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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Assuming Big Brother is an actual human being (which in my headcanon he is not), he's probably a lot like Donald Trump.
Leviticus 19:34Donald Trump isn't a real human being, either. He's about as fake and phony as you can get without being a 'toon. (Which, I suddenly realize, is a gross insult to 'toons everywhere, for which I sincerely apologize. But it was the only metaphor I could think of offhand.)
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.Technically, Trump is a human being. Unless he's a fictional candidate being played by an actor.
However, he probably suffers from at least one personality disorder. It also wouldn't surprise me at all if hew as a pathological liar.
Leviticus 19:34Yep, definitely a Narcissistic Personality Disorder at work there.
If you listen carefully to one of Trump's speeches (any one, doesn't matter), note how many times he says "I" or "me" or "my" or "mine" when he might have spoken differently so as not to directly insert himself into the topic.
I'd do so myself, but I'm not a masochist.
edited 9th May '16 4:26:28 PM by pwiegle
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.Marco Rubio makes a statement. [1]
Damn, that sounds pretty final.
I wonder who Trump will end up picking.
edited 9th May '16 5:12:04 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.I'm still putting money on Christie for Trump's VP pick, it has to be someone willing to sell their soul to Trump and most of the establishment Reoublicans sold it to another bidder way back.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran"Supreme Court nominee to submit questionnaire to lawmakers" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Y02NY
"Speaker Ryan says he would step down as Republican convention chair if Trump asks: report" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Y01TZ
edited 9th May '16 5:16:29 PM by sgamer82
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*Checks foot, then starts singing.*
Yup, I got soul.
edited 9th May '16 5:25:05 PM by Protagonist506
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I'm attempting to run him out of the market. I'll buy your soul for much more than Satan will.
edited 9th May '16 5:27:07 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34Amusingly enough, his response about his tax plan and minimum wage reversals could also be used as a response to this.
Sure, it's a change. I'm allowed to change. You need flexibility, George, whether it's a tax plan, where you're going — where you know you're going to negotiate.
hmm, sorry got a call, yes, yes, ah-ha, interesting, yep, turns out Lucy is no longer in charge, it's some bloke called The First of The Fallen, apparently he doesn't like us very much, that would explain the bad deal
advancing the front into TV TropesFormer Facebook employees say they actively suppressed conservative news.
Facebook issued a statement later denying any sort of political bias in its trending topics.
Dunno about active suppression, but I would really hope that my profile would make it pretty clear that I don't want conservative news to show up in my feed.
I think there's a difference between conservative bias, and conservative stories. Slightly.
Conservative stories appeal to conservative readers. Conservative bias is doing or reading things in a conservative tone. So pushing conservative stories may indicate a conservative bias, but conservative stories on their own are just stories.
What kinds of things are conservatives interested in? Illegal immigration, taxes on the rich, cases of censorship...things they believe applies to their side. What kinds of things are liberals interested in? Things like racism, raising the minimum wage, gay rights...
This is all broad strokes, but some people just have different values of what they see as important.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayWell, if I were the FB staff, I wouldn't promote any story that's openly bigoted or anything that's an overt conspiracy theory, so that eliminates a chunk of right-wing stories right there.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

He knows his base will fall for it. I have had conversations on Twitter (I know, I know, stupid of me) where, upon being asked to provide evidence that he's racist, I shared the CNN video of him being asked to disavow the KKK and refusing to do so three times. I was then asked why I believe whatever the media tells me.
Not to mention that 9/11-7/11 debacle, which would have just been written off as a simple verbal slipup and gone away, if his supporters hadn't insisted he meant some 711 fire hall address or the number of a battalion. There is no objectivity with some of them. Everything Trump says is gold and everything that seems to be evidence that he's not a genius is written off as the media being unfair to him. They've heard him say these narcissistic things about himself and how "poorly" he's being treated, and they jump to defend him like a battered spouse.
edited 9th May '16 3:43:07 PM by Lennik
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.