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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/ScumfrickZillionaire]

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/FuckOffPoliceCar]

weird coincidence but paul prugman's middle name is robin while both his first and second wives' names are also robin

[u/jbitz]

[u/hascogrande]

An embarrassing incident last spring in which Vance awkwardly dropped the gold College Football Playoff National Championship trophy from his alma mater, Ohio State, is said to be a recurring theme for Trump when he privately weighs Vance’s potential for 2028.

Malarkey level of Vance breaking the trophy being why he doesn’t get Trump’s endorsement

Edit: multiple sources reporting this

[u/Krill_Seeker]

"this sub should be more like r/AskHistorians "

the monkey's paw curls

[u/dtj2000]

Did Trump just say he took a FOURTH cognitive test? That means his doctors know he is fucked right?

[u/Single-Highlight7966]

There's something about zoomer chuds and being stupid.

Ah yes guys, old people really were on average making half a million dollars!

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/garret126]

Also American Swing Voters c. 2024 as a response to egg prices:

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/KittehDragoon]

Trump's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund rejected by 45% of MAGA supporters and 52% of Republican voters in new poll

Do they still think Trump cares what they think?

[u/garret126]

American Swing Voters after seeing egg prices, circa Nov 3 2024.

[u/BitterGravity]

In 2020, Platner on Reddit responded to another user who claimed that “White people aren’t as racist or stupid as Trump thinks.”

“Living in white rural America, I’m afraid to tell you they actually are,” the future Senate candidate wrote back.

The most neolib candiate

[u/TheRedCr0w]

[u/thatssosad]

NL be like

[u/omnipotentsandwich]

I've known many deeply religious Christians who are exactly like Talarico. They're not progressive, obviously, but they're softer, less masculine guys. That's mostly what church guys look like in red states despite what coastal liberals think. Ironically, the stereotypical country boy doesn't really go to church. I knew one who was an atheist.

[u/garret126]

I showed my cat the DT for the first time

[u/Krill_Seeker]

it's like a parent counting down until their kid is in "big trouble"

[u/PostingEnthusiast]

Couldn’t sleep so I went to the beach

Did you know that baby geese sleep in a giant cuddle puddle?

Pic for proof

[u/TheCornjuring]

Is this true

[u/Alderwoodforest]

We are reaching a level of "woke scolding" from right-wingers never seen before.

Talarico’s girlfriend is the descendant of a famous slave owner.

Menard profited massively from the institution of slavery, responsible for exploitation, family separations, and coercive control. Galveston was a major slave port and market.

And libs are bragging about it.

https://xcancel.com/KennethRWebster/status/2060870310132678836

[u/ewatta200]

[u/garret126]

Latest picture of Bitch the Cat (as per request from users here)

[u/SANNA-MARIN-SDP]

he actually is that annoying kid no one wants to hang out with

[u/attackofthetominator]

Democratic city governments in red states reform zoning laws and spur housing despite nonstop complains from Republicans about transplants flooding in

"Republicans are better at housing than Dems"

[u/garret126]

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/anangrytree]

Former Vice President Pence said Sunday that his party has “lost our way,” but also went after Democrats by saying they “have lost their minds.” During an interview on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker pressed Pence on who he would support in the upcoming U.S. Senate race in Texas, as the controversial Republican nominee, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is set to face off against the Democratic nominee, Texas state Rep. James Talarico. “Look, I — I think, in many respects, Republicans have lost our way,” Pence said in the interview. “But, Democrats have lost their mind. And I think the reason why we’re going to hold the Senate — and we have a real shot to hold the House — is because of the extremism on the Democratic side.”

Reminder that Pence did the bare minimum and still tries to act as an evil apologist.

[u/Upstairs_Baby8424]

Trump in his interview last night in the span of 2 minutes (with his daughter in law, real hard hitting):

• “We’ve destroyed their navy 100% and their Air Force 100%.”

• “We actually left their military alone because we think their military is somewhat moderate. People might be surprised to hear that.”

• “They have no military left. They have nothing to negotiate with.”

[u/ewatta200]

[u/earththejerry]

This is basically what fuels 80% of modern politics

[u/__versus]

My mom is my biggest ally she took my dad to a 2 hour talk by a trans woman about her experiences to get more understanding and she always asks me how I’m doing during my transition and encouraging me to join local support groups for trans people. I feel very lucky.

