textik

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[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it was a hoax, but campaign 101 is to be absolutely confident in your candidacy until the nanosecond you drop out. If you telegraph weakness to the voting public, and then end up staying in the race, that will be a millstone around your neck. Even if he was wavering in the weeks leading up to his dropout, there would be zero upside to communicating that publicly.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

My man grew that gross-ass soul patch just to reinforce his findings.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Mostly because the rocks are very stupid and will misunderstand your instructions at first opportunity. Kinda like Amelia Bedilia.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 months ago

My favorite character I ever played was a super shady rogue who, as it was revealed halfway through the campaign, was the estranged son of a very wealthy and powerful politician. He was very embarrassed to have to reveal this to the party, as he had carefully curated an image of himself as a self-made scallywag.

Turns out cleptomania isn't just for the working class, although PR is definitely for the ruling class.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Looks like he has some Austrian tupperware in the other hand, so maybe he brought his grandpappy's .45AARP service pistol for show and tell that day?

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Don't fucking do this in zsh, it does NOT do the same thing that it does in bash.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 38 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Biblically accurate hotdog

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He may have been an unknown quantity to you in 2016, but for his supporters he was exactly what it said on the tin: a racist, angry old white man who yelled at the dinner table about all the things Fox News told him were wrong with this country. And after 4 years of his administration, he actually picked up votes the second time. Biden had the largest turnout in American history in 2020, but only ahead of Trump's 2020 numbers.

If anything, he has confirmed to the conservative base that he is who he said he was. If Biden fails to motivate his base, he will lose, because Trump is not going to lose votes.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

At first I thought "no, but I'll read the comments. Maybe it'll help me understand my fellow man." Then the top comment was ADHD and I was like, " oh yeah I do have that lol."

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I have a motto I operate by at work: "if it's really important, they'll ask twice."