• JoYo@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    I live on capitol hill and often walk down the mall for my daily exercise. I don’t really follow the news so I had no idea the “state” fare was going on. What I did see was heavily armed guards and fences in a normally open area with loads of tourists specifically not going to the fare.

    I think the armed national guard scared them off. Anyways, here’s a photo of the B2 that flew over that day.

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      FYI

      A “fare” is a price you pay to go somewhere, for example a bus fare

      A “fair” is an event with vendors and attractions and such.

      You might have to pay a fare to enter the fair.

      Although classifying anything this administration is doing as some kind of price we have to pay does feel kind of appropriate.

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          That would be a fair fair girl attending the fair. Or, if she really identifies with fair life, a fair fair fair girl.

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            What about the general assortment of things she’s selling at the fair? And how might one casually inquire as to how they’re doing? I know they’re reasonably priced.

            I guess I’m trying to ask, since you’ve paid the fair fare, how do the fair fair fair girl’s fair fair fares fare?

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      I was down there for work two weeks back on an annual visit and thought I’d go see the sludge pool. The whole area for blocks around was chain link and military in squads if 3-5. Sirens from every 3rd vehicle through every intersection through the night. You’d think he’d already been shot and the city was locked down. Crazy times.

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    14 hours ago

    The D.C. Botanical Gardens are absolutely stunning and worth a visit, even if you miss the short window for smelling the incredibly wretched stench of the aptly named Corpse Flower.

    Highly recommend a trip.

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      I was there without any idea that there was a special botanical event. Just wanted to see some plants.

      That corpse flower is HUGE! The different tools is it bloomed 48 hours before we got there and that the smell lasted 12 hours or less. We were lucky to catch it in its three days of bloom, especially since apparently that plant was blooming for the first time after 18 years.

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        We have that as well in Germany.
        Called “Titanenwurz” in german which translates to ‘giant plant/root’
        And it’s a “common” (not just a single garden) attraction in various botanical gardens here

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    15 hours ago

    They’re the ones driving past the mutilated White House on their day to day. The reminders of his awfulness likely hits harder for them because they get the full visual on his lack of respect for American things.

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    13 hours ago

    I think I just heard George Takei say “oh my” off in the distance. Did anyone else hear that?

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    if your german based and want a variant of such a plant, dm me. i will send you seeds in autumn. they propagate quite fast, and i don’t want to throw them away.

    i have not yet seen the phase where it blooms (and stinks) and i have them about four to five years…

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    14 hours ago

    We love when this community is just US politics. Yes you elected a bad leader, we get it. Choose better next time.

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      plenty of other world leaders that are equally as embarrassing you could post yourself. but no, you be complicit in their corruption and just bemoan others actions.

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          maybe because the current US admin has disrupted almost $30 billion in grants to scientific agencies. and that’s just in the US. Imagine what the losses are in places like UK, Italy, Africa, Australia, etc where similar ideologies are being implemented.

          maybe some researchers that lost their jobs or projects because they were part of the 2000 NSF grant suspensions feel slightly better when they see a post comparing Trump to a bloated rotting corpse butthole.

          maybe it makes them feel not alone?

          IDK, just throwing out some theories.

          why can’t you just ignore the post and move on?

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    14 hours ago

    I don’t know what bumping uglies means, and I’m scared to ask…

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    That’s how much of a failure he is.

    Weird thing to say about someone who became president of the USA, twice. He’s a liar, cruel, sociopath, conman… the list goes on. But failure isn’t one of that.

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      Lol have you seen him?

      Anybody who allegedly has everything they want and is still miserable, after having been a huge cunt and burned their whole life to get it, and still can’t admit that what they’re doing didn’t work, isn’t working, and won’t ever work, is a loser and a failure of the highest order.

      Little embarrassing we need to review this.

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        Didn’t know Peter Principle applied to elected politicians.

        Anyway, it says, ‘people in a hierarchy tend to rise to “a level of respective incompetence”’.

        Would you say Donald Trump was competent before becoming a president?

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      11 hours ago

      getting elected only means you ar good at winning elections, not necessarily being good at the job that the election lands you

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      you can succeed in achieving your goals and still fail. that’s not success, that’s life.

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      I guess it depends on the definition? If he set out to scam a bunch of money from his supporters, become King Of the Racists, and rape children with Epstein, then yeah; he succeeded.

      But he’s nearing the end of his natural life and he clearly failed to find joy. He failed to be loyal to his country. He failed to show empathy, and experience the happiness that goes along with it. He failed to be human and it’s too late now, he’s almost gone…

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      I’m just glad that people can only be described in binary terms. Wouldn’t it be awful if they could be described in two different ways at the same time?!?! I’m so glad the world is so simple.