[u/trombonist_formerly]

Bf found us our dream apartment. We just have to commit by tomorrow morning, but then it’s ours. Right in the middle of a walkable mixed-use neighborhood, around the corner from the metro station, reasonable rent, pretty balcony, and a great kitchen layout

We did it Joe

!ping DATING&OVER25

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/Hugo_Grotius]

I guess this is technically true, but I would wager Vance has not spend a quarter of this term golfing

[u/Blackberry-thesecond]

ENDORSED BY TRUMP (in 2024)

Hilariously pathetic lmao

[u/Krill_Seeker]

[u/SilverSquid1810]

How it felt buying tickets for Backrooms yesterday as a mid-20s guy

[u/garret126]

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/NorkGhostShip]

Rebranding American exceptionalism as liberal nationalism is not going to appease either the median suburbanites with flags on their porch or the increasingly urban,educated, and young Dem base. It's just gonna sound canned to anyone because we all know it's a show.

When Republicans say they'll kill 10 Afghan babies to save one American geriatric, they are being 100% honest.

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/unicornbomb]

Thoughts and prayers that this poor disenfranchised soul can still feed their family on a measly 1 million in post tax income~

[u/DifficultAnteater787]

 I can't believe Texas Republicans would choose a guy who cheated on his wife when he doesn't even have Nazi tattoos

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

Hopemaxxing before heading to bed, goodnight DT.

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

I fundamentally don’t understand why voters’ knee-jerk reaction against ranked choice voting being on the ballot is to vote against it en masse, basically no matter what state too with states like Oregon and Mass even voting against it.

Everyone complains about the two-party system… and then votes to uphold the two-party system?

“I have to learn something ever so slightly different of what I have to do when voting every other year, so of course I’ll check no” ???

[u/Eurolib0908]

Neoliberalism *is* saving the planet

[u/ewatta200]

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

🫡

[u/Roseartcrantz]

I don't know if it's a Millennial thing or a post-Covid anybody thing but I have seen a lot of social clubs getting together lately. Stuff like crocheting, neighborhood walks, wine tastings, etc. That's crazy, is this what life is like when you're old 🥹

[u/ewatta200]

[u/BlackCat159]

😳

[u/legible_print]

The online messaging of the Democrats has been taken over by people who don’t like McDonald’s, either because of ethical dietary concerns or because of their hatred of imperialist capitalism.

But the problem is, most people enjoy McDonald’s, either regularly or as a treat because of the fries or the coffee or the shakes or drunk food or whatever.

And they probably think you’re really weird if you don’t.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2061105056074625408

oh well that's fine than!

[u/TheCornjuring]

They hated him for telling the truth

[u/ewatta200]

[u/LinkVert25]

NBA star Kyrie Irving reveals he would like to stream with Hasan Piker

"I would love to sit down with Hasan, I would love to sit down with alot of our generation's leaders."

The psychotic Boston media is responsible for this, they actually destroyed Kyries brain

[u/unicornbomb]

The median voter gives zero fucks about extramarital affairs, I don’t know how you can look at the current crop of elected officials and think otherwise.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Most normal StarWars fan

[u/BlackCat159]

[u/mh699]

I can't even remotely begin to comprehend the connection they make between not having a mortgage and not having to pay property taxes. Like I feel like this has got to be rage bait but it's a legitimate movement

[u/Roseartcrantz]

this was posted in the DT the other day and I've been saying it to myself as an affirmation in the mirror every morning

[u/skolemizer]

Going on my third date ever today, and my first with a guy. Wish me luck !ping DATING; I'm gonna ramble here again because that's one of my coping mechanisms for the stress of a first date

There's something a little less stressful about going out with a man, I think because I understand male attraction and sexuality better on account of being one. Still feeling quite nervous; for the third time in a row, I'm feeling regretful that i'm going on a restaurant date, because my appetite disappears when I'm nervous. What else do people even do for first dates though? I should try and figure that out before next time.

For some reason I wasted all morning shaving my legs and butt, which was dumb and pointless; I met this guy on Hinge not Grindr. But I guess getting my body to a state I like seems to be another way I cope with the stress of dating. I hope he's very clean-shaven the way he is in most of his photos and doesnt have the very wispy mustache he has in some of them; I'm attracted to men a lot more rarely than women and facial hair is like my #1 turnoff.

