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Ted Cruz slammed for ‘join me in Cancun’ joke as Texas braces for deep freeze (www.independent.co.uk)

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Ted Cruz has been slammed for joking that Texans should “join me in Cancun” as the state braces for a deep freeze.

“Texans, with the freeze coming, wrap your pipes, cover your plants, stay off icy roads & keep your family safe. And, if it gets too damn cold, join me in Cancun!” he wrote on X.

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[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 59 points 7 months ago

I refuse to give any clicks to any headlines that use the word slammed or any derivative or synonym thereof

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

Unless it's a wrestling news website

[-] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 10 points 7 months ago

Or if it's followed by welcoming you to the jam

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Or an article about doors.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

Maybe wrestling news sites should steal political news sites headlines.

"Wrestler A CRITICISED for using unsportsmanlike move on Wrestler B"

[-] crackajack@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

Never click anything from The Independent. They're clickbait shit.

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

You don't like your headlines reading like a bop-it toy?

BOP TED CRUZ!

SLAM TED CRUZ!

SH**T TED CRUZ! (in the face)

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

SHART TED CRUZ!

[-] Kiwi_Girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Why is that?

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Have you personally slammed someone?

Have you met anyone who has?

What did it look like?

[-] Traegert@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

That's between me and my only fans.

I have actually met a couple pro wrestlers

Pretty fricken gnarly dude

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

It happened once in nineteen ninety eight.

[-] Rentoraa@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I think I remember that. Wasn't there a table involved?

[-] stringere@reddthat.com 1 points 7 months ago

They're mistaken. It was actually a Space Jam, and it was '96.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It was definitely an event for all Mankind.

[-] docAvid@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You know what "slammed" metaphorically means, here.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

But it carries no weight when everyone's "slamming" everything in every headline. Maybe be less clickbait and more informative.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

I look forward to the day someone uses this headline and I open the article to see somebody actually get chokeslammed

[-] docAvid@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

That's a fair take. I don't really agree, as to me, it is just a popular idiom meaning that people reacted negatively to something and either criticized it or mocked it harshly - I don't think it has to carry a lot of weight - but I do think it's perfectly valid that you think it does. That's not, however, what I get from the comment I was responding to, at all.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Greg Gianfirte has. Can we use that in headlines when we talk about him? It's accurate in that case.

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