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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#332251: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:53:04 AM

Probably doesn’t help that the proverbial King’s men, horses, elephants and turtles are also coming down with COVID-19.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#332252: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:02:32 AM

Humpty Dumpty was an arrogant know-nothing-know-it-all in the book who declared that words mean anything he decides they do. So maybe the comparison is more fitting than you'd think.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#332253: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:06:09 AM

[up]The joke being made is that Eggman, as in the Sonic villain, doesn't deserve the comparison, not Humpty Dumpty.

Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 7th 2020 at 6:06:19 AM

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#332254: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:11:58 AM

Vote Eggman! He may turn us all into robots, but maintenance healthcare will be cheaper and easier than ever because of that!

It is way too hard to think of a fictional villain which does not seem pleasant compared to Trump.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Oct 7th 2020 at 9:12:45 AM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#332255: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:22:05 AM

[up]Barring of course the villains inspired by Trump, such as Biff Tannen.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#332256: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:40:36 AM

Trump is essentially a cross between King Dedede from the Kirby anime and Bob Page from Deus Ex.

This this sounds like a weird combination basically sums up why it’s hard to compare Trump to fictional characters. There’d be a strong temptation to portray him as bumbling anti-villain or as a more purely malevolent individual than he actually is.

Leviticus 19:34
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#332257: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:45:10 AM

Eh, it's pretty easy. He's either King Dedede sans redeeming qualities or Bob Page sans any "cool" qualities.

He's basically every schoolyard bully you've ever known all grown up and just as vicious and immature as ever.

Edited by M84 on Oct 7th 2020 at 9:45:37 PM

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#332258: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:46:34 AM

Y'all wrong: Trump is one of the World Nobles from One Piece.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#332259: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:47:52 AM

Couple of things from the developing WTFJHT feed:

Top officials at the Justice Department were the main drivers behind the push to separate immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border starting in 2018. Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, and others at the DOJ were “a driving force” behind Trump’s “zero tolerance” family separation policy, according to a two-year inquiry by the Justice Department’s inspector general. “We need to take away children,” Sessions told the five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico in May 2018. Rosenstein went even further about a week later, telling the five prosecutors that it did not matter how young the children were. From the policy’s earliest days, the report says, Justice Department officials understood — and encouraged — the separation of children as an expected part of the desire to prosecute all undocumented border crossers. (New York Times / NBC News / The Independent)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/justice-department-officials-drove-family-separation-policy-watchdog-report-says-n1242375

Mike Pence agreed to have a plexiglass divider between himself and Kamala Harris at tonight’s vice presidential debate. Pence initially argued there was no need for a barrier on his side of the stage, but changed his mind after viewing the setup during a walk-through of the debate hall. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/vp-debate-coronavirus-safety/2020/10/06/ee44fa00-07e7-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

Also, isn't about now when the FBI was going to hold a press conference we were thinking had Republicans scared enough to bring out the Hillary Clinton boogeyman?

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#332260: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:56:49 AM

Twitter thread suggesting Trump has finally hit the Narcissists' "death spiral "

Seems a bit premature, especially since "Surely THIS is the thing that will make all Trump's supporters abandon him" has happened so many times over the past four years. Gonna hold off on dancing on Trump's grave until there's actually a grave to dance on, figuratively speaking.

Things are looking really good for the election. But Trump isn't beaten until he's beaten. Things were looking really good in 2016 too. And yes, things are looking better for the election than they did in 2016, but the point still stands: we haven't actually won until the votes are counted and Biden has more of them.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 7th 2020 at 6:58:08 AM

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HighCrate Since: Mar, 2015
#332261: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:58:12 AM

[up][up] Either now or in an hour; the tweet quoted upthread said EST (which would be now), but the website https://www.justice.gov/live says ET, which assuming they mean Eastern Daylight Time, would be in an hour.

Edited by HighCrate on Oct 7th 2020 at 6:58:21 AM

PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#332262: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:00:55 AM

Yeah, using Standard Time when we're still in Daylight Savings would be... strange. I'd think in an hour.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#332263: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:01:44 AM

So, Rod Rosenstein has been revealed to be Trump's Arthur Nebe?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Face me now, bitch!
#332264: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:05:50 AM

@Hail Muffins: Holy shit, you're right. Especially the fat one Luffy One Punched.

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#332265: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:13:01 AM

FiveThirtyEight House forecast has dropped. Between 93-97% chance of Democrats keeping the House.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332266: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:16:54 AM

Hey, King Dedede from the Kirby anime at least had some heart and was a petty bully than outright malicious like Nightmare or the other monsters.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#332267: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:19:48 AM

[up] Hence 'King Dedede sans redeeming qualities'. Trump is also a petty bully, but lacks the heart.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#332268: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:24:17 AM

@Red Hunter that’s sort of what I was getting at. There’d be a strong temptation to portray someone like Trump as a bit of an antivillain or to go all in and make him a palpatine figure.

Leviticus 19:34
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332269: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:25:00 AM

Ironically, King Dedede was a parody of Bush/Japan's prime minister in that cartoon.

Like there was a time in the jap dub where Dedede yells self defense while fighting an elephant, which was a satire of the Prime minister sending Japanese troops to Iraq to support USA efforts.

And we all know what Dedede's texan accent is supposed to parody.

Like I respect the VA for making it work.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Oct 7th 2020 at 10:25:39 AM

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
minseok42 A Self-inflicted Disaster from A Six-Tatami Room (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
A Self-inflicted Disaster
#332270: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:27:27 AM

TIL that King Dedede was a parody. Was it intended as a satire? It's been too long since I watched the anime

Edited by minseok42 on Oct 7th 2020 at 11:28:44 PM

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singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#332271: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:29:00 AM

If I knew how to code web spiders or other data crawlers, I would so want to run through the last four years of this thread and just see how many Trump comparisons we've made.

Bonus points then when someone links to Insult to Rocks in subsequent posts.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332272: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:30:35 AM

[up][up] Yep on both sides of the pond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJgjkDTV-eo&ab_channel=KodyNOKOLO

Plus Trump could never pull of something like this beauty.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Oct 7th 2020 at 10:31:01 AM

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332273: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:47:51 AM

The Cook Political Report has moved South Carolina from Lean Republican to Toss Up.

Reminder that Jaime Harrison is going for the seat not only held by Graham, but Strom Thurmond and John C. Calhoun.

Edited by Parable on Oct 7th 2020 at 7:48:54 AM

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i'm tired, my friend
#332274: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:48:03 AM

I think reading 4Kids!Dedede as a Bush parody is a stretch. Plus the accent is more southeast than Texan.

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332275: Oct 7th 2020 at 7:51:22 AM

I thought Trump was an extreme version of Big Smoke after he went off the deep end.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.

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