• Hanrahan
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    321 hours ago

    These are Cipolla’s five fundamental laws of stupidity:

    1. Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

    2. The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

    3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

    1. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places, and under any circumstances, to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.

    2. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

  • @[email protected]
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    112 days ago

    So, you’re a stupid fucking moron, and you’ve condemned the rest of us to hell because you’re a stupid fucking moron with lots of stupid fucking peers.

    Did i miss anything?

      • @Eldritch
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        They might. I recently was thinking about how friends and family in other states had gotten roped back into this. And then it occurred to me. Despite living in a red state. Our area has been blessed with having none of the local news stations owned by Sinclair. Don’t get me wrong. The local news is still not very good. But Sinclair is absolute propaganda. Completely toxic.

        But realizing that made the reality disconnects make sense. Many of them live in areas where there isn’t a local newscast not owned by Sinclair. Plenty of them don’t watch fox news or any cable news. And don’t engage with news online at all. Just the traditional local broadcast news. But like frogs in a slow pot. They haven’t really realized the propaganda boiling around them yet.

        But realizing that has given a vector of attack. They don’t like what other major media companies like clear channel have done to radio. Sinclair and clear channel are very similar in many ways. And just planting the concept has had some small success. Many of them are conspiracy minded. So appealing to that mindset with actual, much less fantastical conspiracy can resonate with them.

        Combine that with analysis from people who are independent subject matter experts. For instance the legal eagle YouTube channel has done a good job covering a lot of recent events from a factual/legal perspective. I think sharing some of their videos along with pounding the Sinclair conspiracy. Has definitely had an impact. And made them a bit less likely to just take what Sinclair has been feeding them at face value like they have in the past. But it’s a constant battle. And we can’t let up. But I think pushing back against Sinclair specifically might be a good way for us to start reaching a lot of these people.

        • @anon593839OP
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          22 days ago

          There’s actually a part of me that finds this heartening. This guy is completely and utterly ignorant, but he’s not a cultist.

      • @P00ptart
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        112 days ago

        They won’t? Both of his failed assassination attempts were done by former supporters.

          • @800XL
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            22 days ago

            I still see that stupid picture on flags hanging under an American flag. It was totally a photo op. No one has a bullet graze their face and gets a perfect propaganda photo like that. No one.

              • @800XL
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                18 hours ago

                I almost forgot about that stupid band-aid and all those dumb right-wing chucklefucks that wore one in solidarity.

      • Maeve
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        92 days ago

        I have a parent and several of their friends who voted for him 16 and not since. They voted Harris.

      • @jordanlundM
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        62 days ago

        Not only did nobody learn, MORE people voted Trump this time(!)

        2016 - 62,984,828
        2020 - 74,223,975
        2024 - 77,302,580

  • @jordanlundM
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    332 days ago

    In the dictionary under “leopards eating faces”.

    I’m not going to say “we told you what would happen” it’s a matter of “Trump told you what would happen!”

  • circuitfarmer
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    292 days ago

    Fucking get some critical thinking skills, then. No sympathy for dumb people. Never been clearer signs in the history of voting.

  • @[email protected]
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    322 days ago

    I thought he was going to go after the people I don’t like, not me. Now that his presidency is actually hurting ME specifically I have regrets.

    Cry harder idiot.

  • @BrianTheeBiscuiteer
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    242 days ago

    You want my sympathy? Eat all the dicks!

    You want my support? Quit whining and fucking do something!

  • @[email protected]
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    172 days ago

    Why are People saying this? Trump is the ONLY Politician doing EXACTLY what he Promised he would!

    • @notsoshaihulud
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      32 days ago

      Trump is the ONLY Politician doing EXACTLY what he Promised

      and its opposite too. in rapid succession. 5D chest