• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    26 days ago

    I LOVE DISCO INTERNAL DIALOGUE POSTING spongebob-i-fucking-love

    I LOVE DISCO INTERNAL DIALOGUE POSTING spongebob-i-fucking-love

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      26 days ago

      We gotta translate Kapital in to this, etch it on gold sheets, and put it in a cave in the appalachians so it's the only record anyone has of contemporary capitalism anyone has 50,000 years from now and they have to try to figure out what the hell "Inland Empire" is working with nothing but fragmentary Tiktok-A and the Voyager Record.

  • radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]
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    26 days ago

    Rhetoric: -- Try to dispell the rumors now!

    Rhetoric: [easy: failure] -- I did not have sexual relations with that couch

    Perception: [medium: success] -- since you said that unprompted and with a desperate and sweaty demeanor, these people are starting to actually think you had sex with a couch. They were only joking about it behind your back before.

    • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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      26 days ago

      de-rhetoric RHETORIC -- Try to dispell the rumors now!

      de-rhetoric RHETORIC [easy: failure] -- I did not have sexual relations with that couch

      de-perception PERCEPTION [medium: success] -- since you said that unprompted and with a desperate and sweaty demeanor, these people are starting to actually think you had sex with a couch. They were only joking about it behind your back before.

  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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    26 days ago

    Completely incapable of beating the "Being Real Fucking Weird" allegations

    like I'm a real freak but i could bumble my way through this convo better smdh

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      26 days ago

      like I'm a real freak but i could bumble my way through this convo better smdh

      My adhd and probably autistic ass would have a similar conversation while feeling like shit for not being able to go beyond superficial platitudes with someone I want to be nice to.

      The difference is that I'm not running for public office, and that I'm not so sure Vance feels bad about not being able to talk to normal folk.

      • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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        26 days ago

        Yeah, like I have anxiety disorder that I can treat with meds, but only if I can somehow predict that I need them because the doctors don't let me eat them all the time. I know that I would freeze up and cry later because I'm awful at this but I can still do better than. "Okay. Good." like damn, you're supposed to be a politician at least pretend

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    26 days ago

    As a child, naive, unformed; Life is just like my stories

    As an adult, educated, knowledgeable; Life is not like my stories

    As the wind, mad and free, full of possibility that scours the mind like sand scours stone; Omfg this is just like my stories what the fuck I cannot deal with this shit anymore I am logging off.

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      26 days ago

      The excellent graphic does miss the third time he asks that question with the same response

      • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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        26 days ago

        don't worry the DE subreddit has you covered

        an even better final panel:
        de-drama DRAMA [Heroic: Success] -- You should inquire how long this dough nut shop has existed. Perhaps you'll catch one in the act when their little stories don't add up. They could be lying to you, Sire.
        de-authority AUTHORITY -- And when you catch them in the act, you will be the one in control
        de-drama DRAMA -- "How long has this place been around?" the question feels good as it rolls off the tongue, it's casual, unsuspecting, but can easily find holes in their donut shop worker story they're trying to cook up. Holes like the donuts they are trying to sell you.
        de-volition VOLITION -- See how this new question feels good as it rolls off tongue? Sometimes to make small talk you need to ask a variety of things, and you're getting better at it. You will reach these people. and you can make connections.

        OFF CAMERA CLERK -- "For about four years."

        de-logic LOGIC -- It seems all their stories add up. All of the dough nut shop workers you questioned have been working after the shop was founded.
        de-drama DRAMA [Easy: Success] -- But you didn't ask this clerk how long he has been working here, sire. Perhaps he is the one who is lying to you.
        de-rhetoric RHETORIC -- Please, don't.

        YOU -- "For about four years? Okay. How long you been here?"

        de-rhetoric RHETORIC -- You didn't even try this time. You have one more shot at this.

        OFF CAMERA CLERK -- "Uh, a little over six months"

        de-logic LOGIC -- Oh no.
        de-drama DRAMA -- Oh no.
        de-authority AUTHORITY -- Oh no.
        de-rhetoric RHETORIC -- Oh no.

        1.- "Okay. Good."

      • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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        26 days ago

        Followed by asking how long the BAKERY has been there.

        It's like he's an AI training on recognizing age.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          26 days ago

          I can carry on more coherent conversations than that and I am a literal mad recluse shut in communist shit poster who lives in a spare bedroom in my family's mansion shut away from the judgemental eyes of the world and that's fucking ridiculous.

          Maybe they pick ones who can't converse well because they're less likely to accidentally spill something sensitive?

      • AernaLingus [any]
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        26 days ago

        I tapped out like a minute in, jesus christ. I don't see how this guy could get elected dogcatcher, let alone a fucking senator. Who ran against him in the primary?

        (checks Wikipedia)

        Okay, so the failson of the owner of the Cleveland Guardians and a crypto bro:

        In November 2018, Mandel made Ohio the first U.S. state to allow taxpayers to pay taxes with cryptocurrency. Mandel's initiative, OhioCrypto.com, allowed Ohio taxpayers to pay tax bills in Bitcoin; he described the initiative as a way to project Ohio as a state that is embracing blockchain technology. Mandel described himself as a cryptocurrency enthusiast and said that he hoped the launch of OhioCrypto.com would bring more legitimacy to cryptocurrency. Ohio Attorney General Yost subsequently found, "The Treasurer's use of a payment processor to convert cryptocurrency into dollars for the payment of taxes is not authorized, expressly or impliedly, by statutes allowing the receipt of electronic payments." Mandel's successor suspended the program, noting that it had processed fewer than ten transactions.

        • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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          26 days ago

          Mandel's successor suspended the program, noting that it had processed fewer than ten transactions.

          michael-laugh

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          26 days ago

          In November 2018, Mandel made Ohio the first U.S. state to allow taxpayers to pay taxes with cryptocurrency

          Jauwn could totally have fun with dunking bazinga politicians if the dunking on crypto games well ever dries up.

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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        26 days ago

        Always a treat to see these so-called men of the people fumble their way through encounters with actual working class people.