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[–] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 160 points 1 month ago (16 children)

I work in events. That is a very temporary structure. The frame is aluminum trussing, and although it would hold up fairly well, all of the fabric will start bleaching within 3-4 weeks, the metal chains holding everything up will start rusting pretty quickly being exposed to the elements. The lights themselves aren’t IP rated and are relying on the fabric for protection so those will fail pretty quickly. Finally the stage itself has a wood underlayment that will rot within a single season if left outside.

Lastly it’s all rented and the rental company will continue to charge the client until it’s returned.

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 137 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It'll be like a toilet in the front yard and he plants flowers in it. White trash is his style.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah, but the toilet is gold!

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't wait to find out that this somehow cost us taxpayers like a hundred million dollars.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

And the rental company is DefinitelyNotTrumpJr LLC.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They’re expecting trump to pay the rental fee? How quaint.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not Donald paying. It's those of us who actually pay taxes.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You just know Trump will try to screw them and pocket the money instead.

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[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I bet the last point is one of the major reasons why Trump would want it to stay. Guy seems to have a weird fetish for not paying what he owes.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago

Probably a power trip, one of the few he gets away with. "Smart men don't pay taxes or bills!"

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

It’s like the parked car on cinder blocks in someone’s yard.Eventually the grass will grow tall enough that you won’t see it

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Funny story about temporary rental equipment.

My old company, big (as in billions $$) defence control actor. They refused to buy permanent sites, instead they would lease or rent buildings or structures. Sea cans counted as structures. They rented 3 sea cans for 15 years. Spent almost 100k each over that period. Never once did they accept the financial argument that one years lease would almost buy a sea can outright.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm calling it now. Some attack will happen at these events. Trump will play the role of "oh no, I've been shot..." and then 2 hours later will brag that he's the healthiest guy the doctors ever saw.

Anybody ever see the movie Groundhog Day?

........no reason.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It is quite on the nose that they plan/hope to execute another "attack" at one of his events, be it the birthday bash or the 250 celebration.

There is no other solid reason to have these events outdoors.

They need to keep the pressure on his safety so they get to build more surveillance bunkers etc. and another miraculous recovery comes in handy to whip his followers into more of a righteous frenzy.
All to keep him locked in for a 3rd term.

Perhaps he'll lose a toe this time? Shot in the butt?

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Trump actually cant book indoor event spaces anymore. They've stuffed so many for his campaigns, they aren't interested in getting stiffed again. Thats how the butler pa event ended up outside.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some attack will happen at these events.

Went to an MMA tournament and a fight broke out

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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Please note that this is the guy that hates the sight of wind turbines out in the distance. They ugly.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wind turbines look freaking bad ass!

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

I absolutely agree

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And unlike him, wind turbines serve a useful purpose

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[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago
[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

WHO THE FUCK TOLD HIM ABOUT THE EIFFEL TOWER?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just what I was thinking. There's no way orange hitler knew that it was originally a temporary structure that became permanent.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I swear there was a popular meme template years ago of him typing on his phone, and another panel of a search browser saying "what does a president do?". Can't find it now. But I imagine that template with a wiki page or the tower

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[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There is nothing Trump has done that should be permanent.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He better permanently stay dead once he dies. When I would wish for the world to be more like a disney movie as a kid, I didn't mean Star Wars. I don't want to see headlines saying "Somehow, Trump has returned."

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except his prison time and number

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[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's probably been mentioned many times already, but here it goes anyway:
"If you put a clown onto the throne, the clown will not turn into a king. The palace will turn into a circus."

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[–] Dantpool@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 1 month ago

Slaps top of arena This thing can hold so many guillotines

[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh please let him live long enough to watch us tear all his tacky shit to the ground!

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I want to see them light the det cord that demolishes mar a lago

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

as cathartic as that sounds, he doesn't care.

the only thing that he cares about is himself. the best punishment for him would be to be locked in a room with read only Internet to watch the world move on and him die not being able to be the center of attention.

the best way to win a game against a narcissist is to play a different game with impossible to follow rules for them.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Stick him into a mental hospital and make him play cooperative board games with the other inmates until he understands the concept.

He'll die first.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago

Give him a twitter account but have a script change whatever he types into BLAH BLAH BLAH

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 16 points 1 month ago

This whole term in the White House feels like the worst Airbnb trashing story and then some.

And, like a UFC event venue, will likely require fire hoses to wash out a good portion of the trash and stank.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Name me one person in the world less tasteful than trump. Go on, I'll wait.

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[–] bampop@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I can see the logic. Build a colosseum and stage gladiatorial contests, distract the masses and get made emperor for life. But what a pathetic attempt at a colosseum this is.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Not surprising - Bonespurs thinks he's permanent too.

[–] corbindallas@fedinsfw.app 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

only talk about this. FUCK

STOP FALLING FOR IT

FOCUS ON NAZI ISSUES

PLURAL

ISSUES

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

STOP FALLING FOR IT

Everything is a distraction from everything else

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[–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Honestly I think this is great. Some tacky bloodsport arena is a refreshingly honest reflection of the true national character of this country.

Much more fitting than the weird civil religion stuff going on in the rest of the national mall. This country does not deserve dignity until it stops being a global force for evil.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus is just a name to them. Any chance of them actually following things taught is long gone. Jesus, like Trump, is a tool they use. Nothing more.

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Belief is salvation. That's American Christianity. The rest of it doesn't matter.

[–] jenings@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

This comment right here is what his cult will suck the shit from his asshole for. He loves to troll libs so goddamn much and his unwavering fan base will let him literally rape children for it

[–] FE80@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Trump really puts out high quality, world class, dumb. Multi layered, hints of farce; I really feel like I'm becoming a sommelier of sorts.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I hope the rain absolutely hammers down

Relevant quote from Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World":

[The 1939 New York World's Fair's president] Grover Whalen - a former corporate executive, New York City police chief in a time of unprecedented police brutality, and public relations innovator [...] had convinced Stalin and Mussolini to build lavish national pavilions. (He later complained about how often he had been obliged to give the fascist salute.) The level of the exhibits, as one designer described it, was pitched to the mentality of a twelve-year-old.

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