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      Welp, we let an idiot manchild run a whole country with the strongest military on earth under his command, and a nuclear arsenal button under his fucking finger. 😂

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        Not to take away from this, but it’s a myth that the US president can start a nuclear war by pressing a button, it’s a lot more complicated than this.

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          They didn’t even let him nuke a hurricane. I’m starting to wonder what all those nukes are even there for.

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              Fun fact, he likely got the idea from Sharknado, since he was supposed to do a cameo in the third one as US president, which he couldn’t when he actually ran for president. In the movie, a “Sharkicane” is attacked with giant bombs.

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      What’s wrong with him liking that tweet? Age is just how long we’ve been alive for, we’re all mentally still in our 20’s

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      I reworked an old phrase because of him.

      “You either die a hero or live long enough for everyone to work out you’re a fucking idiot.”

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        Not born in the US, so he’s ineligible. Of course he’s also super rich so…

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          That has never really been tested so there is no guarantee that a republican-held Supreme Court would find this interpretation of the constitution.

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          That doesn’t make you ineligible. Ted Cruz was born in Canada but could and did run to be a presidential candidate. The rule is:

          Be a natural-born citizen of the United States

          That could mean that one or both of your parents are US citizens giving you a US citizenship at birth. It’s just one more reason the whole Obama birther thing was nonsense, his mom is a US citizen so it wouldn’t matter where he was born.

          That said, Elon also does not meet that requirement.

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        honestly, I bet he’d do really well in the running. I’m sure he’d be worse than trump if such a thing were possible

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    Funny how fast this man has become a parody of himself. I still remember the video of him and jack ma

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    Do you remember when Elon first blew up, he was hailed almost as the second coming of Christ… the fall from grace is staggering

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      I don’t, he was called an idiot from the start with the same message you just put up.

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        Nah maybe a small minority but everyone was fucking talking him up and how he was going to change the car and space industries

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    Anime is mainstream now, so zoomers think it’s “new”. Thing is, the otaku culture predates the internet. I watched anime since the early 1980s. “Old people” can and do watch anime and read manga. It’s not your zoomer sekrit club.

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      It’s not so much that it’s anime as it is Elon liking a comment about someone wanting to fuck heavily sexualized teens that look a very specific way…that happens to be in an anime.

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      Yeah but only one of these services directs their engineering team to make such changes because the boss is getting dragged for liking weird shit.

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      Lemmy doesn’t really hide it as they’re visible to instance owners and shared through federation. Kbin also shows them so I can see the username/instance of the 7 people who upvoted your comment.

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        It’s kinda lame that kbin users get to see Lemmy upvotes too. Most Lemmings don’t even know you guys are spying on us like that 🫣

        I think I’d rather have Lemmy make voter identity visible as well, but at least if we can’t see it then neither should you. That’s just rude.

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      There is a way to see up votes on Lemmy if you’re an instance admin, which isn’t a super high hurdle. But point taken. Still a bit funny to see how directly his usage informs the mechanics of Twitter.

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      Yeah but only one of these services directs their engineering team to make such changes because the boss is getting dragged for liking weird shit.

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      Lemmy doesn’t really hide it as they’re visible to instance owners and shared through federation. Kbin also shows them so I can see the username/instance of the 7 people who upvoted your comment.

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    I don’t know how to read these fucking threads and retweets etc. Makes my eyes go separate, and makes me feel retarded.

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    Imagine having all the money you could want and still being so self conscious of what other people think of you. Just sleep on your pillow of money man lol

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    I have an unpopular opinion, which is… men who’s into animé girls are closeted pedophiles

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      Fuck I’m busted. You’re never gonna catch me alive!