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"The guy looks like he’s trying to sell the mattress to the dog. This is brilliant. ",
"He does LOL",
"What are they really for? ",
"That's hilarious! ",
"How about cats?",
"\"To be 100% honest, it feels a little ruff.\"",
"They're samples, kind of like the little squares of carpet you can get at a carpet store.",
"Ok, but my dog sleeps with me in my bed, so...",
"That is one shitty looking dog.",
"Yeah, this probably wouldn't work so great with dogs any bigger than the size of a rat.",
"\"If it fits, I sits.\" -- Some big dog, probably",
"this prob has more cushion than some of the pet bed mat they sell at the pet store",
"Is this bed made of bark?",
"This is my dog. \n\nhttps://imgur.com/02psr01\n\nShe may need more than one....",
"I really want one of these for my cat. We have a bunch of tiny furniture for her, and this would be a perfect addition to her bedroom. Any idea where I can buy one? I'll google it when I get home from work and update if I can find them for sale ",
"!remindme 12 hours",
"\"So, what do you think?\"\n\n*BARK*\n\n\"I'll wrap it up for you then.\"",
"Somebody walk in with a Great Dane or some other massive dog. That way you can buy a Full size mattress and get a second one free.",
"Portable/Mini crib mattress. 38\" x 24\" standard size, they seem to generally be 3\" or 5\" thick. They're made for babies so they come waterproof but the cover is still breathable so it is hypoallergenic, antibacterial, and aids in the prevention of mold and mildew. Listing price is $59.99 but we are running a deal now which brings the price down to $48.83. [This way to check out sir](https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Me-Spring-Portable-Mattress/dp/B00BLY1L7A/ref=br_lf_m_e7zq4oyv7net457_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&s=baby-products)\n\nI would like to add that it is nice to see dogs doing nice things like this for their cats.",
"Portable/mini cribs for babies.",
"Your cat has a bedroom? Like, a whole room? I need pics!",
"Lol grotesque ",
"https://m.imgur.com/5mHk0?r",
"Give that dog a bath!",
"What if you don’t have a dog?",
"People aren't understanding the majestic and wild nature of your badass Irish wolfhound.",
"This place is totally a front for money laundering. \n\n\"I swear, most of our customers get two matresses. Some just buy one for their dog!\"",
"This would definitely influence my purchase. ",
"You accidentally put in a picture of a horse....",
"we get horse comments a lot... sigh...\n",
"I know eh? ",
"Your dog looks like one of them creatures from Bloodborne",
"But seriously, your dog is gorgeous ",
"thanks.. She is. That photo isnt typical of course, it just had an interesting vibe to it. "
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A mattress store gives you a mini mattress for your dog when you buy a regular mattress!
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"Back away slowly...",
"Is that the coin deposit??",
"Holy fuck! Dats her ass crack!",
"Where is this super hero? ",
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This bitch is hogging a fucking game at the arcade for hours...
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/r/pics/comments/7stejt/this_250_million_year_old_salt_expires_next_year/
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[
"what a time to be alive",
"You can thank the ass hats from New Jersey for that. It’s cheaper to put it on all containers than to have special ones for Jersey. ",
"Care to expand on this?",
"Most of the time expiration dates are only there to get you to repurchase the product. ",
"exp. dates on everything. ",
"The plastic will start to degrade and leach chemicals at some point though, which could affect the taste of the salt. Put it in airtight glass and it'll be fine until long after you're dead.",
"Wow, what are the odds?!?",
"I want to know what happens when the salt “expires.”",
"\"Uncontaminated\". Literally the only reason the salt is pink is because it is contaminated with other minerals besides salt...\n\n\nEdit: Yes I'm aware that 'contaminated' in the sense that they use it was different to what I was saying. I was more taking a jab at the whole unique amazing pink salt marketing.",
"Jersey law requires a two year expiration date on all consumables even if they don’t expire.",
"The plastic case it sits in leeches into the salt. The salt doesn’t expire, the casing does. Same with bottled water. ",
"All naturale.",
"This is why they need to make casings out of salt and bottles of water out of water.",
"You belong in a museum.",
"The plastic starts degrading and make foods taste like shit, so when it expires it's more for freshness of container ",
"At least 1 in 250,000,000 years",
"User name checks out.",
"What is the box is expiring in 2019 and not the salt",
"Better throw away the whole jar\n",
"That sort of salt has traces of all sorts of interesting elements in it, including uranium.\n",
"You really think that a plastic container will leech into salt in a year?",
"Someone somewhere does. ",
">Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals\n\nMy salt is 100% chemicals, thank you very much.",
" New Jersey law requires all food products to have expiration date within 2 years. Even bottled water. Companies don't want to track whether their product will end up in New Jersey or not so its just cheaper for them to stamp expiration dates on everything. ",
"Apu, time has ravaged your once youthful looks.",
"But seriously, who the hell looks at *salt* and goes \"OMG, it's near the expiration date!\". I have ketchup from 1992.",
"I am so smart! I am so smart! S M R T! I mean, S M A R T!",
"A salt is a salt. It should have no statute of limitations.",
"Tell em to stop leeching into my salt!",
"But not in New Jersey. It's still two years there.",
"*Formed by primal sea* is like the opening line of every myth I know..",
"...Moon pie...",
"My God, it really is the future.",
"1 year in Newark. That's like the New Jersey of New Jersey.",
"I've been looking forward to this",
"The salt wont expire till November 3, 2020. At least we hope it does. ",
"Oh wow. I didn’t actually expect that to be a real thing. TIL. Thank you!",
"That's au naturale. French for \"please don't butcher quotes\" ",
"Lucky we found it when we did! ",
"Is that 2.5% iodine? It's why we don't have goiters. ",
"Sounds like an as bump for a new show\n\n\"When Salt Expires\"",
"*mmmm*. Chemicals. ",
"Wow the ocean must be pretty salty about that",
"Or a shitty trailer.",
"Everyone just assumes it's awful for you.",
"You bastard.",
"Umm you might want to get new ketchup",
"Speak for yourself.",
"Starring Sam Worthington",
"Yeah dude. Look it up.",
"Bro. Brilliant. Make ice bottles that hold water. That way it's biodegradable, doesn't leech chemicals, AND it keeps the water inside ice cold. My man, you and me about to make a fucking fortune.",
"then put it in a different container that doesn't have leeches. ",
"Nah, if it's refrigerated all the time, I'll use it.",
">Generally, iodized salt contains 0.002% to 0.004% iodine\n\nI believe that salt mines result from seas drying up, so you get something like\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawater#Origin\n\nSulfates are the next biggest after sodium and chloride, and then magnesium.",
"Not to worry about the leeching. [Salt is now coming with plastic right in the shaker](https://m.phys.org/news/2015-11-commercial-sea-salt-samples-china.html)",
"we going to celebrate?",
"Obligatory \"the plastic has an expiration date where it starts seeping into the water\" mention\n",
"Do bath salts prevent goiters?",
"Only in the sense that bath salt zombies will eat goiters off of the living",
"It's not the salt that expires, it's the plastic containing it. The plastic will begin to degrade and can leech undesirable substances into the salt. It's the same with bottled water, the water won't expire, the container will. ",
"my salt is pure mdma and i have no more serotonin left. ",
"No wonder they don’t let people pump their own gas, state’s filled with morons apparently.",
"My old lady watches those housewives shows. They definitely hammer the point home.",
"It doesn’t have any natural preservatives in it either... like salt ",
"Hey, at least it's better than \"wala\"",
"Whew, just in time!",
"Would he have an expiration date?",
"About damn time",
"Sounds effective. ",
"What are the odds?",
"Probably better than the plastic filled salt we have today. I’d ingest some ancient minerals over the salt melded with plastic that’s coming out of the ocean now.",
"We all do. Some even have 2 years.",
"Here here! I hole-heartedly agree",
" RETURN TO YOUR STATE OF LIVING DEATH AT ONCE SIR!",
"Et walla! Speaker the double: the road to permission is paved with good detentions.",
"1992 Ketchup? That's nothing! I got a bottle of red wine from 1882... found it just hanging around old Grandpa's cellar. ",
"The protons decay.\n\n",
"What about honey?",
"To be contaminated means to be polluted or poisoned, I'm sure naturally occurring minerals don't count as pollution or a poison. So you are \"Literally\" wrong.",
"\"with au jus\"",
"Is that Himalayan sea salt?",
"The expiration date is for the plastic container.. Just like how water bottles have an expiration date. ",
"*adjusts glasses*\n\nGood idea, but an ice bottle would be very slippery for the user, which opens us up to liability concerns. I suggest encasing the outer surface of the ice bottle with something with more grip, like plastic, for example. Our newly developed Bottle Outfitting Technology for Tactile-Lined Externalities has undergone vigorous QC testing and should be up to the task. \n\nAnother issue would be refrigerated storage and transportation for the ice bottles. That necessitates an integrated cold supply chain that would be quite expensive to maintain. I suggest storing and transporting the ice bottles in a liquid state. Dave from R&D informed me last week that liquid ice does not hold its shape very well, but fortunately our BOTTLE^tm system has the added functionality of supporting liquid ice shape retention under ambient temperatures. ",
"To be honest I'm sure this is true if we use the literal definition of contaminated. It does mean to make impure but through the addition of polluting or poisonous substances. Pink salt is perfectly fine to eat, the pink IS an impurity but not one due to poison or pollution.\n\nIt would definitely be wrong to say \"pure salt\" or \"Completely Pure\" unless you say \"Pure Pink Salt.\"",
"Bone app a teeth. ",
"Shut up and take my money!",
"WHAT!? I can't hear you over how loud the Sales and Marketing is on this container!",
"Some of us have 2 sec",
"Is it still drinkable or does wine have chance of going bad",
"my fucking eyes",
"I'm also curious how storing water in ice would be able to avoid spills. Does this new system have a solution to that problem? I would love to have water on the go, but I only have 2 hands. So unless it's raining outside I'm out of luck. ",
"If wine is not stored properly (or has been opened) it can definitely go bad.",
"I dont believe NaCl bonds with plastics. Otherwise the plastic container would yield the same result ",
"no, iodine makes up more like 0.01% or less... the rest are various minerals, usually actually pretty healthy",
"Enough bath salt will prevent anything from being alive. ",
"expiry date: 12/12/∞",
"And can even go bad if stored properly and unopened.",
"According to [nature scientific article](https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46173#introduction) There are concerns over the potential transfer of water contaminants into sea salt after the crystallization and concentration process.",
"What luck! They found it just in time!",
"It's because of the plastic container. That's why bottled water has an expiration date; water doesn't \"expire\", but the plastic in the bottle will break down before water will.",
"I don't want any of your fancy-schmancy 'jus' but give me a thing of that awe juice on the side. It's not the same without it.\n\n\n-'Murica",
"True, it depends on lots of things like the variety and quality of the wine.\n\nLuckily I never have a problem finishing a bottle by myself..",
"Wow! They mined it just in time!!",
"Nothing really. There's legal requirement to put expiration dates on foods, whether it actually expires or not.\n\nSalt can expire though, despite it being 250m yrs old. Poor storage conditions can make it inedible. Though that has less to do with time and more to do with how it's stored.",
"But does food that doesn't have plastic container still need exp date? for example if you buy glass jar full of jam/honey etc? Or like flour that is packet in a paper bag? Or tins? ",
"...........salt expires?",
"When people say 'I don't like chemicals' the chemicals in my brain want to tell the chemicals in my arms and hands to create a chemical reaction resulting in strangling their neck, preventing chemicals from getting to their lungs.",
"To be fair, solid salt won't be affected either; only aqueous.",
"It’s the plastic container that expires. If left in the sunlight that’s the date any contents won’t be safe to eat due the chemicals braking down. ",
"Salt no expire ",
"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)",
"Not salf itself, but the Iodine. They've been mixing it up tô prevent that throat stuff (absolutely have no ideia about the name in english)",
"My condolences.",
"Looks like a \"best by\" date. Which is different from an expiration date.",
"\"Uncontaminated\". Literally the only reason the salt is pink is because it is contaminated with other minerals besides salt...",
"So transfer of such things to a glass container would render it much longer lasting?",
"r/CrappyDesign",
"I think due to Food Safety reasons they are forced to put a due date on this.",
"It becomes no longer useful in keeping demons out of your house.",
"yeah but it'll feel like eternity. ",
"A sucker is born every minute ",
"We all die.",
"\"contamination\" is added substances that interfere with whatever you want to do with it. If you want to eat it then iron in reasonable amounts is no contamination",
"\"Completely Pure Contaminated Salt\"",
"2.5% for maximum iodine gains",
"Man your lucky to have gotten that salt now before it expires! ",
"/r/nevertellmetheodds ",
"I still crack up with the millions and billions of year old shit. How can you believe that? ",
"Isn’t that best before? It’s different from expiring. It is best before 250million + 1 year ",
"Best before, not expiration. Quality degrades over time but doubt it would be noticeable with salt.",
"Ah, you're referring to our Secure Concave Retention-Enhancement Whorled Casing for Apical Placement. It's a cutting edge technology that bolsters the ice bottle's natural anti-spilling capabilities currently available on select BOTTLE^tm water products, but we've been hesitant to commit to a wider rollout. There's concern that this measure would offend customers with more than two hands.",
"It's pronounced gators.",
"https://m.youtube.com/watch?sts=17555&utcoffset=-300&v=rgfisT3DXZY&has_verified=1&client=mv-google&layout=mobile\n\n\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/miami-face-eating-attack-lasted-18-agonizing-minutes/story%3fid=16458696\n\n>When a police officer, who has been described as traumatized by the incident, arrives on scene, he is seemingly casually getting out of his patrol car until he notices what is going on. The officer almost immediately draws his gun. The cop ordered Eugene to stop the attack, but Eugene ignored his command and even growled back at the officer. It's unclear when the officer fired because the video is obstructed by a metro commuter train line, but it eventually took four bullets to make Eugene stop his brutal assault.\n\nI think bath salts make it worse.",
"They found micro plastic especially in the 'fleur de sel' salt. That is the sea salt that crystallizes on top and is scooped of. See here: https://independent.ng/german-researchers-find-micro-plastics-fleur-de-sel-seawater-2/ ",
"But it reads \"Best buy...\"\n\nThat doesn't mean it expires. ",
"I heard we eat so many chemicals that some people are now made of chemicals too!",
"Straight from the Himalayan Sea",
"new jersey may be the shittiest governed state in the union \n\n\nedit: Wow really so many Jersey government supporters here really? you're all satisfied? Stop your effing tribalism and hold your governments accountable.",
"Depends.\n\nIf it's unopened and stored probably (at an even cold temperature, stored on side to keep the cork from drying out, and kept out of sunlight) it can last a very long time.\n\nA wine from 1882? Sure, drink it. It won't poison you, but it won't necessarily be enjoyable either.\n\nSome wines are meant to be aged - the majority isn't. Odds are, if you find an old bottle, it won't taste good - unless it was meant to be aged, a taste of vinegar is to be expected.",
"Sure we're all morons even though princeton university is here, sound logic. I haven't been anywhere in the world that has an asshole shortage, including New Jersey. It's not a \"Jersey thing\" it's a people thing.\n\nEdit: Bring the hate, we hate you too Jersey is the worst state ever, please feel free never to come here, the roads are full enough. It's weird how much I hear about how much it sucks yet I see loads of out of state plates every damn day, usually holding everyone else up sitting in the left lane and before you say it no they aren't all on the way to New York in fact every weekend the New Yorker's pore into New Jersey while still insisting that the place sucks!",
"Expiries are often times full of shit.",
"Wouldn't the air tight seal degrade equally as fast?",
"Matthew 5:13",
"New Jersey has more scientists per square mile than any other state, but yeah, we’re all just like the housewives shows. \n\nEdit: Lol I guess I’m in the immature part of reddit",
"ive definitely seen honey from local farms without expiration dates",
"It is the expiration date of the plastic, they can't afford costumers getting plastic poisoning",
"Its a legal requirement, obviously you can ignore it",
"TIL: The Himalayas are disappearing in 2019. On the 20th. Of some month.\n\nEdit: Only New Jersey Himalayas.",
"It's recycling.",
"Sounds like Jersey also has the highest percentage of butthurt in the country, too.",
"But in Jersey though?",
"Iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, fluoride, sulphate, carbonate, nitrate, and others too. But those are either ineffectual, or they're easier to get from common foods, like spinach, milk, banana, or meat.",
"I mean, in a lot of cases it is not really good for you.",
"The packaging isn't perfectly air/water tight, so the salt starts clumping together.",
"I think it's weird that the \"primal sea\" that was \"uncontaminated\" if it was 250 M years ago was in the midst of the Permian extinction the point where 90-95% of all life on Earth died. If that's \"uncontaminated\" we should take salt out of the lake next to Chernobyl too. ",
"That's easy when its so tiny.",
"That article is based off a very small sample size and shows a very small amount of micro-plastic substances which could be from other sources like packaging. Even the article itself concludes there would be no significant health risk.",
"You \"Literally\" missed the joke...",
"Liberals. ",
"They couldn’t have just done that themselves? Did they really have to cheap out on 250 million year old salt by putting it in plastic?",
"Very well ",
"And he's commenting on a post about salt.",
"Bone app ay tit",
"username shits out ",
"Is it Organic and Grass Fed as well? ",
"Makes sense. Who would eat 250,000,001 year old salt? That's disgusting.",
"Looks like they harvested that salt just in time, it the shelf life of the salt was 250 million years + 1. What are the odds....",
"My salt is 100% Overwatch ",
"It's unsafe to eat when the plastic starts to degrade. Same reason there's an expiration date on bottled water. The water isn't the problem, the bottle is",
"I don't think so. I measured and researched the amount of iodine in salt a few months back as a final school project and it was way less than that.\n\nWe need very little, but the thing is that we really do need it.",
"A security guard at the Musuem of Natural History told me that the dinosaur fossils I was looking at were actually 68,000,018 million years old. I said that is quit specific and he replied he know but started working in 2000 so it made sense.",
"Alabama?",
"We don't know when it'll expire, but we know it'll be on a twelfth of December ",
"If a scientist moved to Rhode island then they would be at the top. ",
"It was a good run",
"New Jersey is full of idiots, it doesn't matter where you go in it. Sure there are some smart people, but any time I go back I marvel at the accuracy of the jersey stereotype. I love my family, I love my friends, but let's be honest, the state is chock full of the reality tv show stars. \n\nOf course so is everywhere because people are dumb everywhere. ",
"Well that's no fun, but it makes sense.",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/6x35wh/250_million_year_old_himalayan_salt_but_evidently/\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/6nzxot/the_salt_packet_says_it_was_created_from_a_250/\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/4zk6bb/this_280_million_years_old_salt_expires_in_2019/\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/3j3i7l/this_salt_is_more_than_280_million_years_old_but/\n",
"earth is two thousand years old, those fucking unbelievers",
"Everything is 100% chemicals thank you very much.",
"What about them?",
"Ha got em ^/s",
"Now that's the dumbest law I've heard this year.",
"Vatican has 2 Popes per square kilometer. ",
"You don’t get the “per square mile” part, huh?",
"NJ being the most densely populated state doesn't factor into this at all...",
"You just proved his point; You can find idiots anywhere.",
"has anyone seen a block of pure salt being put into water? its a very cool reaction!",
"The scientists come there from out of state to work and study at Princeton, which the majority of locals will never attend. So excluding those, yeah New Jersey is mostly garbage people. ",
"The pink is usually due to iron oxides (mostly hematite), and often there's a bit of clay too. As you mention, sulphates are common (usually gypsum CaSO4), carbonates such as dolomite (CaMgCO3), and other derivatives of seawater evaporation. It's harmless stuff usually amounting to no more than a few percent. Salt can also contain hydrocarbons (\"all natural! organic!\"), though usually in trace amounts.",
"Quality degrades over time but doubt it would be refrigerated storage and transit for the plastic container will.",
"New Jersey is the most densely populated state, and is more than 20% more densely populated than the next (RI.) In order to fail to have the dubious honor of \"more scientists per square mile\", it would have to have 20% fewer scientists than RI.\n\nOh, and in case you're curious, if you look at scientists per _capita_, which is how an actual scientist would measure things, NJ is a solid bit lower than most of its neighboring states. Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, New York, Vermont... all more than New Jersey.",
"It is still just salt and have no need for a airtight seal to keep being just salt.",
"That's because New Jersey is the most densely populated state. You have more of every kind of person per square mile than any other state. Being a scientist just means you got a degree, it does not mean you are smart. You'd have been better off pointing out that NJ ranked number 2 in the country in education last year.",
"What are the odds!",
"\\#allSaltsMatter",
"Container will expire not the salt. ",
"Stupid lying soap.",
"Okay so many people are arguing that this may be because of the plastic, but for reference I have a glass jar of salt with 3 years to go before it expires. The reasoning behind the expiration date is not that some dude in New Jersey had a brain fart, because I'm from Denmark and we're not morons, at least not on this subject.\n\nThe real reasoning to salt having expiration dates is because it will solidify and become a goddamn rock if it's placed in a cabinet for some years. ",
"Now we know what happened to the dinosaurs.",
"We're all 100% chemicals technically",
"Solid Gold-plated Brass",
"> The real reasoning to salt having expiration dates is because it will solidify and become a goddamn rock if it's placed in a cabinet for some years. \n\n\nFalse. The real reason is it promotes sales. Plain and simple. You could just as easily have a manufactured on date and people could make their own decisions on when it's bad.\n\n",
"Lucky that they dig it out just in time!",
"They’re like the Derek Zoolander of drivers. Can’t turn left.\n\nEdit: I love all the jug handles defenses. It generally is about how bad that driver is at driving which is why jug handles were implemented as a necessary safety feature in the state with the dumbest dumb-dumbs.",
"4 and a bit, actually. It's only 0.44km² in size.\n\n**EDIT:** Since apparently I need to clarify this: two Popes currently live in the Vatican. 2 divided by 0.44 is four and a bit.",
"Aww man... I needed that for my steak...",
"The same nitrates and sulfates that health nuts swear are killing us all?",
"The contamination from the plastic container will reach levels to be concerned about in 2019. That's the only reason I can think of for a use-by date like this. i bought cans of tuna yesterday with a 2024 date on, so it's not like all containers have such a short lifetime, but I bet this one has.",
"Bourne Advil-Teat ",
"Yeah but when NJ is the second most densely populated state behind DC, you'd expect it to have a few \"most of X proffesion per square mile\"\n\nA better metric would be scientists per 100 000 people",
"It absorbs moisture from the air and gets clumpy.",
"It's easier for outliers to affect smaller datasets. It's why tiny island nations dominate Olympic gold medals per capita despite clearly not being the best sporting nations in the world.",
"Should I eat this instead of tide laundry pods?",
"It's a best before date, not expiry",
"r/crappydesign",
"",
"I always buy the overdue salt. Same for honey",
"Check out the 99% Invisible podcast on expiration dates. It's a wonder we can function as a society.",
"I've seen adverts for \"natural\" detergents which contain no chemicals. What the fuck is in that bottle?",
"uhh....",
"> I don't want any of your fancy-schmancy 'jus' but give me a thing of that awe juice on the side. It's not the same without _without_ it.",
"My understanding is that the packing expires, not the product. When the packing expires it may impact the product, though.",
"The dolomite enhances your 'bad motherfucker' skills.",
"That is the expiration date of the plastic not the salt. It is not like water goes bad, it is the bottle.",
"Well, now you're just making up facts on the spot.\n\nhttps://www.eatbydate.com/other/spice-menu/how-long-does-salt-last-shelf-life/\n\nThis source says that salt doesn't have an expiration date but it hardens. If you could link a website or anything that not only states your claims in america but also the rest of the world I'll believe you.",
"Just because Princeton is in New Jersey doesn't mean anything. People from around the country and the world go to Princeton, not just people from New Jersey. ",
"You done goofed boy.",
"I think it's you that's having problems with the \"per square mile\" part, it's not impressive when New Jersey is the most densly populated state.",
"way to contribute to a sustainable future Jersey.",
"But are they home grown or brought into see see what’s wrong with the water?",
"What about water? ",
"I've never seen salt in a plastic container before.",
"Ratzinger still lives in Vatican City.",
"Lol yeah the way he put it was the dumbest and most obvious twisting of statistics possible.",
"Correction: you can't sell this *250 million year old* salt after next year. ",
"HyVee sells sea salt grinders that are plastic. ",
"Can confirm",
" Bring on the tequila!",
"It could be because the iodine will expire and not the salt its self",
"[Adam Ruins Everything also as a good video on this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rZAT2GtmI)",
"I know this is a joke, but I assume that it's because of contaminants such as mold / fungus growing on the salt.",
"Stop going to the shore.\n\nThe whole town where my grandparents live in Jersey is the polar opposite of the Jersey stereotype. At most their town might have one church mom who has a Zoloft issue. ",
"He wasnt on bath salts. That was a myth",
"Don't be salty now... ",
"Only because it's cheaper to live in New Jersey and commute.",
"That is impressive... I have a 163.5 million years old dinosaur tooth at home (Allosaurus, found in North Africa ) along with a 300 million yrs old rock. Its always fascinating to look at them and be like...wow, that has been on this earth for so long. \n\nI work right beside an excavation site that became a touristic place in the Badlands in Canada. We also have the only specimen that has been mummified with his organs and skin and everything. \n\nId recommend everyone to go look at that specimen as it is truly a unique one. \nhttp://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/",
"I always thought the sea was salty because when it settled there were salt deposits already on the seabed",
"As a european, the concept of people filling up their car themselves seems weird.",
"You might say that they're dense.",
"Somebody tell him ",
"Hypocrite that you are, for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you they are chemicals. All knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove. Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?",
"To be fair, strychnine is also all natural",
"Sounds like a stupid law then. ",
"Can confirm \n\nSource: live in New Jersey ",
"So.. 2. (And a bit)",
"*I* am 100% chemicals!",
"Don't forget Benedict XVI who isthe Pope Emeritus and lives there. Currently there are over 4.5 Popes per km^2 living in the Vatican. For Americans, it's almost twelve Popes per square mile.",
"I'm 40% dolomite.",
"You're making a sarcastic joke, right? Otherwise this is too ironic.\n\n\nI case you're not joking:\n\nThe fact that you made this comment and think a statistic on scientists per square mile would have any relevance as opposed to scientists per capita just lends credit to the above poster's points.",
"False. Based on Operation of law or shelf life of food. These things are not determend by the company itsself but by law.\n",
"Salt, uh, fines away",
"The end is near",
"And twinkies",
"new jerseys the armpit of america",
"Maybe it was kept in special condition in the past 249 999 999 years",
"The pink colour probably comes from a salt",
"Mississippi?",
"Dare I ask why?",
"Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.",
"What about a single house[fly](https://youtu.be/EZDir8UwfQs)?",
"True, but you have to keep that sugar dry. Too much moisture can cause it to spoil. ",
"POW, right in the shaker!",
"\"I don't like chemicals.\"\n\n\"Yeah, I don't like you much either.\" ",
"Molded by it",
"You yourself...are...100% chemicals. I'm so sorry to bring you this news.",
"Best Before != Use By",
"State's filled with people that come to America but can't afford NYC and most of those people you don't want handling your food let alone gas standing ontop thousands of more gallons of gas, feet from thousands of apartments.",
"Pssh, Utah has the most scientists per cubic decicoulomb",
"Chow!",
"Tennessee?",
"Thatsthejoke.jpg",
"Yes clumps of 100% salt.",
"I like my preservatives like i like my salt...salty",
"It lasts 252 million years ",
"Most pink salt comes from Bonaire, pretty interesting process. Definitely worth a visit to the ABC islands.",
"Well the plastic is made from 250 million year old organic deposits.",
"So I went to the station got my gas filled and it was 25F out. I sat in my car, with the heat on, played a little candy crush. Oh and our fuel price is still cheaper than PA and NY (up until last year is was among the cheapest in the US) So why are we morons?\n\nPump fists not gas... ",
"What luck! What were the odds that salt, formed by the primal sea more than 250 million years ago, would go bad next year? ",
"Interesting. I believe there is also no regulations for expiration dates so \"best by\" \"good by\" \"consume by\" \"expires on\" etc are all completely made up by the manufacturer. ",
"It's almost like OP was more concerned with karma than facts.",
"Lol. You are right!",
"Depends on the water and what you have done to it. I wouldn't recommend drinking stagnant water. ",
"I'm not sure if I should take a collegeHumer video seriously...",
"> mold / fungus growing on the salt.\n\nnothing can grow in a salt container.\n\nsalt is a desiccant. mold/fungi need humidity to live/grow just like every other organism",
"wut",
"FTFY:As a european, the concept of people NOT filling up their car themselves seems weird.",
"As a guy living in Florida this concept baffles me as well. ",
"Sounds.....democratic.",
">Contrary to popular belief, investigators found no connection to bath salts in the Miami cannibal attack \n\n",
"Does your dad know?\n",
"the salt will also absorb water and create a humid environment that allows pathogens to grow in it",
"This is why y'all lost the war.",
"I'm a European and I don't get it. We fill our cars ourselves where I am",
"It's dolomite baby!",
"Was going to say similar. As a part time packaging engineer, it’s likely that the shelf life is limited by the data that they have on hand for the stability of the package. ",
"That's the Detroit area. Fucking no left turns anywhere ",
"Actually it's the plastic that get's fucked up over time",
"*Maybe*",
"Do you mean the opposite of what you just said?",
"The expiration date could be for the container",
"Reminds me of [this joke from Ismo Leikola](https://youtu.be/hE38Bq3WArg?t=166)\n\nSeriously, watch the whole thing if you haven't already. One of my favorite sand-up routines.",
"Where in Europe do you live that people don't do it themselves? ",
"which is why property values are higher than almost anywhere else, right?",
"Ground glass stopper is probably better.",
"JIT Salt",
"I'm sure its to prevent litigation or something , maybe part of their corporate insurance? not sure",
"TIL: lots of people don't fill their cars with gas themselves\n\nI thought this was a relatively small trend! That one state was bitching about it! But apparently lots of people don't pump their own gas. What the fuck? It's easy! ",
"Yea we're pretty dumb over here",
"I don't think you know what 100% means.",
"If New Jersey is the armpit, then Southern California is the yeast infected gooch. ",
"My whole life is a lie.",
"What are you on about mate? I can say with certainty that in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy you fill 'er up yourself. Most other countries probably as well.",
"correct sir",
"You still had to pay someone to stand in the cold and pump for you.",
"New Jersey is the only state where I've found a bathroom attendant outside a row of portapotties. F that. I'm not giving some dude a quarter for handing me a wet wipe. I've got purell. ",
"About damn time",
"That's the perfect explanation of what Newark is",
"Production date:\n07/20/249,997,982 BC",
"I'd rather me spill gas on my car then some dude or chick working the pumps. (not like I spill gas very often just saying) ",
"r/DumpsterDiving get ready for **FREE** salt!! :)",
"That's almost like the advertising for dead sea salt. I'm like, I don't want anything from the sea that killed everything and I really don't want to wipe it all over my face.",
"lol cant disagree",
"centered around the black hole of Newark Airport, from which no New Jersey can escape",
"No, it is trillions of years old. Don't forget the dinosaurs too. Totally not made up by someone who was on drugs and saw a lizard or anything. ",
"Man. Talk about some crummy timing",
"You bought it just in the nick of time!",
"Also moisture means bacteria and the more times you open the lid the more you let in. ",
"I was saying boourns! ",
"I have never had anyone but myself fill up my car, what part of Europe are you from?",
"Did you mean toll booths per square mile?",
"From a consumer perspective, not from a producer perspective... and guess where the politicians have stronger ties to.",
"I live in Jersey and I can confirm. People are still arguing about the existence of Central Jersey. ",
"100% uncontaminated? So you're eating crystallized fish puke, coral jizz, garbage, etc. ",
"Dang, you got it just in time!",
"Salt doesn't expire, the plastic cover does.",
"NJ is definitely the worse out of the 3 states in Tri-State Area. ",
"As a Brazilian, the concept of people filling up their car themselves seems illegal.\n\nNot kidding. It's against the law here to not have someone from the gas station doing it .__.",
"Jersey Law... I think I saw that TV show.",
"Yeah they said sugar",
"Oh yeah?? And did you know that New Jersey is tied for first place for number of scientists per active volcano in the state?? And that Hawaii can suck it in last place!! Ha ha!!! Losers. ",
"Gross",
"NJ has the highest concentration of superfund sites of any state in the union.",
"What does this make the bible belt and Florida? ",
"You also have Rutgers and all the schools in Philadelphia, West New Jersey. ",
"LMAO YOU COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT!!! HOLY FUCK I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE",
"could it be called a shithole?",
"Adam Ruins Everything is also a TV show on truTV - it is funny but it's legitimate facts and theories. ",
"BBE =/= USE BY ",
"Meth country.",
"\"Best by\" does not mean \"expires\". Sheesh.",
"Yeah.. Because honey just becomes a crystallized sugar after a few years. But if it has a higher then standard water concentration it might spoil. ",
"What are the chances",
"Always with the pcp. ",
"Where are you that people don’t fill up theirs own cars? In Germany all gas stations are self-service, I think it’s the same in Austria and in Italy you can often choose. \n\nHaven’t been to too many countries by car, but the concept of NOT filling up my own car is very weird to me. ",
"America's taint.",
"Not even as seasoning?",
"Does salt even expire? ",
"I believe it’s because of the packaging. Most modern food packaging are lined with a layer of JDI-friendly plastic, but upon opening, the FVUs will start to break down, affecting the quality of the food. Even traditionally food that do not expire (DNEs) are - due to its administrative difficulty in tracking, okay I just made everything up for fun thanks for reading.",
"/r/unexpectedfuturama",
"and the highest percentage of death by boredom ",
"As a side note, water is millions of years old formed in comets, but bottled water has about a 2 year expiratory. Water is mildly acidic, wouldn't surprise me if it breaks down the bottle. Likewise, little bits of bacteria that might get into the bottle and grow. Is sealed air a bad thing? Caves always smell musky. I think salt is ionized, i wonder if that messes with the plastic as well. This salt has spent 250 million years stored on the surface of a rock, not in a plastic jar.\n\nI'm clearly not a scientist...",
"It sounds like the name of a Pokemon.",
"*North Jersey. Come on pal cut us some slack.",
"When's a-your dolomite day?!",
"Hold on let me roll down my windows.\n\n\nIt's 75 outside.",
"Wow. You really butchered that joke...",
"In Mexico by law anything labeled \"salt\" has to he iodized. I was looking for some pure sea salt (no iodine) and literally had to buy a product that the cheeky marketing people labeled\"salt substitute \" to get around this odd law. ",
"Not OP but in Greece we don't pump our own gas.",
"belly button fluff",
"I’ll gladly be called a moron if it means I get to sit in my warm car. ",
"\"Best by\", \"Good by\" and \"Consume by\" are not expiration dates. Those are dates that, in manufacturer's opinion, the product still has a good taste. Expiration date is about not being good for consume and this is sure not \"made up\" by the manufacturer.\n\nEdit: wooords",
"The US is huge....and there is only one place that won't let you pump your own gas.",
"The taint",
"and, we're about to be peppered with more puns",
"How could the salt have been formed 250 million years ago when the earth is 4600 years old? ^(/s)",
"No, he said THEIR LEFT.",
"That comment is being repeated over and over again in this thread. It didn't make sense and that just makes it more suspicious. ",
"Funny you mention ketchup in a discussion about salt. ‘Ketchup’ comes from the Indonesian ‘kecap’ meaning ‘sauce’. Back in the day, the only way to preserve sauce was by using salt. ",
"ITS NOT AN EXPIRATION DATE. ITS BEST BY. THE ONLY CONSUMABLES WITH EXPIRATION DATES ARE BABY FORMULA AND MEDICINE",
"It's greed more than stupidity, but stupidity is still involved because the companies/state hope people are dumb enough to say \"Oh, it's expired. I better go buy some more and throw this out.\"",
"Shoulda sprung for the 249 million year old salt apparently ",
"That is bloody stupid. I often find food that is years after the date and we all know it is fine to eat. You can tell if food is off and even then cooking it well enough should make safe.",
"> okay I just made everything up for fun thanks for reading.\n\nBrah, I thought I was being educated until this moment.",
"It actually starts seeping immediately, but it takes a while until we can measure it. If you don’t want to eat plastic, don’t eat food that was contained in plastic.",
"i 100% know what it means",
"Good policy, but Adam Ruins Everything is actually a really good and well researched show. Check it out",
"Hey! Oh thats y that spaghetti was so disgusting.",
"How lucky. They packaged it just in the nick of time",
"I think the idea is that no one wants a future Jersey",
"Bone apple tea",
"it's funny but presumably that's how long it takes for the plastics in the container to leach contaminants into the salt.",
"User name checks out",
"Doh!",
"Oh I get it. A-salt",
"Was pcp confirmed? ",
"I am from Pakistan, and I lived a few hours from Kewra, where a lot of pink salt originates from... There are some urban legends about the salt mines themselves, but I literally never heard any of this magical bullshit about pink salt until I came to live in the USA. I remember listening to Joe Rogan's podcast and him talking about how his salt lamp disperses ions in the air and shit and I'm just like \"wtf I've had a salt lamp in my room for 12 years and I feel like shit\". ",
"I know! Shocking. Many people aren't aware of the difference, though.",
"Let me guess, you use that No Salt?",
"but if \"we\" means westerners like it does on this forum, then you don't need it from table salt like comment above suggested.",
"At the age of one, he was drinking whiskey and gin. At the age of two, he was eatin’ the bottles it came in. ",
"Florida is the penis doing whatever it damn well pleases.",
"No shit, it's Jersey.",
"Now with added plastic.",
"Most all foods have a “use by” date despite many of them never expiring. I mean, many places put expiration dates on Honey, but it will never ever ever ever go bad.\n\nEver.",
"And Alabama’s the belly button! Not too bad when, but really smelly when dirty!",
"^confirmed. North Jersey resident... anyone below the Pulaski bridge... straight trash. ",
"99% invisible did a podcast on the inconsistencies with packaged food expatriation dates titled [Best Enjoyed By](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/). It sheds light on how subjective those dates on your food are.",
"Wheat when properly stored",
"No, that's when it is best by. It doesn't say it is expired. We say \"best by\" for a lot of food products that are still perfectly edible because they have lost their desired characteristics. Perhaps that is when too much moisture gets through the packaging, or the grains start to erode. A big part of salt is the texture. ",
"That would be to logical for great legal minds",
"Cue the ‘wait, what, how can something so old expire blah blah blah’. Been done before ",
"hilaurious",
"It’s a vacuum ",
"But salt can't expire it's 's mineral ? ",
"Im pretty sure you could risk it just a few weeks past...or a billion years.",
"Are you talking of the water because i got news for you, the salt will dry out, get a little bit damp, back and forth like that forever, while being just salt.",
"What healthcare thing?",
"If it's not in NJ then yeah that makes sense, local farms aren't mass producing for out-of-state buyers.",
"Just because it says it is best before does not mean it's expired :P",
"Joisy*",
"In the words of author [Chuck Wendig](http://terribleminds.com/ramble/): The hot moist land-wang of America.",
"No they create more jobs that way, thank you. Lots of high school kids have jobs at gas stations",
"I'm from New Jersey. I can confirm that most of the population consists of assholes and idiots.",
"What an age we live in.",
"I've been to both Jersey City and Camden. I'm sure the parts not near the cities are lovely, but come on now.",
"Cheaper if you don’t tip, you spent more time at the gas station and you left your car running while being filled.\n\nSounds like a waste of time, money and gas",
"Some salt has iodine added, so it is iodized. Not ionozed.",
"And Florida is the other one",
"That's not true.",
"Don’t forget uranium!",
"Just so you know, the number you mentioned is actually 68,000,018,000,000\n\nYou only need to write million if you're just gonna put down \"68 Million\". Otherwise, it's redundant.",
"The worst part is there are people who genuinely believe things don't expire. Like my mother in law. She kept taking expired food out of the trash and putting it back in the cabinets. I finally had to take it to a dumpster at my friends sisters apartment complex. She kept insisting that a bag of chips that was so stale it had started to liquefy was still good.",
"\"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help\"",
"Still less salty than some League of Legends players",
"If I’ve learned anything it is that truTV is mostly not legitimate.\n\nSource: my heartbreak learning Operation Repo was fake.",
"The Netherlands is in the process of changing it here. They want to take expiration dates off of dry goods",
">”Best Buy”\n\n???",
"\"Awesome\" New Jersey had expiration dates on honey, which is when I discovered this law as well.",
"Must have missed that one. Was it a recent episode by chance? ",
"Someone's from new Jersey lmao",
"Not really because first you don’t have to tip. And second our gas prices are lower than New York’s and Pennsylvania’s. They used to be much lower but there was a recent tax over the summer which raised gas prices by $0.23 per gallon.",
"Can you remind me what's in it, I can't watch it atm",
"Taint",
"A belt. Made of bibles. ",
"It's actually a reference to a popular super mario 64 video that talks about parallel universes, half a presses and generating lots of speed ",
"I drive the entire length of the state x2 once or twice a month. I try not to die of boredom in slower lower but i angry cry in north Jersey, particularly the Oranges, almost every time. Boo Jersey.",
"Usually to its own detriment",
"Chlamydia",
"There’s also the huge pharmaceutical and biotech industry down here. So if the goal was to attract intelligent people from across the country to move here and pay our state taxes, then I guess it was a success. ",
"Yeah it' the equivalent of iron rice bowl jobs where the chinese were paying people to do things like work the pay phone for you or elevator operators (in the 90s)",
"Yea because other states don’t have silly laws...\n\nIf we’re all so dumb how did we manage to become one of the wealthiest states? ",
"I want to say \"Username checks out\" but this was a pun of the highest quality.",
"For the most part yes, but they do cherry pick and aggrandize certain things. ",
"I mean even if it crystallizes just soak the jar in some hot water and it will go back",
"What's stupid about it?",
"If the US were to receive an enema it would be placed in New Jersey.",
"Thank you haha I definitely didn't pick up on that. ",
"It sounds like you don't like the conclusion. That is different than it being wrong.",
"It’s a jersey thing !",
"uhhh what? Think you might be looking into it too far",
"Government and Being Governed, for 400 please.",
"New Orleans is the penis. ",
"Ehhxcellent...",
"I propose that we remove all chemicals from the vicinity of people who don't like chemicals.",
"Good that they harvested it just before it expired, would have been a shame if it went trough that 250 million year process for nothing. ",
"Ayy, 12/12 is my birthday!\n\n2012 was a weird year for me. ",
"Think he was referring to ionic bonding in the crystals, just he got in a mess",
"The expiration date is probably of the package. Plastics after a time begin to release toxic chemicals. That's why water bottles have a expiration date.",
"Cats are made of cat food.",
"While a moist environment is one in which pathogens thrive, most pathogens are unable to do so in high salt environments. We've been using both salt and sugar as ways to prevent microbial growth and spoilage for ages.\n\nEdit: Here's one [source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50952/) on the matter.\n\nYou are right about salt absorbing water.\n\nFrom that source:\n>Salt is effective as a preservative because it reduces the water activity of foods. The water activity of a food is the amount of unbound water available for microbial growth and chemical reactions. Salt’s ability to decrease water activity is thought to be due to the ability of sodium and chloride ions to associate with water molecules (Fennema, 1996; Potter and Hotchkiss, 1995).\n\n>Adding salt to foods can also cause microbial cells to undergo osmotic shock, resulting in the loss of water from the cell and thereby causing cell death or retarded growth (Davidson, 2001).\n\n",
"Are we forgetting about Alabama? ",
"North jersey is actually quite lovely, if you ever went and didn’t base your belief off a Bravo reality show maybe you’d understand ",
"Oh, you mean chubby Alton Brown? Straight up rip-off of his personality and Good Eats production outline.",
"Anything close to NYC smells like the shit from the city...",
"Camden? There’s your Problem.",
"They sound delicious.",
"To the salt mines with you slave",
"100% that man was homeless",
"It expires because it is higroscopical. You can still use it after the date though.",
"I think /u/spotspotter means this one: http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-sources/adam-ruins-the-hospital.html\n\nThough I don't know how/why that is stupid.",
"How about Ohio? Anyone?",
"This is Why I love reddit but worry about mankind ...",
"The crazy thing is that you're not too far off from the truth! All food grade liners do have a special compound that retards spoilage and encourages SD (Stagnance Displacement). When you actually finish eating your food, the lining begins to display a false statement by this guy.",
"Are you on Adderall or similar? ",
"Central Jersey (aka jersey shore) checking in.\n\nPlease don’t lump us in with North Jersey. Just because you drove from Newark airport to NYC doesn’t mean the entire state is like that.\n\nEdit- I want to clarify. NJ in its entirety is the best fucking state. There’s something for everyone. I would never leave.",
"Great stuff for seasoning your T-Rex patties ",
"Pics of ‘low sodium salt’? Just google potassium chloride, rather than try to remember what you think it’s used for.",
"Not neutron stars!",
"*goiters*\nEasy for you to say. ",
"I don't know, a big depressed area that can get wet quickly. Doesn't seem penis like.",
"It's also 'ionized' as a natural consequence of being salt. http://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/mobile/2013/09/23/how-does-dissolving-a-salt-molecule-in-water-make-its-atoms-ionize/",
"Not true. All seasons must come to an end.",
"I think you’re eating salt wrong.",
"What about that salt thats in cardboard container.",
"I think you mean until long after the planet is dead.",
"Sugar and trans fats. a form of immortality.",
"\nNobody tips for gas... ",
"is jersey shore (the show) a good representation of actually living there",
"Stagnant filtered water though",
"Might as well us it as ice melt when it expires ",
"What do you call it when a Jewish woman is raped? Kosher aSalt.",
"making Four Loko 'n meth smoothies, my man.",
"eww get that salt away from me. I only like a negligible amount of salt on my fries, anywhere else don't use it, it just ruins everything. ",
"I think it's what we call Spice in the UK. That shit gets stronger every month and the zombies are complete nutjobs",
"Sorry, morning comment! Best by and good by obviously!",
"Me and my mates once got sold what was obviously salt instead of MDMA in Croatia once. We were gutted. And thirsty. ",
"Healthcare",
"Speak for yourself, I always tip service jobs. It’s not like they’re making a living wage pumping gas",
"Doesn't everyone pay for gas? ",
"You mean 68 million and 18 years.\nOr maybe 68,000,018 years.\nBut certainly not 68,000,018 million years.",
"Heh. It is composed of ions, sure. But not free ions, which is what you have when referring to something as ionized.",
"It's also the dumps for NYC.",
"The salt doesn't expire. The salt in the form of little sprinkles you can pour on your food expires. There's many food items that don't actually go bad but their quality or taste will be compromised. With salt two years of collecting moisture will probably mean it has all clumped together. It may also have absored tastes from the kitchen and lost some of it's flavor. \n\nI get that you were just being an edgy troll but this is for the people in this thread who actually take this seriously and is unreasonably upset about. ",
"The sell by date is for the container not the stuff inside it ",
"Isn't there a federal law requiring all consumables have an expiration date?",
"I did some quick searching and from what I read even the expiration date is made up by the manufacturer. The sole exception is baby food and formula which is actually regulated. ",
"If you have bottled water and leave it in srorage for 5 years. You can still drink it fine. \nMost stuff is perfectly fine after the expiration date. It Just might taste a bit different.",
"Lol it won't react with plastic. Plastic is inert to almost everything! ",
"It just turns bad so fast",
"> In chemistry, a salt is an ionic compound that can be formed by the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base.[1] Salts are composed of related numbers of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is electrically neutral (without a net charge).\n\n[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(chemistry\\))\n\nalso [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis#Process_of_electrolysis)\n\nThese are the mechanism of corrosion\n\n\n\n\n",
"Considering that most of the cast of that show are from North Jersey/New York, I would say that no, it’s not really representative of life here. I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t an influx of that type in the summer months. see; [Benny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_(slang\\))",
"The sea is salty because of all the fecal matter, semen, afterbirth, etc from all the fish. Also all the dead fish. On that note, enjoy the beach next time you go. Just don't get a mouthful of... Ehem... Water... 😀",
"/r/killthosewhodisagree",
"Thanks /u/drketchup you're a real upstanding citizen yourself.",
"But is it organic? I only use pure vacuums, collected from space. Artificially produced vacuums may cause unspecified conditions.",
"Two. New Jersey and Oregon.",
"Imagine how salty you would've been if you didn't find it before 2019.",
"Contamination refers to things you don't want in your salt. That doesn't include other minerals. Pink salt does actually taste different, ads additional and more complex flavors that conventional table salt and is just fun because it makes you feel fancy. Nobody respects you because you outsmarted the pinks salt marketing people.",
"To play \"Devil's advocate\" here. There's probably a lot of people buying new prodcuts, instead of using expired ones, even if the expiration date doesn't make any sense for the product, as in this case. More waste, better for the big players. Imagine modern cars not breaking down after 150,000 kms...people would just keep driving them forever and not buying new cars...oh the humanity!",
"And yet, it still beats flying out of LaGuardia. ",
"But that's what all the conveniently placed jughandles that make you sit through a light for 6 cycles are for.",
"That's it?\n\nedit: I was making coffee when I remembered that Bender said this.",
"They have some episodes where it felt like they use some facts while ignoring others, but on the whole they do their homework. \n\nAlso: They've done episodes in which they acknowledge mistakes that were made, or where they clarify what they meant, so bonus points for that.",
"That's kind of ridiculous. There're definitely products that last years.",
"i figured as much. no way a whole area could be as douchey as they are made out to be",
"I thought it was Jacksonville, North Carolina...",
"Honesty idk why it’s not more common. Just over the bridge in PA is where I’ve gotten in my only accident and it’s because the left (fast lane) got backed up at a light from a few cars and semi trucks, someone slammed on their brakes and like 4 cars got jammed together, including mine.\n\nJug handles you always know where the turn will be and you don’t have to wait for a delayed green because it just alternates the two perpendicular directions. I miss left turns ALL the time in PA because someone isnt paying attention to the left turn arrow and then they end up being the only one that makes it at the last second.\n\nJersey drivers are generally idiots that drive slow, until they’re on a highway and go *way* too fast, but I will never understand the hate for jughandles ",
"I look at Southern California as the asshole, the Bible belt as the gooch, and Florida as a nice floppy piece of man-meat. Orlando is the foreskin, choking the life out of the state. ",
"really bad hangover actually.",
"/r/imnevercold",
"Expiration dates for non-perishables usually resemble the degradation of the packaging, plastic and filmed paper can contaminate food after a while.\n\nIodized salt also has a shorter shelf life because of added elements.\n\nHoney is also a good example, though in an air-tight glass jar it can survive for centuries, it's probably the same for salt.",
"We prefer \"The Sunshine State\".",
"Many people don't know how badly they're being over-charged and that they're paying fake prices. They also explain why they do it and why it's a problem. I think they do a great job at explaining something complex in an entertaining way in 5 minutes. That's still not stupid.",
"Yeah salt and honey never, ever, go bad. ",
"It contains mercury, lead, radium, thorium polonium and uranium. As with the rest of supposedly beneficial inpurities it's just low enough to register - but \"contaminated\" seems apt.\n\nThe only source for it's supposed beneficial effects came from it's main exporter.\n\nOff the cuff article - there are bether to be found through scholar and similar search engines, but I'm on mobile.\n\nhttps://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pink-himalayan-sea-salt-an-update/ \n",
"Not correct",
"It was a play on words - \"assault is assault\"",
"Your logic suggests every state on average has the same number of scientists and NJ has more scientists per square mile because those scientists are packed into a smaller space. This logic is flawed because all states do not have the same number of scientists. NJ has so many because of the huge pharmaceutical industry and biotech industry here. \n\nAlso scientists per capita is not “how a real scientist would measure things” it’s just a different way to look at the data. ",
"R/nevertellmetheodds?",
"I rather be an armpit then an asshole.",
"I didn't realize they put Rudy Ray Moore in salt now.",
"U do realise that the extra minerals Is the reason for people buying pink salt over normal salt",
"That person is still getting paid by someone, s/he is not out there for free",
"> taste a bit different\n\nah sorry, wasn't trying to make a distinction between \"safe\" and \"poison\". I had some canned diet pepsi that was 3 years old and it didn't kill me, but it was definitely \"off\". Since flavor is pretty important to food, I would (if I was a company) put my \"this stuff tastes shitty now\" date on instead of the \"this stuff will kill you now\" date.",
"If by \"there\" you mean Staten Island NY then maybe.",
"In 7 years of having my gas filled in Jersey, I have never ever once had a high schooler fill my car. It's usually a south Asian or African (not Caribbean; accent is different) immigrant.",
"[**Everything is chemicals!**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-MA9NKooSk) ",
"Getting blown by hurricanes apparently.",
"Great expression, but I have to say, Chuck Wendig is a fucking hack.",
"The episode's from January 2016, it's at https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/",
"But who's the *real* moron? The morons on the show getting paid to be morons or his moron wife for watching them?",
"Were you working alongside the girl who took hamburgers from all the big chains and tested how much meat their patties contained? I think it also was around 0.001%\n\n/kidding of course. ",
"It's because iodine is so important, and many people would otherwise have a diet without any, or with amounts that were too low.\n\n>The major concerns regarding the global burden of iodine deficiency are related to goiter, neurocognitive impairments, and in severe deficiency, hypothyroidism resulting in cretinism.\n\n[Source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509517/)",
"When the hurricane hit Houston Texas last year, a gas shortage was rumored by word of mouth over social media and people panicked all over Texas. Headed to gas stations and filled up barrels of gas causing a gas shortage. Some people were even filling plastic containers were designed to hold water, effectively ruining the gas.\n\nSure would have been nice if there was someone directly between them and the pump.",
"Ya but keep in mind \"Adam Ruins Everything\" is at times completely full of shit. Just because they can cite someone saying something doesn't mean it's true. \n\nLike the whole \"milk won't go bad\" nonsense ...bitch please. If blind drinking it makes you gag ... it's obviously not good for you.\n\nedit: That being said I like the podcast.",
"The chemicals in his brain didn't tell him they are chemicals, the scientist used the chemicals in his brain to determine we are made of chemicals and then told us about it ",
"False. Brown bears",
"iirc Oregon just changed the law (and rather recently if i remember) \nedit: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/03/i-dont-even-know-how-some-oregonians-panic-about-new-self-service-gas-law/\n\ninteresting, apparently only rural counties can have self service gas all the time and in other places it is at night. so they have sort of a hybrid system which is weird. i guess they still count? ",
"I don't see anything wrong with that. In the Europe countries I've seen attendants I've always found clean bathrooms that made me less way disgusted than the unattended, smelly and free public bathrooms that I usually find in my country.",
"Salt: Mark Kurlansky. All you need to know. \n\nSal - latin word for salt; gives us salary, soldier, salad, salami etc\n\nSalt doesn’t expire, it preserves.",
"Stop trying to polish a turd",
"Live in PA and don't leave often. Visited Jersey a few months ago. I actually drove away from the first gas station who wanted to pump my gas because I thought they were trying to rip me off. Crazy backwards state.",
"This is a good reason why people don’t trust the government. ",
"Oh, huh\n\n> According to Morton's website, \"the salt itself does not expire, but added ingredients such as iodine may reduce shelf life. The shelf life of iodized salt is about 5 years.\"\n\nIodine deficiency is the most easily preventable western illness (causes ~~brain~~ thyroid dysfunction). It's usually added to bread and salt as a public health measure, if this was your only source of salt then you could be making yourself ill ~~(sea salt naturally has iodine)~~.",
"Assault by pun.",
"In a world!",
"Common misconception. Newark Airport is actually in Elizabeth- not Newark.",
"No it's not. If you ever actually look into any of their sources they skew the literature to fit a more interesting narrative. A good rule of thumb is to not accept to anything you hear on television. It's usually entirely made up, wrong, or cherry picked. ",
"The baddest motherfuckin' Pokemon you ever seen.",
"winky face!",
"Is that gluten free yeast?",
"Do you drive the Turnpike? Most people who do that have no idea what the state is about. Not saying you don't get, but making a point for others that this is what most experience.",
"My mom and her boyfriend got into a big fight about this exact issue. She refuses to use normal salt now due to the “chemicals”",
"I'm sure you'll live. Just don't get banned from askreddit for saying that shopping at Aldi doesn't make you poor.",
"I'm just so used to type 12/12 on sample dates... so you're birthday is always present on my sample data. :D",
"There is a reason for this: the salt will last forever... If it wasn't in a plastic tub. The date is there because the plastic will leach into the salt because the salt is corrosive.\n\nTL;DR: the date is because of the container... Not the contents.",
"Yeah, I think I remeber this one, at least the script sounds fammiliar. Yeah, idk what's so wrong with it.",
"Hmm or one may say he needs to...... ketchup",
"Probably for the packaging",
"Just in time.",
"IN A WORLD WHERE SALT HAS BECOME SODIUM CHLORIDE, ONE MAN HAS HAD ENOUGH etc.",
"New Jersey is the taint of America. Nestled right in between New York and DC. Somehow, both DC and New York are the asshole.",
"https://youtu.be/3KquFZYi6L0",
"That explains why it smells. ",
"Looks like they dug it up just in time.",
"“Best before” not “nonlethal before”. ",
"Hey now, as a lifelong NJ resident I can attest to the fact that this place is indeed filled with morons. Now, how the concentration compares with other areas, I can't really speak to.",
"To be fair \"best by\" dates are not the same as expiration dates. A shit ton of food gets wasted because people don't understand the distinction",
"Turnpike & the GSP",
"I'm pretty sure salt like that stays good Forever.",
"hahahaha that's a good story mark",
"Nah... it's to prevent lawsuits (first) and people getting sick (second) and most of the time it's because of regulations (because someone got sick once), not corporate greed. The rest of the time it is because of the packaging and how the ingredients react to time in that packaging or how they change in taste, texture or appearance.\n\nNot everything in life is corporate greed.\n\n",
"Your whole loaf is a lie?",
"How little ketchup do you eat?",
"Had not noticed that. ",
"Feel old yet? ",
"Also that's a \"best by\" date so its not even really an expiration date.",
"That's a \"best by\" date, not an expiration. Smh.",
"Somewhere i read in occasion like this the expiration date is not for the food but the container. The plastic degrades and become no longer food safe allowing for bacteria to grow.",
". . . when did I say the company determined the date?",
"people from other countries must see this and think “what are they fighting over, they all are the assholes”",
"it does when [it comes in contact with moisture.](\nhttp://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/09/23/how-does-dissolving-a-salt-molecule-in-water-make-its-atoms-ionize/)\n\nEdit:apparently someone hates facts. Its why mortons added magnesium carbonate, so it still flows when it rains outside. its to prevent the ionization of salt and its recrystalization which leads to caking. If you are going to debunk this veritable fact, you need to link a source, like i did.\n\n",
"You really do. Some governments add iodine to salt as a public health measure, which is added to some foods like bread. If you prepare all your own food and don't eat seafood, then eating uniodized salt will leave you deficient.",
"So basically like how everything in California will give you cancer.",
"What if they inspire?",
"RIP ",
"Can confirm am dead.",
"That expiration date is allowing the businesses to make $$ regardless if you want them to or not. They are waiting for you come by next year to purchase for another 2-year supply",
"Funny. My mother in law is the literal opposite. She throws out food 3 days before expiry \"just in case\". She'll buy lunch meat at the deli on a Monday, throw out the unused portion on Tuesday afternoon because it's obviously turned poisonous, and then she'll go back to the deli Wednesday and buy new deli meat FROM THE SAME CHUB OF MEAT. There's no explaining it to her. Same thing with chicken, beef etc... Has to be used in a few hours or it's immediately a biohazard.\n\nThere are foods that pretty much don't go bad though. Bread, milk etc... Smell it. When it smells like hobo ass, it's gone bad. Until then, bottoms up.\n\nEdit: cellphone fixes.",
" Says the fat chick",
"For someone who loves reading, but has no idea who this guy is, why do you say that? ",
"Directed by M. Night Shymalamadingdong",
"It's advertised for facial scrubs by money laundering fronts at the local mall run by Eastern European and ex Warsaw pact Nationals who are bothering everyone who walks near them with their nonsense.\n\nThat way they can claim their laundered money as income, even though all the product they claimed the cell is likely dumped in a dumpster somewhere, now we have clean money inside the US to push to whatever illicit cause we need.",
"Little known fact is that some expiration dates are for the packaging and not the actual food. ",
"Hence the difference between “expires” and “best before”",
"REPOST",
"nah you're confusing it. Manufacturer's have the duty to find out the expiration date but FDA is gonna f*ck them good if this expiration date is not the real one. ",
"You mean: Run by morons",
"That is not a good rule of thumb. A good rule of thumb is maybe question everything and check primary sources. But just discounting everything because of its medium? That's Trump-fake-news crazy.",
"[Florida has been a little cold for the past couple of weeks. ](http://imgur.com/kZkYtjs) ",
"Which part of Europe? I guess this may be regional; I'm a Brit but in the 8 or so EU countries I've driven in they have all (to my memory) had self-service petrol stations.",
"Big fucking main vein draining right through it. The most sexualized city in the country. Anatomically where a penis would actually be if you look at the US as a four legged animal...",
"*At least*",
"Put it on a salt grinder.",
"People who don't live in NJ love to sneer at not pumping your own gas, but I love it. ",
"I could have sworn baby formula is required to have an expiration date, and everything else is just voluntary\nEdit- whoops",
"250 million years you’d think you would have had more time! That’s just bad luck, sorry!",
"if it had iodine added which the partial label suggests it is not.. but if it had iodine added an open bottle loses its iodine over time.. so that would be a valid expiration. Though since allegedly nj law requires expirations on all consumables, i'm thinking this expiration is here solely to sell more product.",
"I heard it was just one moron and he no longer runs the state.",
"Was it not formed by the sun? I didn't take salt class but is it not from water evaporating?",
"just add some salt to preserve it longer",
"This is the problem with quoting stuff you don't really understand. Salts are composed of ions, but referring to them as ionized strongly implies free ions, not matched ions bonded in a normally ionic compound. Generally via the process of creating ions by bombarding material with enough energy to break chemical bonds to create those ions. Hence the term \"ionizing radiation\" to distinguish it from normal radiation. ie - hit it with gamma rays til the molecules break or we strip off electrons.",
"They're just sell by dates, not expiration dates.",
"It creates jobs.",
"Yeah, you drive the parkway... That's all super developed and not that pretty. Head West of the parkway and there is plenty of beautiful sights to see and no real cities for the most part.",
"Born and raised in nj\n\n\nYep",
"ur an idiot",
"The bacteria to be worried about can’t grow in a bed of pure salt. There are some halophilic forms of bacteria, but none of them are the nastybois you would worry about (natural seasalt has all sorts of microbes that can’t harm you at all)\n\nSalt is used for food preservation (pickling, dried meats, etc) for good reason.",
" Oh, so that's how you're supposed to use it... I've been trapping them *inside* the house, tying them down, and then pouring salt down their throats until they exorcise themselves from the hosts body. Duh, silly me.",
"So by 100% salt you mean salt and water. Seeing my point now or do I have to explain it as I would to a child?",
"*high five*",
"Wisconsin is the philtrum of America",
"Isn't that for the container? ",
"Ahhhhh I get it. You did a thing, noice!",
"The expiration date is for the packaging not the salt. ",
"/r/hmmm",
"yeah, except it’s kind of the opposite, south/central/non north jersey is the drug addict and white trash containment zone.",
"Someone help me out here, pls?",
"in another thousand years, the salt is going to be just fine.\n\nyou however...",
"Yeah the gas station pays for those workers. It might add a few cents on to every gallon, but we still pay less per gallon on average than the tri-state area and PA.",
"Antimatter. Can't get much cleaner than torn apart at the atomic level.",
"When bread looks like hobo ass. XD actually your MIL might be traumatized. If she's ever lived in a bug infested house I could see where she'd get that line of thinking from.",
"From all I've heard and read, sea salt doesn't contain enough iodine to prevent deficiency",
"Goitre",
"For real! Not having to get out of your car in the snow or rain? Especially if you have a baby in tow? Yeah, us morons will stay here nice and comfortable, Thank you! ",
"I believe this is the sell by date and not the expiration date. Source?",
"Depends on the bacteria. Some are fine to heat until you kill it. Others produce poisons which are not broken down by cooking heat. So if the bacteria has been floating around in the food for a long time you cannot coom the poison out.",
"Pretty sure it is the same of water bottles, is the plastic that expires, not the content.",
"I wonder if you can just put a label under the expiration date that says that",
"marketing gimmick \"the primal sea\"\n\nas if water back then wasn't made of H2O",
"So Tide Pods will have to be stamped too?",
"If you put stream or lake water in a clear bottle and leave it in the sun for six hours the UV rays will kill the bacteria and viruses and make it safe to drink. Refill and repeat, unlimited purified water!\n\nAdd citrus to the mix and it only takes a half hour.",
"Here is the Benedict of the state.",
"Lucky. We got to it just in the nick of time. ",
"I'm just passing through to get to CT so I try to get through it as quickly as possible. But thanks for the tip! Ya'll have nice tomatoes & peaches, & are the birth place of some of my faves (Frankie Valli & The Bouncing Souls), but holy fuck I hate the drive.",
"I take it you've never been to New Orleans?",
"how did this get 3k upvotes. is reddit jersey free\n",
"And middle America is the appendix- no one gives a shit about it until something goes wrong and it threatens to kill you. ",
"Not Possum_Pendulum, and I've only read the first book in the Star Wars Aftermath series he's written, but I found the style a bit... unpolished and immature? I know many people had trouble finishing the book due to the writing. There could be a number of reasons for the weirdness though, like rushing to get the book out before The Force Awakens or trying to make it kid friendly.",
"The plastic expires next year not the contents. It's the same thing with bottled water the expiration date is for the bottle not the water",
"Ever been to Georgia?",
"Right? When it's 15 degrees out and I need gas, I don't have to move a damn muscle! ",
"north jersey is garbage",
"A salt is a salt, you can't say it's just a half.",
"Jug handles are a gift man, a gift!",
"I think we have something similar in Sweden.\n\nOn my sugar it stands \"expire date date X\" and \"stored dry sugar never do expire\"",
"That show was so dumb ",
"That's not an expiration date, it's a best by date.\n\nI hope you realize they are very different things. ",
"You don't live in NJ do you? No one tips for gas.",
"Got it for sale just in time then",
"Sure. And if you like that think that every time you drink some water it may carry molecules that originated in someone's urinary tract.",
"sorry i'm not thinking of iodine, i'm thinking of ions... i feel like there's something about salt having negatively charged ions that cause rust? I've been out of school for 20 years and I sucked at biology.",
"Do you have a source or work in the food industry or anything?\n\nNot trying to be inflammatory, but this link would suggest that manufacturers can pretty much just make it up:\n\nhttp://theconversation.com/how-do-food-manufacturers-pick-those-dates-on-their-product-packaging-and-what-do-they-mean-60591",
"Well, I pour out and change the water every week so I'm probably fine.",
"Lived in both, yup. ",
"I *really* hope that is a joke",
"I feel like we can take shit like this and form the next dark souls opening. ",
"jug handles are statistically more safe. left turns are dangerous. ",
"Anything south of the Mason-Dixon.",
"Not everyone. Just the ones that believe the government is evil. If the government says iodine should be added to salt then it must be bad. Then they convince others that iodine is bad. ",
"Can't we just say everything is 68m years old, like base elements can't be destroyed. This salt marketing is wild.",
"oh duh. hmm, could it grow on the inside of the lid though? like where your fingers are likely to have touched it? or would the salt act as a desiccant?",
"Hahah. “Best used by 2019”. Doesn’t necessarily expires. I would keep it :)",
"Worth note, that pink isn't to be confused with Hawaiian salt, which is mostly pink due to iron oxide (though it contains much more than just that).",
"You should take it with a grain of salt ",
"Well if it is to promote sales... Mather of fact is that some people who are weaker or older can actually get a huge hit from something that is expired. Would you feed your baby with something that is expired but still smells fine? When it smells fine it does not mean it is fine. It can lack a lot of nutriciants and that is baiscly what you take it for. Babies and older people need this as they generaly are not the biggest of eaters. Never mind all other implications.",
"PLASTIC",
"found the guy from jersey ",
"You had two hundred and fifty million years to consume that salt. No one feels sorry for you! ",
"Just a little sodium chloride",
"Lol, I understand what you're saying, but gas station workers are never tipped, ever.",
"*sodium chloride*, thats what I said.",
"I would have picked the salt that was formed 249 million years ago. :)",
"In some places this is because any consumable has to have an expiry date (often within 2 years).\n\nAnd, salt, water and other things like them sometimes have an expiry date, not for the product itself, but for the packaging (usually plastic). Add to that that salt tends to eat away at most materials, an expiry date on its packaging is even more likely.",
"My personal favorite is \"100% organic salt.\"",
"Wait, really?\n\nSo do you just have to like pull up to an old-timey gas station and honk for an attendant to top off your gas, wipe your window, and check washer fluid and whatnot?\n\nI...I kind of want that.",
"Good point. What about when the salt is fully saturated, which must happen after some time if it's being exposed to the air frequently?",
"shut up prostitution whore",
"The new trend is “raw water”. It’s like playing Oregon Trail in real life.",
"Best by. Not an expiration. Still stupid though. ",
":(",
"I'm such a child. I laughed way too hard at CHUB OF MEAT.",
"OP likely didn't know. Most people genuinely don't know this difference.\n\nI had to stop many roommates from throwing away perfectly fine food that was past its best by date but was not rotting or staling at all. ",
"There's a difference between how old the raw materials are and how long you can let a processed consumable product sit on a shelf before it expires. \n\nIt may (or may not) have been uncontaminated in the earth for 250 million years, but then some dudes dug it out of the ground, threw it in the back of a dump truck, shipped it, processed it, packaged it, shipped it again, and let it sit on a shelf. ",
"You must have never had any genuine bread then. Its basically inedible after 3 days.\n\nEdit: After reading these replies I can only conclude that you people have, indeed, never had real bread. You really think being edible for *weeks* is normal behaviour for bread? Those white sponges soaked in high fructose corn sirup are not bread, you silly Americans.",
"Fuck off.",
"My wife's cousin is a registered nurse. She's smarter than hell, but she's still paranoid about expiration dates. Misinformation has a way of taking hold if people are unwilling to do some basic research an exercise critical thinking.",
"As a hospital employee, I can tell you that hospitals are frequently overcharged for things, too. We were looking into buying a couple of helpful items for our department. One of those is essentially a flat piece of metal, with two pieces of metal coming up from that and a cross-bridge piece between those two.\n\nThere are a couple of x-ray exams we do where the patient is lying flat with a hurt leg (broken or dislocated hip for instance). We have them lift their good leg up out of the way, and we take an x-ray of the hurt leg without them having to move it. This little metal platform would give the patient something to rest the foot of their good leg on (the cross-bridge piece). Now, it's \"medical use,\" and maybe not mass produced in huge numbers, but the cheapest price we found was $500, with most being over $600. We didn't buy one yet.",
"Central Jersey is best Jersey.",
"Does she have a mental illness?",
"No one should be proud of Florida.",
"It pleases thousands of orange grandmothers. ",
"It's got Electrolytes! ",
"It's not the water. It's the bottle. Try drinking a bottle of water that's several years old. The plastic breaks down and seeps into the water. I have personally attempted to drink several year expired water (my friend is a snack vendor and shit happens) and it was completely undrinkable. Just disgusting. \n\nCanned or glassed water would be just fine basically forever though.",
"because it doesn’t exist?",
"But this old chestnut never gets old. ",
"Also from Jersey. I agree wholeheartedly with DerpyPoster. I’ve done a lot of thought on this matter and I firmly believe that the asshole contingent of people from NJ were all move ins from the neighboring states. How can we not be assholes when we have NYC, Philly, and Delaware to pull from?",
"you and yours ",
"It’s also bullshit...250 million years ago was the end of the Permian. The Earth was really not in a primal state. They’re probably talking about the Permian Sea, which was *a* small inland sea in what is now the southwestern USA. There would have been fish, sharks, corals and a lot of other familiar faces in it. Unfortunately for them, 250 Ma was also around the time of the most severe mass extinction the Earth has ever seen.",
"Then explain expiration dates on glass waterbottles. I'm fairly sure glass doesn't go bad",
"Texas, the ass cheeks of america.......\n\ncuz everything is bigger in Texas....... especially that. ",
"I like to think I'm drinking dinosaur pee.",
"Kinda has the look, but not the personality. Alton is a much more likable guy IMO.\n\nNot that I dislike like Adam's show, but his on-screen character is not one I'd want to hang out with. Whereas I'd hang out with Alton anytime.\n\nBut yeah, I think Adam and his production people have seen more than just a few episodes of Good Eats...\n\n\nEdit: in retrospect, I guess I agree that Alton is a bit of a douche in the live show stuff. But Good Eats Alton seems like a nicer character to hang out with than the Adam Ruins Stuff character. I don't really know what either is like in real life.",
"It's... not though.",
"[Are you sure about that?](http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/09/all_1901_people_killed_by_opioids_in_nj_last_year_mapped.html)\n\nI make no defenses about the scumbaggery of Atlantic/Camden County, but the entire state is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, and it's concentrated around the major cities (which are predominantly in North Jersey). Monmouth county (which constitutes a large portion of the jersey shore) is relatively clean on this map.",
"And anything in r/jokes",
"I've never heard the expression \"chub of meat\" before ",
"You merely adopted the salt. I was born in it, molded by it.",
"Pure *sodium*, not pure salt.",
"You've been engaged 19 times!!!",
"The [\"Michigan left\"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_left) is a thing - no left turn at the intersection, but a u-turn lane just after it...",
"Well, is it wrong or is it a (over)simplification of the system?",
"Port a potties. ",
"Cheap rip-off... I could watch Good Eats all day.... Adam Ruins even his own show.",
"It isn't an expiration date, it's a best by date. There is a difference.",
"...you must be from South Jersey then... \n",
"Wow and you didn't go... \"To Sotheby's, at once, Jeeves!\"",
"Fascinating. This is the same salt that T-Rex used when eating Brontosaurus. ",
"Well it is the superfund capital of the USA.",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_disinfection\n\nbrilliant! if it rains you drink the rainwater",
"Vaccuum.",
"Then, yes, you are driving through NJ... but you aren't seeing an ounce of it. ",
"indeed. but i don’t know anyone from jersey who considers central jersey a thing. ",
"Do you have some examples? Or even better, a source? I don't want to just accept anything I read on the internet.",
"That’s expiration date of the Packaging not the salt. Same thing for water bottles. They should clarify that. ",
"You mean pure sodium? That’s a metal, not a salt.",
"I like that you're thinking of bacteria, but the bacteria in your house is probably not salt tolerant.",
"That's explicitly said in the clip.",
"Maybe it's the container? ",
"Yea but the diesel was $1 a gallon and you can best believe that I have about 70 gallons in my garage",
"People manage to fly out? I thought it was a mass incarceration scheme. ",
"No, that is also NJ... ",
"New Jersey is awesome and your jealous. Where do you live, Utah? ",
"Ooh. Upvote number 5100.",
"It really makes no sense...",
">California is the yeast infected taint.\n\nI think ‘taint’ fits better here",
"Or the Panthalassa sea before Pangaea broke up. That would also be around this time. 250 Ma is the end of Mesozoic if I remembering it right.",
"Does polyethylene or polypropylene really do that? I am skeptical. ",
"Would you mind citing the part about brain dysfunction. I'd like to hear more about it.it would be cool to know why it is more common in the west. Unless",
"Pink salt contains other minerals and natural stuff and most people buy it because of the added benefit of these trace minerals. Hilarity ensues: \nhttps://i.imgur.com/E7b692K.png",
"Thank you. I didn't realise. Sea food, esp. oysters, are also a big contributor for those that want to keep eating pink salt.",
"You meant 'gloss a dong' :D",
"A salt is a salt (Assault is assault)",
"“Yeast infected gooch” 😅",
"/r/nevertellmetheodds",
"Himalaya salt is pink",
"It's actually probably the plastic tub it's in that is deteriorating not the product itself. Notice that bottled water also has an expiration date too for this reason",
"Could you, like, elaborate why it's wrong? Instead of just saying it's wrong and/or stupid?",
"It's a best by date, not an expiration date.",
"Escape from Newark starring Kart Russwell",
"There are cheeses, made from “bad milk” that I would never go near, but they are perfectly fine to consume.\n\nThough I would agree that the spoiled milk one is only true if there is no outside contact after. If you just opened it maybe, but if it has been open for a week or two before it goes bad, then probably not. Much like other sealed foods. ",
"I've always considered that Ohio",
"How to waste shit",
"theres a comment a few minutes into the video saying \"an a press is an a press, you can't say it's only half\" and the commentator refutes this by explaining why it's called a half a press, the quote is very similar to SHITTY_PUN_FACTORY's comment",
"actually it says \"best before\", which means, they guarantee the same quality until this date. People often confuse \"Expire dates\" and \"Best Before\" dates. A fruit/ salat can \"expire\" until a certain date. ",
"Salt would dry it out.\n\nWhat could form is oxide from any metal touching the salt.",
"From Jersey, never even knew this.",
"Here's how X is bullshit:\n\n\\*wheels out one single person who bought an online diploma in Y\\*",
"Wow thats like the solar system of minerals. ",
"Haven’t listened to it yet, i assume they talk about how expiration dates aren’t regulated and are basically best guesses?\n\nJohn Oliver talked about this on one of his episodes.",
"Send it back.",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretinism\n\nYup, as cretin.",
"Would remove debris but not bacteria and ",
"Man, I guess y'all like to be right more than you like reality. I just said it's the manufacturers have the DUTY to pick an expiration date, if they pick a wrong one someone is gonna eat it during the expiration date gonna get sick and the FDA will be all over that manufacturers ass, what is so difficult to understand? ",
"Maybe it’s Mabelline!",
