• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Framing this around personal humiliation is the dumbest possible way to report on this.

    This is click bait, nothing more.

  • yopyop@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days ago

    “Donald Trump was the favorite to win last year, but given what’s happened this year in Iran, we can’t see that happening again,” wrote Covers

    WHAT!?!? Was the favorite ?

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      15 days ago

      Yes, the contenders were Adolph Hitler, Malaria, that Lego you step on barefoot in the middle of the night, and Mondays. So Trump actually was the favorite, but after Iran the consideration shifted to how many potential burglary attempts were thwarted by a child laying out a Lego trap.

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      15 days ago

      Doesn’t matter. It’s a joke of an award. But it’s funny that the orange man is going to get all butt hurt over it.