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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Print photos of different couches and mail them to any or all of these locations:

https://www.vance.senate.gov/office-locations/

Don’t forget to add little love notes. e.g., “Thinking of you 💋”

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

While I appreciate the effort, mods are probably gonna get mad if you keep commenting this on every post. Some of the ones you commented on don’t seem like they’re totally about Vance

Edit: actually, the posts are all about Vance. Still, not a great look to post the same comment too many times.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Spammy commenting aside though, I do think it’s a great idea

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's a funny idea, but I doubt anyone will do it. Printer ink ain't cheap.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

That's why you fax it to them through an email gateway.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus, a huge number of printers (color laser printers, at least) include a hidden code in all your printouts that includes the serial number of your printer. That serial number can be used to find out what store sold the printer and to whom it was sold to. Odds are, with so many printers being on line now, they can probably track the printer down to what network/WiFi it's connected to.

Ostensibly, this is supposed to be used to catch counterfeiters and other criminals. But if you think our government is above using it to squelch public political protest then I have a bridge to sell you. If you print one of these up and send it to a JD Vance office, you might just as well be signing it, if you use your own printer. If they want to make a list of senders, they probably can.

I would recommend going to a store that makes black and white copies and send a copy. A black and white copy would not include the yellow dots in which the serial number is encoded.

/Yes, I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

[–] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Duh buy it at a garage sale then keep it disconnected and print away, or buy used from overseas. Lots of options.

I buy old retro tech maybe ill do it as a bit of a test. Ill set the return address to a McDonald's or something.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Geez, this is the 25th time they've posted this.

I thought it was a funny idea the first time I saw it, but this is absolutely not a friendly way to use Lemmy.

[–] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just kind of sad at this point.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

What’s sad is that I, and many others, sit here on Lemmy ingesting such horrible and depressing news about our world today — be it housing crisis, food availability, or any number of other topics — and feeling powerless to do anything about it. It’s maddening.

I decided that in my small way I’d make an attempt to do something about it. So, on every post about Vance, I would simply post a call to action. It’s nothing big or earth shattering. Just a simple political statement.

I am pleasantly surprised at the positive reception I have gotten (the upvotes and people expressing their approval through comments). But it’s ok if you don’t like them. I guess in a way it’s like the tide of beans memes that went around for a while — I didn’t like them myself, so I ignored them.

I’ll offer you this picture of beans as a peace offering. No hard feelings. 😊

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I'm personally grateful to see this comment repeated and reposted a lot and hope the mods understand that spreading things like this is one of the most important reason to have an interwebs.

Keep up the great work @dohpaz42@lemmy.world !

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This.
Except peeps at lemmy get upset and say, "I thought we agreed you couldn't post just, "This."!!!"
So, there's that.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I’ll do you one better: thank you. 😊

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I do appreciate the support.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

If that’s the case, I apologize. I’ll have to go back and check the ones I’ve posted on. Thanks for the heads up.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

....but it is hilarious.

[–] grandma@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't this guy fuck a couch? I'm just asking.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When you’re rich the couches let you whatever you want. Grab em by the cushion.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago
[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I heard he goes for large expensive couches. More cushion for the pushin'.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Many people are saying he did, but then some others have come forward to say he didn't, but those of us are just asking questions and want to know: "I don't know, were you actually there? How can you tell me he didn't fuck a couch"?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All I know is that a lot of important people and news organizations are asking questions about this man banging his couch.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is one of the oldest and most effective tricks in politics. Every hack in the business has used it in times of trouble, and it has even been elevated to the level of political mythology in a story about one of Lyndon Johnson’s early campaigns in Texas.

The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumour campaign about his opponent’s life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his barnyard sows.

“Christ, we can’t get away with calling him a pig-f****r,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody’s going to believe a thing like that.”

“I know,” Johnson replied. “But let’s make the sonofab****h deny it.”

Hunter S. Thompson, 1972. Politics never changes.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My guess is that Pedo Donnie will use Vance as a scapegoat when his campaign fails miserably.

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Doesn't matter, people who can should go vote.

[–] dvoraqs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He'll probably blame rigged elections for his loss. In his mind, he wants to avoid the idea he ever made a bad choice.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

The man has never recognized an election loss, even in primaries where the result didn't really matter. What makes you think he'll recognize the next one?

[–] Thrife@feddit.org 14 points 1 year ago

Man, this Steven Cheoung has some serious "you sure you're on the right team?"-vibes.

He said this about the democrats: “We’re going to beat the brakes off them, and there is nothing they can do about it.”

Does anybody else read this as "were going to make the democrats unstoppable"?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's face it: JD is just plain weird and creepy and comes off like a total freak. Like something out of a movie (or a book/show like Handmaid's Tale) kind of freak.

In addition - he looks like a total spineless jackass when it comes to him saying the convicted felon was America's Hitler, and now he's Hitler's VP. Imagine that...

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's face it: JD is just plain weird and creepy and comes off like a total freak. Like something out of a movie (or a book/show like Handmaid's Tale) kind of freak.

So, right down the Republican alley...

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe for their magabrained ones. Not too sure about even their normie set, never mind the low-info "undecided" voters that decide so many elections.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Wrong-pick Mini-Hitler Tries Hard As Obama 2.0 Makes Her Debut Unto Gushing Support and Praise”

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

“The fact remains that Kamala Harris is weak, failed and dangerously liberal, and no amount of gaslighting from her moronic, too-online campaign will erase her despicable record,” Mr. Cheung said on Saturday. “We’re going to beat the brakes off them, and there is nothing they can do about it.”

Could you talk more like a child?

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Stumble? He didn't get off the metaphorical sofa. He didn't get out of the literal sofa.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That’s not even his name either 🤣

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