"That’s no secret.",
"Man, that was harvested just in time. ",
"I would be so salty if it expired before I bought it. ",
"Really? That small typo completely confused you? Even in the context of this discussion?",
"Really? Including Pennsylvania?\n\nThe Deliverance Diorama that connects two tolerable cities?\n\nNo.",
"Pretty sure he was drinking that sour yet unexpired milk to drive the point home that the labels shouldn't be taken as final say and that instead we should use our senses to make sure it's not bad...",
"It'll draw water, clumping together and affecting the flavor (it's not pure NaCl) long before the plastic degrades.",
"I think you just mean the south.",
"So do they throw out honey after 2 years on a shelf?",
"It's like cheese. How can cheese have a sell by date. The whole point of cheese is that it is old",
"Dude, he has 27 bathrooms. I only have one. Homeless, my ass. ",
"> 99% Invisible podcast on expiration dates\n\n[Direct link](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/)\n",
"You are now a moderator of /r/showerthoughts",
"A salt is a salt, you cant say its only a half!",
"Everyone knows Primal Sea Salt expires in 250,000,001 years. ",
"Jesus Christ that character is an insufferable twat.",
"All... non-vacuum-packed consumables? Because I'm in Jersey, and my Tuttorosso cans are \"best by\" August 2020.",
"Looks like they caught it just in time.",
"Born from an egg on a mountain top... ",
"They harvested it just in time then!",
"Also don't eat anything that grew in the ocean or ate from the ocean, all life forms in ocean now contain microplastics to varying degrees. ",
"New Orleans is the sweaty asshole. ",
"so Florida man is the semen?",
"PA is not part of the Tri-State area. It’s NY, NJ, and CT",
"Something that survived 250 million years couldn't sustain 2 years from the time humans touched it. And we feel other things are more toxic. ",
"Not *double jersey*!",
"So is this an event? Are we having a party? Like Mercury transiting the sun? ",
"There are biodegradable water containers made of some kind of gel, they look like giant dopplets and you suck the water from inside and throw the gel bang thingy ",
"Funny thing happened to me regarding salt... I developed thyroid issues, so I started using iodized salt. Soon after I realize, hey I'm celiac too... and iodized salt makes no promises on that. Found the source of the malaise. Stopped the salt, started using \"pink\" salt or any salt that's pure, mined, or sea without additives, and bingo, malaise gone. Much research ensued... apparently there is dextrose in there... byproduct of beer making, ie. barley, ie. gluten. Supposedly it's not supposed to be enough to matter. But if so, then why don't they claim GF? So I guess it does matter. Funny stuff, salt.... more complex the more you look at it. Anyway, I just take iodine pills now.",
"Tbh \"life debt\" and \"empires end\" are leaps and bound better. I dont think character creation is his thing but once he has a stable of them he can do pretty well. This is comming from a person that did not finish \"aftermath\".",
"As a European the concept of new Jersey is weird.",
"I'm trying to figure out what the heck op said to inspire this comment and am stuck. I can only say that op did not say bread doesn't go bad he said smell it before you eat it. ",
"You guys can make fun of us all you want. When it's -10 degrees outside, and all I have to do is slip my credit card through the crack in my window and say \"fill her up!\", I'm perfectly content. And since every gas station is full service and they get paid a real wage, you don't eve tip them. It's fucking great and we get made fun of? Psh...",
"It's a good point but a terrible example. Cars last way longer than they used to.",
"PUBG here. The salt is 100% real.",
"Yeah, but it's not contaminated with any *chemicals* though.\n\n/s",
"You imply the water makes it go bad. ",
"'drinking'. The package was empty...",
"Dad always says \"Gimme some sugar, and make it wet\" to Mom. I always thought he was the smartest guy in the world. Guess I was wrong. ",
"Sounds like my father-in-law. He does the exact same thing, much to our chagrin. I went shuffling through a forgotten small cabinet *behind a table and found shit that expired in 2004, for fucks sake. \n\nWe thought it was a generational thing... But my dad also grew up around the same time in a poorer family and doesn't have that problem. When food goes bad, it's bad. \n\nEdited for clarification.",
"new york ",
"What a time to be alive.",
"Housewives are the scientists of reddit, right?",
"Wait, are we talking imperial popes or metric popes? ",
"Are you saying the driver's left or the passenger's left?",
"Bet they feelin salty!",
"Actually you said it was the manufacturers duty to _find out_ the expiration date and you’ve implied earlier that there was some kind of official body handing these out.\n\nIt’s only in your latest postings that you’ve conceded these may be picked by the manufacturer, which was what we said at the start when you said we were confused.",
"Have you never heard of French toast? Bread pudding? Croutons? Bread crumb topping? Come on, man!",
"Does aging continues in the bottle? ",
"Well I'm from the shore maybe try down there. Idk ",
"I had a solid sugar brick a while back. Took the whole 1kg pack out for our annual summerparty in january. Didn't handle 10 hours in 2degree rain/fog very well :P",
"Right",
"There is seldom a case where always or never apply, but this is one of them. Rules that are written so that there is no \"per incident\" evaluation always rule out the possibility of common sense. You must either accept that you potentially must deal with human bias or corruption if there is wiggle room in the application of a rule or law or you must accept that the rule or law has stupid, unforeseen circumstances. I prefer wiggle room. Bias or corruption can be confronted or rectified over time. Hard and fast rules just are. Once you have decided that a hard rule is put in place, there is nothing you can do about them",
"He's here to take back what's his \n\n*Shoots guy out window*\n\n\"Saltutations sucka\"",
"Lol CHEMIKILZZZ IS SCARY",
"I live in NJ. Tell me why we pay most taxes and have the largest potholes. Corruption. ",
"I guess they dug it up in the Nick of time Then! ",
"Yes. If you throw out food that's still good, then you'd \"best buy\" more.",
"I feel like I should down vote this, but I'm a dad now, so...",
"and El Paso is the asshole",
"What the hell is xyz",
"After three days bread becomes toast, and after another it becomes stuffing. ",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"And Canada's your head!",
"Could you explain what market failures and policy choices caused that? Do you have a source we could read? Could you actually try to build a convincing argument?\n\nYour teachers must have hated you, dude.",
"clearly a 1st world problem though ✌",
"Any pope can become an imperial pope with enough Deus Vult.",
"Also saying food waste is a horrible thing is really begging the question.\n\nThere should be a fair amount of waste in the system so it can handle any sort of shock. If there was no food waste any slight upset to the system would mean people start going hungry.",
"Chub..hehe",
"Salt cannot expire can it? That's like saying, well the water was left out all night. I guess its spoiled!",
"Ah yes, when the mind comes up with all sorts of things! I have solved engineering problems that have stumped me for weeks in those first hours of a hangover.",
"And Houston is the taint!",
"I don't know. I thought The Situation raised trenchant points about his abs and how drunk he could be. ",
"It does, but the rate at which it happens is extremely slow. Going from solid pe or pp into a solid salt will be slower than solid pe or pp into a liquid vehicle though. \n\nAlso depends on the additive package, if it is virgin material, storage temp, humidity, etc. In the end, not enough to be concerned about.",
"I always thought it was the garbage can America is pushing away from it's self ",
"Also the reason why most (plastic) bottled water has expiry dates - it's due to the packaging, not the product.",
"The sodium and the chlorine atoms are ions, yeah. But I still wouldn’t say NaCl is ionized, because that implies that the whole molecule is charged or made of free ions.",
"Explains their gun control laws too",
"r/latestagecapitalism",
"Everywhere has that ",
"It was a good run",
"*this salt has a dark and mysterious past*",
"NaCl?",
"pumping gas is for experts only..MBA style 😂",
"I was working at a giant liquor store, and we had these cool glass bottles of water that had expired. This fancy ass water was like 15 bucks for a 750ml, and we ended up having to write them off because customers can and would complain about shit like that. Most of us ended up just taking them home instead of throwing them away.",
"As someone who's lived in both north and south jersey, i can tell you that they are equally horrible. One is infested with self-obsessed rich assholes and the other is infested with racist hicks. ",
"And his dog spot!\n\n*Oh wait, you said Sam, not Cal*",
"What a time to be alive!! ",
"As a local fan of the Eagles, Jersey is the armpit, Dallas is the yeast infected gooch.",
"Maine is America’s dick, [Florida is America’s nutsack](https://youtu.be/KSCRUuUgiUE) ",
"And Texas is the balls of American.",
"It's nice to know that he improved, but that first novel completely discouraged me from reading Life Debt or Empire's End. After the mostly high quality stuff in the last few decades (now Legends) I was so disappointed with that book and thought the new EU was off to a horrible start. ",
"Still, it has an awesome shelf life!",
"Did they edit their comment? Because it doesn’t say that anymore ",
"This salt is a Kgb agent played by Angelina Jolie",
"I had this argument about a seasoned salt shaker in the break room at my former work. They wanted to throw it out. I argued with them that rocks don't have expiration dates. They argued, and I still consider them stupid.",
"no point trying to save food safety morons,\n \namerica has a huge problem with food paranoia\n\ni've been canning and making jams for 10+ years now. whenever i tell an american that i don't immerse my jams in boiling hot water for 10 minutes or more before storing it, they freak. \n\napparently in america you are sure to die if you do this. not so in other parts of the world tho. jam on.",
"lol this is me. my husband is constantly teasing me in a funny voice (that he swears is my voice, but it's not) saying \"i don't like it. it's old\" cause I'm always afraid food has gone bad even if it's only been a couple days. ",
"It kinda does.",
"You need at least 1,000 upvotes. This is accurate AF. *Stay woke, son!*",
"I didn’t even think of the innuendo until you said it. I’m now referring to my dong as a chub of meat.",
"You can't un-hear it now!",
"My salt is 100% r/DestinyTheGame",
"Its a weird collective. The NOT NORTH of Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, Union.\n\nThe MOST CENTRAL of Mercer, Monmouth.\n\nThe NOT SOUTH of Ocean and Burlington all have a claim on it.\n\nAs someone who lives in Somerset County - I know tons of people that are quite content with not being thought of as North Jersey. ",
"I live in Tampa Bay and I'm hella proud of Florida. Great area to live in.",
"And you still are confused mate. Like I said before in the first post, \"best by\" or \"consume by\" have no legal meaning, \"expiration date\" has! That's like saying a restaurant can serve poison if they want... Of course they can, there won't be a FDA officer tasting every meal that comes out of the kitchen, but if they do that they are in big trouble. Same with expiration date, if a manufacturer wishes they can pick a fake expiration date but people would get sick and the FDA would close them down. That's how law works man, you can't arrest a thief before he starts robbing...",
"Why is southern California so bad? It seems nice. Good weather too when it's not fire",
"Birthplace of College Football too, if you're a fan. ",
"All my salt comes in glass or cardboard ",
"We're all chemicals on this blessed day. ",
"Best before =\\= expiry date\n\nBest before dates are quality guarantees \n\nExpiry dates are for things that can make you sick",
"Username checks out.",
"But Newark sounds like a really cool place to live. \"I live in Newark.\" You so cool.",
"The water doesn't expire but after that long the plastic starts seeping chemicals.",
"That's actually what a \"best before\" date is, or supposed to be anyway. In the UK a lot of food products have two dates, a best before and a use by. After the best before stuff might smell or taste a little funny but should still be safe to eat provided it was stored correctly. While you probably shouldn't eat stuff after its use by date.\n\nThese dates are guidelines mostly though and you should just use your judgement most of the time. Stuff can go bad before it's date and can still be fine after it.",
"Man no wonder there’s so much food waste in this country. People trust that date and throw it away thinking it’s bad!",
"Nah because Florida men all come from the Northeast or Midwest.",
"Pretty good shelf life.",
"Real fake doors",
"which is why i dont treat expiry dates as law. if it looks and smells good it probably is and im not throwing it out ",
"My mother in law will leave food out on the counter for days. I once got really sick after eating some chicken salad she made, for 3 days I burped every 15 seconds and they smelled like a nasty egg fart. My father in law got really mad at her because he had seen the chicken salad sitting on the counter for a couple of days previously. She will come home from the grocery store and leave the refrigerated shit sitting on the counter until she feels like putting it away, raw chicken, eggs, milk, etc. \n\nShe also makes \"leftover parfait\" sometimes. One time she sent us some weird tasting \"spaghetti\" and I found a chicken bone in it. It turns out she dumped her leftover chinese food in it (sesame chicken.) As a rule we no longer eat food that she sends over to our house. ",
"That's exactly what it's like. It's fantastic and I actually support it because it provides plenty of jobs as well.",
"> base elements can't be destroyed\n\nNuclear fission wants a word with you.",
"oh man, gotta eat all my salt before it expires!\nanyone got salt recipes ? or do i just eat it raw ?",
"So when the Boar's Head guy delivers to the store's deli he gets to say \"I've got chubs for you.\"?",
"You should make her eat it. If she's not willing to eat it, it goes in the trash.",
"But he’s making me sodium mad",
"If it's real bread it's hardly inedible. Yes, it may have staled but that just means it's entering its next stage of edibility: as an ingredient in other dishes.\n\nFrench toast, panzanella, bread pudding, breadcrumbs, croutons, stuffing/dressing. The list goes on and on. ",
"I never implied that. I said the salt can get clumpy. Show me where I implied it goes bad.",
"Skyway. It’s a frickin’ *skyway*!",
"Well now I'm going to have to try and figure out why I've always thought it was NY NJ PA... Probably because they all border each other completely where NJ & CT have no border in common.",
"Salt doesn't expire with proper storage. Get off your high horse with that \"some people take it seriously\" bs.",
"They are saying the points are mute",
"How can we be chemicals if chemicals are us?",
"You say that there is an issue with Adam's video due to xyz reasons but won't elucidate on it. I'm not going to make your argument for you. Your inability to speak more than 3 sentences is not an indictment of my reasoning. ",
"How tha F did you know that salt was from mufukin Jersey nigga",
"That's like pissing on the human intelligence. ",
"I'm from Central Jersey. I've considered myself from CNJ my entire life and it wasn't until just a week ago when the Governor said he believes there is a Central Jersey that I learned there was some sort of controversy about it. ",
"... you really need to do some research.... those dates are 100% arbitrary, and your \"lack of nutrients\" thought?!?! where the fuck did you come up with that???? Nutrients don't just up and walk away after a set amount of time.... That's the same logic behind the 5 second rule... just plain bullshit...",
"partying and listening to pitbull",
"It’s too early lol. ",
"it’s a liability thang, ya heard me?",
"Heroin is one of the most valuable drugs, doesn't mean you should use it. ",
"\"If you want to impress a girl, do the helicopter dick!\" 🚁🚁",
"You can bake it multiple times and bread will stay edible for literally years. It's called hard tack, palatable? no. but edible it remains.\n\nAlso even \"genuine\" bread is edible for a while unless you have some weird conditions. As it becomes more stale over many days or even multiple weeks you can make many things with it as well.",
"Jeez if my salt expired and I had to go buy more, I’d be salty as hell. ",
"Space vacuums aren't pure vacuums. There's background radiation in it. You have space cancer now.",
"yo serve me up a stiff one, brosky ",
"https://streamable.com/0e3c5",
"the factories packaging these things generally keep the inside surfaces completely sterile so as long as it's not opened nothing will grow inside. \n\nespecially when you're talking about things like salts, highly acidic foods i.e. pickles in brine, or foods completely packed with sugar i.e. jams and marmalades. the sugar content as well as acidity make it nearly impossible for bad bacteria or fungi to grow. it's not really worth worrying about. \n\namerica has gotten so paranoid about this because the food manufacturers as well as food safety morons with an agenda have pushed this on the public. \n\nremember we used to have a society that did their own canning at home and there were very, very few deaths from it. certain foods were recognized to be at risk for spoilage like green beans, and common sense taught our ancestors how to deal with it (salt it, boil it, pickle it or just eat it fresh). there's no reason to be so damned nervous about every little bacteria.",
"Accelerated aging plus real time data for 2-3 years, or do testing out to 20 years for a huge bump in cost... lets see...",
"Really? Jersey has so much more than Connecticut",
"I prefer to keep it virtual, and I've heard of that trend and the cost of those \"raw\" water bottles.\n\nIt seems we're in a trend of reversal lately with public safety",
"its 50% high fructose corn syrup",
"Thank you for using an appropriate value and not saying 500 like everyone else who have apparently never watched Jeopardy!",
"Can confirm. It is.",
"[That is what people who are too poor](https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/09/14/nj-household-incomes-up-4-percent-2016/661708001/) to [afford to live here](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/03/study_finds_number_of_nj_millionaires_growing.html) say to [make themselves feel better](http://careerconnections.nj.gov/careerconnections/images/hero/TalentRetail-469588430.jpg). \n\n[Fuck yea, JERSEY!](https://i.imgur.com/4dkRby1.png)",
"/r/hmmm",
"Adam Ruins Everything is a horrible and unnuanced show spreading loads of misinformation under the guise of somehow having some kind of scientific authority which they don't have. They might be semi-right sometimes, but it always lacks nuance and more often than not there's a whole lot of cherrypicking and straight up nonsense going on. Their research team is incredibly unprofessional and they often cite unreliable, unscientific sources.\n\nI really wish they would stop producing that show. It's doing much more harm than good imo. I really dislike the smug way in which they boldly claim stuff that really isn't sure or all that simple and sometimes has even been proven to be false already.",
"Most countries don’t keep their butter refrigerated all the time, either, is an interesting one that America seems somewhat unique on",
"don't they mean primordial?",
"Does that make Ohio the embarrassing balding patch? ",
"And 100% non-organic, please !",
"Thanks to the Villages ",
"yeah it breaks down the bottle and chemicals leach into the water. Idk if it makes the water dangerous but it sure makes it taste bad",
"Twinkies are like Asian women. Forever young until they hit they wall.",
"Judging by how people drive around here when there's even the slightest bit of precipitation you are correct.",
">We were ~~gutted~~ salty. And thirsty. \n\n",
"Not using a good enough filter then.\n\nYes it's REI, it's because I know they carry them. Yes, you can find cheaper else where.\n\nhttps://www.rei.com/product/891193/msr-guardian-purifier",
"Do people really mistake their highway experience for actually seeing the state?\n\nEdit: I was about to make a comment about judging California for *its* highways but did an image search. Man, those are some scenic highways. ",
"If it's a fight it wants, it's got one. It knows where I am, I'm ready anytime.",
"Polish the bishop.",
"Vodka?",
"If the station attendant let you leave your car on he should be fired. ",
"ITT: a bunch of butthurt New Jerseyans. New Jersians? ... people from New Jersey.",
"You're correct. Some bottled waters have expiration dates only because of the plastic as well. ",
"Use it to season your laundry pods.",
"Yup. Left turns create way too many 'conflict points'. Circles or [jughandles are much safer](http://trrjournalonline.trb.org/doi/abs/10.3141/1953-22?journalCode=trr), but also take up more land.\n\n",
"There’s no oxide that would harm you unless you ate a ton of it either (barring heavy metals that would harm you regardless of oxidation state)",
"I look at it as a convenient service. It is nice when you are not in a rush to get somewhere or when it's cold outside.",
"YES! Thank God someone else shared my thought. That is so messed Up you don’t even have enough faith in your own neighbors to trust them to make a left turn. My work started sending me back and forth to NJ for work last summer and I felt like the idiot at first until I realized just how illogical that road system is. I wonder how many miles of extra road there are for left turn exits. Waste of $$$$. ",
"May also be time until the plastic expires (I.e. starts leaching into the food) that’s why water bottles have an expiration date.",
"\"Best By\" does not equal \"Expires\". It's a marketing tactic for those people who religiously throw shit away on said date because they incorrectly believe it's an \"expiration\" date.",
"I'm just not going to worry about it at all. ",
"The entire \"organic\" label market is often just words intended to make people feel good",
"Relevant username",
"The expiration date is for the container.",
"Which episode, do you know the #?",
"Why is it crappy design?",
"You can't pump gas in New Jersey? I've been doing that since I was 6.",
"Right. In Jersey, humans expire after 2 years. That's when you get people from the Jersey shore and Chris Christie.",
"Forgotten pantry?....first world problems?",
"Upvote for using “begging the question” properly.",
"No, in Jersey it's two years. I just recently learned that from somewhere.",
"Isn't it supposed to be on /r/latestagecapitalism?",
"Yeah seriously, are you sticking it to the big ketchup lobby? Spend a few bucks and get some new ketchup lol.",
"I'm certain that it is that important, just the irony of having to buy a \"substitute\" was funny to me.\n\nI had to buy non iodized because I needed to to a lacto ferment, and supposedly the iodine would have killed off any lactobacillus that I wanted to cultivate. ",
"If I remember the reasoning correctly. Even if a consumable cannot expire they put an expiration date on it because over time there is a likelihood of contamination.",
"I am not sure redundant is what you meant",
"It says \"best by..\", which is not an expiration date.",
"CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD",
"> Even bottled water.\n\n[Although water, in and of itself, does not go bad, the plastic bottle it is contained in does \"expire,\" and will eventually start leaching chemicals into the water. This won't necessarily render the water toxic, but it might make it taste somewhat less than \"mountain spring fresh.\" If consumers contact drink companies to complain that water they bought several years earlier tastes bad, the bottlers can point out that it's their own fault for not drinking it by the expiration date.](https://www.livescience.com/32636-why-do-bottles-of-water-have-expiration-dates-.html)",
"Good thing it’s only January. ",
"When you ask someone from Michigan where they are from, they hold up their hand and point to it....should Floridians whip it out for reference?",
"That's federal crime! ",
"Not in NJ apparently",
"Got that right. Grew up in Hunterdon County. Bergen County is where I find a lot of self-absorbed peeps.",
"But they don't really disagree. They just dislike the stuff that makes their bodies function.",
"Not New Jersey! Score one for Jersey!\n\nWe prefer heroin.",
"But he could be.",
"why the lie , why the lie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????",
"/r/mildlyinfuriating ",
"ecks dee!!!1!1!",
"Seriously. I couldn't last a full minute. ",
"Love these continuity gags",
"I think chemistry would be much more interesting if they counted neutrons as chemicals.",
"If TJ was in 'murica, it would be the a-hole.",
"The Midwest is the armpit of America. At least Jersey has some use.",
"Im guessing this is the Himalayan pink salt they sell at trader Joe's. I also love the fact that on one side they advertise how it's 100% pure salt and then on the other they advertise how it's filled with minerals normal salt doesn't have.",
"Some of us are just too lazy to get out of the car.",
"*Statue.",
"Ever get that feeling of dejavu?",
"Lmao",
"We prefer to call it the sunshine state. ",
"Lmao",
"Chris Christie. GabbaGool. ",
"https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/do-food-expiration-dates-matter#1\n\n\"Use by\" date. This is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. The date has been determined by the manufacturer of the product.\n\n\"Best if used by (or before)\" date. This refers strictly to quality, not safety. This date is recommended for best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date. Sour cream, for instance, is already sour, but can have a zippier, fresh taste when freshly sour (if that's not an oxymoron!)\n\n\"Sell by\" date. The labeling \"sell by\" tells the store how long to display the product for sale. You should buy the product before the date expires. This is basically a guide for the retailer, so the store knows when to pull the item. This is not mandatory, so reach in back and get the freshest. The issue is quality of the item (freshness, taste, and consistency) rather than whether it is on the verge of spoiling. Paul VanLandingham, EdD, a senior faculty member at the Center for Food and Beverage Management of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., tells WebMD the \"sell by\" date is the last day the item is at its highest level of quality, but it will still be edible for some time after.\n\n\n\nOh look at that.... Everything you have said is incorrect..... Again do research... \n\nhttps://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating\n\nTwo types of product dating may be shown on a product label. \"Open Dating\" is a calendar date applied to a food product by the manufacturer or retailer. The calendar date provides consumers with information on the estimated period of time for which the product will be of best quality and to help the store determine how long to display the product for sale. “Closed Dating” is a code that consists of a series of letters and/or numbers applied by manufacturers to identify the date and time of production.\n\nBY THE MANUFACTURERS.... again, it's a method to sell shit....",
"That book is an abomination",
"Time to make saltsicles! ",
"SC represent. Somerville and Flemington have really nothing in common with Elizabeth or Hammonton. I guess you could say from Plainfield towards the east it's all kind of a big mush of cities and boroughs that blend into one another but west of New Brunswick/Frankiln township there's a ton of open space. IMHO anything south of trenton is South jersey and anything north and east of the Wachung \"mountain\"is North. Everything inbetween is Central.",
"Florida is your naturally-attractive, C+ average student that had the whole world ahead of them, if only they gave that marginal extra shit to fulfill their potential. Instead, they understood frustratingly too well they could coast on their rubber skinned slender frame, annoyingly charming party skills, and uncanny ability to be just barely good enough at whatever task you set them too. Commitment-weary, unproductive, eternally doomed to make every possible wrong choice and yet somehow always survive the ensuing shitcane, only to show up at Thanksgiving to swoon the entire family while secretly doing four-loko funnels in the master bathroom with your topless mother-in-law.",
"i live on long island we are in the same boat price wise bucko",
"Because if that law wasn't there people would exploit it and say their food never expires even if it does. \n\nIts like how Tics Tac are supposedly 0 sugar but are actually almost entirely made of sugar.",
"The expiration date is likely for the plastic container it’s in, not the salt itself. Same as expiration dates on bottled water.",
"The plastic container expires too don't forget ",
"Armpits are sexy.",
"Jacksonville is the anus",
"I had a woman with a mullet and 3 fingers pump for me once in Jersey. She really was a sweet lady but the mullet and missing fingers threw me off. ",
"Brilliant",
"Well, it had a good run.",
"It’s pronounce JOYZEE ya fekken queer ",
"The gas expired millions of years ago already",
"The problem here is that we really have an expiration date, when a 'best before' date would make so much more sense. It implies that something could still be edible so people would think twice before throwing out food.",
"I already did, plus the NAACP",
"You literally chose two of the most spoilable consumables as an example of food that doesn’t go bad ",
"I fixed it lol. Too lazy to finish the joke.",
"Damn that’s lucky you got it before it expired. ",
"GODDAMN SALT SOTRY REPEATERS",
"Why does America have so many dumb laws? ",
"Exactly. Could easily have said \"Your table salt is actually 97.5% chemicals and 2.5% chemicals.\"",
"Bill Hicks said that was god throwing dinosaur bones around to test the christian faith, I am inclined to believe",
"You ever hear of mold? ",
"I haven't read those yet but I did quite enjoy both \"Ahsoka\" and \"Thrawn\" from the new Canon ",
"Just a guess. ",
"Maybe she just likes chubs of meat?",
"I've always known chub as dog food.",
"I personally don't like that they pump gas for you there. I've had attendants spill a little gas on my freshly painted car, makes me happy I live in PA.",
"All the bones are fakes. ",
"> filled with minerals normal salt doesn't have\n\nI love how I saw my neighbor at the store buying pink salt and she proceeded to tell me regular salt has MSG in it. She's always a riot to talk to. Not to mention that even if it did contain MSG (it does not), most of the fear of MSG is based on an urban myth.",
"Thus highlighting how easy it is for people to scam others with “natural” remedies. Those salt lamps? They don’t do shit. Yeah, the pink Halite (rock salt) is gorgeous and I love the way the lamps look (I’m a geologist, so loving rocks is kind of my thing). They’re very nice little lamps; overpriced but pretty. \n\nDon’t fall for the scams:\nCopper bracelets to make you feel better? Bullshit\nCopper infused braces/etc? Bullshit\nMagnetic bracelets? Bullshit\nMagic salt lamps? Bullshit\nHealing oils? Bullshit",
"Yes, but at least it's *Non-GMO*!",
"Genuine Imitation Naugahyde. So it's real-fake-fake-leather.",
"Okay, that's fair.",
"It's only good for 250.000.002 years",
"It's a pro-farmer/corporatist law to artificially push consumerism.",
"It’s confirmed. Jug handle are implemented in areas with the highest concentrations of dumbs.",
"I always thought this was a national law, which was why bottled water has expiration dates.",
"\"Historians date the security guard's employment documentation from somewhere between the end of the first *The Matrix* era and start of the Wikipedia era, around 18 million years ago.\"",
"This guy cooks.",
"Note it says 'best buy', meaning that (at least in the US), yes food does spoil over time, but it may still be good past the best by date. Example: salt does not spoil, but milk does. Therefore a best by date makes sense for milk because one does not know exactly when it will expire. Same goes for almost all perishables. But salt won't because it's a mineral, and most canned food wont either since bacteria cannot get into the can to spoil it. Best buy dates should not be equivocal to expiration dates. Food may still be good past that date. Don't waste your food.",
"Even stuff like honey or vinegar? ",
"It's called hyperbole.",
"Welcome to The Democratic Peoples Republic of New Jersey.",
"It *is* electrolytes.",
"It's a tub full of wee rocks that taste good, which, incidentally, have been used for thousands of years to *prevent* things going bad.\n\nLabeling laws can be dumb as hell.",
"All I hear is A Ryan Seacrest type.",
"The inside surface of the plastic degrades in to the water over time.",
"My sister asked for one for Christmas to help with her anxiety. I was going to shit all over the idea but instead I shut up and bought her one because a) it's an easy Christmas gift and b) even if there is a mild placebo effect, I will be happy for her. ",
"It stinks so bad they had to block a bridge to keep people in",
"Two brothers...",
"You've never been to Arkansas then",
"> Also even \"genuine\" bread is edible for a while unless you have some weird conditions. As it becomes more stale over many days or even multiple weeks you can make many things with it as well.\n\nI work in a bakery and most of our breads get moldy in less than a week.... Do you have to keep it out of the bag so moisture can escape? Because then it'll just be super-mega-stale in a few days and no one will *want* to eat it (even if it's technically edible).",
"In a world of myths and gods",
"Also from NJ, people can say what they want about us (and it will be true, but l will forever still love this state).",
"Yep, right before the global salt expiry crisis. But after... oh god, you'll be begging for death",
"LA you mean",
"We prefer ***not*** to get accosted by hyper - aggressive muscle-dummies when we visit Florida beaches in the summer.\n\nYOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT.",
"made in 3d printers using stevia",
"Thats the sell by date, not an expiration date",
"Gee thanks for ruining the post captain obvious",
"So, does salt \"expire?\"\n\nI've heard that honey is the only food item that never expires...but is that completely wrong since salt is essentially that thing that preserves food?",
"You're a reposting karmawhore who almost never comments on their own submissions because you know they're worthless reposts",
"[ahem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rZAT2GtmI)",
"Uncontaminated? Looks pretty fucking impure if you ask me...",
"Botulism is rare, but it's also potentially fatal soooo.... I'm just gonna keep making jams and jellies my way lol",
"In Philadelphia, it's worth fifty bucks",
"That was close.",
"That's why I said to look into the literature... I'm not a trump supporter. I am a chemist. A far left democrat too. I'm not sure why my political affiliations are relevant. They literally make you take a course in graduate school on why the media misrepresents most scientific literature. We had weekly papers where we went through the weeks news articles on health and science. We checked their sources and the majority of the time they were like I said. This isn't a failing of the media necessarily, more a failing of the the scientific community and our inability to translate our data to the general population.",
"Star Wars: Aftermath gets a relatively low score on Goodreads. His Miriam Black series gets high marks (barring the first book). So does his writing advice book. So maybe fairer to say he's better at writing his own stories.\n\nI mainly follow him on Twitter because he's funny, and interacts with other funny people.",
"\nWell, it had a good run!",
"The sodium content doesn’t go down, dry it out and regrind it.\n\nIt won’t get moldy, bacteria can’t grow in it. \n\nIt kinda doesn’t ",
"Of course that’s consumerism. The industry needs us to throw out perfectly good food and spend money buying more of the same perfectly good food. ",
"He's also the type who'll stab you in the front if he can't reach your back",
"New Jersey is the sacred land in which the most engineers and scientists exist per square mile . Proximity to New York but also woodlands, opportune . How about you eat a dick ",
"Except for baby formula, [even expiration dates are not useful](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating/!ut/p/a1/jZFfT4MwFMU_DY-lF5kL842QmA0duCw61hdTRltISkvaTqKf3vrvYWbo2qd7-ju5955igitMFH3pBHWdVlR-1GT-DBuYR4sM8nIR3cKqeNqUd1kGyfbaA_s_gCK-0D9xUvjPn1_Q4Mqss7XAZKCuRZ3iGleCOUSVHZmxuOJaN8hSztwr4vTgkG0Zcz8PktZMdkp8l4PRzdEzjY9oStxhcjoWRP6uing7W-ZFDOXsN3Amty9gOhi_uZC6_vykfarqOPErGsaZYSY8Gi-3zg32JoAAxnEMhdZCsvCg-wDOWVptHa5OSTz0j9XbfbqE7qHfJTZ9B_9fjN8!/#8). As long as the food smells, feels, and tastes ok, it's ok! ",
"That's an indication of the type of people that come down from NY to certain towns in the summer. ",
"She wasn't but she was willing to feed it to me.",
"Correct. Have you seen Jersey Shore? \n\nEdit: I'm joking -_- half those ppl are from NY anyways",
"It's statistically way safer and alleviates traffic backup for left turns. So I guess if you like car accidents and waiting multiple light cycles to get through an intersection, stay out of NJ. ",
"I think your MIL is a hoarder.",
"Ok, say hi to Prickely Pete for me!",
"Then Alabama is the asshole\n",
"Like a plethora. She's also a hoarder and obese, and lazy as hell.",
"Good thing you got it just in time",
"https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating\n\nAt a federal level, expiry dates are meaningless. Some states have applied their own rules regarding certain foods and expiry dates which may have some legal (civil, not criminal) implications.",
"Assholes are everywhere. Love NJ.",
"Yes. Salt doesn't spoil. Put it in a container that also won't degrade and it will last however long you want it to.",
"I think thats the issue though, its not in an airtight container so after about 2 years the moisure will contaminate it and make it less than ideal to eat because it will go lumpy. It WAS uncontaminated until it was delivered to a human, at which time it became contaminated.",
"Well thank god they found it when they did!",
"Why would it be safer than having a dedicated left turn lane? With a jug handle you still have to cross lanes of traffic except now you have to do it at a stop sign where you get no chance at a right of way. With a left turn lane you can put in a dedicated left turn arrow in high traffic areas to guarantee they get a right of way and traffic flows",
"I should clarify in my post that I meant it as a small cabinet that acts mostly as a table. ",
"I stopped watching it when he said its okay to be fat. That you can be \"perfectly healthy\" the way you are.",
"Yep, stay far away from here",
"Keeping bread cold and dry helps extend its life. Warm moist bread kept as such will mold much faster. And as i'm sure you know different breads go stale much faster than others. Also you have probably noticed that if you slice your bread it will stale faster than keeping a nice crusty loaf whole.",
"source?",
"Hmm, why do you say adderall?\n\nDo you have any links / articles about that?",
"As I understand it, at least for pharmaceuticals, you can only claim an expiration date if you have data to support. So unless you've done a 250,000,000 year stability study and have the data to prove it, you can only extend the shelf life out to your latest stability data. ",
"I'm Italian, we have a love affair with bread! Sometimes I get bread just to let it stale so I can use it as an ingredient. There's nothing like a delicious ribollita to warm up on a cold day or a hearty strata to get your day started.",
"The fuck are you on about? Anyone who says \"it generally is basically\" in a sentence shouldn't be calling anyone else dumb.\n\nAnd why is safety \"dumb\"? The state is very densely populated, and thus so are the roads. More cars, more accidents. Other states don't magically have better drivers. But okay, continue being arrogant about something you have no part in.",
"You refrigerate butter? Why? Doesn't that make it incredibly hard to use? \n\nI mean, I guess it makes sense if it's hot enough to melt on the counter, that'd suck.... But otherwise, it just seems counterproductive.",
"Everybody hates on NJ, but I can’t go more than 70 in the left lane cause of out of state drivers. Maybe if we suck so bad y’all can stay off my roads. Anyone down for New Jerxit? We’re leaving the union!",
"No absolutely! Please do not accept everything you read on the internet. It's very simple to do, watch their videos, check the literature, like I said in my original comment. Then you can decide for yourself if you think their information is valid. In my other comment I mentioned in graduate school you're required to take a course on how inaccurate the media potrays our research. If you really would like an eye opening experience, check out this weeks news articles on health and science. Look for the sources they claim, go and read those sources. Compare the two. Decide how accurate you think they are. The majority of the ones I read were misleading at best. ",
"In-N-Out is heavenly too. Dunno why people complain about Cali",
"My main memory of Newark was seeing a lady in McDonalds at Newark Penn station who clearly just broke out of the hospital - still in the gown. Police walked in calmly to take her away and as she turned around to walk out I saw the biggest shit stain I've ever seen all over the back of her hospital gown. ",
"That had to be very expensive.",
"Literally anytime you hear \"a new study\" on TV morning talk shows.... they just use it as a talking point for the hosts.\n\n",
"Having lived in Sussex, Morris, and now Essex... Morris is definitely the best.\n\nSussex thinks they're part of the Confederacy for some reason, and Essex is just too pompous and expensive. Morris has a good mix IMO.",
"My wife wanted to throw out a bag of rice because it was past expiration. I convinced her that it was fine but she wouldn't let me cook with it. Now we've got a bunch of rice socks that the kids like to use as nunchucks. Shoulda just let me cook it...",
"Cut off the moldy bits and use it ",
"I thought you were supposed to make _bad_ puns.",
"Calm down Jaden.",
"Thought you might have been trying to type \"nastybios\" but then remembered that I'm old and it's probably what the kids are saying these days.",
"My mother has a Master's degree, and the other day we were shopping; she wanted to buy some juice that she'd read had some particular benefit. She grabbed a bottle, I insisted she check the label. As I expected, mostly apple juice with some of the whatever particular fruit added to it. \nI convinced her to at least shell out for the stuff made from that fruit if she insisted on having it.",
"No you haven't",
"The difficulty then also is that people might not know the difference between a 'best before' date and an expiration date, and therefore treat them the same.",
"California is just a communist regime that’s too big and too expensive to live in ",
"BibleThump 7",
"He's a smug bastard. In a short clip, it feels like he's talking down to you and talking trash to you. In the context of a whole show, it seems like he's talking trash about the topic of the show. Like when he talked about medical insurance/hospitals pricing models, he's talking trash about them and it doesn't feel aimed at you.\n\nBut yeah I could see where it turns people off.",
"After 3 days? Right, well, cut off the moldy bits then and maybe consider a new baker if your \"genuine\" bread is molding that fast.",
"Newark Airport is the Newark of airports. ",
"The guy that says man up and drink it... gets called a “hipster elite SJW progressive alt-left cuck”",
"Yes, I have. My mom always let me pump the gas for her. She'd hand me $10 dollars and I would fill up the car. ",
"I looked into the future and your obituary says you died of botulism.\n\nYour last words were \"jam on\"",
"*flips table*",
"New Jersey is the smartest state actually ",
"Or it's just a constant, stupid job creator. Now you get to have people pumping gas and replacing your salt every two years! Think of all the other jobs bureaucracy can make!",
"My mother does that shit too. Milk can expire tomorrow, she'll only use it up till 11:59pm. It's 12:00am? It's bad. ",
"I'm pretty sure the actual \"start\" of the new EU was Tarkin, wasn't it? And that book was pretty decent. I have not read Aftermath though and do not plan to.",
"By the time I saw a hydrating solution I was already a man.",
"Like a lot of things that seem ridiculous at first, I'm sure with complete insight it would actually make a lot of sense why this law was implemented.\n\nBut it's much more fun to be condescending.",
">It's fairly simple. **If the food makes you sick or gag ... don't eat it.**\n\n",
"Jug handles are the best! That way you can fly down the left lane with out worrying about grandma chilling out at 25mph waiting to make left hand turn 6 miles down the road.\n\n",
"Wow that's fucked up",
"#KILLTHEMNONETHELESS",
"Mostly because of the Californians",
"I wonder how this 250 million year old salt goes with food",
"Were we related? My ex mother in law wouldn't throw anything out. She's had candy stash probably older than I am. Nobody will eat it so she put a it out for holidays and then it goes back into her hoard filled pantry with rotting food. This woman won't ever empty her freezer. Once the food goes in its there to stay. So she has to buy another huge deep freezer every few years. She has frozen turkeys that are probably 20 years old. It's insane. Glad I left that train wreck before she died and passed the hoard onto her son. ",
"*Mudlogging intensifies*",
"i've always considered pretty much anything above trenton area to be north jersey. ",
"If they hadn't dug it up on time, it would have expired while still in the ground and a major contamination might have occurred. Think about it...",
"I'm not going to lie, Adam ruins everything makes me more inclined to believe the opposite of what that show says. Because they seem to love to twist the truth to fit their argument. Even if, or especially if, their statement would generally be wrong.\n\nYeah, that milk WAS pasteurized, and then you opened that mother fucker 6 weeks ago. That is the day you contaminated it and put a real timer on its shelf life of safe to eat. Those green curds ARE NOT fun cottage cheese. And this is based on the idea that pasteurization kills everything, as Adam claimed. Pro tip, it doesn't. It just kills most of it.\n\nSo then I'm like, why would they put this in their video? I mean, technically under the right conditions their claims are valid, but it's misleading. Come on, he basically just said milk never goes bad. We both heard it. \"Milk is an exception\". So then you have to become skeptical of everything else on the show. \n\nLike canned foods can and will totally go bad. That is why cans can become swollen, because even the canning process doesn't completely sterilize the product and bacteria has begun grow and their waste is putting internal pressure on the can.\n\nCan can can can can can can",
"Put it in the fridge, it'll stale faster.",
"!redditsalt",
"That's their problem honestly. If they can't read simple info about date then I guess they don't care about the ingredients at all and that is often more important for allergies and such. Let's not make people more stupid by sheltering them in every little detail.",
"The container probably will break down about that time, the salt is sassy. She'll be ok",
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"Yeah, it makes it difficult to use, but I never thought much of it. Why doesn't butter go bad, it's mostly fat, right? I thought fats went rancid.",
"This is why my girlfriend hates going to bed bath and beyond with me. I call out all the bullshit snake oil but she gets mad at me for being \"insensitive\" to those who believe in it.",
"It also probably causes cancer in California. ",
"implying a min wage worker is going to give a shit",
"North Jersey resident my entire life...can confirm...no such thing as *Central Jersey*.",
"Did they figure out that too many people paid attention to expiration date and decided they needed to do something about it?",
"> Morris has a good mix IMO.\n\nAgreed - that and Hunterdon. I find Somerset to be the rudest so far.",
"We got in a car accident while driving through downtown Newark. We waited 5 hours for a cup [sic] to file a report; some helpful dudes gave us sage wisdom (\"When I get hit, I go get the baseball bat in my trunk, and tell [the offender] 'Cash or Credit? Cash comes out your wallet, credit comes out your ass'\"); and got chicken tenders at a Pakistani joint that had free-range cats wandering around. One cat looked like it had a tracheostomy.\n\nI can't say it was fun, but man did that visit have character.",
"Yeah I too have considered myself from Central Jersey as well. I also call it pork roll",
"Especially those PA drivers on 195, they're the worst",
"You must not spend as much time around your mom as I do, then. ",
"Amen! Those assholes from Connecticut are a nightmare on the highway. Jerxit! Jerxit! Jerxit!",
"In my experience the attendants will stop you if you try, but ok. Especially a 6 year old...",
"plot teist: i am prickly pete",
"It can go bad, yes. But it takes a bit. ",
"\"They call New Jersey the Garden State. Sure, if they're growing smoke stacks and assholes!\" -George Carlin",
"Thank you for un-rustling my jimmies. ",
"\"I don't like chemicals. They get everywhere.\"",
"Or Magic the Gathering players",
"Vacuum cannot be organic, no carbon. :P",
"/r/nevertellmetheodds",
"Joe Rogan talking about his life on his show is a good way to find out what the idiots in LA are falling for these days. \n \nNote: Not everyone in LA is an idiot. But entertainers are susceptible to idiocy.",
"because all of the rich fucks live in NJ?",
"it even says best before, and its exposed to oxygen now, before it was 'uncontaminated'",
"as opposed to you talking about **iodine** out of nowhere when that has nothing to do with what op was referring to (breakdown of plastics by mineral water and salt)",
"with the people around the world making jam or pickles probably being over 50,000,000 (most in far more unsanitary conditions than most of us are living in) and the annual deaths globally being under 10, i think i'll take the risk.\n\nit's like being worried about getting hit by lightning on a clear day. possible but not likely.",
"That's really funny but Chuck Wendig sucks",
"Hey, fuck you, guy. ",
"Probably. Depends on the integrity of the bottle. \n\nCanned water is what you want. That stuff will stay good for much longer. ",
"Is this edible salts or bath salts?",
"Sodium Chloride is not pink, my friend.",
"The salty part consists of 100% salt. Just like 100% beef. ",
"How is it jersey *shore* if it's central New Jersey?",
"Can't think of any high traffic areas with jug handles that have stop signs off the top of my head. You will always have a green light from a jughandle. ",
"Milk will actually never go bad. It's pasteurized, so it's safe to drink even after spoiling.",
"You tried",
"These people are insufferable.",
"Often the expiration date is for the container, not necessarily the contents. Like bottled water’s expiration date is for the bottle, not the water. ",
"Found the marine",
"We used to change expiration dates on cheese all the time. To import, it needs an expiry date, which is just kind of made up. But, that 80lb Brick of Parmesan that’s already 3 years old is going to get better as it sits in my cooler for a year. It definitely didn’t expire 6 months ago. And there was definitely not a thick layer of mold on the outside of it before we delivered it. Nope. \n\nCheese only goes bad when it gets moldy. And then you just cut off the moldy bits. ",
"TIL that a meat tube is called a chub. Wonder why it was named that...",
"You freeze the bread.....and then defrost portions as you need. Real bread holds in the freezer pretty well for about a month. Could go longer but then it starts getting funny (not bad persay).",
"I stayed at the Holiday Inn next to the prison in Newark. It was the nicest thing about the city.",
"Yeah, but I meant it with regards to the 'make people think about food before throwing it out' part of the previous comment. \n\nCase in point regarding the use of 'best before' are the comments about expiration dates in this thread, while even the salt thingy says 'best before' instead of 'expires on'. ",
"Clearly these edible rocks have gone bad.",
"Aaaaaand I'm a vegan. I'm all vegan.",
"Oh my god!! They killed Kenny!!!",
"As someone who lives in an extremely humid area of the US, it is possible to store salt so it's not a goddamn rock. I'll give you a plot twist, even if it does happen, you can still break it up and still have salt",
"Are you telling me there's places where people don't put their own petrol in their cars? ",
"Ohio is the heart of America...filled with opioids ",
"Can confirm.",
"some of the rich fucks didn't want to pump their gas during the day....so they made a compromise. ",
"By that logic, with complete insight it would make sense why this law was *not* implemented in 49/50 states.",
"You couldnt use it all in the first 250 million?\n",
"Ugh crap, you better tell the family to try and use it up!",
"You must pay particularly close attention to /r/jokes when they make the front page as this one did a couple of weeks ago. ",
"In the U.K. we have best before on non perishable items and use by dates on perishable items. ",
"You must pay particularly close attention to /r/jokes when they make the front page as this one did a couple of weeks ago. ",
"Texas is obviously the balls.\n\nedit: I just realized it makes even more sense, the infected gooch is trying to infect the balls by moving its parasites to texas en masse and trying to import their failed policies.",
"You must pay particularly close attention to /r/jokes when they make the front page as this one did a couple of weeks ago. ",
"You must pay particularly close attention to /r/jokes when they make the front page as this one did a couple of weeks ago. ",
"At least it creates jobs ",
"LPT: Don't pick the first container, go for the ones in the back. They stock new items behind so items about to expire get sold. Looking far enough I'm sure there's one with a couple millions still to go.",
"Lol this fine country at its finest ",
"I am also a registered nurse. \n\nWe nurses are pretty notorious for being very convinced of our own understandings of health and wellness.\n\nI know a lot of stupid nurses.",
"He didn't say table salt.",
"Can no dry food expire (in normal household conditions)? Because I had to throw out a waffle mix that was definitely not alright anymore just a few months back.",
"> Best Before \n\nLUL",
"I miss living in NJ for this. Not getting out of your car in the winter is the best. Also, it was always a decent paying low-skill respectable job for people I knew who would be hit by hard times and need a little extra cash.",
"A PA license plate might as well read \"please pass me\"",
"Like one microgram per serving or how much?",
"implying princeton instantly makes people a genius.",
"When I was 6 it was 1987. ",
"Gay salt.",
"They have to be free range vacuums tooo dont forget!",
"It would actually be salt plus H20",
"Haha I live in Bergen, its nice because there are so many Koreans so I don't have to hear racist shit as often but holy fuck is selfish behavior rewarded up here.",
"I answered to your \"only consumables with expiration date\" comment. That's untrue.",
"Could be for the plastic?",
"Turn left right here.",
"How exactly was the expiration date calculated so precisely ",
"Not even close because they aren’t from New Jersey except 2 of them",
"ehh i hate waiting for the gas attendant. Id rather get out swipe my card pump 5 minutes worth of gas and be on my way.\n\nAlso the gas stations where they try too tell you that you can only pull up to the pump facing one direction. I mean WTF man your gonna make me wait here behind 3 cars when theres 2 open pumps but i cant turn around.",
"How the expiration date calculated so precisely ",
"Pretty sure Adam isn't supposed to be a likeable character tbh",
"I can't fucking stand this show. \n\nI mean, it's good that he is trying to educate people, I guess? But the delivery, the personality, the production–everything about it makes me cringe.",
"Congratulations, you just ingested (myco)toxins. Lets hope it's not of the [carcinogenic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin) kind.",
">state’s filled with morons\n\nNew Jersey is full of assholes. Go south about six hundred miles to revise your findings about the horror of morons. ",
"A lot of people don't realize that bread going stale is neither spoiling nor drying out. It's a physical and chemical reaction where the starch degelatinizes and crystalizes. Heat can actually un-stale bread, so it's perfectly fine (or even preferable) as toast or in any of the zillion wonderful recipes that use some combination of heat and moisture.",
"People who live in central jersey call it a thing because it is a thing",
"It taste salty but would bang again 11/10",
"My wife throws away stuff on the expiration date. Once it crosses that line, it's no longer safe. It was good yesterday but today it's toxic.",
"Nope, you head west on Hwy 24 to Warsaw. That is the spot. (Or anywhere in Duplin County)",
"None of them are from North Jersey. Most are NY, but the two from Jersey are from the shore area or down south. ",
"How do I know when my food is bad then. 0.0",
"*Florida is corrupt as fuck.*",
"He's gotten a lot better about that type of thing recently I think, he's been called out on a lot of his bullshit in the past. ",
"Well, it IS a blue state.",
"At one of my birthday parties someone asked me if I had Grenadine. It was expired for 11 years, still was fine.",
"Government tends to ruin everything. ",
"No it's not",
"Quit being a hipster elite SJW progressive alt-left cuck /s\n\n",
"That's like saying sea water is 100% H2O, you just have to ignore all the other stuff in the solution. Point is his original comment was claiming you don't need an airtight seal to keep it from being \"just salt.\" However water sticks to the salt, so there's more than just salt, which is undesirable.",
"Democrats.",
"In which video did he claim that?\n\nAt least in the fat/sugar episode, he talks about weight gain as a problem and never says that it's OK to be overweight. I'm skeptical that he made the claim you're suggesting.",
"secret pink himalayan kyogre ",
"I just threw up in my mouth, oh my god is that disgusting.",
"It will go bad but it will take some time and you will be able to tell by the look of it.",
"I couldn’t find anything in NJ Title 24 statues regarding this. Do you think the expiry has to do with the plastic getting into the salt? Gotta love that BPA!!\n\nI had some salt that tasted like cardboard one time....it was kinda gross",
"I HATE the jug handle and found it infuriating when I moved to NJ. However, if you consider the senior citizen population in the state and the national traffic fatality statistics on left-hand turn accident, it isn’t too hard to understand why there was an attempt to save a few lives. That being said, the fact that some roads use jug handles and some don’t creates a huge amount of confusion and likely is the cause of traffic accidents and most definitely increased driver agitation. (New Jersey residents do not need any additional reasons to be angry)\n\nWhat seems to be the biggest problem is consistency. “Can I turn left on this particular 6 lane road?” I probably can’t see the signs till it’s too late to cross two lanes of traffic. This also applies to traffic circles here. International standards do not apply. It is left to the drivers observation of the signs at each instance. Not optimal especially with such a mix of elderly and aggressive drivers. \n\nEdit: missing word",
"hey now I'm an elite hipster of the progressive SJW retro-left variety",
"It isn't food but last night I took cold medicine that expired 10 years ago - it worked fine.\n\nThe US Military has conducted experiments on medicines and they found little strength differences on the active ingredients 3-5 years after expiration dates - they are thinking of changing policies to save money.\n\nObviously this isn't true for all medications, but yea, paranoia on expiration dates isn't always warranted.",
">With a jug handle you still have to cross lanes of traffic \n\nThat can be just as true if someone doesn't anticipate needing to take the left.\n\n",
"Let’s judge the entire state based on its most dangerous city!",
"Eh, by the time its a problem people will have made their money and be dead. Let the future solve its own problems. \n\n/s",
"I call bullshit, it never expires. I still have my Himalayan salt and that shit expired 4 years ago. ",
"Then reduce your moisture and temperature levels. \n\nThe things dude you responded to mentioned are actually things everyone in the world does with unmoldy bread that's more than even a couple weeks old. ",
"It's \"pure\" as in \"purely what came out of the ground. We didn't add anything\"\n",
"Could just make three right turns",
"Even water has a two year expiration date, I think even honey has an expiration date.",
"Show *is* called \"Adam Ruins Everything\"",
"\"I'm Roman Mars and my voice makes everyone want to nap.\"",
"Ive always found that expiration dates on salt to be weird. Like, the way i see, and i may just be ignorant, is that salt is essentially just rocks. Rocks dont expire",
"But by then, it was nothing to me but hypotonic!",
"Its the plastic expiration date",
"Yep. Best buy dates are pretty useless. If you are truly concerned and won't eat something after it's best buy date has passed, take it to your food bank. Though, I assure you, it is perfectly fine to eat for a good while yet. Also the salt will be fine if put in a different container for decades to come.",
"I always assumed the expiration on salt was because of moisture and oxidation.",
"Packaging and printing technology hasn't changed much in 250 million years I see.",
"Wawa likes to hire white teenagers. ",
"Reminds me of QI discussing cheese.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/Mvdl4ByIO1o",
">Now, how the concentration compares with other areas, I can't really speak to.\n\nHello from Florida!",
"Growing up in the US we always kept our butter on the counter. I still do today because who wants to spread hard butter on soft bread?",
"\"Jersey Shore\" is a pretty accurate depiction of New Jersey. You wouldn't think so, but it is.",
"!redditsilver",
"Philly drivers make driving down to Cape May one of the more harrowing experiences of my life. ",
"_I sing of arms and a man formed by primal sea_",
"China makes most of them. ",
"Staling is combination of all of these things. The bread is drying out, the starches are crystalizing, volatile organics are being lost, oxidation is occurring, there is some growth of yeasts and other microorganisms. Heating can partially reverse some of the effects, as can re-hydration, but a lot of it is irreversible in the later stages of staling.\n\nOf course, that just means that the bread has transformed into something new, which can be useful!",
"5 million year rule, bro.",
"Expiration dates have no legal meaning. It is perfectly permissible to sell food that has passed it's \"sell by\" or \"expiration\" date with one exception: infant formula, which is pretty reasonable once you think about it - you give it to a baby but you don't taste it first.",
"Most people in the US are using margerine or partly hydrogenated vegetable oil, not butter.",
"It's not iodized salt.\nI mean, there is probably some trace iodine in there, along with lots of other minerals.. but not enough to count as an iodine suppliment, not like normal table salt.\n",
"Not all people in Bergen are bad that's for sure! I have family-in-law there and despite being loaded are some of the most humble and generous people I know.",
"Everyone knows that rocks/minerals go bad after 250,000,002 years. I feel like this should be common knowledge at this point...",
"Most also don't refridgerate their eggs.",
"you took a simple conclusion, and you somehow fucked it up.",
"Is that why so many nurses smoke?",
"I really only do it with milk because of a bit of childhood “trauma” that still freaks me out, a day or two I can force myself to use it but at that point I will dump it. ",
"I recently cleaned out the pantry, found some pre-made seasonings that I assume were bought to help my dad cook when my mother was pregnant with me as they expired in 89.",
"Yeah there are lots of times I wish I could just pump it myself. It's more of an inconvenience than anything really.",
"Ah, the demilitarized zone.",
">If blind drinking it makes you gag ... it's obviously not good for you.\n\nWell it won't kill harm you, that's the point. Lots of things will make you gag but won't actually hurt you to eat them, broccoli for example.",
"> Iodine deficiency is the most easily preventable western illness (causes brain dysfunction).\n\nIt causes thyroid dysfunction. An enlarged thyroid can cause all sorts of problems, brain dysfunction is only one possible symptom.",
"Oh? Where's you learn that?",
"Hey man we don't make the laws here, the overlords do.",
"Yea but if it's not vacuum sealed won't it slowly collect moisture over time and spoil? I have some salt from forever ago and it's gotten darker since I bought it.",
"The plastic of the bottle slowly breaks down over time and enters the water. The expiration date is \"if you drink it after this date, it might have unhealthy plastic molecules floating around in it\".",
"Considering Alton Brown is a douche bag crazy evangelical homophobe, I’d rather hang out with Adam no matter their on screen personalities. Even if I did like Good Eats more",
"Don't get me wrong, I love Good Eats and learned a lot from Alton Brown's teachings, but he is far from a likable guy. If you've ever watched his live stuff it really drives the point home how big of a snobby douchecanoe he is.",
"I refuse to watch his show when he basically said that as a gamer im sexist by default, and because I technically live in a suburb and I'm white I'm racist by default.",
"Actually, just a former contractor who visited for about a week before going to Iraq years ago. First time I'd ever seen a billboard advertising breast implants.",
"Primordial would have been even more appropriate.",
"TIL salt lasts 250,000,002 years",
"Probably. I do. ",
"haha I was about to post the same link",
"Skriiiit.... ",
"Tada!",
"And I for one, don't want to handle gasoline dangerously close to its expiry date!",
"The salt would act as a near perfect desiccant and preservative. Nothing is going to live in all that salt.\n\nSalt doesn't expire, plain and simple. \n",
"> \"I've been out of school for 20 years and I sucked at **biology**\" ?\n\nClearly you did if you think salt is a living thing :P",
"I bet you eat food that isn't even all-natural, have never detoxed, and have never boosted your immune system. You fool!",
"Most likely corruption. Same reason as all the other stupid laws here.",
"Most things in Newark expire quicker.",
"I can only imagine. I only do that depending on the percentage. If it's whole milk, I'll use it 2 days after it expires. 2% 1% I use up to 4 days after it expires. ",
"That's not what he said",
"Well it's only illegal to pump your own gas on paper. In practice, people do it all the time.",
"Your whole loaf is alive?",
"Mmmm... Dead sea monkey flavor.",
"Pink? That's not pink.",
"Mmm I'm guessing mangosteen or acai.",
"Phew! They got it to you just in time",
"The expiry is \"best before\" not \"poison after\". Bottled water will smell and taste a little funky as it gets old, but unless it is contaminated with something or the plastic contains a high level of pthalates, it won't harm you.",
"Thank you! I had forgotten about this podcast after getting through the list. I hadn't gone back in a while.",
"Never said anything wrong with that line. And ultimately that’s what he said. If it’s has gone bad you’ll know. He didn’t say keep drinking it even if it makes you sick. I have had curdled milk I didn’t think anything of it until a chunk hit my tongue. It wasn’t the milk that gave me a reaction to it, it was just the unexpected texture. I didn’t throw up and I didn’t get sick after. It didn’t have a foul smell or anything at the time. ",
"mmmm... moldy french toast",
"Lol I've literally have never heard anyone say it that way except in movies. Actually most people here say New Jersey more often than Jersey. Some people in Brooklyn really do sound exactly like that though.",
"also it's musty not musky. musky is like BO, musty is like when you forget to wash your towels.",
"[Yes.](https://media.giphy.com/media/lTneijCUBou4/giphy.gif)",
"This Jersey law is kinda dumb. ",
"> What about when the salt is fully saturated\n\nmold/fungus needs liquid water to grow. \n\nthe water that is absorbed by salt is trapped in the salt and not available for a mold to use. \n\nbesides it absorbs very little actual water until extremely high relative humidity values - if the inside of your house is consistently that humid you have much more serious problems than moist salt.\n\nhttp://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/ware/gewuerze/salz/salz.htm\n\n\"At up to 74% relative humidity and 20°C, salt does not absorb any appreciable quantities of water vapor. The critical water content of sodium chloride (NaCl) is 0.5% at 74% relative humidity, which is the flow moisture point at which salt begins readily to absorb water vapor\"",
"I once told a girl she was pretty at a concert in Vegas. \n\nShe turned around and yelled angrily \"I'M FROM JERSEY!!!\".",
"Obviously if it's that far gone you should throw it in the trash! 🤣\n\nThe only reason that bread would be moldy at 3 days is if it was kept under warm and too-moist conditions, like in tightly-sealed plastic near a heat source. Or maybe it wasn't really 3 days old at that point...",
"LOL, fantastic!",
"Snookie - Marlboro (NY)\nJwow- NY\nSammie - Hazlet (North Monmouth County)\nSituation - Manalapan (Central NJ)\nPauly D - Rhode Island\nVinnie- Staten Island\nRonnie - The Bronx\nAngelina - Staten Island\nDeena - New Egypt (Central NJ)\n\nOk so fair enough, 3 are central jersey and none from north, I didn’t realize that. Still, they aren’t very representative of most people (like any reality show).\n\nEdit- wrong Marlboro ",
"> Canned or glassed water would be just fine basically forever though.\n\nAren't modern cans lined with plastic to prevent aluminum taste though? Wouldn't that have the same problems as plastic bottles? Or assuming it's just aluminum it'll still have an \"off\" taste.",
"So apparently the lifespan of salt is 250million...And one years. Good to know. ",
"FORGED BY THE SEA",
"Hey relax guy... any redditor worth his salt can see he’s just joshin ya. ",
"Because there are enough dumbass people who will follow rules like this and it gets them to buy more shit when they don't need to.",
"Never been to Southern CA I see.",
"Cool story bro.\n\nI just solve the problem by not drinking milk. I'm not a baby or a baby cow.",
"I do the same thing. She’s kind of gullible and buys into that shit. She’s pretty and puts up with my bullshit so it evens out. \n\nShe recently was talking to her friend about the waist trainer she got. She knows me so well, and immediately told me to shut up. Her friend wanted to know more about it, because she’s a lazy fuck that doesn’t want to do work and just wants the easy way. Joopacabra’s girlfriend was going on and on about how it draws sweat from you waist and burns fat around your waist, while I’m sitting there almost shaking screaming inside “That’s not how you body works”. \n\nHer friend leaves and then I unload all of my emotions. I damn near start yelling that you can’t spot reduce body fat (unless you get lipo or something), waist trainers don’t work, they are targeted at self conscious people by scum, and a simple diet and exercise will give you the results you want but you don’t want to hear that so I just shut up.\n\nAnd then she put on a waist trainer and said she’ll be glad to prove me wrong. I’m still waiting. \n\nBut it does have a placebo effect. She’s not large or anything, just would like some abs (I’m not against it either). I’m a huge proponent in bettering yourself, so if this helps her, then I can shut up. ",
"That is funny to me because my wife is also a RN and she almost completely disregards expiration dates on food and medicine (OTC). ",
"I'm from NJ. Can confirm.",
"He succeeded!",
"Most plastic containers have to have an expiration date for the packaging. ",
"But how else would they trick you into throwing away perfectly good salt to make you give them more money?",
"> They’re like the Derek Zoolander of drivers. Can’t turn left.\n\nthat is literally the joke.. he is from New Jersey...\n\nalthough\n\n>The coal mining scenes were filmed at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. It was formerly a zinc mine. Despite what the film suggests, there are no coal mines in New Jersey.",
"Probably vinegar at this point. any oxygen contamination will lead to it.",
"):",
"Yeah a lot of my old favorites, in retrospect, really show my priorities that have bled through to my take on the various new movies we've gotten.\n\nI don't mind kinda cheesy writing and dialog if they're telling a good compelling consistent *original* story and there's surrounding info to help me see it in my mind.\n\nA great example is the X-wing series. Started strong, even with cheesy writing. Villains were predictably done heavy handed, but it was new ground and while it had warts, they were familiar warts as a fan of the franchise and I could get over them. Mid-series was okay...not as compelling in terms of character or story, but over time, it grew on me and I was eventually glad to have read them. Late series was much more villains I didn't care about, tired or non-compelling plot lines, and the same cheesy dialogue. I struggled halfway through the first one of those, skimmed the next, and haven't touched them since.\n\nIn the new canon, while I'm sure there are well written books among them, I tried three and couldn't find much among them. One was decent, but not spectacular. Even at that, I'd take decent, but skimming back covers at the bookstore, there's just very little I give a damn about in the new stories. I read what it's about, shrug, and go to a different section. Obviously that's wholly subjective, but it's discouraging for someone who's been reading Star Wars books since they were five.",
"Wow lucky you got it in time",
"That's a like a literacy law demanding illiteracy.",
"I saw an episode recently where they went back and corrected a bunch of shit they got wrong on the show so at least they are actively trying to be informative.",
"[and don't even get me started on brussel sprouts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_V1OGMEvww)",
"The container expires not the salt ",
"I've never heard the expression \"When it smells like hobo ass...\" before",
"Yeah, sorry. I see where you're coming from now. I think I and many others are a little on edge when people try to discredit the media because of this whole fake news thing.\n\nYou are 100% right. The media, whether it's TV, radio, magazines -- basically anything -- sucks at covering scientific research.",
"A salt is a salt, you can't have half of one.",
"Healthcare is absolutely filled with market failures but that doesn't make him wrong.",
"New Jersey.",
"**WARNING: This comment contains chemicals \nknown to the State of California to cause cancer, \nbirth defects, or other reproductive harm.**",
"For what it's worth, it does say \"best by date\" not \"expiration date\".",
"By best, they mean, most profitable for the corporation. \n\nOr maybe it means nothing at all. Who really knows?",
"Not the salt, the container does.",
"By what mechanism do you believe plastic would leech into salt?",
"Whew, just in time!",
"Also, 100% uncontaminated? That stuff is dirty af. Uncontaminated salt is pure white. The cheapest stuff is the purest stuff. People will pay more money for straight up dirty salt because the label tells them it’s somehow healthier. Literally. It’s dirt. People are dumb. ",
"Meh, the bread we make keep ok for 3 days and after that you just need to remember to reheat it or smack it on a toaster.\n\nThen there is rye bread that keep for a good 2-3 weeks if you put it in a plastic bag.",
"Nah usually fat/unhealthy people get yeast infections, doesn't fit with California ",
"Happy birthday",
"Surprisingly, New Jersey leads the world in the number of scientists, engineers per square mile. So some articles say.",
"Yea, I don't know if salt ever expires, isn't it a mineral? Same with honey, it can crystallize but never expire. If it does crystallize, dip the bottle in a pot of hot water to melt it.",
"That's why I just don't go there, all my favorite stuff gives you cancer in California. ",
"That’s a best before date not an expiration date. ",
"Just got my iPhone yesterday and was looking for new podcast to listen to besides The Joe Rohan Experience, thank you!",
"idk maybe. Maybe that's why I keep seeing modern cans with expiration dates of only a year out. Aluminum may have an off taste, but it isn't going to leech BPA or other dangerous chemicals into the food/water (if it's 100% aluminum). This is super overblown usually, but over the course of years, it does become a concern.",
"Eh might be more of a health industry thing. Know doctors who do all sorts of unhealthy shit. Essentially they know how many ways we’re all being fucked with that are out of control, ways we can get fucked, so on and so on. You stare at that shit and then look at stuff like a 10% chance of lung cancer if you’re a lifelong smoker and go, “fuck it.” \n\nIt’s overload. \n\nI mean shit I’m not a doctor and a know a handful of early 20’s athletic guys that were ravaged by random diseases or cancer. If I studied it for a living and saw it everyday non stop I’d probably give less of a shit. ",
"I feel you on the cost of living piece at least",
"If your bread grow mold in 3 days you are keeping it wrong.",
"\"we\" meant human beings.\n\nIt doesn't matter where you are from, or where you live. Whether you are in space, Mars or earth. You need iodine. I didn't mean you need little iodine in salt. I meant you need little iodine in general.\n\nAnd some places have very little iodine sources (like places away from the sea iirc). In some countries it's mandatory that the salt contains a minimum quantity of iodine per gram of salt. That's what I was researching. If the salt that could be bought on the supermarket complied with the requirements.",
"One of my jobs at a local grocery chain is to date check. When we find products that are within 2 weeks we mark it way down to sell. If it doesn't sell we donate it to a food pantry which more than gladly accepts it. These dates are more of a sell by date for the grocery stores. I always buy close dated stuff then it does expire while I have it and I'm just fine.",
"Cost of living, most likely. ",
"I'll do that as well. I'm not risking getting really sick over wasting a few bucks. \n\nYour wife sounds like my kinda woman. ;) ",
"Really? They have that law in [Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey)? I wonder if they have it in York and Hampshire as well...damn Brits.",
"It was this salt... Coming to life... \nIt needed to absorb the essence of all living things to evolve it's magical pink hue. ",
"this simply is not how it works in real life. ",
"i call it pork roll as well...i guess only people from north or south don’t consider there to be a central. ",
"Never thought of that, thanks random reddit user. ",
"I'm not saying that we're not dumb, but we are one of the states that didn't vote for trump... so we have to be smarter than the states that did.",
"Ya I mean they are citing things but the conclusions they reach aren't always defendable. ",
"Pink salt is pink because of rust. (iron oxide)",
"Completely distracted by Melinda's r/pokies. (nsfw sub btw)",
"My entire house is made of molecules from the Big Bang",
"Are you sure? Did you know a pickle isnt a pickle in conneticut until it bounces?",
"BTW it is kinda funny to say it is uncontaminated. It is quite contaminated. It is fucking PINK with contaminant. ",
"that is for a completely different reason.",
"BPA is the big one, and it's still used in plenty of food applications despite the evidence of its dangers. A water bottle left in a hot car is prime BPA leeching, also tinned foods that are acidic are often lined with a plastic containing BPA.\n\nIt essentially mimics the female sex hormone estrogen so a hormone imbalance could definitely have some pretty serious health consequences. Both physically and mentally. ",
"...... Holy..\n. Shit.. You are right. I knew I spotted a fake. ",
"Your wholegrain loaf is a liar?",
"Good job they potted it up in time.",
"Perhaps they're referencing Good Eats on purpose, since GE and Alton promote deeper knowledge of cooking and, ostensibly, ARE supports deeper knowledge of other things.\n\nIt just doesn't seem like much of a stretch to reference Good Eats in a food episode.",
"... that plants crave!",
"Oh I can top it. In Wisconsin we had a law that said only Grade A butter, that has passed a government-mandated taste test, could be sold in the state, meaning that [Kerrygold Irish butter](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/02/23/wisconsin-s-irish-butter-ban-spurs-statewide-dairy-debacle.html) was banned.\n\nWe've [since relaxed that law a bit](https://www.tmj4.com/news/i-team/banned-irish-butter-back-in-wisconsin-stores), but it is safe to say we take dairy very fucking seriously. ",
"Who’s on first?",
"Isn’t Southern California nice? ",
"What about fat free?",
"Then the expiration date isn't for the consumable but for the thing wrapped around it. Like a water bottle. Water can't expire but the plastic can",
"Your whole wife is a guy?",
"It is jersey. Common sense and low taxes aren't there",
"North Jersey has all the sports teams, better public transit, access to NYC. Hoboken is an awesome city. Jersey City is fun too. There's plenty of good things in north jersey. \n\nJust because you drove from Newark to NYC doesn't mean the entire area is like that. ",
"worst case scenario there though is people throwing out perfectly good food, which is no different from the current situation of having expiry dates. The alternative (ie not having best before dates at all) would potentially give rise to people eating actually bad food. Of course, not all food goes bad in the same way, some food stays edible, but might taste different, some food tastes the same but becomes dangerous to eat.\n\nMy personal preference is to give all products 2 dates, a sell by/ best before date, and a different consume by date. in cases where the consume by date is wildly variable and the best before date is the worst case scenario, as it is with things like meat and eggs, have a statement saying so in place of the date,",
">biggest shit stain I've ever seen\n\nAre we still talking about her? ",
"statue of limitations ",
"It floored me when Adam Conover said you can drink chunky spoiled milk and it won't make you sick because it's pasteurized. My whole life is a lie and my parents were Liars....😊",
"Real bread (made without extra preservative ingredients) should be stored in paper rather than plastic. Yes, this will cause it to become stale faster but I'd rather have stale bread that could be used as an ingredient than moldy bread which should be thrown out unless you want a science experiment!\n\nYou can also store it tightly-wrapped in the freezer, controlling the spoiling process with temperature - as you noted. However, don't store it at low temperatures that are above freezing. That will just crystalize the starches faster and quickly ruin the bread for anything but as an ingredient.",
"No worries man, you have front row tickets to the next worst mass extinction event right now!",
"Is that podcast only visible to the 1 percent? /S",
"It does indeed make it hard to use, hah.",
"We can go into that misnomer as well if you like. Electrolytic (galvanic) corrosion is powered by having materials (almost always metals) of different potential connected in the presence of a conductive solution such as saltwater. Not breakdown of plastics.",
"Yeah, I have to do my best to pretend I'm still in with the youth.",
"My wife would freak out if someone did that. She has this thing about if something ever even touches the trash, it might as well be poisonous now. You could put an unopened bag of chips into an empty trash and she wouldn't touch it. \n\n\nThink because her mom is a nurse the germophobe gene passed down to her a little bit.",
"I was kidding. Everyone loves to associate NJ as crap because they drove on the turnpike through the industrial park. I love New Jersey, and even though I don’t know North Jersey that well, I get very defensive when people try to shit on NJ. I think it’s the best state, and I wouldn’t be raising a family here if I didn’t.",
"Yeah I have no idea why I used generally and basically. Other than that little mistake everything else is correct idiot driver.",
"Ok what's with this shit on people not pumping their own gas? There's like a very few gas stations in Canada that aren't self serve. ",
"Reddit doesn't think it's Mississippi?! Hell yeah!",
"mine is 33.3% sodium chloride, 66.6% potassium chloride. :P",
"... Milk and bread definitely go bad. Iv never had milk not smell nasty as hell by 4 days past the expiry date. By 7 days its usually starting to have chunks in it. \n\nif someone has drank directly from the milk, it will be spoiled a few days after that. \n\nBread does not smell AFAIK but it does develop mold and you would be better off not taking a lung full of mold spores. Look at bread carefully through the bag. ",
"I think navada has a law that prevents you from contacting alien life, if they land",
"It's for the plastic isn't it? ",
"This makes me sad to hear. What did he do to be labeled as a homophobe? ",
"That's fucking terrible. The lawsuit that got that passed is terrible. ",
"Wow, what a coincidence!",
"He or she conveniently wants to claim only the coast line up to about 10 miles in, while forgetting about everything else. ",
"Best Before =/= Expiry",
"This law needs to expire",
"By the smell of it too before that. Rancid smell is very recognisable.",
"No. Just the cake.",
"Damn, why’d you have to ruin his show for me. I had seen him do other shows and realized he wasn’t likable, but now I need to re-evaluate.\ndo you have any sources?",
"Translation: He's a Christian and I hate Christians because I'm so tolerant. ",
"Or the stress relief cigs/nicotine gives. Even if its just perceived it helps. \n\nSource : not a nurse but work in tech support for a major hospital system in my area. ",
"Probably right around the same amount of time as the 1 and 2 percent milk. Maybe 5 days. I mostly go by the way the milk smells but I normally don't push it past 5 days. ",
"Thanks.",
"Pretty sure AB quit the Southern Baptist Church years ago because of its anti-LGBTQ stance.\n\nSo, yeah, you got this the wrong way around, friend.",
"Actually my cousin worked at a very busy gas station in South Jersey and the cops would wait to ticket people who pumped their own gas. Easy pickins.",
"Do not keep salt longer than 250,000,001 years",
"The word dolomite automatically makes me think of that scene. So in that context would it ever really be unexpected? ",
"?",
"Username checks out. This guy knows his salt info ",
"\"68 million and 18 years\" - the \"and\" denotes a decimal, so you are saying 68,000,000.18 years...if you're trying to be that picky",
"Even companies that sell food products that do not expire use planned obsolescence! ",
"Agreed. I refrigerate my homemade bread after a couple of days and it could last for months without molding. The bit of extra firmness makes for great grilled cheese.",
"I don't see how people can't understand this...\n\n\nThe show is literally called \"Adam RUINS everything\"\n\n",
"You got there just in time!",
"Hey man when it's 5 below and snowing y'all can enjoy going outside and pumping your gas all you want. ",
"Seriously, I grew up watching the guy and he was my *idol* for my entire childhood, along with Emeril (who I actually got to meet, super sweet guy). He is so pretentious and obnoxious now (or maybe always was and I didn't notice?) that I can't even watch him anymore.",
"\"68 million and 18 years\" - the \"and\" denotes a decimal, so you are saying 68,000,000.18 years...if you're trying to be that picky",
"I don't see how people can't understand this...\n\n\nThe show is literally called \"Adam RUINS everything\"\n\n",
"apocalypse pro-tip",
"You guys didn't know that salt goes bad after 250,000,001 years? I thought that was common knowledge.",
"You guys didn't know that salt goes bad after 250,000,001 years? I thought that was common knowledge.",
"Clearly you can't if you were shaking just trying to restrain yourself lol. ",
"IIRC the pink came from carotenoids created by salt loving bacteria.",
"New Jersey has a lot of stupid commerce laws. But then again, they're New Jersey, so it's kinda expected.",
"Take it out of New Jersey. Put it in a new container. Take it back to New Jersey and BAM two more years until it expires. ",
"The expiration is for the container",
"Thank fuck they dug it up in time.",
"Actually it makes sense if you don't think about it ",