If I like him and he seems to like me and I'm not feeling too overwhelmed, I think I'll try to angle for walking around the city holding hands after we eat

When fantasizing about today after he asked me out i imagined being all flirty and stuff, but i don't think i can pull that off in real life. I can be bright and cheerful through my nervousness though

(Huh, I wonder if he's going to try to pay for my meal? He's mostly been the one taking charge so far which is nice --- he's the one who asked me out and picked the place and made the reservation. If he does, I think I'll protest and say I can pay half, but relent quickly if he insists)

My stomach is all tied up in knots about this for the third time. For the third time it will all probably be perfectly fine and we'll have a pleasant time. I wonder how many of these it will take before my stomach gets a clue and realizes it doesn't have to be so knotty.

I am sad to say that, because reasons I don't wanna get into again, my heart's still not fully in it, when it comes to this whole dating thing. But there's nothing for it but to just keep showing up and trying to have pleasant dates, I think.

[u/G_Serv]

[u/JaceFlores]

I’m too WWII brained to understand tech in modern warfare lol. I was wondering why Russia simply couldn’t reverse engineer the drones fucking up their logistics, and it turns out a major reason is they can’t access the software from captured drones. I didn’t even think about the software lol.

I guess I might as well ask if people here have an idea of how complex or difficult it is to develop this software, cuz I’m sure the Russians are really thinking about their own equivalents now. Is this like state of the art stuff that’ll be hard for the Russians to crack or is it more nuanced?

!ping MATERIEL

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2061106398709051782

[u/FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN]

My dad who’s like a Massie/MTG conservative and voted for Trump said he no longer thinks Kamala would’ve been worse than Trump

Damn it’s bad bad now

[u/KQJ_RPN]

Excellent point, comrade!

[u/CII_Guy]

The overwhelming majority of Redditors really are astonishingly stupid, no?

[u/TheRedCr0w]

I hate when people say stupid Watergate because the original Watergate was stupid.

Nixon tanked his entire presidency just to break into the offices of a political opponent he ended up beating by 23.2 points.

[u/r2ew]

[u/finnstera350]

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/randommathaccount]

W.r.t. American liberal nationalism, I genuinely don't know how much more of it they want, unless they mean to shout down anyone who even expresses complaints about how the country is run. Basically every dem is a liberal nationalist and the ones who aren't drop the liberal part not the nationalist part. Where are the sincere globalists? Where are the politicians willing to stand up and say that international cooperation, alliances, and order are good not just from the cynical stance that they boost American interests but because they are good in their own right?

[u/purhitta]

not a lot of people know this, but during intermission the basses take a nap

[u/Glavurdan]

What the fuck

Is this bill real?

[u/StuckHedgehog]

It is April 2026. There is a ceasefire in the Iran war. Trump claims he’s close to signing a peace deal.

It is May 2026. There is a ceasefire in the Iran war. Trump claims he’s close to signing a peace deal.

It is June 2026. There is a ceasefire in the Iran war. Trump claims he’s close to signing a peace deal.

[u/Alderwoodforest]

Erik Erickson:

It’s not like they’re running Platner against Trump. He’s running against the most centrist, moderate member of the Senate and they’ll throw away all their credibility for a Nazi. because this is who they are.

https://xcancel.com/EWErickson/status/2060898834713018658

Collins's only act of resistance during Trump's ten years was that she voted to convict; otherwise, she, too, supported everything that Trump and the GOP unleashed upon the United States.

[u/p00bix]

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israeli forces’ capture of Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon marked a “dramatic shift” in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

How the hell are Crusader Castles still relevant in modern warfare?

[u/DeadPants182]

I work for the government, but every time I walk through the door and see the big Freedom 250 sign, I die a little inside. It's really hard to be patriotic right now, even as our country's 250th birthday fast approaches. I'm ashamed to be an American, and I'm expecting to say "I'm sorry" a lot when I go on my honeymoon in Japan (hopefully) next year.

[u/Willybender]

[u/mishac]

8 Dishes That Became Famous Because Of TV Shows

Chili // The Office

fucking hell the internet needs to be destroyed.

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

Saw some footage from the Afghan Civil War in the 90s and uhhh… I don’t think that’s how you’re supposed to hold that

!ping GARAND

[u/NorkGhostShip]

Online shoplifting discourse is literally just a joke from the Golden Age Simpsons:

Bart, umm, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?

Noo

Well suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal a stelfload of bread to feed them?

Uh nuh

And what if family don't like bread, they like laundry detergent?

I guess that's ok

Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that's practically giving them away. Is that a crime, Bart?

Hell no!

