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Of all the memes done to death by boring manchildren like this, I think only Pepe has gone through a longer and worse dragging through the chud mud. Feels bad, man. kermit-pain

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[-] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't think the right realizes that this kind of self-conscious, attention-baiting, tryhard stuff gets them easily clocked as losers. They remind me of the uncool guys in middle school who always had their hands in their pockets because they were too afraid of moving them wrong, and would call any expression of unbridled enthusiasm "gay" because they resented not feeling like they had the social permission for similar expression.

[-] IzyaKatzmann@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, was uncomfortable in my skin and anxious most of the time and kept my hands in my pockets cuz I didn't know what else to do with them. Always hoped others didn't notice too much and you're shattering the illusion I sustained for at least a decade...

[-] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That in itself is not bad, it is that in conjunction with bullying others to sustain the facade to yourself that you are cool that is bad. Everyone does it to some extent but people like Elon never grew out of it or did any self-searching to diffuse their need for self-consciously seeking strangers' approval.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I've never heard of this pockets thing. Huh

[-] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's people uncomfortable in their own skin and always wondering where they are on the social totem pole assuaging their anxieties by pantomiming what they have seen cooler people do, edit: but mainly just by picking on the kids they felt to be weaker (even those with some disability) or mock any sincerity they didn't feel like they had the social permission to express

[-] the_itsb@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

uncool guys in middle school who always had their hands in their pockets because they were too afraid of moving them wrong

uncomfortable in their own skin

always wondering where they are on the social totem pole

assuaging their anxieties by pantomiming what they have seen cooler people do

this just sounds like autism, though I'm pretty sure "autistic = loser" isn't the point you're trying to make

[-] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I guess I should add that unlike those with autism they also would pick on kids less popular than them, spread fake rumors to make people pariahs and elevate their own social status comparatively, and call every act of unbridled enthusiasm by anyone "gay" as well.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Musk always reminds me of a guy I went to high school with that was something like a glorified ballboy for the basketball team, but acted like he was ACTUALLY a player

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

Poor doge.

Much sadness, wow

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Good fucking lord why is that the one he's obsessed with, that doggo shit was done to death years ago. And don't get me wrong, I was one of the ones doing it, but you gotta move on sometime

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

Pepe was done dirty. Matt Furie is probably the most disgruntled cartoonist of all time.

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Matt Furie is probably the most disgruntled cartoonist of all time.

Actually, I’m sure that’s not true.

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

Dilbert guy is definitely in the running for the disgruntled awards.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Crying and shidding out dilberitos while posting about hypnosis on the internet in between editing his book about a fart joke so good it killed God.

Just everyday normal dude things. Not disgruntled at all.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

This is the one guy who's allowed to sprey and pray with DMCA notices

[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

I unironically want him as potus. If he runs america like how he runs his companies the empire will sink at an accelerated rate

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

He would absolutely start nuclear war

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

People behave in strange and unpredictable ways when they are scared and nobody fears death and irrelevance more than the idiot prince of the internet.

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

he's no fucking prince

[-] dinklesplein@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

i didnt notice doge and i thought he was referencing the norman rockwell i-think-that meme instead

[-] OptimusSubprime@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

disgost visible-disgust kombucha-disgust margot-disgust

[-] Vampire@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

Mister, you are South African.

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

This man is a charisma black hole. You know how Sorkin and Mark Hamill are cringy because they're trying to be cool and epic? Elon doesn't have to try (and fail) to be cool to be cringe. This man is effortlessly cringe. He exhales and anyone not in his orbit recoils. So when he does actually try to be cool and fall flat, it's an automatic critical strike

[-] roux@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Not to sound like a libertarian but "government efficiency" for a state that basically perfected bureaucracy is certainly one of the takes of all time.

[-] psivchaz@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly, that's why it might actually be a good idea. We could use someone figuring out where the best places to cut bureaucracy and get things running better are.

That person just absolutely shouldn't be a delusional manchild or a "cut everything" style conservative.

[-] roux@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

What and get rid of 10s of thousands of useless jobs just to let the workers who actually create meaningful things actually work? Bah! Bah, I say!

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago

Balkanised flag in the back, count the stars.

[-] geese_feces@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

part of the government efficiency is getting rid of some states. cutting the ones that are dead weight, merging the redundant ones, selling some off to other countries.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Excuse me Ms France, do you want to buy Louisiana? Maybe you Ms Russia, i got nice and almost untouched Alaska here? Mom Brtiannia maybe you want some back?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

my-hero has been saying the words "civil war" over and over and over and over again on Le Epic X The Everything Except Saying Cis App lately. cap-think

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Oh God he's going to run in 28 isn't he

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Sure that'd be against the rules as written now, butt in a 6-3 Supreme Court decision morshupls

[-] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Hillary Vs Musk 2028 and the whole universe collapses in on itself cause of the cringe and we can finally get some god damned peace and quiet.

[-] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

so-true HURRRR MUH DOGE MUH MURICA PRESIDUNT!!!

this is the sort of infantile shit that is usually put to rest after secondary school at the latest

[-] Edamamebean@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

If the government is looking for efficiencies then you can bet the department of government efficiency is first on the chopping block

[-] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Poor people, you're all fired.

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah that’s a totally accurate representation of Musk’s physique

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, midjourney is getting really good and this nerd pays for it

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just a burned patch of rainforest at a time! this-is-fine

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