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It's a cute interaction for sure but it's frustrating to see this sort of "I'm doing my best to make our government useless" attitude from the president. A bet
by shuntress 3y ago
It's a cute interaction for sure but it's frustrating to see this sort of "I'm doing my best to make our government useless" attitude from the president.
A better response would have been "Sorry but your mother does not actually have the authority to declare federal disasters"
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- DennisP 3y agoI'm aware that Reagan maybe had that attitude in general but I don't see it in this particular letter. He mentioned lack of available funds due to an excess of disasters, and promotes volunteerism, which I'd say is a pretty important component of a well-functioning society regardless of how well your government is performing. Your "better" response isn't funny and violates the basic rule of improv comedy, which is that you go with what the other person gives you, instead of contradicting it. As an actor, Reagan was certainly familiar with this.
- totetsu 3y agoRichest country on earth and still there not enough money to clean up this child's bedroom.
- vidarh 3y agoI'm pretty much the opposite side of the political spectrum to Reagan - as a European left winger he was pretty much the bogeyman for us in the 80s - and I still found it funny. It's pretty much what people would expect Reagan to write if it had been a serious request warranting a reply. What isn't expected, and makes it funny, is the humour of actually replying and pretending to take the letter seriously. I think it'd lose its humour if it was markedly out of character and didn't sound like a serious reply.
- UberFly 3y agoThis is a strange take on a very light-hearted interaction. Non of it was all that serious.
- wordsinaline 2y ago[flagged]