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ephex
Nov 4, 2007





PHWOAR CRIMINAL

unpacked robinhood posted:

The guillotine won't be plastic bitch

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navier-stoked
Aug 30, 2004

gender illusionist posted:

which cutlery should we be using to eat the rich?

the aforementioned mother of pearl spoons and dishes

Brother Entropy
Dec 27, 2009

gender illusionist posted:

which cutlery should we be using to eat the rich?

the salad fork, because there will be no one left to complain that you're using the salad fork for meat

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

I like how there's no hint of work anywhere near him.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

unpacked robinhood posted:

The guillotine won't be plastic bitch

bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m
Apr 16, 2017

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If I went to a restaurant that served macaroni and cheese with sliced hot dogs I'd be pretty pissed if.they gave me plastic cutlery personally.

a new study bible!
Feb 2, 2009



BIG DICK NICK
A Philadelphia Legend
Fly Eagles Fly


I for one am surprised that a president who has hosed his own daughter also wants to gently caress his daughter's friend.

bloom
Feb 25, 2017

by sebmojo

Guillotines aside, how does anyone go to a Trump property and get surprised that it's just a cheap tacky imitation of actual rich people poo poo?

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Outrail posted:

Likely some intern's entire job description is 'photo shoot prep'. Probably spend a significant part of her day untangling cords and cleaning up ketchup stains.

More likely the phone has never been used before, isn't really being used in that photo, and is simply a prop :shrug: Hint: where's his twitter machine in that picture

a new study bible!
Feb 2, 2009



BIG DICK NICK
A Philadelphia Legend
Fly Eagles Fly


Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

At the Friday pro life march




I don't know if this woman has considered the full implications of the message she's presenting.

Loden Taylor
Aug 11, 2003


I love that this photo is not only completely staged, but also posed, framed, and shot in the least interesting way possible.

For comparison:





happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Trump must mentally keep everything in his head.
There's no pens, no paper, no tablet or computer to reference or write on.

This looks like he was playing golf out the back of the WH and was called in for the photo op, and told to 'look busy'.

And where the gently caress is the big red coke button?

Jikes
Dec 18, 2005

candy of the ocean
There are plastic spoons instead of silver because caviar reacts to metal, so when serving it you have to use something non-reactive like wood or yes, plastic, which is tacky but at least won't spoil the taste of the caviar. But it's not MOTHER OF PEARL!!

nouveau riche worst rich

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Loden Taylor posted:

I love that this photo is not only completely staged, but also posed, framed, and shot in the least interesting way possible.

For comparison:







You notice that little sag in the cord, that's a nice touch. Even if you're the world's most cynical person and you think both phones are simply props, at least Obama et al. cared enough to make it look legit.

happyhippy posted:

Trump must mentally keep everything in his head.
There's no pens, no paper, no tablet or computer to reference or write on.

Counter theory: he doesn't actually do anything so doesn't need any of that poo poo.

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

gender illusionist posted:

which cutlery should we be using to eat the rich?

After the first wave, we'll be crafting our own from their bones. Giant femur forks for everyone, chalices of skull.

Jikes
Dec 18, 2005

candy of the ocean

Remember when the Republicans went completely apeshit over Obama's "disrespect for the office" because he put his feet up on the Resolute desk? Ah, the good old days.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

super macho dude
Aug 9, 2014


Jikes posted:

There are plastic spoons instead of silver because caviar reacts to metal, so when serving it you have to use something non-reactive like wood or yes, plastic, which is tacky but at least won't spoil the taste of the caviar. But it's not MOTHER OF PEARL!!

nouveau riche worst rich

*sharpens up the guillotine*

Go on...

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Technically they are not doing any wrong here.
Caviar is meant to be served with a non-metallic spoon as whatever metal can pass on the flavor to it.
They weren't being cheap for not using metallic spoons.
They were cheap for not using an expensive posh one.

Edit: as poo poo someone beat me to it.
Still, gently caress Trump.

Stoatbringer
Sep 15, 2004

naw, you love it you little ho-bot :roboluv:

Jikes posted:

There are plastic spoons instead of silver because caviar reacts to metal, so when serving it you have to use something non-reactive like wood or yes, plastic, which is tacky but at least won't spoil the taste of the caviar. But it's not MOTHER OF PEARL!!

I say, Jeeves, you inadvertently used a metal spoon for the caviar, and now it no longer tastes of stinky fish slime! :wotwot:

Hihohe
Oct 4, 2008

Fuck you and the sun you live under


quote:

which cutlery should we be using to eat the rich?
The guillotine won't be plastic bitch

A poem by this thread.

Don Gato
Apr 28, 2013

Actually a bipedal cat.
Grimey Drawer
someone asked what's happening with active duty military. In short: lolgetfucked, signed the republican party

Jikes
Dec 18, 2005

candy of the ocean
I'm just imagining some poor garde-manger chef getting bawled out for this while thinking "Christ, I should have just used the silver spoons, they'd never have known the difference or cared."

