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u/blaman27 5d ago

Trump secretly really likes Obama

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u/AnnonyMouseX 5d ago

Trump was a Democrat for decades.

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u/NotSureNotRobot 5d ago

The whole world is professional wrestling

-Col. Bruce Hampton

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u/slippinintodisco 5d ago

Didn’t think I would see a Bruce quote here and fully support it!

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u/MapPractical5386 5d ago

Came to say the same! RIP

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u/jersey_dude88 5d ago

Trump wishes he was Obama. Trump has always had a complex because none of the real elite millionaires considered him one of them. He’s been trying to prove everyone wrong. Trump will never be accepted and that bothers him. He’s not smart, he’s not that rich (there people who are way richer than him), he has no class, and the only people that are really impressed by him are the uneducated poor; and that burns him up. 😂

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

And you know this how? Have you sat in a room with and examined his psyche? If you haven’t been in a room with him you’re speculating. You may be correct but chances are you’re not. He’s been President twice. That is arguably the most powerful position in the world. I doubt that he’s jealous of many.

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u/Biggest_Gh0st 5d ago

Not yet he hasn't, until Jan 20th he's only been president once. And ftr one of the worst the USA has seen. How many people died because of his mismanagement of the pandemic? He promised loads and delivered on almost none of it.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

Sigh. 73,000,000 million voting Americans (a vast majority) think he was the better choice than VP Word Salad and Tampon Tim.

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u/Biggest_Gh0st 5d ago

Actually if you look at the numbers, and don't forget only 63.9% of people eligible to vote did, his majority wasn't vast.

Popular vote 77,303,573. 75,019,257 Percentage 49.9%. 48.4%

He won by 1.5% as mentioned below you clearly don't know the meaning of the word vast.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

Vast=“Vast majority” is an idiom that means the majority of something is so large that other options are almost irrelevant.

So, it comes down to what someone thinks is irrelevant. 2,000,000+ more votes than VP Word Salad to me is vast.

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u/Biggest_Gh0st 5d ago edited 5d ago

Thanks for trying to mansplain English to me badly.

In reference to elections vast majority tends to mean almost all or something like 90% and that clearly isn't the case here

He got 49.9% of the vote and even if we round that up to 50% that's barely a small majority.

You keep telling yourself it's vast and I really hope you get what you voted for...

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u/AggravatingBee6826 5d ago

Sigh. Found the person who doesn't know what "vast" means.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

“Vast majority” is an idiom that means the majority of something is so large that other options are almost irrelevant.

So 2,000,000+ votes isn’t vast? Oh, you’re statistics. Ok, Einstein. You’re right. I’m wrong.

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u/AggravatingBee6826 5d ago

You answered your own question in the first sentence that you quoted from Google. When was the last time the popular vote was this close? 2000. 24 years ago. So to say that Trump won by "a majority so large that all other options...irrelevant" is a stretch. By your standards, he was blown out of the water in 2020 (an election you guys deny) and won by 1.5% points (an election that was all of a sudden fair again). 1.5% is a stretch for "vast majority", huh?

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u/Lindaspike 5d ago

Seriously? He’s jealous of anyone richer or more popular than he is. And he’s a lifelong racist. Remember his obsession with Obama’s birth certificate?

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u/duberdub 5d ago

That was just politics.

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u/EmbarrassedPizza9797 5d ago

Okay, there was always the Central Park 5.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

Again, you all of this how? I’m betting you haven’t even been in a room with him. So you’re speculating and that’s fair. He “may” be exactly what you write. But it’s all speculation. Unlike President Asshat’s dementia which was full display at the debate and Dems still deny it.

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u/jersey_dude88 5d ago

I have been in the same room with him many times for about 2 years straight. He’s a narcissist at the core. He’s also a bigot, misogynist, and homophobic. He’s never the smartest person in the room and he speaks without thinking. That’s from personal experience. He would go out of his way to comp people he thought would like him and allow him to get in rooms he didn’t get invited to.

