• @BreadstickNinja
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    454 hours ago

    It was hard for Republicans to compete with The Onion’s devastating exposé alleging that Walz’ “aw, shucks” persona is merely a facade concealing his true “gee whiz” tendencies.

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    According to a poll I saw a while ago he’s MORE POPULAR THAN TAYLOR SWIFT.

    I was not aware such a feat was possible.

    • @ArgentRaven
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      He should drop an album while he’s on top!

  • @[email protected]
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    Their smear campaign honestly made me like him more and I’m unironically considering moving to Minnesota as a direct result. The only problem is that I’m from the South and snow is scary.

    • Drusas
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      The snow and the cold are no joke. Buy yourself some good winter clothing straight off the bat. Don’t go for those cheap off brands. Oh no. You want to be warm, you want the good stuff. And remember to layer.

      • @2pt_perversion
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        Depends on what you do. Plenty of people only have to walk from car door to heated building so crappy winter clothes isn’t a huge deal. There are those people that wear shorts year round based on that principle.

      • @whotookkarl
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        It’s all in the socks and a good, warm hat. Wools over cotton, wet cotton from sweat or snow in cold enough weather can be dangerous.

        • @chemical_cutthroat
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          74 hours ago

          My sister got me a llama wool beanie a few years ago, and I will sweat at near zero. That shit is WARM.

          • themadcodger
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            Llama (or probably alpaca) wool is no joke. There’s a reason why most yarns are a blend and aren’t 100% alpaca, it’s usually too hot.

          • Drusas
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            I have alpaca wool socks and they are just amazing. So comfortable and so warm. They were something like $22 for a pair, but they’ve held up pretty well and they’ve been worth it.

    • Adam Kempenich ✅
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      Born and raised in MN. Snow gives you a chance to learn how to ski, and isn’t terrible to drive in when you relax and are patient.

      • @EtherWhack
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        It’s been a few years since my trip to Milwaukee but, I remember it being just a bit more slippery than the first rain after a dry spell. Still very manageable and, like you said, just ease into it and it’ll become natural.

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      There are parts of the twin cities that are fully car free so you dummy don’t need to drive.

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m originally from Florida and that’s what I do. Although the light rail is a bit interesting sometimes.

  • @JusticeForPorygon
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    144 hours ago

    A friend of mine was telling me about it, said Fox News was going on about how they “don’t like the way he moves.” Whatever that means.

    “Twitchy Tim” is what Fox News decided on.

    • @jaybone
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      53 hours ago

      Why do these people always have to have some stupidass nickname for someone that’s not based on anything related to their platform or policies?

      • @dyathinkhesaurus
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        72 hours ago

        Because some of them mentally never left high school. So they pick 'insults" that were “funny” and made them “cool”, back when they peaked, and those appeal to the rest of the faux-news followers who did the same.

        • @jaybone
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          Yeah it was a rhetorical question. I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to point out to them that the “other side” doesn’t use these kinds of nicknames?

          • @Droggelbecher
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            22 hours ago

            There’s many such nickname based on trumps fake tan. We can’t really claim superiority on the nickname thing. It IS funny though.

            • @jaybone
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              22 hours ago

              Right online and in memes. Are those used by cable news networks and candidates at their rallies?

      • @Valmond
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        Because they don’t want to talk about truth, the programs, policies etc.

        Also how the hell do you sell Trump otherwise? He can’t even align a coherent phrase to explicit anything.

    • @Mog_fanatic
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      The other argument I saw against him was he admitted when he made a mistake one time. I just remember it cause that struck me as so strange. Like… Yeah that’s awesome. Admitting you were wrong and trying to fix your mistake is a pretty damn good quality. It would be so annoying if he thought he knew everything about everything and never ever admitted he was wrong about anything even when he- oooooh it makes sense now.

    • themadcodger
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      I appreciate that, I guess meme, going around that the reason he resonates with so many of us is because he’s the father we could have had if Fox News hadn’t corrupted him.

  • @DBT
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    BUT MUH TAMPON TIM MEMES

    • @[email protected]OP
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      When I first saw it, I thought it was in suport of him until I realized who was posting it

      Same thing for “all lives matter” where I thought it was someone agreeing with black lives matter the first time I heard it. Didn’t realize someone could get so close to the point and miss it there

      • themadcodger
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        Same, I didn’t get why All Lives Matter was a bad thing at first. I’m like “yes! we’re all humans and everyone matters!” Then I saw who was posting it and had to reaccess.

    • MudMan
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      Anecdotal, but relevant: I had forgotten what the “smears” were supposed to be until I saw this and went “oh, right, they did that”.

  • Verdant Banana
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    not that great still maybe Democrats should stop acting like Republicans

    would not have to put out so much effort to make themselves look good if they would just support the people

    Tim Walz: 40% positive, 33% negative

    Taylor Swift: 33% positive, 27% negative

    Kamala Harris: 48% positive, 45% negative

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      ? Walz has gotten tons of progressive policies through with a single seat majority in his state

      Gauranteed paid family and medical leave, universal free lunches, passed protections for trans people, put over a billion into affordable housing development, taxes corporations more, expanded union protections, and more

      Not only that, but

      He was a faculity advisor of a gay-straight alliance in the 90s when that was not very socially acceptable at all

      He’s got a strong pro-union background

      He has not acted like a republican