Just like a Confederate uniform.

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[–] 80 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I read once that Trump isn’t just a liar; he’s a bullshitter. The nuance was that lying requires some consistency, some standard of a coherent story; lying requires knowing and caring about the truth and choosing a different story. Bullshitting doesn’t; bullshitting is just saying whatever you want whenever you want, regardless.

It helped me better understand their actions. And also somehow makes it worse that they believe the bullshit, since it doesn’t hold up to any kind of scrutiny or logical thought at all.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Yes, that’s the definition of bullshit. Things said without caring if they are true.

    I think many people don’t know this. I didn’t, until trump became president.

    AI bullshits all the time. Because it doesn’t have the capacity to care.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I've been using this joke for a decade now.

    Bush Jr gave us great lies. Lies that were raised in small batches on family farms, then harvested with great care. They were aged to perfection in handcrafted oaken barrels under the supervision of Old World craftsmen and only decanted at their peak.

    They were lies that made you feel ennobled by their precision

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