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I am sorry she was so depressed. That is sad. She is now old enough to be responsible for her own actions and not to vote fucking Republican. It is not good to be cruel even to cruel people, and that is something I really really struggle with.

Cruelty is not the best. In this article is this joke: "like a sixth grader who accidentally walked into the eighth graders’ bathroom and is getting lifted by the ankles for a swirlie."

It made me think of high school. I was never assaulted in that way. There was a gay kid (not out given the time) in my high school. There were those wire lockers in the locker room. They would swirlie him, lock in a locker, and urinate on him. He would yell until someone left him out so he could shower off the urine. So here we all are laughing at those memories (well it made me flinch). And of course there was Nix

https://www.hrc.org/news/honoring-nex-benedict-16-year-old-non-binary-high-school-student-who-tragically-died-after-school-beating

I think I would like this article better without that sentence.

Maybe I am just having a shitty day and everything depresses me. I will go outside. Thanks for listening.

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I’m sorry. The point I was trying to make is that Vance is the bully, playing the victim.

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You were entirely reasonable. I was having a very shitty day. None of the bad things I mentioned are even remotely and in any dimension of any world your fault. I was blue and thinking sad things.

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The media is too gutless to ask PAB hard questions, so they take it out on his whipping boy.

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Hey Semper Fi guys, did I mention that I was a corporal in the Marines for a few years before I got into venture capital? Yep, now I’m teamed up with a guy I I myself said might be America’s next Hitler, I like to run down the service of other veterans, and I’m really hoping I can help Vladimir Putin Destroy our ally, Ukraine. Hey, who’s got two thumbs and is always faithful, THIS GUY!!

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I'd rather pound 16 penny nails through my genitals then be JD Vance. And that's not even MY kink.

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Thanks so much for the Perry Como reference. Every time I see his name, I flash on Rick Moranis's impression of him on Second City.

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Has anyone noticed that people get sad when JD shows up? Even Trump humping rage dicks get a little limp.

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He would make an excellent casino cooler.

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"...he is a butthair bonfire" LOL

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𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴!

Give it 50/50 before the election Shitler kicks him to the curb like a worn-out couch.

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Chump's Arlington antics prove him unfit to be the Republican Presidential Nominee. We need to start screaming that the Republican Party must remove him from the ticket.

JD will make an excellent top o' the ticket.

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I'm really hoping that scientists figure out a way for men to carry fetuses to term, that way any of them that are concerned about all of those unloved fertilized eggs can offer up 9 months of their lives and the next 18 years raising them to be strapping Americans.

Fuck these people.

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Not holding by breath for that one

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No, I don't feel sorry for him at all. He can snark himself, rather than have us do it to him.

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I went to bed and slept all afternoon. The doc says I should feel human again tomorrow night.

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Vampirism?

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Aug 30·edited Aug 30

For no particular reason: Up Late with McBain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBBkcdmaoE

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Tim Walz talked to that firefighters' union pretty darn well. I listened to his whole speech, and didn't fast-forward at all!

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His hairstyle is now simply known as "The Incel."

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Its typical military shave, with the party in the front Reverse Mullet, used by guys who want to appear no nonsense but also relaxed and cool. You know when someone is cheaping out by doing home head shave from the floppy top.

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Ohio is so fucked up to even put him in the Senate...fools

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Preach. I mean, his opponent was Tim Ryan.

That Tim Ryan.

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Yeah...my advice for J.D. would be to find a cushy job in right wing nut job media, settle down, and enjoy life with his family. He's not cut out for this.

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Trouble is, he's neither photogenic nor articulate, and (apologize for the sexism here) not handsome enough to make it on looks alone. Not even personable enough to do podcasting. Better he fuck right off.

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Silicon valley is a great environment for cringey white men to fail upward. I suggest he find his way back to Peter Thiel's lukewarm bosom.

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A voice for silent movies and a face for radio.

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Yes, better he do!

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According to some young conservatives group, he's their idea of intellectual. He can natter off bro philosophy crap. He might be better at writing than speaking.

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Or just go back to Silicon Valley and be Peter Thiel’s lapdog

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I'm not sure that's what he does in Peter's lap.

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