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[–] 98 points 9 months ago (1 child)

What a pain in the neck she must be.

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  • [–] 70 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    This news is being posted as if everyone thought she was attracted to his personality

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  • [–] 40 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I genuinely think she was. To psychopaths, everyone is transactionally of limited use. I think in him she genuinely saw and identified someone like herself. And if something had happened to her. Charlie would have 100% done the same as her. They aren't well.

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    She's happier now, I'm sure, because he's more useful to her dead than he was alive. There's a transaction for ya.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Funny. He's more useful to us dead, too.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Eh... he was a fair target for mockery and it's not like his death changed any minds for the better... Charlie the martyr is far worse than Charlie the living douche.

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  • [–] 123 points 9 months ago (22 children)

    Ok, so psychopaths marry psychopaths. In other news: rain still wet.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I heard of anecdote of a guy who worked as waiter for the rich in a luxury yacht. He said pretty much what rich people ever talk about is building more wealth. These people are psychopaths. They see life as material transactions.

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  • [+] -25 points 9 months ago (19 children)

    Rain is not wet. Water makes things wet, but is not itself wet.

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    This seemed a little sus to me so I checked the dictionary. Merriam-Webster says wet can mean consisting of liquid such as water. (See 1a of screen capture).

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Also if two water molecules are next to each other then are they not making each other wet?

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    There go those slutty water molecules again

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Wet is used as a synonym for rain in my local dialect. The endless flexibility of english is amazing. Noun that verb! Adjectivize all the words!

    Just don’t put colour before size in your stack of adjectives or everyone cringes, for some reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    One of the things water makes wet is water.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Water makes it self wet? The other definitions and reasoning is plausible. Water makes water wet? Stoner ideas?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I’m just tired of people arguing that weter isn’t wet when it’s right there in the name.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Well, telling someone to shut the fuck up is quite rude, and definitely an overreaction. You need to touch grass.

    Also, what is weter?

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  • [–] 59 points 9 months ago

    MAGAs don't do martyrs well because they're all psychopaths, and can't maintain the pretense of caring enough to keep someone's legacy alive.

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  • [–] 53 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    Wait till you see how fast Melania moves on and profits from Donny’s death. She might set a land speed record.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Melania tacitly admitted during her husband's first term that she is a trophy wife and married Donald for money. When asked if she married Donald for the money, she responded "he wouldn't marry me if I'm not beautiful".

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    (Disclaimer: she's only talking about physical beauty. She's as ugly as the devils haemorrhoids on the inside)

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I also have to add that she doesn't really look attractive too - the Mar-a-Lago face is a super ugly trend

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Eh, I think she's fine on that front, whatever procedures she has had are a bit lighter.

    She doesn't have the over the top saw-face like others in the circle that have basically mutilated themselves with ill-advised procedures.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Once he is dead, all of those creditors he doged will be fighting each other to pick the corpse clean. She will probably be shredded in the feeding frenzy.

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  • [+] 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    We are somehow surprised a shitty person had a shitty wife? There are plenty of dynamic asshole duos.

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Should surprise no one since she obviously didn't marry him for his looks or personality.

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago

    Grifters gotta grift, it's in their nature.

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Since not even his wife seems to care, can they just stop reporting? Some podcaster got shot a while ago, a lot of people get shot all the time.

    Kids get shot, ICE shoots people who the fuck cares about this guy?

    Why was this ever big news?

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 9 months ago

    They immediately used his death to try to argue that trans people are all domestic terrorists, and organized witch hunts to get people fired for making comments (often targeting professors that were on TPUSA’s hit list). There is a good chance that the Trump regime will cite the shooting as evidence that trans people should be viewed as terrorists.

    I think it also really exemplifies the “reality show” - iffication of right wing American politics. The president is a reality TV star, Dr Oz is administering Medicare, Hegseth was a news personality; Erika Kirk is just an opportunistic vulture like the rest. The kind of person who spends their life trying to get on Big Brother or Survivor so that they can make a career out of partying and socializing.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago

    I'll never be rich or famous, and I'm a member of a group these folks actively stoke hate towards. But I'll say this, when I die, I know my wife will actually be sad about not having me anymore. That's something a lot of these folks can't honestly say

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I'm not sure I'm allowed to say this, but her face looks like a bleached asshole.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My husband's dead. Like, I'm not trying to be morbid, but he's dead.

    She should put that on a t-shirt.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    Come on, did anyone think that this marriage was based on love? Please.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    To be fair, if I was that asshole's spouse and learned he'd just been shot, I'd have been pretty happy myself.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Eleven. days. later - I’m, like, more traumatized from seeing that snuff video then his own wife was.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I saw it accidentally and it legit fucked me up even though I hate the fuckin bastard. My ocd latched onto it hard and it replays in my mind at 2am 😅😵‍💫

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    I hate him too. It’s not even that though. You couldn’t not see that video. His wife went on a money making, fireworks widow tour. Which was obscene. I saw a video of her putting in fake tears before getting onstage. These people are psycho. She’s a realty tv star, no wonder she’s being elevated.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That is PTSD, or part of it. Go for a walk, bring someone with you, and talk to them about it. Ask them to just listen. Do that regularly. Maybe every Sunday at first. It's not a cure, but it helps more than you would expect. If you don't have someone, go by yourself and talk to yourself about it, out loud. Best of luck.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    The first night it happened I puked from the panic of not being able to stop it. I have talked to my husband about it a few times so he’s aware of what I’m going through and it has helped lessen the fear of it. It definitely helps to talk about it. I also started a small dose of Prozac for my ocd which has helped, too. Thank you for your comment and tips, I will try that as well ❤️

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Correction, for her it was the event of a century. For me it was a Sunday on my 22nd wedding anniversary, and spent all morning having fun in bed with my wife because I am not dead

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Don't worry, Erika. People will forget about you and your idiot husband soon enough.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    No.

