Toxic Mental posted:

Turds.

Don't miss the one about Mike Pence and the 2020 election near the bottom.






LOL!!!!:

Toxic Mental posted:

I cannot loving wait for the Republican primary debates

JohnCompany posted:

I got a gold Trump coin for Christmas just in time for a new Trump thread! I'll be rich in the post-trumpocalypse, all you haters and losers.

Rod Hoofhearted posted:

Who the gently caress gave you a Trump coin and were they being genuine about it or antagonistic?

Warbird posted:

Saw an ad for a “grumpy bear” on some rando cable channel while at the homestead for the holidays. Wasn’t even a chud channel either. Think looked lovely af and I’m not convinced it wasn’t a parody as it had a secret compartment in the back of the next for an American flag themed blanket.

JohnCompany posted:

It was one of these: https://www.walmart.com/ip/2020-President-Donald-Trump-Inaugural-Gold-Plated-Commemorative-Novelty-Coin/372043996

So just a laugh

JohnCompany posted:

It was one of these: https://www.walmart.com/ip/2020-President-Donald-Trump-Inaugural-Gold-Plated-Commemorative-Novelty-Coin/372043996

So just a laugh

Saoshyant posted:

Something something a poor person's idea of a rich person

Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:

central dogma posted:

Which one of you varmin approved a new thread?

Saoshyant posted:

Something something a poor person's idea of a rich person

Pondex posted:

Remember when he got out of the hospital after Covid and walked up the WH stairs? Just standing there trying to look healthy while wheezing like he sprinted a mile. lmbo.

Stoatbringer posted:

LifeSunDeath posted:

trump flooded the oval office toilet flushing doodie diaps and secret documents, LOL.

Warbird posted:

Saw an ad for a “grumpy bear” on some rando cable channel while at the homestead for the holidays. Wasn’t even a chud channel either. Think looked lovely af and I’m not convinced it wasn’t a parody as it had a secret compartment in the back of the next for an American flag themed blanket.

Data Graham posted:

Picturing him ripping open his shirt to reveal the Superman logo, and then promptly dropping flat on his face unconscious

Data Graham posted:

Picturing him ripping open his shirt to reveal the Superman logo, and then promptly dropping flat on his face unconscious

Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:

quote:

Inside a Dallas warehouse are stacks and stacks of Trumpy Bears — great American grizzlies, teddy bears who fear nothing.

Trumpy Bear, a teddy bear designed with a shock of blond hair and bushy eyebrows like President Donald Trump's, has been on the market since 2017, but it has become a sensation this week because of a Twitter post that went viral.

A lot of people have wondered whether the widely shared commercial is a spoof, but its creators say Trumpy Bear is not a joke. It’s a real product, sold by a real Dallas-based company, Exceptional Products Inc.

Many people hadn't heard of the bear sooner because a lot of TV stations declined to run the ad, saying it was overly political, according to Elliott Bracket, vice president of Exceptional Products.

“This particular one we ran on local Fox in New York City, and somebody that had a really large Twitter following tweeted this out, and that’s what sort of set the wildfire again,” he said.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1061965651470925825?s=20&t=uG-vRpN33WORsfSL5NoJEw

Trumpy Bear may be based in Dallas, but its inventor is a New Jersey woman, V.L. Lange, who says she designed the bear in Trump’s image after he was elected.

“I felt it was time to name an American fearless grizzly bear after our new Commander and Chief [sic],” Lange, who declined to be interviewed, said in a written statement.

“This iconic bear should be viewed as the symbol that anyone can run for president of this great country of ours,” her statement read. “The weight of the responsibilities that come with the presidency can be a burden that I, for one, could never endure.”

In response to questions about whether the ad or the product is a joke, she answered with a firm no.

“I want it to be perfectly clear that the men who served in our military spoke from their hearts in the Trumpy Bear commercial,” she wrote. “Any vilification of a veteran should never be tolerated.”

Trumpy Bear comes in two sizes, Brackett said. The one on its website is 22 inches tall and weighs about 2 pounds. It’s dense for a teddy bear because behind a zipper on the back of the bear’s neck is an American flag blanket tucked away so you can “wrap yourself in the red, white and blue for comfort and warmth,” the commercial says.

It also comes in a 15-inch version, and the company makes a Trumpy Bear golf club head cover for people who want to "Make Their Golf Game Great Again," as the commercial suggests.

The products are made in China, Brackett said. Higher costs from domestic manufacturers would've made for a $150 teddy bear.

The commercial for the bear opens with a forest scene, where a deep-voiced narrator declares, "A storm is coming."

“You cannot defeat the storm,” the disembodied voice proclaims. “From the trees rose a resounding voice: I fear nothing.”

The storm, the narrator reveals, is Trumpy Bear: “the fearless, super-plush American grizzly.”

The commercial's earnestness has made it the target of mockery, including a parody on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Exceptional Products is a "direct response" company, encouraging TV viewers to call now and get their very own Trumpy Bear for just two payments of $19.95 plus shipping and handling. It usually sells products that aim to solve problems, Brackett said.

For example, one of the company's products is Plaque Attack — a dental spray for dogs and cats. Problem: stinky dog breath. Solution: Plaque Attack, which claims to control bacteria and remove tartar from pets’ mouths.

But Trumpy Bear doesn’t exactly fill a need or solve a problem, so it is marketed differently from the company's other products, Brackett said.

The inventor’s production company, Reel Vision, created the commercial, he said. What the commercial did well, Brackett said, was that it didn’t target a particular audience — it appeals to people who see the bear as a gag gift, as well as unironic fans of the president.

“It’s a gift item, it’s an I-want-to-buy-it-for-myself item, and it’s a mess-with-somebody item,” Brackett said.

He declined to say how many Trumpy Bears the company has sold, but the product has been successful enough to draw copycats. The real Trumpy Bear is sold from its website, as well as on Walmart.com and Amazon. On Amazon, reviewers have complained of receiving shoddily constructed, counterfeit Trumpy Bears, and Brackett acknowledged that knockoffs are out there.

Brackett has heard stories of people sending Trumpy Bears to friends and family members as a prank. One man who sent the Trumpy Bear to his mother-in-law as a joke was so concerned about covering his tracks that he asked the company to put a note in its customer service database asking that employees never share the details of who sent the bear, should she ever call to ask, Brackett said.

“Maybe it’s just people ribbing each other, because Trump is such a lightning rod,” he said.

But the bears have also drawn a more serious response, Brackett said. The company got a voicemail from a man who said he wanted to kill employees at the company, as well as the president.

“We ended up forwarding that to the authorities, and they knocked on his door and visited him,” he said.

In case anyone acts on destructive impulses upon seeing Trumpy Bear, the company's website says returns of “intentionally damaged bears” cannot be accepted.

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