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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Just make it so normal that people accept it.

And for others they can say "he's joking, like he was always joking"

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pretty much.

Anyone with half a brain cell knows that he is a pathological liar. And even worse than being a pathological liar, he's a pathological "truth bender". At no point is he lying, and at no point is he ever telling the truth. This gives him a method to worm his way out of any verbal snafu he found himself in. He learned it by emulating his sociopathic father, and he taught his children the same trick.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Are you sure trump isn't also a sociopath? He doesn't care if his actions kill people, or hurt others, really unless it hurts him personally, he doesn't give a shit about anything else.

That sounds like textbook sociopath to me.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We could spend all day talking about Trump being a sociopath. I've only got so much time on this Earth.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same, maybe we should do something else useful with our time. He spent 4 years living in my head, I don't want him taking up any more real-estate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

He's definitely a narcissist, but I'm betting he also has an unattachment disorder (which is pretty common in serial killers)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginningless time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light.

In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements, but the truth within ourselves. To bend another's truth, your own spirit must be unbendable, or you will be corrupted and destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 8 months ago (3 children)

One day is all it takes for a dictator to destroy a democracy...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In that case, let's hope he's an absolutely incompetent idiot who will fail fast and spectacularly or an old guy who will die fast, so that when he's gone people all agree that this wasn't a great political experiment and all join in together to rebuild the political system much better than before.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

That's definitely a nice thought, but you'd have better odds of winning the lottery.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When has the death of a dictator by old age ever defaulted back to democracy? There's a lot of people helping him, I'm sure more than a handful are eager to step into his shoes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Franco in Spain. Not saying that's a good plan to go with, but it has happened.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Ah yeah, I forget about him. But yeah, not a great plan.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

He doesn’t need to normalize it. Anyone demented enough to still support him wants him to be a dictator. The only difference is whether they can admit that to themselves or not.

[–] lingh0e 6 points 8 months ago

Seriously. He'll absolutely use this as an excuse to boot. He'll continue doing dictator things because his shitheel people will react so positively...

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel like saying you'll only be a dictator on day one is just saying that a dictator doesn't abdicate power, and a dictator on day one is always a dictator until death.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not always, but whenever we did the "lets put the dictator on a remote island" or similar thing, they came back, with a vengeance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

and burned down half of Europe in the process

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well no, you misunderstood.

He's only a dictator on day one.

On day two and thereafter, he's the Supreme Leader.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From day two onwards he's just a dicktator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And now you've gone and reminded me that we've got on good authority that he's got a dick like a tater tot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I'm so sorry we have to endure that thought together... again 🙁

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Any citizen of the US that votes for this bozo should forfeit their citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

they already forfeited their brain and morals, what's a peice of paper to them

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Did he actually say that shit? Please tell me he said that shit... He's hosed next year if he said that.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 8 months ago (2 children)

He did, and his poll numbers didn't drop.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Almost like that's what his supporters wanted anyway

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing quite like actively advocating for the end of democracy to own the libs!

[–] SpeakinTelnet 13 points 8 months ago

"It'S a RePuBlIc!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

With glorious applause at that. Cue Padme!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Polls are crap anyway... Lol

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Basically he's been publicly accused of being a fascist (he is) and a wannabe dictator (he is) so many times in the media, that it's starting to lose all meaning. He knows that if you repeat a lie enough times it becomes the new truth, so he's just word salading his way through to next November. None of his supporters care, and nobody who has been anti-Trump is surprised.

Sean Hannity: "You're not going to be a dictator, are you?"

Donald Trump: " No, no no, other than day 1."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Like a real life Futurama Nixon?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

He’s hosed next year if he said that

I honestly wish it was as hands down as that. What he said appeals to exactly the kind of people it was directed at....and there are so SO many of those people out there. Majority? I don't know; and that in itself is a problem....it should be absolutely obvious that a significant majority of people aren't aligned with him. But its not.

I'll betcha this ends up working to his advantage somehow.

fucking depressed myself with my own comment. I'm going to go take an Ace Ventura style shower

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

He's hosed next year if he said that

I mean no offense but, how old are you? I’m trying to figure out how one could still have that much faith in the US voting population.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, and the strategy is basically: the courts/activists/army didn't let me do what I needed to do, so I'll have to extend my dictatorship until it's sorted. Then it never gets sorted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Did he actually say that shit?

Search your feelings, you know it to be true!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

everyone jokes that Idiocracy is coming to life, fuck that, you guys got the Purge to deal with

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

It's only a coup for one day while we establish the dictatorship. After that it will just be the new normal

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

“No no it’s just the tip.”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

not a typical showerthought but sure

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Remember the Rittenhouse defense when push comes to shove.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fascists are why I’m armed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah dude... Same playbook for 8 years now?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I bet Putin joked that he would throw an opponent out the window once. I think it went well.. for him

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