I turned 21 and got my first kiss all in the same weekend

[NotAMouse]

I started writing a poem about how poorly I perceive Trump, but I gave up.

[The Nexerus]

I thought that was life in general? Idiots bumbling their way to riches and fame. You cannot seriously believe that Kanye West has skills in music and Kardashian.... well, whatever she does.

From what I've seen of Trump, he's a moron. Capable of appealing to the masses of idiots that are prevalent in the country, but even that is probably blind luck. Also, you can be an idiot and a "loose cannon".

@genghismike

Kanye West had a product that people liked and a way of presenting himself in public that further built his brand and popularized his product line. In that way, Kanye's musical career is actually incredibly similar to Trump's political career. He's giving people what they want and in a way that attracts attention. You do not multiply your inheritance by several orders of magnitude and become a party leader in spite of a complete lack of political experience by acting foolishly. Trump is towing a line just like every other politician in history, and not even the line that he's towing is anything new—just different from the lines towed by people with names like Clinton and Bush.

Ever heard of Ross Perot? The "giant sucking sound"?

[Awson]

I almost said a single thing about Trump, b

[genghismike]

I started writing a poem about how poorly I perceive Trump, but I gave up.

@Taaj

Perhaps you should just stick to dick jokes? It's not that hard.

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Kanye West had a product that people liked and a way of presenting himself in public that further built his brand and popularized his product line. In that way, Kanye's musical career is actually incredibly similar to Trump's political career. He's giving people what they want and in a way that attracts attention. You do not multiply your inheritance by several orders of magnitude and become a party leader in spite of a complete lack of political experience by acting foolishly. Trump is towing a line just like every other politician in the history, and not even the line that he's towing is anything new—just different from the lines towed by people with names like Clinton and Bush.

Ever heard of Ross Perot? The "giant sucking sound"?

@The Nexerus

Hm, I suppose you have a point. Pretty much the point I made that the masses are morons. But one still has to wonder if it's cunning to appeal to masses of morons, or simply a moron leading other morons. Clinton and Bush didn't actually believe the bs they spewed, they used it to gain approval and wealth. Trump ( and Sanders >.> ) seem to believe the crap they spout. But, then again, maybe it's just politics as usual.

[NotAMouse]

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Perhaps you should just stick to dick jokes? It's not that hard.

@genghismike

Don't worry, I've got a long list, and I'll pull it out when necessary.

[The Nexerus]

@genghismike As far as I'm aware, Trump's main ideological touchstones are protectionism and American exceptionalism. Those aren't disastrous, stupid ideas that will kill America, and you can infer this by the fact that they were the main ideological touchstones of every American politician who ever lived between 1776 and like... the 90's. I believe the United States of America managed to survive through those dark few years.

Trump isn't campaigning to have pi defined as "4" or to invade Mongolia or anything else objectively stupid. His ideas are maybe a little bit out of the current politician's political mainstream (in that they aren't supported by either the Bush family or the Clinton family), but they're really, really far from new, aren't flatly dumb, and clearly aren't out of the average Joe's political mainstream—if at least 40% of people agree with something it's safe to say it's not fringe at that point. Trump's most often talked about and controversial position, by far, is to upgrade a fence to a wall and carry out the law as it is currently on the books in regards to illegal migrants. His plan to coerce Mexico to pay for said wall is actually less stupid than it is unethical and diabolical, although I'm sure the Mexican government wouldn't play ball anyway, just to save face.

"Trump is evil" has a lot more credence than "Trump is dumb", but both are mischaracterizations that really only serve to further divisiveness. People need to stop assuming that every time someone disagrees with them, it's because they're stupid. All that results in is everyone convincing themselves that everyone else is a moron.

[NotAMouse]

How Nex feels directly after writing a post like the above:

[aza]

what the fuck
i thought we were talking about raxas butt & dick jokes

why are we now talking about trump?

[NotAMouse]

what the fuck
i thought we were talking about raxas butt & dick jokes

why are we now talking about trump?