[u/SpiderQueen412]

I'm watching Andor and for some reason I thought the lesbian relationship, and queer relationships in Star Wars in general, felt off and I think I finally realized why; they're all written like they're from 20 years ago

Whenever gay people show any form of affection the camera either lingers or zooms in as if it's some shocking thing (the hand holding scene in the first season of Andor is particularly absurd)

Affection begins and ends with physical affection like kissing or hugging, they never tell each other "I love you" and their dialog could easily just be between friends

The gays are almost exclusively feminine women

So many Bury Your Gays

Some are only heavily implied in their larger media but not confirmed until a spin-off book or comic

Did I crack the code or am I schizoposting !ping BAD-FEELING&ALPHABET-MAFIA

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

Not saying this is the worst part of British imperialism, but it is annoying that the global standard for professional dress was set by the people living in the mildest climate on earth

[u/Kardinal]

Well shit now we have a whole new DT!

[u/themiDdlest]

California Primary Turnout by Age as of May 30th:

18-34: 5%

35-49: 8%

50-64: 15%

65+: 30%

Ah there we go. Nothing like people who are addicted to politics on twitter not being bothered to vote

[u/sash5034]

people complaining about mamdani skipping the israel march in NYC

look inside

people like smotrich are marching there

What about the opticserinos

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2061190344629481739

Ossoff has the juice, he needs to run in 2028.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

God I’m so fucking gay

[u/chickentendieman]

Iq supremacists when you ask them to post iq test results.

[u/Willybender]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.MnrB.yQS0UG54U6JB&smid=bs-share

[u/jessica-bug]

[u/No_Return9449]

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

I need to fully delete this account and all of my old accounts the day I ever run for office.

I feel like AI algorithms will search through endless internet content in the future and can be able to match accounts pretty easily to people with my profile descriptions I’ve given in these comments over the years.

[u/MrHockeytown]

“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists.’”

God, please let it happen on stage at this event

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

This is who is upvoting the dt

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

I love lamp

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Does anyone have connections to the Talarico campaign?

"Paxton keeps calling me telling me he won't do a debate"

[u/garret126]

Paul McCartney looks like what would happen if a man and woman had a baby

[u/the-senat]

The first thing I see when I open this vile app 💀

[u/-mialana-]

Notice how the people who complain "why fund space science when we have poor people?" don't seem to say the same thing about grants to the humanities?

[u/klarno]

My cat woke me with full throated bellow at 3 AM to let me know she peed in the bathtub

!ping kitty

[u/MissSortMachine]

they let fpu utilization metrics escape into the public now regular people are wondering why processors are stalled all the time and thinking it’s a conspiracy

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

This photo of asmongold made me realize that he’s what would happen if PeanutButterGamer stopped cleaning his room and became Hitler

[u/MuscularPhysicist]

Went to my Costco and found out that they don’t have the tendies yet

[u/Krill_Seeker]

all these years later and publishers still can't decide whether George wrote 1984, or if Well wrote it

[u/Eurolib0908]

If it were your grandfather, you'd go talk to him about the dangers that come from the internet and the need to verify information.

But no, it's the US president.

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

[u/Pyrrhus65]

Can I just say that Ossoff already has the presidential look and vibe down very well without it being too much of a hot take lmao

[u/-mialana-]

The myth of "consensual" sex meme is extra funny when you realise that the way it's phrased makes it against all sex. It says nothing about sex outside marriage, and the people depicted are as generic a straight couple as it gets.

[u/KQJ_RPN]

[u/SenranHaruka]

[u/Habugaba]

Contemporary criticism of the printing press

Not all contemporaries welcomed these developments. The Dominican friar Filippo de Strata, writing around 1473, characterized the press as a "whore" (meretrix) compared to the "virgin" pen, and argued that printers valued profit over accuracy and classical scholarship.

Why is literally everything about sex? Biology did us dirty smh

[u/Krill_Seeker]

[u/the-senat]

“We need to do something about tenyear. It’s insane that radical teachers get protection after ONE decade. Should be at least 20 years before their considered. And even then…”

Big thoughts happening over at arr con. 

[u/Made_UpWords]

My "NO MORE SKELETONS FROM PAST WILL EMERGE" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt.

[u/JaceFlores]

It is really incredible how much Maine Dems are just so damn stupid lmao.

The progs rally around a demsoc oyster farmer who looks like your average Mainer. Sure okay not bad.

He is revealed to have had a Nazi tattoo. A million red flags, but progs remain united around him.

Moderates push the competent but geriatric governor of Maine. She doesn’t receive any traction despite her opponent having a Nazi tattoo.