    Remember them forever. Rememer them the same way we remember Hitler, and for the same reason.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    I think he'll be remembered the same way we remember Horst Wessel. Much less memorable than Hitler.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    She is so weird. First time I saw and heard her I was like: There is something wrong with this woman.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Obviously it's only hosted on Twitter: https://x.com/HotSpotHotSpot/status/2016323405125963895

    It's not as bad and the title makes it sound. She talks about the memorial service and having millions of people hear the gospel and stories about Kirk. She's not giggling about the assassination. She's a grifter, obviously, but this audio is not the bombshell Owens says it is.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Not surprising. I recall when she “forgave” and every media outlet and commentator was like “this is wonderful, healing and what we all need to do!”

    Why are so many folks so dumb in recognizing charlatans? We need education just for this. Know when you’re being played!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I'm becoming increasingly of the opinion that some groups of people care more about the packaging than the message.

    As long as a person says the right kinds of things, is of the right pedigree, or has the right support and/or accolades, they can get away with damn near anything.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Is this a way to put her back in the spotlight? If republicans have thought me anything it is that ridiculous rage baits are fair game for getting online interaction.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    As much as they are both (all 3 actually) are horrible people, there's nothing nefarious in her not grieving how people want her to.

    Perhaps she doesn't care. Perhaps she does, but sees an opportunity and can suck it up. Perhaps she does and she is using work to distract herself. Perhaps she does and it comes out differently. Perhaps she does and shes good at acting like nothing is wrong.

    It's all just a distraction story.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    In some ways I completely agree.

    Its absolutely possible for someone who loves their husband to appear happy after they suddenly pass away.

    However, the pivot to capture the TP USA business is a conscious one, and it definitely feels pretty gross to anyone who understands that it is indeed a business.

    The thing is, to people receptive to their message, its not a "business", its a cause or a movement. They can just say "Charlie would have wanted her to continue his work!"

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Yes but even if it is a conscious decision and she doesn't or didn't care about him, there's nothing illegal about it. It's just unseemly. She should be able to do as she pleases, no different to any other awful grifter. It's not really news. It's gossip.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    It's not a matter of illegal, it's a matter of how much of a grift it is. Celebrating merch sales about your husband's death is just sociopath level.

    It matters in the context of this movement trying to play like they gave a shit about this man for the sake of sympathy when even his own widow clearly cared about engagement and merchandise than his actual death.

    Admittedly, not that newsworthy because most of the world has stopped thinking about him, but TPUSA is still rolling and still riding that martyrdom angle.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I mostly agree with you, but I don't think this is just a distraction story. The more interesting thing is the rift forming between MAGA influencers. Candace Owens clearly has beef with Erika Kirk.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Owens seems to lash out against everyone when she feels she isn't getting her due. That's a problem normally, but she seems to have outlived her usefulness to them. She's been sidelined in that crowd for a while now, and only really makes the news over crazy shit

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  • [+] -8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    All these stories amount to "wow, she's not grieving like I think she should!"

    Who gives a fuck. What a bizarre fixation on a widow's reaction.

    She believes in the Christian God and most people making this point probably don't. So no shit she's not going to grieve the same way. She didn't really lose him in her mind. It's just temporary.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't know a single person whose faith caused them to feel like the loss of a loved one is no big deal. They may say that in their mind, but it hurts all the same

    But maybe 11 days is enough to be a bit more collected in general, but the context is off-putting. Even thinking about revenue and merch sales during something akin to your spouse's funeral seems like a sociopath. I've heard people who had absolutely moved on and normal day to day get choked up at a one year memorial when they were faced with discussing a close friend. To be directly talking about a memorial for your husband less than two weeks after his death without missing a beat, and sincerely at complete ease, not merely trying to put up a brave front... That's not the reaction of someone that actually cared.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I don't have that faith any more, but I used to be devout and associated almost exclusively with religious people. When I work as a missionary, my life focused only on God and church work, the prospect of dying didn't feel significant to me. It was unfortunate, like getting ill, but nothing dire. It actually made it difficult for me to sympathize when I was helping comfort people who had a loss in their family. It led me to thinking that most people don't actually believe their loved ones are going to a better place or that they're going to see them again. Their grief is closer to how I would react to irrevocable loss.

    In short, I've learned that people grieve a lot differently than I do. I don't think it proves people care about someone more just because they're constantly bawling and inconsolable.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    This is a worthless story consisting entirely of peoples reactions in social media. What a waste of internet.

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