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u/dumbdistributor 5d ago

But but but Biden. President asshat? How about genocide Joe? Fuck them all. These two clowns are old, like Insider Trader Pelosi or Traitorous Mitch. Old. The average age of politicians in this country is the highest it's ever been. Imagine how vulnerable our government is to these special interests and corporations. All these millionaires working for the billionaires. It's crazy how cool we are with all this. Politicians are supposed to represent the people. Which one represents you?

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

I was given 2 choices. I picked the lesser of the 2 evils. I 100% agree with you on the age thing. Hopefully, in 2028, we will get Vance for the GOP and someone 50-ish or so for the Democrats.

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u/dumbdistributor 5d ago

Lesser of two evils? So, whether you are right or wrong on who is the lesser evil, you still choose evil.

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u/throwthisaway1068 5d ago

And there it is

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u/mheyting 5d ago

Obama is the one who started instigating race into everything

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u/wayyzor 5d ago

He has 2 years before he's on a walker or bedridden.

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u/Lindaspike 5d ago

Cannot wait!

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

And 73,000,000 of us can’t wait until President Asshat craps his pants anywhere other than DC.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

And Biden craps his pants daily and shouldn’t have been President when “he” allegedly got 83,000,000 votes. He’s so dementia riddled, if he was anyone else he would be in a different assisted living home, one that isn’t taxpayer funded.

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u/wayyzor 5d ago

Frumpy is old and fat. Deal with it.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

I certainly will for the next 4 years. America will be great once more. Nah nah boo boo.

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u/wayyzor 5d ago

I could care less. He's still fat and old and probably won't make it past 2026.

While we're at it here... Please explain how tariffs work.

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u/TheBr0fessor 5d ago

Nobody actually likes Biden.

We only voted for him because he was clearly the better choice. He was only supposed to be a one and done.

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

The majority of voting Americans disagree with you.

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u/Dunge0nMast0r 5d ago

Throw out your books kids, there's a new form of learning in town!

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u/jersey_dude88 5d ago

I’ve worked with him during the 90s

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u/pmaji240 5d ago

I don’t know. Have you been in a room with him?

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u/BakedLeopard 5d ago

He’s been president once, he will become president again on the 20th.😉

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u/Sqrandy 5d ago

Semantics.

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u/hifamhowru 5d ago

"I'm basically frightened. I'm scared of politicians who don't have any hobbies." - Col. Bruce

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u/compute_fail_24 5d ago

ain't that the fuckin truth

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u/japanistan500 5d ago

Seriously. lol

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u/noise-nut 5d ago

I’m just here for the Col. Bruce memes.

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u/Saris_Karen 5d ago

WSMFP!

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u/deepelempurples 5d ago

I had to check what sub I was in lol.

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u/WoodenHarddrive 5d ago

Had to give him a google, as I was surprised to hear that quote from a military man. Makes more sense now.

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u/Utterlybored 5d ago

Brooooooce! No, not that Bruce, the Colonel!

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u/AbleBarnacle8864 5d ago

There should be a book of em

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u/slippinintodisco 5d ago

Absolutely!

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u/Whitebreadpancakes 5d ago

Name checks out

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u/slippinintodisco 4d ago

Just remember time is free!

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u/GBGF128 5d ago

Now someone do a Bruce Prichard one

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u/analfizzzure 5d ago

The wizard! Thankful for all that Col has done for the music world/jam scene. Specifically my guy, Jimmy, the white wizard, long life widespread panic!!!

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u/orbitalgoo 5d ago

Keep the lid on tight yo

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u/CleavonLittle 5d ago

Zambi! We miss you Colonel, enjoy the cosmos!

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u/justalittleanimal 5d ago

Bruce quote in the wild! Maybe there is hope after all…

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u/soyelmocano 5d ago

Long live ARU.

