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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#325726: Sep 1st 2020 at 9:29:19 AM

[up][up]Yeah, despite the cringe factor, "Pokemon Go to the polls" still showed more awareness of what's popular for the time than anything in the republican campaigns.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Sep 1st 2020 at 12:29:48 PM

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#325727: Sep 1st 2020 at 9:38:07 AM

[up]That is usually because the alt right is the ones who transform right taking point into something more patable by using memes and other internet stuff.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#325728: Sep 1st 2020 at 9:45:01 AM

Mostly cuz the right's mentions of pop culture are restrained to how they are to blame for shootings slash satanism or how biased they are against them.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#325729: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:09:47 AM

Whatever intern thought of this deserves a job.

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 1st 2020 at 10:09:56 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#325730: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:11:23 AM

Not the first political piece of intrigue in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Remember the Hong Kong protesters?

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#325731: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:14:07 AM

I bet you would think it a lot less charming if the Trump campaign did it, though. grin

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#325732: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:32:57 AM

And if cows were cats people would feel uncomfortable about milking them.

devak They call me.... Prophet Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
They call me.... Prophet
#325733: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:34:05 AM

I don't expect the trump team to think of such a thing. His fans, perhaps, but not his campaign.

It's... fine? I don't think it's super impactful or harmful. Pokemon Go To The Polls was cringey, but i don't think it really changed (or hardened) opinion of Hillary remotely like Deplorables did. At worst it's just a typical case of "politician does 'Hello Fellow Kids' routine" which isn't all that uncommon.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#325734: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:40:29 AM

I don't think the "gamer pedantic gatekeepers" are a significant voting bloc to be concerned about.

"UGH. Biden couldn't even tell a ninjutsu from a genjutsu. Fucking voting Trump now" is hardly the thing that will make or break an election. Or at least, I'd goddamn hope so.

Though it IS hilarious to imagine them Naruto running.

[up][up]

You can milk anything with nipples.

Edited by Aszur on Sep 1st 2020 at 11:42:39 PM

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#325735: Sep 1st 2020 at 10:47:30 AM

[up] Good luck milking a drawing then...

...

That said, considering the sheer amount of cheating and obstruction the GOP are going to pull in order to prevent people from voting, (not to mention foreign interference from Russia and the like which is a guarantee at this point), what should be the proper course of action for the average civilian in order to convince others to vote as well, with confidence in the system, (that Trump is desperately trying to rig in his favor) that is?

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#325736: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:14:32 AM

[up][up][up][up] ... What? grin

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#325737: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:22:40 AM

To be blunt, I don't know what you think are trying to prove by accusing people in this thread of hypocrisy for liking something when Biden does it by saying that people wouldn't like it if Trump did it.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#325738: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:24:21 AM

Trump’s actual tweet about the “mini-strokes”

It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate - FAKE NEWS. Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another Party!

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#325739: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:24:58 AM

[up]It almost reads like a cry for help.

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astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Happiness is a cup of tea
#325740: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:25:51 AM

[up][up] That's the pot looking in a mirror, confusing its own reflection for a kettle, and calling said "kettle" black.

Edited by astrokitty on Sep 1st 2020 at 2:26:01 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#325741: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:31:31 AM

... I was making a joke. Calm down.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#325742: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:35:54 AM

Trump is denying that he's suffered stroke like episodes. Specifically.

Combined with his recent balance and coordination issues, this all but confirms that he's had said episodes. Trump doesn't get that specific unless he's guilty.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#325743: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:38:55 AM

He is genuinely the kind of person who would say "NO, I DID NOT STEAL THE COOKIE FROM THE COOKIE JAR AT 10:56 AM WHILE STANDING ON DAD'S WORKBENCH CHAIR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHEN AUNT MARIE CALLED YOU" and then wink complicitly at his lawyer who can only just facepalm in front of the judge.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#325744: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:42:11 AM

Suspiciously Specific Denial incarnate?

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#325745: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:43:15 AM

Maybe this is why he's trying to hamper the Covid response. To keep the Reaper too busy to get to him.

raziel365 Anka Aquila from South of the Far West (Veteran) Relationship Status: I've been dreaming of True Love's Kiss
Anka Aquila
#325746: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:47:47 AM

In yet another episode of Trump fanning the flames, he has gone to Kenosha despite the local officials telling him not to do so, not only did he went without a mask himself but also spoke about how the city would have burned to the ground by now if they had not acted.

Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#325747: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:49:41 AM

> but also spoke about how the city would have burned to the ground by now if they had not acted.

he said,throwing a lit match

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#325748: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:50:20 AM

@Redmess - I'm sorry. That was an overreaction. I'm just of on edge about political things, today in particular because there was this Trump interview just released (as far as I can tell, not discussed here) where he accused Biden and implicitly the protests of "being control[ed] [by] people that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows."

And also claimed, "We had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear and this and that. They're on a plane."

This is completely crazy and is almost outright a repetition of white supremacist conspiracy theories about Soros (read Jews) as evil puppetmasters who among other things, control African American minions.

Conversely, polls keep showing Biden with a lead, including in Wisconsin right now.

So, in this context, I don't have a lot of patience for what I perceive as "Biden sucks and no one will/should vote for him" posts.

Edited by Hodor2 on Sep 1st 2020 at 1:51:43 PM

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#325749: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:51:04 AM

Terrible thing, all this pyromaniac business. No one likes it.

Say.

...

Do you have a fire?

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#325750: Sep 1st 2020 at 11:59:52 AM

That was such a great video.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

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