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[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 61 points 2 years ago

Takei is such a treasure, the sass is next-level!

[–] Gpinmg@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is insane to me is that I had to look at who wrote it to determine if it was a joke or if it could have been serious. It's amazing how many batshit crazy things people say AND BELIEVE IN THEIR HEART. This could be a new game show:

Serious or Satire!

10 years ago no one would have ever thought this was anything but a joke but today... They would never run out of material! Think "Jewish Space Lasers" for example.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They set the bar so high for dumb and insane shit to say that i feel like people stopped hearing it. Like fuck, the jewish space laser thing... Just how? In a real world someone would've escorted her out and be like: okay, we get it, pack your shit. But nothing. And years later, that lady is still doing it, and she still has her job.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The laser thing, it's just so out of this world! I actually dug deeper and and it's somehow connected to volcanoes. They don't actually exist, but those giant hills are actually from excavating caves for building Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B.S, you can't make that shit up). The lasers then shoot into the hills so then you have magma and shit.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

This reads like somewhere out there, some random teenager got baked as fuck playing Missile Command and decided to troll that one asshole MAGA uncle nobody wanted to invite to Thanksgiving and things just spiraled completely out of hand.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

That's my favorite conspiracy acronym lol

[–] rodhlann@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago

He didn't even ask about her emails

[–] MTLion3@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry to say this is a whoosh on every level for me lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] Elderos@lemmings.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He probably broke a few laws right there. Maybe another president would have been held accountable for faking a wewther report and causing panic, but it was just Wednesday.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's only a problem if Dijon mustard is involved

[–] gornar@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Or a tan suit

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Fox news lost its mind when Obama asked for Dijon mustard for his burger. For real.

[–] Amilo1591@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't help but think "was this guy president of a major superpower for 4 years?!" Almost every single time I see any of his videos.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

And he might become their next president... :(

[–] logen@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is how I've felt for every president we've had since (and including) Clinton... Which really is only because he's the first president I was old enough in which to be aware. I'm sure further back was just as bad in their own ways.

Things off the top of my head:

Clinton - sex stuff.

Bush - Oh so many things. His bumbling... His weapons of mass destruction stuff...I mean, if they are so bad, why can we have them, but they can't? I digress.

Obama - Authorizing terrorist attacks on Pakistan, also the failed health care reform.

Trump - Well... well... I honestly couldn't much pay attention to what he was on about through the non-stop assalt he had from our media (also life stuff kept me pretty distracted those four years). But he was certainly one to rock the system.

Biden - Wow. The Ukraine/Biden(and family) stuff, the China/Biden(and family) stuff all the stuff happening while he was a VP... His bumbling is even worse than Bush's was.

Yea, we've had a pretty embarrasing run of presidents in my lifetime. I know there are a few things Trump and Obama did in which I approve... But it's few... Oh so few. The rest though... Nope.

Oh, and, I'm not so sure about Clinton's races, I was too young, but all the folks that came in second to all these presidents? Not exactly great alternatives to what we got.

EDIT: Fix Spacing.

[–] MTLion3@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you lol Whatta doofus

[–] generalEdo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

I think you mean what a stable genius.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

I've had so many what the fuck moments with that guy lol, I'm really sorry that you US guys have to deal with this kinda stuff.

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is he back on Twitter now? I thought he jumped ship to mastadon.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I think he might be on both? I got this elsewhere.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This post is also on mastodon. He seems to use it a lot.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How do I find him on mastadon? And why in the mastadon app, when I enter the search box, my keyboard autocomplete doesn't work, like it's a password field?

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Search for @georgetakei@universeodon.com

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

It says the page you are looking for isn't here

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

That's weird. Are you using the official app? If I search for a fake name, the message I get is "Could not find anything for these search terms"

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei is a direct link to his profile. I don't know anything about the app. I just use my browser.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Lock ~her~ it up! Lock ~her~ it up! Lock ~her~ it up!

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Didn't even try to nuke it.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

He tried but Hillary wiped it away.

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

:chef's kiss: