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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Most types of sharks really aren’t that dangerous. Most species don’t usually get that big, and like to eat small and medium size fish, Crustaceans, and Cephalopods, and never intentionally go after humans. A couple of species, like the whale shark, are absolutely harmless, and only feed on plankton and tiny fish.
Edited by megaeliz on Jan 12th 2019 at 10:47:41 AM
Trump's whole worldview is based on movies and TV. I'd be willing to bet that he hates sharks solely because of of Jaws and every killer shark copy cat. No joke. On that note, Trump probably just hates animals in general. His family doesn't have any pets as far as I know, which frankly is weird for someone that wealthy and tacky. Not even some kind of status symbol dog.
Worse is that his view is based on only certain TV channels. Schumer mentioned earlier that Trump genuinely didn't know public servant unions are suing his administration for their pay despite it being on the evening news for the past few nights. Not like Hannity is going to bring it up.
Edited by Parable on Jan 12th 2019 at 7:10:38 AM
From research, Eric Trump owns a dog and Ivanka actually wants the Orange Menace to have one and his ex-wife Ivana actually owned a poodle while she was married to him, but apparently he was quite a dick about it to the point the dog hated him. Additionally, an adviser claimed Trump thought Mike Pence was low-class for bringing his pets with him to the VP residence
and it should be kept in mind he has a regular habit of comparing people he hates to dogs. So yeah, it can be safely stated Trump has no empathy for animals of any kind and it's really embarrassing when Mike Pence has more empathy for animals than Trump does.
Edited by CommanderAce on Jan 12th 2019 at 8:43:11 AM
Power of Thor!Its proof he's not The Sociopath.
Because they like animals.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Actually no, for various reasons. True evil, ironically, requires a person to have virtues.
To paraphrase CS Lewis, the worst monsters aren't mere selfish people-they're great patriots, great priests, that sort of thing.
Edited by Protagonist506 on Jan 12th 2019 at 8:23:37 AM
Leviticus 19:34The, uh, the other c-word has some very sexist connotations, though. I believe that would be why you were asked to not use it.
Edited by AzurePaladin on Jan 12th 2019 at 11:39:16 AM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer![]()
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...Where have you been? Last I checked, those connotations absolutely still exist. Its still not a great way to express anger at someone.
Edit: Double
Edited by AzurePaladin on Jan 12th 2019 at 11:43:44 AM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer

... Could Trump be confusing/conflating actual sharks with loan sharks?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.