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I dont know what 'the couch' is and they don't explain it. Also they just say 'bed wetting' and don't explain that. Fucking gold!!

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago (7 children)

"losing to the couch" = people not voting at all instead of voting for Genocide Joe

"Bed-wetting" = ineffectual whining

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I had never heard those terms used before but it makes sense now.

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ve had similar experiences with Fox News. All I can say is that their boomer (age cohort or mindset) audience may get these terms more readily than others. For one article I think the headline had something like “100 grand” instead of “$100,000”

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

kids today don't know that 100 grand means 100,000

chomsky-yes-honey

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Yes but unironically

[–] gwysibo@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] buh@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bed-wetting is pretty much only used for the dems.

I never heard "losing to the couch". It might be the phrasing of a particular aide who was anonymous but wanted people "in the know" to know they said it.

[–] beef_curds@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Do you think you just fell off the hot couch? No, you exist within a hell world all around you.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Are we sure bed wetting doesn't equal an 89 year old man having trouble holding it through the night?

[–] determinism2@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Losing to the couch = continuing to sit on the couch after you've soiled it

[–] TheDialectic@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Biden probably does have age appropriate difficulty with incontinence. He probably wears adult overnight diapers

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

dems are gonna shit the couch

[–] buh@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"bet wetting" is when he pisses on a mattress for fun. not even while asleep or anything, he just does it because he wants to and nobody will stop the president

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If he makes the secret service clean it up then its based af.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

imagine signing up for special forces thinking you'll be a "high speed operator" or whatever but your job ends up being bringing out a shop vac at high speed to clean up after joe

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

President Diogenes

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you have any idea how hard it is to clean old man piss out of a couch cushion? They have White House interns working around the clock to get the smell out each day before Joe's naps at 10, 1 and 3. He is extremely sleepy and his bladder retention has seen better days.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Biden gonna go digging for change to give to Ukraine and get lost in the cushions

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For a second I thought Biden was going to replace Kamala on the ticket with a sofa.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Generic unnamed sofa" would beat harris by 10 points if you slapped a "I'm a democrat" sticker on it

[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sofa's got the hot couch vote on lock.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or it would if they hadn't drank too much cheap booze the night before and had to sleep it off and then not really feel like going anywhere today.

But if you're going to go vote can you get them a pack of camel blues and they'll pay you back when they get paid on Wednesday?

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

I like to imagine that the couch is just a really nice, comfy couch and the dem establishment is so unpopular that they're considering going for "comfy couch" as Biden's running mate in order to try and boost his poll numbers.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Considering how many incontinence related ads there are on cable news, this is very confusing language.