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Takes century to bake biggest cake ever. Clown enters stage, applause. Clown throws cake to the ground. Audience waits for joke. Curtain falls. 38 trillion doll

Takes century to bake biggest cake ever. Clown enters stage, applause. Clown throws cake to the ground. Audience waits for joke. Curtain falls. 38 trillion dollar bill for cake. Audience is the joke.

penguin_booze 9mo ago
Audience did paid for the ticket ("vote") to the show, though. As always: hire a clown, expect a circus.
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago
  The bill was almost the same before the vote. A single vote or a single person decide nothing. The candidates were selected and the vote was driven where it had to be by those with real power over the the two parties, there was no real choice. What you see now would happen regardless of who the public voted for.
  - phs318u 9mo ago
    > What you see now would happen regardless of who the public voted for. No. If Biden had attempted even a tenth (or Obama a hundredth) of what Trump has done, he’d be facing Nixon-level approbation and possibly real jail time.
    - cudgy 9mo ago
      Biden caused much harm as well, but he was not as overt as Trump. Trump reveals it out loud while Biden (and most politicians) said it in secret chambers.
      - fritzorino 9mo ago
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        defrost 9mo ago
        I'm sure you could express that viewpoint without what come across as deeply personal swipes. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        deleted 9mo ago
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        Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
        I don’t know what could possess someone to say Biden was just as bad as trump. It’s self evidently false They mention that its self evidence but there is genuine evidence for this as well (which report do you want?) and its a fact and not deeply personal swipes. Your comment on the other hand feels like not addressing the main points of what the GP said and much more like a smokescreen to this.
        defrost 9mo ago
        Have you read the guidelines for this site (see link). If users, particularly green accounts, have opinions then they are encouraged to express them without snark directed toward the person they are replying to. My comment addresses following the guidelines.
        Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
        Well I guess its understable that you might think its snark partially perhaps because of the fact that they said self evidence. I do understand what you are trying to say but their point still stands in my opinion and if you want me to provide facts from real studies indicating what they mention as self evidence. I am more than happy to do so to have a more nuanced but still civil discussion. but also the fact is that most of such rules kind of (soft break) during times of chaos as such and I do know that you understand it as well. You could've also done a better job trying to explain why you feel its snarky as I had assumed that you are trying to show the rules in case any uncomfortable facts comes up (which I hope you aren't doing as my civil response might go to waste in that case)

Takes century to bake biggest cake ever. Clown enters stage, applause. Clown throws cake to the ground. Audience waits for joke. Curtain falls. 38 trillion dollar bill for cake. Audience is the joke.

penguin_booze 9mo ago

Audience did paid for the ticket ("vote") to the show, though. As always: hire a clown, expect a circus.

bigbadfeline 9mo ago
The bill was almost the same before the vote. A single vote or a single person decide nothing. The candidates were selected and the vote was driven where it had to be by those with real power over the the two parties, there was no real choice. What you see now would happen regardless of who the public voted for.
- phs318u 9mo ago
  > What you see now would happen regardless of who the public voted for. No. If Biden had attempted even a tenth (or Obama a hundredth) of what Trump has done, he’d be facing Nixon-level approbation and possibly real jail time.
  - cudgy 9mo ago
    Biden caused much harm as well, but he was not as overt as Trump. Trump reveals it out loud while Biden (and most politicians) said it in secret chambers.
    - fritzorino 9mo ago
      [flagged]
      - defrost 9mo ago
        I'm sure you could express that viewpoint without what come across as deeply personal swipes. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        deleted 9mo ago
        [deleted]
        Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
        I don’t know what could possess someone to say Biden was just as bad as trump. It’s self evidently false They mention that its self evidence but there is genuine evidence for this as well (which report do you want?) and its a fact and not deeply personal swipes. Your comment on the other hand feels like not addressing the main points of what the GP said and much more like a smokescreen to this.
        defrost 9mo ago
        Have you read the guidelines for this site (see link). If users, particularly green accounts, have opinions then they are encouraged to express them without snark directed toward the person they are replying to. My comment addresses following the guidelines.
        Imustaskforhelp 9mo ago
        Well I guess its understable that you might think its snark partially perhaps because of the fact that they said self evidence. I do understand what you are trying to say but their point still stands in my opinion and if you want me to provide facts from real studies indicating what they mention as self evidence. I am more than happy to do so to have a more nuanced but still civil discussion. but also the fact is that most of such rules kind of (soft break) during times of chaos as such and I do know that you understand it as well. You could've also done a better job trying to explain why you feel its snarky as I had assumed that you are trying to show the rules in case any uncomfortable facts comes up (which I hope you aren't doing as my civil response might go to waste in that case)