Isn't it obvious Trump is a nutcase? Sometimes I just have to step back from the political news and ask the obvious: What The Fuck? How can anyone think this guy would make a good president or even a mediocre president?
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Gudanov - May 17, 2016 10:37:01 am PDT #21580 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Dana - May 17, 2016 10:50:42 am PDT #21581 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now now, Gud, don't we all make up spokespeople for ourselves? Aren't we all John Miller?
Fred Pete - May 17, 2016 11:00:32 am PDT #21582 of 30003
Ann, that's a ferret.
All condolences, Suzi.
Gudanov - May 17, 2016 11:00:42 am PDT #21583 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Well, I can give him a pass on that because he has all the best words so it makes sense he'd need to impersonate a spokesperson for himself.
Burrell - May 17, 2016 11:03:30 am PDT #21584 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Isn't it obvious Trump is a nutcase? Sometimes I just have to step back from the political news and ask the obvious: What The Fuck? How can anyone think this guy would make a good president or even a mediocre president?
I think the answer is that some people have been sucking down the crazy for so long they no longer remember that it was never meant to be taken for truth, it was just supposed to be a bracing shot of bluster. But now it all seems plausible somehow? I mean, it turns out there's folks out there who actually believe that Michelle Obama is transgender and a murderer, apparently, to keep her transgender identity a secret.
Maybe they are spiking the water with something? Who knows?
Burrell - May 17, 2016 11:04:30 am PDT #21585 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Well, I can give him a pass on that because he has all the best words so it makes sense he'd need to impersonate a spokesperson for himself.
hilarious
Zenkitty - May 17, 2016 11:32:50 am PDT #21586 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The funniest most ridiculous part, to me, is not that he sock-puppeted a spokesman for himself, but that he did it so BADLY. He didn't even attempt to change his voice even a little, his story made no sense and he kept forgetting it as he was telling it, it's like it just never occurred to him that people would know he was lying. Or would call him out on it.
Burrell - May 17, 2016 12:40:13 pm PDT #21587 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have met a lot of people, mostly men, who lie reflexively and just skate by on the assumption that it's bad form to call people out for lying.
-t - May 17, 2016 1:20:34 pm PDT #21588 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh, how did that get to be a social norm? Doesn't seem like a good idea.
Burrell - May 17, 2016 2:04:58 pm PDT #21589 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Well it's probably not, but since it doesn't usually harm the liar, there's not much impetus to change things. A lot of times what I am calling lies would fall under the category of embellishment, like "I was in training to be an Olympic athlete" when the truth is more "I am very proud of the swim competitions I won in high school." The other big category is self-serving lies, either lying for personal gain or lying to avoid something you don't want to do.