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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
So, I learned something today: Delusions of grandeur are one side-effect of the steroid Trump is using.
We might consider lightening up on him when he tweets out insane bullshit. Right now, it's legit not his fault.
The drugs may be influencing his behaviour - Dr. Fauci’s “very energetic” sounds like a euphemism for saying the drugs are making him manic.
But that is his fault. A responsible president would have looked at the side effects of these steroids and handed power over to the VP until he was off them, or asked his doctors or someone he trusted to make that determination based on his actions.
Edited by Galadriel on Oct 9th 2020 at 7:53:16 AM
This times a thousand.
It reminds me of when Roseanne Barr got "canceled" because she said a bunch of racist stuff while taking a sedative. The drug didn't put those thoughts into her head; it removed her filter.
Edited by Fighteer on Oct 9th 2020 at 8:41:50 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"https://lmgtfy.app/?q=the+onion+trump+coronavirus&iie=1
Edited by Fighteer on Oct 9th 2020 at 9:15:32 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"When it comes to drugs, this is the one rule concerning them all.
"Drugs always brings out the worst in people. No exceptions."
Trump is not an exception either.
This is basically Trump "uncensored" that we are seeing now, and for added bonus, steroids basically acts as "homicidal maniacs" inside the body, killing everything, including the immune-system, when introduced in order to shut off all the fail-safes in the system to do their extermination job properly.
Once those wears off, Trump is going to go completely defenseless internally without these homicidal maniacs in his system, and considering how he is stubbornly going to keep attending rallies, starting on monday, he might as well be serving his body on a silver-platter for the virus to feast on already.
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Still, he is the one to blame for his own actions and for allowing the disease to spread out of control as it already has thought...
Ambien's maker Sanofi even responded by pointing out that racism is not one of Ambien's side effects.
Disgusted, but not surprised“All drugs, without exception, bring out the worst in you” feels like a very bad catch-all phrase. I know lots of people who take anti anxiety pills just so that they can drive safely to work, and I’ve been taking hormones (which still count as drugs) since I was 16 with nothing but positive effects. My brother would be in a terrible place, emotionally and mentally, if he stopped taking his prescriptions.
@Redmess I admin for a science group, and I do keep a collection of hilariously bad pseudoscience in a document called “just say ‘no’ to drugs”, and many of them seem likely weed-induced.
Leviticus 19:34

UK law requires that you have to prove the unambiguous truth of your statement for one. It's basically the inverse of libel law in the US.
Also... Trump's "virtual rally" with Rush Limbaugh... how many prank calls are they going to get? Good grief.
Edited by RainehDaze on Oct 9th 2020 at 9:41:55 AM