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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Still laughing over Obama’s subtle dick size joke about Trump

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] takeda@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Obviously it was an unfortunate gesticulation accident and he realized it when it was too late /s

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s at the end of this short YouTube clip when he talks about crowd sizes https://youtu.be/OGMO8Hu4cBw?si=c_VccTIXw5iP-ORx

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's masterful about this is it can also be claimed that this was just him mocking Trump's incessant hand gesture thing he does.

[–] ochi_chernye@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I don't think he'd have made an overt dick joke on stage at the convention. This, as you say, was masterfully done. It's just the kind of thing that I'd expect to get under trump's skin. I'd like to have been in the room when they came up with that, assuming it wasn't a brilliant improvisation.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I could see Donnie’s reaction video to it.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Ketchup everywhere

[–] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally, a use for these emoji hands! 🫸🏻 🫷🏻 🫸🏻🫷🏻

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The trend is good, but we're still behind where we need to be. We need to keep:

  • Canvassing
  • Phone-banking
  • Fundraising & Donating
  • Talking to Family & Friends
  • Combating the trolls across social media platforms so they don't define the narrative
[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next election, make a feature-length movie with Ryan Reynolds, release it in theaters, and collect 2x this amount.

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, I can see it, Ryan Reynolds as Tim Waltz!

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who would play comic accurate tim waltz?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

An AI generated Ed Asner

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 year ago

Tom Hanks is the best I could come up with given brief consideration.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Trump would probably play himself as well, just to get back on TV.

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