The incredible shrinking man

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Demiurge, May 5, 2021.

  1. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    Trump is off of Twitter permanently - and their profits went up 28% in the first quarter.
    https://uproxx.com/viral/trump-stil...regardless-facebook-oversight-board-decision/

    The Facebook Oversite Board approves of Trump ban, but tells them they need to either give him a specific timeframe for a ban or ban him permanently.
    https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/9876...ald-trump-social-medias-oversight-board-rules

    And Trump launches his 'game changing' media platform - which is for all intents and purposes just a blog.
    https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow...atform-so-hilariously-underwhelming-n1266374?

    Womp womp.
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  2. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    I'm not sure who is the more obsessed: Righties who couldn't let Obama go or lefties who can't let Trump go.
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  3. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Makes me miss my LJ account.
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  4. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Translation: WAHHHHHH! My glorious leader failed again.
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  5. We Are Borg

    We Are Borg Republican Democrat

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    Unlike when Obama left office, Trump continues to pose a threat to national security and global stability.

    So yeah, people on both the left and right should be concerned and paying attention.
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  6. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    He literally tried to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power 4 months ago.

    The court cases for the hundreds of insurrectionists are just beginning.

    The GOP is still lying about the election.

    Moron.
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  7. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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  8. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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  9. Asyncritus

    Asyncritus Expert on everything

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  10. matthunter

    matthunter Ice Bear

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    How about the GOP not being able to let Trump go?

    Note the lack of the word "Former" in front of his usages of "President", there.
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  11. mburtonk

    mburtonk mburtonkulous

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    I endorse this behavior, although I am also pretty sure the Wordforge security defenses are no match for folks who would try to destroy a site like Wordforge if Trump decided to hang out there.
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  12. Asyncritus

    Asyncritus Expert on everything

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    Don't worry, he wouldn't last long here. He absolutely has to have everyone adoring him and telling him he's right. Can you imagine him in the Red Room? :lol:
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  13. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Well, if we'd cloned baba on a massive scale like I kept suggesting in security meetings five years ago . . . :bailey:
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  14. Raoul the Red Shirt

    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    In fairness, it is fairly common to not specifically include the "former" when referring to former officeholders.

    For instance, Biden was referred to as Vice President Biden routinely without the need to state "former" often after he left office.
  15. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    It would be worth it just so that @Elwood would no longer have the smallest hands on Wordforge. :yes:
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  16. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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  17. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    Apropos of not very much, I was just reminded of when AP changed its style from "President Lastname" to "President Firstname Lastname" in November 2008 and right-wingers in the local Letters to the Editor section went apeshit. They were convinced it was some kind of favoritism toward Barack Obama (as opposed to a reaction to the fact that there were about to be two living people who could be referred to as "former President Bush," a situation that had not previously existed at any point in American history).
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  18. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    Can you just imagine the flood of his sycophants?
    And the ensuing bitchfests and DDOS attacks when we start banning him and his ilk would make gtuner's ban look tame and vBulletine WF look stable.
  19. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    I would have to agree considering they are clearly associated with the chans. It would be like voyager shooting one of the swarm. The more defenses you threw up the more fun it would be for them to fuck with you. Not to mention the people who own and register this site would be doxxed like a motherfucker.

    To give you an idea years after I threw customer's suck in front of the GNAA they were still getting DDOS hacks and DB corruption problems from the trolls. Once they reacted with bannings and some fightback those trolls never forgot.

    Also, places like stormfront will have some people that will just sit on this site far longer than sprained dumbass and castle. It won't be all of them, but whoever it is will just never let it go.

    These people work on a much different level, and it would seem that there is a connection with the trumpistas and the people who do these sorts of things.
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  20. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    I forgot I can do this now:

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    Guilty.

    $250 in fines, $291 in costs, 24 months unsupervised probation, and 180 days at TK. I'll suspend 30 days because I am benevolent.

    @Bickendan take him into custody.

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  21. Torpedo Vegas

    Torpedo Vegas Fresh Meat

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    I feel like Trump's posts would be very similar to Tererun's in style, if not in substance.
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  22. steve2^4

    steve2^4 Aged Meat

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    Ahhh, no.
  23. mburtonk

    mburtonk mburtonkulous

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    Tererun's style, OF's substance?
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  24. Torpedo Vegas

    Torpedo Vegas Fresh Meat

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    Even OF is lucid every once in a while.
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  25. Ten Lubak

    Ten Lubak Salty Dog

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    It’s pretty incredible to think that a huge part of the Republican Party is beholden to a washed up fat guy covered in fake tan even though he’s in Florida, that did nothing but stack up losses after he got elected and now resides in a hotel anxiously waiting for the buffet to open every morning, taking the majority of his dumps in the lobby bathroom while penning angry, impotent blogs from the hotel conference room, afraid to return to his New York home because he’s worried he’s going to be arrested

    You can’t make this stuff up!
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  26. Torpedo Vegas

    Torpedo Vegas Fresh Meat

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    That's how normal people see Trump. His cult sees him as a musclebound Terminator type with that awesome gun Jesse Ventura had in Predator.
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  27. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    nice work if you can get it! :shrug:
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  28. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    Yeah, but most of us aren't delusional sociopathic narcissists who studied Hitler's speeches on how to manipulate stupid people.

    I mean, even if I could be Trump, I have more integrity and compassion than would let me chose to be.

    And I'm certainly not stupid enough to vote for him or let him grift me for money. :diacanu:
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  29. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    He's probably too much of a germaphobe to take a shit in any public restroom. :lol:

    A total pussy and certainly the least manly president ever to hold the office.
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  30. Rincewiend

    Rincewiend 21st Century Digital Boy

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