on many occasion, but this almost never clicks with the voters, because these voters are likely never following up with his policies anyways. permalink fedilink source parent [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Because even before he was a senile old man, he was already a child raping con artist? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can without a shadow of a doubt say I would be a better president. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago My grandfather was 104 when he died and until he was about 95 and had a stroke he was still perfectly capable of tinkering around with his car and it still worked at the end of it. "Old" isn't an excuse, anyway we have documented evidence that he has been been a gormless idiot his whole life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago* Porque no los dos? permalink fedilink source parent [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago His brain is soup. Probably a combination of hard drugs and venereal diseases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SW42@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (14 children) Just look how stupid the average person is. Half of the people are more stupid. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children) The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought. I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was. These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence. Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (9 children) I think you mean then median person. ☝️🤓 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply) [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 5 points 4 months ago "He's one of us" permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ignorance is often glorified here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago when you have a propaganda apparatus on tv, online helping its not hard. plus general mysgoyny and racism goes hand in handle. rather than actual "action plan". permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago behold, the shining beacon of freedom and democracy permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago What the tractor people? Are they particular experts in magnetism? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* Incoherent rambling to us fucking poetry to the demented lead paint chip eating maga crowd permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i wonder if his dimwitted supporters actually understand or trying to decipher what hes saying or they just like hearing him talk as background noise to affirm thier beliefs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago If you actually look at the pattern, you will see it used everywhere. He is using the same words all the time. It's a kind of rambling that people recognize now, and you could have a stranger guess that it was Donald Trump who said this just from the semantics of the words. At this point I know (roughly) what he is going to say before he says it. :) permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 157 points 4 months ago (37 children) How. How is he THIS fucking stupid? How did someone THIS fucking stupid become president twice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 37 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 116 points 4 months ago (7 children) Many people are just as stupid as him. Our society prioritizes trash like nft startups instead of education permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago Many don't really get to hear him unfiltered. Around T1 I was watching Fox and they at best had a text snippet of something he said. Never extra text around the snippet and certainly not the audio. Still many do go and see him live. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dudinax@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) Many are, but many Trump supporters started out smarter than him but they've dumbed themselves down to his level in order to continue their support, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) When I read the comment sections of my local news most of the comments are incoherent rambling like Trump but with more spelling mistakes. Its sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Covfefe permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i think his supporters are stupider than he is, he has said how dumb republicans are on many occasion, but this almost never clicks with the voters, because these voters are likely never following up with his policies anyways. permalink fedilink source parent [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Because even before he was a senile old man, he was already a child raping con artist? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can without a shadow of a doubt say I would be a better president. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago My grandfather was 104 when he died and until he was about 95 and had a stroke he was still perfectly capable of tinkering around with his car and it still worked at the end of it. "Old" isn't an excuse, anyway we have documented evidence that he has been been a gormless idiot his whole life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago* Porque no los dos? permalink fedilink source parent [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago His brain is soup. Probably a combination of hard drugs and venereal diseases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SW42@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (14 children) Just look how stupid the average person is. Half of the people are more stupid. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children) The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought. I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was. These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence. Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (9 children) I think you mean then median person. ☝️🤓 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply) [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 5 points 4 months ago "He's one of us" permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ignorance is often glorified here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago when you have a propaganda apparatus on tv, online helping its not hard. plus general mysgoyny and racism goes hand in handle. rather than actual "action plan". permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] jtrek@startrek.website 116 points 4 months ago (7 children) Many people are just as stupid as him. Our society prioritizes trash like nft startups instead of education permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago Many don't really get to hear him unfiltered. Around T1 I was watching Fox and they at best had a text snippet of something he said. Never extra text around the snippet and certainly not the audio. Still many do go and see him live. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dudinax@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) Many are, but many Trump supporters started out smarter than him but they've dumbed themselves down to his level in order to continue their support, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) When I read the comment sections of my local news most of the comments are incoherent rambling like Trump but with more spelling mistakes. Its sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Covfefe permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i think his supporters are stupider than he is, he has said how dumb republicans are on many occasion, but this almost never clicks with the voters, because these voters are likely never following up with his policies anyways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago Many don't really get to hear him unfiltered. Around T1 I was watching Fox and they at best had a text snippet of something he said. Never extra text around the snippet and certainly not the audio. Still many do go and see him live. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dudinax@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) Many are, but many Trump supporters started out smarter than him but they've dumbed themselves down to his level in order to continue their support, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 4 months ago Some people will do anything to continue to fit in with their group. I don't think it's always even a conscious choice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago pretty much i know someone in my family, started supporting trump, roegan, and YE. and youtubers i used to follow did this too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) When I read the comment sections of my local news most of the comments are incoherent rambling like Trump but with more spelling mistakes. Its sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Trail@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Covfefe permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i think his supporters are stupider than he is, he has said how dumb republicans are on many occasion, but this almost never clicks with the voters, because these voters are likely never following up with his policies anyways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Because even before he was a senile old man, he was already a child raping con artist? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can without a shadow of a doubt say I would be a better president. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago My grandfather was 104 when he died and until he was about 95 and had a stroke he was still perfectly capable of tinkering around with his car and it still worked at the end of it. "Old" isn't an excuse, anyway we have documented evidence that he has been been a gormless idiot his whole life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago* Porque no los dos? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Because even before he was a senile old man, he was already a child raping con artist? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) Are we just glossing over the fact he bankrupted a CASINO? The one business where the business model boils down to people give you money? There's many more examples of stupidity, but bankrupting a casino is god-teir stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) He did not bankrupt a casino. He bankrupted at least three of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago You are correct, but even one is considered a massive failure on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can without a shadow of a doubt say I would be a better president. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago When he finally does die they're going to Weekend at Bernie's him for as long as they can. But we're all immediately going to be able to tell, because the level of stupid comments will drop significantly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago My grandfather was 104 when he died and until he was about 95 and had a stroke he was still perfectly capable of tinkering around with his car and it still worked at the end of it. "Old" isn't an excuse, anyway we have documented evidence that he has been been a gormless idiot his whole life. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago* Porque no los dos? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago His brain is soup. Probably a combination of hard drugs and venereal diseases. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SW42@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (14 children) Just look how stupid the average person is. Half of the people are more stupid. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children) The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought. I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was. These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence. Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (9 children) I think you mean then median person. ☝️🤓 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply)
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children) The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought. I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was. These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence. Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ack@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago (2 children) I read something from someone on the internet who claimed to work with bear-proof garbage cans and apparently it’s harder than one might expect. There’s some overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I’m sure the bears are more motivated, but still… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jmill@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) The quote “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” is usually attributed to a Yosemite National Park Ranger taking about the issue with designing bear proof trash cans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ack@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (9 children) I think you mean then median person. ☝️🤓 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply)
[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught that mean, median, and mode are three different types of average. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children) Oh crap. Translating average to my language yields the same word as mean. But you're right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent [–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because mean means average. I wouldn’t consider the median or the mode to be an average. Not sure what that commenter means by different “types of average”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago What they mean is that all three are different kinds of averaging. This is correct, but I don't think people in general think 'median' when they hear 'average' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago Not a native English speaker here. Today I learned, too. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply)
[–] a comment that isn't shown here: deleted, from someone you've blocked, or on another page. view the thread from it replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ignorance is often glorified here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago when you have a propaganda apparatus on tv, online helping its not hard. plus general mysgoyny and racism goes hand in handle. rather than actual "action plan". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago behold, the shining beacon of freedom and democracy permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago What the tractor people? Are they particular experts in magnetism? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* Incoherent rambling to us fucking poetry to the demented lead paint chip eating maga crowd permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago i wonder if his dimwitted supporters actually understand or trying to decipher what hes saying or they just like hearing him talk as background noise to affirm thier beliefs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago If you actually look at the pattern, you will see it used everywhere. He is using the same words all the time. It's a kind of rambling that people recognize now, and you could have a stranger guess that it was Donald Trump who said this just from the semantics of the words. At this point I know (roughly) what he is going to say before he says it. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (2 children) He was talking about electromagnets at sea ships... Because the sea-water would short them. But then, it's almost as stupid as the short version. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is retarded as well. I once repaired an undersea $10,000 cable for like $600. Like bitch (orange menace), pay people what they're fucking worth, I was worth 3 times that much, if not more.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago I'm just going to call him removed from now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is retarded as well. I once repaired an undersea $10,000 cable for like $600. Like bitch (orange menace), pay people what they're fucking worth, I was worth 3 times that much, if not more.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago I'm just going to call him removed from now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago I'm just going to call him removed from now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago At this point you can't really tell whether something is satire or a quote from the orange president. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 10 points 4 months ago When ever you think something sounds too stupid even for trump. No you didn't. His stupidity is his defining characteristic among his voters. For the wealthy and powerful, he's an easily manipulable rube. For the poor saps he says the same stupid things they think and say. He's just like them, so relatable! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatansDaughter@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately he did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJufrrsaIks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qualia@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child) And just in case anyone thinks that's AI, ABC News vetted it as being true here (in the body, not the video). I know why voting records can't be public, but I simultaneously wish they had to be too. As an appropriately-colored scarlet letter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] qualia@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child) And just in case anyone thinks that's AI, ABC News vetted it as being true here (in the body, not the video). I know why voting records can't be public, but I simultaneously wish they had to be too. As an appropriately-colored scarlet letter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago had to look it up. aparently yes, 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago It sounds shocking until you remember Americans are dumb as shit. I have to keep reminding myself of this to make any sense of the absolute dystopian nightmare that somehow they support. permalink fedilink source parent