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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Back in November 2020, I remember some meme with text along the lines of "Yes, Biden won. Now, watch me not build a shrine to him on my yard or put his name all over my truck like a fucking weirdo."

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"And they shall bear the mark of the beast upon their forehead."

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who knew that it was stupidity that would drive that sentence to reality and not some overarching organized evil plan.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This has got to be fake lol at least I hope so for her sake

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

As of 3 days ago, she still has and posts about the tattoo on Instagram.

[–] Ixoid@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

This is a warning.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That's weird

[–] Quill0@lemmy.digitalfall.net 1 points 11 months ago

I looked them up. They seek any attention. The sad thing is their social media lacks it.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In Fallout 2 there's an option to become a slaver, which lets you make some extra money in the short term, but comes with a hefty reputation penalty with almost everyone in the wasteland for the rest of the game, since it comes with a "SLAVER" tatto on your forehead. You'll be locked out of some quests, some characters refuse to join you and bounty hunters will be harassing you. It's 100% not worth it, though it can make for a more challenging playthrough.

...

Not sure why I just remembered that.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Where can I subscribe to random videogame factoids like this?

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A long time ago, a manager called me into her office, and pointed at a report I had sent to her about the company's products. Her words are just as relevant to this situation:

"This is a career-limiting move."

[–] lady_maria@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I pointed out they were making product decisions based on fear of what competitors might do.

Imagine Eeyore, with diagrams and charts.

Minus the face tattoo.

[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Imagine Eeyore, with diagrams and charts.

Minus the face tattoo.

… I don't remember Eeyore having a face tattoo

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Well, he’s a donkey. You’d need to shave his face to see it. But it’s scandalous!

[–] 108@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A bit like carving the swastika yourself

[–] DMBFFF@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It seems that she's on OnlyFans, which means somebody might have paid her for this.

If so, I hope she was paid well.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I hope it's a really good make up job.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can’t believe a tattoo artist disrespects themself enough to agree to do this

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Money is money and a fool and their wallet are soon separated

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

its nice when the crazy people self-identify, esp from a distance. bonus.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When you got so many red flags, you need to make a new word.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

"Republican"

[–] Golfnbrew@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But no, it's not a cult...

I really don't remember any of this nonsense during Bush or other R's

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because they had no personality for a cult to form behind.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

W had his fake folksy persona and butchered sayings. That's gotta be at least as much of a personality as raging narcissism on display, no?

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but it's not a personality that people want to build a cult around. You generally need someone who's extremely charismatic. I hate trump more than anyone else on earth right now, but even I have to admit he's charismatic.

The other qualifier I believe, is that you can just unabashedly lie to your followers. Just look them dead in the eyes, and lie through your teeth. About politics, their opponents, religion, etc. Just lie straight to their face. Because you're going to have to. Nobody who's interested in a cult is going to follow anyone who's promising mediocre results. You've gotta promise the outrageous and unrealistic.

Bush had none of those qualities.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I just don't get how he is charismatic. I'm amazed people say this. At his best, his personality is oily car salesman (and I say this as someone who has relatives I love very much who sell cars) using vague generalities to praise himself or people he wants to boost. That's how Trump seemed to me twenty years ago. Now he's all that AND can't stay on topic for 15 seconds or answer literally any question without diverging into a rant on some other subject entirely.

Even his body language seems so calculated for "strength" or "power" or whatever. OH SHIT you steepled your fingers, I feel like I have to go along now, etc.

I find the guy to be a transparently awful performance artist at his best and a doddering barely coherent performance artist at his worst.

This is not because I hate his guts, this is just how he has always seemed to me.