r/MurderedByWords • u/hypotheticalvalue • Jun 01 '20

Murder Terminate hate

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u/FunetikPrugresiv Jun 01 '20

In Demolition Man, Schwarzenegger's popularity at the time caused the 61st amendment, which allowed him to be President.

I never thought I'd see the day, but I'd much prefer that option.

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u/spyd3rweb Jun 01 '20

But then all restaurants would be Taco Bell.

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u/FunetikPrugresiv Jun 01 '20

I can live with that trade-off.

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u/neilon96 Jun 01 '20

There are worse timelines

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u/Russian_seadick Jun 01 '20

The demolition man timeline would be unironically amazing to live in (if you live in the surface,at least)

As silly as it was portrayed to be,if you grew up in it,it would be the perfect world

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u/Claytonius_Homeytron Jun 01 '20

Telepathic VR Sex Helmets for everyone!

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u/lRoninlcolumbo Jun 01 '20

That’s actually a tough one for me lol.

I was thinking at first I could deal with every restaurant being a Taco Bell, but then I thought about it more and it horrified me.

That’s almost as dystopian as a Donald Trump presidency.

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u/shnozdog Jun 01 '20

I don't know his politics, but I would welcome him as president right now. It's a sad state of affairs that our minimum requirement for president right now is that they're not racist. Trump has lowered the bar so low.

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u/Claytonius_Homeytron Jun 01 '20

I never fully agreed to the whole, "POTUS has to be a born natural citizen." It always felt like a stupid nationalistic detail to focus on as criteria.

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u/Azrael11 Jun 01 '20

The issue is amending the Constitution is pretty hard. Even if you can get the support in Congress, it only takes 12 states refusing to ratify to torpedo the whole thing.