@Azarthes

Ask Nex. He's the expert, clearly.

I prefer talking about butts.

[genghismike]

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Don't worry, I've got a long list, and I'll pull it out when necessary.

@Taaj

Just don't go shoving it in peoples faces. That can be rude.

@genghismike As far as I'm aware, Trump's main ideological touchstones are protectionism and American exceptionalism. Those aren't disastrous, stupid ideas that will kill America, and you can infer this by the fact that they were the main ideological touchstones of every American politician who ever lived between 1776 and like... the 90's. I believe the United States of America managed to survive through those dark few years.

Trump isn't campaigning to have pi defined as "4" or to invade Mongolia or anything else objectively stupid. His ideas are maybe a little bit out of the current politician's political mainstream (in that they aren't supported by either the Bush family or the Clinton family), but they're really, really far from new, aren't flatly dumb, and clearly aren't out of the average Joe's political mainstream—if at least 40% of people agree with something it's safe to say it's not fringe at that point. Trump's most often talked about and controversial position, by far, is to upgrade a fence to a wall and carry out the law as it is currently on the books in regards to illegal migrants. His plan to coerce Mexico to pay for said wall is actually less stupid than it is unethical and diabolical, although I'm sure the Mexican government wouldn't play ball anyway, just to save face.

"Trump is evil" has a lot more credence than "Trump is dumb", but both are mischaracterizations that really only serve to further divisiveness. People need to stop assuming that every time someone disagrees with them, it's because they're stupid. All that results in is everyone convincing themselves that everyone else is a moron.

@The Nexerus

Dude is talking about building walls and nuking countries. It's difficult for me to view him as evil as I believe in what he stands for, just not the methods in which he wishes to employ. Short sighted solutions without a thought to the long term effects make me believe he's an idiot. Burning down your house over some roaches might get the job done, but it leaves you without a roof. Sure, good plan, effective, but the foresight wasn't exactly there. ( I am in no way comparing Mexicans or Middle and Near Eastern people to roaches >.> )

[genghismike]

what the fuck
i thought we were talking about raxas butt & dick jokes

why are we now talking about trump?

@Azarthes

Haven't you seen? It's all the rage. You can see a story about coral reefs and it becomes a discussion about Obama, Hilary, and Trump.

Poor Bernie, he's just an insane joke of the party.

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Ask Nex. He's the expert, clearly.

I prefer talking about butts.

@Taaj

Apparently you like talking about dicks >.>

[NotAMouse]

Apparently you like talking about dicks >.>

@genghismike

If I have to choose between dicks and butts, I'll go with butts.

Or if push comes to shove, I'll just take

this

[aza]

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Ask Nex. He's the expert, clearly.

I prefer talking about butts.

@Taaj

Butts are v. nice.

[aza]

Butts are home

[NotAMouse]

Butts are love

Butts are life

[Vilageidiotx]

why are we now talking about trump?

@Azarthes

Who do you think Rex kissed?

[The Nexerus]

I've put a lot of thought into it recently and I've decided that I don't ever want to fall in love. It just seems so troublesome. But damn I will definitely make out with a hot goth boy at comic con once in a while. 10/10.

@Raxacoricofallapatorius

@Vilageidiotx I have my guesses.

[Vilageidiotx]

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@Vilageidiotx I have my guesses.

@The Nexerus

[aza]

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Who do you think Rex kissed?

@Vilageidiotx

RAXA KISSES TURNO[?

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

what the fuck
i thought we were talking about raxas butt & dick jokes

why are we now talking about trump?

@Azarthes

Tbh my butt isn't that great. Trump is probably a more interesting topic of conversation.

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Who do you think Rex kissed?

@Vilageidiotx

I'd post pics but you'd be jealous and I wouldn't want anyone stalking him (cuz I'll just keep him to myself for now...). He was really hot though, at least by my standards, and had long hair, which I am super into.

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@Vilageidiotx I have my guesses.

@The Nexerus

He was shorter than you. Actually we were about the same size. He even sat on my lap for a while.