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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 116 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Really loving the "Just enough to be deniable" couch attacks on Vance.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As Stephen Colbert gleefully said of the couch story last week, "It's not true, and nobody cares."

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The best part is that it really is kind of thing he might be into. It means that any attempt to deny it either makes him look much worse, or much more guilty.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think anyone out there is trying it, American Pie-like? With a greasy rubber glove stuck to their junk?

Because that would be pretty great, too.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Horny teenagers probably did it within minutes.

Hell.

Vance probably tried it after a day or two. Probably the first time he hasn’t had any complaints after.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

"You know what? I can't believe some lib thought of this first, because this is great."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

I loved Seth Meyers' first joke about it when he came back off break (which is when Trump picked Vance):

"It's NOT TRUE that JD Vance had sex with a couch. It is JUST A RUMOR!"

...

...

"It was just hand stuff."

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

However a lot of people are saying. Strong people, tough people. And they are saying very strongly. Lots of people. I don't know, but a lot of people are saying it.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best thing about it is that nobody actually believes it's a real story. But it's a great joke, because it just fits him so well. And the joke isn't just that he would romance a loveseat, but that he might write about it without an ounce of self-awareness. The dude is not just awkward as fuck, but in a sinister sort of way. You could easily believe that if you left him alone with your own sofa, he might do unspeakable things.

[–] azurekevin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I dunno man, I believe it's true.

[–] shield_gengar@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 years ago
[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago
[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

A couch is too risky. A love seat is right the fuck out. Maybe a recliner or kitchen chair is safe.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

A fucking recliner? To reduce risk? You want to stick your dick into this thing? That's a hard pass from me, friend.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, but there's this thing...

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, you mean the handle for the penis guillotine? Or are you thinking someone is going to... back onto it? 😳 I guess that could work.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they’re saying recliners were safe from Vance.

I think they’re underestimating his stupid

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

That makes way more sense. I should not comment in the middle of the night when I'm half awake.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

No, not a fucking recliner, a fucking recliner.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh sweety. thats not where you stick it at all.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not where you stick it.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

YOU LEAVE MY RECLINER ALONE!!!

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Well, alright. Just checkin'

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

and I'm checkin out the rest of your living room set.

[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

La-z-boy recliners are ambush predators, I hope one manages to get him.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He doesn't want love from his fuck toys. Just cushioning.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

More cushioning for the pushioning

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was at least one “JD Vance did not have sex with a couch” headline that had to be changed, because how could anyone possibly know whether or not someone has fucked a couch? Journalistic integrity dictates that you only make statements like that if they can be backed up by facts. I could be fucking my couch right now and no one would ever know.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OF link? I'm asking for my friend, JD uh.... Pants?

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was trying to make a funny.

You had said:

I could be fucking my couch right now and no one would ever know.

To which I asked for an OnlyFans link so my buddy JD Pants could watch. But apparently I laid it on a little thick and obscured the joke. Everything always makes more sense in our own minds.

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ahahahaha now I feel dumb. I didn’t translate OF to OnlyFans, I just assumed it was some new-fangled internet slang used by the youngsters.

[–] tetranomos@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

elizabeth warren lampoons trump and vance

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

I snorted my beer at that line. It was extra hilarious coming from someone so typically buttoned up and above the fray like Senator Warren. Gods I do like that woman.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago

Wise. One would steal and sell it, the other would fuck it.