It is possible this man has suffered brain damage from huffing the Elmers glue fumes needed to construct this sign, (+1 for giving his own artwork the double finger...edgelord move for sure), but can someone explain this to me.
I don’t know if this is cheeky or satire or what, but I have to imagine this is true and basically everyone has drawn a dicks on things, no? They’re timeless
He's using a version of Musk's line that his Nazi salute was a "Roman" one not Nazi. (It isn't from the Roman Empire, though, much more recent than that.)
it brings me such joy that this sub is standing up to OP who is so obviously dense and being generally insufferable. r/seattleWA and r/seattle might disagree on a bunch, but its great when we are united for a few moments
Yeah I asked a sarcastic question. If you recall, I started this comment thread with a question as well. You didn’t answer that one. Your “I am very dense, please explain this to me” method of arguing politics on the internet is really annoying. Do something better with your time.
Trump isn't going to reduce 30T in debt. His current measures will be lucky to clear 600M on the deficit before reductions in tax base reverse those gains. After tarrifs and collapsing contracts hit businesses (which we will see in next quarterly filings and treasury tax proceeds), it is going to get far worse. Midwest farming states are already filing for emergency financial support and haven't even hit the heights of harvest season.
The last president to lead a debt reduction was Clinton, who was wildly successful. His approach was to create an office the also investigated fraud and waste, but did so competently and thoroughly, rather than with "tech bro magic". They recruited and trained up people who were already in the federal workforce to become auditors and work in cross disciplinary and cross department teams. Additionally, they actually didnt reduce what the government was doing (since that is congresses job, another reason Trump's approach is likely to cost more money rather than save money). Instead, they actually improved efficiency, getting the same or better results for less costs (which, it turns out, is the actual definition of efficiency. Reducing outputs isn't an increase in efficiency, it is just less utility)
The result was that after 5 years the federal government was afraid they were going to have too much money. Then a Republican got elected and started privatizing Medicare, dumping funding into supports of businesses and deregulation (which actually does cost money) and a year later Sept 11th. It didn't take Bush 3 years to build up a big beautiful deficit once again and he didn't finish his second term before launching the country into fiscal collapse. "Santa clause theory" rules again and Trump is no different. All that needs to happen next is for a "convenient" invasion to occur. perhaps Greenland will suffice? Then we have bush 3.0.
Clinton was the last president to have a balanced budget, and I don’t think he was a Republican. Trumps budget is unbalanced. For as much as you think that democrats can’t do anything right, they’re the last party that was able to do something you want
All politicians are bad, but clearly Republicans have no empathy, and no other plan except to hurt others for the sake of hurting them.
Its become clear over the years. The Right doesnt care about policy anymore Its all about hurting "The Other" and forcing their twisted religious belief on those who dont want it, and forcing others to confirm to the conservative standard
The Orange man is ending mail in votes, which ends ballot harvesting and he's pushing for voter ID laws which will crush your turnout...or at least that is its aim.
They’re not going to respond to you because they don’t have anything to substantiate their braindead perspectives. All the baseless shit they’ve been regurgitating is from the various right-wing memelords
Are you at all worried about DOGE? About the mere possibility that Democrats were corruptly using our taxes? Possibly to make themselves rich?
It's pure conjecture at this moment, but...if I were a Dem...well, my feathers might be just a little ruffled at the thought my political leaders were corrupt.
Trump is probably a little dirty, I'm okay with that. But you guys...your holier than thou bullshit...how would you handle it?
People on the right claimed after Elon's two Seig Heils that the salute was an ancient Roman salute, with that claim originally coming from the Nazis in the 30s. It has no basis in fact.
He’s making fun of a comment made by people on the right by changing the subject of the comment to show how ridiculous the comment was. It’s a joke. Trying to act like he’s actually trying to make a statement on Vandalism is idiotic.
Iirc from my Latin classes from wayyyy back in HS: penises were rather adored in Roman culture as symbols of power/war/influence. So they were pretty celebrated and heralded as things to be honored.