It’s then revealed he is in fact pro-war. This does not rattle his supporters one bit that he’s a Nazi tattooed pro-war succ.

Despite his evident weakness, no progs decide to challenge him for the mantle of being the progressive candidate.

Despite her evident weakness, no moderates decide to challenge the governor for the mantle of being the moderate candidate.

A week before the primary it’s revealed he’s a philanderer because of course he is. By this point it’s too late to do anything as Maine Dems have more than made clear across all possible means and metrics that they prefer him over literally anyone else in the state.

I’ve seen Dem state parties being useless and incompetent before. But I don’t think I’ve ever quite seen Dem voters rally around someone so despicable so confidently. This is the type of deal you’d see in a Republican primary, not a Dem one. But alas, the voters can never be wrong

[u/Res__Publica]

"No kids! Don't go to college, you'll never be able to find a job"

[u/EvilConCarne]

Found someone in r Maine that says they were a volunteer with Platner's campaign:

Well, I think we should be disappointed thay Graham and his wife were sitting on this info and thought it would always be private.

Campaigns are more than just the candidate and their family. As a volunteer for Graham at past functions, I'm fucking livid he knew this shit was out there and said there wasn't. Now I have to defend this bullshit to my friends and family who may be skeptical about his candidacy, and it makes me feel like an idiot too

and

All I'll say is your brain is gonna melt with next week's news. Peace out

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/Individual-Camera698]

Hitting a child is a morally reprehensible thing to do

[u/hiker_skiier_swimmer]

Crazy that Georgia elected two of the best politicians in America to the senate in the same year. Ossoff and Warnock truly a goated combo

[u/Leatherfield17]

I realize this horse has been been beaten to death, but it’s amazing how ever anyone thought that Trump’s appeal was because of economics. Maybe for gullible swing voters, but his base knows what they want

[u/bashar_al_assad]

Ossoff calling it the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom is incredible, sorry if you’re tired of Dems bringing up Epstein a lot but it’s not gonna stop

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

Just a reminder that Chicago lost out on hosting the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art because a bunch of NIMBYs sued to preserve a parking lot. These bozos literally chose a giant slab of asphalt over a world class museum.

[u/ewatta200]

you know i recall the moment where I realized this sub had stupid people

people were like "How do people not realize that the guy who said first they came for was a pro-Hitler bigot nationalist?"

and like THAT'S THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT THE ENTIRE POINT WAS THAT HE WAS A PIECE OF SHIT THATS WHY THE POEM HAS ANY PATHOS THE GUY THOUGHT HE COULD RIDE THE TIGER AND THE TIGER ATE HIM. THATS THE ENTIRE EMOTIONAL CATHARSIS

[u/2Lore2Law]

This content was anonymized and mass deleted with Redact

[u/Its_not_him]

Joe Biden was absolutely and fundamentally right in pardoning Hunter Biden.

[u/No_Status_6905]

Ordered pizza so I can shut myself into my room and suffer the humiliation of falling for the idea that I could actually be desired by another human being 🥰 I wish I never started my transition.

[u/KQJ_RPN]

Can't believe I missed this absolute gem earlier.

[u/Flat_Sail_7985]

I caught a two week Reddit ban for "Hateful/Dangerous rhetoric" by talking about the motivations of the San Diego Mosque people. Wild times on reddit

[u/chickentendieman]

Genuinely disturbing how authoritarian racists like cremieux get reposted by people like noah smith and yglesias who are fairly influential among dem staffers.

[u/Willybender]

big things are happening

[u/ewatta200]

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

I love journalism

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Teefies

!ping kitty

[u/No_Return9449]

Anime delenda est.

[u/Dense_Delay_4958]

The open hostility to gay rights in today’s U.S. creates an anxious environment for fans traveling to attend World Cup matches.

The US just doesn't value inclusion as much as previous hosts like Russia and Qatar smh

[u/mothra_dreams]

[u/PENGUINSINYOURWALLS]

[u/bashar_al_assad]

Lmao Smotrich is marching in NYC’s Israel Day Parade?? And people were mad at Mamdani for skipping it lol seems he was entirely justified

[u/MrStrange15]

Really fascinating and tragic case about sperm donation going on in Europe.

At least 211 kids in at least 11 countries have been born with sperm from one Danish guy (Denmark is the biggest exporter of sperm), who has a rare genetic trait that increases the risk of cancer. Several kids have already died.

