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[–] EleventhHour 140 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Who knew that Americans were so protective of their childless cat lady community. I feel so loved!

[–] crank0271 71 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not to mention our living room furniture

[–] MegaUltraChicken 27 points 4 months ago

We should probably leave the damn dolphins alone as well.

[–] EleventhHour 9 points 4 months ago
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[–] fluxion 19 points 4 months ago

Aren't you busy running the country?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Some of the nicest people I’ve ever met honestly and usually very intelligent.

[–] FuglyDuck 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just the cats. The lady kinda gets a free pass.

Well not really free.

There is a cat tax.

[–] captainlezbian 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah I demand all childless women on the internet show us their pussycats.

Wait, I’m a childless and catless woman on the internet

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Us Catmen feel left out in the cold

[–] [email protected] 108 points 4 months ago (5 children)

CNN’s Bakari Sellers responded by saying, “I think that J.D. Vance is kind of the Sarah Palin of Dan Quayles.”

Hmm, that’s going to cause someone to need some aloe

[–] eskimofry 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That burn is so sick I need a thesaurus to understand the damage.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To help others.

On Quayle:

Press coverage of the convention was dominated by questions about "the three Quayle problems".[23] The questions involved his military service, a golf holiday in Florida where he and several other politicians shared a house with lobbyist Paula Parkinson,[24][12] and whether he had enough experience to be vice president. Quayle seemed at times rattled and at other times uncertain or evasive as he responded to questions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle

And then:

John McCain probably lost whatever chance he had to become president on August 28, the day he invited Sarah Palin to be his running mate. https://origins.osu.edu/history-news/why-sarah-palin-gamble-didn-t-pay

Thus, the burn.

Edit: JD Vance probably had to look this up, too.

[–] Ersatz86 8 points 4 months ago

Holy shitballs, that scalding is gonna require debridement and skin grafts.

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[–] Num10ck 64 points 4 months ago (1 children)

JD's mom was masterbating on her favorite couch, not realizing that JD's dad had recently done the same.. and thus she become pregnant with JD despite the sexless loveless marriage. Nobody told JD about it, but he was always drawn to the place of origin like a salmon.

[–] captainlezbian 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah that explains a lot. He can’t help doing what he does to them then

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[–] dohpaz42 39 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hi!👋 me again, don’t forget to:

Print photos of different couches or dolphins and mail them to any or all of these locations:

https://www.vance.senate.gov/office-locations/

Don’t forget to add little love notes. e.g., “Thinking of you 💋”

And, remember kids, drink your Ovaltine!

[–] elliot_crane 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Dude I’ll keep it a stack with you. When I first saw you I thought you were an amusing bot. However seeing your message evolve over time, and the consistency with which you keep it up, I’m only left with a profound respect for the sheer effort involved if nothing else.

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[–] JWBananas 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The couches I understand, but what is the porpoise of the dolphins?

[–] cuerdo 30 points 4 months ago (4 children)

net favorable rating of negative six points

there must be another way of saying this

[–] whostosay 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

JD VANCE UN-SLAMS HIS NET FAVORABILITY NEGATIVELY ON NEWEST POLL. ITS BEEN A TOTAL OF NINE DAYS BUT I SWEAR TO GOD ALL OF THESE ARE ACCURATE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE TAKING THESE POLLS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO I SWEAR TO GOD ARE TAKING POLITICAL POLLS ALL THE TIME -msnbc

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[–] fluxion 10 points 4 months ago

Negative 6% of people like him

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[–] jordanlund 29 points 4 months ago (12 children)

"Of my lifetime..." Spot the person born after 1988.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dan Quale misspelled potato(e) JDVance wants to end democracy...

[–] Makeitstop 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dan Quayle helped save democracy!

Seriously, Pence called him looking for guidance on the electoral college certification, and it was Quayle who convinced him that he had no choice but to certify the election. He's earned the right to spell potato however he wants.

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[–] Mikey_donuts 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] jeffw 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So… that guy is famous enough to have a Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Dodson

Which I just found because you reminded me that he existed

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[–] solrize 19 points 4 months ago

‘Worst Vice Presidential Pick of My Lifetime’

Oh Sarah (Palin), we hardly knew ye...

[–] foggy 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quick, someone make a website on par with https://brettkavanaugh.beer

Which is sadly a 404 right now :(

But that link from the internet archives is only from a couple months ago. Hopefully it's not a permanent 404.

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[–] Treczoks 11 points 4 months ago

CNN’s Bakari Sellers responded by saying, “I think that J.D. Vance is kind of the Sarah Palin of Dan Quayles.”

This is the quote of the day!

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Really? Where does Palin fall on the “worst” list?

[–] BeMoreCareful 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I still think Obama would have probably won. I didn't think that poorly of McCain though. Not my politics, but he seemed like a good person.

Once he picked Palin though...

[–] Snowclone 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No one was going to help McCain, he was a long shot candidate after 8 years of a Republican president that left the country exhausted and fed up, Obama was an answer, McCain was an offer to get more of the same with a little tweak here and there.

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[–] CharlesDarwin 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could also be that a lot of people are waking up to just how fucking weird the Republicans actually are, too...

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