Cross posted from Discuit

  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    The trump sign probably only came down so they could put it back up at whatever trailer park they move into. They’ll gladly vote for the next trump-aligned fascist. These people are incapable of learning.

    • 13igTyme@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yup. Realtor likely took it down because any political flag will devalue a house or turn away potential buyers.

    • Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      They vote as they dobecause they’re so impressionable. It’s also why there’s a huge overlap of religious nutjobs and Republicans.

  • zanyllama52@infosec.pubEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if this has been substantiated in any way. If so, it would carry a great deal more meaning to everyone.

    Either way, the whole DOGE experiment is nuts.

  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    It’s kind of scary that 3 weeks is all it took for them to list their home.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      It’s kind of scary that 3 weeks is all it took for them to list their home.

      The neighbor is part of the (in 2019) 51%.

      “Most Working Americans Would Face Economic Hardship If They Missed More than One Paycheck”

      source

  • rational_lib@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    The fact that this guy posts this on X with a paid-for blue checkmark tells you everything about why Trump won and why he’ll keep winning. The left has made almost no effort to win the information space. They just lose and then celebrate when some of the harm falls back on MAGA.

    How about his for a change: Win. Try to win. Stop kowtowing to right wing information propaganda spaces that stifle the left like X, Fox News, and Rogan. Fight them like the right fights the left in the information space. True, you won’t get to celebrate when your neighbor suffers from Trump, but it’ll be because he didn’t vote Trump in the first place.

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    How the fuck did democrats go from the party that hates misinformation to the party that believes implausible posts on a platform known to be full nonsense because it fits a cute narrative?

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      How did getting laid off during cutbacks go from commonplace to implausible? Are you taking the wrong meds?

      • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago
        • On Twitter, the site known for random misinformation
        • OP knows their neighbor well enough to know where they work, despite that not being nearly as common these days and OP not seeming like the kind of guy that would befriend Trump supporters
        • OP’s neighbor is one of the minority of federal workers who are probationary employees, because that’s the only group Elon has been able to really fire right now
        • OP’s neighbor simultaneously being a homeowner with a previously-stable job, but being in such dire financial straits that simply missing two paychecks results in a complete crashout.
        • OP’s neighbor then selling the house instead of taking advantage of the large number of hardship programs that would be available for someone with issues paying their mortgage, at least temporarily.

        Like is this possible? Yes. However it’s highly implausible, and conveniently matches the whole “stupid Drunpf supporters regret their decision” narrative that both Lemmy and reddit absolutely adore. To take this at any sort of face value without any genuine shred of concrete evidence is insane.

        • booly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          OP’s neighbor is one of the minority of federal workers who are probationary employees, because that’s the only group Elon has been able to really fire right now

          This part isn’t true. At this point, probably over half of the fired workers were permanent, from agencies that are closing or are implementing RIFs. Most are still drawing paychecks, but budgeting does (and should) change once someone is informed that they’ll be out of a job in the next month or two.

          For many agencies, these satellite offices often have monopsony power over workers of certain job skills. NOAA and the National Weather Service employ a lot of people who have job functions not really available from another employer, especially without moving. The same is true of NIH and CDC. HHS just announced the closure of several lawyer offices, and those specialists are going to have a bit of a rough time finding replacement jobs. USDA is a big organization, and have a ton of economists and scientists who would basically have to take a big pay cut if they’re laid off in this environment.

          You’re downplaying just how devastating some of these job losses are, by ignoring that many of these people moved to these cities in reliance on the job stability they expected, and downplaying the number of people affected and the length of tenure these people have.

          I don’t have a strong view of whether this story is literally true of this specific account’s neighbor. But I can tell you that versions of this story have happened to thousands already, and will happen to tens of thousands more.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    We really need a Herman Cain Award for Trumpers who have lost their livelihoods. I used to love the old compilations of dozens of posts only to have the inevitable “COVID ain’t no joke”.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 years ago

    Is “MAGAtard” okay to say on Lemmy without getting banned? It’s not a slur against mentally challenged people FFS, it’s a slur against MAGA. I think MAGAt is a poor substitute.