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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Many horrible things that were preventable, happened.
But you know why what happened?

It was the very same mediocre electoral stupidity we see today, the precious, lazy assholes, easily-manipulable into inaction, who latched onto the murdoch/limbaugh/drudge report propaganda of the time.

bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

Wake me up in the timeline Carter won his second term.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Oh my god, I've gone back in time! I have to do something to avert the coming disaster!

Anybody know where I can find a bulletproof vest to fit a gorilla?! And a birthday cake?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 65 points 17 hours ago

what the fuck

why would you do this to me

why would you make me cry on a perfectly fine day

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 59 points 19 hours ago

We are in the worst timeline and that’s an inconvenient truth.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

different policies - no gwot for example - may have left nasa enough funding & mission flexibility to scramble a rescue shuttle for Columbia in 2003.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 82 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

You mean Clarence Thomas didn't put his criminal thumb on the scale to tip the five-justice majority in Bush v. Gore, which halted the manual recount of disputed ballots in Florida, effectively awarding the presidency to George W. Bush?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

ginny helped the Heritage Foundation in 2000, the brook bro's riot.

kavanaugh was involved in the shit show as well. funny stuff that.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I have a clear memory in high school in 1991 of seeing a newspaper clipping posted about the Anita Hill testimony. I had no idea how bad Republican corruption was going to get.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

Either that or Roger Stone, Joel Kaplan, and a host of other deplorable people failed to stop the recount with their riot.

I love to imagine the police actually doing their job and breaking it up the second that Republican Congressman gave the order to riot.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

It's wild that whole a full state recount would have been a Gore victory and we know what, but the requested specific recounts would actually have been insufficient to change the outcome.

RCV would have been easily a Gore win.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's the guy who invented the internet!

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

He never claimed to invent the internet. He sponsored the legislation that funded the development of DARPAnet.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Internet? Didn't know what you mean. But so much great content on the information superhighway.

[–] a_cuddly_fox@lemmy.today 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Where do you think the term "al gore rhythm" comes from?

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

Now I think Al Gore needs to drop some EDM or something.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 110 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Btw we sorted out that climate stuff while you were sleeping. You looked like you needed it, so we just let you rest.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 60 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

And social security is in a lockbox

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's not all great ..

Let's not forget the oil crisis. We have way too much oil, since all cars were mandated to run on trash.

And the glaciars are now on the attack.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

oof a new ice age would be awesome

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 38 points 21 hours ago

And we have universal basic income, paid by the productivity gains due to automation. Why don't we just spend the day at the beach?

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[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 50 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

😭 Why can’t I live in this timeline?! 😭

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I just wish 2024 went different. It's weird being converted into what is essentially a Russia level fascist state in less than a year. Dump constantly speaks about being the president that's done more than any in the last 100 years, and I don't see why people aren't believing him. We're not getting out of this hole in our lifetime. It's over. The highest office has legitimized double think, propaganda, lying, criminal rape, etc. We're cooked as far as bringing respect or honor to government goes.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well, we certainly aren't getting out of it in trump's lifetime.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Hopefully that's not too much longer.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 13 points 17 hours ago

"And who is chad and why does he keep hanging around??"

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 26 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

Trump makes you wish you had Bush back

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

Boiling frogs

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[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 12 hours ago

triple-head. thirty-inch. cinema displays.

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