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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#256176: Sep 30th 2018 at 7:25:03 AM

> I'm out jogging and now I can't remember how to get home.

Follow the Yellow brick road

Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 30th 2018 at 7:24:42 AM

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#256177: Sep 30th 2018 at 7:32:32 AM

It can't lead to anywhere more insane, anyway.

I wonder if we're going to see a resurgence of those romantic Trump/Putin memes with the latter replaced by Kim.

Edited by sgamer82 on Sep 30th 2018 at 8:33:04 AM

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#256178: Sep 30th 2018 at 7:38:03 AM

[up] We really should have expected this when he bragged about the size of his nuclear button to Kim.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#256179: Sep 30th 2018 at 7:39:39 AM

More likely it will become a love triangle..

Anyway,Trump's narcissism means the only person he truly loves,is himself,nevermind Putin or Kim

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#256180: Sep 30th 2018 at 8:14:44 AM

[up] I’d say it’s a better live story than twilight but that would be a terrible insult to stephenie Meyer.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#256181: Sep 30th 2018 at 8:16:04 AM

More likely it will become a love triangle..

A truly bizarre one, at that.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#256182: Sep 30th 2018 at 8:41:25 AM

Yeah, a love triangle that rivals the great old trio known as the Axis Powers.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#256183: Sep 30th 2018 at 8:57:03 AM

Yeah, a love triangle that rivals the great old trio known as the Axis Powers.

Who would be the Italy in the U.S./Russia/North Korea Axis?tongue

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#256184: Sep 30th 2018 at 9:07:49 AM

Trump would almost certainly be the Mussolini, at least...

Oh God! Natural light!
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#256185: Sep 30th 2018 at 9:45:59 AM

[up][up]

Italy.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#256186: Sep 30th 2018 at 10:32:12 AM

I don't think this is people were talking about when they said they wanted more LGBT representation in politics. [lol]tongue

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#256187: Sep 30th 2018 at 10:33:08 AM

It's a Monkey's Paw situation if I've ever seen one.

Bisected8 A casual tief of punk from Her Hackette Cave (Primordial Chaos) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
A casual tief of punk
#256189: Sep 30th 2018 at 12:09:04 PM

I feel like I should point out that mocking someone by implying they're LGBTQ+ is...kinda LGTBQ-phobic (even, if not especially, if you're doing it because they are LGBTQ-phobic).

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#256190: Sep 30th 2018 at 12:30:05 PM

[up] I see the joke more as that Trump has said things about Putin and Kim that could be deliberately (mis)interpreted to imply he has a crush on them.

Edited by megaeliz on Sep 30th 2018 at 3:43:07 PM

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#256191: Sep 30th 2018 at 12:49:39 PM

It's less "mocking them by implying they're LGBTQ+" and more "mocking them for being ridiculous hypocrites and also just ridiculous in general". We'd be mocking Trump the same way if he did any other thing he criticised in others, and we frequently do, because Trump is super consistent about his hypocrisy.

TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Call me Stick
#256192: Sep 30th 2018 at 1:28:22 PM

[up] That.

Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#256193: Sep 30th 2018 at 1:53:32 PM

And really, what other conclusion can you draw from this?

I was really being tough and so was he. And we would go back and forth. And then we fell in love. No really. He wrote me beautiful letters. They were great letters. And then we fell in love.

He actually said that, apparently completely unaware of the implications of that statement.

Edited by megaeliz on Sep 30th 2018 at 7:14:54 AM

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#256194: Sep 30th 2018 at 2:13:43 PM

Yeah, he basically made the joke on himself. But that doesn’t make the joke less gross.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#256195: Sep 30th 2018 at 2:30:45 PM

Yeah, he basically made the joke on himself. But that doesn’t make the joke less gross.

This.

The whole "Putin and Trump totally fuck guys" 'joke' was unfunny and problematic enough but now he had to throw some fuel on the fire, thanks Trump -_-

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Let memes die. Kill them, if you have to.
#256196: Sep 30th 2018 at 2:49:05 PM

I think a better joke would be that Trump is a huge fanboy of authoritarians. The "haha they are actually gay" thing isn't really all that funny, no matter how much we think we are making a point of Republicans being hypocritical.

Don't catch you slippin' now.
SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#256197: Sep 30th 2018 at 3:40:52 PM

[up]

Well, in this case it is less a joke and just true. Trump absolutely looks up to and respects authoritarians, and this is just another manifestation of that. He really does see Kim Jong-un as strong and someone worthy of admiration.

Edited by SilentColossus on Sep 30th 2018 at 3:42:03 AM

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#256198: Sep 30th 2018 at 4:13:36 PM

[up][up][up] Do you really expect anything less from him, honestly?

Edited by megaeliz on Sep 30th 2018 at 9:01:01 AM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#256199: Sep 30th 2018 at 5:16:25 PM

Do you really expect anything less from him, honestly?

Just because it's completely unsurprising does not mean that I cannot be annoyed anyway <shakes fist> tongue

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#256200: Sep 30th 2018 at 5:20:59 PM

Daily Kos is an activist blog, not objective journalism. It's not really a reliable source.


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