The subtext to this joke is that when Elongated Muskrat threw his Sig Heil on national television, people tried to say it was a "Roman salute" that meant nothing. So the sign this man is holding up suggests that vandalizing Wankpanzers (and specifically being a penis) is literally a "Roman painting". So it works both as a pun and a joke about Muskrat's Sig Heil.
Child, you probably have a G17 or 19, you've probably been to the range twice if ever, all the ammunition is the same if it fits in the magazine, you probably call it a "clip", you absolutely can't do more than field strip it, doubt you own a cleaning kit and I doubt you can keyhole from 8 meters with a .45. Sorry, 11.4mm.
But yeah, armed Tesla Driver. You don't even know how big of a joke you are, unless that's your sarcasm. But I don't think it is.
Precisely! 9mm is ridiculous! I personally never ever leave the house without my trusty 500 Smith& Wesson. Seattle polar bears, be afraid. Be very afraid.
Can people stop burning, painting, and keying these cars, I support the boycott, the protests, and so on, but finding a tesla parked in a lot and keying it is illegal and just wrong. When budlight was under attack they stop buying it they even stupidly bought it just to shoot it, but they didn't spary paint cars with it in the back seat, they didn't slap it out of people's hands and the didn't assault them. The worst they did was call them slurs, these actions takes away from the cause. Don't you see they might be burning this government down but the democratic protesters look like the ones really setting the world on fire. Supportering a murder, supporting roits, supporting the painting of buildings, breaking windows, burning down a police station, taking over a whole block of a city and having nothing but violence and death in it. Letting crimals off the hook for anything and repeating the crime again the next day. Why do you think people have a hard time joining when you give them a reason to stay away. If you think it just the extremist then why protect them and why excuse it I don't and never will.
Plenty of vandalism of Teslas has been on the actual vehicles. Which is inexcusable.
I could print a picture of a Cybertruck and draw a dick on it all day long. If I owned a Cybertruck (or any Tesla) and someone drew a dick or a swastika on it I would be pissed off and wanting some justice. Especially if I bought it before Elon had his Howard Hughes moment.
I don't think vandalism is a defining characteristic of fascism. Can you give me a few other things you think are fascist? I'm looking for a definition.
"It's fascist of you not to let me hurt people I don't like! Now watch me insult people to prove how much thought I've put into my politics and how much evidence there is that supports my ideas!!!11!"
Do you perhaps think that the fact that it's graffiti on a private vehicle that has been the target of systematic violence is more relevant than the fact that it's a dick?
There are no humane, billionaires from Oprah to Tyler Perry to Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos to Zuckerberg to Bill Gates. The list goes on, and I will continually say “there are no humane billionaires“
It's a protest sign.. for all anyone knows he's using mockery and humor as a tactic.
But sitting at your keyboard to pick on someone who actively showed out to protest against authoritarianism today is pretty wild, regardless of how you feel about his sign. Next level judgemental and it's completely unnecessary.
Regardless, yall are splitting hairs on this one. We need everyone showing up and showing out. What we don't need is trolls just talking shit on the internet about people who do show up. You're not helping anything.
Your judgement can actually be pretty discouraging to other people who might be still nervous to step out there. They're gonna be less likely to step out if you're out here showing that they're gonna get bullied by people on our own side just cause someone wants to pick apart grammar on protest signs.
Just keep it to yourself. This isn't a classroom assignment. No one's getting graded.
"It is possible this man has suffered brain damage from huffing the Elmers glue fumes needed to construct this sign"
I fail to see where he would need elmers glue to construct the sign. I see black printing and letters on a cpvc frame that is screwed together.
Also - It's a reference to the seig heil "roman salute" that elon did. Your post is neither funny, witty or accurate and reads as though you're butthurt because someone else took the effort to make a joke that obviously went over your head.
Confirm, no glue needed. The PVC pipe is attached to the connectors using screws. Nobody does that with PVC pipe in real-world applications, since they're intended to carry liquid and drilling holes would make it leak. But if you drill instead of gluing, you can unscrew the pieces to replace parts or change the design.
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u/FreeRangeAlien 18h ago
It has been documented that Roman soldiers drew pictures of dicks on things