I spent a bunch of summers working in restaurant kitchens to pay for college. One of them had two Michelin stars so we got a lot of genuinely wealthy people in there, Warren Buffet types. Considering how Republicans worship money, it's funny to me how Trump and his coterie look and behave exactly like the overblown, gaudy, soap-opera idea of rich people rather than the real thing.

Jikes fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jan 21, 2018

Loden Taylor
Aug 11, 2003

happyhippy posted:

This looks like he was playing golf out the back of the WH and was called in for the photo op, and told to 'look busy'.

Motherfucker isn't even trying to make it look like he's actually working. Mouth closed, sitting at an awkward angle, looking dead into the camera, phone held up to his ear precisely they way people do when they're told to pretend they're on the phone.

And the shot's framed to show off the room more than Trump, because I'm positive they wanted to get the flags and Trump's challenge coin collection in there to make the "subtle" point that TRUMP CARES ABOUT OUR MILITARY, WHY DO DEMOCRATS HATE OUR TROOPS?

Viruswithshoes
Mar 26, 2007

https://twitter.com/SegaCDgames/status/955130386970959872

monsterzero
May 12, 2002
-=TOPGUN=-
Boys who love airplanes :respek: Boys who love boys
Lipstick Apathy

Loden Taylor posted:

Motherfucker isn't even trying to make it look like he's actually working. Mouth closed, sitting at an awkward angle, looking dead into the camera, phone held up to his ear precisely they way people do when they're told to pretend they're on the phone.

And the shot's framed to show off the room more than Trump, because I'm positive they wanted to get the flags and Trump's challenge coin collection in there to make the "subtle" point that TRUMP CARES ABOUT OUR MILITARY, WHY DO DEMOCRATS HATE OUR TROOPS?

lol if you think that it's a conscious decision by the photographer and not just everyone in the WH being astoundingly incompetent

Brother Entropy
Dec 27, 2009

Loden Taylor posted:

Motherfucker isn't even trying to make it look like he's actually working. Mouth closed, sitting at an awkward angle, looking dead into the camera, phone held up to his ear precisely they way people do when they're told to pretend they're on the phone.

And the shot's framed to show off the room more than Trump, because I'm positive they wanted to get the flags and Trump's challenge coin collection in there to make the "subtle" point that TRUMP CARES ABOUT OUR MILITARY, WHY DO DEMOCRATS HATE OUR TROOPS?

alternatively: he is trying, but he's a dumbass who can't even pretend to work right

Methanar
Sep 26, 2013

by the sex ghost

Jel Shaker posted:

Because a most Americans don’t even have $400 in savings

Lol how is this possible

Balthesar
Sep 4, 2006

by Fluffdaddy
Are the Koch brothers white? Just lollin at how little attention they get compared to (((Soros)))

Jikes
Dec 18, 2005

candy of the ocean

The shark thing is something that I hope somehow gets incontrovertibly confirmed. coked-up Trump hollering at a porn star about how sharks are losers

Blast of Confetti
Apr 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Methanar posted:

Lol how is this possible

another name on the list :rip:

navier-stoked
Aug 30, 2004
lol that they had to stage a picture of him working because all of the real pics were too disgusting, graphic or nonexistent to be shown to the public

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/955150555403509760

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:

Flesh Forge posted:

You can tell from the handset cord that phone has never been used before.

You're gunna get a call from the FBI at this rate

They need skilled observers like you

Dr.Caligari
May 5, 2005

"Here's a big, beautiful avatar for someone"

Methanar posted:

Lol how is this possible

I totally see how it’s possible. A big chunk people literally live paycheck to paycheck and are one catastrophe away from living in eternal debt hell.

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:

Jikes posted:

Remember when the Republicans went completely apeshit over Obama's "disrespect for the office" because he put his feet up on the Resolute desk? Ah, the good old days.

I seem to remember someone in this thread saying that a prez whipped his dick out on that desk

Is that true? If so, well, lol racism and ignorance

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


Jikes posted:

The shark thing is something that I hope somehow gets incontrovertibly confirmed. coked-up Trump hollering at a porn star about how sharks are losers

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/352796146927796226

navier-stoked
Aug 30, 2004

Mr.Tophat posted:

I seem to remember someone in this thread saying that a prez whipped his dick out on that desk

Is that true? If so, well, lol racism and ignorance

just lol if you think a white dude's dick and a black guy's shoes are even in the same ballpark of respect

Jikes
Dec 18, 2005

candy of the ocean

Mr.Tophat posted:

I seem to remember someone in this thread saying that a prez whipped his dick out on that desk

Is that true? If so, well, lol racism and ignorance

Anecdotally, LBJ.

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Kumo
Jul 31, 2004

Methanar posted:

Lol how is this possible

It's from a study released early last year, which was actually better than the 63% who said they could not afford such an expense in 2016.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-cant-afford-a-500-emergency-expense/

As to the reasons, that is a long answer, but basically wages have been flat or declined when accounting for inflation for 30 years, despite many households having two wage-earners working longer hours Americans have increasingly had to rely on credit to make ends meet and cannot afford to put money aside for savings. All the income gains are going to the top in our society, and income inequality is at Gilded Age levels, with no signs of abating.

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