"Milk will still \"go bad\" but it isn't all that harmful. It just tastes sour. Unless you let it sit around for months. \n\nAlso, If you smell a milk jug and it smells bad, pour it into a glass and smell it to really check. Small amounts of milk that catch around the spout spoil faster and you may be smelling that. ",
"This is kinda the same reason why water has nutrition info on it",
"Agreed. I refrigerate my homemade bread after a couple of days and it could last for months without molding. It is super moist when it comes out and a bit firm in the dryness of the refrigerator. The bit of extra firmness makes for great grilled cheese but also toasts back to life pretty well.",
"Sounds like Andy Weir's new book. I legitimately can't tell if Artemis is supposed to be YA sci-fiction or if he just isn't a very talented writer in general",
"Hah yeah, pure salt is literally a chemical",
"Oh yeah it's a garbage line of thought. That's what the single quotes were intended to express.",
"Pick and choose my battles.\n\nAnd saying that to add emphasis to the story. I wasn’t actually being literal. I forgot, everything you say on reddit people take it literally. ",
"Probably just that he's a Christian. The above poster apparently missed the part where Brown left the Southern Baptist Convention because of its anti-LGBTQ stance.\n\nBrown is an intensely private person, so there isn't really much out there beyond what I've already stated.",
"I disagree whole heartedly fella. If you could show me some data that objectively shows new Jersey drivers are worse then their other countrymen I'll concede defeat. You made the claim.",
"Translation: Christain's means best people ever If you don't like one you're a bad personal \n\n(Alternative translation)\n\nMy feelings were hurt and I feel personally attacked!",
"Michigan is definitely an irritated and possibly infected anal cavity and this could lead to genital dwarfism ",
"Oh for sure, there are good people.\n\nBut those people get punished for being good people in this state while ass-hattery is rewarded handsomely.\n\nI've lived here for 20+ years, it's just getting worse and worse.",
"Haven't you heard about the tax on solar panels?",
"Which Legend of Zelda timeline does it point to us living in?",
"That’s a sign of maturity and empathy. You’re a good person. Keep it up!",
"Came to the comments to say this. Best by is when the manufacturer thinks the taste will start to no longer be as tasty.\n\nWhich still doesn't apply to salt in anyway... so it's still a bit baffling.",
"Well, honey doesn't expire. That shit will last you millenia. Literally.",
"Pure white kitchen salt has silica in it. Silica =sand. It works like abresive on your veins and cuses cardiovascular diseases. Rock salt is healthier because it does not contain silica. ",
"Typically when people say they don't like chemicals they are referring to dangerous, harmful, or unnatural chemicals. It is healthy to be wary of chemicals of this type.",
"Not morons? Sure does sound like morons when speaking ;)",
"it's not even a use by date, it literally says \"best before\" and I guarantee that is just because the container isn't airtight so it allows moisture in and probably clumps up after about 2 years in the container.",
"Or ... just don't drink milk because as I previously stated you're not a cow.",
"Soo... everything that is is there that is not salt is dead fish?",
"i hate chemicals on my chemicals",
"Your love life is a pie",
"I mean, the poster is very clearly wrong about Brown. AB left his denomination because it was anti-gay, and he publicly declared that.\n\nConsidering the facts go against the poster's claim, it looks an awful lot like the poster made some assumptions based on the fact that AB was a Southern Baptist.",
"Sounds like he’s from Minnesota.",
"The first time I saw that I wondered what California isn't telling the rest of us. Why is it just known by the State of California?",
"What if it only goes bad once it's removed form it's natural source? ",
"Even companies that sell food products that do not expire use planned obsolescence! ",
"Hell, check out the podcast period! Great content about really interesting topics that resists the urge to editorialize.",
"Nothing. In fact, he stopped being a Southern Baptist because of the convention's anti-LGBTQ stance.",
"Na",
"even people are plastic",
"I know that lol, I was defending my area more to the wider Reddit community who is uninformed and actually might think that 1/3 of NJ is a cesspool, than to you. See ya in June when I come invade your beaches. ",
">\"I don't like chemicals.\"\n\n>\"Yeah, I don't like myself much either.\" \n\n",
"It's a \"best by\" date. They're saying that the salt will taste best if used before the date printed. If used afterwards there is a chance that it could lose or change its flavor and texture.\n\nEx. Chips don't really spoil but after a certain amount of time they become stale and taste bad.\n\nYou don't want people trashing your brand after eating 15 year old foods. With a best by date you can say the reason it was bad was because it was old. ",
"Why'd you italicize the 'a'?",
"so the lobbyists for Big Salt got their hooks into the crooked politicians of New Jersey? \n\nbastards...",
"> Ohio\n\nI've heard it is the asshole of America.",
"What is that?",
"but what if your salt is too salty? do you let it soak in water to pull some of the salt out?",
"luckily they've found it before it expires!",
"'primordial soup' is the term all intro to bio teachers love to use",
"I heard that many years ago he was, but he actually left the Southern Baptist church because of it's anti-gay stance\n\n\"Brown said in a December 2014 interview in Time that he \"could no longer abide the Southern Baptist Convention's indoctrination of children and its anti-gay stance\" adding that he is now \"searching for a new belief system.\"[39]\". ",
"Good thing they got it right now. Two more years and they had to find other sources. ",
"Who is that man and why is he talking to me like I'm 3 years old?",
"Unwilling I don’t think is the right word. As I’m sure they are willing but are ignorant to the notion that they should. And this is done on purpose. ",
"Apparently at a book signing he made a couple tasteless gay jokes and called black people \"negros\". He was probably just joking, but if your sense of humor is to use that word or call gay people gross, people might think you're an asshole.",
"You know they tell you that because the pumps arent that long in NJ and you pulled in with the gas tank on the wrong side, right? ",
"It just won't taste \"best\"",
"I know but dude I saw your future",
"So the armpit of the armpit of the east coast?",
"But how can I win arguments without pedantry? ",
"Brown said in a December 2014 interview in Time that he \"could no longer abide the Southern Baptist Convention's indoctrination of children and its anti-gay stance\" adding that he is now \"searching for a new belief system.\"[39]\n\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Brown#Personal_life",
"Don't you know salt only lasts 250,000,001 years?",
"What about MREs/emergency food?",
">Communist\n\n>Uses money\n\nPick one",
"1st time i saw it was when buying one of those plastic tubes of ground beef at the grocery store. The label said \"3lb ground beef chub\" ",
"That's normal. They have to write a expire date.",
"It's only january",
"check out my pod cast where I have obnoxiously loud people on and randomly hit the button that sounds like a girl getting rammed and laugh really hard at it.\n\n ",
"Welcome to New Jersey.",
"[You're welcome](https://youtu.be/79DijItQXMM?t=4s)\n\n",
"Our water supply is pretty much already contaminated by microplastics and it cannot be filtered. So its a lose-lose [link](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals)",
"I like him though. He's my favorite real life TV Adam.",
"Characters like Adam are really common for a lot of commercials and informative pieces that target both genders. Nerdy guys can be non-threatening to men and not distracting to women so it's easy to get the point across effectively.",
"Even a gallon of water has an expiration date.",
"If you think thats dumb, you should see next years law.",
"That's the dumbest law I've heard in 250 million years ",
"If you write 68 000 000 million to say 68 million then either the million or the 000 000 are redundant.\n\nIn this context, they both mean the same thing but only one is needed.\n\nIt's like saying a Godless Atheist.",
"Hey babe, we better use this chub of meat before it expires.",
"I think you mean fabulous salt",
"No, that was about 65 million years ago only",
"I'd take that law with a pinch of salt.",
"Also why we need to recycle more or rely less on plastic. The pollution from it is already in our food and water supply. Some studies found microplastic fibers in the air. [link](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals)",
"Hard tack is flour, water, and salt. No leavening. It's not really bread...more like a biscuit or something. I've made batches of it, and it does remain perfectly edible for a very long time, so long as it stays dry. As a test I left some in a ziploc under my seat in my car for a year. Was perfectly fine, just crumbly. I actually didn't find it THAT unpalatable. Like a salty, crunchy thick cracker. I keep some in our emergency stash of stuff in case there's an extended power outage or disaster.",
"The expiration date is for the plastic container which will decay first and taint the salt, not the salt itself",
"mmmmm the brine of time has run out on this portion of dinosaur salt!",
"Br",
"So look at [this](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/16/16/enhanced-27937-1397681621-11.jpg) image, you're saying there's the main traffic light in the intersection, but also two separate traffic lights at the outputs of each of the jughandles so people can turn left? ",
"And yet people wonder why Americans throw away billions of pounds of perfectly good food every year...",
"My doctor had a talk with me about getting my triglycerides under control. Then proceeded to ask if I tried the new broasted chicken place in town. ",
"It's actually the bottle/container that expires, not the salt. It'll start leaking chemicals. \n\nSame with water (water bottles). ",
"Dude I could give a shit less of whether or not you approve, why don’t you come back when you are competent enough to make a left hand turn or pump your own gas.",
"Best before!",
"Well if you need more salt, you can head over to /r/minnesotavikings, there's plenty in there.",
"A good rule of thumb for most spices and herbs is that they’re only good for 250,000,001 years. ",
"Makes sense. I get pretty salty when I see primal kyorgre",
"Thanks. This is pretty sickening. To me, each state in the US is like a small different country, some with ridiculous laws/regulations totally different from others. ",
"What's so cool about a block of salt slowly dissolving in water?",
"I bet your whole spice rack is full of stories like this. You should totally do a cooking show.",
"And in the fiction of the show everyone hates Adam. ",
"That isn't a shitty pun. :(",
"I hear you. Dated a Psychiatrist briefly who would roll three blunts every day he came home from the hospital and smoke all three before he went to bed. He was actually a pretty awesome doctor. My cousin just graduated from medical school(with honors), currently working on her GI internship, and has a *very* impressive collection of bongs and pipes. It's hilarious to me when people talk about doctors like they are simply beyond reproach...so many have drug habits that they expertly keep hidden. ",
"I thought it was the reverse. It's not dumb from a consumer, but it's dumb from a producer perspective. It indicates regulatory agencies do not trust producers with indicating the correct lifespan, and so they call into question any consumable's safety after 2 years—despite a few absurd ones being caught under this blanket ban. \n\n*Never in the history of man would a company exaggerate the quality or lifespan of a product, now, would they...?*\n\nOn the other hand, it could be the two in cahoots in a sort of \"planned obsolescence.\"",
"Wow, what are the odds ",
"Jersey or *New* Jersey?",
"Caves might stink but shouldn't have bad air. Mines are another story though, coal mines are almost always have black damp which will start suffocating you about 30ft in, and silver mines can have bad air if there is no airflow or you walk into a section that is a dead end, if you ever go in a silver mine make sure you feel a breeze at all times and you probably wont die of that. Gold mines on the other hand are probably the safest as far as air goes.",
"If you mean \"creating artificial stress because you haven't had a hit of a drug in a while, and then feeling more relaxed because the extra stress is now removed\", then yes smokes do that.\n\nYou're more relaxed overall, if you're not smoking at all.\n\n(just re-read your comment and noticed 'just perceived', but I'll leave my comment here to push for more clarity)",
"Thanks. I was looking for that, but it was almost invisible.",
"Better use hat shit quick then. It's still edible so u can use it and I don't waste shit sooooo pass it here if ur not gonna. My food needs salt😂",
"Luckily they got it out just in time. lol",
"So why does the governor stay in office beyond his expiration date? ",
"They're always conservative with the dates for liability reasons. I'm sure it's good for at least another year.",
"That’s too bad. Been meaning to read these because of their significance to the canon lore, but it sucks to hear they aren’t well written. Still going to read them, just less motivation now.",
"There is nothing New about that place. It is a dark place.",
"I think hes making two separate statements. \"Some foods never expire and stuff like bread and milk just smell it and if it smells like hobo ass, its expired.",
"As my eldest brother, who lives in the greater Los Angeles area says: \"Southern California is great! I have friends I haven't even *used* yet!\"",
"It is not the salt that expires. It is the plastic box it is in that expired. It's the same for water bottles.",
"The brine of time is sublime with fine wine.",
"( Highlander theme song plays in background )",
"Yeah. I have this old tyme mustard from Maine and the people who sold it said that the expiration date is there for legal reasons because it lasts for about 10 years before it goes bad.",
">all my favorite stuff gives you cancer in California. \n\ntbf docking and putting hamsters in your anus aren't the healthiest hobbies in any state other than denial",
"As does overconsumption of iodine. ",
"\"Big McThankies, motherfucker...\"",
"/r/nevertellmetheodds",
"hey it's me i'm back",
"Florida. God's waiting room.",
"Or Johnson Co. The bad breath of the state... ",
"Everything expires...",
"This sounds like a passage from a Kurt Vonnegut novel.",
"r/mildlyinteresting ",
"I'm not here to argue the difference between white and pink salt; I enjoy both of them equally. But I have done some research into the pink salt (aka Himalayan salt), and in a spectral analysis, there are trace amounts of radium, polonium, and uranium. Additionally, there are trace amounts of substances like thallium. However, the numbers are so minuscule that I wouldn't worry too much about it.",
"I stayed around Jackson once, it made me think NJ was really lovely and well kept. ",
"What are the odds?",
"Sounds like a Michael Scarn movie. \n\nThreat Level: SPICEY!",
"I especially hate that dihydrogen monoxide.",
"This music video,[Healthy Lifestyles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdP5U28jHc) by Leningrad (english subtitles) addresses the paradox.",
"Same reason why so many chefs and kitchen workers smoke.\n\nA cigarette break is the only type of break you can get. ",
"Not being able to pump your own gas is one of the dumbest laws I've ever heard of. Jesus fucking Christ who is the complete moron that passed that",
"There are many nice places in NJ. Stay out of central jersey and you should be ok. Lots of mountains that people don’t realize are there. ",
"Well good thing we found it in time",
"To be pedantic, it's actually buttery.",
"RIP Bergen County :(",
"Milk can either ferment (good) or spoil (bad) depending on conditions and bacteria species. Fermented milk tastes similar to buttermilk or plain yogurt.",
"seriously, \"milk won't go bad\", just because it may not give me food poisoning doesn't mean my stomach won't still flip over ruining my day. still not a smart idea.",
"That's not true. Saying \"and\" for the final digits in the \"10s\" is definitely very common.\n\n[Snape isn't saying to turn to page 300.94](https://youtu.be/msH84lp8J0w)",
"Wow lol. America is such a shit hole. ",
"Maybe it’s for the same reason that water bottles have an expectation date. The product won’t expire, but the container will",
"*sets goldface on fire*\n\nWhat's wrong pal *camera close up*\n\nToo spicy?!\n\n*Judo kicks him out the window*\n\nQue ragdoll falling off the top of dundermifflin ",
"And they even include the definite article which makes it even more epic. ",
"Just don't go to BUM BUM BUM..... *Camden*",
"Who stole my pimp cane?\n\nhttps://youtu.be/OWU7JPXajOk",
"Actually, that’s a best by date, not an expiration date. In this case, either the salt starts to lose its flavor or the plastic starts degrading. My guess is the former.",
"Mothasucka sounds better than sucka. Can apply to infants too!",
"Na bro... he's just saying it like it is",
"Even you. \n \n \n \n \nEventually.",
"Link expires in 2 years.",
"Storing it in water, for instance.",
"MMaking self serve legal doesn't mean full serve disappears. I guess he was right about NJ residents being idiots. Here in Massachusetts there's enough of both full and self serve to go to whichever type you like.",
"Lol, the reason is raising consumption, nothing more.",
"this is funny lol. but its just the container that expires. im sure the salt don't expire till 2020 ;)",
"Dude just let it go ",
"I love Kerrygold butter! How dare they!!",
"r/nevertellmetheodds",
"I hate when someone tells me some bogus health thing and then is like \"and I'm a nurse/a nurse told me that.\" Because at that point, you first have to convince them that knowing about medical treatment is different than knowing about medical research - THEN convince them that they're wrong about the original thing. and I'm too tired for that. Go ahead and claim your essential oils are gonna cure your cold, even though a week ago you told me your essential oils were preventing you from getting sick.",
"It turns into gold. The alchemy holy grail.",
"I met Adam (the actor) in real life. He is SUPER nice and a really stand-up guy.",
"Well to be fair it said \"more than 250 million\"",
"Lucky they dug it up in time.",
"Paying people to dig holes and then fill them back up does to. If you make it illegal to use shovels it creates even more jobs because you have to hire more diggers to complete the useless project on time",
"> we take corporate protectionism very fucking seriously\n\nFTFY",
"Not really necessarily true. Compare modern cars to cars from the 90s for example, so mainly with mechanical parts. I have a buddy working at BMW and they purposely don't build the engines of new cars to last more than a set amount of kms. And if the engine is done, you can usually just as well get rid of the car, too expensive to replace. Also, all the electronics are causing a lot of issues. Not saying modern cars are crap, but you need to be aware that a modern BMW won't likely achieve the 300,000+ kms older models were able to. \n \nI drive a 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer (not the best example for ultra quality, but realistically all cars are to an extent manufactured in Asia and rely on other manufacturers' tech if they've been bought). That car has now 130,000 kms in 10 years. It's well maintained and checked every year, but it's rapidly devolving into a black hole that sucks money out of my wallet just for existing, and the repairs are costly. I'm also not happy with the engine itself and in fear of it giving out any year now. And that was a top car when I bought it. Just saying that we won't likely be telling our children of our first car we drove for 30 years, with its 300,000 kms, still running today. \n \nBut that's just my perception, I'm no car designer, no mechanic. Just feels like cars produced around 2000 and onwards aren't built to last.",
"Think of how many animals have needlessly suffered and died just to be thrown away in the end. Thats pretty fucked when you really think about it.",
"No iodine in sea salt unless its iodized, but it usually isn't.",
"The not pumping your own gas thing was started to create more jobs because it's an incredibly overpopulated state.",
"Yea never got the vibe he's a nice guy. Any thing else I see him in he seems at the very least abrasive.\n\nHell when he was on Parts Unknown he made Bourdain look less prickly. Granted Bourdain took him to a strip club where he seemed to be wildly uncomfortable.",
"Snookie is from Marlboro, NY",
"Haha well to be fair Newark is just a bad area. Most of New Jersey is beautiful and middle to upper middle class. But yeah avoiding Newark as much as possible is a good idea. ",
"That salt has been sitting in your cupboard for two years? Well, guess what....it’s expired! Buy another one!",
"Especially the bad ones. My mother in law is a nurse and she also has a ridiculously bad pill habit. Shes a pretenious bitch, who thinks that her problems are nothing compared to ours and wont get help. Shes always hyped up on some kind of pill. She cant practice in kentucky anymore and her new husband (of 3 weeks who she already wants a divorce from) thinks she got fired from her job in ohio for the same reason - stealing pain pills. ",
"Because the rich easily exploited the dumb",
"I bought boxed water at Hyvee once in like a cardboard carton, ideas on that?",
"Did you know that Honey never expires and yet the FDA forces all consumibles to have an expiration date?",
"I wonder why you think so or if you've ever even been to New Jersey...?",
"if salt isn’t pure white it’s already contaminated anyways, just paying extra to put a different shade of dirt in your mouth",
"Wow, they got it just in time!",
"At least people are useful there. In the Midwest you can't use your friends because they aren't worth anything and have no connections. ",
"Stress",
"Drinking old bottled water that's been exposed to sunlight isn't safe",
"Catastrophic failure followed by spontaneous combustion",
"They do the same about Real Housewives of New York, Dallas, Orange County, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, etc. don't they? New Jersey doesn't seem to be the worst by far imo...",
"Well, people are people and people are cancer so comments made by people must be cancerous too.",
"No idea. I'm pretty sure you can eat cardboard without much problem, so it's probably fine.",
"I'd take that with a grain of salt",
"Not sure why this comment isn't higher.",
"Happy 250,000,001st Birthday... Aww, it's past it now.",
"I have a large bottle of ibuprofen in my drawer at work that expired over three years ago and about half the people I offer it to (only when requested) reject it when they find out it's expired. Whatever, their loss.",
"Agree. Many nurses smoke because it gets you off the floor.",
"Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo. ",
"Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it has unintended consequences. ",
"Is this a Florida thing? Or an everyone thing? Cause Ive lived in Florida my whole life and can't tell haha",
"Good thing they pull it out just in time",
"It's like cheese; sits in a cave for 2 years getting all funky and cheesy but it goes bad 20 minutes after I open it at home.",
"I'll never go from what I saw on it's always Sunny in Philadelphia",
"Or Edison.",
"that is not why it has an expiration date on it. ",
"I was supposedly formed 13.7 billion years ago and apparently will expire sometime before the turn of the next millennium.",
"Think how lucky you are, you caught this Salt right before it expires, the odds of this must be one in Millions. \n\nNow that you realize how lucky you are imagine all the people working in those salt mines when all of the salt expires in 2019. \n\n2019 is going to be a dark saltless year. ",
"Which is difficult for some. \n\nMy father has his thyroid removed due to cancer and had to go through a radioactive iodine treatment plan. In order to do that he has to eliminate iodine in his body for two weeks before the treatment. Salt was fine, but it couldn't be iodized... sounds like it'd be impossible to find in Mexico.",
"People are bashing the two year thing but is it really that stupid? Like if a restaurant has a container of salt over two years, while it may not be expired, it may be a sanitation issue.",
"And some times, you get sad.",
"Lol I don’t understand why people want to have to pump their gas so much. When I moved out of N.J. I have to pay 30 cents more per gallon and pump it myself like some kind of pauper",
"That's fine, just saying it's a bad example to give to point out flaws in mandatory expiration dates. Bottled water should have date labeling. ",
"If it's stored badly, then the salt ends up bonding with the moisture/materials it's stored in, and starts to lose it's flavor and usefulness.",
"Leaded crystal? ",
"haha",
"Producers usually *don't* like sell by dates. Because it forces them to produce and sell merchandise quickly. These salt folks would much rather produce one batch of salt every year and let it sit on a warehouse shelf until they find a buyer. It's cheaper and less stressful.\n\nSell by dates mean they have to keep a constantly moving production line and do just-in-time fulfillment. That costs money. ",
"This salt is crushed, which means that it has plenty of surfaces for bacteria to grow on. The salt mined from the Earth is just solid rock, with no way for bacteria to penetrate it. It's actually pretty reasonable that the crushed salt will expire while the rock salt will not.\n\nProbably not by that date, though.",
"It's not really close at all. \n\nShitty pun factory - he's saying \"Assault is Assault, there shouldn't be a statute of limitations.\" Assault is a crime, statue of limitations is a term for how long before you can prosecute someone for a crime (similar to an expiration date). Nothing about referencing speedrunning is a pun. \n\nA statue of limitations has absolutely nothing to do with Mario or Speedrunning, and certainly not mentioned in that video you are talking about. What you are referencing is incredibly obscure - I happen to know the video. \n\nFurthermore its a common expression to say \"Blank is Blank.\" That's literally the only similarity between his comment and that video. \n\nHave I made enough points about how its not a reference to that video? \n\nRegardless, that video is very interesting",
"I think you are referring to LaGuardia.",
"People say the same shit to me about doctors. \"Oh my doctor told me to try acupuncture, he really believes in it.\"\n\nJust say \"Medicine isn't a democracy. It doesn't matter what your nurse/doctor/etc. believes. What matters is what the science says.\"",
"Or I considered that if you break NJ North-South into thirds, the shore is in central jersey.",
"Most times the date doesn’t mean “spoiled by this day” it’s more of a “tastes best before this day” ",
"You'll be dead before that happens and your children.",
"Quick I gotta use my old ROCKS before they expire.",
"Over populated and full of toxic people",
"Yeah, only morons would want to stay in the heat of their car in 10 degree weather, or the AC in 100 degree weather. Dumbasses.",
"Roman Mars is just a hell of a guy. The voice, the stories, he's a such a captivating producer. ",
"Kerrygold tastes so much better than any American-made butter that I've ever had. Not to say that Wisconsin has bad butter (they have wonderful diary products), but a taste test is subjective, not objective. It seems that the Wisconsin dairy associations have themselves powerful friends in the state. ",
"I think I love you",
"A \"Best by\" date is not the same as an \"expiration date\".",
"You're gonna get goiter.",
"the FDA considers bottled water to have an indefinite shelf life if it is stored properly.",
"Also plastic packaging requires an expiration date due to the breakdown of the packaging itself ",
"So the past 250 millions years didn't change the taste, but this coming year will? ",
"Someone's job is to drive around Wisconsin eating butter?",
"Im in medical school and this so much! A lot of people in my classes still don’t eat fruits everyday and people shockingly still smoke weed even though they know the harmful effects it has.",
"New Jersey also requires a professional to pump gas for people. And by professional they mean a 20 year old stoner who barely passed high school and isn't paying much attention to their job.",
"Interesting, since Federal law required expiration dates on only one food product: baby food/formula. All other expiration dates are put on by the manufacturer, so I always figured they were just using the soonest date that sounded reasonable, to sell more product. Finding out this aspect makes it seem like they may have added the dates just cause of this and possibly other state laws.",
"Its most likely not the salt going bad but the plastic container.",
"My salty attitude never expires ",
"Kansas is the anus and Oklahoma is a hemorrhoid. ",
"I just wanna note that while it will cause arguements, IMO New Egypt is South Jersey. Its south of the two dividing points (195 and the Manasquan inlet), so it's more south than central.",
"They’re required by law to have an expiration date. Even water and honey has an expiration date",
"Oh wow! I haven't found anything that old, yet. \n\nSometimes I'm amazed at what gets hidden in places you look at every day, too. ",
"Pretty much. Knowledge is only half of it (assuming that it’s not a gap in knowledge, Hell I know nurses that’s *definitely* don’t have a good grasp of nutrition at all.) \n\nHuman psychology is complicated. Same reason it’s not easy to get skinny for lots of people, or to get stuff done, or... well anything. Complicated is an understatement honestly. ",
"NJ actually has a relatively high average IQ compared to most other states, so the facts really aren't on your side. Plus the gas pump laws were created to protect jobs. ",
"If it's lined with plastic, it will likely leech. ",
"When I typed that I was pretty sure I was wrong...but I thought, \"fuck it, it's reddit and it's close enough.\"\n\nI've been to both of those states and the only one I can remember for that BS was NJ.",
"There's two parts to it in my opinion. The northern part runs from Sandy Hook to Manasquan and the southern part, where Jersey Shore was, runs from Manasquan to Cape May. If you wanna get techinal, we can split it into four, North, Mid, Wildwoods, and Cape May.",
"That explains the name of the Cleveland Browns.",
"I was just thinking to myself this is kind of part of it. I've seen a lot of pain and suffering and people dying and I'm a pretty depressed person myself. Fuck it. I'll have my cigarette and enjoy it, I'm going to die anyway.",
"Wrong. Lived in various parts of LA County for 6 years. It was hell on earth. ",
"Aluminum cans are always lined with some sort of a plastic liner as far as I know",
"First off that's a rare style of jughandle. Most are after the light. Secondly the road that you'd be turning onto in general would have very little traffic compared to the main road so yes a stop sign would be fine there. I can only think of one intersection in my experience that looks like this and it's actually a problem in rush hour, but that's just because traffic there has gotten much worse over the years.",
"If it's cardboard it has to be lined with something.",
"Like, chuck tingle unrefined? ",
"It's not when the salt expires. \n\nIt's when YOU expire. ",
"It's the gluten",
"This is why I come to Reddit ",
"My girlfriend's best friend is a RN and she is the most difficult person to have any kind of disagreement with. Even about stuff she doesn't know very well and I do she will still spend so much energy trying to convince me I'm wrong.",
"No dry? Waffle mix IS dry, right? If so, it probably contained some kind of egg or milk powder, which can go bad.",
"This is exactly part of what is wrong with “SoCal”. It’s shithead residents think it is gods gift to the planet and that they are the chosen people. In reality, they are fucking morons who are too self obsessed to realize how much they suck. \n\nNot jealous at all. Lived there for 6 years, spent 5 years trying to find a way to get the fuck out. ",
"Californians too often mistake terrible parenting with birth defects. ",
"So it's not that I don't believe you, but you have to explain this one to me. How does a jug handle make it safer? You're not eliminating left turns, you're just shifting them up the road a bit? Why is that safer?",
"They can't pump their own gas either.",
"I dunno, they still can't pump their own gasoline in New Jersey. ",
"Milk doesn't \"go bad\". It's pasteurized. It might curdle and taste like ass but it's not bad for you.",
"> Potassium is vital in the human body, and potassium chloride by mouth is the common means to treat low blood potassium, although it can also be given intravenously. It can be used as a salt substitute for food, but due to its weak, bitter, unsalty flavor, it is usually mixed with ordinary table salt (sodium chloride) to improve the taste. The addition of 1 ppm of thaumatin considerably reduces this bitterness.[9] Complaints of bitterness or a chemical or metallic taste are also reported with potassium chloride used in food.[10]",
"It's 50/50. Either it expires next year or it doesn't.",
"Ahhh the white guy who hates himself because he’s white. Love that guy ",
"yeah, morons that spend their whole high school years hoping to get into to the sorrority there....",
"Future fax is the best Jim prank......",
"Almost as dumb as buying Himalayan pink sea salt",
"That's a \"best by\" date, not an expiration date. Those two are on opposite ends of the food code dating spectrum.\n\nhttp://www.ift.org/knowledge-center/learn-about-food-science/food-facts/the-difference-between-useby-sellby-and-bestby-dates.aspx",
"Funny you should say that... Someone asked us at /r/askanescort the other day if any of us had noticed a correlation between a person's profession and their sexual preferences. \n\nTurns out doctors, surgeons, etc... often tend to be the idiots asking for high risk unprotected sex. ",
"Can you explain why it's a communist regime?",
"Gee, I wonder how this law was ~~lobbied~~ brought into existence.",
"Do you pay more for full serve though? Up until a recent gas tax hike NJ had some of the most inexpensive gas in the country despite full service only.",
"Such a great episode. The guy who has to pour all the milk down the drain...",
"If anyone would be a responsible drug user it would be a doctor though ",
"Yes very nice",
"That’s not a fair comparison and you know that, so I’m not sure what your point is. Many states enacted this before repealing it (mostly because of gas lobbyists), and it’s not a useless job, it’s a service that a majority of NJ residents all agree they’d rather have.\n\nNJ enacted their law (retail gasoline dispensing safety act) in 1949. - among other states but only NJ and Oregon kept it (or a version of it) in the long run. Other states saw the option of full service as interesting and useful as well, but the vast majority settled on “self serve” because they claimed it would shed a couple cents off gas prices for the consumer.\n\nNJ up until very recently had some of the cheapest gas you could buy anywhere without any cost hikes from employing thousands of people across the state to provide the service. All the states around us are charging the same, if not more, and you are pumping it yourself. You tell me who is getting scammed.\n\nI’m not against self serve, I currently live in VA and had no issue switching over. If you’ve ever been to NJ, especially south NJ, it’s mostly farmland. They’re not unable to figure out how to use a pump.\n\nIf the people of NJ want to keep full service, employing tons of people, and it’s what the vast majority of it’s citizens want then I really don’t see an issue here. If you want to bitch and moan about it, then go to one of the MANY other states that lets you pump your own gas.",
"Technically that’s not an “expiration” date, it’s a “best by” which means that the item will be at its peak freshness until that date. ",
"You might find this interesting...\n\nhttp://fortune.com/2014/06/10/most-corrupt-states-in-america/\n\nWe (Florida) are number 10. I *really* though Illinois would be #1, but they are #4. (And South Dakota really surprised me, but then again I'm surprised anyone lives in South Dakota at all...)",
"Yeah I believe that. \n\nUsed to have an absolute phobia of getting a woman pregnant. Spent a long time researching and comforting my way out of that phobia. Obviously can guess where my preferences swung afterwards. Went from “oh fuck everything is terrifying” to “fuck it.” ",
"Nah, just go play some Overwatch.",
"What a waste. That should change.",
"That would be rust that's making it pink/brown, to be precise. Mostly Fe2O3, actual oxidated iron. And of course the salt would contain traces of pretty much every other element in the periodic table since, you know, that salt came from the sea AKA the place where everything flows sooner or later. IIRC there are significant quantities of cadmium, copper and other heavy metals in it, not enough to be poisonous unless you literally eat salt by the spoon (but then you'll probably have other problems), but is is definitely a source of heavy metals that I'd avoid if given the choice, just in case I'm already unknowingly absorbing them from other sources. \n\nPS this pink salt is extracted from the Khewra salt mine, in Pakistan, that legend says was discovered by Alexander the Great's army during his campaigns to reach India. The colored veins are considered of lower quality, because of the impurities, and since they can't sell it India, because regulations there sensibly requires the salt to contain a certain quantity of iodine (and mixing iodine with an inferior product wasn't worth the money), somebody came up with creative ways to sell it worldwide. I don't know if it was an enterprising Pakistani national, the company owning the mine itself or an entrepreneur from China or somebody else from another place entirely, but first they sold lumps and salt rocks as lamps and gadgets, claiming mysterious health benefits from just having them around the room, something something negative ions something pseudo-scientific babble (while in reality they'll just collect dust and, if the air is very moist, slowly \"melt\" away), then the fad of the \"exclusive\" Himalayan Pink Salt started (probably thanks to some western chef who was definitely in on the ~~scam~~marketing initiative). It won't kill you, of course, but it won't improve your health or make your food taste better than what the common table salt does... it definitely isn't worth the price.",
"I'd be pissed, too, if I'd spent that much money on cards only to draw the wrong ones and get beaten by a snotty kid who did.",
"Do you always talk down to people?\n\nEven when you didn’t take the time to do, at minimum, some googling on the subject?",
"Other side of the country, but I freaking hate when I have to drive into Oregon because they will not allow me to pump my fuel, THEN THEY SPILL FUEL ON MY TRUCK!\n\nI feel so strongly about this that I have figured out the last Washington fuel stop along I5, that way I can hopefully avoid OR gas stations.",
"It might be for the plastic",
"Found the fetish",
"I think we have a winner. ",
"You just defined 'earth' ",
"Honestly, they taste terrible even before they expire. ",
"I think you're missing the point. People keep cases of water in their cars. People keep it in their garages. People bring it out for a kids soccer game, don't drink it all, and bring the rest home. The whole point of bottled water is that it's ready made to be brought anywhere. Yeah if you keep it on a shelf in the dark at a constant temp it's gonna take forever for the plastic to biodegrade. That's not the major use case though, and consumer protection isn't supposed to just apply to the best case scenario. ",
"It's so people throw things away just too spend more money when it wasn't needed. ",
"That's not a bad shelf life... if you haven't used it in 250 millions years you probably never will 😂",
"I've lived in multiple states and cities and that can easily apply to anywhere. If anything I have found california residents to be the most chill and laid back people. Why do you hate it so much?",
"Yup.. A family friend of ours used to be a nurse, and swore by those magnetic bracelets for improved health.",
"That airport tried to kidnap me. Flew in there on a Saturday and all flights were grounded due to \"bad weather,\" and they couldn't get me another flight out until Monday afternoon. But I know the truth. They wanted this sweet, sweet ass all to themselves. \n\nThankfully some buddies drove up from DC to save me. ",
"He means that you're only allowed to point one direction in the fuel station, can't pull into an ”empty lane” backwards to the flow of traffic. ",
"That pink salt is usually pink due to rust. ",
"The American Dream.",
"its not that easy, salt from evaporation forms in a certain order due to the chemical stability of the minerals\n\nHalite (natural NaCl) is mostly just NaCl while other minerals form out of the remaining elements in different layers\n\nother factors influence the mechanism aswell, for example you can evaporate most of a sea and form minerals like Halite, then for some reason a seaway opens and the you get more water to dry up thus starting the chain from the beginning. as a result multiple layers of minerals exist. Rare (and valuable) minerals like Sylvite (KCl) form at the very end of the dry-up process and pretty much only if the basin dries up completely",
"[I think it's for the plastic thing, like the water bottle, it will start contaminating the product with chemicals. Not toxic though. ] (https://www.livescience.com/32636-why-do-bottles-of-water-have-expiration-dates-.html)",
"To be fair, that's only a 'best before'. It's safe to eat for *at least* another year or two /s\n\n(At least!)",
"I just graduated medical school. I don't smoke consistently, but I like one every now and then, and the only reason I don't stop entirely is what you said. Sort of like a \"do as I say, not as I do\" combined with a \"life is short\" kind of theory.",
"FINALLY ",
"I moved to Florida about five years ago. It is actually pretty fucking awesome.",
"I like to eat spoonfuls of quark-gluon plasma, thank you. No chemistry involved (apart from the spoon).",
"Ancient, uncontaminated content 250 million years old you say? Let's just recycle some old Parmesan cheese container.... Definitely a Latino scientist...",
"Yeah, they pay less than most of the rest of the country who also have to do it themselves.",
"Almost as dumb as Montana's milk expiration date requirements",
"Sounds to me like you're the moron. If self service stations opened up, full service would either be more expensive, or require tipping. \n\nThis shit is a *L U X U R Y* . \n\nU jell bro?",
"I had a cousin who was sort of like this. Got addicted to pills, got caught taking said pills, got sent to a rehab program and told that if she completed it she could come back to being a nurse. Completes the program, 3 weeks later gets caught trying to steal pills again with another nurses code (they had opiates locked up). Instantly got fired.",
"Throwing food out prematurely helps the economy... ",
"Nah he doesn't say that. ",
"hey it's me ur friend",
"> stuff that makes their bodies ~~function~~ exist.",
"It's probably more for the plastic container then the actual salt.\nIt's why bottles of water have an expiry date.",
"Each state is a separate independent state? Impossible!",
"\"I like chemicals\"\n\n\"Yeah me neith- well, shit\"",
"That law was to create more jobs. ",
"No, you really didn't. The law was originally enacted in 1950, and even today dairy farming in Wisconsin is still relatively family (rather than corporate) based.",
"Nothing is eternal. Except the trial version of Winrar of course",
"Don't you guys also pay like $20/gallon?",
"What the fuck Montana 12 DAYS??",
"250 millions years to buy and you choose 2 years before the expiration date. Your mistake, pal.",
"They just need to get rid of the old gas first. ",
"Is there a difference?",
"Raised on dino dna.",
"\"I think you're wrong. It's a statue of limitations.\"",
"yes and these lining fail eventually as well, you may notice a tinny or metallic flavor in soda that had been left long enough to expire and go flat in the can.",
"Probably the plastic packaging? It can eventually break down and contaminate whats inside. That's why water that's been filtering through rocks for hundreds of years and then bottled in plastic has an expiration date.",
"I understand it, but why on earth would I want to watch a series based around an insufferable know-it-all being an insufferable know-it-all and absolutely nothing else",
"Touché ",
"Government propping up jobs that don't provide actual value (in the sense that people would freely pay for it) is not a good thing. I'm guessing you're also against automated or self-service checkout lines because they \"hurt\" checkout jobs. What you seem to be ignoring is that market efficiencies that reduce the number of jobs needed to provide a particular product is literally the way our nation becomes wealthier. Automation over the last several decades has made us all wealthier, while at the same time displacing many workers. It sucks in the short term for those workers that are displaced but when they find work elsewhere we're all better off for it. ",
"Oh god. You sound like my dad with his month old cold cuts. We are well above poverty, too. And I still live like this on my days home from college.",
"That's probably what happened then, but why would they want to take expiration dates off of all dry goods in that case?",
"> Yep. Best buy dates are pretty useless.\n\nNot entirely. I use this site:\n\nhttp://www.stilltasty.com/\n\nIt gives you a pretty good idea whether it will kill you or still be any good.\n\nI found some interesting variations between similar foods there. For example brown rice goes off within 6 months or so, whereas white rice keeps almost indefinitely.",
"Its really sad and I wish she would except our help. Shes also a huge bitch tho, so I mean its hard to have too much empathy. She stole pills from her son when he broke his arm. She ruined her own life and all 5 of her kids are a little fucked from it.",
"Good bot ",
"It's not necessarily the food that goes off though. The packaging can break down and contaminate the food. ",
"Idk I saw some hype about Kerrygold on Reddit so I bought some and it tastes the same to me. R/hailcorporate?",
"Its paradise here!",
"This is the Republican way",
"This. My grandpa ate frozen fish from 1976. It was 2014. He said it was frozen so it doesn't go bad. ",
"Bread can last months easily. Wtf are you guys getting 3 days from? If you leave it on the counter sure, but you can wrap it up and it basically stays edible until covered with mold. Even then, the white mold is basically penicillin.",
"Supermarkets ruin things, they are gross dirty places, often damp, often rat infested, it's not a bad idea to make sure stuff isn't sat around in them more than a couple years!",
"Thats not really true. Think of a glass of water like stagnant water. Microbes and whatnot.. eventually you will not want to drink it. Thats why when people store water for long term emergencies, they put a drop or two of bleach in it.",
"just come to /r/nfl, there is enough salt there to last forever.",
"I love pink himalayan salt. Bought one small container for $5 last month and it's still not used up...I use a lot of salt and have discovered the wonders of natural salts (sea, pink Himalayan) in. My advanced age where I start worrying about high blood pressure.",
"You waited 5 hours for a cup to file a report? You're lucky you didn't get mugged.",
"Only 10% increased chance of lung cancer with lifelong smoking? Is this true?",
"That second sentence hurt my head. Felt like I was in Newark.",
"You got it. I think it also stemmed from wanting/needing to inspect all dairy that entered the state and give it a grade. And for whatever reason Kerrygold didn't want to/couldn't do that so it was banned on a technicality. \n\nAt least they figured it out because it appears to be back in stores. I haven't seen it yet, but then again I haven't really been looking. ",
"Its still early, fam.",
"also used to be illegal to sell margarine in good ol' wisco. I've heard stories of people making trips down to Illinois just to smuggle some back. Of course now all the Illinois people are coming up here to smuggle spotted cow back. What an interesting relationship we have with our southern neighbors.",
"Thats unfortunate but completely understandable. Sinjir may be one of the better non movie characters in starwars. And theres alot of nice \"oh thats cool to know\" type moments. Of course you can find all those in a summery but i found it worth it.",
"I thought they used a weird type of wax",
"CLEAN UP ON AISLE 5!",
"It's all nice, can't we just get along and listen to Bruce Springsteen and say Delaware doesn't matter or something. ",
"It's actually the expiration date for the container. Bottles of water also have this on them.",
"It is a best buy date, not an expiration date. Jesus Christ. ",
"All humans need trace of iodine in their food, iodine deficiency is no joke.",
"Put your salt on salt, it will last longer.",
"Interesting way to rob people of more money",
"Correct. All aluminum cans have a plastic liner. Aluminum leeches as a faster rate than the plastic. There is no conclusive evidence that aluminum is bad for you, but does change the taste. ",
"Honestly, it is hard to convince people like that they need help. They think they have it under control. No one has it under control. They will lie not only to you, but to themselves. I guarantee you she justifies it in her own mind.",
"Very good podcast ! Thanks for sharing.",
"What harmful effects? You mean just from ingesting smoke? THC and CBD are proven to not have negative health effects, and by vaping / consuming edibles you can mitigate the smoke effect.",
"Sounds a lot like \"going bad\" to me",
"expiration dates have nothing to do with proper storage of items. If you don't store something properly, the expiration date doesn't apply. Milk says it's good til 2/5? Not if you leave it on the counter its not. We are talking about expiration dates which automatically assumes you are storing the item properly or else the entire conversation is irrelevant.",
"Did you assume america's gender ?!",
"That's nothing. I heard New York still has a law stating you walk around with an ice cream cone in your pants on Sundays.",
"Yes, because that appeals to the target demographic, who is supposed to love him for being the superior smarty pants that people dislike for knowing the truth about things and shredding their comfortable lies.\n\nHe's meant to be a charming \"unlikable\" character, not a genuinely unlikable character.",
"Yeah studies suggest it’s about 9.4~11%\n\nWhich is pretty huge, obviously. But less than most people think.",
"Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure it is still illegal to pass of margarine as butter. Like you have to tell people if something uses margarine instead of butter.\n\nLike I said, we really don't fuck around with dairy. \n\nSpotted Cow is a good example. I used to live in Chicago in college and every time I came home I'd always bring back a couple of cases. ",
"Iodine also prevents cretinism, look it up.",
"If you can stomach the first one the next two are alot better. Haha",
"I mean... I'm not sure thats good either... Whatever works for you and is safe for you and your partner(s).\n\n",
"> Lol I don’t understand why people want to have to pump their gas so much.\n\nIt has nothing to do with that. We just think the government shouldn't be forcing you to have someone else pump your gas for you. It's stupid and inefficient. You're paying someone to do a job that is basically worthless. That money has to come from somewhere. If the goal was to \"create\" jobs then its creators were economically ignorant. Does New Jersey also pay people to dig holes and fill them in? Because those would provide about as much utility as a gas attendant. ",
"Let's get to the point, do you think bottled water should no longer have printed dates on it? Because I can't see any justification for that.",
"Unless you buy something in glass, all containers are going to be lined with plastic. That does not meen it leeches. \n\nLet's not forget that water can dissolve almost every compound on the planet, at a certain point, you have to discuss time scales when bringing up leeching. ",
"Thanks! I was having trouble finding it.",
"Depends.\n\nIn terms of whether its anti-competitive in nature? No.\n\nIn terms of calling something corporate protectionism when it isn't protecting corporations? Yes.",
"Is that why I know so many nurses who were preggers before they finished school? Like, you'd think they of all people know how this stuff happens.",
"That's why playing best-of-3 is important",
"Late to the party, but the reason for that is because plastic packaging starts to degrade after 2 years. Any plasticizers or other chemicals used in the manufacturing process can leach into the product. Also, the seals may start to degrade meaning other things can get in and contaminate the food. \n\nI sell high grade research plastics - all of it has a two year shelf life from the time of manufacture for this reason. I'm constantly explaining to people why they need to clean out their storerooms every now and then.",
"Wow that's shocking - thanks for the info. Do you remember the study / have a link? ",
"This is not surprising given that Wisconsin is the same state that had a law requiring all restaurants serve a portion of cheese and butter with their meals.",
"Isnt most expiration date for this type of products actually applies to the packaging? Same as mineral water bottles.",
"My mother in law is like this.\n\nI've had many numerous conversations about how the date on the label isn't some hard rule.\n\n\"I just don't trust it\" is the go-to answer. She'll swear she smells something different about it. Almost every week she give me some kind of perfectly good food that she just doesn't want any more because of the expiry is close or past. \n\nPersonally I live by a pretty generic \"look -> smell -> taste\" system. If it looks good I'll smell it. If it smells good I'll taste it. If it tastes good, it's fine. ",
"Nah... Just some dry mouth and a bit groggy. But almost no hangover because we only had the fine stuff (Gin Tonics, other drinks with premium rum, some good German beer). \nI checked the bottle. It \"expired\" in July 2005. Smells and tastes just fine. Enough left in it for the a few more cocktails.",
"Oh no, I was definitely insulting myself. Just saying I know the logic. Ive changed since then. Lol",
"Amen. I tell patients everyday to stop smoking if they don't want their pre-cancerous lesions to turn into full blown cancer and then I sneakily step out for a smoke...",
"Man there is ALWAYS someone pregnant in the office here. ",
"This is so good, thank you!",
"Watch the Movie \"wasted: the story of food waste.\" It shows how absurd some of these expiry laws are as well as how much we waste because of it.",
"I first saw a salt lamp in need of them hippie stores and they we're saying at that bs about how they clean the air and shit. I got one because I think they look cool and I like licking them.",
"What makes a sea primal anyways.....",
"Seriously? He's specifically explaining out loud while he does it that despite how bad it tastes, it's still perfectly safe to drink because pasteurization and stuff.",
"Long term maybe something gross might accumulate if the container isn't sealed well.",
"That's lucky. ",
"You don't think going from a big chunk in the ground with very little surface area to a bunch of Tiny, high surface area granules above ground exposed to air might have an effect? ",
"I don't get it, why does credit come out the ass?",
"Ah not off hand, I’m poking around on my phone at work while I wait for the next tree to get done with. I’ll try and look it up later when I get back or on my lunch break but from what I recall they’re relatively easy to find just googling the general premise!",
"> Plus the gas pump laws were created to protect jobs.\n\nThat doesn't make them any less stupid. Yes, they're protecting one class of job to the detriment of everyone else that has to pay for that job which doesn't provide much, if any, utility. Market efficiencies make us wealthier in the long run. The less labor that has to go into providing a certain product, the better. Yes, jobs will be displaced and they'll be created elsewhere. We'll all be better off for it if government stops \"protecting\" jobs. ",
"Placebo is the shit.",
"Well “best by” and expiration date are two different things. \n",
"96% of Wisconsin dairy farms are family owned. So it's more local economy protectionism than corporate protectionism and there is not a single thing wrong with that. There is ABSOLUTELY no reason people should be eating butter that has to travel across an ocean. ",
"Neat. I was only guessing, nice to hear from someone with actual knowledge.",
"If clean water is placed in a 100% sealed container it's not going to be a problem. \"Microbes and whatnot\" don't come from nowhere. When I said glassed water I meant water **sealed** in a glass container.",
"Isn't that usually the expiry date of the container's seal?",
"Yes there is no reason to have an expiration date on bottled water. The only way its going to \"go bad\" is if you store it improperly, but when you store something improperly the expiration date is automatically meaningless anyway. So there is literally never a single situation where the date on a bottle of water has any meaning whatsoever.",
"I did the same for my roommate/friend. He believes in all this pseudo science stuff which I call bullshit on all the time. But when I saw the salt lamp and read all the mumbo jumbo around it, I figured it would be something he would like. Just because I didn't believe in it didn't mean I was going to shy away from an easy present I knew would mean a lot to my friend!",
"So you’re sayings it should have expired 249,999,998 years ago?",
"About time!",
"> Oh and our fuel price is still cheaper than PA and NY (up until last year is was among the cheapest in the US) So why are we morons?\n\nWho pays the gas attendants wages? Is it all from the gas station or is some of it taxpayer funded? If it all comes out of the pocket of the gas station then I would think you'd have even cheaper gas without the gas attendants. ",
"I'm fat so I understand this love affair.",
"The plastic container has an expiration date, not the salt.",
"Your stove knife is in lye?",
"Wisconsinites no longer need to smuggle margarine over the border! Some of my older family members talk about needing to go out of state to get it. So crazy. Now if only I didn't need to go into Wisconsin to buy New Glarus Beer... ",
"Or not that seriously in the sense that it would be blind! It’s one thing to say “Wisconsin butter” has to be from Wisconsin (kid you not the whole [AOC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation_d%27origine_contrôlée) thing started because of that), but “butter” is a pretty broad thing. If I can’t pick between “Wisconsin butter”, “Irish butter” or “artisan fleur-de-sel butter from Normandy” (no way that last one would be pre-approved by the butter police), then there is no butter freedom, and if there is no freedom of choice how can one be a connoisseur. Next up, bacon. That should also be free!",
"Alabama is poor as fuck but they won't go out of their way to make peoples lives worse which what I feel when I think of New Jersey.",
"Food miles are a real thing. Please give butter that hasn't traveled halfway around the world another try.",
"We’re all gonna die someday. Whether people want to listen or not is up to them. Lol",
"lol",
"Fuck New Jersey!",
"Are you under the impression that plastic never biodegrades? Keep it in storage in your basement for 7 years and even if it's never seen sunlight it's going to be unhealthy to drink. There's literally no reason to not print dates, they can only help. ",
"Nutritional* yeast infected gooch",
"What a time to be alive. Kappa",
"Speaking mathematically, he should have said \"one hundred thirty four\", but if it were 100.34, he should have said \"one hundred and thirty four hundreths\"\n\nEither way it's understood, but I'm fucking with you cause you're nit picking.",
"Yes and no. That pink salt is definitely ripe with impurities but its composition is not the same as saltwater: the slow evaporation of water let all of those salts concentrate in the remaining water until one of them reached the point of total saturation and started to precipitate/crystallize. One after another, every combination of anions and cations inside the saltwater precipitated and made a stratified deposit of the various salts. Geology then happened over million of years: some mineral salts would be washed away by fluid intrusions, while some other would get diffused or even added to the mix and so on and on until you have the Khewra salt mine with its various veins of differently colored \"salt\" (ranging from pure white to dark brown).\n\nThis is actually the same process used to \"refine\" saltwater and obtain almost pure Sodium Chlorine: it's called \"fractional crystallization\".",
"It's partially a generational thing. mostly in people that grew up in or around the depression. There's always gray area, but I know a lot of people that are around 70-90 that are disgusting hoarders.",
"Yo whatever happened to him? He was in like one big movie and then nothing.\n\nEdit: Apparently, Avatar happened.",
"There is absolutely no reason they should not be able to do so if they want to.\n\nWhat an odd point. ",
"Did you try it though?",
"European part of turkey.",
"What do you mean? It works fine for Apple, why not NJ?",
"That's best if used by. Generally used by companies to encourage repurchase of a non-perishable product. Sometimes it's a made up arbitrary date, sometimes it is from them testing old food on test groups and noting when people were more likely to say it doesn't taste good anymore.\n\nThis is an example of the arbitrary date to hope you are dumb and think it's an expiration date, so then you go repurchase something you threw out that was perfectly fine.\n\nCorporations tend to have dickheads having the ability to make decisions, this is the result of that.",
"But it won't harm you to eat it spoiled is the point. It just won't taste good.",
"I mean you were in Newark, so I could tell if you were talking about her or the place. ",
"That's not so shitty. Try harder next time.",
"Shut it cabbage muff",
"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread. Bread only needs flour and water to be called bread. I agree hardtack is like a cracker or hard biscuit but its still bread. And yeah hardtack is an ok emergency ration. I use rice as my basic emergency ration with some other sealed foods like sugar and beans and dried veggies and fruit and multi vitamins.",
"You bet. It’s basically a giant sanctuary state that is a safe haven for illegals (fugitives of federal law). Not only this, illegals will soon be able to vote (even though they’re illegal) and the state regularly acquits illegals who commit serious crimes. (i. e. Murders and rapists)",
"Ahh. I misread that. Still thought, I'm aware microbes don't just appear, but its not like your water is 100% microbe free when it goes into the bottle. ",
"Good thing they found it when they did! ",
"Salt is like pepper it never expires.\nHowever since we live in world where blind consumerism rules. I'm pretty sure you've got an expiry date on salt in most countries.",
"phew. Got to that salt just in time.",
"I've said my piece - if you want to keep pushing that argument, take it up with the FDA and the 49 out of 50 states that disagree with you.",
"I was with you until salad",
"Nah, kerrygold is awesome. Plus its grass fed!",
"Yeah, no its not. Its a good depiction of out-of-staters coming to our state to vacation and ruining it. ",
"https://youtu.be/Z1rZAT2GtmI ",
"In the UK, salt doesn’t have an expiry date. I believe it’s the only thing that doesn’t. ",
"The guy you are replying to was taking about Adam",
"A lot of food banks won't take anything after the best by date for liability reasons.",
"But then again you brexit so whatever you people do no longer holds any sway. ",
"Maybe if we all tweet the cast of the office we can get a Michael scarn short ",
">America trashes over 160 billion tons of perfectly good food every year, roughly 40% of our food supplies.\n\nsource: [Adams Ruins Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rZAT2GtmI) video linked above\n\nSo much waste has major impacts on the environment and global warming. It's definitely not just *their problem*. ",
"My mom died ODing on pills when I was 6. My dad sent her to rehab several times, but she just kept spiraling and divorced him and died 2 years later with her child molester boyfriend. It's kind of a blessing in disguise because although her death fucked us up, the stuff she did while alive fucked us up a LOT more. ",
"They are probably salts too...",
"it is safe to say you Take Cheese Very fucking seriously and there by required to take dairy by the same level.",
"I live in Illinois, I'm holding in my hand a bottle of water that lists Connecticut as the company address and 3 locations in Michigan as the source locations. It has an expiration date on it. ",
"What is so bad about \"Jersey\"? ",
"This is quite an interesting point you brought up. Turns out that in Britain they would say \"five hundred and eighteen,\" but in America they would say \"five hundred eighteen.\" All I need to do now is move to Britain, wait 5 years, get a citizenship, then argue about how I'm correct. But in reality though, I can't find any source saying that the \"and\" means a decimal point. I've also never heard it like that in real life. Even if someone told me \"6 and 75\" I wouldn't think of 6.75; I'd think of two different numbers.",
"[Meatcake](https://youtu.be/aVgUzvxw7dk) never expires.",
"As a Wisconsinite I disagree about the last part. The weather conditions that allow Irish butter to come from cows that are 100% pasture raised, makes a difference. Can’t graze cattle in Wisconsin under three feet of snow when it’s -10 out, so Wisconsin dairy farms HAVE to supplement their cows over winter.\n\nI love my local Wisconsin products, but we just can’t compete with the Irish butter.",
"Broken windows fallacy.",
"That was a really interesting podcast. Thanks for posting it. :) ",
"TLDL;\n\n??",
"> I like licking them.\n\nLol, me too. You're not supposed to do it but I do it anyway.",
"Uh, no. This is federalism. ",
"Yeah. Her daughter tried to kill herself this past weekend. Shes 14. Its fucking rough. Her youngest son is 16. and wont talk to her. Her oldest son is 21 and she took his college loans to buy herself a new phone and some nice pills. Ive sat with her in the hospital because shes in such shit health and she still calls me a cunt and tells her son that im coming between them. Im pretty done with her, honestly.",
"They fed the butter grass?",
"My roommate's 08 Nissan Altima is coming up on 500,000 km. My 07 Chrysler town and country is over 250,000 km. Both cars run fine. Over time cars are being built to go farther and require less maintanence. In the 40s and 50s you'd need to basically rebuild the engine after about 50,000 miles. I can honestly say I've never had a car that needed that. Distributor caps would need replacing. The distributor was replaced with systems that need less maintanence. The electronics on cars can make maintanence more expensive though.",
".....er........ source? Because that's wrong on at least two levels that I can think of. ",
"Til salt expires",
"Okay so you haven't learned anything in this thread. We've long ago established that they print dates on all the bottles because they don't want to have to track which ones will end up in New Jersey, where the dates are required. You deserve no further replies",
"not sure about that. people get used to treating best before dates as expiration date. in sweden we use best before dates and some people treat the dates as \"you will die slow and horribly after this date\", but hay, we're like the most allergic nation in the world as well (people here are real hypochondriacals)",
"It's inevitable.",
"> When food goes bad, it's bad. \n\nTrue.\n\nThe problem is \"best before\" dates rarely, if ever, represent the actual date on which a food is no longer good or safe to eat. Oftentimes they don't even accurately reflect when a food will start to be of lesser quality.\n\nHowever, without specialized knowledge of food processing and preserving methods, it's difficult for your average consumer to know which foods will still be safe and palatable beyond the best before date.\n\nMake no mistake, a lot of the foods you threw out, even 13 years past \"expiry\", were likely perfectly fine if their containers were still intact.",
"[Moon waffles!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4BarQx7fI)",
"Start seasoning, pal!!",
"Well then that would make all of us yeast, because everybody keeps fucking moving over here",
"Next!",
"Sure, you shouldn't be barred from importing butter, but it should be unattainably expensive. From a sustainability standpoint, importing a staple food product from halfway around the world when you can get the exact same thing from a farm down the road is something that should be discouraged strongly.",
"the make obtuse laws to create obtuse jobs ",
"If you go and drop a bunch of mercury in it it's unsafe too. In general salt is safe to store for a long while, so expiration dates are mostly pointless.",
"Ok, but that does that have to do with communism?",
"Nah, probably because that job is stressful af",
"Rip out their still beating heart to remove them from themselves",
"What are you even talking about. You can't just make things up and state them as facts. Us butter slaes are higher than margarine sales. And butter slaes are set to go up another 6% this year while margarine brands across the board are doing very badly. Mcdonalds even switched to butter.",
"The Aftermath books were terrible.",
"Uhhh IDK about that. I think doctors would feel like they know everything, and then fuck up bad. ",
"Avatar was an *okay* jumping point for him but he proceeded to make only shit afterwards. ",
"Probably won't, but you're taking a chance. \n\nAlso... gross. ",
"Sounds like you didn't convince her enough.",
"Just want to point out that most drugs are \"salts\"",
"What harmful effects from weed?",
"Republicans wish to give power to the states, I fail to see how this is any different.",
"more importantly these dates rarely have anything to do with food freshness (except on salad, wilted salad leaves are the worst). You don't immediately have to throw out something past the date. It creates a huge food waste problem. Trying to teach our kids the same thing too. ",
"To learn?",
"So in Jersey, honey expires?",
"I don't know why people buy salt, just be good at video games and then start farming.",
"Go for a chloride, it might calm you down.",
"> The plastic breaks down and seeps into the water\n\nUV light speeds up the process as does heat, probably. I find water bottles kept out of sunlight taste better for much longer.",
"Actually super cool",
"But is your salt gluten-free and non-GMO?",
"Do you want the jungle to happen. Agian...",
"Isn't salt hygroscopic?\n\nObviously still edible but could be considered spoiled for convenience purposes!",
"It might be just non-perishables. Didn't have the word on hand for that.",
"It's an epoxy-based resin. Still a polymeric material, but not what comes to mind when you hear the word \"plastic\". ",
"Sell by date and use by date are different things.",
"No dehydrated foodstuff ever expires (Salt, sugar, rice, pasta, pills etc). Can't go bad without moisture/oils present.",
"Spices dont last forever.",
"Or just let people decide on their own what butter they want. ",
"No, I mean like Avatar is actually what happened. He's got roles in Avatars 2-5 from the years 2020-2025. He's been making mostly shit because, I'd assume, he's saving for those roles. As dumb as that may sound. And besides, when you've got guaranteed roles in (supposedly) huge blockbusters like a James Cameron movie, you take dumber stuff. It's not like it's going to ruin your career at that point.",
"Oh, good.",
"Except for when it's cheaper and tastes better. More choice is always better for the consumer.",
"Most mythical origin stories are born from nothingness. In Greek mythology it’s called “chaos” but that idea permeates a huge swath of myths from different areas of the world of different time period of different people. It’s kind of eerie.",
"The Utah state government has a fulltime wine taster on payroll since wine can only be sold in the state owned stores, and wine is a little more complicated to purchase wholesale than liquor.\n\nAt least every true Wisconsin resident loves dairy. (Arguably) the truest Utahans don't even drink.",
"You're making a reasonable point, and I think that OP's analogy is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek joke, not taken literally like most are doing here.",
"If only there were other ways to learn about things!",
"Its the most densely populated state in America so they need more jobs, so pumping gas provides a ton of jobs previously unattainable ",
"It's true. If you look at the pink salt nutrition facts it even contains less sodium per serving. ",
"The majority of nurses are also religious. Go figure",
"jersey fist pump w/ that salt ",
"What’s the Tide pod expiration date? Asking for a friend. ",
"It’s the plastic container that causes this ",
"Yea, US has some wonky stuff but this one is for the big companies! So that they can keep making money cuz people think they need to replace it.\n\nSource: Adam Ruins Everything \nhttps://youtu.be/Z1rZAT2GtmI",
"lol its funny *rofl*",
"Does anyone still use bath salts in the literal sense? \n\nExample: \"Hey Wendy, could you please bring me the bath salts? I'm already in the tub... oh here they are, thank you my dear! See you after my bath, today was a hard day at work\"",
"Compared to other people who actually do know nothing... I know who I’d place my “most likely to fuck up” bets on",
"I like all human parts because humans are cool.",
"In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to have a goatee in public unless you pay a fee for the privilege. \n\nOn second thought, I fully support that law. ",
"It's same in the whole EU. Years vary a little bit, depending on what it is.\n\nBut in Finland we've two kinds of date.\n\n* Actual expiration (NOT to be used afterwards, although many products are absolutely fine)\n\n* Best before",
"Oh well the state also wants everyone to drive a Tesla or Prius and penalizes you for driving a “gas guzzler”. The state just directly defies federal laws and should be de-federalized until they follow the law. ",
"Your pun assaulted me. ",
"We are also forbidden by law from fueling our own cars.\n",
"Thanks. Added to my playlist!",
"Someone make my wife believe that and they can marry her.",
"Best before: 75 million BC.",
"You must play LoL",
"What about yoo-hoo???",
"And extremely angry people. Had an ex who was from there and I visited a couple times. NJ is just a breeding ground of misery ",
"I would love that job if it didn't involve Wisconsin.",
"But I don't want to die!",
"Wisconsin is literally called The Dairy State, so you can figure that one out ",
"Wisconsin and other dairy states used to ban yellow dye in margarine (which is unappetizingly white otherwise). Other states went further and required it be dyed pink, once margarine manufacturers started providing the yellow dye with the margarine.",
"Na, I think you're overreacting.",
"I think the expiration date is for the plastic not the salt",
"They know you won't use it all by then, how else will they get you to buy more?",
"That's not true there are no regulations. There are no federal regulations on expiration dates, but many states and cities require them. For example Georgia requires all food to have some type of expiration or best by date. Most states have some type of regulation, and the bottom line is if you want to sell a food product in all or most states in the US you are required to have some type of expiration date that is less than 2 years from the date of manufacture.",
"Never considered it that way, that's really interesting actually. Too macho/bulky a dude and suddenly all the guys watching TV are jealous!",
"No one said they aren't. This is just one of many sources covering the topic. People still don't understand that it's not an \"expiration date\". \n\nhttps://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating\n\n* A \"Best if Used By/Before\" indicates when a product will be of best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date. \n\n* A \"Sell-By\" date tells the store how long to display the product for sale for inventory management. It is not a safety date. \n\n* A \"Use-By\" date is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. It is not a safety date except for when used on infant formula as described below.",
"Sure. But in an easily digestible chunks with preselected topics and already verified information? Adam Ruins Everything makes it easy and convenient. Something Americans put too much value in. But hey, if it's not your thing and prefer other media, well, you don't have to watch it. ",
"So you lived 36 years without knowing you can't pump your own gas?",
"Well that totally depends on where you are not the world. ",
"99% Invisible did a great podcast on expiration dates. They began to be placed on most products as consumers demanded to see an expiration date, but have little scientific backing to them. There are just too many variables, like temperature, humidity, exposure to air etc., that affect a product's lifespan.",
"In Hindu myth it's literally an endless sea under which Vishnu lies ",
"Raw Water: You may die from dysentery!",
"I do have some experience on Dota...",
"The silicon dioxide is added to the salt deliberately. \nDon’t mix your salt with dihydrogen monoxide though, it will make you sick. ",
"I thought you were referring to the intersections themselves. In my experience you would only find a situation like this on low traffic roads where making that left wouldn't be too cumbersome. ",
"I can see people saying the scope of the video is off. It covers more of the \"how\" than the \"why and how to fix it\". I think it's pretty educational anyway though, and it's a hard topic to cover accurately with so many conflicting reports.",
"Does that include people or do they have a special clause for that?",
"\"In a world gone mad only one hero can save them. A man formed by primal sea, a primal sea man.....\" ",
"Smart ass karma whore.",
"But is it gluten free?",
"no luck sir...",
"It waits 250 million years before losing its flavour suddenly?",
"It'll still be affected. Just a whole lot slower.",
"Yeah he’s pretty good about changing his opinions with new evidence and admitting when he was off on some bullshit. ",
"Check out the subreddit and it will make sense",
"Honestly the best thing you can do for yourself is to distance from her. As the child of an addict and sober myself 3 years, she's never going to change. She'd probably rather be alone with her choice of drug than surrounded by loved ones and w/d or sober. My grandma was the same way even after 2/3 of her children died before her. Some people are beyond help and for your own sanity it's best to distance yourself. Let her know why and let her know if she ever goes to rehab and stays 6 months sober, maybe then will you consider talking again. Has your spouse or their siblings tried Al-Anon or Nar-Anon? I bet it would help immensely! It's actually a great support system for anyone affected by addiction. Sorry this is so long, I definitely am so sorry that you ALL don't have the mil/mom you deserve. ❤️",
"Wow you sure love chemicals. You’re like Walter White over here. ",
"According to your second link they didn't relax the law though-- kerrygold complied with the new law and got their butter government tested.",
"Only 250.00001 million years apparently, right?",
"Maybe the salt will last, but the contaminants...",
"Job? I thought it was called a typical weekend in Wisconsin. ",
"/r/me_irl",
"Good thing salt is not a spice. ",
"This concept predates the Republican Party by quite a long time. ",
"And why should we trust their palette as to what's good butter?",
"If a guy has only seen the movies but never read the books, where would you recommend he start? ",
"Quit being so fucking salty",
"250 million while in the ground. Once its ground up and exposed to air, it starts to degrade.\n\nHigh school chemistry is so difficult, apparently.",
"It comes with free swimming lessons!",
"It’s almost as if the US was designed that way on purpose",
"You shouldn't be barred from importing it, but you should be barred from obtaining it.\n\nSure. Whatever you say. ",
"I love finding names like yours. Adds some extra joy to my day.",
"it's not an expiration date. it's a \"sell by\" date. there's a really informative Adam Ruins Everything episode about \"expiration\" dates",
"Yes, it is.",
"I know what the subreddit is I just don't see how this fits",
"Wow. ",
"Someone needs an American History class ",
"Like most left-leaning public radio-ish podcasts it has basically become \"White Guilt Weekly\" the past year or so",
"I had bread once that turned to alcohol. That is, it aged and started smelling more and more like alcohol until it started tasting of alcohol. \n\nAt first I couldn't figure out why the bag smelled like that but the bread I was removing was fine, like maybe someone spilled something on the bag. Nope, the lower slices tasted like alcohol.",
"It is not only people on reddit that take it literally. How am I supposed to know what portion of your story is true, and which is not true. Especially in the written form. It is impossible for the reader to know when you are making a joke or not because I read the whole thing in the same tone. It is easy to misunderstand someone",
"Tide pods will do.",
"My wife is a food engineer...This is a golden joke for her...",
"Although it says “best before”, not “awful after” so it is still good for human consumption after that date.\n\nUnless air has some effect on it somehow, but I am not a scientist so I really can’t tell.",
"Weird. Maybe that's actually an American thing? I'm from Europe and there simply aren't any such examples around that I can think of. Most of those are from the 90s or even 80s, like BMW, Opel, Mercedes, VW...and so on. I'd like to be proven wrong, it's just not what I'm seeing here :/ \n \nBy the way it makes me uneasy if you mix km and miles in one paragraph :)",
"You're telling me you don't have a dedicated salt hammer? ",
"It’s a seasoning and a mineral, but not a spice. ",
"Are you kidding me? Milk only lasts a month, and you are complaining about a product that lasts >250,000,001 years? ",
"that ink label was formed by the earth 260 million years ago, you were lucky to catch it before these ancient gifts from the gods deteriorated",
"Ok, but that does that have to do with communism?",
"I mean, you would have to divorce her, right? That is so insane that I can't imagine living a life with someone like that. ",
"No it's not! Turn around while you still can!",
"It's a Jersey thing.",
"Yea uh, salt kinda doesnt expire really",
"I really don't think SALT degrades from exposure to air. Show me your super basic \"high school chemistry\" source for this because I can't find one. ",
"So then what makes pasteurized milk spoil and taste awful?",
"Pink salt is basically the real version of the narrative about avocado toast. ",
"My wife watches Vanderpump Rules. I would agree with this statement.",
"North Jersey away from the New York area is full of forests, suburbs, lakes, rivers... it's beautiful.\n\nJersey Shore is the ass crack of New Jersey.\n\nNewark and the surrounding area is the ass hole of New Jersey.",
"It says Best By which means it still probably has about 10 million years to go",
"Haha yeah it can be hard to distinguish actual shit from Newark sometimes. ",
"Because why have 1 of something when you can have 51 of something?",
"Are interested in only Whats considered canon?",
"Once it's opened, though, airborne bacteria (and from your filthy lips, you carton-drinkers) can infect it and make you very very sick or dead.",
"I just imagine there being some kind of legislator roundtable and someone speaking right after this is proposed: \"what about foods that dont expire like honey or salt?\"\n\n\"Do you want to be held responsible for any issues, Wesley? This is a SAFETY issue! We're voting.\"\n\n\"Next on the docket: increasing minimum seatbelts required while driving from one to two\"",
"Stuff like this gets posted all the time, its not the salt that expires its the container.",
"You’re the asscrack of New Jersey!",
"Yeah I guess if you don't consider bacterial growth and multiple chemical changes in the milk causing an awful taste and gastric distress \"going bad\" then sure.",
"Yo bought it just in time! ",
"My favorite quote about salt will always be:\n\n\"You can't burn salt, ***it's a rock!***\" - Alton Brown",
"I live in Maine and I can get local butter all year round. It's just frozen, and I'm ok with that vs. the alternative.",
"> [Kerrygold Irish butter](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/02/23/wisconsin-s-irish-butter-ban-spurs-statewide-dairy-debacle.html) was banned\n>>Jean Smith, who lives in Waukesha and drinks **butter-infused tea** every morning, told Milwaukee’s WTMJ news that she “want[s] to please ask whoever it is that's preventing me from getting butter in our stores here to stop it.”\n\nWait what.",
"Yeah but that wasn’t a safety thing and just a job thing. ",
"FREE THE BACON!\n\nVIVA LA BACON",
"You think? I thought it was designed that way in the 70's.\n\nMy purpose in saying that was to say that laws are passed way after they need to be and change takes forever because of each individual state acting as its own little country, I know basic history but thanks for the sarcasm.",
"The uniquely American dream. ",
"I totally keep going off the smell test. A week after the expiration, I'll pour a tester, though, to check for chunks. \n\nhttps://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/171928ae-a81e-4ec0-a252-c045a8f80cec",
"Well first, there's two kinds of jug handles. \n\nThe ones in high traffic areas (2 major roads) are usually after the intersection that you want to make a left turn, and the handle loops you back to the perpendicular street. You don't need to make a left after you take that kind of jug handle, you go straight through the intersection the second time. It's like making three tiny right turns. \n\nThe other kind I think you are referring to has an exit before the intersection, and is usually used when there's one major road and one minor road. In that case, you do make a left onto the minor road. But the danger is reduced because you are making a left onto a smaller road (usually crossing only 1 lane) and at lower speed (because other drivers are approaching the intersection). ",
"Yeah!!! That way i get more paradise to myself!",
"Yeah, poor phrasing. Either way, the butter is back.",
"I hope you mean the \"good\" Four Loko. I had some ridiculous nights drinking that stuff before they had to change the recipe.",
"Would make am awesome prog rock band name.",
"Exactly. I'm originally from the UK, you think everyone there is awesome and every town is nice? No, every place has it's crappy areas, every place has assholes. I think it's that what most people see of New Jersey is the area right next to New York. Well that area basically just services New York so all the shitty stuff that would take up too much expensive real estate in Manhattan is there, oil refineries, docks, warehouses the airport, all that ugly crap and that's what people see of New Jersey. News flash that's a very small part of the state but like I said I wouldn't have such an attitude about it if it wasn't that people simultaneously spend so much time here and complain about it. Stay away, please.",
"That'll be the next \"foodie\" trend: glowing salt. Extracted from 100% authentic Pripyat groundwater. ",
"As a Finnish person I thought all these things were common knowledge, I guess Americans aren't taught many practical things in school.",
"Thus ending the chemical reaction they call a life...",
"The expiration date isn't there for the salt, it's there for the plastic container it's stored it.",
"They don’t make it like they used to 500 million years ago. ",
"You might think that this is stupid but there might actually be a reason for this: A best before means that it is guaranteed at top quality up until this point. It doesnt mean that it is bad after this only that the manufacturer can't guarantee its quality anymore. As salt can lose quality due to humidity after a certain point it can be that its not perfect anymore. You can use this decades after it expires if stored correctly but the manufacturer wont guarantee it.\nSo the problem is not the actuall date and more that people dont know what best before actually means.",
"Yeah sorry about that one. The owners of New Glarus are pretty stubborn and don't want to go national. I don't really blame them to be honest. I don't think they have the capacity to do it even, they'd have to get bought by one of the big guys, much like Leinies",
"The country was founded with the idea that the states should have a level of independence. Check out the 10th Amendment maybe. ",
