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I looked it up just now. In terms of total Trump voters in 2024, it's basically tied with TX and FL.
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Fun fact, California is basically tied for first among states for the number of Trump voters who live there.
Not that anyone reading this was under the illusion that Trump gave a shit about his own supporters. Just saying, it's not EVEN a case of screwing your enemies to help your friends.
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This is the ideal 1B body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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don't you dare recall it
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I mean, I agree, but that's what's great about baseball. It got grandfathered in as a sport even though you never have to run more than 360 feet at a time.
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you got this, champ
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"Sometimes people's feelings for each other change. But one thing is never going to change for either of us, and that's how we feel about you. You are the little pegs we use to keep score. You're the disposable plastic gloves we use to handle dogshit. And you always will be."
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case in point
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I understand why it's a tempting theory. Trump has never been better at any job than he was as a pro wrestling heel, albeit a non-wrestling one.
You know, we mourn the death of satire and irony under Trump but I think I'll miss subtext the most.
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I'm no theologian but I think he's going to have to level grind for years until he has enough Pope mana for that.
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people will raise lincoln as an example of why it is important to compromise for the sake of electoral success and a future greater good, but do not forget that lincoln's willingness to compromise rested on a set of ironclad moral and political commitments.
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Contact is my most ridiculous snobby "the book was better" movie.
I mean, it was! But I have to laugh at myself even as I say it.
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Oh, fuck off, Jim.
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The fish is what eats the taco salad, and then you eat the fish.
Jeez, don't you guys have Taco Bell in your town?
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Typical conversation with my dog:
DOG: [smiles]
ME: Are you a happy dog?
DOG: [smiles]
ME: You should be!
DOG: [smiles]
ME: You have everything you need.
DOG: [smiles]
ME: You would have no excuse not to be happy.
DOG: That's not how it works.
ME: You're right, I'm sorry.
DOG: [smiles]
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I see it the other way around. My mixed-breed dog, like me, reverts aggressively to every mean you can imagine. We're potently mid. We are neither well-bred nor ill-bred but a secret third thing. "Hey, what kind of dog is that?" "Moyen normhound."
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A car full of 16- to 18-year-olds will, over the space of any given hour, encounter no fewer than three driving situations that no human being ever has before.
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We're all having fun dunking on MTG, but imagine being the person who put in something that MTG herself could dunk on once she bothered to read it.
Say what you will about MTG, she's not the person who had an idea so bad that even MTG noticed.
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Anyone who speaks these words, much less from a position of authority, needs to immediately infect themselves with whatever virus they're talking about. SHOW me how it's no big deal.
I'm just kidding. Most of them can'tβbecause they were vaccinated against it by parents less stupid than themselves.
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I knew there was a reason this line from this 30-year-old movie had been rattling around in my head all this time.
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Are they seriously going to shut down a whole-ass bridge all night for a month over this?
And if the answer is "yes," I don't know if this has occurred to them, but it's physically possible to shine flashlights in months other than June.
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Oh sorry, you did say re-read. π
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If you liked any of the Culture books you'll probably like them all. The quality is extremely consistent and he found a new angle for each of them.
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Too flattering!
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I always notice that the goofy ship names he stole for SpaceX only started in 2015, after Banks was safely dead.
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I sometimes regret that the two of them never met while Banks was alive, because Banks would have strangled Musk after five minutes.
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Gotta say, you really nailed the expression. Haunting!