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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 196 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is easily explained.

Donald Trump has dementia.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago

And even before that, he was dumb and easily used. Just easier to use now:

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But media won't harp on this like Biden. Otherwise we'd have a million articles by now.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

Mainstream media has a fuckton of culpability here.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 12 points 1 week ago

Not true, not true. Very sharp, Tim Apple called him smart. Fake news

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, it's syphilitic brain damage.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

One doesn't exclude the other.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 131 points 1 week ago (5 children)

When do we start using Gatorade on the crops?

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ahem Brawndo? Idiot doesn't even know it's got electrolytes...

[–] SW42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

It’s what plants crave !

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s scares me that some of you don’t get this ~~joke~~ reference

[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Where's the grift in that? It's gonna be raw sewage and industrial waste.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 week ago

Because it's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

It'll be Trumpade

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

RFK's worm doing some serious work on upping that foodborne pathogens game...

Edit: Missed a letter and link

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When all the nefarious people encouraging this abuse die off.

You'll notice that they don't exist in the future world of Idiocracy. That's because it's a fictional world, with a very basic premise only vaguely related to reality.

The problem isn't that people are dumb, it's that the people in power want to keep people dumb. Without that, it's not like we'll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Without that, it’s not like we’ll continue to devolve into helpless infantile people with no ability to think for ourselves.

ChatGPT enters the chat

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, totally not engineered by people who profit off people getting dumber...

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

True, but I honestly think a significant number of people will naturally gravitate towards whatever's easier, offloading their own critical thinking skills.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Must be soon. Crocs have been in fashion for a while.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 107 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Has Mr. Japan met Tim Apple?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

Mr. Japannibal Lector

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

We're like a department store to shop in the United States, and you'll pay a 25% tariff

That's not how any of that works.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Siresly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A mind as sharp as a sharpie.

[–] Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sharpie enough to control hurricanes.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The power to relocate Alabama by drawing a weiner with a marker.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

A mind like a bowling ball. Blunt, smooth, and significantly dense for it's relatively small size.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm not a fan of the headline.

Peanut butter is useful.

[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder what he's thinking when he says "Ms. Universe"

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Probably thinking about what she looked like in her early teens.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mr. Japan sounds like a really awesomely shitty knockoff super hero.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Still way better than what USA has right now ....

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Comedy genius

[–] wulrus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That does make sense. Smartest thing he has said so far.

We already have "Miss Germany" etc. Why did we not think of using that term for the respective leader?

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Senile leader

[–] susurrus0@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Ah yes, the long awaited sequel to Tim Apple.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

The two people in charge of the US government---Beavis and Butthead---sure are some queer fellas.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Thanks Mr. Orange man!

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I grow up, EVERYBODY will call ME "MR. AMERICA". They will GIVE ME "NOBEL" PEACE prizes and hold MILITARY PARADES on MY BIRTHDAY. I will be "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES". They will LOVE ME and APPRECIATE ME.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I'm gonna get a THREE BELL prize! Take that!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Ask the magic EIGHT BELL.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

The president of the united states and commander in chief, perfect representation of his nation!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Put my dick in your mouth, Donnie. It’ll block you from saying stupid shit.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I get the sentiment, but still....

ewww