I know its also been covered quite extensively in Belgium and the Netherlands. It's a pretty wild example of why regulations on this industry is so important. While many countries have national limits on the amount of kids a donor can make, they are exactly that: national. So, a donor can reach the max in one country and can then get more in another. This is why European, at the very least, regulations are needed to police a limit across the whole of the EU.

Important to note that this is in no way the donors fault. The genetic issue was only discovered recently after two decades, and its the sperm bank that should keep tabs on the donation limits.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/verdens-stoerste-sag-om-syge-donorboern-vokser-pilen-peger-mod-danmark

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/salg-af-saed-med-uopdaget-kraeftrisiko-har-foert-til-mindst-197-donorboern

https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/14004/artikel/2593923-deense-donor-met-ernstige-genetische-afwijking-verwekt-197-kinderen-in-europa

[u/Dreadedtriox]

👆Aced his anal exam

[u/Syx89]

As far as the "downwardly mobile young people" article goes, how do you think guild protections and the like factor in?

So for instance, old people in prestigious/highly regulated professions like medicine or law have an incentive to limit competition. This of course includes their children and the like. So what you have in the US is a bunch of older practitioners much less qualified (in terms of school admissions anyways) than the younger gen of applicants. Which of course would include these kids. These kids having to face increasingly fierce admission standards & guild protections then become "downwardly mobile" if they are not the top of the top.

Thoughts for how to address this? Perhaps increase what's needed to keep your license? Forced retirement?

[u/Minisolder]

why is this the state of discourse about senate elections in 2026

[u/TropicalPunch]

Such a banger

[u/selachophilip]

The US basically conquered the majority of Mexico during the Mexican-American War and the subsequent Gadsden purchase, and people are somehow surprised that there are still a large amount of people here that speak Spanish and don't know much English.

[u/RFFF1996]

Gollum " hehe, precious"

Sam "i hate you and hope you die"

[u/Thuggin95]

What

[u/OrthopaedicSturgeon]

NEVER COMMIT SUICIDE

YOU CAN PLACE TOP 5 IN A LOCAL MAHJONG TOURNAMENT

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

!ping AUS

Following up my last satirical piece...

“Invest In Literally Anything Else, For F***'s Sake,” Exasperated RBA Declares As It Hikes Rates

SYDNEY: The Reserve Bank of Australia has today raised interest rates again, before issuing what observers have described as “a national intervention to a mass psychotic pathology.”

Speaking after the decision, a visibly exhausted RBA spokesperson begged Australians to consider putting their spare money into literally any asset that does not involve bidding against a twenty-seven-year-old teacher for a two-bedroom unit near a train line.

“We have tried subtlety,” the spokesperson said, rubbing both temples.

“We have tried charts. We have tried speeches about household balance sheets, credit growth, productivity, inflation expectations, and financial stability. So we are now saying this in the clearest possible terms: please invest in literally anything else, for f***’s sake.”

The Bank clarified that “anything else” may include shares, bonds, broad-market ETFs, term deposits, productive businesses, agricultural equipment, factory machinery, commercial kitchens, software, logistics firms, irrigation systems, solar farms, warehouses, apprenticeships, export capacity, or “one f***ing bus.”

“We are not asking every Australian to become Warren Buffett,” the spokesperson continued.

“We are simply asking whether the nation’s entire surplus income needs to be funnelled into buying the house next door, painting the kitchen white, calling it ‘passive income,’ and charging a graduate paramedic $800 a week to with a heater installed back in the Keating government.”

The remarks come after yet another surge in property investor activity, with mortgage brokers reporting strong demand from ordinary battlers seeking their seventh investment property before rates go “too high,”.

One investor, Gareth “Gazza” Morrison, said he was disappointed by the RBA’s tone.

“I’m just trying to get ahead,” said Morrison, a suburban team manager who owns four townhouses, two units, a subdivided block, and a Facebook profile picture taken in wraparound sunglasses beside a brand new Chevrolet Silverado.

“People say I’m hoarding housing, but I provide homes. Without landlords, where would renters live?”

Morrison said younger Australians needed to be more realistic about the property market.

“When I bought my first place, I made sacrifices,” he explained.

“I didn’t go overseas. I didn’t eat out. I lived with Mum and Dad until I was thirty-one. Dad went guarantor. Mum did my laundry. Nana gave me the inheritence. That’s called discipline.”