"There's no denying that but the thing about JRE that a lot of people don't get is he's pretty much always A-B testing stuff on there. ESPECIALLY any form of health/fitness product and jokes.\n\nSurprise surprise, he sells both for a living. The stuff that he notices gets a positive reaction, he tries to sell eventually, the stuff that gets a negative reaction goes away eventually. ",
"You're the first person I've ever seen to have an overall negative karma ",
"Diamonds are rocks and they burn...",
"I can also get local butter year round, and I do use local Wisconsin butter for things that don’t rely on the quality and taste as much. But local 100% pasture fed butter doesn’t exist. You can’t have 100% pasture fed cows, when your pastures are dead and covered with snow 4-5 months out of the year. ",
"I think it's a requirement if you want to live there.",
"I don't know, just reading some of the more important or notable books in the series, and their prerequisites",
"Nothing wrong with smoking as much weed as you want. It’s not crack. ",
"Can confirm. Used to work with a guy from Kenosha. ",
"Salt is a natural preservative. It'll probably still be good in another 250 million years. ",
"Only before it expires. Safety first. ",
"The end of an era.",
"Others wouldn't understand... It's a Jersey thing.",
"It ended up so dumb. First season or two were kinda cool. Still pretty dumb, but compared to the later episodes...",
"Truly it's best by. Ittl still be pretty dope after",
"Wasn’t there also a law in Wisconsin that required margarine to be dyed purple?",
"So is my dihydrogen monoxide. ",
"RIP link",
"Tl;Dr? ",
"But organic milk always smells bad to me 😩 maybe because of the high temp pasteurization or something. ",
"Yeah I've heard of that, it's called \"Bulletproof\" tea, you can also do coffee. Idk, it's part of some kind of diet.",
"it's low key issues like road engineering that suffer in Florida",
"So he ruined it for you?",
"I get it . You’re a federalist. States are different and should be different. Expiration dates on food isn’t a civil rights issue ",
"What are the odds!",
">bacteria\n>halophilic\n>nastybois\n\nOne of these is not like the others ",
"/r/mildlyinteresting",
"Don't you think that states as a more local form of government would be better informed of their own constituents' wants and needs that are often different from those in another state? And that (at the very least theoretically) they'd be better equipped to respond to changing ideals within the state?",
"2017 or 2018. Maybe in 2019?!",
"My nurse friend came over for dinner this weekend and was shocked I was sautéing green beans in the same pan I just used to cook the chicken. \n\"That had raw meat in it you have to clean it!\"\n\nPretty sure if the middle of the chicken got to a safe temperature then so did the pan itself 😉",
"It's exactly the right word to use here. And rather than just telling him he is wrong, why not suggest the word you incorrectly think he meant?",
"Yeah but it doesn't go well with the glass jar",
"No, [Jersey's law is a safety thing](http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lsse/employee/Retail_Gasoline.html).",
"What are the odds!!",
"Off topic, but congrats on the 3 years!",
"Does that help? Couldn't they just get lucky twice?",
"Nothing like regulations to cause enough food to feed all the starving people of the world to end up in the trash! ",
"Last time something like this was posted there were a lot of comments about the container being dangerous for the contents inside and that's why there was an expiration date 🤷",
"No, I'm not, but I do think that when shit needs changing it should be at a country-wide level and not based on states where some have ridiculous outdated laws like forcing grocery stores to waste shitloads of good products.",
"Holy Jesus dude, now you're just getting ridiculous. \"*East* Brunswick here, please don't lump us in with *New* Brunswick\". ",
"You bought it just in time. ",
"Dude that’s gross.",
"I love you.",
"I think the largest fear is the container breaking down. ",
"You should check out NJ gun laws.",
"That law was passed because margarine manufacturers were using shitty marketing tactics. ",
"It's funny to see honey with an expiration date as well.",
"Lmao that episode was filmed in Seaside Heights, NJ which is also where the MTV show \"Jersey Shore\" was filmed. That place is a shit show, but it can be a lot of fun if you do it right. Just don't go under the boardwalk. ",
"Oh man as an American as soon as I figured out this was fine it was like a blessing from heaven. I understand refrigerating the rest of the pack or making the butter super hard on purpose for a recipe but for most uses I want it a bit soft. :/ ",
"Are you sure you didn’t hear about it two years ago and it expired? ",
"Best before: the Sun engulfs the Earth",
"Dumb law, but good for companies. It basically sheds all liability after 2 years. ",
"Oh, I'm sorry you thought it was dumb. It was just a bit of insight into what happens on the hospital's side. I could have talked about the digital x-ray detectors that are $80-100k, the x-ray equipment that costs $700k (fluoroscopy included), or CT or an MRI that's over $1M.\n\nBut you're right that hospital overcharging is not as simple as just overcharge for profit. There are huge expenses to cover on equipment, supplies, and staffing. That includes the hospital trying to keep wages and benefits competitive to keep their staff and attract new doctors. There are arguments that hospitals increase prices to make up for decreasing reimbursement from insurance, especially Medicare. And, yes, there are some that do try to profit off patients.",
"New Jersey also doesn’t let you pump your own gas, so...yeah.",
"Wow and I always figured Kerrygold was the top standard of regular grocery store butter. Love that stuff but boy is it pricey.",
"The stupidest people I know are all smart and can't figure out where their confidence outpaces their actual knowledge.",
"Can New Jersey government fall into the sea?",
"\"She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle\"",
"Username checks out ",
"Well then you use the salt jar chisel and hammer together. C'mon simple household salt excavation tactics.. ",
"It really doesn’t. I tried it. It made my food taste like blood.",
"Thanks, Obama!",
"Best by date =/= expiration date.\n\nThat indicates the date that the product will taste best by. Everything, including salt, will either get stale, lose flavor, or take on flavor from the surrounding air.",
"Jersey has more scientists per square mile than any other state in the country.",
"> She kept insisting that a bag of chips that was so stale it had started to liquefy was still good.\n\nAdmittedly, it probably isn't much worse than a fresh bag of chips but why would you eat that?",
"That would be because unlike food, expired medicine can literally kill you.",
"And here I am in freezing cold temperatures getting out of my car without a jacket to fill up my car.\n\nAnd speaking of having a baby on board.. My kid actually has a blast playing peek-a-boo from the outside while I'm filling up.\n\nDifferent strokes for different folks.",
"Is it Guy Fieri?",
"Uh yeah ok",
"Can’t even trust those people to pump their own gas",
"My roommate’s entire FAMILY throws things away even if they’re not expired. 2 days before expiration date but like halfway full and smells fine? IN THE TRASH! But they don’t replace it. Every time they come over things continue to disappear (including ground coffee FFS) until I lose it and tell everyone to stop touching things that aren’t theirs unless they’re going to go buy a replacement. \n\nIt’s fine if you want to waste *your* money throwing food away but you cross the line when you’re wasting *my* money because you don’t understand. \n\n/end rant.",
"this honestly plays like a comedy add. fucking hell ",
"Why has no one pointed out that it's the expiration for the plastic container. ",
"Name one.",
"FORMED BY THE PRIMAL SEA . . .old mcdonald had a farm, and on that farm he had a dog, and BINGO was his NAME-O. ",
"no one is immune to this, yet so many of us think they are. (which i would argue is the actual problem)",
"The *package* expires. Not the salt. ",
"The kind of bread that can easily last months (or until mold takes over) is processed to easily last months. Eventually you have to ask yourself if it is even still bread. It lacks the flavor and nutrients of the bread they're talking about but hey, it's dirt cheap.",
"And Puerto Rico its butthole? Too soon?",
"I find the opposite to be true. Our bread lasts longer in the fridge than on the counter/in the pantry. ",
"What they say vs. What they do ",
"Maybe it's just my fried brain this morning, but I'd give you gold if work paid me enough. Fuck I needed that laugh.",
"For certain issues, yes. But when there are laws that are ludicrous in some states and fine in others, but affects a large population, that's when I think it would be better for certain things to not be up to individual states, like expiration dates for example.\n\nI completely agree with your thoughts about individual needs on a state-by-state basis, but it doesn't always work as with this case and that's when I think action needs to be taken.\n\nA simple case where states having individual needs makes sense to me is something like where in Alaska (and probably other areas), they have laws in place to prevent wasting of meat and harsh regulations on fishing, but that's not a problem where I live, so in that instance it makes sense.\n\nPlease excuse me for not being very knowledgeable about exact politics, but I just think certain things don't work and if there was an easier process for getting things done without taking years for crucial laws to be passed, it would be much better.",
"> Not everyone in LA is an idiot\n\nsee you had me up until this point",
"That is not at all true lol. Sales of margarine/veg oil spreads started slipping in the 90s when people learned about trans fats, and butter gained a higher market share than spreads in 2005. Last year butter was around 2.6 bil sales and margarine/spreads 2.1",
"Haha, beat me to it! Pretty sure his definition of communism is \"bad liberal stuff I don't like.\"",
"Also, people forget that the \"expiration\" date is the date the store is supposed to stop selling it...not the date it can no longer safely be consumed.",
"Aren’t politicians the best? /s",
"What about vegan salt?",
">all containers are going to be lined with plastic\n\nAre you sure about that? \n\nAluminum flasks without plastic linings are still very popular and I own one. The only problem it has, is that after about 3-4 hours it starts tasting a bit metallic. ",
"Yes, that is what that means. People misunderstand it all the time, but it has always meant \"will not taste as good after this date\".\n\nNow, if it specifically says \"Expires after x\", that's different, but that is literally the whole reason there are two different wordings.",
"When food goes bad, it's bad.\n\nWhen food goes past the \"sell by\" date you still need to find out if it's bad.",
"[Oh shit, there was this movie I saw about *butter sculpting* that was amusing as hell and you just reminded me of it.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349451/) I think it was on Netflix or one of those streamers. I don't think it was set in Wisconsin, but it was one of those midwest states.",
"I mean we’re talking about Jersey here...",
"Except OP's post clearly says \"best before\"...",
"I lived in NJ and NY... the fact is:\n\nNJ is full of morons who think their hot shit.\n\nNY is full of assholes who are hot shit.",
"oh you're right - when I read it like that it made much more sense!",
"Exactly. The series is popular for it's content not the character. Most people don't give a crap whether Adam is likeable or not.",
"That is *obviously* a secret stegomessage for all worthy shipmates of the Illumisalty that President Xenu Christ will be executing Order 66 on the entire Clusterfucking Galaxy come the blessed day yonder, his holiness ??/20/2019. ",
"I mean, it sounds stupid but not everyone keeps their salt in the right conditions. Some people have high humidity or just leave their salt right by the stove so it gets covered in moisture and starts to not be as \"fresh\" as salt that hasn't been sitting in your stank for years. Expiration in this case means \"quality and safety can only be guaranteed for a max of 2 years by the manufacturer\". No one ever said you can't drink 2 week old expired milk. There's no law you have to throw it out after 2 years, it's just expired and you get to choose what your next move is. You can eat 100 year old salt if you want, but you probably should make sure the integrity of the salt isn't compromised. I swear to god, if Americans didn't have everything labeled and explained, most people would be dead within 2 years because a banana with a few little brown spots is literally inedible. That's why the meat has to be artificially pinkened, because only Americans can't face the reality of meat actually being gray like the dead flesh it actually is. Everything has to be sugarcoated and every hand has to be held. Jesus fucking christ",
"Haha no I totally get it, I love all the little micro breweries in Wisconsin. Besides, being from Wisconsin, my family still lives there, so I just make sure to have a New Glarus beer when back home. Got a bottle of Serendipity last time I was back and oh my! Such a unique brew, I loved it. ",
"On one hand, the idea that the government is telling me what I can or can't do is stupid.\n\nOn the other hand, the government telling the gas station it has to serve me is nice and I'm a hypocrite.",
"This pun hits hard",
"This summer he stands alone... and faces humanity’s greatest threat... **Hypertension.**",
"It won't mold as quickly, but cold temperatures increase the rate of starch degelatinization. Different bread styles and additives can throw it all out of whack, but all else equal, the fridge speeds up staling.",
"That's why Freud did enough cocaine to kill a horse ",
"I don't see an expiration. I see a \"best by\" date which means it guaranteed to be good quality then (if you haven't opened it).",
"Good point, I remember reading about Stalin sending people to the gulag for driving gas guzzlers.",
"So in legends. You cant go wrong with Plageius. That book will pull together the prequels for you.\n The orginal thrawn trilogy by timothy zahn is susposedly what the disney trilogy should have been.(havent read it).\n\nAs for canon id reccomend.\nTarkin, \nThe lords of the sith, \nLost Stars, \nAftermath trilogy.. If you can stomach the first one.\n\nAtleast thats what ive read. You can generally start anywhere just pay attention to *when* the books occur.\n",
"To be fair, you've had 250 million years to use it",
"When people take things literal that they know aren't meant to be literal I get a similar reaction.",
"Or it’s the plastic that expires. ",
"I heard from somewhere that the plastic starts to become bad and small particles start to fall of and that is why some things that don’t expire has expiring dates on them.",
"Expiration or Sell By?",
"I know the date on a bottle of water is usually there more for the plastic packaging which left in the sun or other bad places can turn the stuff inside pretty nasty maybe that's why salt has a date I'm not really sure to be honest. ",
"Looks like god damn potash.",
"It is a pretty standard law on all food products.",
"Yes, but the chances of that are certainly lower.",
"And people wonder why I, as a progressive Democrat, am completely against mandatory GMO labeling.",
"Yep",
"Yeah, people confuse expiration dates with food going bad. Expiration dates point to when the store has to stop selling it.",
"Nah, LaGuardia has a centurion lounge",
"Apparently they do that to create more jobs? At least that’s what I’ve heard ",
"RemindMe! 2 years",
"It's gonna blow your mind when you find out how much of \"drinking\" on TV shows and movies is actually real",
"Absolutely this. I buy local butter in the summer at the farmers market, but otherwise I buy kerrygold.\n\nNormal American butter doesn't have much flavor to it these days. ",
"Also gluten free. That there is gluten free salt. ",
"True. I guess it was always the randomness in CCG's that turned me off.",
"I own one, but it's because I like the look. ",
"Let's be honest, Asbury Park... I'm done here.",
"/r/annoyingreplys",
"I'm not sure that your argument makes any sense. Just because some states have ridiculous laws that have been on the books forever doesn't mean they change slower than the federal government, just that those things aren't a priority for their legislatures. Who really cares about antiquated laws that aren't enforced and don't actually affect daily life?\n\nI mean, the federal government typically moves *far* slower on things than individual states. See: abortion rights, marriage equality, cannabis legalization, etc.",
"Yeah, went from starring in the biggest movie ever to also starring in the reboot of the Terminator franchise in the same year to also starring in Clash of the Titans and then just nothing.",
"Lol ok \"a level of Independence\" isn't exactly a measurement. Obviously there are state laws vs federal laws. The bills that Republican s come up with when dealing with things like funding for healthcare ect. It is proposed in a way where the states choose what to fund and what not to fund, giving the power back to the state. Also I never said it was a bad thing btw.",
"RemindMe! 2 years",
"It truly is the worst aspect, but if you look at how a deck performs over time, you're going to see a trend. You either have a competitive deck or a crap one in the long run.",
"That's true. Everything moves slow though.",
"[:(](http://www.defunctgames.com/pic/deaths/rip-zelda.gif)",
"Newark, Camden, jersey city, and Trenton proper are all shit stains. ",
"The plastic might degrade?",
"How's your anxiety? ",
"after that they back it up to Chris Christie and dump it in",
"If you can't actually back up your points with any evidence, or hell even any arguments, then what's the point in just accepting your word for it? Non sequiturs just make your viewpoint, which may be the right one for all we know, hard to even determine let alone assess. Nobody can tell what point you're even making. If you can't even make a point or an argument, why did you bother posting?",
">unnatural chemicals\n\nNatural vs unnatural has zero bearing on the safety of a chemical. \n",
"Personally I just don't agree with the weird flavor of liberalism they seem to enjoy. The mostly pointless feel good gun laws, the crazy strict vehicle emissions inspections, etc. That and every Californian on the internet is full of themselves. ",
"I work in healthcare and previously in medical student education. Most doctors just love scientific information. They want to see a study about it, not someone’s gut feeling. That being said, I’d probably like my doctor better if they did some weed because I feel like they would have a more well rounded view of what it is to be human. Our doctors in the us are trained to treat ailments because that is how our insurance industry pays them. I’d like a doctor that treats people instead.",
"Why would any other state waste time and money passing legislation requiring something that's already happening anyway?",
"/r/nevertellmetheodds",
"*Chemist",
"I have literally no idea. All I know is it's still safe to drink.",
"[195 - Best Enjoyed By](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/)",
"Eh, not bad. but not thanks to the lamp.",
"Yes but that humidity is retained in the container as condensate on the lid and sides and might be dilute enough for pathogens",
"And they became doctors for that matter, they've already proven to have more discipline than most.",
"Lemme guess you are from sweden?",
"Didn't say anything was wrong, I partake myself. ",
"Except that I wasn't talking about OP's post, but about the Netherlands.",
"True, true",
"Just because they said “the primordial Sea”, as if there was just one ancient or primordial sea, but there have been a great many seas that have come and gone through geologic time. Salt deposits are usually from smaller inland seas that become restricted, turn hypersaline and dry up. ",
"But is it non-GMO?\n",
"The exp. date is for the plastic container, not the salt",
"Beginning of the Mesozoic, end of the Palaeozoic.",
"That’s fine but in my opinion he only did that because it was probably hurting his public image. Prior to this he had opportunities where he showed his beliefs. One example I can remember is him going out of his way to support the anti-gay coffee shop Brown Coffee in San Antonio, calling it the best cup of coffee he had in his life. Their coffee is just ok. For comparison, Anthony Bourdain told the Brown Coffee company that God thinks they suck. \n\nI should add, it’s fine if his more recent statements are enough for his fans. I know a lot of people idolize him and anyone will be quick to absolve their heroes. I liked his show Good Eats, and I still do. I’m just saying I personally think he is a bad person and a homophobe. ",
"I was wondering why that disappeared off the shelves, along with Lurpak. \n \nIt's ironic they needed to pass a taste test, since at least 85% of Wisconsin butter for sale is oily, flavorless glop.",
"True, and he was. Never saw him do anything other than weed and a bit of night-cap Hennessey. Only time it sucked a little bit was when he was on-call and got a page from a nurse. He would sometimes be puffing on the blunt while giving her orders over the phone lol. Still knew his shit, though. ",
"What great luck! They got it to the shelf just in time...",
"Are you incapable of sharing a difference of opinion without the condescending attitude?",
"He was exaggerating the notion that specifically following the expiration date to the T is ridiculous bc obviously products can go bad before then if they aren't handled properly... hence why he was demonstrating to the girl how stupid it would be to let the label dictate the decisions for you rather than exercising common sense. ",
"It's had a good run.",
"There are ‘best if used by’, ‘sell by’, and ‘use or freeze by’ dates.\n\n",
"Please tell me this is hyperbole. Or do you really not understand the meaning of the colloquial use?",
"Which will dissolve first? Your sodium or your chloride?",
"My auntie wanda - no relation, just a friend of my grandma's - use to have cookies and milk whenever I would go over. The milk was always expired. \n\n\"No problem, we'll just heat it up and get rid of the curdle\"\n\nHeating up old milk gets rid of the curdle, apparently. Warm milk with cookies is not good. \n\nBut I ate them every time. These folks grew up in the Great Depression. They were proud to have something to share. And frankly, I always had fun over there.",
"It makes insurance cheaper on gas stations, it’s makes them safer, it stops gas theft scams like we have in philly, it keeps low skill workers off unemployment and food stamps and most importantly, keeps my ass warm in the winter ",
"To be fair nobody knew that cocaine was a problem at the time. The knowledge to predict these problems wasn't there. Freud would eventually learn of the folly of his obsession as he had recommended it to morphine addicts as an addiction treatment. One person whom he recommended cocaine to treat their morphine addiction (I believe a friend of his) ended up in a psychotic episode from cocaine use, and this event along with other mounting evidence of its dangers resulted in Freud stopping recommending its use for any treatments. ",
"Why would we want to pump our own gas? We have some of the countries lowest gas prices and have jobs for gas attendees. Also we don’t have to touch the disgusting smelly pump handle. Someone is jealous I think. ",
"It’s not the salt that expires, it’s the integrity of the container that expires. ",
"You’re right.\n\nThat will cause arguments. Haha",
"One time in Jersey a guy pumped my gass with a lit cigarette in his mouth. When I said that was dangerous he told me to fuck off",
"The cap does",
"It's absolutely not a 10% increase. That number is hilariously wrong. 85% of all lung cancer cases are caused by tobacco (wikipedia, first few sentences). That number makes less than zero sense in that context. \n\nWhat it might be is an added flat 10% chance in your lifetime to get lung cancer over the previous number which is something like 0.1%. So now your chance is 10.1%. That would make some sense, and I suspect that's actually what the number is. Lung cancer was rather rare prior to widespread use of tobacco as you can imagine by that 85% statistic. It really was the defining issue that made doctors realize tobacco was dangerous. \n\nEDIT: Yep that's what the number is.\n\nhttps://www.verywell.com/what-percentage-of-smokers-get-lung-cancer-2248868",
"Asbury Park has been on the rise. It’s a great place for nightlife, and considerable funds have been allocated to improving the beachfront and downtown. Johnny Macs and the Biergarten are great.",
"if it's Invincible, how can we hear it?",
"Have you not seen traffic backup to enter a jughandle? That benefit became obsolete around 20 years ago in the busier areas of NJ. Both the A style and C benefit the main road but hinder the cross street. It’s a dated traffic solution with plenty of downside. I see it every day and it results in people getting stranded in the middle of the intersection daily. The many variations of it’s implementation is the cause of most of the negative feedback. And how about those instances where you have to make 3 right turns and then a left just to perform a U-turn. Seems wasteful and inefficient considering their use in NJ is not universal. \n\nGetting rid of them and fixing the problem? Well that’s gonna be difficult... like solving the NJ financial woes. ",
"You got it",
"If you haven't tried it yet, I suggest Bubbler. It's another relatively new brew. \n>The Bubbler Hefeweiss you hold in your hand sparkles with democratic spirit combining Wisconsin Wheat alongside European Pilsner Malt\n\n",
"\"Someone used a word in a commonly understood context to mean something that happens to differ from one of the dictionary definitions of that word. BURN 'EM AT THE STAKE!\"",
"Nothing, it’s just a thing with NJ where we have to compare whatever area we live in to the rest of the state, when in reality they all have their own positives and negatives.\n\nLike South Park said: It’s a Jersey thing, you wouldn’t understand.",
"Try some all-natural arsenic! Preservative free, gluten free, and non-GMO!",
"2 years brah, not 2 hours",
"Thorium salts are still technically salts.",
"Salt and sugar. They found honey in Egyptian tombs and in theory it was still good. I don't know if anybody tasted it though...",
"Oh my goodness, that name alone is enough to make me love it already! I'll have to remember to try that next time I'm up. ",
"It's a good thing they harvested (do they harvest salt?) it and got it packaged for sale just in time. Just a few more years and it would have rotted away in the sea. ",
"She just things shes above it all. 3 of her children are under 18 and 2 are court ordered to see her every other weekend. My bf and i play goalkeeper tryong to make sure that theyre taken care of those weekends and such. It sucks.",
"This thread is 100% semantics, you're welcome.",
"It's a bylaw to put a Best Before date on all products even though most products don't have one. Such as canned food and more molecular (literally death by half-life) consumables like salt.",
"Okay, but on the stove?",
"Sorry man. Thnx for correcting me.",
"I even know the voice to read that in. Thanks!",
"Asking the real questions. I love it. :-)",
"I tend to agree about the emissions and gun laws. Not really sure about the general Californian sentiment online though I have seen Californians dismissing all the \"flyover\" states before as a general idea that they aren't rich and glamorous and as such don't have any merit. Idk ",
"good thing we got it in time",
"Hiring unnecessary labor always increases prices. NJ has low prices, but not relative to the counterfactual though. If full serve really costed less than self serve, you don't need to make self serve illegal. No one will go to self serve if it both takes effort and costs more.",
">It was this salt... Coming to life... \n>It needed to absorb the blood of all living things to evolve it's magical pink hue. \nFtfy\n\n",
">\nSounds to me like you're the moron. If self service stations opened up, full service would either be more expensive, or require tipping. \n\nBetter for the state government to force you to pay for more expensive gas than to be free to make the choice to buy it, right? I'm in MA and I can get full serve whenever I like. I can also get self serve which is cheaper if I'm not lazy\n\nNo one tips full serve stations in MA and I imagine anywhere else. I wasn't aware you were legally compelled to give a tip anyhow even if it is somehow the culture in a state?",
"Is that some ‘Big Twinkie’ legislation?",
"> Water is mildly acidic, wouldn't surprise me if it breaks down the bottle.\n\nim pretty sure ive read this before, but stil it could be wrong.",
"\"However, sale of contaminated food is generally illegal, and may result in product liability litigation if consumption of the food results in injury.[28][29]\n\nAfter losing an expensive lawsuit, one pharmacy chain – CVS – implemented a system that causes its registers to recognize expired products and avert their sale.[30]\"\n\nYou're viewing things different, all the sources these guys posted are about food NOT going bad after the expiration date, what we're talking here is food GOING BAD BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE. And this will hold a lawsuit no matter what, and people will investigate to see if you did this on purpose. Yall confused because the problem is generally the opposite, manufacturer puts a shorter expiricy date so people will throw out the product and buy another one.\n\nBut I don't care, I tried to explain it since I've worked in the business, you dont want to know it's not my fault",
"All good things must come to an end ",
"No one knows what it means, it's provacative.",
"Thorium salt is a requirement if you want to give Chicken Kiev that authentic flavor",
"he's literally commenting on this post, you must be really stupid. ",
"Holy shit! I did NOT think this was gonna get so many views, and my first gold! Thank you!!!! You rock!",
"/r/idioticusernames\n\nLiterally.",
"Of course not, but in a house fire, they're gonzo my dude.\n\nPoint is...many rocks \"burn\" though.",
"> Better for the state government to force you to pay for more expensive gas than to be free to make the choice to buy it, right?\n\nThis is fucking laughable. Gas prices in NJ are the lowest in the country... We're not paying for anything extra!\n\nYou need a hug.",
"Wrap the bread in a moist paper towel then microwave for a minute and it’s almost as good as new. ",
">Many states enacted this before repealing it (mostly because of gas lobbyists)\n\nLol?\n\n>it’s a service that a majority of NJ residents all agree they’d rather have.\n\nWe have it here in Massachusetts with no such laws. In my suburban town, I have a full serve a half mile down the street, as well as another 5 miles in the other direction. They are everywhere, as are self serve which you can choose to go to if you want slightly cheaper gas.\n\nIf NJ residents truly want it, why do they need to force NJ residents to only use full serve?\n\n>\nNJ up until very recently had some of the cheapest gas you could buy anywhere without any cost hikes from employing thousands of people across the state to provide the service.\n\nWhere's the counterfactual.\n\n>You tell me who is getting scammed.\n\nYou. You have to pay for more expensive gas to support unnecessary jobs.",
"Unexpected, from entering a comment thread about the expiry date of salt.\n\nBut totally expected from dolomite! Even though I tend to skip that episode...",
"Yeah steer clear of those. AC might be another contender.",
"Got tired of his BS a year ago. Has he mentioned \"raw water\" yet?",
"Yes",
"Of course, and it was awesome ",
"Where's the counterfactual. Gas costs more on Cape Cod than near Providence by a good 30 cents. Has absolutely nothing to do with full serve vs self serve. It has to do with geography and possibly other factors like land cost.\n\nYou're taking one thing that has an effect of a few cents and assuming it outweighs far greater effects. You don't understand ceteris parabis. Again, you are proving the comment by that other guy right where he said NJ residents must be idiots",
"That dumb thing has one year left then before it legally expires.",
"I like it",
"/r/iamverysmart\n\nWho hurt you?\n\nImma just sit here while you fume. Here in NJ we pump fists, not gas. Have a nice day, love.\n\nEdit: Fly, Eagles, Fly...",
"Eh... I knew someone would go this route lol. That's what we called them when I worked at Moxies. Loved it, so I keep using it.",
"I'm glad they were able to find, excavate, and sell the salt before it spoiled, too bad it was so close to EOL, they could've made millions!",
"There's a bill board in Reno, Nevada advertising vaginal rejuvenation.",
"Yeah, because the federal government is never going to come up with silly regulatory laws and take far too long to enact reasonable changes.",
"Actually, pretty much [all sea salt is contaminated with microplastics](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/08/sea-salt-around-world-contaminated-by-plastic-studies). Same with all wild shellfish. So only rock salt--where our boring table salt comes from--is truly \"pure\".",
"Hah, I don't know. Last time I watched him he was going on about keto powder, a magic substance you add to water to make your body burn fat. Which he also conveniently sold. Hmm.",
"I looked it up. The answer is \"bacteria\". Pasteurization doesn't kill all bacteria and the surviving bacteria will grow and produce various chemicals. I'm strongly skeptical of the claim that only innocuous bacteria survive and their effects on the milk long-term pose zero health hazards to humans.",
"\"Who hurt you?\"\n\nHow to win an argument when you have nothing of substance to say and don't want to admit you don't know what you're talking about",
"That is what I was saying. ",
"As my brother would say. It's \"best before\" not \"poison after\"\n",
"Status quo for the US these days is to just make shit up as fact.\n\nAnd thats a fact.",
"So putting the salt into a newer jar would solve the issue?",
"Protectionism is very deleterious to the broad economic success of the area, nation, and mankind. Efficient economies benefit everyone. Protectionist economies only benefit the lobbies and businesses receiving the subsidies or immune to the tariff",
"Argument? What argument?\n\nYou got your panties in a twist for some reason, and I'm just sitting here enjoying my full service, cheap gasoline. \n\nI have no idea what you're arguing or who you're arguing with. Yourself maybe?",
"Didn't realize my mother in law was on Reddit. I've eaten bread (many times), *weeks* after expiry with no mold, smell or staleness and have never gotten sick. Milk is the same; if it doesn't smell or clump that shit's going on those Cheerios.",
"Username checks out",
"Thank you! I think the emphasis just sounded weird to me.",
"It will eventually, but over a very long timeframe.",
"Hah, yep. It's true!",
"I always enjoy the guy with the vasectomy billboards up I75 through Florida and Georgia. It lists how many he’s done and is always rising. It’s up to about 50,000 now. That’s a LOT of balls that guy has handled!",
"World Gone Mad - Bastille\n\nThis song fully encompasses how I feel about the United States. And I’m sure the UK and other countries would sympathize.",
"As a by-product, my wife is the same. It hasn't gone bad. It just hasn't. I encourage you to take a look at the date on the package and the product itself and ask \"Is this really bad though? Really?\". You'll save yourself some money.",
"And now [2 drum beats thump], watch as he uses the very ocean against his enemies [**doom doom**] with *mummification*! [monotonous drum solo]",
"I've gotten a lot better! At this point I know I'm being crazy so I am generally able to tell myself I'm just being silly and it's fine. Haven't died yet so seems to be going just fine lol",
"If you really want salt just play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege\n",
"Wisconsin cheese is the Budweiser of the cheese world. You want people who are serious about dairy, go to France.",
"I left this comment above also, but I've drank milk literally 4-6 weeks after it's \"gone bad\" according to the date and it doesn't taste any different. I know there will be people who read this comment and think \"Yeah but you're probably just immune/nasty/have a dirty house then\", but next time you toss your milk on the date alone, check it first. I donno what kind of milk you guys are getting but mine really doesn't ever go bad.",
"This. ",
"It's getting too spicy for the pepper",
"That's what anyone should say when they deliver anything.",
"That is just weird. I have definitely noticed it goes sour and starts smelling absolutely nasty then starts turning into chunks by a week or so after expiry date.\n\nAre you sure you don't drink almond milk or something?",
"You could probably put that on the packaging and jack up the price anothrr couple dollars. Marketing to rich hipsters and middle aged moms who know nothing about food science is so stupid easy.",
"I wasn't suggesting that full serve costs less than self serve. They talk about going self serve all the time in NJ, but it wouldn't have any real effect on gas price at the pump. Most of the cost of gas for the end user comes from taxes.",
"AC is ok as long as you stay indoors lol. ",
"The date is for the plastic it's in. Like with bottled water.",
"My commentary was in regards to the tone and words in your comments.\n\nAlso...\n\n> Expiration date is about not being good for consume and this is sure not \"made up\" by the manufacturer.\n\nBut then...\n\n> manufacturer puts a shorter expiricy date so people will throw out the product and buy another one.\n\nSo, contrary to your earlier post you are admitting that the expiration date is “made up” in that the actual expiration is much later.\n\nYour condescending tone towards individuals is unwarranted when you are replying with mixed messages that is driving the “confusion.”\n\nNo one is disputing that someone could get sued for selling bad food.\n\n",
"Oh, god, that's horrible and gross. Poor bastards.",
"It does have a real effect. A decrease in costs (say, the loss of a completely unnecessary employee) unambiguously leads to a decrease in consumer prices. This is true even under a monopoly model, let alone a competitive one.",
"It's a little known fact that vacuums prefer enclosures. They tend to get lost in the wild.",
"Joe Rogan is a pot head, conspiracy theorist. What did you expect lol.\n\nI like the guy, i really do. All im saying is that an apple is an apple, per-say.",
"Hey, don’t complain. 250 million years is a pretty good shelf life.",
"That's what my protective crystal necklace is for, duh.",
"Whoever buys this stuff must be very ignorant lol. Just buy normal salt, it doesn't go bad? You're overpaying for a bunch of jargon put together.",
"It's like homeopathy. It has a carbon \"memory\".",
"Wait, I thought it was diabetes?",
"Haha I've actually not been to AC. Ive played golf just outside it, and have flown by it multiple times in small airplanes. I don't have any desire to get any closer haha. ",
"As a Floridian i happily accept this, as armit and yeast infected gooch sound way worse.",
"Lol ineed thats the jest ",
"Reminded me of the intro narration to Korgoth of Barbaria...\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqjS_IvLpg\n\nFull episode there, but reference narration starts about 2.5 minutes in.",
"Then you've missed the point of context.\n\nAnything can burn if thrown into the sun, but Alton Brown is a **cook.**",
"Let's just settle on Barn vacuums. enough room to move around, but less chance of them escaping into the wild.",
"“ Genuine” bread molds fast, the “fake” bread has the stuff that makes it not mold. And mold pores will go throughout a product, you should never eat any food that has had mold on it",
"As long as you stick to the boardwalk and casinos you'll be fine. The actual city is pretty bad. If you happen to win money got to watch out for spotters. I know a guy who got robbed in the parking garage after winning a few grand playing poker. ",
"But unless you haven’t opened it, stuff has gotten inside of it. ",
"Sorry about \"my tone\" but english is not my first language so it may look like I'm being rude while I'm choosing from a limited dicionary provided to me by Hollywood.\n\nYes, \"making up\" something in my understanding is doing something without knowing the reality of the situation. It makes it sound like people in food business look at the products and go, \"oh this looks like it will last 4 months\" and the expiricy date is set. It doesn't work like that, obviously you are responsible for the expiricy date you put on your products, so you test them to see when they go foul, what's the reason that get's them foul first, what can this cause on a human, etc. etc.\n\nTbf I think this is a non-issue since packaging as improved so much that most products don't go bad fast and those who do normally just give you a stomach ache for a few hours. Also products will always look and smell really bad before they can do real harm to you.\n\n",
"Now they need a \"hobo ass\" date.",
"HeHe",
"Unnatural here meaning chemicals you wouldn't normally expect to find in a ham. \n\nLike, I prefer my ham not to have, say benzene in it, if possible,",
"If a family farm forms a corporation owner order to separate it assets from those of the family, then yes, it is a corporation. Which, Speaking from experience, most families would do so in a heartbeat. It's just good business",
"r/mildlyinteresting",
"What you did there...\n\nI saw it.",
"Dr Teal's epsom salts. I have 3 bags in my bathroom right now. Good stuff.",
"r/thathappened",
"If it's already cheaper than the surrounding areas AND we're given more services, does it really matter?",
"That would make Louisiana the grundle.",
"That's probably just when it starts to taste like the plastic container it's in.",
"I mean, sure you can gild and polish a turd... yeah that can happen.",
"I always thought sandwich meat expires very fast because of the surface area for bacteria to grow, so its possible that the solid chunk of meat at the store would still be edible after your home meat goes off.",
"Have an updoot for the Portal reference. GladOS is my favorite antagonist ever.",
"I have a driver side gas door just like the majority of other cars. This often results in one side of the pump having a line for all the driver side gas door cars while the other side of the pump has nobody cause there are fewer cars with passenger side gas doors.\n\nI turned around and backed up to the opposite side pump so my driver side gas door was on the proper side but now I'm facing the opposite direction of everyone else. The gas attendant didn't like this. Now a lot of stations don't care which way you face but some do, and i find this to be ridiculous.",
"Thank you!",
"SCORCHER VII - GLOBAL BARBECUE",
"I've definitely drank sour milk. That shit definitely goes bad. ",
"Probably the expiration on the container. Same thing happens with bottled water.",
"Sure, but the product in question isn't the same exact thing. Yes, both butter, but not the exact same kind of butter.",
"It's not the salt the expires, it's the plastic ",
"I actually met someone from Jersey a while back, and they had to explain where it was. I didn't even know there were islands in the English channel....",
"Well it better pepprare for more",
"He's not raising property taxes. Where does everyone get this BS from?\n\nHe will legalize Marijuana though, so he's already better than most the so called \"party of personal responsibility\" politicians who continue it's prohibition.\n\n",
"This was insightful ",
"Remember: most items are good for at least a week past expiration... Or another 250 million years in this case",
"Oh no, I totally agree. I meant that more as when it's gone bad, it's gone bad. Not necessarily by date.",
"That's what I was meaning to point out exactly, but canned water? I've had some very weird flavors come out of old cans. Glass absolutely should last more or less forever, glass is essentially \"stone\", doesn't break down or seep weird chemistry",
"Pennsylvania drivers making fun of New Jersey drivers for not being snails that camp the passing lane. Now i have seen everything.",
"hahahaha, but I'm not even stoned!",
"Aw thank you! It was my second attempt and I pretty.much just admitted my way got me into that mess, and tried actually listening and taking advice. It wasn't easy but I'm really happy where I am today. Thank you again. :))",
"I write software, very poorly when I'm hung over.",
"Force her to eat it right there and then. I can't drink milk even if it's a day before expiration, the taste just changes and for sensitive me is just too gross. The freshest milk in the shop is fine though, at least the day i buy it.",
"NJ is ranked second in the country for education. But sure, we're all morons",
"...so you're saying the water expires?",
"Milk and bread dont go bad? Are you high?",
"You use bread with mold fungus as stuffing?",
"This is not “sea-salt” though, it is rock salt. All salt is “sea salt” but the sea that formed it may not be there any more.",
"> shelf life of iodized salt\n\nWhat happens to the iodine in iodized salt over time?",
"Stale is proof of time passing though. And with time passing, you can be sure there will be mushrooms real soon on it. And they are there way earlier than you actually see them.",
"You can use not stale bread as an ingredient you know.",
"Pharmacist here. I see doctors decline counseling on new meds less often than nurses do.",
"You can't use salt to preserve water though. Can't drink seawater. And actually seawater even without salt would be full of all kinds of nasty shit, mostly fish shit.",
"I’m having trouble finding info on its danger, if it is purified and still pink, as in not poisonous or dangerous to eat and still pink, then it is impure not contaminated to me.\n\nI should say I studied geology in college, not medicine or nutrition. In geology this would definitely be called an impurity. Impurities cause variants of minerals that are still considered the same mineral. Quartz is a mineral with many variants, like amethyst. Amethyst is quartz, it isn’t a separate mineral, it just had a specific impurity in its crystal structure that makes it look purple.",
"Well, the water bottle I guess, but I wouldn't drink it either. Maybe it could be filtered though to remove anything.",
"New Jersey is ranked second in the country for education, 1st in Criminal Justice Reform, 2nd in Public Health Care, 4th highest income, and 5th in internet access.\n\nhttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey",
"Alton Brown is an intensely private person who dislikes talking about his life. The number of times he's talked about politics or religion can likely be counted on one hand.\n\nCall him a coward for not condemning a coffee shop, but mere cowardice doesn't make you a homophobe. If that's the case, then you must think anyone who eats at Chik-fi-la is a raging homophobe.\n\nYou're entitled to your opinion, but so far your opinion looks like it's completely unsupported by actual facts.",
"I’ve given up on PUBG. 100 hours and no chicken dinner. Lots of 2nds. My friends literally team kill each other more than we actually get kills. It’s hell. So now I’m just solo q .-.",
"You should have bought that salt 249 million years ago when fresh.",
"NaaaClassless",
"We are ALL salty on this blessed day!",
"Water with nothing it it doesn't need any preserving, it's stable as heck. Salt in it won't change that.",
"Nice",
"Not really sure what you're saying, I'm from NJ and work / used to live in PA, they're all idiots",
"Well, today I'm eating a can of pork & beans that is 2 months past its expiration date. It's perfectly fine. Even the food bank gives out food that's expired.",
"I think it comes from currency and writing checks. Here in the US I was taught that $134.00 is written as One Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars. $100.34 is written as One Hundred and 34/100 Dollars.",
"All right, this whole conversation is trivial but just to be clear: you're make a distinction between \"going bad\" and \"spoiled\"? Milk can spoil but it can't go bad? Those aren't synonymous to you? I honestly think you're confused dude.",
"Well you've got to use it up somehow.",
"The atoms existed. Why not date it back to the birth of the universe?",
"I was on a budget back then!",
"They talk about it year after year and find the difference isn't worthwhile.",
"Hmm the podcast is almost the opposite, quite a few state-level regulations exist but they are not consistent in either meaning, intention or implementation and so the labels are misinterpreted by consumers and at times abused by producers.\n\n>Montana’s strict date label law is about food safety and protecting the consumer. But it hasn’t been updated since the 80s, and some believe it’s more about protecting the interests of the dairy industry.\n\n.\n\n>And despite what many people assume, [labels] are not about food safety, and were actually never meant to be. \n\n.\n\n>There were no clear definitions for any of the phrases and no consistency even within the same brand or product. Dates could differ from state-to-state, manufacturer-to-manufacturer, or store-to-store.\n\n.\n\n>Most date labels are arrived at by conducting taste tests. A majority of consumers believe that eating food past it’s sell-by or use-by date is a risk to their health.\n\n.\n\n> As many as 90% of Americans throw out food based on date labels at least occasionally.",
"🤔",
"Christie out now",
"haha, i mean as far as limiting the spread of bacterial and fungi, it does have a place in biology :)",
"Hey man, even this dude from Jersey agrees.\n\nhttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/03/the_12_worst_things_about_living_in_new_jersey.html\n\n>Chivalry and etiquette are foreign concepts to many New Jerseyans. And it’s fair to assume that on any given day, you’ll encounter an impatient, impolite, disrespectful or downright nasty human-being who shares your lovely Garden State. Not every resident is a hollering, boorish brute, but take a roadtrip to the American south and you’ll realize that the stereotypes about northeasterners being rude are pretty much true.\n\n>Are New Jersey’s drink-slugging, muscular buffoons different from the rest of the world’s? Yes. It goes back to the rudeness aspect — much of our population already has the tendency to morph into an inconsiderate jerk at any moment. Add in the misguided sense of entitlement that comes with not being able to touch your own shoulders, and you have the bombastic Jersey meathead, whose sole purpose is to ruin your night at the bar, club, or concert. \n\nAnd believe me, we know the \"meatheads\" over here. We all have meatheads, you just have a disproportionate number of them.\n\n>out-of-staters coming to our state to vacation and ruining it. \n\nThis is what I don't get about NJ'ers. Yall bitch about tourists, yet your state gets 10% of its income from tourists, and yall constantly advertise to the NY/PA/DE areas. Yall whore yourselves out to us and then complain about it, makes no sense.",
"I got that, just jumped to curiosity shortly after. \"Hahaha, wait, DOES salt expire? O_o\"",
"The difference isn't worthwhile to what, put up a vote and repeal it in 30 minutes?",
"NOOOOOOOOOO!! STOP QUICK!! \n\n\nBut really... canned food is a safe exception to the rule. I was more thinking produce when I said that. Breads/Grains, meats, cheeses, fruits, veggies. Some these definitely still look OK after their expiration or \"good by\" dates but I wouldn't trust. ",
"> fuck it, it's reddit and it's close enough.\n\nHave you even *met* [the Internet](https://xkcd.com/386/)?",
"Ah it's like the use by dates on honey, only there because they're required to put one on it,\nAnd so stupid people will throw it out and buy more",
"They won't take things after an *expiration date*, most would still take canned goods passed a *best by* date. *Best by* dates have more to do with quality control and taste than concerns about expiration.",
"I thought 'Best By' weren't expiration dates",
"Yeah like imagine a commercial for diamond rings n stuff where the guy giving recommendations looks/sounds/acts like the smoothest, most attractive guy ever.\n\nMost men would get territorial and be all like \"yeah no we'll try another place, babe\"\n\nA slightly metrosexual, effeminate man? Oh he probably has good taste and no ulterior motives/a shot with my girl.",
"Of course, clearly I mean as an ingredient in dishes that use with stale bread rather than fresh bread.",
"Some specific sort of cherry, if I remember correctly. She'd read it could help make it easier to fall asleep at bedtime or something. ",
"Does it take all salt this long to expire?\n",
"Does anyone even *make* stuff that doesn't get top marks from US regulators? The only time I've heard of something where the lower grades are sold was beef.",
"LOL full serve only is overwhelmingly popular in NJ.",
"You're only saying that because you don't have the option. :) \n\nObviously jealous.\n",
"So you're saying NJ residents are retarded",
"Damn man, you bought it just in the nick of time.",
"You cant just, like, filter chemicals, maynnnn...",
"You're not supposed to eat the plastic",
"Ah, tart cherry juice. They pretty much all have apple juice in them, some more than others.\n\nIt's funny, because they'll put \"100% Juice\" in big, bold letters wherever they can, but they rarely say what *kind* of juice w/o having to consult the ingredients list.",
"Certainly, as a whole, the day is shot. But for me, even with programming I could come up with like ONE big thing seemingly when I tied one on the night before.",
"If he still has ketchup from 1992, my guess is he doesn't use ketchup at all",
"Like half of the comments in this thread are saying that, and they where posted before your comment",
"No, I'm saying there are other things that people consider over saving .02/gallon",
"There are two things that inform expiration dates though, dangerous bacterial infections (which you covered), but there's also quality degradation that occurs in many foods through oxidation, the breakdown of compounds, picking up environmental contaminants, etc.\n\nProbably not much of that would apply to salt though. Salt is pretty fuckin' stable.",
">Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure it is still illegal to pass of margarine as butter. Like you have to tell people if something uses margarine instead of butter.\n\nI kinda agree with this though. Margarine is awful and people should be aware if something is made with fake butter instead of real one.",
"Interesting. I come up with my best ideas in the shower, or when I'm driving, or lying in bed having trouble sleeping.",
"That's interesting too- my mind completely shuts off during all of those times! ",
"**gf:** *I'm thirsty.*\n\n**me:** *Here ya go sweetheart*\n\n**gf:** *How OLD is this water?*\n",
"Ironic ",
"they also have an expiration date on jewish people. lol",
"It's the plastic container that holds any food stuff has a (usualy) 3 year expirey since plastic is pourous it let's in contaminants from the atmosphere. Leave a sealed bottle of water in a basement or attic for a few years and it will taste musty even though it hasn't been opened ",
"We're also the most densely populated state in the country. I suspect there's economy of scale you don't get in other places. There's 830,000 people in the county I live in alone. More than 4 states and close to others. ",
"Would I get a fine if I tired to pump my own gas?",
"That's what he said... Lung cancer is predominantly caused by smoking, but even being a heavy lifetime smoker, your overall chances are only ~10%",
"Haha it's not the just the governor that's corrupt. That shit goes down to the county and township level in this state. It's disgusting. I'm a county employee so I'm not talking out of my ass.",
"It gets butter.",
"Several references to 99% Invisible.\n\nMust be a good podcast",
"Everyone knows primal sea salt only last for 250,000,001 years.",
"I upvotrd",
"This is so typical. The mining company wants to maximize their profit. People could get sick.",
"What are you doing all the way down here?!",
"But is Zelda still fine?",
"That, and to prevent potential lawsuits. ",
"The earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old. The universe is roughly 14 billion years old.\n\nNothing is trillions of years old... ",
"*whoosh*",
"Yeah, because it would be silly if it's trillions huh. ",
"r/hmmm",
"The key words there are “in high enough doses.” Low-sodium salt does not have nearly enough potassium to kill you. As long as you aren’t eating buckets of it, of course. But if that’s the case, you have other health problems... ",
"I have an Italian friend who told me years ago that \"Any time an Italian falls in love, they're just cheating on bread for a time.\"",
"Bacteria cannot live in salt, dude. Why do you think people use salt to preserve raw meat?",
"Right because the universe is simply not that old... ",
"> water is millions of years old formed in comets,\n\nThe source for Earth's water is still highly debated. The source could be maybe comets, maybe asteroids, maybe captured or adsorbed from the gas, maybe from hydrous grains that migrated from the outer solar system, maybe formed by chemical reactions deep within the Earth's mantle...",
"Literally a container of salt",
"Haha I do like to cook, and I’ve definitely got in a couple too many internet debates about salt and other things involving geology. As I tell my students, literally everything is connected to geology in some way...would be interesting to look at the geology of food. ",
"You said 10% increase, which sounds like 10% over the previous amount. Which is nothing. ",
"Haha yeah...I am all too painfully aware of it. Funny enough I just got done teaching about the sixth extinction too. The P/T extinction was the mother of all extinctions though- absolutely devastating. ",
"No it isnt",
"Indeed it could be. I just thought Permian Sea because the age is right, and there are huge economically important salt deposits of that age in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, etc. ",
"I have a friend who is about to graduate nurse anesthetist school and has a pretty hefty alcohol/cocaine habit",
"But you gotta remind yourself it's not all bad",
"Salt is probably older than all humans.",
"It is bazilions years old. Ok? ",
"The US government is designed for inaction when it comes to passing laws. It doesn't work the same even in other western countries such as Britain. Here we have a ruling party that has a majority, You cannot have a prime minister who is not also the leader of the majority party. This means our government can pass legislation through their parliament more easily than in the US. \n\nPedantic point: In Britain it does still have to pass through the house of lords after the house of commons, this is basically a stop gap to prevent ludicrous laws being passed by the ruling party. However the members of the house of lords are appointed by members of parliament, they are usually wealthy experienced businessmen, but they do not necessarily have ties to any political party.",
"That's correct. Without smoking your chances are <1%. Being lifetime smoker chances are ~10%. Out of all reported cases of lung cancer today, 85% are caused by smoking. ",
"And sometimes you feel glad.",
"So deep. But we need to go deeper.",
"BRIT here, same thing. So dumb! ",
"For the times that you've had",
"Hahahah damn it ",
"> older than 2 years\n\ngot it.",
"Don't sweat it, bro. The chicken will come when the time is right. The stars will align, you'll get lucky with the circle three times in a row, and boc boc boc there it is. Don't give up, man! :)",
"You forgot to call me an asshole or something. Isn't that how this works, asshole? :) ",
"Define \"land\" ",
"> could lose or change its flavor and texture\n\nIt's 250 million years old...",
"Bread goes stale and then mouldy in less than a week.",
"Expiration dates are largely unregulated, do the date is more likely for the container.",
"its for the plastic",
"Apparently, it sublimes. Iodine will slowly convert to iodine vapour.",
"And the friends that are rad",
"i throw out moldy stuff. \n\nseems to work for me ",
"It's slightly better for you.",
"The source of what plants crave.",
"Something something, your mum.",
"My county is pretty good....",
"I mean, I'm down with clean air and all, but requiring everything on a 30 year old car to be in 100% factory configuration or approved by some committee, regardless of what's actually coming out the tailpipe, is asinine. ",
"Man, they harvested that shit just in time!",
"I've found a surprisingly interesting niche on youtube of people opening old MREs. Sometimes they're as old as WWII and still have edible parts in those kits. Pretty crazy.",
"This guy thinks certain parts of LA is the same thing as Southern California lol.\n\nOr are there just not enough white people for your liking?",
"Which is cool, but that leaves some Na+ ions without a partner. I wonder what replaces the iodine in the crystal?",
"Wow, I mean what are the odds?",
"Do you think the salt looked the way it does in that container for the last 250 million years?\n\nSalt gets mined in large chunks. The mineral deposits where the salt exists are 250 million years old. The salt that has been broken up and exposed to the air is not.",
"been to jersey far for than i would have liked to",
"Got it just in the nick of time. ",
"It's fucking salt. In a plastic container.",
"There are so many towns in the state that I learn about towns I've never heard of just about every week. Of course there's going to be exceptions. We literally had one of the top people in my commission popped two weeks ago on corruption charges and we are one of the more affluent counties. I'm not hating on New Jersey, just the scumbags that take advantage of us. Don't know why you're taking this personally and downvoting me.",
"Like what? Whatever their non-understanding of economics implies?\n\nA few extra dollars every year for millions of residents adds up.\n",
"Sometimes people think about things at least slightly non-economically. Must be hard for you to comprehend.",
"I saw GMO free salt once",
"What reasons are there which are not economic? Elaborate?",
"I'll second tr1cycle's recommendations, with a strong preference towards Tarkin, Lords of the Sith, and the Thrawn trilogy. Lost Stars was a good read to get some perspective on the Empire's point of view during Episodes 4, 5 and 6, and it's kinda got a Romeo and Juliet vibe.\n\nI'd also add the Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshyn. A must read if you're a fan of the Sith in Legends. He's the major writer of KOTOR and Mass Effect 1&2 if that matters to you.",
"But it wasn't salt in a plastic container 250 million years ago.\n\nWhen it's ground up like the way it is now, the surface area to volume ratio is high enough that moisture and smells in the air can have an effect on the taste and texture of the salt.",
"I have upvoted or down voted you. Are you north or south? I hear it’s worse in the south...",
"We can't drink milk if we aren't cows?",
"How DARE you assume that I have a mom. I have two fathers that adopted me. I'm so offended that I'm going to tell my militant twitter followers!",
"It's kinda bizarre. But so are republicans. Here we are! \n\nCheers mate. Enjoy your night.",
"I am having trouble picturing this.\n",
"I am a geology major and spent the past few years studying things like this. salt does not last very long a few years at best the millions of year old stuff has been buried with out much moisture or air to decompose it. so yes salt does go bad as the moisture in the air concedes and slowly dissolves the salt turning it into a salt sludge ",
"Salts not from Jersey the law requiring the expiration date it.",
"Thank you",
"No man is an island. But some men have impressive peninsulas. ",
"> Caves always smell musky\n\nCaves aren't airtight.",
"You are what you eat. ",
"I know it’s hard for your self-absorbed brain to comprehend that there are possibly people out there that don’t like Southern California but using race to defend your insecurities is pathetic. Way to introduce race into something that has nothing to do with it, you should be a journalist. ",
"Examples?",
"You doth protest too much.\n\nSounds like I hit a nerve.",
"That's okay, let me see if I can try. The kitchen has a table that is pushed up against a small cabinet, ( probably 3ft high by 3ft wide and about 1ft deep). For whatever reason, my father-in-law has it so the small cabinet cannot be opened because the kitchen table is pushed against it. But he puts things in top of the cabinet as if it were just another table. One day, I was helping to clean the kitchen and moved the table. I decided to see if there was anything we could store inside that cabinet space because, why not? That was when I discovered the hidden cache of very expired food.",
"Airtight caves are. ;)",
"Those don't smell musky, because you can't get into them.\n",
"Once bread goes stale it will last for quite a time before it goes moldy, as long as it isn't kept against something that holds in moisture. Keep it in paper and even months later it may be stale and hard as a rock, but not moldy.",
"I like it, well-said.",
"What if I've always been in one?",
"Never heard of bleu cheese?\n\nIt's quite literally very, very moldy cheese. I think it tastes awful and I hate the texture too.\n\nHowever, it's not going to make you sick unless you're allergic to penicillin.",
"Yeah but 40% is a pretty huge margin.",
"When it looks or smells rotten.",
"Why did you wait 250 million years to use it?",
"Oh I forgot to reply, my bad",
"Well sure, but the \"and\" isn't a decimal point. It's just there because without it, you're saying 134/100 dollars. The main way I know you're talking about cents is because it's a fraction, not because of the \"and.\" If I told you One Hundred and thirty-four dollars the number 100.34 doesn't come into your head.",
"Huzzah! ",
"Definition of redundant:\n\n> (of words or data) able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function.\n\nIf you write 68 000 000 million and you omit the word million, the number you just wrote went from 68 000 000 000 000 to 68 000 000, so it did not keep the \"meaning or function\".\n\nIt is not like saying a godless atheist because in that case you can remove either one and keep the meaning. That is not true for 68 000 000 million.",
"He should have used the word \"wrong\". You can't remove either 000 000 or million and keep the meaning, hence it can't be redundant.",
"Its salt so it wont hurt anything",
"Oh yeah, dumb me forgot that it's still too saline for bacteria to grow. Good point.",
"Yes but they meant to say 68 million. Not 68 Trillion.\n\nSo they wrote 68 million million to say 68 million.\n\nSo you changing the meaning of the original words doesn't make them become whatever you want them to be. Remove either Million and you have the right way to say it.\n\n68,000,000 ^^Million\n\n68 ^^000,000 Million",
"So he meant something else than what he wrote? Isn't that something else than redundancy?\n\nEdit: Saying 68 trillion when you meant million is a mistake that changes the meaning. If what he said was redundant, then removing \"million\" would not change what he wrote.",
"I feel like I'm repeating myself here.\n\nThe user meant to say 68 million. As is clearly shown by the fact that there's an 18 at the end and the whole joke is that the guy has been working in the museum for 18 years. Sometimes you can't just take the word or phrase at face value and you have to understand the context. So they very clearly meant to say 68 Million.\n\n> [ U ] a situation in which something is unnecessary because it is more than is needed\n\nSaying million twice to say million just happens to be \n> more than is needed\n\nWhat they said doesn't change the meaning of the joke or it doesn't make sense. What you're proposing they said doesn't make sense to the joke. It was just a simple mistake that I pointed out to them.",
"Yeah, and I'm sure you can imagine the government's reaction to people I. Porting white granular substances as well.\n\nOnce you know where to look it's easy to find REALLY good sea salt, but at least 3 times more expensive (which isn't saying much, unless you use a ton).\n\nI wish you and your father well. ",
"If someone said \"58 trillion\" how is that a redundant way of saying \"58 million\"? It is not more than needed, it is just wrong. I of course understood what he meant, like everyone else, so it's a typo that changed the meaning (not intent). Intention does not make something redundant.\n\nIf I said \"That heavy man weighs a lot\" that is redundant. If I say \"That heavy man weighs very little\" then that is not redundant.",
"We don't pay for gallons, we pay for liters, good sir (or madam). But yes, it is more expensive than in other places.",
"Potassium iodide, and it apparently does the same thing as sodium, converts to 2KOH + H2, I ain't a chemist though.",
"Not necessarily. Often laws make sense in one region that don't make sense in another, an example being due to other regional laws that complicate things.\n\nBesides this I'm not saying it was the \"right\" choice to create this law, just that with full context into why the law was implemented it would almost definitely make more sense at the very least.",
"I figured, I just saw a shitty low-effort joke so I had to take it lol",
"Is this a theory or do you know this?",
"Pretty sure smoking aluminum has been linked to increase risk of Alzheimer's. It's why anyone posting shitty tin-foil/soda can pipes in /r/stonerengineering immediately gets their ass ripped open. \n\nNot really related to orally consuming aluminum though.... I think you're right that there's no conclusive evidence it's bad. \n\nEDIT: huh nevermind, the CDC does have some concerns over higher levels of it.\n\nhttps://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp22-c1-b.pdf\n\nPage 5 talks about health risks of both inhalation and oral consumption of aluminum. ",
"Jeez, stop being so redundant...",
"Caught that shit just in time",
"Precisely, and I was stunned that this very intelligent woman didn't even glance at the informational label, just grabbed a bottle off the shelf based on the marketing side of the label! Then was surprised at what it actually contained. ",
"the date on the milk can be true for non pastorized milk. but you will not buy it in wallmart",
"Sorry about that I guess someone wanted to vote but not participate. I'm right in the middle, in Somerset. I'm guessing you're in Warren, Sussex or Essex where it's actually functional and nice.",
"*BE...* I can only imagine this is “best before” in which case it will still be safe for consumption after the date. It it said “Use by” or “expiration” them yeah, fair enough, this however is not the case. All that aside I still like the implementation of it.",
"I'm aware of your units, but I was putting it into my units because it makes it look even more ridiculous. I can change it around. When I got gas yesterday I paid 63.7 cents per liter. \n \nedit: that's about .52 Euro.",
"thanks!",
"Inhaling aluminum has not been conclusively linked to Alzheimer's. It's quite possible and likely it's bad, we just don't have all the evidence yet. Your report says as much. \n\n> Some studies show that people exposed to high levels of aluminum may develop Alzheimer’s disease, but other studies have not found this to be true. We do not know for certain that aluminum causes Alzheimer’s disease.\n\n> An average adult in the United States eats about 7–9 mg of aluminum per day in their food",
"Bergen. Somerset County or Somerset town? I didn’t think either were too corrupt considering the competition",
"County. Somerset township is in Somerset county as well.\n\n[This](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/12/ex-gov_supervised_friend_in_low-show_job_at_nj_hos.html) is the guy who just resigned from his position as one of the commissioners for the organization I work for. Oh and he is a former governor.",
"Thank you!\n",
"So uh... what do you think of the president?\n\nI just don’t think New Jersey is any less corrupt than well any official, for that matter any human",
"All I know is pouring good milk down the drain because of am arbitrary date is complete fucking bullshit. ",
"Well that is what comprises a state, people. And that's a whole different complex matter that we aren't going to get to the bottom of here",
"Well the argument was, “is New Jersey any more corrupt than any other state?” And our head of state is a fine example that it isn’t",
"I admire that! Stay the course :)",
"Not really, no?",
"Yeah but they didn't write 58 trillion did they!\n\nHe wrote 68,000,018 million.\n\nThat's the thing. You keep creating this idea in your head that they wrote 58 trillion when they didn't!\n\nBy your logic. Numbers are now written like this:\n\n123 - 100 twenty-three\n\n",
"The whole joke is that salt doesn't expire. Obviously best by date =/= expiration date. That's why there is a distinction in the first place. Perishable items expire, and non-perishable items just \"taste better\" if eaten before the best by date. ",
"What a lucky find!",
"Cocaine and weed are used by nurses/docs frequently. I don't know how the critical staff partied hard, but I've even smelled weed in the employee garage at work in an illegal state.",
"sodium and chloride, like all heavier elements, are formed by fusion in stars that existed after the big bang. A process that is ongoing.",
"All that proves is that there isn't voter fraud. There really isn't a way to prove that either one of us is right unless there is some independent survey out there which has a system for rating overall corruption by state. Like I said it's not something we are going to figure out here. We shouldn't expect to, it doesn't make sense and I don't really care that much. It's corrupt and off putting in enough ways for me that I will be moving out as soon as I can manage to.",
"hurr durr muh brexit end of the world spaz attack etc etc",
"I guess you’re right. These atoms are all probably exactly 250 million years old. My bad.",
"Move to Denmark. It’s nicer there",
"I'm sure. I like Colorado,though, and they speak English.",
"You ok there?",
"Well TJ \"Salty\" Yoshi",
" Probably made in China too!",
"I agree with the argument on consistency wholeheartedly. First of all, the area surrounding my satellite work site was purely no left turns, no U turns outside of designated lanes. That being said, for the first few weeks I felt like I was finally getting used to the system until I decided to go exploring a bit farther out. It took me a whole minute to realized I had just passed a viable and legal U-turn and at that point I had to get back onto the interstate just to go up two exits and come back. My mind was wrecked for a good ten minutes. After that I was just more pissed off than I had been at any point before. ",
"Caught that shit just in time",
"It's only good for 250.000.002 years",
"Get psyched ",
"Wow, I mean what are the odds?",
"I feel like it's been a while since I've seen a movie trailer with narration like that.",
"[YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT A HOUSE FIRE](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7xbxz3/we_lost_our_home_in_the_thomas_fire_last_december/?st=jdmj8gsc&sh=be600f66)",
"I thought we were done with this. Apparently you can't face facts. Your one picture of a ring that survived? Looks more cubic zirconium tbh. \n\nhttps://www.gemsociety.org/article/can-diamonds-burn/\n\nHope this helps, go in peace.",
"Um... no. Whoever told you that at the natural food store was wrong. The various colored \"sea\" salts you see are the ones with impurities. That's where the color comes from. You're paying five times as much for them to not purify the salt. Table salt is sea salt that has had all the impurities removed, so there is certainly no reason to think that pure table salt would contain silica while dirty sea salts don't. There is nothing in table salt that isn't intentionally added. Those things being supplementary iodine (if advertised), and magnesium carbonate, which is an anti-clumping agent to prevent it from hardening when exposed to moisture in the air. "
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This 250 million year old salt expires next year.
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[
"Not the slightest clue who she is, but thanks for sharing",
"Dillion Harper",
"Yea; she does look familar. I swear I saw her on a video.",
"Should have searched that in Incognito mode... ",
"I bet you'd get a lot Google results. ",
"I just Googled search and was not disappointed. Gonna go do it again. BRB ",
"So, do I file this under Porn or Not Porn?",
"Extremely jealous you got be in the same presence as her.",
"Not seeing the appeal here. She looks like the Xenomorph's little sister.",
"You should've asked her to sign your cock.",
"What is this shit?",
"Porn Stars - They’re Just Like Us!",
"It’s the fivehead ",
"Did you actually see her and take this picture? Or just find this picture",
"30 minutes in... You should have been finished googling 29 minutes ago",
"NSFW. This is also [her](https://gfycat.com/FineEminentDinosaur)",
"Literally a picture of a pornstar",
"OP has nearly 2 million karma. I guarantee this is not their picture.",
"Wait did you seriously just meet her? She is one of my favorites ",
"File under: Trump's desired threesomes (but photoshop with blonde hair).",
"I saw Tori Black walking down the street before. I was staring at her trying to figure out where I remembered her from. ",
"That always ends well for me.",
"I like this version much better.",
"Oh right...r/pics",
"Hey do you mind if I Google myself in your office?",
"Star*struck*\nLucky op",
"No, he's a \"frequent contributor\". It's always a repost, man. ",
"Yes",
"mmmmm Dillon Harper",
"I think I saw her at the local IMAX. They were showing Dunkirk on her forehead.",
"I saw Sara Jay in an airport once. That's my only pornstar story.",
"All those related searches had me a bit tied up.",
"A little ink in the hole never hurt anyone."
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"Hey, I think I've seen you before"
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[
"It's no snake, but it will do",
"Our cats did that too.",
"Looks like a sage who gives out advice.",
"With this level of cuteness I think your foster cat will soon become your permanent cat.",
"1000 yard stare ",
"Definitely belongs on /r/aww. So adorable! ",
"Soft on the nose."
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Hadn't seen our foster kitty for a while, when I looked down and saw he was playing in the tissue box...
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[
"Only in America (and war torn countries).",
"*Representing his guns.",
"That's what I was thinking ",
"Only in ‘Murica",
"I wouldn’t tailgate that guy, that’s for sure.\n\nBTW that’s a Chevy Suburban (SUV not a van)",
"Welcome to Florida, \n\nAm Floridian, can confirm guns here.",
"Where is the slingshot?"
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This van has guns instead of people representing their family unit
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[
"Gotta upgrade the bios it seems",
"Yeah that's what I'm working on. It's an 11 year old laptop lol",
"Tbh don't run windows 10 on it. You'll lose drivers.\n\nStick to 7",
"Did it come without a printscreen key",
"/u/sexxyredhead69, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/sexxyredhead69&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7stiqk/butim_running_windows_10_already/?context=10\\))"
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But...I'm running Windows 10 already
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[
"Ah Teenage pregnancy jokes, always a knee slapper. ",
"It's not a joke. That's why she's praying.",
"Where is this?",
"Privileged. ",
"They have their own parking spaces!?",
"That's how we had it at my high school, but they never let us paint them. ",
"I didn’t even have a car... 😢",
"Pretty sure this is after a drake album cover ",
"Isn't this hella old?",
"She forgot the apostrophe in \"you're\" so clearly this school is awful.",
"YQURE GRAMAR NEDS WURK",
"Pray the sex away",
"In a parking lot is my guess. ",
"I'd say calligraphy actually",
"Hey, welcome back!",
"Judging by the type of trees; somewhere near Dallas is my guess. ",
"I was expecting a star with the number 67 written ",
"Probably in a school though. ",
"This is actually neat!",
"It's a play on a [Drake](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music3/v4/82/38/9c/82389c8a-a3df-f279-9f24-f6dc0d6984da/UMG_cvrart_00602547261892_01_RGB72_1500x1500_15UMGIM08570.jpg/1200x630bb.jpg) album",
"Judging by the town in your comment, Texas is my guess. ",
"Judging by the state in your comment, USA is my guess. ",
"Looks like the spot on the left says senior 17 so can't be that old ",
"Judging by the country in your comment, North America is my guess. ",
"Judging by the continent in your comment, Earth is my guess. ",
"Judging by the flat planet in your comment, the solar system is my guess. ",
"Judging by the your comment, the Milky Way is my guess. ",
"“Judging by the picture, Drake is my next guest.” \n\n-Jimmy Fallon",
"That would also work... With an apostrophe.",
"Dr.Drake?",
"Dr Seuzz.",
"Reposted from last year? Yes.\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/502fxg/high_school_seniors_paint_their_own_parking_spaces/?st=jcu26rmz&sh=499ad23c",
"I thought it was that if you were reading it, that meant her car wasn't there. So she's late",
"Man I totally thought this was about being late to class. ",
"Trees and tornado skies. Fuck all that ",
"Is this like Art Academy High? All that shit is super nice ",
"Ok, but Caitie? Really?",
"Wtf Gabby you nerd ",
"David Bowie High School outside of Dallas",
"prbly anlow income area by the looks of it... allowing the students to vandalize the school propertiy is low class imho ( in my honest opinien).\n\nameroca needs to have good look at our education system i teach geography for 5th grade and u can bet i dont let my kids acton up lik this\n\nedit: why the *downkick*?",
"Well good thing you don't teach English",
"I like this ...a parking lot.",
"More photos and info: https://mymodernmet.com/seniors-decorate-parking-spots/",
"Yeah, that's what I got from it too. And that is hilarious. ",
"sure is, OP's username explains it i think",
"What?",
"Starting your junior year at our school students could buy spaces in the student lot. It costed like $299 for a semester, seniors got first dibs, and it went down the GPA list. There were only about ~200 or so so it went pretty quick. Any infractions would get the spot removed, and you were subject to full vehicle inspections at any time. They often had the school police department call students out of class to open a vehicle the dogs had alerted too. ",
"Land of the free...",
"Merritt Island?",
"Is OP a bot account? out of nowhere of 6 years inactivity, a bunch of reposts?",
"It looks like Austin (My daughter's high school)...I will need to check with her but it looks quite familiar (parking lot and background, maybe I am seeing it from a wrong angle)",
"It’s Dallas according to the person who posted the picture ",
"I stopped by a McKinney ISD high school during our marching band season and they had those, I can't quite remember which one it was though. Surroundings look similar though.",
"Who told you that you were free to do whatever you wanted in school?",
"Interesting. That seems... Illegal. I'm not a lawyer, but i didn't know a contract with a school removing some of your constitutional rights was enforcable. Maybe its not and noone challenged them.",
"Doesn't seem remotely illegal to me. Do you think there's some kind of special rules about what kind of contract a school can make? For example, do you think it's illegal for a school to have someone enter into an NDA?",
"Then why not make students sign away all there pesky rights when going to school?",
"Are you serious, or just holding a grudge? I mean, for starters, most students are minors and so constitutional protections work differently for them from the outset. Also, you can't *make* someone sign away their rights; a contract requires mutual consideration. But mostly, why would anyone want to? It serves no purpose to have students waive their third amendment rights.",
"Likely the fourth amendment? ",
"Just saying, no wonder so many American kids end up fucked. There's a lack of trust from the day you're born",
"In loco parentis.",
"Devotchka displaying proper slav squat and adidas.\n\n",
"Perfect squatting form. 5/7",
"This actually looks like my old Highschool in FL. Western High. \nCould be wrong. But we had a similar thing. We had about 300 spaces. The sections closest to the buildings were more expensive and seniors had first dibs as well. They could pick any spots on the entire lot but usually they all picked the ones closest to the buildings. Very few chose the farthest ones away, which were the closest to the exit. But after they sold off 100 spots (i think $300 for the whole year) u could only buy a parking permit which was $75 a semester. And you could only park in spots that weren’t claimed. (You knew because you had customize the spot in some way) ",
"Latex? ",
"Of course it's a lack of trust. They very often don't make good decisions at that age and we'd rather coddle them than force them to act responsible.",
"\"Unreasonable search and seizure.\" You would have to prove that it's unreasonable, especially if a dog alerts on it from the outside.",
"I think a line is crossed when a school has the authority to search personal property that isn't even being brought into the school building.\n\n\nWould you like it if your employer could search your vehicle ?",
"My school was $100 for the year. No searches either. FL for reference",
"Fourth. Third is the right to not house soldiers against your will.",
"Excellent ankle mobility! No joke look at that squat- heels on the ground and everything!",
"You think that your car, parked in public, has some right not to have drug dogs conduct a completely non-invasive sniff test?\n\nAre the police also not entitled to look through transparent windows?\n\nRead up on the Fourth Amendment. It's by doctrine, and in practice, pretty reasonable. ",
"I was in a poor high school and kids still had cars. cause we all had jobs after high school and bought shitty as cars to get around. I was working 40 hours in HS. 5 hrs after school and made up the difference on the weekend.",
"Gotta say. I'm shocked they let her keep the praying hands. I think it's fine but usually schools and publicly funded institutions freak out about anything like that. Unless it's muslim of course. ",
"We did at my school but you had to pay for them",
"Hope she isn't talking about her period. ",
"We could do this at my high school. The money paid for the space was a senior fundraiser. However, this particular space in the post is going to be black in about a week. Most of our spaces, even if they weren't a light color, got ruined from all the tire marks ",
"Last year is \"hella old\"?",
"Dogs are unreasonable in the first place because they operate on handler tells",
"I was drunk last night reading it, didnt see the X",
"How neat is that!",
"Haha. I’m the wrong one to ask. My employer is allowed to do a lot. \n\nAnd you’re bringing your car onto school property.",
"Haha what? They don’t identify things with their noses?",
"Sorry drSeuss, I missed that 🙄",
"They can but they're also trained to \"react\" to cars if the handler signals them to. Or they also are reinforced (they're fucking dogs not tools) into wanting a positive check because they're rewarded for it. Dog knows his owner will be happy if he tags the car, so dog tags the car. \n\nhttp://thefreethoughtproject.com/court-case-reveals-police-dogs-signal-drugs/\n\nK 9 aren't Scooby-Doo \n\n",
" Seriously? At my high school you'd go down to the office the first day you drove to school, filled out a paper slip with your name, vehicle make/model and license plate, and that was it for the whole year. I don't think they even looked at the slip.",
"Cool?",
"Yea it's West Chester Alternative Arts High. My cousin goes there and drew a cartoon of one if the teachers in her spot with a speech bubble saying, 'Don't run me over!' ",
"West Chester, Pennsylvania. My cousin goes there and drew a cartoon of her teacher with a speech bubble saying, 'don't run me over!'",
"/u/OB1FBM in a parking lot.",
"It's probably an agreement you make with the school to get the space.",
"I know. You said *all* their rights.",
"No I didn't.",
"> Then why not make students sign away ***all*** there pesky rights when going to school?\n\nEmphasis mine",
"Yeah, but that wasn't me. ",
"Very well, *the comment I was responding to* did. I was using hyperbole to point out the silliness of the statement made.",
"And I think you're silly for hyper focusing on a single word choice rather than their general intent. Also, high school students do have most, if not all, of their rights severely curtailed when they are on school property. \n\nThey in fact have no third amendment rights at all because it's not their property. The school could make them share their locker with a soldier if they wanted to.",
"> hy·per·bo·le *noun*\n\n> exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.",
"Yeah, it's lousy hyperbole and you're applying it to a dumb part of the conversation. Just because you know what something is doesn't mean you're good at it.\n\nWhile you got that dictionary in your hand, look up \"boring.\" That's what this conversation is, now. Have a wonderful day. Try to be better. "
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High School Seniors paint their own parking spaces.
