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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
Um Trump believes in the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, nice kind tyrants and dictators and terrorists and the global fake news conspiracy with his own network now turning on him and he can eat a baby burger in Times Square and everyone will still worship him, but that guy in the red suit and beard is a total fake. Welcome to Malice in Never Never Land. You cannot make this up.
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than YoursSanta beats the crap out of True Darkseid on a routine Basis.
You don't fuck with Santa Claus.
Watch SymphogearTo answer the question about Santa tracking, it started as a joke after some kid called NORAD (I think they got the number by accident) and has become a running thing since then.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe part that makes it trolling is the whole "this year has been pretty excellent".
It has not been an excellent year at all. And no, the midterm results aren't enough to make it excellent. They were just enough to keep it from being a total shitshow of a year.
Just say "Merry Christmas".
Edited by M84 on Dec 26th 2018 at 1:49:07 AM
Disgusted, but not surprisedOkay, you're officially a right-wing troll. Maybe this year has been excellent for you, however; after all, you've already proven yourself to be a blind white environmentalist who knows nothing about racism.
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."Just because it's Christmas does not mean that the rules about personal attacks and personally intoned derail stop applying, you know...
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Dec 25th 2018 at 7:16:06 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman> This year has been excellent
> Year has been excellent
> Excellent
I hold the secrets of the machine.

Nah, they'd just refuse to cover it entirely and focus on something else.
Disgusted, but not surprised