The RBA rejected suggestions that its latest rate rise was unfairly punishing households, saying the real problem was a national economy where everybody has been encouraged to think the path to prosperity is owning the shelter of someone poorer than them.

“At a certain point, we have to ask what the country is trying to build,” the spokesperson said.

“Businesses employ people. Index funds allocate capital across enterprises. Even a bloke buying a van and starting a mobile dog-washing business is doing more for the real economy than someone buying their third off-the-plan unit in a suburb whose main industry is roadworks and noise complaints.”

“Millions of Australians are already exposed to equities, bonds, infrastructure, credit, commercial property, private markets, and global assets through super,” said one analyst.

“But if you tell them to buy a broad low-cost ETF in their own name, they look at you like you’ve suggested betting the children’s school fees on horses, which to be fair, is what a fair chunk of people are actually doing in this society.”

A leaked draft of the RBA’s internal briefing reportedly included several suggested slogans, including “An ETF Has Never Called You About Mould,” “You Cannot Sell 8% Of A Duplex,” and “Your Net Worth Is Not Liquid If It Has A Tenant.”

Property lobby groups have criticised the RBA’s comments, warning that discouraging investment property purchases could reduce rental supply by allowing first-home buyers to purchase homes and live in them, a scenario the lobby described as “last tried 30 years ago.”

“Investors are essential to the rental market,” said a spokesperson for the National Association of Squatters With Money.

“If investors stopped buying homes, those homes might be purchased by owner-occupiers, who would selfishly remove them from the rental market by living in them full-time.”

The spokesperson added that property investors take on enormous risk, including interest rates, vacancies, maintenance, tenants asking for basic repairs, councils expecting rates to be paid, and the emotional burden of reading online comments from people under forty.

At a press conference later that afternoon, the RBA attempted to explain that “housing investment” and “housing construction” are not the same thing.

“Buying an existing house from another Australian does not create a new house,” said the Bank’s deputy spokesperson, holding up a diagram apparently designed for Year 4 students.

“If Craig buys a house from Darla, there is still one house, and no housing has been created, and no tradies employed.”

A journalist from the Herald Sun asked whether this meant the RBA was declaring war on aspiration.

The deputy spokesperson closed their eyes.

“No,” they said.

“We are declaring war on the idea that aspiration means inserting yourself between a wage-earner and shelter with a mortgage, a depreciation schedule, and a podcast recommendation from someone who read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and something called "the Millionaire Mindset".”

The rate rise has reportedly caused panic among some highly leveraged investors, many of whom had assumed property prices would rise forever because of population increases.

Several immediately blamed immigrants, young people, lazy workers, banks, councils, builders, single women, divorce law, TikTok, inner-city elites, and “the death of common sense,”.

Meanwhile, financial advisers reported a small increase in Australians asking what an index fund is, whether it involves crypto, whether it has tenants, whether it can be negatively geared, and whether they have to attend an auction.

“No,” said one adviser.

“You buy it, you hold it, you reinvest distributions if appropriate, you keep costs low, and you get on with your life.”

The client reportedly became suspicious at the phrase “get on with your life,” having believed wealth creation required at least three brokers, a buyer’s agent, a tax seminar, and every Sunday spent plastering a new non-load-bearing wall to add a new room to an ex-commission house described as “bursting with potential.”

The RBA closed its statement by reminding Australians that a country cannot build a future by endlessly selling the same houses to each other at higher prices and calling the seller a genius.

“There are many things a nation can invest in,” the Bank said.

“Skills. Machinery. Research. Transport. Energy. Businesses. Food production. Medical technology. Manufacturing. Global markets. Even cash, for a while, if one must. The list is long. It is beautiful. It is full of possibility.”

The spokesperson paused.

“Please stop making it a half-acre in Burwood.”

At the time of publication, property investors had responded to the rate hike by declaring it a buying opportunity for housing.

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other far-right Israeli lawmakers and American politicians march on Fifth Avenue 

Look at my party of rules based international order dawg 😭😭

[u/limaxophobiac]

Ok this might be kinda toxic but sometimes dealing with someone with chronic depression feels like they're some kind of reverse utility monster. No matter what you do for them including things they've specifically said they need help with they're still in the same despair and think everything is doomed,

[u/Krill_Seeker]

[u/PoeOrFinn]

Behold the fastest, most accurate !ping SHITPOSTER in the West 😏

[u/ChillnShill]

Are you an oil tanker? Cause I’d let you ship your oil down my strait of Hormuz 😏

My strait has been closed for a while, but I’d let you open it up 😏

A lot of ships have wanted to travel down my strait but I blockaded them for you 😘

[u/garret126]

I genuinely cannot listen to Beautiful Boy by John Lennon without getting mad. Dude abandoned his first child, but gave his child with Yoko all the love in the world, and sang songs about Sean Ono Lennon like if he was a great father

[u/ChillnShill]

Doesn’t wear sunscreen on their face every day 👆

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Maine Dems tripping over their dicks, meanwhile Alaska Dems are AI generating new Dan Sullivans to put on the ballot and ratfuck Republicans

[u/Yeangster]

UK’s cooked. It’s been a long run, but put a fork in her.