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"Scary as hell",
"[Three years old](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2m3jyc/window_washers_at_wtc_are_hanging_by_a_thread/), the FD better hurry!",
"Op is a bundle of sticks"
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Window washers at WTC are hanging by a thread. Wire broken. FDNY on the way.
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[
"That is absolutely pistachios!",
"Great gif buddy.",
"Also cuz picture ",
"They look stationary because you used a fast shutter speed and high iso film ",
"This would be way more impressive if it were a video.",
"ISO? Film? (Just kidding! I am old enough to have used them)",
"They aren't battle if they are floating. Birds do this all the time when it's windy",
"ISO is still a thing you know, there's an ISO setting on my smartphone",
"That's some damn cold logic ",
"So... how would a group of pigeons landing (in no wind) look like?",
"Story of my life",
"I had only heard of it. Is it just a software setting to simulate the effect, or is it like an actual harware setting for the light sensor arrays?",
"No, they look stationary because it's a photograph."
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Pigeons battling a strong headwind. Not photoshopped. They look stationary because they aren't moving forwards.
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"Such a beautiful picture of place that has an another not-so-beautiful violent side 😪",
"Man I’m ignorant. I’ve never pictured India having views like this with cabins like that even though I know it’s a huge country with part of the world’s largest mountain range in it!",
"Duhnuh nunt, duhnuh nunt duh duhnuh nunt",
"Everywhere is snowing!",
"Oh let the sun beat down upon my face.",
"Swell, now I have that Led Zeppelin song playing in my head!",
"And stars fill my dream",
"I am a traveller of both time and space"
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Snowfall in kashmir, India
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"Where? ",
"That is some damn good camo!",
"HOLY SHIT, THAT TREE IS GOING TO SHOOT THAT DEER!",
"Very Bottom right hand corner, you see where the tree branch forks? That’s not him. ",
"Copy that. I reckon he’s out in the brush somewhere. \n/s ",
"#HoovesUpDontShoot",
"At first I thought the bow was just stuck in the tree.",
"Na it's the walking sticks, they've upgraded their arsenal.",
"I camp a lot, and I wonder every time I pee if some guy is watching me from a tree stand. Or a trail camera. ",
"I'm not a hunter...but I thought you had to wear hunter orange? You know, like for safety.",
"Depends on the state. In Oregon, it's only required for youth.",
"r/findthesniper",
"What are you guys talking about? You see that platform? He's that platform. "
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The hunter.
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[
"This was what the sky looked like when I lived in a suburb of Chicago whenever it snowed or was cloudy. I miss it.",
"Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky\n\n https://youtu.be/F2DCJv8Ndz0",
"I remember leaving work after a bad night. I walked out to a golden sunrise, and knew my life was all right.",
"On table in front of me, Big Pie, I eat it all, Now I die. "
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Late night, orange sky.
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[
"🔑 Now yous *can’t* leave.",
"Not what I expected lmao but yeah i want to see that on broadway ",
"Facebook owns Instagram. I'm guessing it was a Facebook message and not a SMS text? ",
"Nah it was an iMessage",
"Facebook has been proven to use your mic as a way to gather info and offer more targeted ads so I don't see why other company's wouldn't.",
"Third-party apps can't see iMessage. Apple can't even see it. It's encrypted. It's an upcoming event and you probably saw an ad somewhere that made you think about it or want to go see it, which is how targeted advertising works. And Facebook, who owns IG, is really fucking excellent at it.",
"/u/pannullm, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/pannullm&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7stvtc/never_googled_it_just_sent_this_text_do_they_tell/?context=10\\))",
"I saw it on my work computer. Thats it. I heard that if you search something on the same network it suggests it for you. Could that be it?"
] | 8 |
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Never Googled it... just sent this text... do they tell you they scan your texts?
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/r/pics/comments/7stwh4/the_humanity_star_a_disco_ball_satellite_has_been/
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[
"The official website giving details and with the tracking of the ball:\n\nhttp://www.thehumanitystar.com/",
"What happens after 9 months.",
"Why?",
"So people had a bit of a cry about this here in NZ complaing it was going to cause too much light pollution after the launch. I fucking hate people.",
">The Humanity Star will orbit the Earth for approximately nine months before its orbit starts to decay and it is pulled back into the Earth’s gravity.",
"It'll fall back to earth and burn up in the atmosphere ",
"How bright will it be? ",
"Will this look any different than other satellites? Will it visibly \"sparkly\"?",
"Am I reading the map right? When it can be seen over North America it will be in shadow? What a jip.",
"For the first month or so but that will change as it's orbit does. ",
"Is there a tracker not on that stupid scrolling webpage?",
"That shadow timing should change over time, so just wait.... I hope.",
"O look at you you can read. Thanks 🙂",
"I think 7",
"It'll be November. ",
"Why not?\n\nThe CEO explains his vision on it on the page.",
"Another hand touches the beacon",
"Is scrolling down on a website bad now?",
"I need some commas and capital letters in this title to help realize what it's really trying to say...",
"[Heavens Above](http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=43168)\n\nLooks like I'll have to wait until March for a visible pass.",
"Damn, more than I expected",
"Back into the earth's *atmosphere*. It never leaves earth's gravity. ",
"Yeah I wasn't happy with that wording either. ",
"I thought it was forbidden to put weapons of mass destruction in orbit. ",
"You'll be able to tell by the way that I use my walk . . .",
"Cool that Samwise got on with nasa",
"No time to talk?",
"Loved me some dawnbreaker ",
"This one there is.",
"Remindme! 42 days",
"It spins rapidly so you should see if blink pretty well.",
"The New Zealand Aerospace Industry. Every bit as weird as that name implies.",
"So now we're putting garbage up in the fucking sky for no reason just to be pretty no scientific need just garbage in the fucking sky that's great.\n\nThere will be a point when there is so much space debris that it puts satellites and spacecraft at risk."
] | 33 |
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The humanity star a "disco ball" satellite has been put in orbit and will be visible with the naked eye for 9 months
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/r/pics/comments/7stwv4/on_the_phone_with_comcast_comcast_we_can_send_a/
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[
":thinking:\n\n\n🤔",
"Did you try unplugging it?....",
"Twice. If you unplug it more than twice, you're playing with it.",
"[breh, what is this about?](https://i.imgur.com/A0rdHtb.png)",
"Haha it’s a curly wire. https://i.imgur.com/RZShFhq.jpg",
"do you live in a barn",
"is there a reason all this shits out in your yard?",
"Read the title. If the problem's inside the home.....\n\nHehe. OP, you craycray",
"It took me a while, but I got it. The wiring issue is clearly not \"inside the home\", no matter what's wrong. OP covered his ass.",
"Haha I knew you could do it! I guess it’s not clear from the photo but that is connected directly to the telephone pole "
] | 10 |
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[On the phone with Comcast] Comcast: "We can send a technician out, but if it turns out that the problem is with the wiring in your home, you'll be charged a service fee" Me: "Well, I need internet so guess I'll just have to risk it. Send them out." Also Me:
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/r/pics/comments/7stz0a/thats_a_bit_of_a_stretch/
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[
"I just wish they’d bring back the lunch buffet.",
"Turd polishing at its finest. ",
"Still got it at my Pizza Hut, kneegrow",
"Yea and McDonald’s is Irish. ",
"Like a Mexican Taco Bell...."
] | 5 |
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That’s a bit of a stretch..
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/r/pics/comments/7su0e6/a_bridge/
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[
"I like the view with the sunset in the background. ",
"Thanks! ",
"Reminds me of The Bridge to Nowhere level in Crash Bandicoot!",
"Looks like something out of The Hobbit. "
] | 5 |
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A bridge
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/r/pics/comments/7su517/my_wife_took_this_picture_of_a_dog_staring_at_us/
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[
"Kinda reminds me of my dad's ford falcon he had when I was little ",
"He was probably getting desperate looking for some acknowledgment that he was sitting there like a good boy(girl).",
"They're absolutely gorgeous *heart eyes*",
"Looks like a music video. ",
"Fantastic pic. The dog looks stoic, yet hopeful. ",
"He looks like he'd say something like \"Stay gold, Ponyboy\"",
"Gotta love those flip out transom windows",
"Looks like I'm watching Gran Torino. \" Stay off my lawn Toad.\"",
"That is a beautiful doogie.",
"Red Rock is a waste of time. It's like 2 hours from the Grand Canyon.",
"Have them in my jeep",
"Are you kidding me red rock is beautiful!",
"I didn't say it wasn't. But if you have limited time there, it doesn't make sense.",
"Great Khans?",
"I love Red Rock, I live 15 minutes away and it's a pupper paradise on the Ice Box Canyon trail when it's warm and the waterfall is running!",
"What kind of car is that??",
"Limited time where? In Vegas? It's 15-20 minutes off the strip to a 13 mile scenic loop with tons of hikes and WORLD CLASS climbing... I grew up in Vegas and used to know those trails by heart. Grand Canyon is cool to see but overrated unless you have the fortune of getting to hike rim-to-rim or something. If you go to Vegas, feel free to stay on the strip... more trails for me! (Said with a smile on my face and no malice in my heart!)"
] | 18 |
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My wife took this picture of a dog staring at us when we were waiting in line to pay the admission fees at the entrance of the Red Rock canyon in Nevada
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/r/pics/comments/7su5fy/dennis_and_my_parents_driveway_circa_fall_2011/
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[
"Hi. Is Dennis still alive? Damned cats that we bond with die much to early. Lost mine 2 years ago.",
"Sadly no :( he got hit by a car a year later. I'm sorry for your loss.",
"Thanks. I'm sorry for yours.",
"turn that frown upside down...",
":D",
"We always loose the ones we love. But, that why we have no kill shelters! Adopt."
] | 6 |
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Dennis and my parents' driveway circa Fall 2011.
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/r/pics/comments/7su998/leap_of_faith/
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[
"Not really a leap of faith. The goat knows exactly where it will land and that it will. ",
"Goat simulator anyone ?",
"Well it's a young goat, so might be the first time across that chasm. ",
"It still knows. Goat knowledge runs deep"
] | 4 |
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Leap of Faith.
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/r/pics/comments/7su9y9/my_sister_and_i_at_the_grand_canyon/
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[
"Pictures just don't capture the massiveness of the Canyon. It's like being in an open air cathedral.",
"You’re so right, it’s incredible.",
"Thought you had green hair for a moment. ",
"I just noticed that myself, haha.",
"~~I at the Grand Canyon. I and my sister at the Grand Canyon.~~ Me at the Grand Canyon. Me and my sister at the Grand Canyon.",
"Amazing to think it was just snowing here a few days ago.",
"Thank you.",
"The first time I saw the canyon, I didn't want to leave. I ended up getting a job and staying for almost two years. It was such an amazing experience... especially the nightly bonfire parties."
] | 9 |
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My sister and I at the Grand Canyon
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/r/pics/comments/7suf7i/just_found_this_photo_my_parents_took_of_me_in/
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[
"You look like the kid from \"It\". Seriously, though, this is a brilliant picture. ",
"Beautiful picture. Did they get it on a canvas? That'd be a good present for them. ",
"That's actually a really good idea. The only problem is I can't find the original film, and this photo is pretty low resolution. I'm not sure how to change that to be honest",
"Ronald McDonald: Origins.",
"Oh I'm sure they'll be able to help you at the print store. Plus it would look even artsier in black and white and a touch grainy. But definitely look into it. Your parents would be stoked. ",
"Yeah I'll look into it, thanks a lot!\n",
"Happy 18th birth year.",
"I've read this story before. There's a big bad wolf somewhere behind those trees.",
"*Mommy, birds float too!*",
"Reminds me of the Olympic Rainforest. Where was it taken?",
"The Forrest by the University of British-Columbia ",
"Do a remake! ",
"What is it about old photos that look so good?",
"\"Yer a clown Ronald!\"",
"Hey, it's Carter!",
"Cool, but how could a 2002 child be posting to Reddit?",
"Can someone photoshop Slender in for me please?",
"Nice! No hanging bodies in the trees",
"You'll float too!",
"Yeah what's up with that? \n2002 was only like a few months ago, right?",
"I'm 18 now\n",
"Somehow the math checks out! 😳",
"I'm a wot?",
"Well, I feel old now.",
"Reminds me of Pan's Labyrinth. As if you'd just seen met the faun!",
"Looked like Mundy park to me so I was some what close. ",
"Seems like slender man should be in this picture someplace. ",
"Can Caesar come out to play?",
"i support this idea \n",
"Hello im penny wise the dancing clown",
"I say this with love...\n\nFuck.\n\nYou.\n\nWhippersnapper.",
"Really? [I don't see it](https://i.imgur.com/mRgMboy.jpg)",
"Were you looking at the stairs?",
"Fair enough ",
"Still looking for a banana.",
"Yeah I turned 24 that year.",
"This is just before you went to ask your neighbor for a banana [huh](https://i.imgur.com/lsoomRq.jpg)",
"I used to go running in those woods around the same time. It was amazing. Wish all my workouts could be there.",
"Awesome shot. "
] | 39 |
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Just found this photo my parents took of me in 2002 when we went out for a walk
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/r/pics/comments/7sugi3/its_not_a_girl_or_a_dog_its_just_my_friend_pete/
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[
"Nice, whish him luck for me! ",
"Here's to Pete who is rocking his show right now, or whenever this was. ",
"Thanks! It was on Monday. I was hungover on Tuesday (yesterday) so I just got to the pics today.",
"Hi, Pete!",
"Sounds like even if he did terrible you enjoyed his preformsnce. 🍺",
"Pete's awesome. Can sing and play, and has loads of charisma. \n\nHere he is last year doing open mic: https://youtu.be/1l5BEp96eYU\n\nHere he is last month with his full band: https://youtu.be/VRrEpLJXCqA",
"Onya pete "
] | 7 |
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It's not a girl or a dog, it's just my friend Pete playing at Open Mic.
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/r/pics/comments/7suhqy/shadow_of_airplane_on_cloud_today_while_getting/
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[
"Some call this an \"airplane glory\". Notice that the exact center of the circle coincides with your position in the airplane. Essentially the same thing as a rainbow (as I understand it), but with the advantage of seeing it from above and therefore being able to see the entire circle.",
"\"Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,\nMy grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air,\nAcross the clouds I see my shadow fly\nOut of the corner of my watering eye\nA dream unthreatened by the morning light\nCould blow this soul right through the roof of the night\n\nThere's no sensation to compare with this\nSuspended animation, a state of bliss\nCan't keep my mind from the circling skies\nTongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I\"\n\n",
"Pretty neat, I’ve flown quite a bit and first time I’ve seen or noticed this happen. "
] | 3 |
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Shadow of airplane on cloud. Today while getting ready to land.
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/r/pics/comments/7sujh2/this_was_my_first_airshow/
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[
"Muthafuckin Blue Angels!",
"Dang right! I had more photos but Reddit only allows one per post. ",
"I mean, you can make an album on Imgur avd link it in the comments. ",
"True I have my ig I can link with them all in there. ",
"Careful with that. r/pics mods tend to frown on social media links without asking them first. ",
"Thanks for the heads up",
"Just create an album on imgur then it's 1 link to all the pics. It's easy to do.",
"Imgur link to more https://m.imgur.com/a/st6fm",
"The blue angels are truly a sight to see.",
"Used to live in Pensacola. Love the blue angels "
] | 10 |
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This was my first airshow
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/r/pics/comments/7sujk9/finally_saved_up_enough_money_for_my_dream_car/
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[
"Ladies love the heat",
"It's the black car in the back, I hope...",
"Ah, yes, the flame-broiled PT Loser. ",
"One day you'll save up enough to be able to be chauffeured around in **[this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Shitty_Car_Mods/comments/7st2nr/as_if_pt_cruisers_werent_bad_enough/)**. ",
"Everyone has their dream car. Kudos to you for working hard to get yours! ",
"The PT cruiser just got named one of the top 5 most unsafe cars in a collision so go ahead and drive it real fast OP",
"Is this a joke?",
"I like that the flame job is a precurser to how you will want to part ways with the vehicle after driving it for a while. :) ",
"Also paedophile car",
"your pp bruiser has snifflis\n",
"I was going to make a Nickelback joke, but the comments are harsh enough already. Congrats on the dream coming true, OP. I like PT Cruisers [and Nickelback].",
"Are you joking?",
"but you took a picture of a circus clown's car instead ?",
"Hey man this is a sick car. How dare you!",
"The one in the background?",
"Low level bait ",
"If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for that?",
"My mom has one of those. She's 76.",
"To all who think I actually bought this car: I didn’t. I was walking down the street, saw it, thought it was funny, and posted it. That is all.",
"Thought so",
"sick .. as explained in the dictionary as \" A face only a mother could love, coupled with the tackiest of bad paintjobs, over a notoriously poor performing and warp speed depreciating rust bucket\"",
"You must be fun at parties.",
"ask your Mom, she knows "
] | 23 |
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Finally saved up enough money for my dream car!
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/r/pics/comments/7sul7j/one_mans_mug_shots_through_the_years/
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[
"Damn. Should have stayed away from those Tide Pods.",
"Should be on r/trashy",
"Should have eaten more of em*",
"How many years? ",
"Huh, I would've thought the transition from no face tattoos to giant eyebrow tattoos would've been more gradual.",
"Dont inject marijuans kids. ",
"It's like Alice Cooper meets Caitlyn Jenner in that last shot",
"Hugs not drugs. ",
"Maybe he keeps getting caught for property crimes because it's not like he looks inconspicuous. \n\nAnyone thats ever seen that guy most likely remembers what he looks like. \n\n ",
"Sometimes on transgender before/after pics they start out hot in their original sex and look hot afterward as well. This is not one of those cases...",
"Tommy Wiseau method acting",
"Eyebrow are freak.",
"I'll have one meth please. WCGW",
"He slowly morphed into Johnny Depp",
"He’s not transitioning those are dreds ",
"Mom warned me this happens if I don't finish my tide pods ",
"He seems to be improving in the last two",
"starts off as a normal looking guy, ends up first being a glam rocker, then weird al.",
"First picture looks like Quinn from *Dexter*, 6 looks like Samuel from *Heros*, and the last one looks like the douche my trashy cousin brought to Christmas a few years back.",
"This is why you don't pass out drunk first when spending the night at your friends tattoo parlor. ",
"Looks like the system works",
"absolutely a juggalo.",
"corrections system and war on drugs clearly work",
"From GSP to Lil Pump. ",
"oh hi mark",
"this man has made some solid life choices.",
"He went from possible male model to first asleep at a slumber party.",
"\"And then it got worse\"",
"The first one looks like an NPC in fallout",
"Jail is generally synonymous with prison.",
"Jail us where you go before you get tried, innocent or guilty. \n\nYou only go to prison once you're convicted and sentenced. ",
"Collect them all!",
"At least, not *those* drugs.",
"2savage2real\n",
"I can see when the meth started",
"I always thought that 3 strikes mean life in prison. ",
"\"Do the drugs, don't let the drugs do you\"\n\nWell.... looks like all the drugs did this guy ",
"\"Sheriff, that clown is lurking around again.\"",
"Mom must be so proud.",
"He was so damn handsome!! He DOES look like\nQuinn in the first 2 photos! ",
"I feel like his soul patch is his undoing. It looks like he picked it up in his first stint in jail, and just can't shake it. For some reason, this dude just has to have that soul patch.",
"Slowly realizing that the devil is the only one who likes who he is.",
"He/she could be, he/she is wearing makeup and lip gloss in the last couple of photos",
"You are generally correct.",
"Meth. Not even once. ",
"“Well it is Tuesday”",
"6-7 Buddy went from Prince to Serena Williams ",
"You can tell between pictures 3 and 4 someone made him their bitch just by the expression on his face. That third strike got him Fed time and he thought he could win every battle in his life up until that point by by fighting. Didnt realize until it was too late that you cant stop 8 dudes from taking their turn with the new guy that thinks hes top dog. ",
"Colloquially perhaps, but technically speaking jail is for short-term incarceration (typically 12 months or shorter) and for housing people yet to be convicted/sentenced or in transport to their final destination.\n\nState or Federal prison is generally for sentences longer than 12 months.",
"That's probably the exact reasoning that convinced him to get the face tattoos in the first place.",
"I was going to correct you but you're 100% right, they're definitely more freak than fleek.",
"BlunderDecades",
"Poor Steven Tyler\n",
"huh, unexpected Stargate",
"this guy gets it",
"I'm guessing that a Three Strikes program netted him a decent stay at the Fed, and perhaps some sort of gang initiation followed.",
"Wow, he went from skinhead Justin Bieber to pro-wrestler Jared Leto...",
"Looks like that soul patch was the start of all of his problems! ",
"Judging from the tattoos, probably some all-female Latina gang.",
"The war on drugs is clearly a failure - but we're all responsible for our own actions once we reach a certain age. The only thing society owes him is a fair trial, and humane treatment if he's broken the law. \n\nThe corrections system is like a gym, which is to say if you wind up there and don't try and help yourself - you should point the finger in the mirror when it's time to start blaming people.",
"I'm not sure he looks suprangramused enough for that...",
"He appears to have become someone's bitch between photo five and photo six.",
"That's only for violent felonies I believe and that depends on the state"
] | 65 |
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One man's mug shots through the years
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/r/pics/comments/7sumyv/an_australian_town/
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[
"http://www.glendamborh.com.au/",
"Lemme guess... northern territory",
"Good. You paid attention in Geography class "
] | 3 |
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An Australian Town.
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/r/pics/comments/7suqnx/youll_love_it_he_said_its_inscribed_he_said/
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[
"Should have touched your phone a few more times to focus.",
"Theyve focused on the inscription which is, I presume, the name of the company that made it",
"I get the title now..... thought the glare was masking some letters. My bad lol. ",
"It's a Rick and Morty reference! Real fake doors! C-cant open em...won't go anywhere... :)\n\nEdited to add: I now own real fake jewels, these are the dizzying highs of life.",
"C....can't pawn 'em; literally no resale value. Worthless. Utterly, utterly bogus. Real fake jewels, ladies and gentlemen. Get 'em... get a, a whole bunch of 'em. Get... five, six, any number. They're shiny, but totally, totally fake. Not real at all. And that's... that's a guarantee, good sir, good... good lady. You can take... take that to the bank, yes sir, yes ma'am. Just don't take these Real Fake Jewels to the bank: they...they'll laugh you right outta there. "
] | 5 |
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Youll love it, he said. It's inscribed, he said.
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/r/pics/comments/7sur1u/please_dont_panic/
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[
"I need to get all of the \"A's\" out of my body.\n\n\n-Mayor Adam We",
"CHOO!!!!!!!!",
"He must have died while typing it.",
"I remember reading about this, here:\n\nhttp://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AAAAAAAAA!",
"Truly their best article. This was a throwback. Thanks!",
"The next sign reads, \"We come from the land of the ice and snow\nFrom the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow.\"",
"Cat on keyboard detected",
"This is pretty much my inner dialogue every single moment of my life.",
"WE COME FROM A LAND IF ICE AND SNOW! ",
"The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new ports\n\nnext right",
"If the Fonz programmed street signs... ",
"immediately followed by:\n\"Sorry, spilled my coffee\""
] | 12 |
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Please don’t panic
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/r/pics/comments/7suue8/this_tiny_tomato_my_dad_grew/
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[
"Not gonna lie, I read tornado and thought your dad was a wizard. Though that would be a little more than mildly interesting.",
"It shall be the centerpiece of an itty-bitty BLT.",
"What is this? A tomato for ants?!? ",
"“Tonight we will feast!”",
"I've got a tomato plant outside full of tomatoes that size. Heirloom variety of some sort",
"[Red currant tomato](https://gardeners.s3.amazonaws.com/p/VETOM31542_3.jpg), perhaps? They're awesome. Super easy to grow, and very sweet for a tomato.",
"Thats the one"
] | 7 |
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This tiny tomato my dad grew
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/r/pics/comments/7sv0pa/my_cakedripping_with_colour_picture_of_cut/
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[
"Cut in half:\n\nhttps://imgur.com/FavtZcL",
"Very cool! This cake looks awsome ",
"Tide pod cake!!",
"Can you make one with orange and blue? You would get all of the karma. Tide pod cake. \n",
"But does it cut through grease?",
"If you look closely, there is plastic wrap below the cake to catch all the leftover glaze ;) you can reuse it again.",
"Here you go!\n\nhttps://imgur.com/2NOVb96",
"I've wanted to try this icing method but haven't made a cake yet suited this style. I have to ask... what does the glaze taste like and can it be flavoured?\n\nEdit: Also what is this method/type of glaze called?",
"What is the glaze? I'm assuming some variation on sugar + water but is it easy to make?",
"OP delivers.",
"It’s called a mirror cake. ",
"Google “mirror glaze” I think it has gelatine in it to make it set but I can’t quite remember.",
"What are the layers? Looks delicious.",
"That is the art in culinary arts. Well done! Can I has a piece pleeeez?",
"Of course :)",
"I teach it professionally if you are interested.",
"Gorgeous!",
"You can eat it but you can’t really reuse it since the colors would all be mixed and turn black",
"Cake? Please say he/she delivers cake"
] | 18 |
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My cake...dripping with colour (Picture of cut included in comments)
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/r/pics/comments/7sv1ll/did_this_on_the_secret_menu_at_local_joint/
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[
"Mmm a heart attack in a bun.",
"Are you a gorilla?",
"I just ate, and now I'm hungry again, THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GET FAT",
"Oh my god that looks delicious haha problem is actually fitting it in your mouth.",
"He's the coolest one in the jungle ",
"RIP",
"..unless you have a hinged jaw i am not sure you'll get both buns in the same bite?",
"Is that the heartattack4000?",
"How do you eat this, physically? Did you practice by deepthroating a horse? Or knife and fork, which kind of defeats the purpose?",
"People are still referencing it on the internet, H&M needs to do a 4th apology (or however many they are up to at this point) /s",
"Where?",
"I like secret menus that aren't really menus, you just need to ask for the thing you want and they are happy to serve And make you come back for another 1 full pound of beef!",
"[Punish your toilet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhMIbO3S--E)",
"I'd take a couple bites of that burger.",
"Maybe even the \"Triple goodbye pass\" or just \"Triple 'bye pass\" for short.",
"\"The Cardiac Arrest ...............$19.99\"",
"Horse deepthroating is more of a throat thing. This is more jaw then anything else👍🏻",
"Please don't post any pics of how you know this",
"That's the key to secret menus; they're so secret not even the employees know.\n",
"r/FoodPorn",
"In GTA: San Andreas I believe that was \"the Bleeder\"?",
"METAPHOR COLLISION! Augh!",
"What makes it a \"secret\"? Looks like a quarter pounder with 2 more pattied added, the usual fixings, plus... mushrooms possibly?",
"No bacon? ",
"Hell yeah. 4x4. That's how I order it, too.",
"A la carte is not a secret.",
"There was a hamburger place that had stuff like that on it's menu here. You could also get a corn on the cob with your meal.\n\nThey went out of business less then a year after I discovered it. I'm still sad about it.",
"The Quadruple bypass ",
"It's all in the name really."
] | 30 |
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Did this on the secret menu at local joint 🍔
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/r/pics/comments/7sv232/majestic_sun_baking/
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[
"Kinda eerie how similar it looks to [this drawing i did a few months ago](https://i.imgur.com/mzimjuE.png)",
"That’s crazy similar! Nice drawing skills",
"Or being interrogated in the dark with a spotlight to the face. Where did you hire the body Paws? WHERE?!?",
"‘I’ll never talk, never!’",
"Nice kitty, good kitty",
"[Also majestic Sun baking](http://solarstoves.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/solar_stoves4.jpg)",
"Did you steal my cat? Mine looks identical to that one. "
] | 7 |
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Majestic sun baking
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/r/pics/comments/7sv37w/lovely_god_of_buddhism/
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[
"Buddhism doesn't have a god.",
"Yes it does. The idea that it doesn't is a western misconception based on semantics. The idea that buddhism lacks gods was based on a butchered understanding made by people for whom polytheism was an ancient memory, and so saw things in a monotheistic / atheistic binary.",
"Ok"
] | 3 |
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Lovely God of Buddhism
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http://i.imgur.com/iTyVDOi.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7sv4e9/player_one/
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[
"Seriously, who holds their controller like that?",
"no way she really playing a game. at least one thumb on the stick at all times.",
"Nerds bitching about controller grip\nIgnoring mega boobs",
"Console normies, can't even afford clothes. "
] | 5 |
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Player One........
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/r/pics/comments/7sv6ih/i_dont_know_how_i_took_this_picture_on_right_time/
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[
"there is no dana. only ZUUL",
"what do mean by dana?",
"What a lovely singing voice you must have.",
"It's from Ghostbusters.",
"Slc?",
"Empire state building"
] | 6 |
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I don't know how i took this picture on right time
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/r/pics/comments/7sv8jh/wet_wipes_with_a_dose_of_extra_wait_what/
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[
"Nothing like a little extra dick to really clean out that nasty ass of yours, OP!",
"Dickening! ",
"You know you like it ",
"Just wait until you try the duschbad....",
"Let me tell you a joke.\n\nMr. Heiniger flew from Germany to New York where a black TSA agent asked him, what is your name sir.",
"Just when I thought there couldn't be enough dick in my wet wipes.\n\n( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)\n\n\n\n",
"Hugh Ass? Is there a Hugh Ass here?(Simpsons)"
] | 7 |
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Wet wipes with a dose of extra... wait, what!?
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/r/pics/comments/7sv9cg/teddy_roosevelt_with_a_nowextinct_eurasian_giant/
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[
"Everything on the internet is real.\nNever doubt the internet.\nShit's real.",
"Triple unicorn! Triple unicorn!!!!!",
"Deltacorn",
"This belongs in /r/funny not here, people will actually believe this.",
"ONLY FOR LIKE TEN SECONDS AND IM STONED OK?",
"Can someone shop Trump in there? ",
"I was there. I'm the hat.",
"Good ol' Tricera-Teddy.",
"Sarah was topped by Teddy",
"Tricorn",
"Oh way to go *Teddy*",
"You fools this is fake, the Eurasian Giant Rhino is not extinct, check it out. They used one to film jurassic park",
"This makes me sick. There are enough animal extinct already, no need to add some more.",
"/u/oligarchyoligarchy, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must convey accurate information. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/oligarchyoligarchy&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sv9cg/teddy_roosevelt_with_a_nowextinct_eurasian_giant/?context=10\\))",
"That is one big pile of shit. ",
"Nobody judges you.\nThink that there are people who'll believe this anyday... ",
"I'm judging you for those ten seconds. But good for you for having access to decent bud and allowing us to have a bit of fun at your expense.",
"Trump is killing enough things that deserve protection. No need to give him any further inspiration.",
"k\nhttps://i.imgur.com/qlsxHQd.jpg",
"Thanks, Roosevelt!",
"I'm 100% certain there are many people who are sober and totally conscious who would believe it.",
"For a second I read Eurasian as Erusian, and wondered how Teddy got transported to Strangereal.\n\nKnowing Ted, he's probably got a summer home there.",
"He was the tops!"
] | 24 |
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Teddy Roosevelt with a now-extinct Eurasian Giant Rhino.
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/r/pics/comments/7sv9cq/so_can_i_be_a_disney_princess_now/
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[
"Hell yes!",
"YES, yes you can",
"I don't see any chipmunks, bunnies, or deer so 'no'. "
] | 3 |
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So can I be a Disney princess now?
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/r/pics/comments/7svapv/lake_eries_liquid_mountains_captured_in_stunning/
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[
"Reminds me of a Hokusai painting",
"Dave takes some seriously awesome photos of Great Lakes waves... https://www.davesandfordphotos.com/collections/lake-erie",
"Sure..he's a great photographer ",
"This is fucking scary, man.",
"I think the correct term is bokake"
] | 5 |
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Lake Erie's 'liquid mountains' captured in stunning photos
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/r/pics/comments/7svb49/shot_of_burj_khalifa_right_before_laser_show/
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[
"Reminds me of that building in Half life 3",
"Came here to say that! (well for HL2 :P)",
"/r/Cyberpunk is calling",
"Welcome to City 17.",
"That's kinda tall.",
"God dammit, Gabe."
] | 6 |
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Shot of Burj Khalifa right before laser show started
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/r/pics/comments/7svc8o/tuscanyitaly/
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[
"Reminds me of that house from Gladiator, where the guy lost his wife and child",
"I’m imagining Bob Ross narrating the painting of this ",
"My big Brother and I are gonna go there some day and have some wine. :)",
"Now I'm just sad dude",
"That guy? How can you forget a name like Maximus Decimus Meridius?",
"Roast me but I had to very similar names in mind and I didnt want to mess it up :(",
"turn that frown upside down..."
] | 7 |
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Tuscany,Italy
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/r/pics/comments/7svcsx/marine_one_got_quite_the_view_in_switzerland/
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[
"Shithole country /s",
"Is this picture taken from Marine 1? Cause that's not Marine 1 in the picture.",
"Source (srf.ch) said it's Marine One and I tend to believe them.\n\nI can at least verify that the picture was taken this morning when Trump flew from Zürich to Davos, landscape looked the same when I went to work. And there are not a lot of Black Hawks in Switzerland so chances are pretty high that it is Marine One.",
"Yeah, turns out I'm mistaken. I didn't know we had a Blackhawk Marine 1, I only knew of the Sikorsky one. Sorry about that!"
] | 4 |
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Marine One got quite the view in Switzerland
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/r/pics/comments/7svfq9/stuck_in_traffic_glencoe_scotland/
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[
"I find that just amazing as I sweat to death for the second month in a row here in Australia.",
"Don't worry mate, February is yet to come! ",
"Why the queue? Was it for the ski center?",
"Try coming to Coffs, sweating for 4 months. No appreciable rain since September.",
"Queue for Glencoe ski centre just along the road",
"Banana, Prawn used to be in Ballina but I think they pulled it down.\n\nThe Big Banana has 3 parts of fuck all bananas growing on the hill behind it, monorail does not work, where we had 1000 banana growers in Coffs we are down to 30, It's all Blueberries now. ",
"Ah, thought as much! Still, will be worth it if the snow is good. I do love the Coe.",
"Try coming to Cape Town. The city officially runs out of water in April :O ",
"\"Darn it, forgot my wallet...\"",
"Nice try, ants on a marshmallow ",
"How the fuck are accidents managed on that stretch?",
"“Damn it, now I gotta pee.”",
"Good thing you're in a helicopter.",
"[Credit](https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/956305622064037893) to the photographer, Alasdair Burgess.\n\n> An extraordinary photo of the A82 traffic queue near the Glencoe Mountain Resort on Sunday - photo by Aladair Burgess in the Herald\n\n> 3:20 PM - 24 Jan 2018",
"Not as bad as other places, but we're getting 40 degrees once a week on the bottom of vic",
"I see why you are stuck, you are driving on the wrong side of the road.",
"i didnt know cities skyline traffic was a thing irl",
"This reads like some sort of Special Forces coded radio chatter over a raid going horribly wrong.",
"This image is too high quality to be a r/pics post.",
"My wife is currently obsessed with that fact. 100 year drought. Jesus. ",
"You said it, man.",
"No snowmobiles in Scotland?",
"I maintain that if you can ski down its two metre wide runs of ice and rocks in a whiteout, you can ski anywhere.",
"We push you to the side of the road, and turn your kids into haggis.",
"Haha, so true! Having said that, I've had some of my best days at Glencoe, even vs Europe. When it gets a good dump the terrain is incredible.",
"From Scotland, can confirm this is what happens.",
"Phoenix, Arizona here... you should visit from May-August.",
"No. No, that is a terrible idea. ",
"[Rebel](https://i.imgur.com/VRvd9W6.jpg)",
"Damn I thought that was a length of rebar sitting in snow for a moment",
"If you swap the snow for sand you’ll get I-15 from LA to Vegas",
"As did I ",
"Reading this with an Australian accent in my head ",
"*CHTTCH*\n Falcon Five this is The Big Banana. Indigo forces are converging at estimated 200 feet from Coffs at fuckfold 40. No Orlando Bloom in the perimeter and we are RUNNING OUT OF NUTS. It’s all blueberries no—-*CHTTTTTCHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh.......*",
"Are you stuck in a helium balloon that's tethered to a car? HA",
"awesome pic\n\nknowing Scotland everyone is having a pint in their car to pass the time",
"I had no clue Scotland received that much snow.",
"Replace those cars with Land Rovers and it is almost exactly like being stuck in Glencoe, Illinois. ",
"RIP TBB ∠(･`_´･ )\n\nThe whole damned world is blueberries now...",
"Lol, Darwin here. Sweat from August to May.",
"Got off a plane from the UK a few hours back..\n\nFuckin missin the cold already.. ",
"How many bananas to equal the size of the Big Banana (For scale)?",
"Reminds me of Snowpiercer. ",
"no harm, there's yellowing snow at the edge of the road.",
"been there, done that... suckers!",
"Could be a drone",
"God, this is beautiful. I don't even like snow and it makes me want to move there. ",
"Everyone is queuing up for the Black Dinner",
"Neither and I live there!",
"Nothing here like Colorado",
"Remi Gaillard is in front in polar bear outfit ? ",
"Think I [found](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glencoe,+Ballachulish,+UK/@56.6382894,-4.8188455,504a,35y,110.53h,67.9t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x488930ea7b29b375:0xd1dce0f3c21732e7!8m2!3d56.6825599!4d-5.1022713) the stretch of road. This picture is amazing. ",
"This land is barren.",
"Reminds me of this story that went on in China a few years ago. If I remember correctly, there's this one rural region with a single maintained road leading through several hundred miles. Because of corruption, some corporations set up illegal mines in the area and used the road for shipping. As a result, the road was way over capacity and resulted in a traffic jam that caused cars and trucks to take months to go a few hundred miles. ",
"Sounds like another scorcher. Have you tried calling Sears? ",
"We're gonna need a bigger road.",
"My dad said that's where my family was from. The MacDonalds of Glencoe.",
"Well that would never give me anxiety...",
"It was a drone. ",
"It's that time of the year the cars migrate south.",
"Road tripping in Scotland with my sister is easily one of my favorite memories of our trip. We drove from Glasgow to Skye, stayed a couple days, and then drive back to Glasgow. Fucking AMAZINGLY gorgeous country. I'd love to go back.",
"Did you see the big pelican in Noosa?\n\nI got a blowjob inside that thing in 99. I think it burned down a few years later?\n\nBloody backpackers...",
"Me too",
"Figured out the problem. They're all driving on the wrong side.",
"What's with the man with the backpack on? Is he executing someone on their knees?",
"What do you mean? \n \nEdit: I’m serious. This looks like an ordinary rural road it just happens to be unusually straight and on a snowy day. Accidents would be managed the same as any other rural road. Are rural roads different in other countries?",
"I was given a novelty plot of land at Glencoe as a gift one year. I thought that I'd like to visit the area one day. After seeing this picture I'm now reconsidering.",
"God this happend on the 20th and it took me 2 hrs to travel 3miles to get to the slopes but we got rewarded with fresh pow ",
"You should go, it’s beautiful and one of my favourite places. Just mind the midges though. ",
"Mortal enemies of the KFC of Ballachulish.",
"I saw that already in the movie The day after tomorrow. They are all gonna die frozen. Sorry for spoilers!",
"Except Darwin is in the tropics where there are no seasons. In fact, your average high temperature is between 31°C (coldest month July) and 33°C (warmest month November). A difference of only 2°C, that's like how fast our average high temperature changes in less than two weeks in spring and autumn here in Scandinavia.",
"I too heard that story of betrayal and cowardly murder.",
"I too heard that story of betrayal and cowardly murder.",
"It's closer to this end of Glencoe\n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/weZNTdsdJjm",
"Hey, it gets hot places!",
"Ill call tomorrow",
"You guys should see what’s behind the camera, going the other way",
"And that Top Gear episode where they are driving through a city center in Africa and they are stuck in a 2 day traffic jam, just sleeping in the cars etc. I almost thought they were joking but they looked too destroyed and depressed afterwards, decided it had to be real.",
"So am I... But then I'm Australian so that's pretty normal for me.",
"Probably because some one got out of their car to take a drone shot.",
"Looks like a Tim Hortons drive thru in Canada.",
"Line up for OP's mom's house...j/k",
"This is what hell looks like.",
"\"I am become sweat, the destroyer of shirts\"",
"Dude. *Obviously* he was using his jetpack.",
"this is why robots always have the last laugh",
"Only driven that twice. In the middle of summer. 115 outside. Fuck that shit.",
"Ahh - the land of being glassed-in-the-face, as per another poster. I'll never go there.",
"good bot\n\n8year olds dude",
"Holy shite...that's scary. ",
"This happened to my wife and kids while on holidays, they were delicious",
"I'd say at least a dozen.",
"we went on a holiday to finland to escape the 40 degree heat :shrug:",
"I hope you got their flights refunded",
"This seriously doesn’t look real..",
"Your ancestors left before the massacre?",
"You'll call now.",
"That one guy driving the other way.",
"At what point do they just call it normal?",
"I don't think anyone is ready to admit this might be 'normal' yet.",
"Big prawn is still there in all it’s big prawn glory!",
"Not enough garbage along the side of the drive-thru. ",
"The big prawn is still going well in Ballina, just outside Bunnings.",
"I think he was implying that the drought has lasted 100 years... Rather than being once in a hundred years.",
"How did you get the plant off?",
"Use one of ma hoes..",
"[That's Rannoch Moor.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rannoch_Moor)",
"TIL drones can carry people ",
"33 in June and 33 in January could not be any more different in Darwin. Most of the days in the wet are ‘feels like’ 38 with humidity consistently around 90%.\n\nI lived in a city that gets above 40° very consistently in summer for more than 30 years, Darwin is worse.",
"Mah. \n\nMAH! \n\nMAAAH!! \n\nI’m taking the snowmobile to work! \n\nYes, dear. Drive safe. ",
"They haven't even kept records for that long, only from the 1920's something. \nWhich doesn't make the \"100 year drought\" wrong, just wanted to add context. There could've been a massive drought 110 years ago as well. Sample vs population size statistics. \nThis opinion piece [sums it up very nicely](https://platinumwealth.co.za/forum/Thread-Don%E2%80%99t-let-the-City-of-Cape-Town-gaslight-you-%E2%80%94-the-water-crisis-is-not-your-fault)",
"And the spean bridge nandos ",
"And they said we wouldn't have sky cars by now. ",
"Once every few years, as I was told. Newspapers were full of it, so I'd say it isn't completely normal. ",
"Thanks for posting my picture! ",
"Thanks very much for the credit! Much appreciated! ",
"No problem. You deserve credit. Do you have a website where we can see more of your work? (I could only find [this flickr page](https://www.flickr.com/photos/125811282@N05/)).",
"Or survived it. I think the Bromleys may have aided us.",
"That's breathtaking, almost surreal ",
"Yes, I think they have something called wet and dry seasons there. \n\n> I lived in a city that gets above 40° very consistently in summer for more than 30 years, Darwin is worse. \n\nIt's quite fascinating that Darwins' heat record is about 1°C higher than Sweden's. But I think it wasn't that humid when the heat record in Sweden occured.",
"Yes we are in wet (monsoon) season at the moment. We actually pray for it to rain heavily because it brings some relief. The 4-5 months leading up is called the buildup where the air is at almost saturation point for humidity without actually raining. It is like being in a sauna.",
"So, why do people live in that hell hole? Oil industry? Mining industry? And I wonder how it is to live in a city that's thousands of km from closest civilization (Brisbane?). (I guess Perth is even more isolated, but that's a pretty big city. Darwin has what, 200,000 inhabitants?)",
"We have approx 130,000. Darwin is important from a military and regional strategic point of view. It is also the base for many big mining operations in the region.\n\nI have a pool and aircon throughout the house, living is not bad, only if you're outside doing anything physical.\n\nThe dry season months are absolutely amazing. 30c daily with low humidity, no rain and a huge amount of activities.\n\nQOL in Darwin is high as wages are high and it really is a lovely city once you get used to it.",
"> I have a pool and aircon throughout the house, living is not bad, only if you're outside doing anything physical. \n\nSo, pretty much like here in the Central Scandinavian highland plateau right now in January, except here you should do something physical outdoor or else you'll freze your butt off (at least when it's getting close to -30°C). \n\n> The dry season months are absolutely amazing. 30c daily with low humidity, no rain and a huge amount of activities. \n\nYeah, 30°C is like a once per decade event here. But 20-25°C and no rain is something that happens at least a dozen days or so every summer.",
"Where would you move a car in this gridlock? Or get to it?"
] | 128 |
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Stuck in traffic. Glencoe, Scotland.
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/r/pics/comments/7svgc1/postcard_pupper/
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[
"/r/ShittyHDR ",
"Lol",
"Lets hope the \"pupper\" and \"doggo\" trend die out like the tide pod challenge.",
"Breed of this dog?",
"Where is this? It looks an awful lot like Asheville. ",
"Let’s hope you get that stick out of your butt that’s making you so sensitive to what people call a dog. ",
"It’s Gatlinburg Tennessee ",
"She was a rescue, got her when she was a couple months old, so I’m not sure what she is. I think she had some Australian Shepherd in her though. ",
"Close! The Blue Ridge Mountains. My homeland! Haha. Beautiful pup, the only brindle medium-haired dog I've seen. :) "
] | 10 |
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Postcard pupper
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/r/pics/comments/7svgw6/why_this_person_hates_virgina_so_much_ill_never/
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[
"Probably because of the stretch of I-95 between Stafford and DC",
"It's german for \"The VA\" ",
"Could you let me have fun for once? ",
"Probably because of *any stretch of I-*anything",
"Have you BEEEEEEN here??"
] | 5 |
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Why this person hates Virgina so much I’ll never know.
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/r/pics/comments/7svhtr/i_found_a_dead_bee_on_my_window_so_i_decided_to/
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[
"That looks like a yellow jacket wasp\n\nhttps://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/images/yellowjackets-eastern.jpg\n\n\nhttps://permies.com/t/65474/a/50010/Wasp-vs-bee-okay-seriously-right-what-the-fuck-are-wasp_da1de4_6057570.jpg\n\nhttp://eggshellsandcoffeegrounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-Difference-Between-Bees-Wasps-and-Hornets.jpg\n\nhttps://tgr.scdn2.secure.raxcdn.com/imgcache.php?img=http%3A%2F%2Fm.damnlol.com%2Fpics%2F535%2F7d2ba5aefba824fb90ff7407420fb4b5.jpg",
"That’s a wasp",
"Oh shit i thought it was like a big bee or something ",
"Poor Aethulwolf r/vikings \n\n",
"Bee careful my dude, yellow jackets don’t mess around.",
"Yeah that's a wasp. Difference is easy: bees are friends, wasps are flying motherfuckers.",
"Chaqeuta?",
"hello_there247?",
"Rocker3k the chaqueta?",
"Why. WHY?? ",
"What you mean “The chaqueta”? I googled it and chaqueta means jacket in spanish :P",
"Idk man, the things i do when im bored ",
"I kinda figured this big guy wasn’t messing around just from seeing that hairy back ",
"He probably was trying to say “yellow jacket “ in spanish ",
"I'm trying to support your work with some drama... ",
"Wasps have tiny waists",
"La chaqueta amarilla",
"I did it ma",
"That's a wasp, son. ",
"Well played sir ",
"You idiot its not a bee its a wasp",
"Why the unnecessary hostility?",
"Becouse for some reasom people these days cant even tel the diffrence betwean a bee, a wasp and a Bumblebee ",
"Get off your high horse, it was a mistake no need to be an asshole and please learn how to spell before calling people idiots ",
"Ik sorry😔. It is a realy Nice pic tho",
"No worries man and thanks :)",
"Even worse, a lot of Americans think bumblebees are a kind of bee.",
"10/10 convincing. \n*sniffle*",
"Aperently people even Think milk is made in a factory.",
"That’s a wasp",
"That's a wasp",
"Thats a wasp",
"One might even say they are................... wasp-waisted",
"wasp",
"Also, bees make honey; wasps make Marmite.",
"Trying to hop on the karma train you created by yourself?",
"[Flying insect recognition chart :) ](https://i.imgur.com/BhvFtZ4h.jpg)"
] | 37 |
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I found a dead bee on my window so i decided to make it a little bit more dramatic
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/r/pics/comments/7svikx/cold_feet/
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[
"Actually no. They lack nerve endings in their feet so they never get cold. 🦄",
"Oh neat! I didn’t know!\n\nIt was more a joke on the fact that this duck never wants to move from his place on the edge of the canal, and even when taking his photo he wouldn’t budge. The snow was a double entendres haha.\n(But I never explained so my fault really!)",
"They get cold, they just don’t feel cold. Smart ass. ",
"You didn’t write anything about that in the first text.\n\nAnd I never said they weren’t affected by it, I said their feet still get cold. And they do get cold. You yourself explained how they mitigate that, which confirms that duck feet do in fact get cold. \n\nThis is all besides the point because OP was just making a pun.\n\nAnd who is hating? Christ, lighten up. "
] | 4 |
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Cold Feet
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/r/pics/comments/7svine/143lbs_gone/
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[
"THICC TO STICC",
"The change in facial expression says it all. Congrats!",
"Great job! Give us your secret on how you did it.",
"You look amazing!! ",
"Amazing. Well done.",
"Wow I can't believe it that's some hard work right there.",
"You found Moaning Myrtle under there somewhere. ",
"How long did it take?",
"I don't think this is actually OP. [here's the Imgur link] ( https://imgur.com/gallery/99Cxu) that gives a little more info on how the person in the picture achieved the weight loss. ",
"The girl on the left broke things off with the girl on the right. How sad, 143 lbs gone.\n\nj/k, OP congratulations on changing your life!!",
"Diet change is exactly what we want to know",
"Her smile stands out to me too, I think it's the goal of everyone hitting the gym to be able to smile like that\n\nWay to go OP!",
"That’s /u/goregasmm",
"Time to get the pitchforks.",
"Awesome job! Looking great! BTW you were also beautiful before, but you look happier and healthier now. :-)",
"Give this OP a weight loss of his own.",
"Good work detective, now you just gotta make it through the next couple of days before your retirement. ",
"Too bad op is a phony ",
"Gotta play devils advocate here... op never did say it was him/her",
"Can we stop posting progress pics to r/pics",
"It's not op in the photo.",
"Full frame glasses and a fear of gluten? Oh no, I think we have a feminist in the making.",
"Woah, like two completely different people. How do you feel now?\n\nEdit: nvm this isn't the OP.",
"secret is take someone else's photo and post it like OP did. Takes 2 seconds.",
"Cue scene where detective dies day before retirement in shootout where rookie cop who happens to be there \"could have saved him\" and displays regret in rain on busy street.",
"What the fuck is up with basically every post on /r/pics being from some karma farming account? \n\nHas the lack of OC always been this bad? ",
"Unsubscribe. "
] | 28 |
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143lbs gone.
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http://i.imgur.com/uqHX6Ak.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7svjiv/amsterdam/
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[
"I try to be open minded, but that river bank needs a guard railing badly!",
"How do they get the cars out? Looks like no room to move anywhere. ",
"It's pretty normal there. Most other places do have guardrails, but not a lot",
"There's a street on either side, they are just hard to see with the forced perspective.\n",
"I can easily see someone who has had one too many putting a back wheel over the edge. I'd be interested to see the police statistics of \"cars fished from the canal\" per annum.",
"i see i see what you don't see and the color is green.",
"Well most people take the bike when drinking. I've seen many bikes being fished out of the water... There are railings on bridges, but not on the sides for some reason.",
"The imbalance of this photo bothers me so much",
"I want to go back. ",
"How do cars get in/out street looks too narrow and trees in way?",
"We dont drive trucks that occupy two lanes. People buy their cars so they can fit in those streets.",
"Because people like to moor their boats in a lot of places (or used to, at least). The reason is so that you can easily park along storefronts.\n\nAnd probably money. That'd be a pretty decent amount of steel. \n\nOh, and it'd look kinda ugly. You'd be taking away that iconic look that gets them so much tourism. \n\nBut yeah, lotsa people in Europe in general take the bike when drinking. Public houses are a lot more common and the cities are generally much more dense than in America.",
"Yeah, I can assure you that in this time of the year everything looks grey",
"Carefully",
"There are more drunk Brits falling into the canal than cars. It is rare enough to get a picture in the local newspaperr",
"It's a canal, but ok.\n\nNo, they removed the guards because people kept bumping into them and damaging them. Without guards, people are extremely careful and in the end nothing happens",
"Little single lane road on either side.\n\nThey have a problem with car tipping. Youngsters will just push some of the mini-cars into the river.\n\n[these cantas are prime targets](http://www.transeum.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/canta-lx.gif)",
"Staalstraat, bridge over the Groenburgwal for anyone wanting to take the same picture",
"That's only done by stupid Brits or students and they only tip those invalid cars. The smart car craze was over when those cars disappeared\n\nTipping an invalid car is a horrible crime, cause you destroy the only means of transportation for a poor schmuck",
"I’m not talking about the sky, I’m talking about the symmetry",
"> The smart car craze was over when those cars disappeared\n\nthose tiny cars are everywhere man. Not just smart cars. cantas everywhere. \n\nhttp://en.help4u.eu/sites/default/files/products/canta.jpg",
"yup, Cantas are the invalid cars (=cars for people with a physical handicap)"
] | 22 |
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Amsterdam
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/r/pics/comments/7svk78/pretty_unique_halloweeen_costume_dead_body_on/
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[
"Yeah but, it's January",
"[Untapped Market!](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LlS83H47OzPbCGhzZhkCtxNDnC2RwSlxvOd2IFdhFdJzaSJjsps2ALMADk68gZf_1xs7vbXUfqoa2kfpmgkJP-lxKl0l3w=s400)",
"Hahahaha ",
"[I'm onto you Mr Peanut Butter](https://youtu.be/wyj8UGbJzrA)",
"Happy Boo Year!",
"Hahahaha",
"Pretty sweaty Halloween costume ",
"Are you sure this isnt Gothic Ghostbuster?",
"That’s a super well executed costume",
"Are you sure he's not supposed to be Dani Filth?",
"RemindMe! 1 year. Unzip.",
"aka quitcicle ",
"You are going to go one year with your dick out!?",
"it's fucken january though,ffs",
"He's wearing green boots, right?\n\nThe frostbitten fingers are a nice touch.",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. \n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/rad_rant's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/59ohsc/pretty_unique_halloweeen_costume_dead_body_on/).\n\n Its comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7rf6qj/every_few_years_tom_hanks_plays_a_slightly_more/dswh83b/) is a copy/paste of /u/WickedTriggered's comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/4qluyn/every_few_years_tom_hanks_plays_a_slightly_more/d4u21q8/).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7rfnym/what_it_looks_like_when_your_mind_is_being_blown/) is a copy/paste of /u/The_Bakeanator's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2h0z73/what_it_looks_like_when_your_mind_is_being_blown/).\n\nIts comment [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7rfmnc/zero_fucks_were_given_that_day/dswk890/) is a copy/paste of /u/agree2cookies's comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5srn3r/zero_fucks_were_given_that_day/ddherhj/).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.",
"It's kind of chilly today and I don't even feel like going outside for shopping. On the bright side, guess who's frozen corpse isn't turning up on Everest."
] | 22 |
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Pretty unique Halloweeen costume - Dead body on Mount Everest.
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/r/pics/comments/7svkj2/monkey_is_looking_confused/
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[
"That photographer is being a dick.",
"I wanted to steal It but instead throw It to r/PhotoshopBattles",
"Good idea, will do",
"But why are the all the bananas gone?",
"(\"Now what in hell am I supposed to do with 6 banana stems? Look confused? Ok, I can do that.\")"
] | 5 |
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Monkey is looking confused
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/r/pics/comments/7svku2/looks_like_in_fairyland_huh_youre_not_entirely/
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[
"Dang that’s beautiful",
"Wales has some of the most gorgeous countryside I've ever seen. ",
"Sure...Wales has a lot to offer",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/ceHG6mk.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger_feet/2981231360/) is the source. Credit to the photographer, [Brian Mckay](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger_feet/), who took this on October 30, 2007 and provided the following caption:\n\n> The Fairy Glen. \n\n> The Fairy Glen is a secluded and enchanting gorge on the river Conwy near to Betws-y-Coed in Wales",
"I spent a few days in Llandudno. Beautiful place. Coming from the desert of Central Australia I overdosed on green. Amazing place. ",
"Living in Wales I am always surprised when I see tourists, just seems like home to me.\n\nI suppose people get that everywhere.",
"Looks beautiful, but is probably 60 feet deep and will kill you if you fall in."
] | 7 |
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Looks like in fairyland huh? You're not entirely wrong. This is found in The Fairy Glen, a secluded and enchanting gorge on the river Conwy near Betws-y-Coed in Wales
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/r/pics/comments/7svleq/west_virginia_university/
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[
"r/trashy",
"Hope your baby game is stronger",
"This is why mountain people cant have nice things. ",
"That’s not how it works; that not how any of this works. ",
"....and so does the rest of the world. ",
"Babies are nice, and they'll be having a lot of those. ",
"Mountain Momma! ",
"Spelling is correct. West Virginia this isn't.",
"A few STDs\n\nAnd a case of Plan B\n\nWest Virginia University\n\n",
"Let's goooooooooo mountaineers!",
"you don't have to pull out if you use the back door.",
"If a woman wants to take birth control pills or get an IUD does it cost money in the USA?",
"Just another day",
"Yes. If she has medical/prescription insurance then the cost goes down and should be pretty cheap. There might be free ways of getting it - through the university or maybe Planned Parenthood. ",
"So proud to go to this school",
"A few STDs.\n\nAnd two cases of Plan B.\n\nWVU.\n\n-haiku",
"Jokes on them, It's not! ",
"Yes. ",
"\"Sex is for degenerates and college should be a time for academic studies only. I am frankly appalled that people would make a joke like this.\"\n\n-Enlightened, sex-positive redditour who believes all people should be treated equally doing a complete 180 because of who's making the joke",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on March 2, 2017,woke up 7 hour ago.\n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/iBleeedorange's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4xq5fp/west_virginia_university/).\n\nIts first-person comment [before this](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7sv8dd/oh_hell_naw/dt7qgb9/) (with the fake edit) is a copy/paste of /u/RoseBladePhantom's comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/5rs4ck/oh_hell_naw/dda0g7x/).\n\nIts comment [before this](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7sv7uw/russian_dating_sites_are_a_goldmine/dt7pu5h/) is a copy/paste of /u/domindigo's gilded comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2v1glq/russian_dating_sites_are_a_goldmine/codlq08/) (sans the edit).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.",
"Because equality?",
"Just curious, did you just find my comment by googling it, or what?",
"That or via karma decay. I can't recall."
] | 23 |
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West Virginia University
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/r/pics/comments/7svm22/sunrise_over_the_blue_ridge_mountains/
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[
"I gotdamn love the Blue Ridge Mountains",
"Almost heaven",
"Shenandoah River",
"If you have been to the old motorcycle campground, grand father built it, huge rainbow trout in it.",
"The Earth is beautiful, and we're ruining it each day.",
"Life is old there",
"Looks more like blue-grey to me. ",
"No.",
"West Virginia",
"Older than the trees",
"Well, what are you doing about it?",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on December 20, 2017 and woke up two hours ago. \n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/mojoe1000's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1wq5j0/sunrise_over_the_blue_ridge_mountains/).\n\nIts comment [after this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/7svcw5/like_a_cat_version_of_a_corgie/dt7qsjc/) is a copy/paste of Imgur user imabiggerfagthanOP's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/TygPpRa/comment/1242882793).\n\nIts comment [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/7svo6m/helping_their_big_sister_with_her_hair/dt7sbpx/?context=3) is a copy/paste of Imgur user odraranimous's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/VLBZAIP/comment/1243009637).\n\nIts comment [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7svnsh/gamer_god_cat/dt7slbv/) is a copy/paste of Imgur user CutHere's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/bSIuBG2/comment/1242832597).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.\n",
"Brings a teardrop to my eyeeeeee",
"He makes troll faces",
"Blue Ridge Mountains",
"Shenandoah river",
"Most of the country looked like this before the colonists. Must have been a sight to see. ",
"Sunrise over the turquoise mountains, messenger birds in sight",
"I refuse to believe that this is real",
"Was expecting an actual sunrise. This is just a picture of one.",
"Life is old there",
"Older than the trees",
"One of the best fleet foxes songs"
] | 23 |
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Sunrise over the Blue Ridge mountains
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/r/pics/comments/7svnr9/salt_squared/
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[
"Impressive ",
"How do your preserve that? I mean, if it was done on a dark wood canvas I guess there is some sort of holding agent that could be used? But, this just looks like a regular kitchen table. His mom is gonna come home all like, \"Why you wasting my good salt!? You Betta clean up this mess!\" ",
"Repost",
"There was a local salt ad years back, this kid draws his mum on the floor using salt. The kid's talented so it turns out lovely, but the mother comes home and opens the door; and it all gets blown away",
"50+ years walking this earth and I am still impressed almost daily with humans and our capacities...",
"He's Salty, sorry someone had to say it.",
"The hand is facing me and the thumb is on the outside. Am I crazy or is that not completely wrong?",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on Dec 20, 2017 and woke up one day ago. \n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/JavaReallySucks's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5oyhfy/salt_squared/). I remember because I made [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5oyhfy/salt_squared/dcn4i38/):\n\n> This guy loves his salt. He's done:\n\n> [Muhammad Ali](https://proudjamaica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ALI.jpg)\n\n> [Drake](https://proudjamaica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DRAKE.jpg)\n\n> [Obama](http://i2.wp.com/viralglitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Amazing-Salt-Art-Allen-Pachino-Barack-Obama.png)\n\n> [Kobe](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVGweo6VAAACW4I.jpg)\n\n> [Kevin Hart](https://proudjamaica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/KEVIN-HART.jpg)\n\nIts comment [after this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7svk78/pretty_unique_halloweeen_costume_dead_body_on/dt7r66a/) is a copy/paste of /u/Pseudo_OSF's comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/59ohsc/pretty_unique_halloweeen_costume_dead_body_on/d9ab6ar/). Interestingly, Beeasymovie was the OP of that thread and is [almost certainly](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7svk78/pretty_unique_halloweeen_costume_dead_body_on/dt7xxw3/) a karma-farming bot too.\n\nIts submission/title [before this](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/7svl00/blowing_kisses/) is a copy/paste of /u/LaFlamaBlanca8's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/325zfa/blowing_kisses/).\n\nIts comment [before that](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/7supa9/every_nickel_is_mines_to_keep/dt7qhd4/) is a copy/paste of /u/thatfatfuck's top comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/53dkwc/every_nickel_is_mines_to_keep/d7s7y13/).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.\n\n",
"Let's hope Salt bae won't get to salty about this",
"I thought the salt guy was Robert Downey Jr for the longest time. ",
"No that's not his thumb, that's his pinky. The thumb is on the inside pinching the salt with the pointer finger. ",
"He preserved it with a picture...",
"I approve of this.",
"It's not? It not only looks like him, it looks like him from specifically the movie Due Date.",
"You don't. Artists usually just clean it up afterward. ",
"Awesome!",
"Ya he plays with cocaine",
"Karma. What is it good for? Does it bring money or something?",
"Great question. Karma may not have monetary value, but karma-farming accounts (usually run by bots) are bought and sold. However, many subs require users to have a certain amount of karma inorder to post, post with a certain degree of frequency, comment,\n etc. [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/5ihyvu/reddit_for_sale_how_we_bought_the_top_spot_for_200/) is proof it happens. ",
"What does the squared in the title even intended to mean?",
"Oh, thank you for that. I too was baffled by that hand.",
"Sure. Salt. 🤔",
"Something about putting a work of art together with salt seems soothing.",
"Smart move holding the salt container in the photo. He must watch the news. ",
"Wow. Thanks for this response. I feel I know much more about what's going on. And good call on spotting the bot.",
"I don't think human hands are attached that way.",
"Hide it in the salt container; no one will suspect.",
"It doesn't look so great rendered in salt, but if you're familiar with the guy's salt-tossing method, it doesn't look quite so weird. ",
"Anyone seeking more info might also check here:\n\ntitle | points | age | /r/ | comnts\n:--|:--|:--|:--|:--\n[Salt squared](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7svnr9/salt_squared/) | 115 | 7^hrs | pics | 10\n[PsBattle: Man with Salt art](http://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5ozqqh/psbattle_man_with_salt_art/) | 20378 | 1^yr | photoshopbattles | 360\n[Salt squared](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5oyhfy/salt_squared/) | 90089 | 1^yr | pics | 1885\n\n*[Source: karmadecay](http://karmadecay.com/results/u10000437)*",
"Just imagine he's bowling and it you'll realize it looks fine.",
"This looks very much like a Photoshop filter/an effect in the effect gallery.",
"His mom's flip flop coming off when she get home.",
"Allan Pachino? Is that the off brand Al Pacino?",
"Wow, and of such a relevant meme",
"I get it now. I confused his pinky with the thumb.",
"This art is a representation of a meme where a chef is fancily putting salt onto a piece of meat. ",
"The hero Reddit needs",
"Dead meme",
"Chances are that the karma farming accounts are sold to marketing and PR firms. Or Russians.",
"Oh this is still happening?",
"Awesome! ",
"Oh my God. I am so ignorant about all this. Russians know what they are doing.",
"I'm honestly speaking out of my ass here. I know that Reddit accounts are bought and sold. I know that karma farmers exist. I know that marketing and PR firms also try to game and gain access to Reddit. I'm making the leap of logic that the Russians probably also do this, but please take what I'm saying with a grain of salt because I don't have any direct proof of that. It seems logical, but I don't have proof.\n\nEDIT: It wouldn't surprise me to find out that other state actors or political actors within states do this as well. Reddit is a very influential community that is visited by millions. It may not be on the same scale as Twitter or Facebook, but it's also probably easier for a single account or post to reach a broader audience on Reddit rather than having to be spread virally.",
"I absolutely believe that. They did it, they're doing it, and they will do it. And Americans will be influenced by it like little puppets. As long as we have Facebook and Reddit etc., it will be used for this. It's freaking brilliant and frightening.",
"I think that social media is even more to blame for the downfall of American democracy than cable news - and that's saying something!",
"Amazing but true!"
] | 46 |
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Salt squared
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/r/pics/comments/7svodj/j_date_ad_that_im_not_sure_i_understand/
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[
"Funny thing about her code is it’s located on her cock",
"Easily the weirdest dating ad I have ever seen. ",
"After staring at this screen uninterrupted for ten minutes, I think I understand this ad.\n\nThe key is the \"Powered by Yentas\" phrase that is nearly fucking invisible in the corner (great design, fuckface). Contrary to what you might assume, that old lady is not someone logging on to J Date for romance. That old lady is a yenta applying her mythical matchmaking skill to program the J Date website.\n\nWho the fuck knows what \"her dreidel game is filthy\" means, though."
] | 3 |
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J Date ad that I’m not sure I understand
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/r/pics/comments/7svpqd/australias_bestkept_secret_chicken_salt/
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[
"Recipe: https://www.instructables.com/id/How-Make-Chicken-Salt-Australias-Best-Kept-Secret/",
"You should check out some of the Japanese [flavoured salts.](https://imgur.com/a/6vPut)\n\n\nThey're all pretty awesome tasting - just like chicken salt.",
"Nice! I'll check them out "
] | 3 |
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Australia's best-kept secret "Chicken Salt”!
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/r/pics/comments/7svpql/saffron_in_a_forest/
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[
"There's floral gold in them there hills.",
"Looks like a Crocus species. But close. ",
"It is, these grow outside my house.",
"Yeah, that's just a crocus."
] | 4 |
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Saffron in a forest
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/r/pics/comments/7svpyl/broken_hourglass/
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[
"[69](https://imgur.com/m2IaYFc)",
"This is the coverart of the album \"Music from Braid\"",
"[Ɛ3](https://i.imgur.com/xY1greA.gif)"
] | 3 |
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Broken Hourglass
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/r/pics/comments/7svqk0/dog_licking_a_terrified_fish/
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[
"Fish's face is literally saying \"WTF!?\"",
"I like that dog. But his actual motives are unclear. ",
"\"Bad Touch! Bad Touch!\"",
"Not cute or funny",
" #metoo",
"“I can’t blink you asshole, your tongue is like sandpaper!!”",
"Good thing this isn't /r/cute or /r/funny.",
"Toucha da fishie",
"Hi I dont know if your OP but... A quick tip. People who are visiting my area regularly kill / mame their dogs by accident by exposure to trout/ salmon blood. During fishing. This can happen with even a drop or two. If that dog wasn't salmoned as a pup What your doing can kill it very easy.\n\nhttps://m.petmd.com/dog/conditions/digestive/c_dg_salmon_poisoning_disease\nIt happens wit trout too I have seen it. Its heart breaking and takes days / weeks to kill. ",
"FYI, don't do this to trout. They are insanely sensitive to disturbances of their slime coat. I read a study which concluded that handling a trout for more than like 45 seconds results in a 60% mortality rate within 24 hours. Even using cotton nets (instead of silicon) to land them results in a 15% chance of death within 24 hours. \n\nI can't find the study I read but here is a similar one about how sensitive they are \n\nhttps://www.tu.org/sites/default/files/Handling_Stress_Summary.pdf\nhttps://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/flytalk/2013/07/three-ways-help-catch-and-release-trout-survive",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on December 20, 2017 and woke up 6 hours ago, and has the following three activities:\n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/creamboy2623's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/3qh5g9/psbattle_dog_licking_a_terrified_fish/) (sans \"PsBattle:\").\n\nIts comment [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/7svo6m/helping_their_big_sister_with_her_hair/dt7sa15/) is a copy/paste of Imgur user glovelyday's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/VLBZAIP/comment/1243005473).\n\nIts comment [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7svnsh/gamer_god_cat/dt7skxr/) (in a thread started by MonserratCarroll, who's account was also born on December 20, 2017 and woke up hours ago, and is also [very likely](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheseFuckingAccounts/comments/7sw79n/monserratcarroll_born_on_december_20_2017_and/) a karma-farming bot) is a copy/paste of Imgur user BenderlsGreat's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/bSIuBG2/comment/1242837185).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.",
"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dooHhHhcIOw",
"> regularly kill / mame their dogs by \n\nNow I'm imagining some sort of dog emulator.",
"Terrified dog licking a disgusted fish",
"Or just don't kill other beings and you won't have this problem :-)"
] | 16 |
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Dog licking a terrified fish.
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/r/pics/comments/7svshg/went_camping_overnight_in_the_sahara_desert_woke/
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[
"Upvote for your diarrhoea, seems like it was worth it OP\n\nThat's a really nice ~~shit~~ shot",
"To be fair my memory is a little fuzzy, I just remember the guides putting me on the least smooth camel which made for the most uncomfortable ride ever",
"I don't imagine riding a camel would be comfortable on a good day either ",
"They're basically a bumpy horse ",
"It's marvelous!",
"And if the worst were to have happened, would there have been a 'camel soiling' charge? ",
"So you got night fever, night fever?",
"people discussing the idiot with diarrhea that they have to accompany",
"Morocco ? ",
"You haven't truly been to Africa until you've gotten giardia.",
"Merzouga?",
"Indeed :)",
"Yes!",
"Reminds me of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkuhNm-WN3g)"
] | 14 |
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Went camping overnight in the Sahara desert, woke up with diarrhoea and 40ºC fever, but got this shot, so I have that going for me which is nice
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/r/pics/comments/7svv8w/a_cute_little_spider_walked_over_my_watch/
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[
"Let it bite you if u wanna be SPIIIDERMAAAAAN",
"Nah, more like the hulk.",
"Juvie Jumping spider. I used to have them living in my car in the garage. Kept the top down. Occasionally they would rapel onto my lap while I drove. "
] | 3 |
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A cute little spider walked over my watch
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/r/pics/comments/7svw67/the_desire_to_live/
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[
"True meaning of living on the edge",
"I don't imagine desire has got anything to do with it.",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on November 24, 2011, woke up three hours ago, and is very [similar to Hachiko56](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7swcif/its_always_nice_to_get_a_bit_of_perspective/dt814ve/).\n\nHere it copied/pasted /u/alterback's submission/title from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5jpzrh/the_desire_to_live/).\n\nIts submission/title [after this](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7sw0fk/somethings_not_right/) is a copy/paste of /u/The_Sighborg's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7531mw/somethings_not_right/).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/7swaeh/me_irl/) is a copy/paste of /u/BestUserEU's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/4h8yw8/me_irl/).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.",
"_Queue Aerosmith_"
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The Desire to live.
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"Konichwa hooman... Give me fish. \n\nDomo ari’gato’",
"More like yo’soy’gato",
"Good pics but perhaps a [bit more light?](https://imgur.com/89khHBR)",
"Ski desk. ",
"Where was this? Mt Koyosan?",
"Soon.",
"Nope, just a neighborhood in Tokyo"
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Black cat staring at me in a Japanese graveyard
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"Well I bet your PTA meetings must be chaotic right now.",
"What’s really strange is this is the new building of the (now demolished) school I went to. I always feel really strange when I come across someone on the internet who lives in the same area I used to. Knowing Castle Vale, I probably know you, seeing as we all seem to know one another",
"This is strangely what I was thinking. Was feeling guilty for looking so far back through comment history as I was like hey! I wonder if they’re from the same area as me and to see this comment made me feel like I wasn’t the only one ! ",
"Hey i'm from the vale too, small world eh",
"Indeed it is! Although I don’t live there anymore since I move for uni, I’m back often ",
"That's crazy man, do you remember any teachers haha",
"I do, although I left in 2013. I was in the old, now demolished building. I assume you still go",
"I just finished my GCSEs back in June, going to college in september",
"I’ve just finished my degree! Haha. You should DM me; I’d like to see who’s still there. Last I heard, Mr Nott was head of English. When I was in year nine, he had just started teaching and he was in his first year as a teacher!"
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In my school car park they didn’t go over the drain with the parking space markers.
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"Haha! He's pissed",
"Care to explain? I don't see anything out of the ordinary.",
"The car in front looks like it has angry eyes."
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Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
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"Crotch-snatch cross-stitch",
"famous last words of the dude who stuck a pencil up his urethra",
"“Sounds” painful",
"Retweet ",
"Is the bird supposed to be suggestive?\n\nAre you suggesting I should shove a bird up my ass?"
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Just like grandma always used to say...
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"How much is that in dollars ",
"Americans are on their way. Just to check it out of course. ",
"$12, it's $12.😊",
"Around $15 maybe..",
"As someone in Quebec, where is this exactly?\nAsking for a friend......",
"Also as someone in QC....",
"Bullshit"
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Welcome to Canada ! Translation : this 20$ is searching its owner. Be honest.
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"/r/NatureIsFuckingLit ",
"Fuck, that’s cute. ",
"Happy little grass",
"They look just as happy and cute as I imagine grass would be.",
"/r/pareidolia",
"When the grass is under watered they turn to frowns. ",
"The cells within the vascular bundle are actually transport tubes that run the length of a plant called phloem and xylem. My Hort 101 professor this semester would be proud",
"Which variety of grass?",
"Who says that God doesn't have a sense of humor.... ",
"I remember this from my 10th grade biology. I dont know why."
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Cross section of a blade of grass. The glowing, three-eyed smiley faces are actually the vascular bundles that water travels through!
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"It looks like this post is about US Politics. Various methods of filtering out content relating to US Politics can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/wiki/v2/resources/filter/politics).\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*",
"You're the most powerful person on Earth. Little girl comes to you and tells you she has cancer and doesn't want to die. \"Please, I don't want to die.\" Your heart aches for her and you tell her you'll do whatever you can to help. Few hours later in the war room, you're told the ISIS leaders are in a school with some 100 children. You're told this is the first time all the leaders have gathered in one place. This is the chance to wipe them all out in one single missile attack. You tell them to strike.",
"\"The great 44th\" please elaborate.",
"44th President I'd expect?",
"Few hours later you have to meet with your top donors who want a rider in your prison reform bill that will provide prisoners with better means of redress of grievances that says they can only use the new system to report unsanitary or unsafe conditions if they spend 20 hours a week working in the prison factory processing recyclable material known to cause cancer. They also want language in the bill that provides a tax loophole regarding their merger with a Chinese conglomerate but they don't tell you that's why, and the 10,000 new jobs your team has been touting to leaders in your home state will all be going to prisoners and China.\n\nA few hours later you have meet with the head of transportation who is the most boring man on earth and wants to talk to you about a campaign for lowering suicides from people jumping in front of trains because the PTSD counseling for their engineers is costing them way too much money.\n\nBuried in the report he hands you is a statistic you won't have time to read that says the largest outlier for these suicides is unemployed, registered voters from your party, in your home state, between the ages of 20-35. If you actually did something about the jobs or the suicides you might actually win a second term. But you won't.",
"... Because you consider the lives of the hundreds or potentially millions of children who will suffer cruelly and die under an ISIS regime and you consider the 100 to be a sad but inescapable price to pay for their salvation? I don't see the contradiction.",
"Politics aside, things like this are immeasurable and should be respected. ",
"It's true, sometimes you just have to kill a bunch of children.",
"George Bush actually chose to hang the picture of Lincoln in the Oval Office but it's pretty symbolically awesome that Obama kept it that way.",
"Fine. *Then* I can golf?",
"Seriously what's that? Does that make Trump \"The Great 45th\"?",
"Easily, hands down, the best president in the last 50 years.",
"*You're* not president anymore!\n\ngot em' guys.",
"No it isnt ",
"I would cry too. ",
"Actually, it is measurable. Quantifiable, to be precise, i guarantee you social psychologists are working hand-in-hand with social-economic professionals to work this kind of thing down to a science.\n\nsorry to be a debby-downer, that's just how my brain works :)",
"if I ain't seen it before, it's new to me. ",
"what the fuck",
"As long as the American people are constantly getting dumber, more desperate, and you can afford the old media ad spend you think will win you re-election, sure, why not?",
"Your brain is producing diarrhea. ",
"Stick to bird watching ",
"Modern historical figures are often measured only against other modern historical figures. And while the 44th president had few major accomplishments (regardless of fault) and he demonstrated poor judgment on certain issues (from every normative political stance), compared to his immediate predecessor and successor, he was phenomenal.",
"Holy shit. This is amazing.",
"I look forward to the friendly discourse this thread is sure to produce. ",
"The Great Crapsby. ",
"Well Obama and Lincoln were both lawyers from Illinois and they both fought for black rights, they have a lot in common",
"This was back in 2012 and it says \"terminally ill\" so I think I might know the answer, but did the little girl make it?",
"Im crying now...because that wonderful man is not in the office any longer.",
"Does anyone know whether or not she succumbed to her illness? The only information I could find is from 2012 regarding this photograph.",
"Bush wasn't very smart, but he was a decent man. ",
"It would be awesome to meet him now, and he's no longer President, and I'm not terminally ill.\n\nWhat's that, mom? ",
"lol they're all great then. ",
"He cared deeply about Americans, but he was willing to let a lot of them die in the Middle East.\n\nHe was a good leader, but he trusted the wrong people and wrong advice.\n\nHe had a lot of good qualities, but way more flaws.",
"\"EXACTLY! Thank you.\"\n\n-Anakin Skywalker",
"The man can paint. Let's give him that one.",
"I especially like *Feet in Bathtub*.",
"You know, when you're a kid you always say \"I wanna be the president when I grow up!\". This is the stuff that makes you change your mind when you grow up. ",
"I mean, you’re meeting the president... throw on a tie my man",
"Ok... Who else thinks getting to meet the president wasn't entirely the girl's idea?",
"Decent men cause fruitless wars that kill thousands of civilians? \n\nI seriously don't understand this newfound Bush apology on reddit. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Have people erased their memories of 2001 to 2009? Let's not forget all of the evil Bush did in those years just because our current President comes across as worse. ",
"\"But what about the Jedi?!\"\n-Anakin supporters",
"You're seriously defending the killing of innocent children? ",
"By definition, subjective observations are not precisely quantifiable. ",
"I love the juxtaposition of Lincoln's portrait. ",
"> that's just how my brain works :)\n\nWow you're so interesting ",
"the great 44 lol!",
"This brought tears to my eyes. I miss having a good and decent person in the oval office.",
"Why wouldn't it be?",
"i think part of it was that President Obama also failed to achieve all that he set out to do. Furthermore, things like the ACA, while presented under the guise of making American health care on par with other first world countries, actually served the purpose of shifting the burden of medical defaulters onto the populace. I say this as an Obama fan, mind you",
"Medical defaulters?",
"He went to Yale. Just because he wasn't eloquent doesn't mean he wasn't smart.",
"Yet another reason Obama deserved the title. \n\nThanks, Obama. \n\nEdit: Jesus guys, I don’t judge him for what he did, but for the person he is. ",
"“Who’s is” ?",
"No shit. People’s memories are fucked up. Everyone is in love with GWB now. I hope in 15 years Trump isn’t considered a decent man. ",
"If the plan in Iraq had worked then the sacrifices would have been worth it. The Bush administration had extremely utopian and optimistic ideas about suddenly toppling many horrific regimes, and if they had somehow been successful it would have left the world much safer for Americans.\n\nThe problem is that there was absolutely no evidence to believe that they could ever be successful. They were essentially trying to copy the playbook of JFK's massive amount of interventions, but if they looked at what happened with JFK's playbook they would have noticed the horrible failure.\n\nI think it is important to note that the intentions of the Bush administration were basically good, but the methods and the results were horrible. They lied to the American people, and justified it to themselves by reminding themselves of their good intentions. But the lies are never acceptable. And this culture of lying lead to so much misinformation within their own ranks that it was impossible to carry out their plans with any logic or success.\n\nThe US military is a great institution, but the US military is not able to do anything and everything. And the belief that they could was the largest mistake of the Bush administration.",
"I disagree. The ACA was (to me) framed as the best reform that was politically viable. A single-payer option was initially on the table but it was DOA legislatively. The ACA fixed some key issues (portability and eliminating pre-existing conditions) but nobody, certainly Obama, thought it perfect. \n\nWhat the Obama administration stumbled on time and again was selling new policy proposals and highlighting successful ones (and admitting to flubs) cost them support they could have gained. ",
"I mean if I was terminally ill and then died, I wouldn’t be terminally ill anymore, would I?",
"Sitting there smug going, “You’re welcome, guys.”",
"I'm not sure what your point is. Are suggesting that Obama, or any president, has or would actually order a bomb strike on a school filled with kids in order to take out a high value target. \n \nI can't imagine even Trump would do that. Collateral damage is one thing...targeting is another.",
"But more drone strikes ordered and more innocents died under Obama...",
"Was his intention to cause fruitless wars? No.\n\nThat was the result, which is why he was such a bad president. And the methods he used to try and pursue his goals were horrific. But his intentions were ultimately good intentions.\n\nThe problem is that we now have a government that has all of the incompetency of the Bush administration, and habit of lying, without even the good intentions.",
"The real reason she's crying is because she really wanted to meet John Cena but her parents put down Obama instead. ",
"What a cool little girl to choose that as her make a wish trip. Most kids choose to go to Disney world or meet someone like Hannah Montana or Taylor Swift. ",
"Where in my comment did you see a defense of Obama? \n\n> more innocents died under Obama\n\nThis I'm not so sure about, not that it matters too much. Care to provide a source though? ",
"I know I'd cry if I met Trump. ",
"Everyone has good intentions in their actions, otherwise they wouldn't be committing said actions. That doesn't really say much about a person. I judge people on what they've done, not what they've intended to do. ",
"It's called Utilitarianism - the philosophy that 'The Greater Good' should be the end goal. (Also expressed in Starfleet's 'Prime Directive' *\"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few\"*\n\nTake an absurd hypothetical example: you find yourself prisoner on the bridge of the death star with two children and the commander who shows you the earth out of a porthole and says: 'kill the children or I destroy the planet\". \n\nIf you're answer is \"but I won't kill innocent children!\" then I would consider you to be immoral. My own view is that the killing of the children would be the lesser of two evils. \n\n Others would defend your position (perhaps on 'code utilitarian' / religious grounds). That's the beauty of ethics: people have different takes on it.",
"He is nice to his dogs.",
"And just because he went to Yale doesn't mean he was smart. ",
"You’re not wrong. I’m just thinking of it from the child’s perspective. Not the political worship. To this child, this is immeasurable. ",
"> Furthermore, things like the ACA, while presented under the guise of making American health care on par with other first world countries, actually served the purpose of shifting the burden of medical defaulters onto the populace.\n\nWhere do you think the money used to come from if not the populace? The populace will always be paying the cost, the question is simply how it's distributed across people of varying income levels and which middlemen are involved.",
"This is why I despise utilitarianism. It unfairly redistributes the blame of actors in any given situation. For instance, in your scenario, it still wouldn't be my fault if the planet ended up being destroyed because I chose not to kill the children. I wasn't the one who created the situation, and I'm not the one pushing the button. The blame rests solely on the commander. ",
"Also they're both black men.",
"She has Sickle-cell Anemia. From Wikipedia:\n\n>About 90% of people survive to age 20, and close to 50% survive beyond the fifth decade.\n\nSo she's probably still with us.",
"Paint. Have you seen him dodge a shoe? That was just hands down impressive ",
"This would mean so much more if obama were a direct decedent of slaves and not just being black from Kenya descent.",
"Terminally ill means youre gonna die. If she was terminally ill and isnt any more, it means she died",
"God I miss this guy so much",
"If you had to make the decision to either kill a hundred children or stand by while thousands of children get killed, what would you do? The first option would leave your hands bloody but less total suffering, while the second option results in more suffering but leaves your hands clean. Do you think that's an easy decision to make? Instead of condemning the first option we should instead consider the implications of the second option.\n\nEdit: corrected error.",
"Obama understands what basic human decency is.",
"It's not propaganda if it's not government controlled. It's almost like with a shitty president people are even more likely to post good things about the most recent decent president and others are more likely to connect to it and upvite it. Also, what does anyone haven't to gain politically from sharing photos of a former president that can't even run again in the future? If you don't want to see praise of liberals maybe you should stick to r/the_donald.",
"In one picture this shows the history of the United States. On the wall is the man who emancipated African slaves in the United States. Here are their descendants, walking free. One of them at the time held the same position as the man on the wall. \n\nCall it propaganda all you want, but this isn't left or right. This is American history. ",
"That Onion video about him painting the ghosts of his past is a timeless classic piece of American art that deserves to be archived in G.W.B.'s presidential library.",
"John Cena is in the picture",
"Find me a picture of Trump showing any kind of sympathy, to anyone. Find me a video of trump laughing, (at a joke that is, not ***at*** someone) Show me a story that has some back up, of Trump doing something for somebody else.\n\nFFS, all we have to do is read back through ***Trump's own twitter feed*** to see how much BS he spews. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrumpCriticizesTrump/",
"Tell that to the billions dead thanks to your decision.\n\nWeird, it's almost like morality isn't a totally black and white thing and there may very well not be a \"correct answer\".",
"First, you're ignoring the possibility of alternative solutions. But either way I don't subscribe to utilitarianism in this sort of traditional sense. ",
"> Tell that to the billions dead thanks to your decision.\n\nIt's not thanks to my decision. It's thanks to the decision of the commander. I wasn't the one who decided to destroy a planet. ",
"After a brief review of your recent post history, I'd say you actually absolutely love doing nothing but talking about how terrible liberals are and how amazing Trump is.\n\nI don't think you mind at all that you can soapbox here.",
"He likes to troll in /r/politicalhumor about how nothing is funny and his Trump is great. It's pretty gross. ",
"But we said we'd never forget!!",
"That kid had an arm on him. ",
"If youve got an issue with silencing dissent; why dont you take it up with your friends over in t_d first?",
"TIL if someone downvotes you on reddit they are silencing dissent",
"To bad he killed so many innocent men, women, and children like her through 8 years of drone strikes. \"the great 44th\" LOL",
"Well I think you are a nice person.",
"He paints a lot of veterans (\"Portraits of Courage\"). I think his decisions in the Middle East haunt him, as they rightly should, but we should also recognize that I think he understands the ramifications of his choices.\n\nI was certainly a big detractor of his, but I no longer think he's evil (and I'm not sure if I ever did), but misguided. Maybe it's cliche to say at this point, but the election of Trump and his behavior *has* given me perspective on Bush. I'll never think he was a great President, but I feel I can have more respect for him as a man.",
"So everybody is terminally ill?",
"I mean we’re all gonna die",
"Actually there have been children in the maka-a-wish foundation that did end up recovering. Not all of them die.",
"While deporting more immigrants than any other president and conducting the most drone strikes in the middle east. And then getting a peace prize for it.\n\nEdit: Not even noon and I already exceeded my daily amount of salt. ",
"> And the belief that they could was the largest mistake of the Bush administration.\n\nDick Cheney knew they couldn't. And he made sure his team of mercenary, excuse me, \"contractor\" friends were prepared to profit from it. I agree, I think Bush is essentially a good man. But let's not paint his entire administration with that wide a brush.",
"That was before he was president",
"Explain how can you feel anything but hate?",
"[k](http://reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/727udb/leftism/) ",
"But i dont see him .....😄",
"[You fuckers are out in force brigading this post. Sad.](http://reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5r9l2k/i_finally_understand_europes_opposition_to_trumps/) ",
"How are you doing today, pal? How's the weather where you are?",
"I do too!!",
"You know why?\n\nBush is recorded as saying that it is not beneficial to the country to speak about the current president after you've served (when discussing his staunch refusal to comment about Obama's administration).\n\nyet he has spoken about Trump's.\n\nbecause he is in the anti-Trump party, they see him as an enemy to their enemy, so their friend.\n\nyes, hypocrisy, yet the world is full of it.",
"Not from illness though.",
"This is what class looks like.\n\nThe POTUS went from classy to ashy.",
"Great? Don't know about that.",
"Hahahahaha so you were talking about silencing dissent, yet you post in T_D???\n\nAgain, hahahahahaha",
"Everyone has good intentions according to their own values, but Bush had good intentions according to *my* values, whereas Trump does not.",
"Then why's he make a terminally ill girl cry? ",
"It's like they aren't even trying anymore. Just regurgitating bullshit. ",
"Thanks. I hope all is well on your end. ",
"I see the Trump Apologists have found their way here. ",
"So that he can make her happy again.",
"And this doesn't disprove my above comment one bit. Loooove to see all this prior post detective work as soon as you see a comment you refuse to acknowledge as fact. Keep screeching I can't quite hear you over all this winning.",
"Remember when it was an honor to meet the president? I do",
"It's obvious that trump is about to stiff arm the kid in the face, impeach!",
"It’s gonna be over 40c for the next week. That’s about 105f. I hope you are doing well. ",
"AND WHERE WAS HE ON 9/11!?!?",
"Not just for Americans, thousands of Iraqi's died because of a war that should have never happened. He and parts of his administration should be tried for warcrimes. ",
"[How terminal?](https://imgur.com/D9190ZE)\n\n^^^^^^^^^^Is ^^^^^^^^^^sad ^^^^^^^^^^though.",
"It means he was a Connecticut blue blood ",
"Everything about her outfit is great",
"Those god damned down vote fascists",
"> I think one of the primary functions of r/pics now is to act as a conduit to spread ideology.\n\nhe says, spreading his fake rightwing narrative, or *ideology*\n\nFucking hypocrite",
"I really miss Obama. As a father, I was admired how he always set aside time for his family. How you can tell him and his wife were still in love. \n\nHe was family man. The White House was at ease because you can always joke around with the president. America was eased. He was human we saw his human side. He was not a perfect president, but he did good for America.\n\nAnd now a year after Trump, America is still tensed. The White House is a mad house. Almost everyday there is breaking news from the capital. America is tearing in half.\n\nI really miss seeing humane stuff like this in the White House.",
"which has what to do with GWB?",
"If two people hit you with their car and break your leg, but one was trying to swerve to miss you in the process and the other had intended to run you over to kill you, wouldn't you have different feelings about those two people?",
"He was pretty good with kids.",
"One more time in English ",
"Okay, so why should good intentions disqualify all the terrible things he did? ",
"Yes but you wouldn’t have killed the people on the planet, the commander of the Death Star would have. Both by intent and direct action, regardless of your action or inaction.\n\nIf you killed the children, he may or may not destroy the planet...that is still out of your direct control.\n\nBut the inescapable truth would be that you just murdered two children.\n\nThat’s where the whole “hurting innocents for the greater good” thing falls flat. Now can we kill the (guilty) commander to prevent the attack? Hand me a blaster. But the children? Eventually there has to be a line that cannot be crossed.\n\nEdit: and wouldn’t it really be a kicker if you killed the children to save billions and then he destroyed the planet anyway and sent you on your (not so merry) way to live (or not) with your choices?",
"I've got some bad news for you about how some people feel about teaching actual American history.",
"so judge Trump on the numerous accusations of money laundering, sexual abuse, treason, etc.\n\noh wait, the current policy is to ignore that because he wants a wall.\n\nTrump's good intentions are good...to him, at the expense of all others. it kinda breaks your statement apart when reality is not near what you state.",
"There are no winners here.",
"He's black. ",
"I should say that I assumed that she passed. I just didn't want to be so grim, I guess. That being said, there have been patients declared terminally ill by doctors who beat the odds and made recoveries. ",
"I thought Obama was policy-wise a wretched president but I’d love to meet him. Presidents do this stuff and it shouldn’t be politicized - on both sides. The president is the president. This crap about “so and so sports person is boycotting meeting the president” is infantile. I got to shake Clinton’s hand once and it was a special moment although noticeably not for him lol. ",
" I think you falsely equate downvoting you for being an obvious moron with people actually being pissed off. \n\nNothing you have **EVER SAID** on reddit has ever **ACTUALLY** pissed anyone off. The fact you think it does just means you're so retarded that you think saying \"U mad bro?\" (which is a 17 year old meme at this point, yet the literal *only thing underpinning your entire argument*) **actually makes someone mad** ..... you know it doesnt work like that, right? ",
"Is this before or after he weoponized the FBI?",
"I don't know what you're trying to say to me. I don't support Trump.",
"trumpers: damn liberals want open boarders obama was shit\n\nalso trumpers: obama deported more immigrants than any other president he's shit",
"Glad he's gone. He did a lot of damage here and around the world.",
"It’s hung too high however...",
"Feels will always get the libs.",
"Attack the person, not the facts. Classic move. \n \nhttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/14/13577464/obama-farewell-speech-torture-drones-nsa-surveillance-trump\n\n\nhttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/obamas-covert-drone-war-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush \n \nhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-deportation-policy-numbers/story?id=41715661\n \nIf you wanted to attack the facts, you could say that drone technology advanced to the forefront of warfare during Obama's time, and that deportations increased partly due to a redefinition in \"deportation\" during the Bush years, and we could have a productive discussion. \n \nOh well.",
"I’m pretty sure Obama was ashy. ",
"[Oh no](https://media.giphy.com/media/pVAMI8QYM42n6/giphy.gif)",
"Im sure you think so",
"You just killed 100 children through your intent and direct action...remind me again how that leaves your hands clean?",
"Well, according to George Carlin, death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.",
"He sued nuns to force them to provide abortifacients. He's trash.",
"Why?",
"I'm going to go on about my day believing she \"was terminally ill\" and since this picture they've found a cure and she's going to tell stories about meeting Obama for many, many years to come. ",
"Amen!",
"Notice how the people flooding the threads complaining about politics in pics are almost always t_d users.",
"staged photo-op of trump high-fiving a kid who doesn't look very excited to be receiving one on the whitehouse lawn =/= a picture of trump laughing or doing something for somebody else like the redditor you're replying for asked. \n\nIf redditor A says \"I want proof of X\"\n\nand you post a picture of \"35145 \"which is not \"x\"... you see how you've just made yourself look like more of a dumbfuck right?",
"Yeah! That'll show 'em!\n\nWhat immeasurably low standards you have. ",
"You haven't been alive very long.",
"What? That's just his daughter. Do you retarded hamburgers actually think it's weird when kids kiss their parents on the cheek?",
"I think it's before Donald Trump told you he did",
"Trumpers want immigration reform. Mass deportation is just as dumb as allowing unregulated chain migration.",
"To be fair Trump has met with every single terminally ill child who's dying wish was to meet him. ",
"Disagree with pretty much everything trump has done in office but I did appreciate him letting that kid mow the lawn.",
"Wait I'm confused...aren't angry people like you pro deportation? And totally down with shooting missiles...Or are your just angry that he's black and doing those things...Oh right it's the black thing",
"No, but I would imagine it does set a higher bar.",
">conducting the most drone strikes in the middle east\n\nThat's more of a result of technological timing than anything else. It's not like drones were really a prevalent thing before him. That's like saying that Bush Sr. sent the most emails of any President up until that point. Trump is on pace to well overtake Obama in total drone strike numbers.\n\nAlso, drone strikes are objectively preferable to actual air strikes or raids, but a lot of people hear \"drone strike\" and immediately make negative connections that they wouldn't with something like \"commando raid\" or \"air strike.\"\n\n>And then getting a peace prize for it.\n\nIt wasn't a then. He got it before any of that. And the Prize was aspirational, as a number of Nobel Prizes are. They are used by the Nobel Committee as a way of encouraging certain actions from people as well as from recipients. Obama was given it not so much for what he did as what his potential was, coming after a President who started two of the longest wars in American history, the Committee, at least in part, hoped that the Prize would encourage Obama down the path of ending the wars and reducing American military interventions around the world.",
"Can't put on a poncho to save his life, though. ",
"Whatever the hell you're doing man sure isn't \"winning.\" Go get a life my friend. ",
"You're such a loser. ",
"It doesn't. They are two different things, don't mix them up. He was a terrible president and a good person.",
"Absolutely. I was not a fan of that administration but how this only has 2.2k upvotes while some dog falling asleep has 64.5k has made me question reddit users world wide...jerks. This is awesome",
"Obama 2020\n\nEdit: Woah did I accidentally post this in r/T_D??",
"Whatever the hell you're doing man sure isn't \"winning.\" Go get a life my friend. ",
"I've got 60° F (15.5°C) here in the middle of January. I'm loving it",
"Thank you, these are actually fair points. ",
">Was his intention to cause fruitless wars? No.\n\nHis admin covered up and lied about evidence to support their assertion of WMDs, which was the entire basis for the war. They even retaliated by revealing an american undercover agent's identity.",
"To be fair, none of those men were drafted and chose to go to war.\n\nEdit: sorry if I wasn't clear, but I am talking about people choosing to go into the US military knowing they're going to war. I don't pitty those people or call them heroes.",
"I think there will still be kids who would want to meet Trump. For some meeting the president in the White House would be a dream come true. Whoever the president is, it’s their parents fault.",
"Why is there a gap between the shoe molding and the floor? I could never be a president with a half ass done office like that!",
"Wow you're a loser.",
"sorry about muh football",
"The “great” 44th? More like the “pretty ok” 44th.",
"That's what I was thinking. Her parents clearly wanted to meet Obama, not her.",
"lol",
"That's a very interesting sentiment. I think I may agree with you. I almost think he was a useful idiot to Cheney and his ambitions.",
"well yes. because the negative votes go to the bottom of the page where nobody sees them, unless its attached to a comment like this. its an echo chamber",
"Silencing dissent? You sir have an inflated view of what reddit and your opinions are...keep fighting that revolution!",
"not original guy, but there's this statement\n\n>A 2015 report out of Brown University estimates that the number of Taliban deaths in Afghanistan may have been between 5,000 and 15,000 total over the course of the Bush administration, but up to 5,000 per year during the Obama administration.\n\n[that 2015 report](http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2015/War%20Related%20Casualties%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%202001-2014%20FIN%20%288%29.pdf)",
"Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahaaha!!!",
"> But more drone strikes ordered\n\n...we didn't start using drones capable of carrying any real offensive payload until round 2007-2008... When Obama was elected.",
"The so called \"Golden muslim prayer curtains\" even!\n\nedit: woops, different golden curtains. Hard to keep the fucktarded insanity of the past 9 years of GOP talking points straight.\n",
"Yes, I would obviously. \n\nMy point is that it really means nothing to say someone had good intentions. The driver trying to kill me had good intentions in his mind; he clearly thought killing me was the right thing to do. So should I say \"well, he was trying to kill me, but at least he had good intentions\"? Obviously not. So I'm not going to say \"well, George Bush killed thousands of civilians, but at least he had good intentions.\"\n\nAs for the other driver, the act of attempting to dodge me is enough for me to judge them less harshly. I shouldn't have to even delve into intentions. ",
"Ah yes, the mantra of the American conservative: \"I don't have any good ideas, I'm just mad and want to make others mad.\"\n\nChildlike mentality. ",
"Some people seem to have a real cafeteria approach to how wars should be conducted. I would prefer 2K collateral damage, or even 20K collateral damage, to 500K collateral damage of a multi-year \"boots on the ground\" approach. \nAll war sucks, and it's awful that collateral damage happens at all, and I'm not arguing that it's acceptable or not - but if ANY war can be \"a righteous cause\" and generate \"heroes\", then why not a drone war that as SURGICALLY AS POSSIBLE (which isn't very surgical) we take out the bad guys WITHOUT having hundreds of thousands of military families affected, and guys defending their homeland with rusty AKs and hurting American soldiers? \n\nIt's not like the alternative to drone strikes is \"Free Pizza Day\".",
"When kids love you, you know you are doing the right thing. \n\n\nObama wasn't perfect but I believe he tried to be a decent and humane president.",
"She's terminally ill alright. Sickle Cell Anemia is incurable.\nBut with treatment you can make it to 50-60 years old.",
"Dude stfu",
"My make a wish dream would be to play with Barron Trump, but instead of playing, I'd encourage him to runaway and escape. ",
"Actually I usually hear that second part from more left leaning voters like myself. Obama had some good things but is career will forever be marked by his record on drone strikes and immigration. ",
"Careful with that too...reasonably expected collateral damage = targeting for the most part.\n\nIt’s like my daughter wildly splashing paint all over the paper which is sitting right on top of the dining room table.\n\n“But I didn’t mean to mess up the table!” Yeah well you certainly should have seen that coming hmm? Doesn’t matter if you didn’t directly apply brush to table, the immediate effect is identical and avoidable.",
"Why is he a good person to you?",
"That’s easy the number is ZERO!!",
"> This message brought to you by the users at Reddit, who are likely to reflect the opinion of 70%+ of the American public in regard to Trump\n\nftfy",
"Thatsthejoke.jpg",
"Like that great reform of building a wall, banning brown people, and refusing to allow refugees to come in. I see a lot of compromise there. \n\nGood job strawmanning too, bc wanting unlimited migration isnt a majority opinion. ",
"He doesn't have political positions, just look at his post history. He cares about pissing off liberals, not about any actual political agenda.",
"Lol, no Trump supporter is saying that Obama shouldn't have deported illegal immigrants, they're just pointing out your own hypocrisy.",
"[Ewwwww](http://hesbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DonaldTrump5-1.jpg)",
"I don't believe Taliban deaths fall under innocent civilians. ",
"The same thing will happen with Trump",
"Aren't y'all supposed to start flingin' shit at one another now?",
"Not necessarily. Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he did a bunch of farewell tours and recorded an album he wouldn’t have lived to see released, then a fan who was also a doctor was wondering why he wasn’t dead yet, so Wilko went back to hospital and was told his cancer is operable but at a 15% survival rate. They operated and he’s still alive.",
"They have several decades to find a cure. Sickle Cell Anemia is terminal indeed, but you can live to 50-60 years old. Under constant and intense pain. ",
"you seem to think responses *to you* are obviously directed *towards you*\n\nif you feel you're being targeted, it is an issue about how you react to comments in a public space.",
"“Why am I meeting this kid, she’s a four. sad”",
"\"Waaaa!! Waaaaa!! A significant group of people don't think like I do!! Waaaa!! Waaa!! I'll show them. Yup, I will. I'll say something bad about them and make them angry too! Waaaa!! Waaaa!!!\"",
"[Then there's this one](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Bw1rSF_Vcg/hqdefault.jpg)",
"Yo buddy, do you need a friend? Cause this screams 30+ white guy living at moms house that never got to interact with other people in a meaningful way that taught you how to empathize and feel compassion. ",
"And now 45 doesnt even want to deal with his own. ",
"Need that kid who wonders if Trump's hair feels like his.",
"> Furthermore, things like the ACA, while presented under the guise of making American health care on par with other first world countries, actually served the purpose of shifting the burden of medical defaulters onto the populace\n\nHow do you think other first-world countries fund healthcare?",
"Lol",
"Yes, I know there was an attempted joke here somewhere, but I don't know what's so funny about a daughter kissing their dad on the cheek. There's a lot you can criticize Trump for, there's no need for dumb shit like that.\n\nOr maybe Americans actually do freak out about kids kissing their dad on the cheek, I don't know. Either way it's retarded.",
"Class to ass.",
">Trumpers want immigration reform. Mass deportation is just as dumb\n\nBad news about who you voted for then.",
"One of Bush's greatest accomplishments is also not well known. His quiet work to address the AIDS epidemic in Africa has literally saved millions of lives. [Washington Post article here](http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-07-26/opinions/35487798_1_african-countries-pepfar-antiretroviral-treatment).",
"PFFT....No one meets terminally ill children better than Trump...No body.",
"he was, by all reports, one of the smartest folks in the room. he would be able to reach the end conclusions of briefings way ahead of everyone in the room and had everyone scrambling to keep up. \n\nthe 'likeable bumpkin' public persona was 100% an act. ",
"I miss Obama. ",
"Well... besides that one",
"Shit hole countries.",
"No he didn’t ",
"That MUST be sarcasm........right?",
"in just under enough time to not read the document at all.\n\nit encompasses a number of cost, including civilian deaths.\n\ntry not being repeatedly triggered by responses to your comments.",
"This shit is becoming a fucking meme at this point. Redditors are so braindead with all this \"he was *our* loveable idiot\" bullshit.\n\nHe wasn't some kind-hearted doofus that stumbled into the whitehouse. He made a lot of shit decisions and knew what he was doing.",
"*Dad shoves Obama*\n\n\n\"What the fuck man??\"\n\n\n*Dad gets chokeslammed by Secret Service*\n\n\n*Girl cries harder*",
"The one thing trump is better at: making little girls cry",
"Oh, so it's the drones fault?",
"Most talking points on both sides have fair counter-points, but they get drowned out by anger and shouting. Many issues lie in a grey area where no one side is 100% correct. Makes it difficult to discuss. ",
"He also proved quite adept at pretzel-choke recovery",
"It’s the office, not the person. That’s how the National Jamboree tried to treat it...\nWe all know how that ended out (or can guess)",
"He did kill a very large number of civilians with his drone strikes. It's scary how people gloss over that very dark part of Obama's tenure in the White House. I don't doubt that Trump may well try to achieve a higher body count whole in office, but Peace-prize Obama killed a lot of innocent people. Not Americans though so whatevers..",
"It wasnt 100% Your decision, but choosing not to act is still a choice you made. You're, at least partially, still to blame.",
"thatsthejoke.jpeg",
"You'd think there would be a status update or something, particularly for a person that met the US president. ",
"All things considered I think you’d have to say it’s going well so far.",
"Are you genuinely confused and stupid or just pretending? He's not providing a position on those facts, merely pointing them out to leftists who he knows are against those things. It's like an atheist pointing out that a christian man's favourite politician spends time at the strip club. Do you think that means the atheist hates strip clubs? Or is he using the christian's own moral rulebook against him and the politician? Pretty simple man.",
"'poor people'",
"Eh, two VERY different people.",
"Whether or not you’ve got a valid gripe there, this is not really the post for that :/\n\nEdit: Okay apparently I’m the only one who wanted a positive happy post here. Was this post not about the happiness of a child? If there were a picture of a kid being happy to meet Abe Lincoln would you suddenly feel the urge to point out everything you didn’t like that he did? It’s about the kid man, not the president. Why the fuck do all you redditors need to make sure “your side” wins every post or whatever you’re trying to do? This post is about happiness",
"Not to mention the... er... *lacking* implementation of the ACA.",
"He rocked that opening pitch after 9/11 too!",
"I hope you tell your kids/grandkids how stupid you were during the Trump years!! History will show how inefficient and ineffective his administration really was!! And how he has literally tried to wipe out Obama’s legacy all because Obama made him look like a fool at one of those correspondents dinners!! Silly man!!",
"It's perspective, and I don't think people now think that Bush was a good president, but see him as a flawed, but decent, man. I've watched him interact with veterans and families of veterans killed in action and I've seen the pain in his eyes. It's real and probably haunts him.\n\nNow we have someone in office who is not only flawed, but not decent. He hasn't caused the death of millions *yet*, but we (just today) came closer to \"doomsday\" according to scientist - we are nearly Bay of Pigs level of danger. This, again, gives us a little perspective.\n\nTo reiterate, I haven't really seen people say that Bush was a good president or should be regarded as such, but that he's not the \"evil\" we labeled him as. \n\nIf you don't understand, I'm not sure what to say - but it's not sure reddit, recent polls show the same thoughts across the U.S. I think if not for Trump, maybe the uptick wouldn't be there - it's hard to say, but I think there is some romanticism now with believe our leaders actually love America. I think most people, though not happy with what Bush did, don't doubt that he actual loved the country and *tried* to serve it. Now we have Trump who only serves himself.",
"I don't want to be a dick, but does she qualify as terminally ill?",
"As evidenced by the butthurt edit he threw in. It is unfortunately the only concrete position in the modern GOP. \"we stand for whatever we think upsets librulz\"",
"Well he did hire that kid to cut the whitehouse grass.",
"TFW when you get roasted by your own teammate",
"How is the weather in Russia?",
"I was thinking something like that when reading this thread. W was the kind of guy you’d like to grab a beer with, sure. But Obama was the type of man I would like to be. And he is and was deeply in love with Michelle and it showed. ",
"eh, yale is one of those ivy league schools where yeah you can get in on a massive donation from your parents, but they are picky about making it 'sink or swim' once you're in. ",
"I personally have this inner conflict about him.\n\nIn some ways, he *seems* like a decent man, especially post presidency.\n\nThe problem is that he either *unwittingly allowed,* *intentionally allowed* or was *complicit* in letting his presidency be abused by profiteering assholes and neocons. I don't doubt some people in the administration had noble intentions with Iraq/Afghanistan, but unfortunately those people were either too ignorant, too blind, or too willing to allow those intentions to be hijacked by bad actors. \n\nThe question is: which is it? The unwitting accomplice? Or someone who was in on it?\n\nI don't think he was a good or effective president. He sent a lot of Americans to their death to accomplish what appears to be nothing. His presidency fostered a lot of what became the mortgage crisis. Yet in some way that seems better than what we have now, as messed up as it is. \n\nMaybe we'll have more answers in 15 or 20 years when people start to talk on their deathbeds.",
"MAKE AMERICA HAPPY AGAIN",
"If that's your definition of reform sure. The real definition is an improved vetting system and evaluating who is already here and getting them the fuck out if they're criminals and don't contribute to society. Same goes for refugees, they need to be able to learn English, assimilate to our American culture, and be a law abiding productive member of society but the system that we have now allows the wrong people in. Other countries have these reforms and systems in place.. We should, too. ",
"I laughed out loud. ",
"Exactly...",
"I couldn't find an obituary for her so, probably good news?",
"He still felt like a president unlike Trump. ",
"There is no discourse, just \"Obama is a great guy no matter what, too bad trump kills babies and Russia pays him per soul\"\n\nSuper level-headed shit.",
"> The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.\n\n\\- C.S. Lewis",
"... what? ",
"He's also a devoted catholic, too many right wingers tend to overlook that fact",
"On the bright side, she won't get malaria.. ",
"no bush is not a decent man. War criminal at best. All that blood will follow him to his grave.",
"\\*Shiver*",
"Barack Obama. Good man. Good pirate. \n\nGuess you guys don't like PotC quotes. Oh well, I have hundreds of thousands of karmas I don't mind -7.",
"[You are the one, George](https://i.imgur.com/w6YIX.gif)",
"America was tearing in half – or more accurately, tearing along wealth and class lines – during Obama's presidency, and his policies were an active part of that. Trump was the result, not the cause.",
"> just because our current President comes across as worse. \n\nMy 401k is looking pretty healthy right now and our current President just got me an extra 122 bucks in my next paycheck. He is coming across just fine to me. ",
"So is your source on that breitbart or just your aunt? Would love to read it.",
"He is not evil, Cheney was the one calling the shots and is the true evil one",
"While I certainly hope that's true, I don't think Make A Wish steps in if you're likely to live another 40+ years.\n\nEdit: This is apparently a good example of [Cunningham's Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#Cunningham's_Law), and what I said is incorrect.",
"Let’s make excuses for the guy who ran a campaign on hope and change and then dropped more bombs on more countries than George W. to ease our cognitive dissonance, yay America! ",
"Technically, we're all terminally ill.",
"Barron is kind of a little tool, tho. To be fair.",
"I don't like his policy, but at least he's making some kids happy. ",
"[He's already there.](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-already-killed-more-civilians-obama-us-fight-against-isis-653564)",
"How would you know?",
"Don't do that shit. Just as bad as when someone goes \"Don't bother, he's from T_D\" \n\nShitty and dismissive ",
"Oh snap",
"Both Trump voters and people who are against Trump seem to be complete dumbfucks. Same coin.\n\nIsn't that picture photoshopped, though?",
"You joke but IIRC he let some random kid mow the White House lawn. He wasn't terminally ill or anything, but it was what he wanted to do and Trump made it happen. He may be a dirtbag, but even he's capable of a nice gesture once in a blue moon.",
"Do they cry tho? you point s prob true but i think there is a different context for black folk. Like Oprah said in her speech. ",
"I like that. I like that a lot, and I needed it right now. Thanks",
"Yeah he also has a record of perusing more humanitarian policies but not seeing them through or caring enough to. \nNet neutrality and environmental issues like the KeystonXL pipeline come to mind. ",
"and bush tanked the economy funneling more money to the rich.",
"So was Roy Moore ",
"You'd have to pay me to meet the current one. ",
"I think you replied to the wrong person. ",
"Reality skewes liberal.",
"[Whoa, Dude!](https://media.giphy.com/media/4WHkXdDx8wjS0/giphy.gif)",
"[He was **amazing** with kids](https://imgur.com/gallery/S1nYz)",
"she should have been appalled meeting such a terrible president \n",
"Giuliani was probably low-key inadvertently admitting that 9/11 wasn't an islamic terror attack.",
"Give me a break. A little kidding isn't picking the president as their make a wish.",
"you didn't even try to read his comment.",
"I miss Obama so much. Actually I just really miss having a president that treated people with kindness and respect and is, Yknow, qualified.",
"You know, you can always leave Reddit. I'm sure there's other groups of people who would love to have you.",
"I always say that Obama was a C+ president but an A+ human being.",
"Nah man..what I said above was down voted to hell but it was still right. What this person above said is also right, illustrating how there's room for a lot of grey area in most topics of discussion. I'm cool with that. Sure beats the other vile things that appeared in my inbox from tolerant accepting liberals. ",
"Yea. Speaking as someone who voted for him both times and would vote for him again, in a heartbeat, compared to almost anyone likely to run against him if he were able to run again (assuming he'd even want to) I have to agree that he wasn't particularly \"great\". He had serious issues with over-compromising early in his administration (specifically, with Obama-care where he was preemptively compromise with a GOP that was never going to work with him no matter what he agreed to); his didn't really dial back enough of the Bush era violation of civil liberties/domestic spying; he didn't push to actively prosecute the Bush era people that committed torture/the individual banking executives that caused the 2008 crash; and his foreign policy on Syria wasn't all that great/effective.",
"I hate Trump as much as the next reasonable guy, but I gotta admit, the peace prize to Obama was pretty stupid, especially after that explanation. Prize based on potential? Dafuq is that?",
"So...?",
"He let a kid do chores on his lawn... truly heart warming. It's as touching as commissioning a lifesize portrat of himsef with his own charity's funds for use in his private residence. I bet he makes Jesus jealous with his generosity. ",
"Sorry, I get pissed when stupid people post stupid shit!! I will fix it.",
"Pretty sure they're taking about his daughter. The one it really seems like he wants to bang.",
"Shows that GWB and Obama are really part of the Uniparty.",
"ALSO THEY'RE BOTH BLACK MEN!",
"“The great 44th” give me a break , let’s ask Libya if he is so great ",
"Dick Cheney and the neocon tribe's intentions were never \"good.\" They wanted to open markets and make money and they achieved the latter. I don't believe Bush had that mindset but was convinced invading Iraq was \"the right thing\" and then couldn't back down. I hate to say it but the world would be a more stable place with saddam hussein in power. Perhaps in 50 years Iraq will start looking the way bush envisioned it would but for now it's still trying to get started. ",
"As do many left wingers too",
"Then the make a wish foundation comes after them with lawsuits to reimburse them. ^/s",
"Trump is why people are whitewashing Bush. It'd take someone even worse than Trump (in terms of their character/incompetence, I'd argue Bush's policy record is still far worse) for the same to happen after he leaves office. God. fucking. forbid. \n",
"Because I seriously believe his intent has been to make things better. I get the impression that he's humble, that he's nice to people he meet, simple things like that.",
"They actually recently started to, if you won't have a good quality of life",
"You miss high tax and forced shitty health insurance ?? ",
"why not",
"Triggered.",
"This is only a picture of what we've thrown away.",
"Exactly",
"Sorry Spartan, but we don't allow linking to wordpress and automod removes those automatically.",
"the civil war wasnt about black rights though, on either side... even lincolns campaign speeches before the civil war he said he didnt care about slavery and had no plans on interfering with it\n\nit just makes for a good reason now to show that the 'real' america went to save people, rather than the true reasons",
"He rapes but he saves. ",
"I fell in love with bush when I saw his paintings of his dogs. Most adorable thing I have ever seen an ex president do. ",
"I really want to know if she's still alive. I tried googling her name but all that comes up is this photo and articles about it from 2012. \n\nMaybe I'll just pretend I know she's still alive. Much happier that way.",
">hung like black men",
"Fuck that, I'm so pissed. \n#ReleaseTheMemo!\n",
"*Cue the rim shot.",
"I think Bush is actually a very smart person who took the wrong advice and had some problematic beliefs. I don't think that absolves him of the responsibility for worsening the conflict in the Middle East, but he did do it to try and make the world a better place and I think he had what he thought were the best interests of the country in mind, so I guess I understand him better in retrospect.",
"goddamn it that quote is forever associated with getting over it for me now.",
"I wouldn’t say “great” at all. Sorry not sorry",
"Obama had a picture of the guy who set slaves free\n\nUnlike Trump....",
"Well considering how there's been no mass deportation and simply efforts to reform immigration and do things by the book, I'm actually pretty happy so far. ",
"Yeah, seriously... I mean, come on. $122 is definitely worth the erosion of 50 years of civil rights and the disgust of the rest of the world.\n\nOpen your *eyes*, sheeple.",
"I mean, probably not. Catholics aren't really Christians to most protestants.",
">the great 44th\n\nLol.",
"Lmao!",
"If you were an Iraqi Kurd, you would not be saying this. The removal and execution of Saddam Hussein was a great thing for humanity. Iraq is in a terrible state now, and the aftermath of the war was handled awfully (it should have been made an American mandate for at least 20 years), but the destruction of the Ba'athist regime was entirely justified.",
"We don't like him here.",
"See, this is why girls don't reply to you on /r/r4r",
"For sure. Obama has a dark side, and was very good at portraying what people liked to see. He was a major proponent of all of our communications going through the NSA dragnet (unconstitutional surveillance), destroying stability in Libya, Drone striking citizens with undue process, the list goes on. But he was well spoken and likable so people choose to ignore or deny his questionable actions. And no, I'm not here from T_D.",
"Probably has something to do with /r/pics literally being Praise be Obama and Fuck Trump.\n\nE: Don't worry about it btw. Im sure its gonna reach like 40k upvotes soon, because its Obama. And if Trump bashing pic shows up its gonna get even more. \n\nFucking hell this site has gone to shit, I remember when T_D spam was the big issue here and now the anti-trump hysteria is 100 times that. \n\nLike fuck off, keep that in your shite politics related subreddits and even some of those like /r/worldnews break their own fucking rules about US domestic news and yet there's a Trump tweet on that sub like every other day.\n\nThis Anti-Trump spam is far more annoying than the Trump spam has ever been, because that shit came from one subreddit and the anti-trump shit infects fucking everything.\n\n",
"I'm banned from there sadly. I like the people but I don't agree with some of Trump's major policies, so I don't support him.\n\nWhen you really have a conversation with people there, though, it's not anything like how this guy ranting and raving makes them appear to be.\n\nMuch nicer and willing to listen to opposing views than you would think. They respected me despite declaring myself as liberal in my post when talking to them. \n\nSadly I can't extend the same amount of respect for the mods who banned me, but I do caution not allowing one's self to fall victim to confirmation bias.",
"Its like a reverse ~~freud~~ oedipus thing. He wants to marry his daughter and kill his son. \n\nEdit: thanks to u/MJOLNIRdragoon",
"I still don't get what was so great about him, aside from his demeanour and oration skills. ",
"I think he avoided redecorating the Oval Office for a year because we were in the midst of a financial crisis and he didn't think it was right for he and Michelle to be choosing rugs, curtains, and historical pieces worth thousands and thousands of dollars, when everyday Americans were struggling.",
"Astute observation",
"That tension is just a media fabrication. Not sure how people don't see this. \"Humane stuff\" like this still happens all the time at the White House. Trump frequently meets with dying children, heroic veterans, etc. etc. You just don't see any of this regular human stuff in the news because they're spinning a different story. Anyone who thinks the media coverage of Trump vs the coverage of Obama is reasonable or equal is out of their mind.",
"Yeah, remember when Obama passed the Citizens United decision?",
"Same here. It's pretty good",
"Excellent contribution to the discussion right here",
"To be fair, I'd cry if I met him too",
"My 401k is glad too.",
"[So could Hitler](https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=hitler+paintings&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyqe-uzfPYAhXJgLwKHT_5AK8QsAQIMw&biw=1920&bih=959) \nNot drawing any parallels, your comment just reminded me of something I only found out very recently.\n\n",
"It takes on another meaning when he says he would date her. ",
"Not to be snide, but by most well researched and primary-source accounts I've read, even from those who were against him politically, this is untrue. In fact, after losing elections on the state level at the beginning of his career for being too much of an intellectual, he created a new persona purposefully. This might sound like a complete joke to you, but if youre willing to pick up biographies about George Bush and look up primary accounts from those who knew him, I promise you'll find that they *all* echo the exact same thing: apparently he is literally genius level intelligent. \n\n",
"Calling a president a \"Great\" is politics.",
"Lets leave young children out of this. They didnt choose to be on the national stage.",
"My bad, misunderstood what it was saying. Still doesn't mention anything about Iraq.",
"Meh - as a dad that skirt is a tad too short for my liking. \n\nEDIT: so we downvote for young girls dressing modestly/sensibly/conservatively now? Cool. ",
"What? I've never seen anything about him being Catholic. He even got into some controversy early on for attending the service of Jeremiah Wright, who was a reverend in Chicago at Trinity United Church of Christ.",
"I'm just passing on what I was told. Olaf Njølstad, the directer of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, is one of my professors, and that's the explanation he gave me. To be honest, after a semester of studying under him and hearing his explanations for things, I have less respect for the Peace Prize than I used to.",
"Trump killed more already supposedly. ",
"It will never, ever, EVER be Obama's fault to those on the left. If they ever had a moment of weakness and accepted that it was Obama's fault they'd immediately have to find the closest mirror and start screaming \"Racist!!!!\" for the rest of the week. \n\n",
"I would never argue against that. ",
"The ol' 'I was able to snatch my crumbs, so fuck everyone else!' mentality. ",
"It's a beautiful day here! An overnight fog coated the bare trees with a thick layer of hoarfrost. ",
"I have never met a little girl who gives a shit about politics. And only one little boy and that was a weird mf. Most children really don't care about politics so this is suspicious. ",
"🎵 Come back, Barack. 🎵",
"Pretty sure Obama isn't a Catholic. Christian, yes, but not Catholic. Biden is a Catholic though ",
"The difference is that Obama tried to bring Americans together, while Trump has proven to be nothing but divisive.",
"It was around 10°C (50°F) where I live and I'm happy about it, but the constant snowing and then sun shining makes the roads pretty slippery and the sidewalks mushy. Other than that I am content. ",
"So you're happy he's not following through on his promises?",
"[Been holding that one a while, huh?](http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/626/354/cea.jpg)",
"I'm pretty tired of this narrative that has come to be accepted recently. Bush started a war based on what were undeniably lies (the death toll for that war btw, over 500,000). He also set the stage for the worst American financial crisis in recent history, where thousands lost their homes. He instituted policies that allowed torture, he set up surveillance networks that continue to be used unconstitutionally, he opened Guantanamo bay, he bungled Katrina where again, people almost certainly died because of his indifference or incompetence. \n\nJust because he didn't say Nazis were \"very fine people\" doesn't mean he was a decent man. I know the public bar has been lowered substantially but I refuse to lower my own to this level. ",
"\"I respect kids who *don't* have terminal illnesses\"",
"Lmao",
"thats such a powerful picture..alot of U.S. history behind this photo.\n\n\"A picture is worth 200 years\"",
"I hate Trump with every fiber of my being, but even he isn't shitty enough to disappoint a dying child.\n\nOr at least I fucking hope so.\n",
"I've had a Make-a-Wish. I know I'm terminal but I think I have a good 20-30 years in me ",
"> if they're criminals\n\nYou’re leaving out the logical conclusion here, which is odd because Trump supporters usually bring what I’m about to say up. Illegal immigrants are criminals by virtue of coming here illegally, and therefore deporting all of them for that would be...mass deportation. Aka the thing you denied. ",
"There you go. ",
"If that was true, Hillary would be president.",
"No way you're trolling right?\n\nOkay someone posted the link stop telling me. ",
"Poor Janiya never got to meet a real president :(",
"Didn't that kid do it for free?",
"Non American here. Could you tell me the significance of the Lincoln painting here?",
"_ohhhh noooo_\n",
"Me too, thanks.",
"I sure as hell wouldn't want a beer with 43. ",
"That explanation never set well with me. I imagined a private pow wow where Bush trying to flex and buck Cheney, and getting put in his place. \n \nhttp://jedi-counsel.net/p/people/ppl-b/Bush/Gorge-W-Bush-Jr/george-w-bush-pretzel.jpg",
"If you were black, you would likely be excited to meet the man that beat the odds and gave hope to an under-served constituency.",
"...wtf",
"My cousin had ALL when he was 3. Went into remission and came back. At 8, one of his sister's was a 10/10 match and donated. He's been in remission since. He was in make-a-wish. ",
"Why would she waste her wish on this?\nNo little girl cares about the president \nThis is completely just what the parents wanted. ",
"I’m not crying, you’re crying.",
"Ok I'm stuck. Why does that subreddit have anything to do with her comment? ",
"Ah yes, The Great \"bomb the children\" 44th.",
"Calm down there Fox News. ",
"And this was the best picture they took? The mom looks crazy as hell haha",
"I don't think it's necessarily hypocrisy for him to speak out on Trump, there's plenty of factors that could have changed between Obama and Trump that would make Bush feel that it's \"beneficial\" to speak out. Maybe it's just he feels okay criticizing a President of his own party, maybe it was his treatment of Jeb, maybe Trump is the legitimate threat to our institutions that people say he is. \n\nI don't think Bush's statement should be taken as an absolute, rather it was just applicable to the circumstances at the time. You can't expect him to make the caveat \"well, unless things get really bad and we elect someone dangerous\" when there's no reason to think that would be the case. Trump is something wholly different from other modern Presidents (who I doubt Bush would have spoken out against and no doubt set his expectation for future successors when he said that line).",
"I just like making people explain themselves. Keep nodding your head and going oh. Smart trolls ignore explaining themselves. But it's really funny when they think you give a shit. It's my form of trolling, keep making angry people explain themselves...",
"Who’s American culture should they assimilate to, though? Will they be good enough for you if they assimilate into gay American culture? How about black American culture? Or Latino American culture?\n\nWhat the fuck *is* American culture? Because to me it seems like there can be no set definition.",
"I saw him interviewed by a local news station, early in his first run for the presidency. He was asked a number of policy questions and gave insipid, formulaic answers. Then he was asked a question about political strategy and he gave a really impressive, thoughtful, nuanced answer.\n\nI formed the impression then that he was a smart guy who was very interested in winning elections, but not so interested in policy.",
"> OBAMA MAKES TERMINALLY ILL CHILD CRY \n- Fox News",
"> He and parts of his administration should be tried for warcrimes. \n\nWhat warcrime did they commit?",
"Wow, you’re an asshole. The girl was terminal, your comment is not fucking ok. ",
"^ this x 1,000. He was Presidential and acted humble and concerened. He’s also someone that no matter what your policy differences you could sit down and have a beer with. W and Obama were both in that same vein. Now we have an egotistical jerk in office that has such a frail ego. As a citizen if you had beer with Trump and questioned something or called out a lie he would take to Twitter and roast you. F’ing Child!",
"And Republicans accuse democrats of being delicate snowflakes... ",
"Yep, he felt like a president even if you didn't want him their at least he seemed to respect the importance of his job.",
"it is almost as if he is constantly playing 'marry, fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck, kill' ",
"I haven't heard that story but I'll give him credit for that",
"I’m really curious to see how history remembers 45. During Bush’s administration, I hated that man so much. I remember seeing the Impeach Bush stickers everywhere. People were constantly saying how he should be assassinated on social media. But now, I fully agree with everything you said. Trump is far far worse of a president, but I wonder if time will ease his image like it did with Bush. ",
"There is plenty to say about Trump, but he is actually a decent being when it comes to kids apparently. ",
"Why is there a painting of Bill Murray on the wall. ",
"Yeah everyone I know here in Texas is totally not tense, and I know a bunch of liberals too. Not sure who these \"tense\" people are. I'm guessing OP isn't a real person.",
"For what it’s worth, you don’t actually have to be terminally ill to be part of Make-A-Wish. A lot of people assume you do, though, so OP might have just made the assumption.",
"Thanks Obama ",
"Thank you for posting this link. Great pictures, most of which I have not seen.",
"If I remember correctly, with this blood disease, you could drop dead when your heart rate goes up, because of sports, sex or meeting the president...\nA self fulfilled prophecy if you will ",
"The emotional president. Didn't actually do anything useful, but did a lot of shit like this. This is what blacks do when they get rich or get power. They like to pimp out poor black people and get good publicity points. Basically every NFL guy, and most rappers do the same shit.",
"Because that would mean there was someone even worse... yikes",
"I don't know. I think he's got a heart somewhere, but I also think that we're already comparing him to the absolute pile of shit that has succeeded him.\n\nHe was a vicious warmongerer. He murdered children from the sky in seven different countries. Let's not become completely desensitized to that.",
"He‘s a business man after all :^)",
"Obviously the bot automatically tagged it because \"Obama\" was in it.",
"Tell us how you really feel.",
"It should be longer. ",
"A perfect reason to engage him inquisitively...",
"Any presidents in the B or A range according to your scale? ",
"Yeah let's just give him a break on starting an agressive war that killed over 100k people, okay guiiiise.",
"r/me_irl",
"No, Bush and Obama had a bank of acting decent, kind and compassionate to see them through hard times and scandal. Trump doesn’t.",
"Sickle Cell Anemia is a *terminal illness* now? It's about on the same level as having, like, moderate Asthma.\n\nCall the Make-A-Wish foundation, epileptics!",
"Ah yes, this alt right propaganda rears its ugly head again.",
"Make a Wish requires \"life threatening illnesses\" not terminal\n\nSource: do a ton of stuff for my local chapter",
"This is literally the trolley problem. There is no right answer but most people would kill less to save more.",
"He probably stiffed him saying that he can cut it better than anyone and that he doesn't deserve the under minimum wage pay he was gonna get.",
"It was the wind man",
"You should read about how the trump org stole money from a children’s cancer fund",
"26,000 bombs later...",
"Still can't be sure that I'm to blame even if we assume that blame could also fall on the coerced person in this situation. For instance, in *A New Hope* Leia gave into Tarkin's commands and Alderaan still ended up destroyed. Tarkin had no intention to not destroy the planet, so regardless of Leia's decision Alderaan was going to be destroyed either way. Now returning to your scenario, how do I know that the commander would follow through on his promise? For all I know, he may be 100% committed to destroying the planet even if I kill the children. In this case, the blame most definitely does not fall on me.",
"I completely support leaving the children of politicians out of any discussion. It was wrong when people mocked Chelsea. It was wrong when people mocked the Bush daughters. It was wrong to mock Sasha and Malia. And it's wrong to mock Barron.\n\nNot qualifiers or exceptions.",
"I think it’s because he didn’t say shit like “gays are an abomination” and the like. He understood that Catholicism and Christianity isn’t a free pass to being an asshole ",
"Great picture...with Abe looking in... ",
"Art of the deal, mother fucker!",
"As long as you stay out of the comment graveyard, all will be well.",
"I think dog posts are just always going to get more upvotes than other cool pictures. I mean... dogs, man. People love 'em. ",
"Especially so for rappers at the airport droppin bars...",
"That's how you know he's there",
"Regardless of your political leanings, the guy was a proper Statesman. I wish we had someone even half as impressive in Parliament right now.",
"Its because he painted cute pictures of his cute doggos, and everyone started seeing him as a silly old grandpa who you want to take you fishing, and let you sip your first beer.\n\nAlso a lot of people feel incredibly hurt, and offended by Trump, so any other president seems a lot better than what we have.",
"You're retarded. I voted for him twice and can name you dozens of scandals. If you think \"the left\" is a simple collection of people and ideas, then you're as retarded as liberals who call every conservative a racist. There is stupid people on both sides, on the stupid people are the ones playing it as a team sport. ",
"I volunteer as a wish granter for make a wish, and I was also a wish kid myself when I was younger. I am 25 now and going strong. I was not terminally ill at the time of my wish being granted. I wasn't doing well, but I wasn't terminal. One of the misconceptions of make a wish is that they only step in when a kid is terminal but that is not true. They come in when a kid has a life threatening disease.\n\n",
"Jayden Smith taking notes ",
"No one is saying it should.",
"Did you forget what they were doing with CHIP??",
"I wonder what that one guy did to make Cheney shoot him in the face. ",
"Voting for Trump over Hillary doesn't mean you like Trump. It just means you prefer him over Hillary. I'm sure many Trump voters felt this way, based on his present approval ratings. The right-wing propaganda over the past decade+ treating Clinton as the devil incarnate certainly fueled the \"Clinton is evil, so I'll just vote for Trump, even if he seems shitty\" stance among a huge chunk of the country (those that regard Fox News as their go-to news source). They wanted to give him a chance, but after the past year+ it's pretty clear where Trump's values lie -- particularly, stuffing the pockets of himself and his billionaire friends.\n\nHis present approval rating is in the 30s, as well, which is much more contemporaneously relevant than election results from over a year ago.\n\nObjectively, more people in the U.S. are disappointed/upset with Trump than are not, which makes the \"OMG REDDIT IS A LIBTARD HAVEN\" comments - solely for Trump criticism - hilarious, since Reddit is more so just reflective of America as a whole's present opinion of Trump, based on all available data.\n\nIt's almost as if unstable foreign relations, tax cuts for billionaires, an escalating War on Drugs, and appointing Goldman Sachs to your cabinet is unpopular among most of the country -- and the majority of Americans could give a flying fuck about the wall. IMAGINE THAT!",
"Hmm, well that read is an emotional roller coaster. Really glad she's still with us, but sad that she knows that pain awaits her later in life. \n\nHopefully we find a cure. ",
"/r/TrueFMK\n\nNsfw \n",
"Would you wanna deal with Eric? Trump said he'd drain the swamp but he didn't because he realised it's the best ecosystem for his swamp monster spawn to submerge itself in. ",
"I don't understand America.",
"Hundreds of thousands. ",
"I miss having a decent human being as a president",
"yeah and I think that's a good thing - oh you'll be on a machine your whole life but you'll live? No favors for you! that's kind of shitty",
"Iraqis wanted to help rebuild their country and were turned down in favor of paying a much larger sum to outside contractors instead. ",
"\"The Bill Cosby Story\"",
"National responded by allowing girls in a few months later. That'll show 'em.",
"LMAO he feels he's being targeted because he assumed your response *to his comment* was directed at him? Damn you're dumb",
"#ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?",
"You sure that’s a shadow and not just a dark streak in the wood?",
"And how many innocents died in the wars started by Bush in the middle east? Not defending Obama, but in war civilians die. It's unfortunate, but it happens. Sometimes you make the wrong call. I never saw Obama not own up to that fact. You can literally see the stress of office on him as he left. ",
"*punches your useless head*",
"As someone who has had a Make-a-Wish, it's really up to the doctors to decide if you qualify or not. I honestly didn't think that I would but my cardiologist told me to try it out and low and behold, it worked. ",
"I wholeheartedly agree",
"Well he was shitty enough to withhold medical care from his nephew's infant child.\n\nSo... who knows.",
"That's why he always sent drones and not soldiers to do his dirty work! ",
"Man, President Obama’s is such a nice guy. I disagree with many of his decisions, but I know he was trying to do the best he could. ",
"I still disagree with a lot of his politics but by the time his terms were over I had to respect the hell out of the man he is.",
"Obama is going to jail? For what?",
"Bush has been a teetotaler since 1986.",
"I want to believe no amount of money would suffice to get me there. ",
"I agree any one pic can be taken out of context and spun but the guy literally said she has a great figure, they have a love for sex in common, and he'd date her if he wasn't his daughter. ",
"Does he? He didn't seem to care when it came to his stance in drones and the untold amount of innocent people murdered as a result of his actions as Commander-in-Chief.",
"Yeah, sometimes he even remembers Tiffany's name.",
"Yea well, he cheated. \n\nAnyone could be good with kids if they have a good soul and genuine love for human beings. \n\nCheater. I bet he did steroids too. ",
"What was so great about him? His presidency was surrounded in controversy and deceit.... literally armed America's enemies.",
"Life is an STD.",
"If Obama was C+ then Bush was F- so what does that make Trump? Obama was quite a bit better than C+ even considering every blunder. You need to look at things on context.",
"one of the more human things that he's done since becoming president:\n\nhttps://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/09/15/donald-trump-lets-11-year-old-boy-mow-the-white-house-lawn.html",
"Technically not. Lots of healthy people out there. And lots of people with illnesses that won't kill them.",
"Yes and yes. I think Donald Trump is a miserable excuse for a human being, but if he took the time to make a dying child happy like this he would earn my praise for it.",
"Maybe they grow up to be ISIS recruits because you bombed their friends when they were 7. ",
"Yeah, if only she was heterozygous for sickle cell instead. ",
"Heh.... Um, I had lunch with Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas at the Warner Brothers Studio. ",
"Working hard in the Oval Office!",
"What’s wrong with twox? ",
"And Obama continued it.",
"Well, it's only 9:15, but that's definitely the dumbest thing I've read so far today! Congratulations! ",
"Obama was just such a classy president. Hell, I even look back fondly on Dubya now. He said some stupid shit and was fun to poke fun at, but who knew it could get as bad as our current president?",
"So good to hear a voice of reason. Trump haters have no idea how bad they are too when they do that shit. ",
"Except at what he is great has yet to be determined.",
"The sad part of the story is that the kid was supposed to be paid $20 and nobody at the Whitehouse will return his calls.",
"To be fair most people who regularly post on T_D don't really talk about anything apart from their agenda and they aren't really open to discussion. ",
"Haha. ",
"My God! Not my 'murica!",
"> I hate Trump with every fiber of my being\n\nYou must not have many fibers. :) (kidding, friend)",
"Obama only treated people with kindness and respect if they agreed with him. A recurring theme in his presidency was that he had big plans that were sabotaged by his own hubris.",
"Well, yes, because he just never got paid.",
"shhhh that doesn't fit the narrative! ",
"I agree. Too many people can't set politics aside and judge people on their human merits. For example, regardless of your thoughts on conservativism or populism, it's pretty clear that Donald Trump has as much character and human decency as a festering pile of horse afterbirth. ",
"Not that alone, but combined with the other pics and statements he's made about her it's definitely weird. ",
"Yeah I react in horror when I see Bush being called a decent man. I can only hope it's teenagers/people in their 20s who didn't really remember Bush. Reagan was re-written into a nice guy too, it's revolting.\n\nTrump is a horrible piece of shit too but he'll have to do a lot of killing of innocent civilians to catch up to those two.",
"Wow its almost like running a country isn't beholden to your naive black-and-white conception of morality or something ",
"Has Obama killed any zombies?",
"The kid wasn't terminally ill IIRC, he just loved gardening/landscaping/mowing and wanted to grow up to be the guy who mows the WH lawn",
"I'm sure there have been more than a few young girls crying after meeting Donald Trump. ",
"It was an adult reporter.",
"It's 20 F here. Give me the warmth",
"I’m glad we all agree! ",
"Graduation goggles",
"Still, I'll bet that, even now, he could still spell Libya correctly. Moron.",
"If you like rapid expansion of government and abuse of power he was great.",
"Well he was the leader of the democratic party, so... ",
"He said he missed Obama you stable genius. ",
"“If I’m going to meet President Obama, you better believe I’m wearing my pinkest, most sparkly shoes.” ",
"So Trump's remodel has absolutely nothing to do with removing the eavesdropping listening devices the Obama administration left behind for him?\n\nTo save you the trouble of down voting me, just do a remind me for 1 month from now and we will see who's actually right. ",
"Because you're supposed to circlejerk here, not post facts",
"Wonder how many bombs Obozo dropped on dying kids?",
"Funny enough, GWB comes up when i search \"hitler paintings\"\nhttps://i.imgur.com/Qv5yz8x.png",
"I’d say it’s more obtuse",
"Heh. I never even heard about that one at the time. What a joke.",
"he looked so pleased with himself after he did. ",
"“Great” ",
"please do expound",
"Great 44th what? Who were the other 43 taqiyya artists?",
"That's why he droned the fuck out of other humans. He got a Nobel Peace Prize for it too.",
"I wouldnt call this criminal great.",
"You’re not a dick she doesn’t fit the usual image we have of what terminally ill means. ",
"Well it's a hypothetical scenario posited to test the hypothesis 'it is never right to kill innocent children'.\n\nIn my hypothetical example the commander will not destroy the earth if you kill the children. He will if you don't. (That's the whole point of the scenario).\n\nAnd causation is like a chain. Sure, the commander is most responsible for the deaths. The guy above him in the chain of command may be even more culpable. But he's put you in the chain with the opportunity to break it. That puts the moral decision on you I'm afraid. Regardless of how 'fair' that seems.\n\nIf you take a chance on taking out the commander or if you take a chance on the idea that it might be a test of your morality, you would be imperiling the lives of billions. Those are not safe risks to take at the possible expense of 7.5bn people on behalf of the lives of 2 (3 if you count yourself).",
"Protestant, actually. ",
"Can you expand?",
"Porque no los dos?",
"Ah yes, the country wide polling that is entirely accurate. Was it Hillary who had a 90+% chance to win based on polls? Inaccurate? Skewed? Biased? Can't be.",
"It's almost like he's a real parent who actually loves his kids.",
"The land down under?",
"[](/kmtwisly)Whether you love him or you hate him, meeting him would make a great story / icebreaker.",
"“Trump killed my healthcare but it pissed off liberals so that’s a win”",
"Sometimes, being the smartest person in the room says more about the other people in the room than it does about you.",
"For context, would you rate the presidents, starting from Eisenhower?",
"Who did that?",
"That's fucking miserable. You should host a world cup.",
"You can't blame Obama for that, there was a massive horrible recession and Obama had all of 2 years to try and fix up the country before Republicans walked in and decided to play games of chicken with the economy. ",
"Trumps kids turned out pretty good despite being born into money.",
"Please God no... No more celebrity options. ",
"Good lord, you really need to stop. You're not helping your cause. \n\nEdit: I don't like him either, but you guys are turning yourselves into a cliche.\n\nEdit2: Just wanted to mention the /u/Jackbeingbad \"lifelong conservative who's been celebrated for my reasonable conservative values\" posted his comment 5 times and only kept the comment that didn't get Downvoted.\n\nEdit 3: So /u/Jackbeingbad keep tooting your own horn ya jackass\n\n> lifelong conservative who's been celebrated for my reasonable conservative values",
"I 'member!",
"Agree. Get ready for the snowflakes on reddit to tell you you’re wrong. ",
"Maybe that's what the tax bill is for.\n\nEdit: not for regular people. Trump doesn't want to meet you. He wants $$$ people.",
"Getting into Yale is the hard part and that was a cinch for him.\n\nPassing your classes once you're in isn't exactly the work of a genius. I don't think Bush was a dumb guy, not at all - but he had a college education, nothing more. Plenty of idiots have college educations, myself included.",
"But we have to dissect what \"making things better\" meant to Bush. Just as a small example, Bush thought that restricting gay people's ability to get married made things better. ",
"Yeah pulling the US out of the 2nd worse recession, saving the US auto industry, getting us out of major combat operations in two wars, getting unemployment under 5%....so not useful! ",
"https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/09/15/donald-trump-lets-11-year-old-boy-mow-the-white-house-lawn.html",
"You realize that people on the other end from you politically see Obama as a divider as well, right?",
"Just like bombing the shit out of innocent Libyans. Pretty basic human decency right there ",
"Definitely photoshopped ",
"That was so fucking wholesome. I needed this in my day.",
"Sometimes I think the republicans and democrats are just playing good cop/bad cop for the deep state, which would imply that the top leaders are in on it, but if Obama is in on it, he's a very, very good actor. ",
"Didn't it actually happen in the reverse order? He got the Nobel shortly after winning the election or something?\n\nI mean it doesn't change how dumb that Nobel was. Or the context of his drone strikes and deportations and such. It always shocks me how left-wing the right tries to paint him, as he was a centrist, and how left-wing the left also tries to paint him.\n\nI still miss him despite his flaws. Watching that Letterman interview made me miss having a President who doesn't act like a brain damaged toddler.\n\nYou seem to support someone who makes the flaws of every previous President in modern history seem miniscule.",
"It's not our fault conservatives don't read. You don't walk into a room full of educated people who enjoy reading and writing for fun and expect to find a bunch of Trump supporters. That's like going to a KKK rally and complaining that you can't find any Democrats.",
"And supported white nationalists? and called a bunch of friendly countries shitholes? and passed a tax law that shifted insane amounts of wealth to the already wealthy? Yeah it was all him he was a monster. He's to blame.",
"It was quite incredible. Both he and his wife were such lovely people. They were only scheduled an hour lunch with us but they gave us two hours of their time. ",
"people still cry when they meet the president now, just for different reasons",
"Get the money up front. This one isn't known for paying his debts",
"Why do you think so? The president is the one of the most well-known people in the US. This is especially true for Obama and, seeing as they're black, the parents most likely rooted for him, which would also cause her to know and like him more.\n\nI'm not saying you're a 100% wrong here. Of course it **could be** that it was really the parents, who put the name down, but it is in no way certain. ",
"The great 44th. Love it.",
"It's almost as if unstable foreign relations, tax cuts for billionaires, an escalating War on Drugs, and appointing Goldman Sachs to your cabinet is unpopular among most of the country.\n\nDeluded Trump followers who think everything that paints Trump in a negative light is \"fake news\" continues to amuse me to ends. Cult theory 101. Must be embarrassing to be so played into thinking a corrupt billionaire cares about anyone not in the 1%.",
"The implication that girls that young have anything to be modest about is disturbing",
"Honestly if he would have just been more outspoken about many of those things it would have been a huge help. ",
"Obama playing 4D chess again.",
"That is not any different than the previous and next potus, and most people are able to look at multiple facets about someone independently. He also deported a lot of people but since your comment didn't mention that I'm going to assume you're ok with it? Sheesh what is wrong with you? ",
":( I'll never not miss him",
"Obama makes kids cry!\n\n-@realDonaldTrump, probably",
"people still cry when they meet the president now, just for different reasons",
"Stop. You are just embarrassing yourself now. Just stop.",
"Are you 70 years old by any chance?",
"I didn't like the Obama administration, but what he meant for Black Americans is something I will never truly understand. To think this little girls Great Grandmother could have been a slave is just....I'm not sure I can properly articulate the feeling.",
"Then commander in chief, Barrack Obama. ",
"Fuck Ajit Pai too",
"Was is the keyword. Now that he’s a “citizen” again. He’s brutal. /s",
">\tReddit’s obsessed with Trump’s incest fantasies...\n\nI fixed that for you.",
"\"If you work hard, you can grow up to be President too... nevermind.\"",
"I know what he means though. In single payer the government controls health care costs directly. With the ACA the market still mostly determines it. So it's sort of still down to what people do as individuals rather than it coming out in taxes and you never see it. ",
"People who are against Trump are \"complete dumbfucks?\" So, you mean to say that just about every scientist ever is a dumbfuck? A vast majority of America's best artists and musicians are complete dumbfucks? Leaders of countries that are actually functioning properly, all of whom want nothing to do with Trump, are dumbfucks?\n\nYour comment seems like something a dumbfuck would say.",
"What are you going to post this under every comment?",
"> He may be a dirtbag, but even he's capable of a nice gesture once in a blue moon.\n\nShould have been his campaign slogan ",
"I think he was the first US president or something",
"The \"great\" 44th. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!",
"Nope lol 20!",
"More like they miss it when republican presidents could string a coherent sentence together ",
"I went to middle school back in the 90s with a girl who had leukemia and the make-a-wish foundation took her to Hollywood and she met lots of famous people and I think got to be an extra in an episode of Star Trek: TNG. She's like 40 now with 3 kids and doing fine and we're friends on facebook. So hopefully this little girl's story will be the same.",
"> but he was a decent man. \n\ndecent for a war criminal",
"You’re free to talk, nobody wants to hear you. That isn’t censorship, all the Donald trump loving twits can scroll to the bottom and see each other.",
"Tell that to all the dead Iraqis and US soldiers. ",
">\tPolitics aside\n\nMakes it about politics ",
"Yes because Trump and Obama compare equally. /s",
"Lmao Never heard of a side cell carrier dying post-sex, but high stress situations are known to trigger an SC crisis which can lead to life threatening situations\n\nSource: I have Sickle Cell",
"The president will always have to make tough calls and trust advice and hindsight is 20/20. It's good to always be critical because it makes everyone strive to be better. \n\nThat's one of the worst parts about Trump for me. He watches some fox news criticism of Obama and thinks \"That shit is easy I can do it better\" and then once he actually has to get it done it's \"who knew health care could be so complicated?\" \n\nEveryone did. Most people don't think they can solve everything. ",
"🎺 ",
"Oh my god, there is somebody else that checks out the build quality of every house picture they see on reddit",
"Eh, I don't know if you need to do that. Apparently, according to another article, she has sickle cell anemia. According to Wikipedia, it's painful but, while I obviously don't know her specific type/severity, it has an average lifespan of 40-60 years in the developed world (which the US is still, nominally, part of). Hopefully, by the time she gets towards the end of that 40-60 years, we will have developed a cure/treatment that will restore a full expected lifespan (and, ideally, eliminate any remaining pain we can't already address with modern treatments).",
"I remember before the 2016 election before this sub turned into r/propaganda",
"Don’t you remember that story about him saving Christmas? It was back in the 90s, I think. Some little kid got stranded in New York and Donald Trump helped him find his family and have a good Christmas. There was even a documentary on it",
">Edit: OMG, thank you for all the downvotes. I never could have dreamed I would be able to piss off THIS MANY angry bitter butt-puckered leftists. I appreciate all the hard work you've all done to assault this comment with as many downvotes as possible, cause I am sure organizing a brigade this early is not easy when you don't wake up until 10am. You've even put your savior Harvey Weinstein to shame with an assault this supremely epic! I feel absolutely ravaged! #MeToo\n\n\"I'm not crying, you're crying!\"",
"Haha",
"I would say so. Although a lot of advances have been made with respect to improving survival with this disease, at any moment, things can go very wrong for these patients, especially as children. Even aside from survival, the amount of pain and hardships this poor girl has gone through since the day she was born is unimaginable to nearly everyone. Patients with this disease may have half-decent survival statistics on paper but they are going through a lot of suffering all of the time and that is probably very difficult to cope with as a child. Something like this is more than warranted.",
