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[–] AlligatorBlizzard 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"Shot himself in the foot" is a metaphor in American English for self sabotaging behavior.

There's a strong argument to be made that the tariffs are the US shooting ourselves in the foot.

This is most likely AI though, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Most likely? The doctor has two heart ends of his stethoscope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It could just be one of the 19 new shows adult swim put out this week instead of a decent end to Metalocalypse or The Venture Brothers. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this silly shit.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard 2 points 1 week ago

Murica has five toes on his foot though, so who knows? /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I got the idiom, I guess that makes sense it’s about the tariffs. I interpreted the comments more literally than I should have lol.