• splonglo@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    this whole gambit was actually a 4d chess move by elon to brainwash righties into buying EVs therefore solving climate change and bringing about global communism. I never should have doubted you, sir

  • Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    How long till a President ends a speech with “smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends”?

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      4 hours ago

      He is already kind of doing it, just replace Raid Shadow Legends with Russia.

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Man can the writers chill? They’ve been doing the most unbelievable shit these past few days

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      3 hours ago

      Rita repulsa zaps Orange Turidno. Laughs. Turdo goes Biggly.

      The Dipshit starts flailing arms around, slapping multiple children as armor.

      Power Rangers theme starts playing.

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      2 hours ago

      Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again.

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    9 hours ago

    when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.

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    15 hours ago

    Because of ethical restraints it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly.

    Yeah… Those were good times.

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    13 hours ago

    I’m not surprised. Didn’t Donald Trump used the Oval Office once to promote some… ketchup or sauce or something, and was paid for? I mean it denigrades the station of the office, but does he really care?

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    13 hours ago

    Seeing musk, trump and a Tesla in a single shot just makes that toxic association so much stronger. I don’t think this is going to play out like they hope.

    Plus, you know the boycott is working, talk about desperate.