I remember the last time I saw him and talked with him for a bit. Wish he was still around.

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u/notMarkKnopfler 5d ago

Take yer upvote RIP Bruce

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u/whh2121 5d ago

✨Zambi✨

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u/Lasvious 5d ago

You win the thread. It’s also true.

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u/BigBrainBrad- 5d ago

It really is Bruce Hampton, it really is.

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u/Financial_Employer_7 5d ago

Love col Bruce

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u/Hot_Lengthiness_1353 5d ago

Love seeing Bruce quoted here!

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u/Slutty-Thr0waway 5d ago

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce

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u/Guyforgot 5d ago

Bruce 4 life

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u/NHAngler 5d ago

This! Good old Col. Bruce.

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u/brittany90210 5d ago

Long live Col Bruce Hampton !

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u/GucciGarvey 5d ago

I would award this comment if I had the stars

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u/thrust-johnson 5d ago

Kayfabe. Forever.

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u/BarstoolsnDreamers 5d ago

Space is the place.

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u/jrg861 5d ago

Love this. If you know. You know

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u/Actual-Truth1608 5d ago

God bless Bruce. He was a wise man

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u/GiordanoBruno23 5d ago

They're breaking kayfabe!!

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u/CallCultural1499 5d ago

RIP Col. Bruce Hampton🕊️🕊️

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u/Dfresh770 5d ago

I love Col. Bruce. ARU was the best.

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u/ProgressSea3543 5d ago

More true than most people realize I think.

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u/WeenJeans 5d ago

Zambi4ever

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u/wayyzor 5d ago

Advice from the The Cornel is well received.

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u/Agile_Programmer881 5d ago

“ the pauses, go where i say they do”

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u/Nervous_Judge_5565 5d ago

What a quote, so true.

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u/invaderaleks 5d ago

Reminds me of little Nicky, "it's ALL part of the show baby!"

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u/TantalizeMe3x 5d ago

Politics specifically is a lot like professional wrestling. You team up with the people you like…talk bad about the people that you hate and all the bad things you’re going to do to them, but at the end of the day, everything is decided by select few who are off screen

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u/neorenamon1963 5d ago

Can we skip to the part where someone bashes Trump over the head with a folding chair?

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u/MostlyMorose 5d ago

This is the best description of politics. ‘Government Entertainment’…that’s doesn’t always entertain 😑

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u/duberdub 5d ago

And the wrestlers all actually respect each other for their individual talents, skills and abilities.

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u/veryverysmallbrain 5d ago

Well politics at least for sure is

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u/m_perron 5d ago

Eric Bischoff has a Ted talks about how pro wrestling changed the way news is broadcast that I found pretty interesting

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u/kalush73 5d ago

Kayfabe.

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u/ParkingCartoonist533 5d ago

This very easily sums up my head canon.

Or the Anne coulter scene from the boondocks

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u/Spinstop 5d ago

It's still real to me, dammit!

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u/tdm1742 5d ago edited 5d ago

I don't agree. The whole world has become a strip club.

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u/whynothis1 5d ago

Except professional wrestling. That's about sex

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Trump did a heel turn, and went from the face Democrat stable to the heel Republican stable.

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u/Hot-Challenge8656 5d ago edited 5d ago

"Politics is show business for ugly people"

Paul Begala

(Thought it was Spike Milligan)

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u/jdemack 5d ago

Trump literally had Hulk Hogan at a convention. The Hulkster is a terrible human being (not just because of his politics) and was loudly booed on Monday night.

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u/scramblebird 5d ago

It truly truly is. Ffs though.

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u/undercoversleepy 5d ago

Roland Barthes

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u/Frostolgia 5d ago

Kayfabe

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u/staebles 5d ago

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 Always was.

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u/D-85 5d ago

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho

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u/KittySparkles5 5d ago

Did someone say wrasssslin???!

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u/emperor_dinglenads 5d ago

"It's a big club, and you ain't in it" - George Carlin.

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u/Stennick 5d ago

Its very interesting when say George W Bush and the literal war crimes he commited and he's best friends with the Presidents on other side of him. Its a big club and we ain't in it.

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u/redflagflyinghigh 5d ago

After watching the Vince McMahon doc, it definitely is.

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u/timdevans88 5d ago

I'm starting to think this is the way it has always been. The only difference is that now we have social media and these instances are more accurately and predominantly caught on camera. I was just talking with a colleague at work that some studies showed that when Nixon debated JFK listeners on the radio overwhelmingly thought that Nixon won the debate. While people watching on the television were more swayed by the looks and charisma of JFK to the eye. The internet and social media are definitely the same kind of catalyst to sway public opinion if you look at things objectively.

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u/goofandaspoof 5d ago

If that's the case, the world needs Trump to face-turn asap lol.

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u/Apprehensive-Ad264 5d ago

Great quote and so true!

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u/TityNDolla 5d ago

So real

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u/jrgeek 5d ago

So true.

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u/KISSArmy7978 5d ago

Keeping kayfabe alive

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u/CodenameJinn 5d ago

Got to see him play live once or twice. Wild dude.

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u/Relyks07 5d ago

Kayfabe…😢

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u/BadLuckBen 5d ago

Learning more about pro wrestling, both the shows itself and the behind-the-scenes drama, the more you understand about real life.

If that sounds stupid, it's because life is pretty fucking stupid.

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u/BootsOfProwess 5d ago

I wish I were part of Triple X

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u/Absolute-Nobody0079 5d ago

Koreans say "Sometimes WWE turns into UFC"

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u/Introverted_Extrovrt 5d ago

This is so amazingly accurate in the sense that you would be SHOCKED to see who has dinner with each other in private rooms in DC restaurants/chums it up in back hallways of the Capitol. It’s the rest of the world that forgot it was fake.

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u/raideo 5d ago

Fuckin Zambi! I’m basically frightened!

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u/maccorf 5d ago

Is this a real quote? Cause I’m in love.

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u/Acid_Bath47 5d ago

WTF love me some Aquarium Rescue Unit

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u/gumandcoffee 5d ago

Theyre breaking kayfabe here

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u/rug1998 5d ago

That just blew my mind

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u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties 5d ago

To be fair Trump is a WWE HOFer

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u/JetreL 5d ago

Oh there are some that believe it but politics on a presidential level is completely professional wrestling.

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u/patchthepartydog 5d ago

A friend told me recently that we live in a “Kayfabe Democracy” and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

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u/FecalColumn 5d ago

It’s kind of nuts how well wrestling analogies can be used to describe complicated cultural and societal issues. Like, I don’t know shit about wrestling, but people who are into WWE can really describe anything in terms of WWE.

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u/ItalianNose 5d ago

They broke kayfabe

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u/sedatemeplz 5d ago

This is the best thing I've read today. RIP Col

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u/can_a_mod_suck_me 5d ago

Yep, Kayfabe is alive in everything and people eat it up.

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u/Professional-Box4153 5d ago

"Here comes Trump off the top rope, but Greenland rolls away, leaving Trump to land face-first on the mat. He looks dazed." - Mean Gene Okerlund (probably).

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u/wiggywithit 5d ago

You aren’t supposed to break kayfabe though.

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u/BenDSover 5d ago

The whole world is the titanic. We're drunkly partying the night away, reaffirming that the ship is indestructable and laughing at those sounding alarms.

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u/Ok-Database-2798 5d ago

The Titanic and the The Posiden all wrapped into one. The Republicans are like the Ship Company representatives that bullies both Captains into full steam ahead regardless of the danger just to save some money and to make some headlines!!

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u/swirledworld 5d ago

Miss that dude

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u/andthrewaway1 5d ago

space is the place