"Probably deleted by the current administration like the page for climate change.",
"Also how he cut off money to his sick nephew because he was arguing with his dad.",
"Libya. ",
"It is exactly the post for it. These sycophant in the comments are all just drooling over Obama, with no care at all that he used weaponized robots and bombs to murder children. In countries we weren't even at war with!!!!\n\nI voted for him twice. To stop the wars. His hands are covered in blood. God damn nobel peace prize my ass!!!!",
"You are now a moderator of r/FOXNEWS",
"kek",
"Modesty isn't disturbing, especially in the case of dressing for the White House. ",
"Lincoln was president during the US Civil War.",
"Well I'm sure he drinks juice.",
"Look, it's all just peanuts compared to the fact that his misguided holy war left 100 000's dead and one region under constant chaos.\n\nEven then caring deeply and being a good leader are soft values that you're also just speculating based on the news. Also it seems they did nothing good.\n\nWhat we do know that Iraq War left 110 000 - 460 000 casualties based on official numbers between 2003-2010. He can be Pablo fucking Picasso but to me he's just a war criminal that left the world objectively worse place.",
"What's going to happen in a month? Will Trump ask a reporter to leave when asked to elaborate his claims that a former president installed wiretapping devices, as seen here? https://youtu.be/vqt164_Je00",
"Keep in mind these pictures were all setup for and taken with perfect lighting and environment and later edited. These aren't candid shots. That being said, you can see in his eyes that he is genuine with kids. ",
"\n\nHundreds of thousands of Iraqis*",
"Did you see those photos of people being tortured at Abu Ghraib by Bush's order? They were adorable too: http://www.ballotsandbottles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Abu-Ghraib-Abuse-1024x320.jpg",
"🎺🎺🎺🎺",
"You missed the scene where there's a crying kid in the crowd that Michelle picks up and it keeps crying.\n\nThen Barack picks it up and the baby stops crying almost immediately. Then you see Michelle looking all shocked.\n\nThe perfect amount of smugness on Barack's face is beautiful to behold.",
">muh 401k\n\nIt's like a bunch of parrots.\n\nSome people care about things other than a few more pennies in their bank balance, you know ",
"I think that death supercedes deportation. But that's just my opinion...",
"Well. He executive ordered a lot of things they didn’t like so when he tried to legislate it they nuked him. \n\nHe did some pretty good things and he did some really bad things. Just like all presidents. \n\n",
"Surely it couldn't be that bad\n\n*sorts by controversial*\n\nAh, right. I'd nearly forgotten...",
"*Something slightly political, but not really...*",
"I love how Reddit became a website that smears Trump and loves Obama what a bias website it has become ",
"That's weird, I don't recall Obama claiming on several occasions that he'd like to fuck his daughter.",
"\"do things by the book\"? This administration doesn't even know the rules well enough to follow them.",
"Well, since he never actually weaponized the FBI, it'd be before.",
"I haven't read anything on it, but I feel that there's a reason he took up painting service members almost exclusively. The shit that went down during his presidency weighs on him, I imagine.",
"lol controversial",
"He was a smooth dude. I liked him ",
"[He abandoned his foremost legal mentor when he was diagnosed with AIDS.](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-roy-cohn-relationship)",
"Left side looks ok to me. Right side is actually a door.",
":/ hmmm and what we have now is not a criminal? ",
"Agreed. It's easy when you're an actual great human being.",
"Can you imagine the reaction if it was T_D!!",
"If any situation scream business casual it’s meeting president",
"[\"I want to know if my hair is just like yours.\"](https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/indelible-image-of-a-boys-pat-on-obamas-head-hangs-in-white-house.html?referer=https://www.google.ca/)",
"Oh yeah, forgot about that. ",
"And now young Janiya is residing beneath Comet Pizza.",
"Just like his successor and predecessors ",
"Lincoln sitting there looking at the camera like Jim Halpert",
"Forgot about that, too! ",
"Says the guy who was just bragging about trying to make people angry on the internet. ",
"The kid would be crying just as hard if she stood in Trump's Oval Office.\n\n/maybe for different reasons.",
"If there is an r/accidentalnormanrockwell I think this would be perfect for it",
"I feel like there’s a distinct possibility that the Donald chose his favorite fast food change completely due to ego...",
"I think I understand it, they are trying to use guilt in some way. You got this PEACE prize right man? Sooooo you want to start a war? Hmmm.... I think it would work on a lot of people, but I tend to feel like the types of people that are attracted to the presidency probably wouldn't be swayed as often by such things.",
"Don’t forget because of the way the election went down and the terrible way Democrats responded to it he was forced to put up a figurative wall and rely too much on friends. Without this anger towards him I think he could have been a great president because he could have worked with both parties.\n\nI had hoped we had learned from this but then it happened again with Trump. How can we expect respect from them when we don’t give respect to them and wait to protest for them to do something wrong.",
"The kid really likes gardening/mowing lawns and wrote to Trump asking if he could mow the White House lawn. Trump not only responded but invited the kid to the WH where he got to meet Trump and mow the WH lawn.",
"There's nothing great about a president who doubled the national debt and gave money to terrorists, just saying. ",
">/r/pics\n\n>reading",
"Someone always benefits from war crimes. Doesn't make them legal.",
"well it's true. some are crying because they have more money for the \"services\" they provided him. ",
"I’m just curious. How are you?",
">When you really have a conversation with people there, though, it's not anything like how this guy ranting and raving makes them appear to be.\n\nLol, yeah it is.",
"Great is the last word that comes to mind. He was a social organizer at best and that's all he was before he came into office. His presidency was bought and paid for by the deep state. The only thing he is best at is leading the trail of corruption and incompetence away from himself. He gave ISIS traction, never renounced the violence and destruction caused by BLM, removed structured governments from power only to allow extreme Islamic ideology to grow and gain power. He served up the worst healthcare reform and convinced the American people who lauded his efforts that a 125% premium increase was all for the good of those couldn't afford healthcare. Meanwhile those who once could afford were now searching for answers in how they would pay their bills just to keep insurance. Yes he held the office but he doesn't care about America. He continues to undermine the office he held vs supporting. The facts are out there in black and white. I hate for this little girl to have such a high regard for a man who set us on a course for failure. ",
"Trump does stuff like this all the time, always did before being a candidate too.",
"Being fair to Trump will not win you any friends around these parts",
"If it is, no president is a good person.\n\nFor fuck's sake, Obama could have care for the elderly his entire life, before and after presidency, and people would *still* find something to complain about. ",
"WOW, you're gonna spend your make a wish on a political figure? Nice work with the indoctrination state run schools.",
"Always a Dad first.",
"🎺🎺🎺",
"[Here's the link to said Trump fraud](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#27d5af4d6b4a)",
"I can see that being the case. By most accounts, the United States is prospering right now. Donny inherited a rebounding economy and it has only gotten stronger--not necessarily because of anything he's done, of course--while he's been in office. He is a complete and total jackass but give it ten years and if, in the grand scheme of things, the US comes out of his term (or terms, *shudder*) in good shape I think he won't be so vastly hated as history marches on.",
"That's some Old Testament stuff right there.",
"I actually started crying while I was looking at that album.\n\nI miss him.",
"Obama please come back!!! 😭 What? Why not? Oh because that would undermine the very institutions that we're barely holding on to as it is? I see, I guess we're stuck with this fool for a while then. 😢",
"The kid sent a letter to the white house asking if they would allow him to cut their lawn to help him start his lawn care business. The white house agreed, and Trump did a photoshoot with the child, and I think made a twitter or Instagram post about it commending him on his entrepreneurial spirit. \n\nI would be shocked if the White house did not already have an established landscaping staff caring for the grounds. You can bet that the kid getting to cut the lawn was a one time deal.\n\nHonestly, I fail to see how this is any different than Obama inviting Ahmed Mohammed to the white house.",
"It's kind of hard to measure decency when you're talking about the President of the United States. Because decency on a micro level (being basically good to the people around you, which is what we normally care about) seems so irrelevant when you compare it to the amount of good or evil a president is capable of affecting on a macro level. \n\nBasically, I think Bush is a decent person on a micro scale. He probably tries to be decent to the people around him. I assume he cares about his family and friends, and wants what is best for them. He treats other politicians with a basic level of respect and dignity that Trump doesn't. On some level, I'm sure he has a moral code, and wants to uphold it in his every day life. \n\nBut he lied (either knowingly, or he was negligently clueless) in order to push the US into a disastrous war that caused incalculable human suffering. The US military, under his administration, engaged in war crimes. His administration pursued policies that assaulted civil liberties at home and abroad. The \"enhanced interrogation techniques\" his military employed stripped god knows how many innocent non-combatants of their basic human rights and dignity in a infinitely deeper way than Trump does with his idiotic tweeting and school-yard bullying. \n\nIn the Trump era, it feels like there's this rush to resuscitate Bush Jr.'s image, because he respected political norms, and seemed like a pretty nice guy in his day-to-day life. Trump, on the other hand, is a completely indecent man in his day-to-day life. But I don't think you can really compare indecent tweets, stupidity, bullying, etc., to the kind of macro-level human suffering that Bush caused. \n\n\nTL;DR: if we learned anything from the 20th century, it's that nice, ordinary people (people who are basically decent in their day-to-day lives) are capable of incredible evil. Bush seems like basically a nice guy, but his administration got up to some pretty god-damn evil shit. ",
"I'm assuming you're referring to housing collapse. It's much more complicated than \"Bush tanked it\".\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_United_States_housing_bubble",
"I’m at work so I don’t have time to dig up old media but I remember he needed a lot of convincing to stop the pipeline and I believe he put a former Comcast executive in as the head of the FCC. ",
"I don't like his decisions regarding drones, and I'm not sure what it would take to change my mind, but what I can feel sure of is that he very carefully examined a lot of information that I couldn't dream of having access to and made the best decision he felt he could have based on that information. Fundamentally, this is always going to be the difference between our current and former president. Obama could be relied upon to make the most thoughtful decision he could with the available information and resources at hand, while Trump is basing his decisions on fuck knows what, but certainly not reason. \n\n\nBush had access to the same information, ignored it, lied about it, and sacrificed American lives to engage us in a truly unwinnable war. All presidents will have to make difficult decisions but I really think that was particularly egregious. ",
"Yeah, let's not bomb suspected terrorists in case of collateral damage, i'm sure that's the right move.",
"Pete Souza is an incredibly talented photographer, I wouldn't be surprised if most of these were candid.",
"Fuckin love Obama. Mother fcking bad ass. @me",
"Nah they told us to fuhgeddaboudit",
"Serious question: what are the consequences of punching his crotch? How much time would I be looking at? I have no priors.",
"[As long as they didn't need a diaper change or someone to play with](http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-never-changed-diapers-or-played-sports-his-children-722556)",
"The little boy touching Obama's hair gets me every time. What a genuine, humble person.",
"No it's because Bush is a fantastic leader and decent human being....when compared to Trump.",
"Column A, column B. I've heard interviews with former Obama staffers who variably listed both reasons. \n\nThe media narrative argument isn't without precedent. Maybe Obama got some advice from his friend, Governor Deval Patrick who in 2006 got ripped in the Boston media for doing normal stuff like redecorating his State House office and replacing an old Crown Vic state-provided vehicle with a newer Cadillac. The \"Cadillac Deval\" nickname never went away in the local tabloids.",
"Illegal invasion of a sovereign country under false pretenses and mass torture for starters? Were you alive last decade?",
"Honestly, even if I post an opinion not beholden t_d people still drudge my posts to bring it up",
"Clinton B+, Lincoln A, Johnson C-, Kennedy I.",
"The memo will be released by then and you normies will start waking up to the blatant corruption of the previous administration. ",
"Do you really think your deranged ranting pissed anyone off, instead of just making them laugh at how unhinged you look? ",
"He was the 44th President but great is subjective.",
"\"President Obama Hangs Velvet Curtains In The White House, Exactly Like Pimps In Harlem During The 1970's.\"\n\n\\- Fox News Headline\n\nHe had to be extra careful because Fox News is extra stupid.",
"I have read this numerous times as well. I also met him once, and he was tremendously articulate and informed on matters relevant to the subject we briefly discussed in a small group. Frankly, nobody who has ever been elected President is dumb... even Trump. Mentally ill? Maybe, in the case of Trump. Dumb? No chance.",
"Give me one reason he wasn't a great president, and if you could please follow up with a president that *you* consider to be great. ",
"👉",
"I'm going to live forever. I'm going to learn how to fly!",
"But he's the most unifying president in history!",
"I don't think it's a competition. But people do wax lyrical about his time in office as opposed to his republican peers...it feels dissonant. I accept that this is a question of relativity. He had no sex scandals so I guess that's pretty good already.",
"it's like your in some kinda of alternate universe where you only see negative things.",
"I'd still like to meet him. I'd even be respectful even though I think he's an awful man and a terrible president. ",
"The kid got the whole Trump contractor experience right there!",
"Yet has condemned countless thousands of children to suffer through the utter devastation he and his supporters have wrought on everything from the destruction of social safety net programs to the manipulation of even the basic language of the CDC is allowed to use. \n\nI truly believe that he only met with the terminally ill children as a publicity photo op.",
"I miss having a decent subreddit that didn't turn every single fucking post into yet another political circlejerk",
"Td is obviously brigading",
"I disagree with your assessment of his presidency, but appreciate you can acknowledge his outstanding personality. That's what I miss most right now.",
"Smarter than you",
"This actually might be the Trump Doctrine. It would explain a lot.",
"This picture speaks 10000 words.",
"They should have a \"Where are they now?\" show about kids like these.",
"I read quite a bit, actually (Conservative, BTW). Why paint with a broad brush? It's a bit foolish to lump people into a small box when it's not based in truth or reality, don't you think?\n\nEdit: Not a Trump fan, by the way. ",
"That is what you are doing right now, good job!",
"It only counts as hurting a dying kid if its one at a time. Much easier as media to show a single kid and make them human to people. A group of kids or an organization is just a faceless mass that can be ignored or painted as bad for America somehow.",
"Sickle cell anemia is a disease characterized by pain. Patients deal with periodic excruciating painful episodes called sickle cell crisis where their sickle shaped red blood cells accumulate and block of small blood vessels, stopping blood supply to skeletal or soft tissue. They often deal with chronic pain as well due to the death of bone tissue with their lack of blood circulation. Sickle blood cells only last about 20 days compared to the 90 days lifespan of normal red blood cells. This leads to anemia, where from their childhood patients will deal with shortness of breath, fatigue, and delayed growth and development. \n\nShe might not be dead right now but her quality of life has been shite since childhood and will continue to be so. I think she deserves to get a small wish granted. ",
"This is a nice post about a nice young woman! This is in no way some sort of political statement. Absolutely wholesome post not created by a political extremist. \n\nI love reddit! The front page of the internet! ",
"*checks post history*\n\nYeah that makes sense",
"Ah the ol \"muh side is moor education\" generalization with no viable proof or evidence whatsoever *claps*",
"To be fair, kids are assholes. It's just unfortunate those poor terrorists got hit too, but sometimes you just can't avoid collateral damage.",
"> erosion of 50 years of civil rights and the disgust of the rest of the world\n\nBased on your feelings?",
"No, politics in everything! It's the most important. ",
"This in particular is probably my biggest problem with extremists on either side. Your goal is simply to piss off liberals? We've gotten past the point of discussing policy because you just want to shit on people you don't like. And you simply don't like someone because they're a liberal. It's shit like this that's ruining any chance of discussion we may have had. It's basically racism for politics. Politicism? I dunno. Probably why it's so easy to accuse Conservatives of being racist, since you're so outwardly politicist (giving myself credit for making up this word) that it's not a big leap. ",
"Nobody said his cabinet were decent people or anything, just that he was. The way I see he fucked up big time during his presidency and he regrets trusting the people that he did. Dude is showing that he has humility which more of our politicians need",
"Democrats started the KKK and voted to keep segregation. Maybe you should do some reading. \n\nEdit: Woah I pissed off a lot of Libs with this comment ",
"Most people cry when they meet a mass murderer...Shame she couldn’t have met anyone of note.",
"Ooooo \"THE MEMO.\" How's your secret society going?",
"How much you wanna bet I can throw this shoe over them mountains? ",
"<3",
">While deporting more immigrants than any other president \n\nWhile yes, he could have ordered ICE to stand down, this is largely a consequence of him being incredibly hands off with the DOJ and federal law enforcement agencies. Personally, I think he should have done more in restricting enforcement, but his hands were tied by Congress in many ways. He pushed for comprehensive immigration reform and managed to get DACA in. Hell, he used executive action to try to get in an amnesty for undocumented immigrants, but got smacked down by the states for doing so. Keep in mind, through all this, it was technically his job to deport those immigrants as it was the law. There's only so much he can sidestep his duties. \n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/politics/immigration-supreme-court/index.\n\nObama was ultimately blocked by Congress and a deadlocked Supreme Court, but he did try to get an amnesty through. \n\n>and conducting the most drone strikes in the middle east. \n\nYep. Very bad. Also like saying George Bush conducted the most drone strikes in the Middle East before Obama. Drone strikes weren't really a thing before Bush and the technology developed to where Obama could utilize them more frequently. Really, the issue here is that he perpetuated a war and assassinated an American citizen without due process. Drones are debatably better due to the decreased collateral damage. But sure, let's focus on the number of drone strikes. \n\n>And then getting a peace prize for it.\n\nHe got the Peace Prize before that. Even he, at the time, said he wasn't sure how to react given he was planning a troop surge. \n\n>Edit: Not even noon and I already exceeded my daily amount of salt. \n\nDrink some water. ",
"She didn’t die, did she? Please lie to me.",
"You should watch Letterman's new. Netflix show. Obama is his first guest and talks at length about Michelle, Malia, and Sasha. You can really tell how much he loves them. ",
"I mean, u/kalithrall isn't wrong, exactly. Obama did garner valid criticism for civilian deaths caused by targeted drone strikes. Trump is worse, by far, but that doesn't erase the actions of his predecessor. I'm sure you already know that, but I thought it was worth saying if nothing else.",
"eh. ",
"In that third pic he's almost asking for baby sick in the eye",
"what did you guys talk about?",
"Basic human decency, treating other people with respect, treating the wife and mother of your child with respect, not sexually assaulting women, not stealing from people who work for you...those aren't political issues.\n\nAt least they weren't before last year.",
"John Cena will always be with us.",
"Get the tinfoil hats, guys!",
"That is fucking heart warming. ",
"I'm crying like a little bitch right now. I need my hormone shots.",
"Some more than others.",
"44th. Worst ever. ",
"No kidding. I didn't always agree with Obama but I respected him as an individual and he comported himself with humility, compassion, grace and dignity befitting of his position as POTUS. Pretty much everything the current wretched sack of shit living in the White House isn't.",
"Did Obama pay a porn star for sex because she looked like his daughter? Did Obama talk about how he would date his daughter if she wasn’t his daughter? It’s not the pictures that are creepy, it’s context of the pictures and what he says about his daughter that’s creepy as fuck.",
"> fruitless wars that kill thousands of civilians\n\nI don’t think they chose to go to war",
"Ooo can't forget the income tax change. All those billionaires getting billions of dollars back because of the change to income tax. Wait..where do billionaires keep their money? Capital gains? Can't be!\n\nHe barely affected billionaires, idk how you even hold that narrative",
"Say what you will about Obama's politics, but I think most would agree that he comes across as quite a good guy (at least relative to politicians generally). I miss having such a likable personality in office. ",
"Yes but who doesn't /s",
"And what will we lose as a collective society for that extra few tanks of gas money? National Park funding? NASA and NOAA research? Federal grants for museums and the arts? How about a massive deficit that will only accelerate our debt crisis? \n\nAn extra $1,000 annually is a pittance compared to what that money goee to on a national scale. It's the equivalent of deciding to cut down on your drinking or to take the bus a few times a week. You're also insane or incredibly gullible if you think that the current stock market gains are sustainable or built on anything but unregulated speculation (sound familiar?). That $1,000 also equates to millions of dollars saved for obscenely wealthy people who absolutely don't need the help.",
"wait what? do decent people drone bomb innocent civilians? There hasn't been a decent president since JFK. And you see how long they let a leader be decent.",
"So you can be terminally ill even with the odds in your favor?",
"Is it America's role to police the world's governments?",
"That is the most adorable blazer!",
"Are you out here actually trying to judge a terminally ill child on who she wants to meet / inspires her? You’re fucking disgusting. ",
"Criminal is understatement ,more like Dictator Obama.",
"My thoughts exactly. Our current president is on record saying that he has no interest in raising his children, just paying for others to raise them.",
"if you compare to what was on either side of him.. yeah he's great. he's sandwich between an election thief and avid children's book reader and a 3 times divorced cheater. :/ anyone would be great between those two.",
"Some of my favorite interactions Obama had with children were at the White House Science Fairs. \n\nIn 2012, [he met an 8th grader from Arizona who built a marshmallow air cannon and Obama insisted that they launch one in the State Room.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reimvk8D2Ho)",
"Authorizing torture was a no no.",
"Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves in the southern part of the United States.",
"Sure they do. Some friends of mine have worked at the local regional hq which manages 4 states. Fewer than half of the kids they offer wishes to are considered terminal-- most of them are just having some major medical stuff in their life which is temporary but, as far as being a kid, ultra-shitty, and MaW is there to lighten the load a little. \n\nOne of the senior jobs there is the head of the department that actually arranges the wishes: Director of Wishes. How'd you like that on your resume?",
"Hey, I think I'm a good person, but I'm lost around kids and don't know how to interact with them because I had no younger siblings and I've never been a babysitter.",
"THANKS OBAMA!",
"Well to be fair the Trump equivalent to this with an overweight white coal worker jerking off in the corner, is not as photogenic.",
"Thank you. Needed to be said.",
"[You mean like when he said that he hopes Tiffany's breasts end up like her mother's?](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/04/06/video_donald_trump_on_his_one_year_old_daughter_s_brests.html)\n\n[Or do you mean when he told kids they could have some chocolate because they're not too fat yet?](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4785549/donald-trump-congratulates-halloween-trick-or-treat-kids-for-not-having-weight-problems/) \n\n[Or was it when he talked to the Boy Scouts about his sexual escapades?](http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/) ",
"That's exactly the spin Fox put on it. ",
"You're cool with torture. Ok",
"The same can be said for anybody in pretty much an remotely political sub. You got r/latestagecapitalism which literally says debate is not allowed, and r/politics which seems to still think the Independent is a decent publication. Of course, you got r/T_D where every post is an all caps pompous win by the right/posts about how bad Reddit is and how Trump has done nothing wrong. Along with stupid SJWs getting owned compilations. \n\nThe only good subs for discussion are non-political subs like r/pics and r/funny. ",
"Unlike the wildly irrational, shit pimp we have now though right?",
"Sure, but that's what was achievable. Single-payer was a bridge too far. The ACA doesn't close the coverage gap, but it narrows it.",
"The great 44th lol Obama was a corporate sheep like every other president ",
"damn good at delivering the right package to the voters, in terms of getting them to go for him. dude knew what he was about, as far as that was concerned. \n\npolicy moves, as you said... pretty eh. ",
"I'm kind of amazed no one has thrown a shoe at Trump yet",
"I applaud your objectivity. I'm of the same mindset. ",
"Wealth inequality goes back far longer than 2008",
"Everyone has their price and it's only meeting him, not doing his evil bidding.",
"He's the sort of guy you'd want to have as a friend. As a President? Not so much.",
"\"44TH PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA INVITED A DYING YOUNG FEMALE TO THE WHITE HOUSE SO HE COULD MAKE HER CRY BEFORE PUTTING HER IN THE CORNER AS PUNISHMENT FOR CRYING. THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT LADIES & GENTLEMEN\" - Alex Jones\n\n/S",
"If that was me I'd be more worried if anything. Like, \"ah shit, I knew it was bad, but *make-a-wish bad*? That's *bad*...\"",
"Nah. He probably said he didn't want no fucking Mexican mowing the White House lawn and to \"find an American kid\" to do it. Also, he said not to pay the kid except when his mom bitches about it and threatens to take him to small claims court. Then settle out of court and he could say he paid the kid some bigly sum of money, when in fact it was just $10. But we'll never know cause that motherfucker won't show us his taxes.",
"I want to watch Letterman's interview with Obama but I don't think I can. I know if I did watch it, I would turn off the TV and be despondent over our current President.",
"Checkmate, atheists. ",
"Performance enhancers*.",
"\"The great 44th\"?\n\nNo politics here, eh?",
"The one that's missing, and it always makes me laugh, is [him with the baby dressed up as the pope.](https://i.imgur.com/HEdSh1m.jpg) Just the sheer joy on his own face is amazing.",
"God he was the fucking man ",
"You’re right! Fuck the military!!",
"Disappointed that this album is missing Obama [completely losing it](https://imgur.com/gallery/Z8mjB) over a baby dressed as Pope for Halloween.",
"Oh yeah? So setting the record for dropping bombs and mass deportation absolves him? Why? Because he’s not Trump?",
"Moments like these are what inspires kids to be better humans.",
"There's a difference between young children who get dragged into the spotlight and older children who chose to be public figures.\n\nSasha, Malia and Barron should be left out, but Ivanka and Meghan McCain seem like fair game.",
"George W. Bush is basically Michael Scott ",
"Is I even on the scale? ",
"Being black",
"Lol, complaining about ~~carpet~~ bombings is not exactly like nitpicking over the color of someone's drapes bro.",
"Calm down Sata ... Sean Hannity. ",
"I think it's too early to call Trump worse than Bush. Give him time to start illegitimate wars and crash the economy. Then we'll talk. ",
"You guys are really just lost aren't you.",
"Redditors are usually pretty young, is part of it - Remember that 9/11 happened 16 years ago. The people who came of voting age for his 2nd term are 30 now, and weren't really as plugged in back then as they are now. It wasn't until his 2nd term that his popularity really began to plunge.",
"master negotiator Donald Trump wins again, take that liberals\n\n/s",
"Thanks Obama, that was really swell of you!",
"I mean, he kind of has a shit hole for a father.",
"Me too. I miss having an actual thinking, decent human being as U.S. president.",
"Yeah I think he's been sober since the 80s or something anyway.",
"What would you say if it was a picture of a nice young lady meeting Hitler?",
"She was probably crying because of the horrible Iran nuclear deal that Obummer made.",
"No one but Nunes is keeping Nunes from releasing Nunes' memo. LOL",
"Easy to remember when it has been true every day for the past year.",
"Theres a gang of murderers in your neighborhood, might as well drone a few blocks around them to make sure we get them all",
"Which president doesn't?",
"I wonder if the children he bombed with drones cried like this.",
"So did all presidents before him, right? Also, he's a modern day republican. There will be issues, and it's on a scale, not a binary.",
"Incomplete. ",
"It's a joke dude, chill. ",
"Shameless self plug for my subreddit /r/FoxandFriends.\n\n(Just click through, I promise it's worth it.)",
"Now we have people rejecting meeting the president. Like, I would have begrudgingly met GWB even though I disagreed with his politics, at least I wouldn’t feel humiliated just to be in the same room with him. ",
"I don't think those are the same curtains. There's pictures dating back to Ford of those \"prayer curtains.\"",
"Obama and Bush were F- presidents. Both threw our country into such huge debt it will never be paid off. ",
"I didn't like Obama at first, but I'll be damned if I didn't change my opinion of him about halfway through his first term. I proudly voted for him in his second term.",
"He went and talked to the boy scouts! Taught them some pretty important life lessons. :)",
"He was smarter than John Kerry, at least as far as Yale grades go.",
"No puppet no puppet you're the puppet",
"Remember the [bust of Winston Churchill](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/07/27/fact-check-bust-winston-churchill) fiasco? It's a shame that Obama [ruined our relationship with the UK.](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/12/17/barack-obama-prince-harry-interview-nr.cnn)",
"Thank you for this. That made me so very happy and fuzzy inside. ",
"Virtue signalling",
"Have you ever done your own taxes? Jw.",
"> America is tearing in half.\n\nC'mon, this was a frequent topic all through Obama and GW Bush's administrations. Divisiveness! Uncivil behavior! Outrages of the week!",
"It's a white trash thing, common in the South. There's poor white trash, and then there's rich white trash like Trump. If you took away his money, he'd be indistinguishable from the worst poor white trash you would ever encounter in a trailer park in Alabama.",
"I know this will get down-votes, because Americans don't care about poor people living in shitholes, but Obama has killed thousands of kids with flying robot assassins that assassinate with explosives, and by destroying civilization. Trump is a worse human being, but Obama took Bush's terror war from 2 countries to 7, and helped turn Libya and Syria into terrorist breeding grounds (armed by us ironically).",
"She did win 3 million more votes. Not 70% but voter turnout in the US sucks. More importantly, there are many Republicans who simply vote straight ticket, not for the individual.",
"Well, Obama did fight some blood suckers in Congress.",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sw5yw/young_janiya_penny_cries_after_meeting_president/dt7unqv/",
"Wasn't Kennedy the one to be assassinated? `I` would be `Incomplete`",
"No one said any of that. ",
"I'd love to share, but he asked that I not give specifics out, so that nothing gets taken out of context or used against him. In general, I want to be a professional filmmaker, so we talked about that. ",
"Talks about racism, proceeds to make fun of a person’s skin tone..notice a double standard?",
"Bullshit. You tell the victims of the TriMet stabber that things aren’t tense now. You tell Steve Scalise or Heather Heyer that there is no political tension in America right now.",
"I work on a military installation. I was given the task of taking down President Obama's official portrait and replacing it with President Trump's official portrait.\n\nI saved President Obama's official portrait and hung it in my locker at work. Now I see Barack Obama smiling at me everyday before I start my shift and somehow that makes my mornings a little bit better. I liked him.\n\nEdit: The amount of hate I received for this post is hilarious. I will look at \"B\" before my next shift and chuckle. I still like him. Also, the photo is an 8x10.",
"You mean vampires?",
"Bad (or sick) guy!",
"That photo of him holding twins made my ovaries explode. ",
"By most personal accounts, Bush was wildly intelligent and had complete command of most matters. Most Presidents have been highly intelligent people, even the ones who did not seem so. \n\nEdit: Feel free to downvote me because it doesn't jive with what your echo-chamber tells you, but consider reading comments from NYTimes political columnist David Brooks, who said that W was \"60 IQ points smarter\" in person than when giving a speech. Look at what Keith Hennessey of Stanford passionately said about him. Take the time to read Brookhisers workup of Ws intellect in the Atlantic. If you think W is dumb, or that Obama is, or Clinton, or EVEN Trump is, it's because you are. ",
"If you’re interested in more, follow Pete Souza on Instagram. He was his photographer during his presidency and posts some great photos similar to those in that album. He’s also just a really great photographer",
"That's beautiful ",
"> Illegal invasion of a sovereign country under false pretenses \n\nThe war was legal. Try again. \n\n>mass torture for starters? \n\nThat is better, but still pretty weak. \n\n> Were you alive last decade?\n\nYeah. I'm just not stupid enough to think that a US citizen will ever stand trial for warcrimes. It literally can't happen. ",
"If trump makes it to 2020, whoever runs against him could probably win by just showing pictures of past presidents being competent",
"Is this why we're allowed to say Merry Christmas again?",
"Hmmmmm, I'll allow it.",
"Reddit is user driven you sad sack, of course there will be myriad biases that present them self. Jesus Christ we really are failing our most vulnerable on education - ignorant white republicans. ",
"Ronald Reagen was a good president",
"Every president has things they do well. While I disagree with President Obama on key issues the man has my respect. As do all former presidents. I really liked how he handled natural disasters such as the Moore Oklahoma Tornado. His policy on renewable energy is also notable. This image is just another thing I found admirable about him. \n\nInb4 I get downvoted to hell for \"Every President does something well.\" I know reddit has a hate boner for the current Prez. ",
"Trump has more kids so I'm pretty sure he's better with them. Hell, he even wants to fuck one of em!",
"Lincoln, among other things, signed the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery and was responsible for the emancipation of black slaves during the US Civil War. So it’s interesting to see likely descendants of former slaves meeting the first black President under the gaze of the Great Emancipator.",
"https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/what-doomsday-clock-closer-end-11911831",
"So I'm confused, you have issues with people who redecorate, but not when George Bush did it or when Obama eventually did it. But you do take issue with Trump because he hung up curtains that ANOTHER president used? The left is hilariously pathetic. ",
"Trump heard she was still alive after meeting with Obama, so lets just say...he took his obsession with undoing Obama's works a little too far",
"Of course he is, he picked up George W’s torch and ran with it, all while convincing people he was a breath of fresh air. Being a successful politician means convincing people you care about them while still being able to rake in all that sweet sweet corporate cash. ",
"I'm sad the one with the baby pope wasn't in there. That's probably my favorite picture of Obama",
"The one where the little boy is touching Obama's head because he wanted to know if the president had hair like his always chokes me up. It's a great example of why representation matters.",
"It's okay to have emotions other than anger my man, no matter what your dad might say",
"It's the easy way to ignore someone even if they're correct. ",
"It's a dark joke. \"I\" typically stands for \"Incomplete\" (referring to his death in office) ",
"Pretty sure all he did was point him to the elevator.. ",
"Oh shit I think Fox News has there next big story",
"> The problem is that there was absolutely no evidence to believe that they could ever be successful\n\nNot only that, but the *vast* majority of people who knew what they were talking about made it very clear the most likely scenario was generations of civil war, and worst case scenario would be kickstarting World War 3.",
"What’s affluenza?",
"I stand corrected, so at least sex is fine. However think of me, when you turn 50 and choose to go down in a blazing cloud of drugs, hookers and freedom. ",
"He campaigned on a platform for education reform, but then had to deal with 9/11 in his very first year in office. People around him wanted blood and justice",
"\"So Dick, you guys find those WMD's yet?\"",
"It's funny how dishonest your claim is; as if 26000 bombs were dropped specifically on civilian territories. ",
"He did an AMA last year: https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/6y9bve/im_pete_souza_former_chief_official_white_house/",
"Can you imagine some dying child-of-MAGA-types wanting to meet his Orangeness? It would be a complete disaster. He'd probably proposition her, and grab the mother by the pussy, \"because he's a star\".",
"You left out the part where he made a dying girl’s dream come true.",
"Yeah.... Don't do that. Lol",
"And takes multivitamins to support a healthy lifestyle. Asshole. ",
"[You forgot a really important moment.](https://www.imgur.com/gallery/Z8mjB)",
"Yeah, that's where I got it from. I eventually ended up turning off all the dialogue and stuff, but I did really like that quotation.",
"95+% of drone strikes under Obama got the wrong guy. And did tons of collateral. And he even administered double-tap I.e. bombing, circling back and bombing again.\n\nBut yes, let’s all pretend collateral damage is not a serious issue. Fuck those brown people, right?",
"/r/holdmyjuicebox ",
"Yes, damn auto correct.",
"Literally nobody that worked with Bush felt he was unintelligent. Democrat or Republican.\n\nYou fell victim to propaganda.",
"Haha that's a good point. I hadn't thought about it that way.\n\nWell, the doctors have told me I'm getting better, so who knows. ",
"My sister did Make-A-Wish and she's not terminal - doesn't always have to be. She has a ton of medical issues and there's a chance she won't live a full life as a result, but not technically terminal.",
"Just made me respect him so much more.\n\nI really don't believe in praising a President while they're in office. They're doing a job, and they deserve nothing but criticism. They can always do better.\n\nBut now that his shift has ended, I look back at the challenges he faced, first from the Great Recession all the way to dealing with the least effective Congress in our history. He did well, really well.",
"Trump hmm is umm amazing with young teen girls too!",
"\"Just give him a chance.\"\n\n/s",
"I would worry more about getting shot on site by secret service than the time I would do for assault and battery.",
"Bush wasn't an F. Bush was a D- in the end, C- when he took office, B+ after 911 to Afghanistan, D- once we entered Iraq. I'm not marking him down for fucking the economy since that's what republicans are elected to do.",
"Yeah but I'm genuinely curious, do you have any instances where Obama personally ordered a drone strike that intentionally killed children or had a known potential for collateral damage?",
"Really butthurt, aren’t ya? Sorry we made a joke about your precious VP",
"There is talk about Abrahams ethnicity. I think he was also a bit Native American and they say he also had black in him as well.",
"> I hope in 15 years Trump isn’t considered a decent man.\n\nCould easily happen.\n\n\"Trump, oversaw a booming economy, and steered the country safely through the Korean Peninsula Crisis\"\n\nHold up you are saying: but Trump is making the Korea thing worse with his rhetoric!\n\nSure... but we remember Kennedy fondly for steering the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis, a crisis that was caused by his authorized CIA backed invasion of Cuba.\n\nWouldn't surprise me one bit if that ends up happening with Trump.",
"I mean how much do you think will happen in 4 years. It's just going to be 4 years of pissing matches. ",
"Really? Every comment looks like they're falling over themselves to praise Obama. Is this reverse T_D brigading?",
"For some reason I just can't understand what he meant here. \n\nE: Love all the great info, thanks everyone.",
"Underrated comment\n\nedit: relevent username too",
"So could Hitler and we all know how that turned out. ",
"Because the kid was effusive in praise for him and was a big fan. Let's stop pretending the man is anything but a narcissist.",
"fair enough :) i bet it was awesome",
"Can't you work a pratfall stumble crotch punch in? \n\nHey secret service guys, I was just falling and flailing... complete accident.",
"Abraham Lincoln- smirks",
"He was a President 'product'. He never should have been there but the RNC (or whatever organization you want to say puts people in place to be elected) very effectively productized him through his last name and gave him all the right rhetoric to catapult. Very similar to Reagan's second term. And that's where we are now- you have to field a product of President- the person underneath barely matters anymore.\n",
"\"Hey, the GOP economy is booming and the democrats are about to get spanked by this House Intel memo, what do we do?!\" \n\n\"Quick, post the photo of Obama with the Make-a-Wish kid...\"",
"Do be fair, people cry after meeting the current president too.",
"Lucky fuck. It's -20c here today :(",
"First, thanks for clarifying that.\n\nSecond, good on you for paying it forward by volunteering with the same organization that helped you.\n",
"I know of someone who had cancer and their wish was to see King of Queens taping and meet Kevin James. He ended up living minus one leg today. ",
"*Ohhhhhhh*. I'm going to get some coffee. ",
"I would take a few hundo to shake his hand and tell him I think he's a piece of shit to his face.",
"No other way to take it really...",
"I guess our standards of decency have declined. \n\nHe may not have been a hooker loving pussy grabber who constantly made horrible remarks on Twitter, but he was not a decent man. \n\n",
"He stole their rights.... somehow.",
"It’s the little things",
"You’re right. The Obamas made the White House *feel* like an actual house. ",
"True. My neighbor and his wife voted for him, and they are racist assholes. I'm sure their kids (who are just as racist) would love to meet the guy who will kick all the Mexicans out.",
"Not really",
"People over the age of 18 with jobs in politics are not children. They are adults.",
"Sounds fairly Southern Hemisphere-ish for this time of year.\n\nIt’s a cool 23c/74f here in South Florida today and, thank you! I’m quite well. Yourself?",
"That’s really cool.",
"I didn't ask for 9-11.\nI didn't ask for George W to invade Iraq.\nI didn't ask for our continued fuckery in the middle east. \nBut it happened, and the leader of the country has to deal with it, somehow. Did he fuck up? Of course. But what actions should he have taken? The entire thing is a clusterfuck. Should we just walk away? I don't have an answer. I think he tried to make the right decisions when there were no right decisions. We need to stop meddling in other countries affairs...\n\nAnd I agree the Nobel Peace Prize thing was nonsense. ",
"\"He may not have been a smart man, but he's a kind soul. The kind of guy I'd like to share a beer with.\" -Ledditors",
"If this was anybody else, celebrity or not, the post would be littered with people complaining about doing nice things and then publicizing it. And yet when it's Obama, and there's literally a contingent of PR and marketing people and camera people off screen, for this photo op, then suddenly it's not the post for that?",
"Bush is -maybe- the most immediate cause of that region’s instability, but he’s not the ultimate cause by a long shot, it’s disingenuous to pretend that he was. The regional / religious instability that you mentioned in that part of the world is old, they’ve been used for proxy wars between major Eurasian powers for centuries. Look at the Soviets in Afghanistan, for a recent example, but then keep rolling time back and it’s the same story. ",
"He ended the Iraq War that Bush started. The number of combat troops deceased by tens of thousands during his time, the number of troop and civilian deaths decreased drastically as well.\n\nHe also never profited off his presidency other than his salary. You're thinking of Trump.",
"He didn't drink. He was a recovering alcoholic. The \"have a beer with\" myth was BS back then.\n\nBush also authorized some of the most heinous behaviour ever committed by Americans and put us into a completely unnecessary war that we not only continue to pay for (the rise of ISIS, Iraq constantly being a mess, etc) but we probably will for the remainder of this century.",
"Yes actually. Fuck the bloated trillion dollar industry that has made America the biggest threat to world peace (according to the rest of the world).",
"No, HE needs to fucking stop.",
"Make up your mind numbnuts. Do you want the military to bomb assholes or not? Your fine with indiscriminate bombing if its an R doing it but then Obama does it and you have a fucking meltdown. Not that I support killing innocent people but he bombed the militant Muslims you hate. Did not put soldiers in harm's way to do so. Pick a Lane, because your arguments change faster than an old Asian lady on a 6 lane highway.",
"Ok... At least $37k.\n\nAnd don't fucking touch me.\n\nOtherwise, I'll pass. ",
"Please don’t start with this. You and everyone else knows that the Democratic Party that started the KKK is NOT the same party that exists today. In fact, it was barely a cohesive party - the only thing that Democrats in the pre-1960s has in common with each other was being Southern. Their politics were all over the place. Same for Republicans, that was just the northern party. \n\nKind of like, somehow, the Democratic-Republican party of yesteryear is not comparable to either modern day Democrats or Republicans without a lot of finagling and broad interpretation.",
"Drain the hospital!",
"Good god you lot are absolutely fucking living in a different universe. ",
"you mean reverse Oedipus? ",
"Doesn’t mean he was a great president, just that he wasn’t a bad guy personally.\n\nEdit: downvoters, please explain yourselves. How is my statement wrong? Being a decent person =/= automatically good at your job.",
"Guantanamo doesnt care about your priors.\n\nI wouldnt chance it.",
"Thats a lot to ask of the majority of Reddit",
"Stupid bot.",
"Yeah I think that's really the goal. They want to give kids who have had really shitty medical situations a couple days of sheer happiness. ",
"God-Emporer for LIFE! Obama...",
"Yes, PEPFAR was quite integral to the success of a number of HIV related projects during my time in South Africa. ",
"My entire net worth can pay about 1/3 of a membership to one of his golf resorts. I'm just the kind of guy he's looking for.",
"Um, Lincoln didn't \"fight for black rights\". Lincoln was a white supremacist who believe blacks should be returned to Africa. The Emancipation Proclamation *only applied* to Southern States, and was designed solely to help defeat the south.\n\nRevisionist history aside.",
"We're getting deep over here, pal. ",
"Reddit hates women. ",
"Abe is just like \"this is what I fought for\" ",
"Just found out, Trump also has gold curtains now!",
"\"A place of work should be family friendly and fun to joke around\" yeah ok lmao",
"I get that Trump sucks, but \"the great 44th\" is pretty delusional. And this is coming from someone who voted for him. \n\nMaybe that's how you become a legendary president, just make sure your successor is a Johnson (in this case, figuratively). ",
"No he's not. That was totally set up by staffers trump had nothing to do wit it except show up to take the praise. Show me a nice gesture he made that wasn't purely for him to promote how great of a guy he is or that he didn't brag about nonstop after. Even his son Eric literally uses how he raised 16 million for kids with cancer as a reason the media is bad for being negative about his family. And oh by the way his dad literally reprimanded him when he found out Eric wasn't charging the usual fee for those charities to host their charity golf tournaments at Trump golf courses. Such a great guy. ",
"Now the wish is to have the cord pulled before Trump shows up.",
"When I was diagnosed with MS a couple of years ago I went to an infusion center for steroids to help relieve the relapse I was having. I went for three days in a row for a couple of hours and feeling pretty bad for myself. \n\nEvery day I was there a girl about my age was there and talking and laughing with the staff. I had a couple of conversations with her and found out she had sickle cell and was there every single day for four hours, and would be presumably the rest of her life. Her plight and positive attitude really put my own into perspective. What an ordeal just to live. ",
"She's crying because she actually wished for Disneyland.",
"His administration led us into a war that cost thousands of American lives, destabilized the entire Middle East and led directly or indirectly to the death of millions of civilians, all on a set of intentionally fabricated false pretenses. \n\nLet's not go getting all mushy about him because he seems like a bit of a sweet old grandpa now. He is not stupid and he knew what he was doing when he invaded Iraq, regardless of Cheney or anyone else - as POTUS the responsibility is his. I don't think he's evil either (at least not in the \"cackles gleefully while invading Iraq just to watch the streets run red with blood\" sense) but the conflict he created and the lives it destroyed and continues to destroy does feel like a kind of evil to me.\n\nThat being said it's almost comical when I think about how much I fucking hated Bush during his presidency and couldn't imagine a worse president... but here we are. Certainly by contrast Trump makes me hate Bush a little bit less.",
"Have you seen a grenade thrown at him? ",
"Listen, I hated Bush during his presidency. Hated the man. But when he dodged that shoe, damned if I wasn't proud of him. Then he laughed about it. It was awesome!",
"I mean I personally don't like him but that doesn't mean I can't call this pure and wholesome :)",
"one of the dumbest things ive ever read, thanks ",
"If you guys actually did read, you'd know there are *mountains* of proof. But that's why you call things \"fake news\"...so you can continue to deny reality, despite overwhelming evidence.\n\nhttps://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/18/educational-rift-in-2016-election/\n\nhttps://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2016-11-08/3-ways-education-mattered-in-the-2016-presidential-campaign\n\nhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/\n\nhttp://college.usatoday.com/2016/11/09/how-we-voted-by-age-education-race-and-sexual-orientation/\n\nhttp://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls\n\nhttps://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501378673/how-trump-won-according-to-the-exit-polls\n\n\n\n",
"Exactly. People don’t think of others as human beings.",
"Juice? What the fuck is juice?\n\nhttps://youtu.be/QEgYIG3ba0Y",
"So he’s good with kids- and photogenic around them too. To me he seems sincere, but how does his policy of fast and furious not affect feelings? He is the great 44th, but to outfit drug cartels with weapons and what they have done to families and children with said weapons should also play into your views.\n\n",
"Upstanding, civilised, erudite and respected.",
"Um, have you heard about what this latest tax bill is going to do to the debt? And did you know that Obamacare actually reduces debt?",
"No he's not? ",
"\"Ni**a,what the fuck is juice,i want some drink baby\" - [Dave Chappelle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTjQLfU6Gk)",
"As opposed to who, I wonder. So intellectually stimulating.",
">it will never be paid off. \n\nYes. That's how national debt works.\n\nIt's fascinating to me that youre complaining about Bush and Obama's debts while the Republican Congress and the president have increased the deficit. Very disingenuous of you. \n\n",
"It’s unbelievable how much of a liberal circle jerk reddit is... and I’m not even a trump supporter ",
"I hear House Blends are good for midday coffee breaks ",
"Username checks out",
"Google his accomplishments, I didn't agree with his entire presidency but he accomplished quite a few positive things for the country and all without some kind of REAL scandal. ",
"> He barely affected billionaires, idk how you even hold that narrative\n\nHahahaha.\n\n83 percent of the benefits of Trump's tax bill will enrich the top one percent of Americans. That's quite more than \"barely affected.\" In eight years, taxes will once again increase for 93 percent of middle-income households while corporate tax cuts are permanent. What's that? Tax cuts for middle-income households are temporary, yet tax cuts for corporate rates - which billionaires are very concerned with - are permanent? Golly gee!\n\nhttp://www.taxpolicycenter.org/feature/analysis-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act\n\nLet me guess -- you think that the bipartisan Tax Policy Center - founded by tax specialists who had served in the Reagan and HW Bush admins - is spewing \"fake news.\"\n\nKeep eating the propaganda, mate. I do feel sorry for the likes of people that aren't able to rationally analyze bipartisan data to determine the actual impact on the country, and instead just listen to a politician at face value. Really quite sad, and a big contributing factor to why both parties consistently nominate pieces of garbage.\n\n>The effects aren’t much better for the middle class. The report concludes the majority of the upper-middle class — meaning those earning between $150,000 and $300,000 — would actually see their taxes rise, because the plan would repeal most itemized deductions. And for those right in the middle, with household incomes around $65,000, taxes would be only marginally reduced, by about 1 percent, saving them about $650 on average.",
"That's for the best. Otherwise the kids would know they are fucking doomed. ",
"I’m pretty sure that region has been in constant chaos since... Well forever. Bush’s intervention certainly didn’t help matters, but it wasn’t exactly the catalyst that plunged the region into chaos",
"Known collateral damage is part of the package. It's virtually impossible to make a strike at any target with zero CD. So you have to make the decision if the target is worth the cost. It's been that way always for every president. ",
"Might as well tell us what you would've done",
"Reddit likes dogs way more than kids. ",
"Because you dont give hard answers on policy questions because it will 100% be used against you by a competing campaign.\n\nGiving non-answers to hard questions in a highly public forum is a sign of intelligence and understanding of the political process.\n\n",
"Agreed. I dont like the guy, but this was a purely good thing.",
"Curious if make a wish has these for trump... in a kids mind they are all the same right?",
"https://i.imgur.com/pXx9g3O.jpg ",
"> I seriously don't understand this newfound Bush apology on reddit.\n\nEveryone did the same thing with Clinton. The past always looks better from the future. ",
"Not sure just scratching ass cause it's the oval office haha. ",
"Given that 45 has set the bar so low, it’s not surprising that simply being a respectful human who takes the job seriously makes Obama great. \n\nThe economy improved dramatically under him, too. ",
"its sick enough that you can get the same level of pain medication as you get for terminal cancer, my friend died of it. It sucks",
"> just because our current President comes across as worse.\n\nUnfortunately, this is how things tend to work. When you come across something so massively worse than what you thought was the worst, you change your perspective. \n\nFor instance, I thought the Hangover 3 was one of the dumbest movies I would ever see. Then I saw Downsizing and realized just how wrong I was. Suddenly, the Hangover 3 looked much better.",
"Wait, only 50% survive beyond fifth grade but *90%* survives to age 20? \n\nIs that... how does... I don't...\n\nedit: Well that was embarrassing.",
"You kiss your mother with that mouth? Do you not know what irony means? You should hang out in r/trashy and see how not to act.",
"I'm sorry I must have missed something but can someone tell me honestly what was so great about Obama? Was it him doubling the country's debt? Him funding a terrorist group? He did so much but the worrying thing is people ignore all of that because of a very few good deeds.",
"What is going on in 18 tho",
"Tell that to the middle East",
"So I guess that answers the question of \"is this terminally-ill child still with us?'",
"Stopping the spread of slavery into the territories was part of Lincoln's platform. \n\nThe Confederacy's declarations of secession state clearly that they were fighting to preserve the institution of slavery.\n\nEdit: [South Carolina's Declaration of Secession](http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp) specifically calls out Lincoln as a threat to the institution of slavery.\n\n\"A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that \"Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free,\" and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction.\" \n\nHell, even in the first sentence they refer to themselves, South Carolina and it's allies in the opposition, as slaveholding States.\n\nI think this misstatement of Lincoln's and the South's motives derives from the mistaken belief that just a few rich elites in the South owned slaves. [The census from 1860 actually puts the percentage of families that owned slaves to be around 33% for most southern states, some were even much higher.](http://www.civil-war.net/pages/1860_census.html)\n\nYou really have to cherry pick a few moderating statements from Lincoln (who was trying to keep a nation together) and completely ignore the South's own declared reasons to arrive at the conclusion that the war wasn't about slavery.",
"Wow, you're pretty pathetic lol. ",
"Exactly. Could you imagine if it came out that Obama was fucking a pornstar while Michelle was home with their newborn infant daughter? The outrage there'd be in the nation? The national conversation about \"black culture\" and \"deadbeat African-American dads\" and how bad Obama is as a role model.\n\nTrump does it...and it's just...what he does.\n\n[What else is there other than racism to explain that?](\nhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cz7sNQZXgAAT9YD.jpg)",
"No camera or photographer can create perfect lighting unless they set the environment up before hand. They may not have told the kids and Obama how to pose or what to do, but the interaction was put together to cast the president as good with kids. It's not as if Obama just decided he was going to babysit that day, it's marketing. Which is why you hire a photographer to capture the event in the first place, to show the public. This is regardless of whether or not he was good with kids. While I think he could be good with kids, these pictures have nothing to do with that. ",
"There has to be darkness for you to appreciate the light. You have to feel sadness to appreciate happiness. \n\nTo feel pain, emotional pain, it means you have lost something. And if you have lost something, that means you once had something.",
"Windy at a nice 75 (24C) here today, all are welcome to come cook out. ",
"I assume you are joking, but I have to confess I do not understand what the joke is.",
"No, he was pretty far from W.. I find it hard to believe you were old enough to pay attention to the news during W's terms if you believe that.",
"That kid is never going to live down that time Obama took a picture of him while he passed out.",
"I read that a lot of the money went to abstinence only sex education",
"This is really sweet ",
"What did you do for your make-a-wish? ",
"Probably my dad's fault. Builds houses and that's always the first thing he looks at. Shoe and crown moulding, always saying he does a better job. ",
"Obama the Great. Trump the Dump.",
"Haha he bombed a red Cross hospital once too",
"Trump could cure cancer and people would find a way to complain tho",
"Then why is Trump always looking so unhappy?",
"drone deaths are quite quick",
"I was critical of him when he was in office (hold your politicians accountable!), but DAMN do I miss him. That got me all choked up.",
"Well, he does love Ivanka. I mean, he wants to fuck her but that's a form of love, right?",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrnRU3ocIH4\n\nHere's John McCain calling Obama a family man in a dismissive response to a couple of bigoted questions by his supporters. \n\nAnother of my favorite Obama videos, a great public engagement on climate change and a great look into his personality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpjEPnl1I4c\n",
"I always think the \"have a beer with George W. Bush\" metric is funny considering W is an alcoholic.",
"Please tell us what you would've done differently",
"Not crazy enough. \n\nHE MADE HER CRY TO FUEL A DEMONIC SATANIC RITUAL TO DECREASE WHITE MALE TESTOSTERONE!\n\nThat’s better.",
"maybe he didn’t spy on them",
"Lol the Spider-Man one reddit ended up photoshop battling where everyone removed an item till there was nothing left",
"Make r/pics great again!",
"95%? Source?",
"I have seen many incredibly moving photos of Obama, and considered myself pretty numb to the literal awesomeness of his Presidency in history...but this picture brought it all back. Incredible.",
"This is a really nice shot, especially how Lincoln's portrait is there.\n\nWhat a nice guy Obama was, peaceful, calm, sane",
"I don't really adore the guy, but he was a competent leader during a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. \n\nNot that he didn't have his faults, but has any war time president avoided civilian casualties? \n\nedit: casualities?! ",
"Woo! *P O L I T I C S*",
"Compared to the idiot now? You are obviously not very intelligent, or a Russian troll. Which one is it comrade?",
"what are we talking about",
"Nailed it.",
"Except when it comes to drone strikes on weddings, right?\n\nDon't have to worry about pleasing people with photo ops with that one though.",
"Damn.. I miss Obama. Dude was a class act. \n\nA guy I can respect if I look at him as a person and not as president.. I don't want to talk about politics.",
"For me, it’s the prioritization of the environment. Global warming is the single most important issue to address in order to ensure that the US enjoys a long history. Under his administration, the US invested in the sustainable development of developing economies, reduced the carbon footprint of the US, and led the way in establishing protocols for developed nations in reducing their pollution. Needless to say, this administration has abandoned its duty. The one good thing about that is local and state governments as well as individual citizens are picking up the slack. Http://Austintexas.gov/climate",
"I know that Buddy, there's a slight shadow next to the girl if you look closely. ",
"shes too young to understand it",
"I wonder if it's because a lot of redditors were kids or early teens during W's presidency and absorbed tales of his administration through their parents or teachers? ",
"Although he doesn't drink...",
"> So did all presidents before him, right?\n\nDoesn't justify the action. ",
"I hope future archaeologists can understand how funny emoticons can be. ",
"\"Politics aside\"\n\n... One post later...\n\nPOLITICS.",
"Fake News, science is a bunch of lies. /s",
"Someone had to say it. ",
"Yeah but whipping that out as if it makes him a *worse* president is silly. But if it is I'd hate to be the one to point out Trump's track-record for bomb-dropping in 2017...",
"Especially gestures that help inflate his ego.",
"A friend of mine at the time said that he had caught the shoe mid-air, and threw it back at the guy, he would have forgiven him for everything.\n",
"Too bad Obama wrecked the black community instead of help them.",
"Fuck off with the \"deep state\" horseshit. What is your party doing about these things aside from trying to ban a major religion from the country and fuck 25 million people out of health insurance so rich folks can get a tax break?",
"That's phonetically much more aesthetically pleasant than MAGA. *MAGA* sounds like a child crying. *MAHA* just needs LO and the end and it's beautiful.\n",
"Wonder if Obama has the same wrestling skills as Lincoln.",
"He was both though. And I would say the absolute baseline for being president is that you’re a good person.",
"Haha so true comrade",
"\"Grab em by the pussy!\" \n \n^^^^^^^Oh ^^^^^^^god ^^^^^^^I'm ^^^^^^^going ^^^^^^^to ^^^^^^^hell ^^^^^^^for ^^^^^^^this.",
"Trying to save as many lives as he took. Great.",
"Gimme some of that purple stuff. ",
"Lol, ok buddy. Keep projecting.",
"mainly because the 401k/403b is the most common form of investment for the working American. \n\nYou hate hearing that the majority of Americans are acquiring wealth under Trump? ",
"To be fair, I don't think people are \"in love with GWB.\" At least from what I've seen, it's \"he was a terrible president, but seems like a dude you'd want to have a beer with.\" Which was something I would hear from time to time even while he was president. ",
"DAE hate wypipo?",
"I think Obama was a middling President, but he's light years better than the guy before him and the guy after him.",
"I'm pretty sure at the time he let a lot of those decisions come from Cheney but he decided he'd let it fly. That's all still on him and his name will always be attached to it all, but considering the task of responding to 9/11... nothing easy for any human. I'm 120% sure he didn't take any of it lightly, but I'm just as sure Cheney just saw dollar signs. ",
"Don’t blame the leftists for the fact that you chose a guy who doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body. I didn’t like Bush at all, but at least he had many moments of decency and empathy. Trump isn’t capable of that because he’s an irredeemable piece of garbage. You knew this when you chose him as your anti-PC messiah, except you stupidly saw his lack of thought or decency as machismo and toughness. ",
"Honestly, if Trump invited a dying kid to the White House just to kick him down the stairs for a laugh, I would not be surprised. I do think he's shitty enough. I think it stems from the arrogance -- people are objects to him.",
"I cry all the time watching videos and things like that of him. Lately it's even been starting to spread to videos and photos of past presidents of all different parties.\n\nI just miss feeling safe on a deep level, regardless of what was happening with the surface and even middle layers of our country.",
"Yup, that pretty much sums up my feelings about Obama leaving the White House.",
"I, a Republican, hate babies and puppies. There, all Reps hate babies and puppies now!\n\nAnyway, even a cursory effort explains those voting figures: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/28/republicans-party-of-civil-rights",
"Shhhh dude, he’s black he never did anything wrong. He’s da best!",
"You seen this shit? It’s a grid system muthafucka!",
"Pesky facts",
"The sweet is never as sweet without the sour.",
"risky click.",
"Can I get a source to read up on this, not that I don't believe you I just want to see. ",
"I know I'm just a stranger on reddit, but seriously, try and let go of the hate. Life is to short to spend it harboring hate for others.\n\nI'm not saying that you have to love the guy, you can still think of him as an asshole, but \"hate\" is not worth it.\n\nI used to hate Christians. For a long time, I was hyper combative towards them, I surrounded myself with friends who also hated them. I watched anti-Christian youtube videos, and television. Eventually, some years past, and I recognized that I could not name a single bad thing that Christians had done to me, in fact, when I reflected upon how I was treated by Christians, I realized that I was treated the same by them as I was by pretty much everyone else... now, my experiences are anecdotal, but the point is, my \"hate\" wasn't genuine, it was only existing because of the people that I was constantly listening too and surrounding myself with. They were radicalizing me.\n\nI realized that the same thing was happening to me with my hate for republicans.... I was being radicalized by those in my life.\n\nI am an registered democrat, and an atheist. I do not like Trump, and I don't like all of the Christians agenda, but I do not hate Trump, and I do not hate Christians. Hate is an icky awful feeling, and I promise you that you that life is better when you can rid yourself of hate.",
"Check the article haha, He said he generally mows lawns for $8 but would do the WH free of charge and that it was an honor and privilege to mow the WH lawn. He never expected any payment, he didnt even expect to meet the president. ",
"Thinks I immediately know you can’t identify:\n\nLibya\nLabia",
"I think they're too young maybe to understand the calamity of that time. People keep saying things are fucked up right *now*. Umm, no lol. The invasion of Iraq was a much more fucked up time. ",
"Bush believed in the idea that Democracy creates widespread peace, eventually.\n\n\nSo he literally believed that liberating Iraq would eventually lead to end to thousands of years of bloodshed in the middle east.\n\nRight or wrong its not as if his intentions were evil.\n\n\nEdit:\n\n>Have people erased their memories of **2001** to 2009?\n\n\nUhhh....2001? \n\nAre you blaming Bush for 9/11?",
"And fucked a pornstar while Michelle was home with his newborn kid and then spent 130 grand in campaign contributions to buy her silence?",
"He's atually a decent person doing what he believe's is best for the country. He didn't run for president to destroy it. He might not be good at it, but he's not an evil man. ",
"a \"decent\" man who got thousands killed over a war for profit? ",
"Fixing the economy is ok I guess.",
"I think OP is just confusing \"terminally ill\" with \"gravely ill\". You also don't have to be dying to be eligible for Make a Wish.",
"Thanks obama ",
"Man, I miss the days when presidents actually cared about avoiding things like financial waste when many Americans were struggling to pay bills.",
"Here's a [link](https://youtu.be/uqhzWlqN3uc)! I had never seen this one before, how precious :)",
"I’m sure the injured US service men and women and 400k+ dead Middle Easterners might disagree with you. ",
"And here we go...",
"He will use them as leverage though. ",
"Lmao what",
"What planet are you from?\n\n>In short, it appears as though educational levels are the critical factor in predicting shifts in the vote between 2012 and 2016. You can come to that conclusion with a relatively simple analysis, like the one I’ve conducted above, or by using fancier methods. In a regression analysis at the county level, for instance, lower-income counties were no more likely to shift to Trump once you control for education levels.11 And although there’s more work to be done, these conclusions also appear to hold if you examine the data at a more granular level, like by precinct or among individual voters in panel surveys.\n\nhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/",
"Safe to say, 45 is no friend of Dorothy's.",
"He was a really good president",
"neither of which has changed ",
"President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in Confederate, or rebelling, states during the American Civil War.\n\nAfter the North won the war and forced reunification, slaves in allied territories were also freed.\n\nThe short (but slightly inaccurate) way of saying it is \"Lincoln freed the slaves\". As Obama is black, and American blackness is deeply tied to slave history, it's both poetic and moving for him to have this particular portrait up. ",
"That might be the only thing he understood",
"Drones have a way better civilian casualty rate (5-20%) than airstrikes (40-70%), which were used by nearly every other modern president much more indiscriminately.",
"Lincoln was President during the Civil War. Lincoln was a big abolitionist and would issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the South. Big deal to have in the office of the first black president.",
"And JFK was adulterous and did sneaky CIA operations... We might have to go back all the way to Washington, who turned down the job multiple times.",
"Yeah, my idea would be to take advantage of his infamous pulling you in handshake. I’d act surprised and stumble into him and accidentally propel my fist into his crotch.",
"Source?",
"That's an ambitiously achievable goal.",
"44 treated certain types of people like gold",
"Yea! Riddle me that u/unknown_human!",
"I mean, no. That's actually *not* a fair point. \n\nGuilt by association is the laziest argument you could make. Dismissing people based on their post history is ridiculous. \n\nBesides we both know the implication isn't \"you aren't open to discussion\" and if it was, that'd be pretty shitty and hypocritical in its own right. ",
"WVYVW: President Obama avoided redecorating because the racist right would criticize him for it... *proceeds to criticize President Trump for redecorating*\n\nDouble standard is just a symptom of being oblivious.",
"\"was terminally ill at the time\"\n\nThat sentence, how it is phrased, was so brutal to read, because it basically implies that she is no longer with us. ",
"You're acting like you wouldn't. His daughter I mean not yours ",
"Man, I really want to meet Obama too. Those kids have no idea how lucky they are.",
"W... wait, you're a different person... unless YOU'RE CS Lewis?!?",
"> Obama's debt contribution was $983 billion between 2009 and 2017. \n\nAll the citations are there. \n\nhttps://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-under-obama-3306293\n",
"Nothing says “human decency” like bombing civilians overseas!",
"Is this the Trump fans new meme of the week? ",
"Some of those ordered drone attacks really helped to drill in that message ",
"You've just described literally every ex President.\n\nReagan was by all means a horrible President, I've seen older Democrat leaning people admit they liked him. It's not a dumb Redditor problem, nearly every ex Prez gets a nice revisionist history after they leave office.",
"To quote some of my favorite philosophers:\n\n>BEAVIS: yeah, heh heh… hey butt-head, how come like, some stuff sucks, but then like, some stuff is pretty cool? heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: uh… huh huh… well, huh huh… if nothing sucked, and like, everything was cool all the time, then it’s like, how would you know it was cool? huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: heh heh, i would know. heh heh… you just said, everything would be cool. heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: i mean like, if i wasn’t here. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: oh yeah, yeah. heh heh… that would be cool. heh heh..\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: no, butt-munch. i mean like, let’s say someone came up and just hit you upside the head.\n\n>BEAVIS: yeah. heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: well, huh huh… that would be cool. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: no it wouldn’t, that would suck!\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: yeah. uh! <smack>\n\n>BEAVIS: ahhh! cut it out, butt-hole.\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: uh! <smack>\n\n>BEAVIS: ahh! heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: huh huh… now that was cool! huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: no it wasn’t, that sucked! heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: huh huh.. yeah, but like, huh huh… ya know after it’s over, huh huh… doesn’t it like, feel pretty cool? huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: heh heh… oh yeah, yeah, heh heh, yeah, heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: see, it’t like, you need stuff that sucks to have stuff that’s cool. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: oh yeah, yeah, heh heh, yeah, heh. do that again.",
"He asked for one reason, not an essay.",
"Slowest economic recovery in nation's history, botched the middle east and created ISIS, politically weaponize the IRS, Fast and furious scandal, more debt than every US president combined, fueled racial division by reprimanding cops before having all the facts, piled on needless regulation, pushed through a broken healthcare system that is already bankrupt, lied about being anti-war, i mean i could go on but those are a couple. ",
"Obama was never on record for saying anything remotely sexual about her, though. That's the difference. ",
"So you agree that Trump is the great 45th?\n\nEdit: Doh, thet downvotes simply proved my point. If you're trying to be apolitical, calling a president \"great\" isn't really the best course of action.",
"> Decent man\n\nThe man was seen on Barret-Jackson car auction helping out Jay Leno (Good friends) sell a really nice corvette with 100% of the proceeds going to veterans charity. The car, I believe, sold for 1.4 million. ",
">the civil war wasnt about black rights though,\n\nLolol. Yes, yes…it was about *\"states rights\"*. Come on' at least do the talking point right.",
"Some of those ordered drone attacks really helped to drill in that message ",
"...what? ",
"This is a phenomenal picture. A little girl overwhelmed by her dream coming true, her parents reaction to the situation, Obama navigating the touching but potentially awkward situation with grace, and Lincoln's portrait overlooking this moment between the descendants of the slaves freed during his presidency. ",
"Is this the Trump fans new meme of the week? You all parrot it like robots \n\nhttps://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html\n\n\\4. Uncharacteristically stilted and seemingly programmed conversation and mannerisms, cloning of the group/leader in personal behavior.",
"They both fought for ~~black~~ *human* rights.\n\n",
"That first black kid reminds me of the one that asked Obama for his ID. Might be a trick in need of eyeballing.",
"Those have never moved, iirc. They're not the same curtains OP is discussing. ",
"Oh no! A daughter sitting on her father's lap!!\n\nAll this shows is where your sick heads are at. It's perfectly acceptable, healthy, and normal to have a loving, tender \n -and yes, even physical- relationship with your children without there being any hint of sexual attraction or inappropriate thoughts/touching. Of course, what should we expect from daddy-issue liberals?",
"Lol",
"I like how you immediately went with the racist argument. Good on you for not wasting anyone’s time with your dumb shit.",
"Maybe on that exact day. Polls today say otherwise. ",
"Absolutely, because the things that Trump gets complaints on are sexual assault, money-laundering, affairs with porn stars, and spying on underage pageant contestants. \n\nObama was dignified as hell. If we're talking about the people, not the presidents, it's absolutely no contest. ",
"In all seriousness I'm from New Jersey and I've heard 4 times in my life (twice before he ever considered running) from contractors, electricians, etc. that did work in his casino or in trump tower, that they find one little thing to complain about and then not pay for the work, like a guy who painted some doors and they didn't like the color he used. and they basically say \"see you in court\" knowing full well these small business people aren't going to have the money to sue them over whatever work they did. I do not fathom how people don't understand this man is literally famous for being a piece of shit.",
"Obama was never on record for saying anything remotely sexual about her, though. That's the difference. ",
"She did get a majority of the votes though.\n\nOr is that inconvenient to your life view?",
"[He loved White House Halloween visits](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-10/31/9/enhanced/webdr02/original-22715-1446299519-12.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto)",
"I wouldn't put too much credence in that, all things considered. \n\nI also wouldn't say he \"wasn't smart\" generally speaking--just in comparison to other presidents (which is an admittedly high bar). ",
"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-faces-up-to-the-grim-reality-of-drone-strikes/2015/04/23/f143ae1a-e9eb-11e4-9767-6276fc9b0ada_story.html?utm_term=.f0248ef75762\n\nHere you go, its him personally expressing regret. ",
"His was legacy and they were rich. \n\nThere was no way junior wasn't getting in.",
"Mine? It's the democrats who called it a secret society.. Made up of people from the FBI and special counsel investigation. So I'm guessing the question you're meaning to ask is, how is the liberals secret society going?\n\nWant a hint.... Not well since it's finally being exposed. I got my popcorn ready so bring on the liberal tears, I could use some salt.\n\nP. S. For full disclosure. I'm a former Bernie supporter, voted for him in the primaries, after Clinton stole the primary I researched the clintons corruption. Had to ask myself why all the media is freaking out like children over Trump. Researched Trump and found out he's a to establishment and for the good of all American Citizens. Wikileaks sealed the deal for me. The democratic party lost me and the truth set me free. I hope all of you find your own path to the truth. We will gladly accept you once you see the light. Good luck. ",
"Dump got 85% of the evangelical vote or something crazy like that. They get there morals from god......",
"A+ background image.",
"Some of those ordered drone attacks really helped to drill in that message ",
"I totally agree he does, But what do these constant Trump jokes do? They aren't going to make him stop. They aren't going to make people change their minds about him. These people are doing more harm then good. \n\nHe got elected because people were tired of hearing the left cry and talk shit. So what do you do to bring attention to your cause just or not? Make constant stupid jokes and insert \"Trump\" into everything thing they can making themselves sound as dumb and childish. \n\nWatch this shit is going to piss off the right again and they are going to come to the polls in droves in 2020 and we will have to put up with four more years of this guy.",
"Thousands?",
"I used to feel similar to you, but then I started to just speak to them like they're a regular full-sized person. \n\nNow apparently I'm great with kids....",
"*President Donald Trump meets John, six year old with a terminal illness*\n\nWho is this kid? John? You’re John? I’m John too. You might have been named after me John. My name is Donald John. You almost have my name. You should have asked to be named Donald John too. It would have been tremendous. Everyone would think you would have been named after the greatest business man and the best President. John, you almost had it. But you can tell everyone you were named after me. When you grow up John, tell everyone that President Donald John Trump told you that it’s okay to tell them you were named after me. What do you want to be when you grow up? What was your name again? Donald was it? That’s my name! Oh, it’s John? Well John, what do you want to be when you grow up? When I was your age, I wanted to be a business man. And that’s what I became. All by myself. I wanted to become a business man and I grew up an I built up a business without anyone’s help. Because I’m smart. That’s what smart people do. That’s why you need to be smart John, for when you grow up. I come from good genes. My uncle was an MIT professor. He was smart and I am smart. I am a genius. That’s how I was able to beat crooked Hillary. I proved I could be elected. No one said I could do it. Fake news! They said Crooked Hillary would win! I had the biggest electoral college victory in history. Because I am great. And smart. Now what do you want to be when you grow up, John, was it? If you work hard like I did; I built Trump Tower and it got so many awards; so many awards. Nobody thought a building like that could be built, but I did it. John, I did it. Now I’m president and it was all because I’m a genius. When you grow up, and you’re a genius like President Donald Trump, you can be President one day too. But you have to be like Donald Trump, but no one can be Donald Trump, but Donald Trump. ",
"Looking through these makes me feel like someone who left an imperfect but decent partner for a horribly abusive one, and now I'm just full of regret. But in reality I didn't choose the horribly abusive one, my family did and now I gotta deal with it.",
"Fair enough but he sure didn't make a positive impact.\n\nAlso, it's 21st century. Bush's actions should be judged on modern standards.",
"No she doesn't, sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disease that puts your life at risk and will probably make you a frequent customer at the hospital (depending if you are homozygous or heterozygous), but it's definitely not a terminal disease, like some types of cancer for example. The correct label would be chronically I'll, but as some have mentioned, make-a-wish doesn't help only terminally I'll kids.",
"Treat them like small people. They have thoughts and interests just like everyone else. ",
"I answered somewhere else in this thread, but I had lunch with Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas. ",
"Lord 44th!",
"To quote some of my favorite philosophers:\n\n>BEAVIS: yeah, heh heh… hey butt-head, how come like, some stuff sucks, but then like, some stuff is pretty cool? heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: uh… huh huh… well, huh huh… if nothing sucked, and like, everything was cool all the time, then it’s like, how would you know it was cool? huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: heh heh, i would know. heh heh… you just said, everything would be cool. heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: i mean like, if i wasn’t here. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: oh yeah, yeah. heh heh… that would be cool. heh heh..\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: no, butt-munch. i mean like, let’s say someone came up and just hit you upside the head.\n\n>BEAVIS: yeah. heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: well, huh huh… that would be cool. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: no it wouldn’t, that would suck!\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: yeah. uh! <smack>\n\n>BEAVIS: ahhh! cut it out, butt-hole.\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: uh! <smack>\n\n>BEAVIS: ahh! heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: huh huh… now that was cool! huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: no it wasn’t, that sucked! heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: huh huh.. yeah, but like, huh huh… ya know after it’s over, huh huh… doesn’t it like, feel pretty cool? huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: heh heh… oh yeah, yeah, heh heh, yeah, heh heh…\n\n>BUTT-HEAD: see, it’t like, you need stuff that sucks to have stuff that’s cool. huh huh…\n\n>BEAVIS: oh yeah, yeah, heh heh, yeah, heh. do that again.",
"I'm a healthy adult white man and I'm pretty sure I'd cry if I met him. ",
"I would never be honored to have the opportunity to meet someone who sexually assaults women. Sorry, but it has nothing to do with politics",
"you already answered but you aren't who i wanted an answer from ",
"How is Obama great? He's a mass murdering puppet of the oligarchy who sold his country out. Stop being swayed by bullshit propaganda.",
"obamacare too expensive. spying on citizens. too many people on welfare. president trump is a president i consider to be great.",
