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respect
/rɪˈspɛkt/
noun

  1. When tourists from foreign countries stop visiting your country.
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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When Trump says respect, he's not talking about actual respect. He wants people to fear him.

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 2 weeks ago

Worst part is...it's not even that "tough guy, machismo, criminal mastermind" fear... it's the "god dammit, I just know this motherfucker is gonna smear shit on the walls and put his dick in macaroni salad at a Publix again" type of fear...

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think it's just tourism. I told my employer I wouldn't work on any onsite projects there.

[–] Blablablabum@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah me too. My boss did look at me a bit funny when I told him I wasn’t going to the US until I no longer risk being put in a camp for having a meme on my phone.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why do they always send the poor?

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The people downvoting you don't know the song lol

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I suppose my comment could be interpreted as "why are EU countries sending so many poor people"

I figured with the title it was just understood...

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also why so many huddled masses?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'll lift a lamp by the golden door.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump actually said that this week, complaining about why so many immigrants are from "poor" countries. (I can't remember his exact words) He said it when he launched the pay-to-play million dollar visa.

America will get so many foreign spies etc. with that program.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

I remember he used the term "shithole countries" in the beginning of his first term.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This made me look up the song text...damn:

Blast off, it's party time And we don't live in a fascist nation Blast off, it's party time And where the fuck are you?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

I actually did a report on this during a Vietnam era history class.

The assignment was to choose a Vietnam era piece of anti-war art, a song about war, or if we could make a convincing argument to the teacher it could be something tangentially related.

I chose this song, even ran the lyrics by the teacher beforehand, and halfway through the song he realized it's got gasp bad words in it and tried to actively censor it, which I thought was pretty funny.

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lol one of my colleagues at work went to the us on honeymoon and the whole department was like wtf?

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where specifically did they go?

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

first new york then up to niagara falls, then back to new york for a few days afaik

[–] plyth@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

like they've never respected us before

Judging by the graphs, he is not wrong.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Psychopath narcissists live in a self-aggrandized make-believe world in their own delusional minds.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wait, is that cunt awake again? Isn't it nap time?
Not that something fundamental like sleeping would stop this kiddie fucker from lying. The only way this obese orange buffoon stops vomiting his bullshit is when he dies. (Please be soon)

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

When we say that we don't mean we respect the Yankees. It means that our politicians are useless and bending over, spreading their cheeks to make it easier for the mushroom dicked orange clown.