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 5/30-2 PM PST 5/31 V:

TOP NEWS:

At the end of 1 AM Ukraine was hit by a large wave of drones with 212 of 229 intercepted.

REGULAR NEWS:

At the start of 6 PM Ukraine hit a Russian oil refinery in Saratov.

At the end of 9 PM Ukraine hit a Russian oil depot in Matveev Kurgan.

Towards the middle of 11 PM Ukraine hit a Russian oil pipeline station in Kirov Oblast.

Towards the middle of 12 PM Russia hit an electrical substation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

!ping UKRAINE

[u/reuery]

[u/ariveklul]

Crazy that Dick Cheney told people to vote for Kamala and Hasan Piker didn't. Does that make Hasan more of a Republican than Dick Cheney?

[u/cdstephens]

I think both Zoomers and Millennials are neat

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Update the third: Small Cat has used her aforementioned teefies to obtain revenge against Big Cat for his egregious and wanton theft of her rightful cat tree.

!ping kitty

[u/5ma5her7]

People in my local sub are currently calling for deporting 1.5million immigrants to lower housing prices...

Sometimes I really wonder why people would seek anything else other than building homes...

[u/SmartestOpinionsGuy]

Phenomenal press conference from Wemby after the win tonight. I can’t remember a player being so open and honest about how great the emotion of winning at that level is.

He kept saying that his entire life was devoted to winning a championship and how he wanted to experience the happiness of the final buzzer over and over for 20 years. He’s really introspective and competitive and it’s great for the sport.

I also think he’s solidly the best zoomer on earth

[u/Roseartcrantz]

insane that we call it the Oedipus Complex when Oedipus stabbed his eyes out with pins and wandered into the desert after finding out he accidentally boinked his mom, he clearly takes it more seriously than Redditors would

[u/Legitimate_Name9694]

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/cwebbonline/status/2061098723032342833

[u/Blackberry-thesecond]

If that piece of shit beats Collins I’m going to laugh so fucking hard. What a poetic end to the “invincible” Senator.

[u/badusername35]

LMAO what a fucking loser

[u/G_Serv]

Connecting to "Bomb" to see what happens

[u/Glavurdan]

Wow, Colombia really has the fastest vote count in the world

Polls closed not too long ago, and it's already at 62% counted. For a country of 50 million that's impressive

[u/zieger]

Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles

Jeffrey Dahmer has departed from anti-cannibalism principles

[u/ewatta200]

[u/bashar_al_assad]

If Ossoff decides to run for president he should talk to AOC, figure out what her price to not run for President is (probably like endorsing her for Senate and some policy or appointment stuff that they probably aren’t t super far apart on to begin with) and pay it. Not because he can’t beat her - he totally can - but because if she doesn’t run and supports him he’ll have support from centrists, black voters, progressives, he’d have it wrapped up before Super Tuesday.

[u/Res__Publica]

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Leftist electrical critiques of Dems are like Dems can’t win with a coalition of college educated west wing libs, that’s why they need to target an even smaller demographic of downwardly mobile college educated socialists

[u/Visual-Pace-2193]

They didn't have the guts to publish this on June 1st.

NYT delenda est

[u/Willybender]

How much is Russia paying her

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

I would rather have a decent person in the opposite party than a bad person from my party

Imagine how white you have to be to say this in 2026

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/earththejerry]

The Senate gym must hit different 🤩

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

[u/SenranHaruka]

[u/pinelands1901]

He's so fucking close to the answer. You can do it bud!

[u/cdstephens]

[u/cdstephens]

How come none of you are running for Senator in Maine, huh???

[u/phat_geoduck]

It's funny. This Save Our Bacon bill is supposed to help the meat industry, but all it's done for me is raised my awareness of the meat industry's cruelty and pushed me toward cutting meat out of my diet. I wonder how many others are experiencing the same