President Joe Biden had conspiracy theorists in a tizzy after posting what appeared to be his reaction to the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win on Sunday night.

“Just like we drew it up,” Biden posted on X alongside a photo of “Dark Brandon,” the meme created by hardcore—and very online—supporters of Donald Trump that Biden and his team loved so much they adopted it as their own.

The post was apparently referencing far-right conspiracy theories which posit the NFL and high-level government operatives conspired to rig the Super Bowl in Kansas City’s favor to give maximum exposure to a yet-to-be-announced endorsement from Chiefs star Travis Kelce and his girlfriend Taylor Swift.

  • @Nudding
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    -68 months ago

    Sorry, I guess the subtle differences between the two sentiments are lost on me.

    • Flying Squid
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      38 months ago

      “The chemotherapy is working” doesn’t mean “the cancer is gone.”

      • @Nudding
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        -78 months ago

        The cancer is spreading and metastasising. Instead of cutting out the cancer, or using chemo, they are bragging about curing the ear infection. Great analogy, thank you.

        • Flying Squid
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          28 months ago

          The cancer is spreading and metastasising.

          Based on what metric? Homelessness? Because that is far from the only metric for an economy.

          • @Nudding
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            -48 months ago

            It’s a pretty important one, especially to the people that are becoming homeless.

            • Flying Squid
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              38 months ago

              “It’s a pretty important one” does not make it the sole metric to base an improving economy on, nor does it mean that Biden is claiming everything is fine. So you really have no point here.

              Again, your claim-

              Because he’s the president who’s trying to convince us that everything is fine?

              Not only have you not supported it, you found an article that contradicted it.

              He is specifically not telling people that everything is fine, and the first article you provided proved that.

              So I guess this is a “what are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” situation. Believe it or not, I’m choosing my own eyes.

              • @Nudding
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                -58 months ago

                Great, I hope that works out for you!

                • Flying Squid
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                  48 months ago

                  It generally does, yes. Weirdly, the whole “believe what I say even though I showed you the exact opposite thing” isn’t especially convincing as arguments go.

                  • @Nudding
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                    -58 months ago

                    I agree! I hope things are going as well for you as the Biden administration tells you they are lol. Have a wonderful day