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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

This "opinion" was discovered a long time ago: https://youtu.be/cR2KrJTvJgQ

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 44 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Lol I don't have tattoos, but I can do this for literally everything you have ever liked or enjoyed.

This is one of those "if you think something that doesn't effect you and brings others joy is stupid, you probably need therapy".

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

That makes him Reagan not Hitler.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, and at that point, both sources will be meaningless in the context of who the most hated president is.

They will also be meaningless because the same polls were not carried out during previous presidencies, so there is nothing to compare them to, nor was there the same information ecosystem.

At present he won't go down as the most hated President of all time in the long run, and if Trump goes down as the most hated president, during his time, it will only be because social media didn't exist during Andrew Jackson's time.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

or steal billions.

Yes, billions of dollars was funneled from the US government, to defense contractors like Haliburton, explicitly to prop up the corporations of Bush and his friends like Cheney.

He is responsible for over a million US exes during COVID. over 1.2% of Americans did not survive his first administration and died directly due to his ego.

I mean fair point, but his COVID policy was also a direct reflection of the will of a huge amount of the American public. Fox News has more deaths in their hands because of COVID then Trump does if you want to be honest about the origin of the anti-vax attitude. It certainly didn't start with Trump, though he was in a position to influence change and he didn't.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A historian 30 years from now will see them about the same.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly at this point this is the most rationale take I've seen in this thread.

I think he'll be somewhere between Nixon and Gorbachev, like you said, seen as a scumbag that no one will defend, and someone who made the world worse by breaking longstanding traditions and norms that won't get unbroken, but unlike Nixon and more like Gorbachev I think he'll be seen as someone who inadvertently caused American power and standing in the world to crumble.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

So this point will become relevant if the hypothetical scenario you imagine in your head comes true? Great argument.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yeah, that's why historians examine things through hindsight and evidence not flash polls on CNN designed to get headlines.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmfao, are you fucking kidding?

Do you not remember the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? The constant bombing of the middle east and the trillions of dollars wasted over decades?

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lmfao, there not a chance in hell you'd make that argument in real life to a real person.

They would mention the deaths at a single concentration camp, hell they could just mention the deaths from Kristallnacht, and you'd look foolish.

 

Business owners on Bathurst are running an astroturf campaign using AI generated videos of fake people to try and stop on-street parking being turned into dedicated transit lanes.

They claim they just want their voices heard, when in reality they're upset that others' collective voices are louder than theirs. They also make nonsense statements like it shouldn't be trade-off, when it inherently is since there is limited street space on Bathurst.

The owners of Summerhill Market seem affiliated with the group but are trying to pretend they're not, and the owner of Minerva Cannabis appears to be one of the leaders of the group, and decision makers behind the AI videos.

A little more info on Blogto: https://www.blogto.com/city/2025/05/bathurst-bus-lane-rapidto-toronto/

 

Don't buy those crappy plastic bag-clips to hold chip bags, flour bags, etc closed. They're unsatisfying, they wear out and bend, and they just add more plastic pollution to the world.

Instead buy more binder clips. They're made from spring steel, they're strong as hell, they almost never wear out, they can be used to close bags, as small clamps, as hangers for almost anything in a pinch, and they're amazing for building pillow / blanket forts.

I have some from my grandma that she bought 30 years ago and they work just as well as the ones I bought a year ago. The only risk with them ever is rust, and you can just scrub that off with vinegar, add a brush of paint and it's fixed.

Truly some of my favourite robust little items.

 

I can't be the only reddit migrant who often instinctually goes to a given community by typing /r/community, only to be 404d. If the /r/ path isn't being used for anything else, is it possible to have it dynamically redirect to /c/ instead?

 

The federal New Democrats backed Conservative demands Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take part in a televised "emergency meeting" on carbon pricing with Canada's premiers.

The federal carbon price is not the "be-all, end-all" of climate policy, and New Democrats are open to alternative plans presented by premiers, NDP environment critic Laurel Collins said Wednesday.

 
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