That's the most draining part, I think. These few assholes get to insert themselves into our lives every single day, over and over again. Worst main character syndrome ever.
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In the news, or on here? On here, it's a bit tricky to get exposure to others from outside of the feeds. I think it has to do with the algorithm? Not entirely sure, I am still learning the ins and outs of the social media stuff.
34 years old, which means that Donald Trump has been a conversation point for a majority of my adult life and I hate it. I’m just so tired of hearing this dude‘s name every day for like a decade.
Few of these big motherfuckers are older than you. I gotta live with the fact that all the Trump children will outlive me if the cocaine doesn't get them.
You'll get to enjoy the terrible plastic surgeries and laxative commercials in their future
Well I can tell you about a cool dude.
Doug Hegdahl was a POW during the Vietnam War. He was knocked off his ship, swam for his hat and picked up by fishermen.
Listed MIA due to the sea, the Navy was like oops. Then left.
He was taken to Hanoi Hilton & interrogated. He was not trained for this…
He was also a lot larger than most POWs because he was a Navy man, not a pilot.
Interrogators didn’t believe him at first, but then decided he must be an idiot bc he basically fell off a ship.
Good Guy Hegdahl decides yeah better dumb than dead, rolls with it. He starts humming Old McDonald a lot.
Well Dougs captors were taking pity on him or more likely wanted his info. So they sit this farm boy down and try and teach him how to read and write English.
Yep. You read that.
Doug was “too dumb” to read or write so they let him wander the “hotel”. He would predate Roger Rabbit…
By using “shave and a haircut” to communicate with other POWs and gather intelligence. He also tampered with vehicles and basically menaced the camp while memorizing everything he could.
When Vietnam & USA started trading human lives in real time, Doug was one of the first sent home.
Can you imagine how it felt to walk into a room, & be confronted for war crimes & there is that supposed idiot Doug Hegdahl smiling at you & telling all of your secrets?
Yeah they didn’t like it at all.
But Doug spoke in Paris, and left the Navy as a petty officer 2nd class.
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I have come to the conclusion to become a billionaire you have to be a stupid psychopath.
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My old Millenial-boomer brained ass lol.
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Doug Hegdahl was a POW during the Vietnam War. He was knocked off his ship, swam for his hat and picked up by fishermen.
Listed MIA due to the sea, the Navy was like oops. Then left.
He was taken to Hanoi Hilton & interrogated. He was not trained for this…
Interrogators didn’t believe him at first, but then decided he must be an idiot bc he basically fell off a ship.
Good Guy Hegdahl decides yeah better dumb than dead, rolls with it. He starts humming Old McDonald a lot.
Yep. You read that.
Doug was “too dumb” to read or write so they let him wander the “hotel”. He would predate Roger Rabbit…
When Vietnam & USA started trading human lives in real time, Doug was one of the first sent home.
Yeah they didn’t like it at all.
But Doug spoke in Paris, and left the Navy as a petty officer 2nd class.