Trump Thread II: The man make a tweet

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Bhaal: Jul 13, 2001; I ain't going down alone; Dr. Infant, MD

Chilichimp posted:

All you need to know about the American Working Class is often a worker will lose their poo poo and murder a bunch of co-workers, and this premise isn't considered far-fetched, nor is it treated as shocking when it occurs.

I was on a business trip last year and was in the first floor lobby of some building in the bay area waiting for an elevator, and right by where i was standing was the entrance to some company's bullpen office area with lots of people busy doing their thing. Two young guys emerged from around the corner right by the entrance to that office, loaded up with large nerf rapid-fire rifle things with tons of extra nerf ammo strapped to them. With big grins they charge through the door and start shooting up their workmates, the doors close behind them as they keep going and I was left alone in the lobby with the sounds of surprised yelps and playful protests--good natured but still shouts and screams coming through a closed door. It was unsettling how close of a parody it was from where I stood.

It's like Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow where some people in England just accept as a part of daily existence that a V2 could at any moment come crashing down on you. We americans--not all but who's counting--have addressed the prospect of being part of a spontaneous shooting by folded it in to our way of life.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:18

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theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

"uh, if gun laws were more law i totally would have had my gun near me while i was playing baseball"

i can't imagine wanting to live in a world where you're never more than 5 feet from a firearm

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:18

Parasol Prophet: Aug 31, 2012; We Are Best Friends Now.

Old James posted:

And is red, like a commie!

Actually, the color used to paint the bridge is called International Orange, like...

Wait a minute!

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:19

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

disjoe posted:

We're a sketchy as gently caress country, I guess.

skylined! posted:

multi-billion dollar industries built on the death and suffering of thousands upon thousands of people is quite literally capitalism

it's cliche at this point but the US rate of gun violence is a symptom to a larger problem

Lemming posted:

It's a useful political wedge issue for Republicans.

boner confessor posted:

lol this is wayyyy undercounting gun deaths - it doesn't include suicides, which are higher than homicides and accidental/institutional shootings combined

the us has a goofy number of gun ownership protections baked into law, and it would take decades to reduce the number of firearms currently in circulation

Liquid Communism posted:

Please don't start this discussion.

It just gets threads gassed, because there can be no rational discussion of gun politics in the US by any side's standard.

Fair enough.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:20

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

Some congressman are really trying to make it all about them today, but there are several shootings all at once it seems, one by Barclay's center just now that ended quickly according to Chris Hayes.

Hayes says nobody hurt from who he spoke to.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:20

Hobo Clown: Oct 16, 2012; Here it is, Baby.
Your killer track.

skylined! posted:

reminder the pepes are pussies

https://twitter.com/RBraceySherman/status/875023845173972992

What's the story here? I don't know what AirDrop is.

This dude is finding random minorities to send frogs to and they're able to locate him in real life?

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:21

PhazonLink: Jul 17, 2010

If MLB didn't banned human enhancing drugs, everyone would have two guns on them at all times.

A-rod did nothing wrong.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:21

Push El Burrito: May 9, 2006; Soiled Meat

The cool thing about them postponing the silencer debate is it will also put off their AHCA vote as one of the key policies is doctors using silenced pistols to get rid of the chronically sick.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:21

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875054461135278081
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875055723230760960

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:21

Chilichimp: Oct 24, 2006; TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp; Grimey Drawer

theflyingorc posted:

"uh, if gun laws were more law i totally would have had my gun near me while i was playing baseball"

i can't imagine wanting to live in a world where you're never more than 5 feet from a firearm

gun phones are the next craze.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:21

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

I had no idea that there was an intramural softball game for Congress. It seems so quaint for a bunch of people who probably wish each other dead on a daily basis. But I guess that's true for any old office job.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:22

Raccooon: Dec 5, 2009

skylined! posted:

reminder the pepes are pussies

https://twitter.com/RBraceySherman/status/875023845173972992

Lol people in the twitter tread asking her to call the police and have him arrested.

"Yes officer that is the man that sent me a frog image"

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:22

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

Hobo Clown posted:

What's the story here? I don't know what AirDrop is.

