After Republican vice presidential pick J.D. Vance went viral last week for being extraordinarily awkward at a donut shop in Georgia, Democrat Tim Walz had to poke fun at him during a snack stop in Pennsylvania.

Pursuing sweets like whoopie pies and donuts at Cherry Hill Orchards in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Walz slid in a joke  while speaking to voters.

“Look at me, I have no problem picking out donuts.”

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    6 months ago

    Goddamn articles quit fucking linking me to goddamn Twitter

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        6 months ago

        Embarrassing. Especially when government entities insist on Twitter being the primary way they communicate with the public.

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          To be fair, the BBC trialed a Mastadon account in 2022, but I think the fact that some ex-Tweeters went BlueSky kinda convoluted the exodus.

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        Because news agencies are so goddamn lazy now, that’s all they do is surf fucking Twitter.

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        6 months ago

        Idiots are addicted. Corporations are addicted.

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      6 months ago

      What, and make them host the video themselves? Hah!

      We could always ask politicians to stop posting there…

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        It’s an old expression for shitting yourself.
        Later renamed Xitter the X pronounced as Sh, to reflect relations with authoritarianism like the Chinese leader XI. (Pronounced Shi or Pedo Bear.)

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        6 months ago

        It’s street drug, otherwise known to chemists as 3,4-Methyl​​enedioxy​​methamphetamine. Some white trust fund billionaire got stoned and decided it would be funny to hear the media say a politician said something “on twitter,” so he decided to buy a website and name it that.

        /s