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chathamharrison.bsky.social • 67 days ago

We are at the mercy of people who have never taken anything seriously & think you're a boring asshole for expecting them to

Reposted from Dan Nguyen

Not to be dramatic, but I think any journalist with half a cup of integrity would rather resign than write this shamefully asinine tripe.

You can't even blame just the headline. Look at this utter horseshit of a lede:

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youdou.bsky.social•67 days ago

I guess it’s possible Hegseth drunk texted the attack plans.

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

Does it still count as drunk texting if you're always drunk

youdou.bsky.social•67 days ago

Oh shit I just realized he’s probably more dangerous when he isn’t drunk.

cybermindgrrl.bsky.social•67 days ago

Yeah I don't think we've all sent drunk texts in the middle of the night. This is PATHETIC.

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

And even if we have, we know the difference between sending fgdbefbdbfdbdfbdfbfd & detailed life-&-death information. If I post my company's internal memos on Facebook, "it was an accident, I was drunk, I didn't think it'd be a big deal" only gets me *more* fired

cybermindgrrl.bsky.social•67 days ago

It's clear the Spin Machine is in high gear this morning.

axleblaze.bsky.social•67 days ago

The generation raised on South Park's central political belief

destrolisher.bsky.social•67 days ago

"South Park and its consequences..."

bozocomo.bsky.social•67 days ago

I disagree. They take pronouns seriously enough to burn an entire country down over them.

nickbpss.bsky.social•67 days ago

We’ve also totally lost the concept that people in important jobs should be held to a higher standard

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

We've lost the concept that people should be held to any standards at all! I've held line cooks & laborers more accountable. I'd pull my own teeth before allowing myself such liberties. If you're untouchable you're never truly responsible

spfhockeyfan.bsky.social•67 days ago

I mean, Trump said as much during the first awful term - “I take no responsibility.”

nickbpss.bsky.social•67 days ago

I agree although I think we have become crueler to people with less power — whereas for instance cops whining about being asked to do a “hard job” forget that that was why they were treated like heroes. That was supposed to be the trade off!

iratelump.bsky.social•67 days ago

All accountability has been pushed onto the lowliest members of any organization, or onto the public itself when even that is not acceptable. Concurrent to this, those at the top convince themselves that they're taking great risks and "the buck stops here" even as they delegate blame.

cheese93007.bsky.social•67 days ago

*White men in important jobs. Everyone else is held to to "whatever means we don't have to hire you"

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

That's also not being held to a standard. The whole point is that there's no standard, just arbitrary power & sentiment

ruthannd.bsky.social•67 days ago

Comparing a random 11 year old and a random athlete with the holders of national intelligence information.

stevennicholson.bsky.social•67 days ago

uhh think I booty pinged the launch codes 💀📲🧨
we good it’s set to self yeet in 7d 😎💨

benkester.bsky.social•67 days ago

Bullies vs nerds, part 666

incognotta.bsky.social•67 days ago

"We've all done this..." I'll never forget the first time I accidentally leaked confidential war plans to a reporter or stuck it to the National Archives by using an app that automatically deletes messages.

grozagarza.bsky.social•67 days ago

"relatable" has killed serious thought in the US.

filipspagnoli.bsky.social•67 days ago

Which step towards fascism is trivialising again?

obsulete.bsky.social•67 days ago

Come on, guys. We've all drunk texted our classified war plans to a member of the press, it happens.

Next thing will be people throwing a tantrum just because Elon Musk butt dialed the President of China during a secret war meeting.

paulamarieyoung.bsky.social•67 days ago

Careless people

carodjah.bsky.social•67 days ago

Just outstanding. Other topics to use this on:

Trump university a scam? Well who among us hasn’t taken a penny without leaving a penny?

Musk gets illegal kickbacks? As if everyone reports tips on taxes.

grumdholt.bsky.social•67 days ago

"We've all missed a payment or two. Why we should be more understanding when the Trump administration doesn't send Social Security checks out this month." -USA Today

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

"lol, lmao" is our only fitting epitaph

dukesu.bsky.social•67 days ago

We are at the mercy of journalists who went to school hoping to get on Fox News. NOTHING is relatable in this breach of national security. No matter how many 🙏🙏 of these they type.
JD Vance's hubris is of Shakespearean quality. Someone said Iago is the playwright's worst villain. JD sted Iago.

oligarchyditch.bsky.social•67 days ago

USA Today is only useful for sopping up a shower flood in a Holiday Inn Express.

hellscapenavigator.bsky.social•67 days ago

i wonder how much of this is just the final disappearance of the WW2 generations in politics. an entire demographic that had to take a shared endeavor with deadly seriousness and knew the consequences of failure. instead we have failsons who grew up in a long peace without personal hardship

cybermindgrrl.bsky.social•67 days ago

That's a very good point.

kevincarson1.bsky.social•67 days ago

They take it very seriously when Hillary Clinton does it.

chathamharrison.bsky.social•67 days ago

It's all the same game

saintedithstein.bsky.social•67 days ago

The problem is the American constitution. It was written by white supremacist slave owners and satanic freemasons. Unite church with state

fusspot.rip•67 days ago

Can't wait for the sequel: Affable 90s sitcom dad butt-dials top secret military plans to the Kremlin, SO relatable!

bohagrius.bsky.social•67 days ago

Peak “you thought i was trying lol no that would be cringe”

Joss Whedon and his ilk have poisoned the soul of America, cringe is dead, long live earnestly caring.

moosewithablanket.bsky.social•67 days ago

They were all sleep texting war plans! Of course!

jabberlope.bsky.social•67 days ago

I mean, who hasn’t drunk exiled a few people to labor camps, am I rite?

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