This dude is finding random minorities to send frogs to and they're able to locate him in real life?

I think it's basically sending images/whatever to people's iPhones via bluetooth. Most people have it set to "Contacts Only" but some people don't, I guess.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:22

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

The Glumslinger posted:

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875054461135278081
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875055723230760960

Was it a drive-by and the shooter left quickly?

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:23

Raccooon: Dec 5, 2009

Hobo Clown posted:

What's the story here? I don't know what AirDrop is.

This dude is finding random minorities to send frogs to and they're able to locate him in real life?

Air Drop allows you to transfer files over blue tooth. So the range of a room basically.

He was at the airport air droping pepe images to people(that didn't have it blocked) around the bar.

Raccooon fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jun 14, 2017

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:23

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Dirk Pitt posted:

This guy is literally a leftist caricature.

Star Man posted:

That's the Likes section of most posters in this thread.

*scoffs* The Nightly Show, The Ed Show, The Daily Show, and Bill Maher can gently caress off

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:23

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Wark Say posted:

i don't understand what this emoji is meant to communicate but it's true

i in fact just last week blasted a loving hole through my desk because i was using my gun pen to write instead of my writing pen

the boys all sure had a laugh at the range later on when i tried to use my writing pen for target practice

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:24

fishing with the fam: Feb 29, 2008; Durr

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I had no idea that there was an intramural softball game for Congress. It seems so quaint for a bunch of people who probably wish each other dead on a daily basis. But I guess that's true for any old office job.

Where the unwritten rules of congressional sub-committees and chin music cross.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:24

boner confessor: Apr 25, 2013; by R. Guyovich

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I had no idea that there was an intramural softball game for Congress. It seems so quaint for a bunch of people who probably wish each other dead on a daily basis. But I guess that's true for any old office job.

the annual congressional ball game long predates congressional partisanship

doctor ron paul was a studly player and is the only player in the game's history to hit an over the fence homer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L84N7sVvFXs

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:24

Shimrra Jamaane: Aug 10, 2007; Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Because of what happened this morning the news is paying attention to every "normal" shooting that occurs somewhere in America on a daily basis. It's like when there's a high profile shark attack and everything involving sharks becomes head line news even though literally nothing is going differently.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:25

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Hobo Clown posted:

What's the story here? I don't know what AirDrop is.

This dude is finding random minorities to send frogs to and they're able to locate him in real life?

airdrop is apples piece of poo poo version of bluetooth

pepebro in the tweetstream was targeting minorities to send pepe to, in an obvious effort to intimidate them anonymously

person targeted found out who he was and embarrassed the poo poo out of him because he was too much of a coward to own his casual racism

extrapolate most of the alt-right from there

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:26

Tart Kitty: Dec 17, 2016; Oh, well, that's all water under the bridge, as I always say. Water under the bridge!

The Glumslinger posted:

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875054461135278081
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875055723230760960

Two more and we get BINGO today!

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:27

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Nonsense posted:

Was it a drive-by and the shooter left quickly?

dunno but if the media is going to start reporting on every single instance of someone being shot/shot at today, across the country, i'm ok with that

also nothing else is going to get a second of airtime

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:27

KickerOfMice: Jun 7, 2017; [/color]Keep firing, assholes![/color]

Spaceballs the custom title.; Fun Shoe

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Because of what happened this morning the news is paying attention to every "normal" shooting that occurs somewhere in America on a daily basis. It's like when there's a high profile shark attack and everything involving sharks becomes head line news even though literally nothing is going differently.

Ahh, another day in paradise. :911:

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:28

boner confessor: Apr 25, 2013; by R. Guyovich

skylined! posted:

airdrop is apples piece of poo poo version of bluetooth

pepebro in the tweetstream was targeting minorities to send pepe to, in an obvious effort to intimidate them anonymously

person targeted found out who he was and embarrassed the poo poo out of him because he was too much of a coward to own his casual racism

extrapolate most of the alt-right from there

was he specifically sending it to minorities? how could he tell who owned which device to target them?

more likely he was just spamming the image expecting the shield of pseudononymity to protect him but he got found out and confronted irl then shriveled like a chump

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:29

Genocide Tendency: Dec 24, 2009; I get mental health care from the medical equivalent of Skillcraft.

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I had no idea that there was an intramural softball game for Congress. It seems so quaint for a bunch of people who probably wish each other dead on a daily basis. But I guess that's true for any old office job.

At one point it was a BIG rear end DEAL. Like accusations of cheating and all sorts of animosity over fairness.

Also use to raise a poo poo ton of cash for charities.

Not sure if its still as big a deal though.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:29

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

skylined! posted:

dunno but if the media is going to start reporting on every single instance of someone being shot/shot at today, across the country, i'm ok with that

also nothing else is going to get a second of airtime

True.

https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/875012069753577475

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:29

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

Because of what happened this morning the news is paying attention to every "normal" shooting that occurs somewhere in America on a daily basis. It's like when there's a high profile shark attack and everything involving sharks becomes head line news even though literally nothing is going differently.

I hope they keep it up (I know they won't).

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:30

Chilichimp: Oct 24, 2006; TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp; Grimey Drawer

The Glumslinger posted:

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875054461135278081
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/875055723230760960

"Everyone I've talked to is okay. Everyone I haven't spoken to yet is probably dead"

"Send Help"

Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Jun 14, 2017

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:31

Riatsala: Nov 20, 2013; All Princesses are Tyrants

Nonsense posted:

True.

https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/875012069753577475

Ladies and gentlemen, my congressman.

Having met him, I'm surprised he feels safe anywhere. He's really good at pissing off everyone and looking like a child wearing his father's suit. Also gives the worst handshake I've ever received.

I'm done.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:31

There Bias Two: Jan 13, 2009; I'm not a good person

Nonsense posted:

https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/875012069753577475

Safety is an illusion and there is nothing preventing any of us from dropping dead anywhere at any time. Don't pee your pants over it.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:32

skylined!: Apr 6, 2012; THE DEM DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

boner confessor posted:

was he specifically sending it to minorities? how could he tell who owned which device to target them?

fair but i like my version

i need villains in my life ok

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:32

Serfer: Mar 10, 2003; The piss tape is real

Nonsense posted:

True.

https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/875012069753577475

I don't think I'll ever feel safe going to a pizza place. Or a school. Or a holocaust museum. Or an office building. Or you know, the hundreds of places where people get shot every day in America.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:33

Covok: May 27, 2013; Yet where is that woman now? Tell me, in what heave does she reside? None of them. Because no God bothered to listen or care. If that is what you think it means to be a God, then you and all your teachings are welcome to do as that poor women did. And vanish from these realms forever.

Man, are the Republicans winning hard today. Expect them to keep winning (and us losing) for 2-3 weeks.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:33

No Safe Word: Feb 26, 2005

One time "no really this isn't a joke" presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig with a stupid tweet

https://twitter.com/lessig/status/875011782204686337

and a pretty good handful of responses

https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/875021708918308864

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:33

Shifty Pony: Dec 28, 2004; Up ta somethin'

Radish posted:

The issue being that the Republican base is so loathsome they can't really use this for good will too long because they have already started up with the "OMG SEE THIS IS WHY WE THREATEN TO SHOOT LIBERALSSS!!!!!" stuff. It's going to be super hard to pretend you are the persecuted sheep when your super fans are screaming about blood for blood and bragging about how heavily armed and willing to kill they are.

I agree - they've had significant members of their party (not just fringe loonies) alluding to "2nd amendment solutions" and whatnot. They don't have much room to maneuver here in a way that attacks the left's rhetoric so I guess we can expect them to double down on the good people with guns stop bad people with guns idea.

I have this odd hope that a silver lining appears. Maybe this will cause the representatives from both parties to have a better understanding that gun violence is not just about the person shot but that it can shake entire communities by making people wonder if they are going to die while doing the most mundane activities.

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:33

Chard: Aug 24, 2010

Serfer posted:

I don't think I'll ever feel safe going to a pizza place. Or a school. Or a holocaust museum. Or an office building. Or you know, the hundreds of places where people get shot every day in America.

This unironically though

# ? Jun 14, 2017 19:34