">the great\n\n\nKek",
"You rang? I agree. ",
"He asked for one reason, Not an essay to be fair. ",
"Oh those subs are non political are they...is this post an example of non politics? The great and wonderful Obama as opposed to the evil drumpf(every other comment). That said I agree with the first paragraph to a good degree.",
"God damnitt I started crying when I saw the Spidey pic again. I forgot about when that was news.",
"And to think he was an only child not really raised by his parents.",
"That's amazingly cute.",
"Hey, I am not saying they do compare. I am saying that people on both sides see Trump as divisive (by and large, even conservatives such as myself see him has dangerous), but only those who thought Obama was a good President see him as a uniter. I personally think W., Obama, and Trump have been very divisive POTUS-people.",
"You're thinking of his father.",
"Man. This makes *me* want to be president. That looks fun!",
"This was one of the most heartwarming things I have seen in a while. \n\nThank you. /u/Kwaypay $2.",
"He loves parts of her, anyways. ",
"Also he pardoned Bradley Manning the traitor",
"I get what you're saying, but it's less about understanding the political process and more about the media being unable to do their fucking jobs.",
"Though Hillary got the popular vote, less than 40% of the country actually voted in 2016. The approval rating is the aggregate of many people, those who voted for either or didn't. ",
"And Obama had a peace mandate when he won (which is why he won the prize). He had the public will and support to end the farce of a terror war. Sure he pulled troops out of Iraq, but the only real changes were:\n\n1. We ADDED countries to the terror war. Bush didn't bomb Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.\n2. We armed terror groups, while pinky-swearing they were going to fight Assad, but these guys joined ISIS and after that outlived its usefulness are now killing Kurds.\n3. The media stopped reporting on Obama and the terror war (they also didn't report on Obama's war on illegal immigrants and whistle blowers).\n4. The anti-war left, suffering from unchecked American Privilege, went to sleep.\n5. Obama spied on all of us, especially his critics",
"Got it, thank you. I can now appreciate it as much as everyone else.",
"I'd vote for Lassie. ",
"read it again.",
"Pain and pleasure are a spectrum of each other..\n\nIn orderto understand pain.. One must know pleasure.. \n\nIn order to understand pleasure.. One must know pain.\n\nSo the quote is basically saying.. Yea it hurts now.. But remember the pleasure you had.. And work towards that feeling again.",
"[WHAT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkBvzpbBPs)",
"Ah, the old party of Lincoln crap. You need to read some more recent history, starting with the Civil Rights movement, Johnson, Nixon, and the Southern Strategy.\n\nTry to school me on history son? Please. Don't embarrass yourself any further.",
"Too bad her hero is corrupt af and did nothing for the black community.",
"Fuck yeah r/politics is more like r/polishits now",
"Michael Jordan has vast numbers of terminally ill kids want to meet him over the years for make a wish. I dont know how he handles it. It would fuck me up. Hell even our asshole in chief has had kids in make a wish want to meet him before he was president. I dont know why. He said a kid came in in a business suit and wanted Trump to fire him. He couldnt do it. \n\n",
"A lot of people think it should be ended. The other Nobels can be traced to specific discoveries or advances. Hell Kissinger, Teddy Roosevelt, Arafat, Peres, and Rabin all got them and they're not exactly known for their peaceful dispositions. ",
"Hey, that's the President of the United States you are referring to. Let's show an ounce of respect.",
"It's hardly been a year. How can you even decide that? The projections are that trump is shattering jobs left and right and the economy is only improving because people are having wet dreams about a business man running the country ",
"it's the bounce, works all the time",
"http://i.imgur.com/NVZ6lZi.jpg",
"damn bro are you good? ",
"I take the Secret Service beatdown to get a good punch in.",
"can't speak for everyone. ",
"Yup and it’s also completely unfair to excuse him by blaming his advisors or saying it was all Dick Cheney’s fault. There’s no “oops I accidentally ran a neoconservative administration for 8 years” excuse. He did the things he did because he believed in them and wanted to do them.",
"So in other words, you fell for propaganda. Got it.",
"\"Right now, in a number of states, the laws allow a terminally ill child to live from months to years,” Trump said. “It is wrong. It has to change.\"",
"I imagine there were a lot of little black boys and girls who looked up to Obama, even if they didn't follow politics.",
"[Whatever](https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/obamas-covert-drone-war-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush) you [say](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/by-us-deaths-as-of-today_b_683441.html).",
"> Obama understands what basic human decency is.\n\nHe understands what basic human decency is? After drone bombing thousands of innocent people over 8 years? Sorry. No. He really doesn't.\n\nThat said, the same can be said for Bush before him, and now, Trump. They're all quite inhuman, frankly. \n\nI know this is r/pics, so I'm not trying to debate, but I really couldn't just let a comment like that slide.\n\n",
"The Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery, specifically, the right of black people to not be enslaved.",
"That's cool, we would have something to talk about!",
"These links are just statistics on percentage of people with college degrees who voted for who. I have a bachelors of science and? \n\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/medium.com/amp/p/acb401064cbc\n\nYou think In a world where ALL information is easily accessible that a college degree somehow means their more educated? I mean sure it could, less than it means that someone is more persistent though. ",
"\"I don't think I'll fit the criteria doc...\"\n\n\"Oh, something tells me you'll be *juuuust fine*...\" **winks**\n\n\"WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW\"\n\n\n\nSeriously though, hope you'll be alright man, jokes aside, we're all rootin' for ya <3",
"\"They chose it!\" is a weak argument in the face of lies and propaganda (which is putting it mildly). When every piece of mainstream media and the government is complicit in calling you a hero for launching smartbombs that lead to the death and suffering of hundreds of thousands of civilians based on a lie, is that really a valid freewill choice being made?",
"it's not gay to have feelings despite you being told that your whole life",
"But even Cheney had more redeemable qualities than Trump. That’s not saying much, but it’s true.",
"If that were true, I'd've saved up a whole lifetime of bliss by now",
"> Obama's debt contribution was $983 billion between 2009 and 2017. \n\nAll the citations are there. \n\nhttps://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-under-obama-3306293\n\nI can only guess that the \"Gave money to terrorist\" phrase is speaking about Iran. If I am wrong let me know, however, the money that went to Iran was there money. \n\nhttp://time.com/4441046/400-million-iran-hostage-history/\n\n\nEdit: Typo\n\n",
"I worked very hard to make sure my disdain for conservatives really came out. Thanks for the compliment.",
"it's amazing that, not only is that the only criticism you lot seem to have of him, but Trump has [exceeded that number in one year alone](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-already-killed-more-civilians-obama-us-fight-against-isis-653564) but you're mad at Obama about it. ",
"Beep boop ",
"And essentially abolished slavery in the US. Lincoln was a major contributor to the beginning of civil change. But if I recall, he still did not like the idea of blacks being equal.",
"User name kinda freaks me out...",
"Not my Reddit.",
"Obama was a decent human who respected the job of the presidency. \n\nThat alone puts him MILES above Trump. \n\nAlso: Trump set the bar very low - he’s having a tough time with it if you haven’t noticed. ",
"I know, he's shitty, but personally with a child? I know he has no respect for humans, but I really hope he respects individual children.",
"*Was terminally ill at the time?*\n\nSo...that destroyed my day...",
"The great 44th lmao yea ok",
"Thats only true if you ignore his history with drones; killing like ten thousand mainly innocent people in muslim majority countries....",
"As a photographer, those pictures are absolute treasures. As a Dad, they’re priceless. ",
"The children he raped he probably didn't even pay.",
"Obama wasn't a serial abuser to be fair. ",
"He painted the world red.",
"Wait. \n\nYou really don’t know anything about history, do you? I feel like explaining it wouldn’t help. ",
"This is the internet. You don't actually have to do what people say. I was just wondering if they could",
"What do you expect from daddy-issue liberal feminists, who want to \"kill all men\"?",
"I think I'd rather have a pink with Obama and Biden. \n\nedit: pint. not pink. ",
"Are you fucking serous right now? I'm so sick of these comments. How the living hell is Trump a worse President than Bush? Because he says stupid shit? Is that why? Bush started wars that we didn't need, spent trillions of our money, increased our surveillance state to unprecedented levels. I cannot believe you can say something like this. It is absolutely insane. Bush practically fucked over the entire planet. ",
"Pepperige farm remembers ",
"Eligibility and qualification are not the same thing.",
"I think you mean \"why's is he make a terminally ill girl cry?\"",
"Chicago, probably. ",
"Dude, you know like, *warcrimes* and stuff",
"Honestly, this is the best answer I could have hoped for. Thank you for protecting their privacy and I'm so happy that you got to meet them! Can't wait to see any of your future work! ",
"Sure, and I was speaking out against that stuff at the time. I don't think he was perfect. But it's hard not to wish we were still dealing with that instead of Tump. \n\nI go back and forth between believing in an actual deep state that tells our presidents to lie to us, and believing that there's just a lot of disorganized corruption, and our presidents lie to us just because liars tend to get elected, and there's a lot of difficult decisionmaking. \n\n",
"Except for the mass murdering and selling his country out, sure. ",
"If you could isolate those topics, no problem. But when you have those topics and then you throw in a political figure (even calling him \"the great 44th\") it is obviously going to be a political discussion. And this was true long before last year.",
"> this was a frequent topic\n\nOn Fox news and Brietbart maybe. \n\nThe racists in the country def were not happy, and even less so when he was re-elected",
"Is that the Lincoln bedroom? Is it true they wash away stains in the white house using club soda? It fix most anything.",
"He threw out the first pitch at an Astros world series game this fall. Even at 71, he can still make a pretty strong throw.",
"A lot of the younger kids don't know any better. I was 7 at the time and for me, I thought all the surgeries was normal and that every kid had to do it. It gets weird when you meet the older kids that know exactly what's up. I've been asked some heart wrenching questions before from the younger ones though like, \"am I going to die?\" and stuff like that. It's never fun having to answer those. Of course, the answer is always, \"absolutely not, you'll be fine just like me.\"",
"Didn't say Obama invented it, just that his policies did nothing to mitigate it.",
"The picture above her is perfect",
"I'm a liberal and it gets a little old. The picture I'm fine with, but the circlejerk that comes up anytime a post is even remotely related to politics is tiresome.",
"♥️♥️♥️",
"You are literally preaching to your own side, just circlejerkin your fellow democrat. You are not going to convince any republican or independent by insulting their intelligence. All you are doing is being smug and making us Democrats feel righteous in our beliefs, while at the same time alienating everyone else. \n\nBy all means post facts and stay politically active, but please don't be a asshole about it.",
"Does Wikipedia usually host photoshopped pictures of the president?",
"in comparison to 45???? ",
"He's a kid",
"Honestly, just talk to them like a regular person (no need for \"baby talk\") and go with the flow. Feel free to make up fun stories or games on the fly, just improvise. \n\nDepending on the age, kids are typically super curious at all times, constantly using their imagination, and have virtually no self-consciousness. If you can get into that zone even a little bit, you'll be one of 'em in no time!",
"The idea is that he would shake my hand. He apparently does this in a way to destabilize your balance by pulling you towards him. I’d take advantage of this to accidentally stumble forward and down, accidentally using his crotch to stabilize myself. Forcefully. It would seem like an accident until he winces and the tape is looked at.",
"Dude, that's just the grain of the wood that is slightly darker than the rest of the plank.\n\nWhat makes it look like a gap is this darker part of the plank merges with the edge of the plank...which unfortunately, lines up almost perfectly with the bottom of the shoe molding.",
"🎺 ^🎺 🎺 ^🎺\n\n^🎺 ^🎺 🎺 ^🎺",
"by not allowing aetna and co to dictate the terms of how healthcare is run?",
"You dropped this 🎺",
"Objectively less than his predecessor and successor. But you know, go on pretending he was the worst person imaginable. ",
">Politics aside\n\nwell that didn't last long",
"This is so cool. Good shit by Obama to take the time to do this ",
"His public persona is of a good guy. He's actually a vile piece of shit.",
"Why would people be pissed at Obama for redecorating? I know there were some petty \"controversies\" with Obama (tan suit, Dijon mustard, sleeveless dress), but would they really have tried to attack him for redecorating? That just seems silly.",
"Who did he mass murder exactly?",
"They're tiny humans, simply put. Just toss the 'acting serious facade' of regular social interaction and try to find out what makes them laugh. Boom. That's about how good you can get with kids. With some you connect, with some not so much. Doesn't matter. It's not rocket surgery.",
"im gonna go out on a limb and say that trump hasn’t said multiple times he’d like to fuck his daughter.",
"🎺💀",
"Dogs > kids \n\n",
"> give me a break\n\nWhich leg?",
"you're unhinged and the rest of the country is moving on without you and your bullshit \"forgotten people\"",
"Maybe he voted for Hillary. ",
"I wouldn't do mass deportation.\nI wouldn’t give the go ahead to drone strikes if I knew that 95% meant getting the wrong guy and fucking up entire villages.\nI wouldnt authorize expanding bush era NSA spying\nI wouldn’t go after whistleblowers like Manning and Snowden\nI wouldn’t break more than half of the promises I made in my bid to become president \n\n\nOh and on a general principal, I wouldn’t drop 26,000 bombs on countries that didn’t attack us first. Because, you know, thats illegal and shit.",
"I don't know what you're talking about. Trump's a great dad and he loves his daughter. He really loves her. A lot.",
"Yikes.",
"I agree. ",
"[...or as Butters put it...](https://youtu.be/X-7558NYtwY)",
"Great at arming Iranians and using the profits to back drug lords in South America. Also great at meddling in international affairs to smear his predecessor and swing the election in his favor.",
"Thanks for pointing that out. I meant to put the clean hands part with second option. I corrected my comment.",
"Let’s ask “Lybia”. Show us on a map where we can find this Lybia so we can ask them.",
"Black folks meet Obama, pic of Abe Lincoln in the background\n\nNative Americans meet Trump, picture of Andrew Jackson in the background\n\n🤔 ",
"But, it might be worth it...\n\nJust for the street cred\n\n-What you in for?\n\n-Punched Trump in his baby carrot!",
"Shit. Yeah. Thats what i meant. ",
"That's such a cool wish! if I had one I would wish for a universal studio backlot tour by golf cart with Mr. Spielberg ",
"Oxygen is slow-acting poison",
"I can absolutely disapprove of Obama's approach to \"fixing\" the economy (for the 1% and no one else).",
"You definitely missed something except for the heaping pile of propaganda you have been swallowing",
"I wouldn’t exactly call him “Great”",
"He didn't. At all. He just knows how to act in public.",
"Do you not notice the double standard you're describing here?",
">> but even he isn't shitty enough to disappoint a dying child.\n>\n>Repealing Obamacare, chip,daca\n\nYou are free to not disappoint a dying child. With your own money. You know, put your money where your word is\n\nAll these things you mentioned creates bad consequences and aren't proper function of governments",
"You make judgements based on past experience, I'm not going to waste time on people who I've had no positive reactions with in the past, especially not on reddit. ",
"Are you okay?",
"This. They were preemptively sending other countries' troops into Iraq before the ultimatum on Sadam was even up. They committed war crimes. Bush was never 'good' Cheney was never 'good.' Let's not lose perspective here no matter how much a Trump presidency may have lowered the bar. ",
"Didn't Trump replace it with Andrew Jackson?",
"At least she's immune to malaria, I guess :/",
"Haha that's genuinely a neat video.",
"> Obama understands what basic human decency is.\n\nHe does, and he smiled thinking about it while he signed the weekly kill lists.",
"I will say that Trump does seem to love his family, particularly his kids. Even Hillary, when asked at a debate to say one good thing about her opponent said that his kids were amazing. Whether that’s his doing or not, I’m not sure, but they seem to love him, and he seems to love them. <shrug>. ",
"I agree completely. This was a good deed but the irony is not lost on me. I wonder if it eats away at him.",
"Trump sux lol so does shilary wait no every US president sucks I hate politicians and the US and rich people are bad \n\nIs 50 variations of the same comment necessary in every thread?",
"I mean he has a wife, oh wait that doesn't mean anything. ",
"Drone strikes on civilian populations.",
"There were sources that said how she would win by electoral votes as well, my point was how the 'polls' in the past turned out wrong, so it'd be hard for me to believe the 'polls' that come out now.",
"I read it ten times already. I think I just have to accept that I'm retarded :(",
"No. Just most of them.",
"No problem, and thank you. It's only right. Have a nice day!",
"He sickled her cells?! ",
"Bush just seemed like a bad president. Trump seems like a bad person. Big difference. ",
"So those things are worse than hunting down whistleblowers and bombing indiscriminately? Lmao ",
"Reposting what I said on another thread.\n\nTrump is openly bigoted and racist. If you support him, you are:\n\n Also a bigot or a racist.\n\n OK with your president being one.\n\n Too blind (or willfully blind) to his being so.\n\nThat's why I have a problem with every Trump supporter.\n",
"Bad bot.",
"A republican president that can keep the economy strong and not start a war would be a first in my lifetime.",
"Neoconservatives are actually opposed to totally free markets, the movement was founded by a group of former Trotskyists after all. Iraq was invaded to spread democracy - a world full of democracies is the neoconservative end goal.",
"“When you drink you are borrowing happiness from tomorrow” - A. Hangover ",
"Make Anemia Great Again\n\nThanks, Trump.",
"\"I respect kids who *beat* terminal illnesses\"\n\n\n\"Why should I meet this kid who beat cancer? They're no longer terminal.\"",
"\"Great\"? Awesome photo opp and opportunity for janiya. ",
"What was your wish, if you don't mind me asking?",
"> newfound Bush apology on reddit\n\nturns out it gets worse",
"Her parents should have checked the fine print. If their daughter lives more than two years, the Take-A-Wish agents are sent in.",
"How about the other way around?",
"Nope. Once he leaves office (hopefully in 2020) he will just do paid rallies every month raking in the cash from racist idiots. After all, Trump is all about making as much money as he can. I can't see him doing a 180 like Bush.\n\n",
"Goddammit, I love the one with the little boy touching his hair so much. <3 ",
"The one who cheated on his wife while she was at home taking care of their newborn? That doesn't seem right... ",
"It wasn't just America that invaded. Plenty of nations joined the coalition against Hussein, though of course America spearheaded the charge.\n\nIf no nation could interfere with or effect the domestic policies of another, we wouldn't have the UN or EU. Clearly there has to be an international system of rules about how a government treats its people, and a military option has to exist to enforce those rules, or else they are toothless.",
"Trump? \nREEEEEE",
"i’m a medical resident. what i said reflected exactly what one of my public health professors said. it isn’t speculation, as he was provided consultation during policy writing.",
"Besides, even if 10 percent of them fell on civilians. It would still be a crime against humanity.",
"I think if someone referred to him as such in the way this article did it wouldn't make it political. ",
"Lol, what's cliche is how every single red hat all seem to be extremely ignorant of current events",
"Obama did absolutely nothing for the black community. The only reason they’re happy to see him is because he himself is black.",
">Did you forget what they were doing with CHIP??\n\nAdded into CR last Friday and funded till March? \n\nYes, Democrat media lied. Surprising right?",
"Pretty tacky to stick a political statement in the title but happy the girl got her wish",
"[Reminds me of this](http://www.geekfill.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Little-Miss-Flint-on-Obama-x-Trump.jpg)",
"I think everyone miss hating an opponent for his bad policy and bad choices, not because he was a total pile of feces",
"I did a quick search on your post history with a filter for Trump and got five pages of nothing but you defending trump and his policies. \n\nSo why the \"I don't like him \" lie? \n\nIm the biggest conservative you'll ever meet, but I think every living GOP member is a criminal piece of shit. And that's coming drom the best and most dedicated conservative in all of US history. \n\nSo you should listen to me. I'm being very reasonable. ",
"why'd* he",
"http://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/\n\nDunkey recently did a video on this game, which prompted me to buy it. It's pretty fun once you get a hang of the controls.",
"I love this so much. ",
"The Human President.",
"Never liked Obama\nAfter seeing what I have now, Well, let’s say I love him ",
"This is the problem, you liberals are too easily manipulated. History will not be kind to this man.",
"Amazing, every word of what you just said was wrong.\n\n\nDude was smart, but damn was he a bad leader. Listened to the wrong people and made some pretty lasting mistakes. Such as: No Child Left Behind, the Bush Doctrine of preemptive invasion used to justify Iraq, withdrawing from Kyoto, his permission of advanced interrogation techniques, his handling of Katrina, and setting our country up for an enormous financial crisis that his party would then blame on someone taking office a year after it began. \n\nI wouldn't wish any ill on Bush, but fuck his administration and the lasting damage they've done to the United States. I'll never forget or forgive it and I hope Bush knows that despite how much his family hates Trump, his presidency laid an important foundation for allowing Trump to gain a following.",
"Yes, let’s ask labia. ",
"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥",
"r/pics once again taking a nice photo and making it political smh",
"Yeah that stat is absolute bull",
">Then came the unveiling of Fred Sr.’s will, which Donald had helped draft. It divided the bulk of the inheritance, at least $20 million, among his children and their descendants, “other than my son Fred C. Trump Jr.\"\n>\n>Freddy’s children sued, claiming that an earlier version of the will had entitled them to their father’s share of the estate, but that Donald and his siblings had used “undue influence” over their grandfather, who had dementia, to cut them out.\n>\n>A week later, Mr. Trump retaliated by withdrawing the medical benefits critical to his nephew’s infant child.\n>\n>“I was angry because they sued,” he explained during last week’s interview.\n>\n>At the time, he attributed their exclusion from the will to his father’s “tremendous dislike” for Freddy’s ex-wife, Linda. She and Fred III declined to comment on the dispute.\n\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/donald-trumps-cruel-streak/501554/\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/us/politics/for-donald-trump-lessons-from-a-brothers-suffering.html\n\nThe infant had cerebral palsy.",
"Do you really miss him? His impact is still everywhere.\n\n- We still have a nuclear power in the Korean Peninsula\n- We still have prisoners held in Gitmo with no trials\n- We still have endless war in Afghanistan.\n- We're still cracking down on the free press.\n- Marijuana is still a Schedule I drug\n- The FISA secret court still exists facilitating spying on American citizens without due process\n- the NSA is still capturing electronic data on every American.\n",
"[* Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century) Lets give Paul and Donny the credit they rightly deserve as war criminals. ",
"While lots of folks might know this our current President has a picture of President Andrew Jackson in Oval Office. The President Jackson who ignored the Supreme Court ruling on the Cherokee Nation in Georgia.\n\n>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign. In addition, it made the Indian Removal Act invalid, illegal, unconstitutional and against treaties previously made by the United States. President Andrew Jackson refused to uphold the ruling of this case, and directed the expulsion of the Cherokee nation. U.S. Army forces were used in some cases to round them up. Their expulsion and subsequent route is called “The Trail of Tears.” Of the 15,000 who left, 4,000 died on the journey to “Indian Territory” in the present-day U.S. state of Oklahoma.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Nation_v._Georgia\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_v._Georgia\n\nI'm not surprised that our current President has the same disdain for the norms surrounding our democratic institutions.",
"> He also set the stage for the worst American financial crisis in recent history,\n\nI'm no Bush fan, but a lot of people forget how important Clinton's repeal of Glass Steagal helped set the stage for the crisis....",
"“Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?”\n\n\"I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her.\"",
"quit. like yeah the dude sucks but fuck off.",
"So you are saying that the removal of Hussein's regime, in and of itself, was a war crime?",
"Not yet.",
"They BOTH wanted to invade Iraq long before 9/11 and were already trying to drum up official excuses for doing so as soon as W took office. [That's documented.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke#9/11_Commission) 9/11 just provided a convenient excuse, which is on both of them.\n\nW comes off as less evil, because he has the charisma Cheney lacks, but make no mistake, he knew what he was doing. He knew he was intentionally misleading the American people to get us into a fake war.",
"[citation needed]",
"he caught a lot of flak for sending back a Chuchill bust that was both ugly as hell and the dude literally had his grandfather tortured.\n",
"I've heard futurists say the first person to live to be 200 years old has already been born. At some point, that number will increase to 300, then 1,000, then basically forever.",
">The war was legal. Try again. \n>\n\nUnder whose laws? Certainly not those of the US or international law. ",
"Oh gotcha. I would worry that there isn't much down there to grab on to",
"Psst... she's a little girl",
"AND there it is. \nCan't last 5 seconds on reddit without petty jokes on a innocent post like this.",
"It's planned obsolescence",
"The musings during the videos weren't my favorite when I was younger but they are now. Also King Turd collection!",
">NASA and NOAA research?\n\nUnder Trump NASA's budget was increased and are expected to receive approx. 19.5 billion. That is a higher budget given to NASA then any year under Obama's 2 terms. Weird. \n\n>How about a massive deficit\n\nWe just had a President print money non stop for 8 years dude with not a single year of 3% GDP growth... really? http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/170105184946-03-obama-economy-gdp-780x439.jpg\n\n>You're also insane or incredibly gullible if you think that the current stock market gains are sustainable\n\nI honestly think the stock market will continue to go up for the next 18 months at a minimum. \n\n>That $1,000 also equates to millions of dollars saved for obscenely wealthy people who absolutely don't need the help.\n\nWe want insanely rich people to live here. We want their corporations to have homes in the US, hire US workers. Who cares what they get as long as the majority of Americans are also reaping the benefits, which we are man. \n\nhttps://www.atr.org/list\n\nHonest question, do you even have a job? ",
"Our economy is doing better under Trump. Have a nice day.\n\nBOOM: TRIGGERED ",
"Earth. Look, I know several highly educated people that are conservative (Masters, Doctorates, etc). So the idea that in order to be a conservative, as outlined in the previous statement doesn't hold water. You can paint with a broad brush all you want, but it doesn't make it any more true just because you want it to be. ",
">Regardless of your political leanings, the guy was a proper Statesman. I wish we had someone even half as impressive in Parliament right now.\n\nNah. He is a good actor who stutters without a teleprompter. \n\nYou know, good puppet, bad president\n\nEdit: Reddit all claims to be atheist as me, but they certainly worship Obama as their lord savior. Cute",
"You said it, not me. Funny how you associated feelings with gayness. You people can't stop projecting.",
"You know \"great\" is an actual word?",
"Tell me one time that Trump has ever done anything even remotely like this. That's right, not even once. He's a piece of shit and needs to be impeached",
"Cos prison is full of liberals that totally wouldn't beat the shit out of you for effectively assaulting the president ",
"The Iraqis not so much ",
"I have a cousin once removed who has cerebral palsy and has gone on a Make A Wish trip. So, there's more ways to qualify than imminent death.",
"Took me the longest time to realize who McDonald was.\n\n",
"“Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?”\n\n\"I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her.\"",
"Like a big flashing \"Not dead yet\" neon on her house? ",
"That sounds untrue. Do you have a source that all drone strikes or a high percentage have collateral damage",
"Yes it will.\n\nHistory will be as less kind to President Trump than the present.",
"The real answer. ",
"Which part do you disagree with? That the wealth gap was disgracefully huge and growing steadily larger well before Trump was elected? That Obama's policies contributed to that trend? That electing Trump was a resounding (albeit misguided) \"fuck you\" to establishment polices that were actively working to widen that gap?",
">\tHe’s atually a decent person\n\nHe’s really not. ",
"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-sick-infant-medical-care/",
"No single person can even *lift* 26,000 bombs in a single year. O*bomb*a isn’t SuperMan.",
"“I don't think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her.\"\n",
"Well you kinda did elect him though, he got less votes but still close to half of it you know.\n\nThat's not my problem with it, I just don't understand why you gotta push him everywhere. Yeah man, Anti-Trump pics! Wohoo he'll surely step down! Keep up the good fight!\n\nI don't give a fuck about Trump, but it's politics and there are subreddits dedicated to those, politicalhumor,politicalpics whatever it might be. \n\n",
"Defending good policy is not defending the POS personally. Where have I ever said that I like the guy? Show me one, just one.\n\nEdit: So no actual proof then, I didn't think so.",
"/r/askouija \nI'm going to hell, I know.",
"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/90-of-people-killed-by-us-drone-strikes-in-afghani/",
"Considering 95% of the population has an IQ less than 130, and George Bush has a 137 I will disagree with your statement.\n\nHe might have not agreed with what ever you believe, that does not make him \"not very smart.\"\n\nHe might be socially awkward or maybe other things.",
"Sorry, dude. Despite what Trump wants you to believe: virtue is an actual human trait held by real-life people all over the world. \n\n",
"You literally posted the exact same thing using your alternate username here http://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/7swiok/mrw_the_president_complains_that_as_soon_as_he/dt85jgi\n\n",
"The withdrawal treaty was signed before the election in 2008.",
"This is the exact reason why it pisses me off when they say that \"Oh, just because Trump is the president, ANYTHING he does is automatically considered presidential.\" \n\nIf I work at Wendy's and I chose to expose myself to every other customer, that doesn't mean that my behaviour is de facto a representation of what a wendy's worker should be like nor is like, simply because I'm wearing the uniform. \n\nJust because Trump does it, does NOT make it presidential. This is presidential. This is how you President. ",
"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/90-of-people-killed-by-us-drone-strikes-in-afghani/",
"Do you really think we are anymore civil or better than people 200 years ago?",
"Seconded.",
"Sounds like a Rickyism against Lahey. ",
"The fact is that Trump had says some pretty iffy things about his daughter.\nhttps://forward.com/schmooze/357185/7-creepy-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-ivanka/",
"Thanks Obama.",
"I respect your ability to separate the politics from the person. I wish all, but especially US as of late, politics were debates between conservative, liberal, and anything in between Obamas. People with dffering ideas, but unquestionabe decency and respect for the position. ",
"Not that anyone would want to meet trump.",
"Be silly and curious.",
"Thank you for sharing. I suggested my friend request a MAW for her daughter but she didn’t feel her situation was grave enough. ",
"It's very much not propaganda, him actually doing good for the US is propaganda but oh well, I'm replying to someone who takes the news from CNN so that's a typical response from a person like you.",
"Barron is dying for his attention, but Trump don't give a fuck",
"> The national conversation about \"black culture\" and \"deadbeat African-American dads\" and how bad Obama is as a role model.\n\nThis, by the way, is what people mean when they say white privilege. \n\n\"The president is a black guy, privilege isn't real\", yeah but if he were a white guy, he could literally be out with hookers and blow, and no one would give a shit.\n\nEdit: For all the people saying \"but what about Clintone!!\":\n\nIf you can point out anyone describing how Clinton or Trump's behavior is the result of \"Degenerate White Culture\", be my guest. ",
"Hope you aren't ignoring the time periods between those posts. No need to dig in someones post history to win a debate.",
"And here you are ranting. Stfu about it if you’re trying not to talk about politics ",
"Maybe, but narrowing it down to \"innocents are killed, therefore he is evil\" like the original comment is in my opinion not the correct response. Sometimes, regrettably, the least worse option is one where innocents die.",
"yeah, it's a shame that it's so hard to find the full versions of those episodes nowadays due to licensing rights. There were some brilliant jokes during the music videos.",
"Big words. \n\nDonny doesn't know what a great deal looks like, unless you mean Mickie D's $1 menu.\n\nKnowledge is gained through critical evaluation of info - not of being a glorified anally-operated mannequin.",
"He’s black. ",
"Just talk to them like they're your contemporaries, but just simplify the subject matter. Any kid over the age of 4 can hold a pretty mature conversation about things they understand, you'd probably be surprised. The second you dumb it down and 'baby' them, they won't want to talk to you anymore. Just ask them questions, like you would any new person that you're meeting. ",
"And Trump decided to hang up Andrew Jackson, perhaps the only President as openly racist as himself. ",
"\"How dare these people try to enjoy something wholesome?\"",
"It seems these Redditors think that saying stupid shit is worse than killing hundreds of thousands of people. I can't believe this comment thread. It is insane.",
"Reagen was a puppet, a liar, and offered a lot of terrible advice. Remember Iran/Contra \"I don't recall.\" How about the genius plan him and his wife came up with for drugs \"Just say no.\"",
"Nope. I want to make sure every conservative I encounter knows how little regard I have for them. I've spent my entire life with them using liberal as a dirty word. I was called a traitor (literally) during the Iraq War. They elected the pussy grabber in chief, and I'm done playing nice. Conservatives are small minded, venal pieces of shit who care only about themselves, and I want to make sure they know I feel that way.",
"Every day it seems there's something new from 45 being an actual horrible human being, showing other how to be corrupt, and otherwise embarrassing the whole country.\n\nRemember when Fox news spent a whole week trying to convince people that wearing a brown suit means you're not American?",
"Even with immigration... He had the amnesty, which was eventually killed by Congress and the Supreme Court. In a lot of ways, deportation was something that he was ultimately responsible for, but not really up to him. ",
"Again, we're in a discussion about the content of their character, not their actions in office (which are more similar than I think you realize)",
"Unless you're a fan of Teddy Roosevelt in which case Obama had the behind the scenes cordials down but really needed to work on his public blustering and would it kill you to overthrow a Latin American government or two?",
"Can confirm. My granddaughter had leukemia when she was 5. Her prognosis was pretty good but Make a Wish sent her and her family \"north\" for a short vacation because she had never seen snow (lived in Florida) and that was her wish. She is now 16 and learning how to drive. ",
"Cos they're overly emotional liberals ",
">but they are picky about making it 'sink or swim' once you're in. \n\nYeah because grade inflation in the Ivys totally hasn't been an issue for decades.\n\nThe only thing harder than getting in is flunking out ",
"What? Sickle-cell Anemia is a terminally ill disease? I never knew this. I just thought it was a mild inconvenience that meant you had to take iron pills on the regular. \n\nMy mom has that, didn't realize she was one of the lucky 50%.",
"THANK \nYOU.",
"> By all means post facts and stay politically active, but please don't be a asshole about it.\n\nWhy? Being an asshole is Presidential. Conservatives need to be reminded constantly of the mess they made, like rubbing a dog's nose in the shit it took on the carpet.",
"Can you elaborate?",
"In partial answer to some of the conversation threads here, the Make-a-Wish grants wishes to children with \"life threatening\" medical conditions, not \"terminal\" conditions.",
"At a minimum they nudged her in that direction. Not even saying it's a bad thing. She'll have that memory for the rest of her life. She can go to Disney some other time.",
"A lasting legacy of genuine interactions with kids no one can ever take away.",
"i mean yeah they’re weird but it’s more of a compliment than anything. not like the dudes saying “yo ivanka get over here and let me raw dog you real quick”.\n\njust like calling your kids cute, pretty, or handsome doesn’t mean you want to have sex with them.",
"Everything about this is just awesome, with the exception of the \"44th\" being involved ",
"You think lib = gay? Just curious",
"Honestly the most relieving part of the Stormy Daniels encounter is the fact that at least he seemed to care about consent with her.",
"Did you see picture number 11? What a weak president see how he bows... \n\n-\tFOX News probably ",
"Do the green eye things from Thor Ragnarok count?",
"She crying because she wanted to meet John Cena",
"The great 44th...😂",
"Why they're divisive is the difference. Conservatives hated Obama for the Affordable Care act and crying about murdered kids. Liberals hate Trump for bragging about sexual assault and having a historically corrupt administration.",
"Have you tried it yourself or are you just stating your opinion as fact? I understand that belittling others dismissively is easier than judging people individually.",
"I thought so. ",
"Trump let that kid mow his lawn. ",
"Make a Wish is a true gift to humanity. My gf has Rheumatoid arthritis and is in pain all day every day. They flew her, her family and me out to CA to see the Redwoods and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life if not the greatest.",
"Great 44th? More like worst president of all time ",
"Thanks for putting a genuine smile on my face!",
"I'm crying at \"who's is\" in the post title",
"I think I just fell in love with Obama. That’s weird. ",
"Here, I'll provide some context for you:\n\n1. Trump was once asked what he had in common with his daughter, he said sex, but that he shouldn't say that.\n\n2. Trump has commented on multiple occasions what a great/voluptuous body his daughter has (once in the context of what his reaction would be to her posing in PlayBoy).\n\n3. Trump has said on multiple occasions that he would date Ivanka, were she not his daughter (again, one of these was in response to a question about her posing in PlayBoy).\n\n4. Trump has a history of sexualizing his daughters, live on TV and on radio. This has happened many times.\n\n5. He once agreed with Howard Stern that Ivanka was a \"piece of ass\". \n\n\nIt's not just the photos, man. It's seeing the photos after hearing all that other shit. Add the creepy comments he's been recorded making about girls as young as 10 to the ones about his daughter (and maybe throw in the dubious claim that he may have raped a 13 year old), plus all the pedophiles he was known to run around with, and you might understand why people are more than a little creeped out by the way he is with Ivanka. ",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"Check out Donald Jr.'s outfit on the far left. He's dressed like a \"skater\" from an old Capri Sun commercial.",
"https://www.cfr.org/blog/how-many-bombs-did-united-states-drop-2016\n\nThere you go. Civilians always die in war. Nobel Peace Prize winners shouldn’t create peace by way of ongoing wars.",
"True. My cousin had her wish granted and she wasn’t terminally ill. I went along with her, and got to ride a limo for the first time. ",
"My mom has sickle-cell anemia, her quality of life isn't affected by it in any way shape or form as far as i can tell other than needing to take iron tablets...so idk.",
"Oh shit! Forgot about that part. Excuse everything else. ",
"Definitely odd, but that's not my alt.",
"Perhaps the photo is taken out of context. Perhaps they are crying becuase they realized he is from Kenya.",
"I don't know if you can't comprehend what I'm typing, but; the tax plan affected income tax. Billionaires do not make much, if any money, by income tax. This is how warren buffet 'gets away' with paying 15% on his taxes each year. \n\nWhen you say it'll affect the top 1% positively, you have to look at who the 1% in the US is; it's anyone making over 400k. The 1% that the tax plan is affecting are just well off Americans, these are your highest payed doctors, these are your highest payed engineers, once again, not millionaires, not billionaires.\n\nI really am struggling at what's so hard to understand. If Trump truly wanted to affect billionaires positively, he would lower capital gain tax, not income tax.",
"Shut up\n",
"Well, I ended up wishing for a log cabin for my backyard. This wasn't just any log cabin though. It was professionally built. It had two levels, a little door for kids and a big one on the side for adults. Here, I put it on Imgur for you. This was years later after we turned it into a pool house.\n\nI think back on it though and wish I would have chosen an experience over a material thing. I dont have that playhouse anymore because we moved. It's ok though. Someone else is enjoying it now.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/adtTJB2.jpg",
"Subscribed. Thanks fren.",
"You have no idea how polls or probability work. Something unlikely happening doesn’t mean it wasn’t unlikely.",
"If I'm honest, he seems to do that stuff with some frequency. I'm not one to rabidly hate on the media, but I do think we probably don't often get to see when he does something like this. I've seen stories about him with the lawnmower kid, chasing after a servicemember's hat, holding doors for people, and just generally being fairly nice. I think he probably is generally nice to people who are in front of him day-to-day. I think that's probably also what people are talking about when they go on the news and talk about what a nice/good/warm person he is.",
"I didn't want to have a beer with Bush, I wanted him to fix the fucking country. What is with these damn comments?",
"Well, what would you say Trump is doing well?",
"Karma bait. Former President edition (fyi I don't like trump at all I just fucking hate these blatant karma whoring posts)",
"I've seen the big short. I'm not an expert on the financial crisis whatsoever. I stand by the idea that the Bush tax and lack of regulation policies from 2000-2008 were key in making the crash as bad as it was. \n\nThat said, it was certainly not the worst thing he did, and if it were true that he/his administration did everything perfect in relation to it (I know that's not what you're claiming), I would still say he was an absolute garbage president who should never be looked back at fondly. ",
"yeah if her great gandmother was in born in like 1850 lol",
"No man that \"chooses\" to rule over another man is moral. They are all complicit in subjugating men. All bad in my eyes. Obama shit on us and we called it chocolate sprinkles. Trump shits on us and we call it marmalade. They ALL shit on us though. And some dummies are inspired by that, lol.",
"Using your logic, this wouldn't be presidential, and only the actual acts a president is expected to do would be presidential, such as being a head of state ",
"https://i.redditmedia.com/9gvpHRVmN3u4ldCPLa2xRtqddaaTXDxGn2BapORvWkE.jpg?w=500&s=57a6e55bf968571e28888868b38ba7d6",
"Fuck I miss Obama",
"\"Dick, you're as good at finding pheasant as you are at finding Bin Laden.\"",
"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy",
"Just treat them like tiny adults except more fun... ask the kids what they want to do and relax a little, be goofy! ",
"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy",
"You got the whole package. A thesis, a main paragraph, and a conclusion. Good refute guy. ",
"Sickle-cell protects you from malaria...the more you know",
"Why",
"Lol better leadership than what we have now. ",
"I think his biggest sin was squandering the united, national good will that existed after 9/11. In today’s hyper-partisan environment it’s difficult to remember how united this nation was after the attacks. Bush and Co just used that capital to blow up the Middle East and Orwellify the intelligence services.",
"Even better. He’s known as The Rock Obama. ",
"Hold on... wait... what?",
"Same. But let’s be real: Trump isn’t gonna do anything altruistic anytime soon.",
"How so? The basic decency of the man who's supposed to be representing our nation isn't up for question?",
"All it took was a picture of him next to a crying child? 🤔",
"YOU'RE WELCOME.",
"Plenty of kids would love that, depending on the president. Obama is a role model to many.",
"People love people too. I fucking love my SO more than any other person or dog.",
"When I think about the many celebrities and athletes who are chosen to be the Make-A-Wish foundation’s selected person to meet one of their ailing fans, I never think about choosing the president of the United States. I’m happy she got to meet the man. ",
"> Travel spending has dropped by 3.3 percent, or $4.6 billion, and 40,000 jobs have been lost, according to the network, which cited the latest data from the National Travel and Tourism Office.\n\n>The U.S. is also no longer the world's second most popular destination for foreign travel, NBC News reported.\n\nHave a nice day, too! ",
"This has been true for a long time.\n\nProbably since the beginning of politics.",
"He should have moved it. It's too high from the floor. Even with the wainscoting, the 60″- 62″ rule would apply. ",
"then why did he help illegally spy on the trump campaign?",
"I just did. Look at it.",
"I'm sorry that you struggle with the past tense. ",
"Lol there's a whole ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about his first pitches because the first one he did was incredibly and hilariously awful. He trained really hard for the post-9/11 throw because he knew it would look really bad for the president to go out there in such difficult times and throw a horrendous lollipop. ",
"really dude? you don't understand why this girl is crying and you think it's something obama *did* to her? are you a robot? ",
"This is great. I've never seen this before! ",
"My sister had ALL when she was 3 (the more survivable leukemia around 80%) and she got to Make-A-Wish so there's probably more than just the survival rate factored in. \n\nShe wished to meet Mary Poppins. 6 year old me was like WTF IS THAT?! What a little shit I was haha. They sent our family of 5 to Disney world for 2 weeks and it will remain one of if not the best vacation of my life.",
"So is this girl okay or what?",
"Look at the dad like “hell yeah that’s my boy”",
"\"Fun\"\n\nahaha\n\nAhahaha\n\nAHAHAHAHA\n\nNICE TRY \n\nCool game though. Just don't play it if you are mentally unstable",
"Trump might do it ... If the kid was like 16 and had some nice bolt-ons. And wasn't black or mexican, obvs. I'm not even sure make-a-wish could organize for him to see his own son Baron.",
"hopefully in 15-20 years, gene therapy will be able to treat this disease.",
"You can thank the constant media witch hunt for the \"breaking news from the capital\". Really, that and the \"America tearing in half\" comment are both the doing of a malicious media class.\n\nAnd America, at least outside of your coastal elite bubble, was not at ease. The IRS was used as a political weapon, we were demonized and ridiculed for our values, and we were demonized for our skin color (either for being white or those of us of other colors were race traitors). But what do the concerns of fly over country mean to you? ",
"Obviously he’s great when he still isn’t Hillary. /s",
"From what I understand about Lincolns wrestling when he was young Teddy is probably the only president after him who could beat him in a match. Teddy was so hardcore about grappling that brought judoka from Japan to train him at the white house ",
"HOW DARE YOU YOU RACIST BIGOT SEXIST LIBERSL BUZZWORD HORRIBKE PERSON IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH ",
"No you meant Zombies.\n\nIn a sequel you have to spice things up a bit.",
"Make a wish is an amazing group of people. I'm glad they were able to give that to your cousin. :)",
"I upvoted. You are completely correct. Most of reddit has a hard-on for Obama though. Enjoy the graveyard.\nINB4 Russian troll accusation: I despise Trump worse than Obama but I have the decency to admit that they are both shit- in their own ways. We shouldn't be looking fondly back on Obama; we should be looking for something better after Trump.",
"His name was Freddie. \n\nHe really didn't want to work in the Kitchen though.",
"I think we can despise the current joke in the white house, fondly look back on Obama for so much that was better about him, and still remain as opposed to inadequately discriminate bombing as we always have. There is lots to object to regarding obamas drone strikes, as well as his deportations, while still recognising that he was generally a class act and miles better than both his predecessor and successor. \n\nSucks that in the current climate, shit is so bad that commenting on long running issues in American policy are immediately assumed to be based in hate/love for trump/Obama. Issues are complex and y'all's foreign interventions have been problematic long before and will be long after Obama. Doesn't mean we should gloss over all the civilians that died under his watch. Even if trump is killing more.",
"I didn't say I disagreed, I'm asking you to expound. How specifically his policies actively created and exacerbated class lines, and how that leads directly to trump?\n\nExpounding with specific details and evidence.",
"I'm not American and thus mostly hear only about the negative side of the current president. My American uncle supports him, but only cited views on immigration as to why. What do you feel the current president has done well or will do well?",
"That's an adorable wish. I'm glad shes doing so well now! She's got a lot of milestones left to go so strap in for the ride! Haha. Have a great day!",
"Great 44th lmao",
"> just like calling your kids cute, pretty, or handsome doesn’t mean you want to have sex with them.\n\nBut saying that they're hot and you'd like to date them if you wern't related certainty suggests it. ",
"Ahh, the guy whose argument was “hey, shut the fuck up”",
"Dying girl has her life ended by the president!",
"Well, for one, because Ahmed did **nothing** to deserve to be invited to the White House. A prankster disassembles a clock, puts it in a case, brings it to school, gets told by a teacher to put it away, sets the alarm to go off during class, gets reported to the police (school policy) for bringing a **hoax** bomb to school (he was never thought to have a real bomb by any of the school staff). That - compared to a kid wanting to start a lawn care business. I don't care who likes which president, the two children are not comparable.",
"I doubt that, if he's successful in what He wants to do, history will be very kind to trump",
"But muh feelings",
"So because you know some highly educated conservatives, the fact that most Trump voters didn't go to college is irrelevant? What, exactly, is the argument you are trying to make here? You aren't making a lot of sense.",
"Defending good policy is not defending the POS personally. Where have I ever said that I like the guy? Show me one, just one.\n\n",
"Find me a day since January 20th 2017 where Chump hasn't been the literal definition of controversy whether it be from his tweets or outlandish claims on others with no proof.\n\nAlso find me someone who was genuinely excited to meet Chump in this manner depicted in the picture. I haven't seen 1 article in over a year of him meeting with a family, even for a brief moment because he's a busy man, that golf course isn't gonna play itself right?\n\n!remindme 1 week",
"It's fun, in a way.\n\n\nIt also isn't that demanding, as long as you have patience and can remain calm. ",
"Looks like it's a misdemeanor, so you could potentially be jailed up to a year of the Secret Service didn't kill you. This is assuming you did it at the White House or on other federal property, otherwise state laws would apply too.\n\n>According to the provisions set forth under Section 111 of this section of the Code, a person who, through an application of force, interferes in some way with a public official's performance of his or her duties or targets for retribution the past performer of such duties, can either be levied with a fine, imprisoned for a period of up to a year, or punished under both measures in cases that do not exceed the understanding of \"simple assault.\"\n\nhttps://criminal.laws.com/assault-battery/federal-assault-battery-charges/section-111",
"As long as she's not from a shithole country...",
"I wonder how different it is to be working in the White House now than it was under Obama. ",
"Even if you don’t like him he at least conducted himself in a manner that was respectful to the office he held. \n\n",
"Defending good policy is not defending the POS personally. Where have I ever said that I like the guy? Show me one, just one.",
"Woah woah waoh, are you trying to start the apocalypse there mate? If so I hope you have a good apocalypse, and may your journey to the other worlds be unpleasantly pleasant kind human.",
"Yeah its a great shade of blue. ",
"Well, conservatives hated Obama for undermining the framework of our nation through executive orders and yes, murdering children is kinda bad, too.\n\nLiberals and conservatives alike hate Trump for being an embarrassment to our nation. But are you really saying that murdering children (you know, where they actually die) is worse than SAYING things about being a gross person toward women? Just curious.",
"What? I've never heard of this. Now I must use my google-fu and find out! \n\nEDIT: [Jesus, what a POS is our president](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-sick-infant-medical-care/), as if we didn't already know this.",
"the citation wasn't about the amount of bombs, it was the amount that were dropped on civilian territories. fortunately for you sado managed to provide a source for that. ",
"Defending good policy is not defending the POS personally. Where have I ever said that I like the guy? Show me one, just one.",
"She definitely should request it. The worst they can do is decline it. She might be surprised though. If you don't mind me asking, what is her ailment? If you don't want to share I totally respect that.",
"She's crying because Biden just groped her. ",
"Not op and could be totally wrong but I think terminally implies it will be that person's cause of death, whereas life-threatening means that person is in immediate danger of passing away. So you can have a terminal illness but still live for several years.",
"> Under constant and intense pain\n\nIntermittent intense pain is a bit more accurate. Still sucks... but its a little better!",
"Nah you'll just end up throwing it into a Bush.",
"I'm sure people take your arguments seriously when you call people names and don't know the difference between there and their. /s",
"hurts but it's true. an endless supply of something renders it worthless...even happiness requires contrast to be appreciated. ",
"4/19 is my favorite. Just looks like a dad. ",
"The one with the little boy touching his hair to see if Obama's hair feels like his always moves me.",
"I feel the same way about him that I do about Bush: while I disagree with many of his policies, especially regarding foreign wars, I believe that *he* thought he was doing the right thing. I don't think he was ever malicious. Wrong, sure, but because he thought his actions would produce a better outcome. ",
"I miss the days when we had humanity in the White House. ",
"You aren't alone...",
"The US government being too powerful to be punished does not change the fact that they violated the Geneva conventions among many other international laws that they agreed to. The war was illegal, torture was and still is illegal, and your attitude is disgusting.",
"No ones gonna pay you ",
"Obama resurrects a cryogenically frozen Lincoln and together they fight a horde of zombies.",
"I always updog a vote.",
"That's okay dude can't point to even one where I defended the guy personally at all. Not even one.",
"I think it's important to keep in mind that nobody is all bad or all good.",
"Wheeler ended up working out though. ",
"Because its annoying as shit, you morons turned every non-political subreddits into a political one because you think you are gonna achieve something by spamming anti-trump shit.\n\nI see you are regular on /r/politics so I don't think there's a reason to argue with you further because, you don't really see opposing opinions on that sub, you are just reasured you are right. That place became obsessed with Trump.\n\nE: Shoutout to umbringer, for literally going through my post history and commenting on a few months old submissions that Trump is a piece of shit! Way to go dude!",
"Defending good policy is not defending the POS personally. Where have I ever said that I like the guy? Show me one, just one.",
">Fuck those brown people\n\nPretty much what the sitting POTUS is on record as saying. ",
"?? Part of the president’s job is to interact with our nation’s citizens. Did you expect him to hide in a privately owned resort..",
"If i had the chance to see my president i probably take him down one for once\n(Im not from USA)",
"Yeah but Obama did it because he wants to make her feel better. Trump would do it to make himself look good. If a terminally ill girl made him look bad, he'd kick her down the stairs. ",
"*President Obama ignores dying girl*",
"I threw up a little in my mouth.",
"I bet you bitch about how much of a circlejerk it is to hate Trump. Unlike your righteous superior circlejerk of hating Obama lol",
"DAE HATE BLUMPF????????",
"Children also cry when they meet President Trump. Though for different reasons...",
"It was actually because this post should be about the happiness of that child but whatever, we can do politics. We can talk about stuff like how the current president has already used drones at a far larger rate than Obama ever did. This is sadly the new frontier of war, it’s shitty and it’s not going to change. Doesn’t matter if there’s an R or a D in front of their name, our military will use drones and all other terrible weaponry at their disposal. ",
"He's black so obviously he's bad.\n\nRight man?",
"At least it's not another generic March poster...",
"For what?",
"It was 100% about slavery.",
"Look up de-ba'athification and the rest of the rebuilding strategy and team in Iraq. It could not have been run, managed, and planned worse. It would have been relatively easy to succeed in Iraq, but almost unbelievably asinine strategies caused exponentially more problems. So idk how much credit Bush should get for his 'vision'. It would've been pretty easy to not fuck up so royally. ",
"Copied from above: \n\nShe has Sickle-cell Anemia. From Wikipedia:\n\n>About 90% of people survive to age 20, and close to 50% survive beyond the fifth decade.",
"President Obama to Terminally-Ill Girl:\n\"You're about the age of all those kids I wiped out with a reaper drone yesterday. The honor is yours\".\n\n",
"I was just wondering if that was his choice or if the President was even able to choose the paintings hung in the office.",
"Standing right next to the greatest Republican of all time. ",
"\"Thanks Obama!\" (the girl's mom, without irony)",
"It seems to be doing okay. I'm impressed.",
"It was actually because this post should be about the happiness of that child but whatever, we can do politics. We can talk about stuff like how the current president has already used drones at a far larger rate than Obama ever did. This is sadly the new frontier of war, it’s shitty and it’s not going to change. Doesn’t matter if there’s an R or a D in front of their name, our military will use drones and all other terrible weaponry at their disposal. ",
"I believe that's right after she got some pepper spray to the face after accidentally touching Obama jr. Protocol you know",
"in the early shows *all* the good stuff was during the vids. only later did they actually spend substantial time off the couch.",
"People call to complain about police shooting dogs, people don't call about police shooting people. Just so you know where you sit on the food chain.",
"Right...Just like the polls showed Trump with a 3% chance of winning the election...",
"Why do you gotta go and bring politics into this?",
"In all fairness, Trump makes people cry when they meet him too.",
"You do some what mate?",
"If Obama cured cancer Trump would irradiate the planet just to undo it. ",
"That's because Obama didn't make a clown out of himself daily.\n\nYou wanted a \"meme president\", and you got one. ",
"*states a logical fact* \nLOL TRUMP SUPPORTER DEFENDER \nReddit has gone to shit.",
"I miss the relative political calmness we had when Obama was in office. All these CONSTANT politics, the fucking arguing, the internet exploding 24/7, senseless name calling, ridiculous misinformation and dismissal of good arguments. I'm tired of it. I've fucking had enough.",
">You'd have to pay ~~me~~ to meet the current one.\n\nFTFY\n\nLike a couple hundred grand to join his golf club.",
"If you're referring to the 2010 Supreme Court decision, you can't technically lay that one at Obama's feet. But it took him five years to speak up as thinking it was a bad call and meanwhile he took full advantage of its \"benefits.\"",
"There are multiple types of SS disease. \n\nHbS beta 0-thalassemia SS is severe and can have a poor prognosis. ",
"Honestly, the tax cut got me a raise to $11/hr. At least that is what the company is saying. Plus the prospect of more jobs coming back from overseas is promising. Although I do not see the full picture yet. ",
"Maybe she's crying because she just saw Castro's flag flying over the White House.",
"Obama is no longer a president and we need to forget his cuck ways",
"The teleprompter bit has to be the most hilarious criticism of a president in my lifetime. It's like Republicans couldn't think of an actual reason to criticize him so they went with \"he doesn't memorize his speeches\" as their big knock on him. The most trivial of all possible criticisms. ",
"But the KKK was a Democrat founded organization...",
"For real. You guys are sick. Seriously. ",
"“Great”? \n\nThat’s debatable...",
"So decent that he got thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed over a lie.",
"The economy is huge and slow. Attributing economic trends to any one person, even a president, is completely wrong headed. Additionally, economic trends happening right now were most likely years in the making, going back way before the Trump administration was even dreamed about. Don't believe the hype.",
"Did Trump hang Trump?",
"Ok you did not, millions of Americans did. Doesn't matter the point stands.\n\nEveryone hates cancer, people hate a shit ton of things but the obsession with Trump just boggles my mind.",
"So do most of us, it's not our fault. ",
"So you think Obama was \"great\" because he was black? That seems pretty racist. ",
"Yes. Trump did. And F him.\n\nObama didn’t say it. He just went ahead and fucked them while making Americans cum in their pants because....he’s so nice.",
"The idea in Republican minds at the time was that by establishing a democracy in a country in the ME it would lead to it spreading to other countries. \n\nBush literally thought he had a chance to save the world.",
"Great photo, [Pete](http://www.petesouza.com/).",
"Maybe if you stopped being a whiny bitch you'd realise your new partner is just honest with you and wants to help you better your self, whilst your ex was a serial cheat ",
"https://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan\n\nI look forward to your mental gymnastics routine. ",
"[apart from that one time](https://i.imgur.com/ym0PgHx.jpg) ",
"That was too well-phrased. Add some \"really bad,\" \"just trust me,\" and a tangent that both boasts about his own capabilities and insults someone else.",
"We also like grammar, spelling and punctuation. So kindly show yourself out.",
"I couldn't laugh as hard as I wanted to about this comment because... it's actually within the realm of possibility",
"Kindness and Respect:\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/obama-drones-strikes-civilian-deaths",
"Shiiiit we’re all technically terminally ill in that case",
"Says the guy from Reddit, the internet's most prolific liberal circlejerk. ",
"\"fuctarded insanity\" \nMy new favorite phrase ",
"you have to have enough ballast bringing you down if you want to fling a 90kg projectile 300m in the air",
"40c?! Where are you, the sun??",
"Pete Souza framing that with Lincoln is brilliant.",
"Fox News Special Report: Obama makes terminally ill girl cry! Does his cruelty know no bounds?",
"Outrage is also a \"feel\". You people on the right love your rage-porn talk radio. How do you think whining and complaining is any less of a \"feel\" than joy and compassion? You're not a robot. You're just glorifying grumpiness. ",
"I met Obama in my dream a couple nights ago, real stand-up guy. He was also Jay-Z. ",
"That made me so happy and sad at the same time. ",
"Right ok my bad...",
"Sometimes otherwise good people make really *really* bad decisions.",
"I mean they aren't based on politics",
"His actions directly led to the death of 10s of thousands of Iraqi civilians and he fully knew the intelligence was bs. He may have been a decent man to Americans but that certainly was not the case for the Iraqis.",
"Is a pink some type of drugs that gets considerably better as you do it and play Draft Punk in the background?",
"Nah, man... he's had his thetans pulled.\n",
"The plan in Iraq was built on a lie. Nothing will ever make those sacrifices worth it.",
"/r/titlegore",
"That's not how it worked, there was a dual effort to keep companies running (through programs like TARP) and to give people more opportunities via tax breaks to small businesses and social programs (The ACA) \n\nWhat you're probably thinking of is when the man in charge of the Federal Reserve instructed it to effectively remove all interest on borrowing by the wealthy and to give everyone wealthy a blank check when asked. \n\nTarp gave out a money but it came with a shitload of stipulations on how it could be spent and how it was to be refunded, the federal reserve basically was like \"here's money, do whatever\" ",
"Supposed to be funny?",
"God. Compare this to the fucking moron we have in office now. ",
"He often he uses his wealth as legitimization, thereby pointing out the flaw of that reasoning: rich = smart.\nBut it's not his reasoning alone.",
"Is that why he bombed children with drones in Iraq and Afghanistan? ",
"Huh, I thought sickle cell anemia was treatable by blood transfusions.\n\nMaybe that 90% figure is for people who can't get access to treatment.",
"Sometimes I wonder if reddit is just full of edgy highschoolers",
"And yet here you are",
"First you will have to become a member of his core constituency. Become an investment banker, or just become insanely wealthy in your own right. For a small fee, he'd be happy to meet you.",
"Can you explain what sickle cell is and what it does to people?",
"for fucks sake it's a great post but everything gets turned into bashing current politics",
"There is 0% chance you actually care about any of the people in those villages lol. nice try comrade",
"And yet you post on the donald? Weird!",
"yup. there's gotta be a counterweight. trebuchets are *deep*",
"Down the hall and to the left",
"You aren't going to convince anybody that way, so why do it? Also, rubbing a dogs nose in shit for pooping in the house is a horrible way to raise a dog lol.",
"I don't think have a beer with means literally. It's like an expression for someone you can have a normal conversation with, or that they are relatable.",
"Ty for the info ",
">but we (just today) came closer to \"doomsday\" according to scientist\n\nWow, great rebuttal to the thousands killed by Obama and Bush.",
"It was actually because this post should be about the happiness of that child but whatever, we can do politics. We can talk about stuff like how the current president has already used drones at a far larger rate than Obama ever did. This is sadly the new frontier of war, it’s shitty and it’s not going to change. Doesn’t matter if there’s an R or a D in front of their name, our military will use drones and all other terrible weaponry at their disposal. \n\nI wish people weren’t dying either man but, in case you haven’t noticed, the US has been murdering people in the Middle East since the 90s.. I honestly thought the gist of this post was to be, “hey look this kid got to meet one of their idols” not “hey it’s Obama. Speaking of Obama”.. Like man I thought we were all trying to have a good happy post here but nah nobody wants that apparently ",
"What do you think \"projecting\" is?",
"Now I'm just imaging that there are dozens of children running around the White House at all times.\n\nCome to think of it, they probably have daycare for staff...",
"So isn’t life the most terminal of all illnesses?",
"If this is the same Janiya Penny, then she has [a YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqtdnx-xhKrUnimAx9SIuQ) up.",
"Quote? Or is this just another redditor making up people’s intentions on the fly?",
"That's a good way to put it. He really pissed me off several times in office, but would love to have a beer with the guy",
"Pint. I have no idea why I typed pink. the k and the t aren't that close on the keyboard. ",
"I have decided that Alaskan culture is American culture. Sweatpants are now business casual. ",
"Have I spoken to redcaps? Yes. What an absurd question.",
"I see you’re keeping up with buzzfeed, ❄️. Do you have any proof that the election was stolen because our govt can’t find any. Funny how the ❄️, are holding on to something not proven. Also the electoral vote won it. Stay in school.",
"“Great”",
"You already deserved $11/hr my man/woman, Trump's tax plan didn't change a thing.",
"History will show that Obama was one of the greats and it won't have anything to do with a comparison to Trump. \n\nTake care. ",
"please give me gold",
"People who are terminally ill don't live 16 more years. Unless you are saying that everyone who is alive is terminally ill because they will die someday. ",
"You completely miss my point. The Democratic Party of then held completely different values. They were the same in name only. \n\nThis is similar to saying that current day Germans are nazis just because they used to be. \n\nHow can you not know this?\n\nI look forward to your mental gymnastics. Others in this thread have also pointed out how facile your argument is. You should be ashamed to use it. ",
"That is simultaneously a fun new fact and something that is not surprising in the slightest",
"It's different when you're a young black person meeting the first black president. It's just different. ",
"You don't see any little girls crying in Trumps presence...oh wait, they probably did before he raped them.",
"Terminally Ill is definitely a misnomer here (considering her illness was sickle cell anemia, of which \"Terminal illness is an incurable disease that cannot be adequately treated and is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time.\" would not apply since sickle cell is both treatable and has a potential cure in bone marrow transplants) but, I think, it is often used almost interchangeably with \"life threatening illness\", of which sickle cell anemia does qualify.",
"I had a friend who had her wish granted at 7. She did live to be 22. That is awesome that you volunteer for them! I am sure that it is an emotional roller coaster experience but man it must feel good to know that you are making a difference to so many kids and families. ",
"Fake News!!!!! You eat up whatever the MSM feeds you!!!!\n \nIt was a *tan* suit.",
"> 95%\n\nLmao lets see some sources bud. ",
"“In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.”\n\n",
"Do you think if a make a wish kid wanted to see trump that he would be mean to the kid? Or deny seeing the kid? I think the same exact thing would happen as this picture shows.",
"Bush had his flaws, but I wouldn't say his intelligence was one of them. ",
"What are you talking about? The US hasn't \"carpet bombed\" anyone since the Vietnam War.",
"All free handouts.....",
"In all honesty I really like how the tax cut went for me (as posted before, rent.) But with both sides of congress refusing to budge (thanks echo chambers for that. A slight compromise leads to shitshows) not much will be done. Both sides are at fault for the lack of compromise. ",
"Now kids cry when they meet the President but for much different reasons. ",
"Trump will be remembered for centuries. Obama? Not so much.",
"Polls said she would get the popular vote by a +2 margin, and she did. \n\nAlso, polls asking about voting intentions are quite different than approval / disapproval polls. ",
"John McCain has gone way up my estimation after watching first video. ",
"[Don't forget this one!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Barack_Obama_snuggles_with_his_niece_Savita_Ng.jpg)",
"There's not a single reference to skin tone in there.\n\nI know you're from T_D but goddamn reading isn't that hard.\n",
"I'm not an expert on the collapse, and didn't mean to claim it was all his fault. The minutia of his presidency, and exact details behind all this isn't really the point to be honest. He was a bad person, and a terrible president. Whether you blame him for the financial crisis in 2008 doesn't really impact my feelings on that. ",
"Ensuring that sick children get healthcare when their parents cannot afford health insurance is not \"a proper function of government?\" What in the fuck?\n\nI work for a children's hospital with their general counsel. A prominent one that receives a large amount of charitable donations and provides a massive amount of charity care.\n\nDo you know what would happen if ensuring these kid's treatments were deemed \"not a proper function of government?\" It wouldn't fucking be able to function. We have to pay for things dude, and we as a society deem that we shouldn't *literally let children die*, so the government often times provides for their care. We cannot operate based solely on charitable contributions and already provide as much free care as we possibly can to needy children.\n\nWhen I see statements like this about the role of government in healthcare as someone who works on the industry, I simply chalk it up to pure ignorance.\n\n\"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that *'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'*\n\n-Isaac Asimov",
"Wait so you actually think collateral damage is acceptable? I feel like if your loved ones were involved in a \"collateral damage\" incident you would be singing a different tune. I support Obama as a whole but this is one issue where I feel ashamed to be a democrat.",
">Isaac Asimov\n\nIsaac Asimov *aka* The Good Doctor",
"> The kid \n\nFirst two words of your sentence dude. Nobody was confused on that part.",
"Reddit is not representative of the American population. Reddit is comprised of people all across the world and most of the world is relatively left compared to the US. Conservatives are less likely to use Reddit due to the conservative demographic being old white guys. ",
"“Fuck all those brown people, right?”\n\n“I would do mass deportation.”\n\nIs your double-standard intentional, or are you genuinely too stupid to see it? ",
"I understand entirely. It doesn't remove from the point that the tax plan objectively rewards the wealthy, by giving the average American a few hundreds in savings, if any ($150,000-$300,000 bracket will see their taxes rise), and permitting loopholes for millionaires and billionaires to profit more than EVER.\n\nAlarming is this:\n\n>Most notably, the plan eliminates the estate tax, which only the wealthiest 0.2% pay, as the first $11 million in wealth is exempt from the tax. The sole reason for repealing this tax is to shower more tax benefits on the wealthy. The legislation also dramatically reduces tax rates for corporations and other highly profitable businesses, and repeals the backstop Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), which ensures that high-income taxpayers pay at least some basic amount of tax, no matter how many loopholes their accounts helped them find. All these provisions would offer an enormous windfall to the nation’s wealthiest families, despite a 39.6% top rate being left in place for salaries and wages.\n\nAnd VERY importantly:\n\n>There likely won’t be much outcry over the top tax rate staying at 39.6%, even among wealthy special interests who are pushing for tax reform, because they’ve already succeeded in ensuring that the House proposal will include enough loopholes to stop that top tax rate from applying most of the time.\n\n>The unfortunate truth is that this so-called millionaires’ tax is little more than a talking point developed to assuage public concern about income inequality and a tax plan that could make it worse by substantially boosting the after-tax income of the wealthiest Americans.\n\nwritten by the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a **non-profit, non-partisan** think tank.\n\nThe tax plan undoubtedly benefits the wealthy and there's no way around this.\n\nhttp://fortune.com/2017/11/03/trump-gop-tax-plan-loophole/\n\nLet me guess: you've bought into trickle-down economics, a theory that has been proven wrong time and time again?",
"Lol",
"It's like Trump is even trying to rehabilitate Nixon's image.",
"Literally nobody says that except for trolls and a very small group of dumbfucks",
"Deep",
"Uhh... Where's the gap?",
"My favourite picture in that album is him then showing the baby to Michelle, like 'look! Look at this pope baby!' All proud of his discovery. I love those pictures.",
"\"Lincoln was a Republican and Democrats opposed the civil right's act hurrrrrr\"\n\nA puppy angel loses it's wings every time that's repeated.",
"Wasn't sure if it was going to be the bed, the one where she's on his lap, or the pose by the statue of parrots having sex.\n\nThe fact that there are so many is disturbing...",
"And then do coked out paintings of dogs together.\n\nSounds awesome.",
"I can't imagine what it must feel like to be black in this country and meet the first black President. I imagine it's a whole bunch of awesomeness. I mean.. not being black.. but.. you know.",
"):",
"It's sickening. Half of these people are high school memers who have no real world experience.",
"That's so Maui.",
"I imagine he was talking about his grief over the loss of his wife. The reason it hurt so much was because he was so happy with her. \n\nEdit: As far as I can tell, it's from [a scene from Shadowlands](https://youtu.be/hrXU3oZEqiA?t=93), spoken by Debra Winger playing his wife Joy, not an actual CS Lewis quote.",
"Dude, I just sit at a cash register and look pretty. I am just going by what corporate said atm. Unless sufficient evidence shows otherwise at least :/",
"Because it's what they deserve, and also because you can't reason with the unreasonable. American conservatives are thoroughly brainwashed and trying to get through to them is a waste of time.\n\nHate, though? Anger? They understand that only too well, it's what drives their political philosophy. I want conservatives to know that I like them as much as they like Muslims and immigrants. ",
"Never underestimate stupidity. Did you forget that our president received 62,979,879 votes? \n\nOver 62 million people ages 18 and above voted for Trump. Sixty-two *million*. \n\nAgain, don't underestimate stupidity. It's not tied to age.",
"The human race is doomed because people like you line up to worship the ground that the top 0.01% walk on.\n\nDo people in this thread legitimately think that this little girl is the only sick kid that wanted to meet Obama? Why is it hard for you guys to recognize that so many others were denied? This is a PR stunt and you guys are worshiping him like that peasants you are. This is a once in a while thing and it's important it's always publicized for obvious reasons (so people like you can do work for them).\n\nAll that said, I would agree that Obama has more of a heart than most presidents we've seen in the past few decades, but if you guys think he personally gives a shit about you or any other commoner, then you are sadly mistaken.",
"Birth) Child born via emergency c-section. Only had 2 blood vessels in umbilical cord... wasn’t thriving.... \n\nAge 4) Was missing a bone in her hand. Had to have surgery to correct it. (Shriners)\n\nAge 6/present) Something to do with heart valves or vessels. She will have to undergo two surgeries this summer. ",
"That's pathetic.",
"I love Pete Souza’s work at the White House. He always caught these moments expertly. I don’t see credit, but it really looks like his work.",
"Goodness you are illiterate. ",
"Interesting, thanks.",
"Reddit skews young. For the bulk of Redditors, 9/11 was something that happened when they were children, and the first POTUS election in which they were able to vote was 2008 or later.\n\nI feel like that plays into things for a lot of folks. The memory of post-POTUS Bush is much stronger than the memory of POTUS-Bush, and when he was in office, they didn't have the same level of political knowledge or comprehension that they may have now.",
"I still have that album.",
"Her Great Grandmother was a child of a slave or was a slave herself. Math is sound. \n\nEDIT: Either way it should fuck your head up to think about.",
"What I want to know is how is this idiot is \"the biggest conservative you'll ever meet\" but he doesn't like the conservative policies put forth by someone simply because he doesn't like the guys abhorrent character. That smacks of the left.",
"Don't forget the beige suit and ordering Dijon mustard on his sandwich. ",
"What is your point? Trump did a favor for someone who is a fan and wouldn't have done said favor if the kid was not a fan. Congrats, you just described every celebrity interaction ever you dimwit.",
"cocaine",
">bombing indiscriminately\n\nPlease point me to a legitimate source showing that the US bombed anyone \"indiscriminately\" between 2009-2017.",
"Doubling the federal debt?\n\nWarrantless spying and violating the constitutional rights of every American? \n\nSexual abusing reporters on an airplane?\n\nArming the cartels with automatic weapons?\n\nBillions of dollars for the terrorist state of Iran?\n\nReal presidential ",
"Can we apprechiate that for 8 years such non stories were the rule and now we have literal dick mesuring contests with nukes every other week? ",
"Eh it's a serious disease, all your red blood cells have a much harder time getting through your smaller blood vessels and may die way sooner than normal cells(via rupturing).",
"fwiw, if i was the president, i would decorate the oval office and i don't think i'm a bad person.",
"Only if you believe you are alive....",
"I'm not sure if you're capable of understanding this, but considering that every president before him was an old white man, the first black man to hold that office tends to show up on the radar of black children. Expect the same thing when we have the first woman president. Or the first Asian or ginger president. ",
"So many people missing the point of this question. \nHe didn’t ask who Lincoln was or what he did, he is asking IF and/or WHY this particular painting has any significant meaning in it’s current location. ",
"He also loved meeting children. The man was genuinely excited every time he got to interact with a little kid. True family man.",
"Yeah he had to move out all those microwaves!",
"> Probably deleted by the current administration like the page for climate change.\n\nI hope you mean the information, not the individual...",
"Perhaps more.",
"[Here's](http://time.com/4640222/president-obama-jacob-philadelphia-photo/) a really touching video of some of the best photos of Obama in the Oval office playing with young kids, including the viral one of Obama bending down to let the little black boy touch his hair, because his friends at school had said his haircut was just like Obama's",
"He already posted 2 links...",
"Yeah, it's certainly emotional. I see a lot of kids that had it way, WAY worse than me. It's really humbling. And these kids are just happy as can be, smiling away, and stronger than anyone I know. It makes me realize that no matter what happens in my day, I really don't have anything to bitch about. They forced me to mature fast. I'm so sorry for your friend. Her memory will live on. If you ever want to talk about it, let me know. I'm here for you.",
"Jesus your all over this thread hating on Bush",
"> I don't think Make A Wish steps in if you're likely to live another 40+ years.\n\nWhy do you think that?",
"I feel like if the kid wishes for a high yield 30 year CD, something might be a little fucky.",
"Oh. Please forgive me your highness. ",
"That’s half of what being a good politician is — acting. If you can’t act, you shouldn’t be a politician. Being a politician is about poise, having immense social skills, and being diplomatic at all times. A politician, especially the President, shouldn’t be the type of person who “tells it like it is”.\n",
"In addition, there are a variety of organizations that do similar things and have similar names. Some are regional and some focus on kids with specific illnesses/ conditions. ",
"No problem. Have a great day!",
"joke\n\n[johk] \n\nnoun\n\n1.\nsomething said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act",
"To add to the Beavis and Butthead reference, [here's one from South Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-7558NYtwY) I always think of. \n\nAlso, I know we're supposed to forget that Louis CK exists, but [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQTbkEeCTeM) also comes to mind.",
"> /r/FoxandFriends\n\nA+ sub!",
"Even Obama took part in that meme! He doesn't get enough credit for his sense of humor. And the skits he did with Key & Peele are golden.",
"Being black has nothing to do with it. If it did he would be half bad ",
"You mean Nunes Memo that Nunes wrote that Nunes wants released that only Nunes is keeping from releasing?\n\nLOL",
"There's that word \"Dumbfucks\" again. Is that today's Word of the Day, like \"Shithole\" was after Trump ALLEGEDLY said it? (Still never confirmed) \n\n>MEMO: \"The bots (or [poorly, if at all] paid trolls) must use the word \"Dumbfuck\" at least X times per hour\" to make quota.",
"Could you list some for me? Surprisingly, I don't know of many off hand. I'd love to donate to some.\n",
"RIP Prodigy",
"You either have a huge locker or that was a very small official portrait. ",
"He was absolutely a smart man. \n\n*“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”* —Gandalf",
"There is a perfectly fine space between entertaining an argument with someone you don't like and using a snobby dismissal, and It's not commenting. \n\nIf you can't or won't contribute, then just... don't. Nobody is saying that you have to debate anyone you don't want to. \n\nWhat do you think is accomplished by, not personally judging someone by their post history (which is fine, I guess), but declaring it to others? ",
"You can't see Trumps other tiny hand, maybe thats what she is reacting too. Just wondering what he is grabbing 🤔, the person in the background has his eye on it tho.",
"So they just drone strike 20x more. That makes everything moral and just, right? GTFOHWTBS",
"I liked when he cut taxes on the middle class and small businesses twice and when he made the Bush tax cuts permanent for the middle class",
"I should make a clock look all bomb like and see if i can get a visit with the president and tons of free crap from Microsoft.",
"Do you think that I think that? Don't be silly",
"Don't forget the page on gay rights either.",
"Probability odds are not the same thing as approval ratings. In other words, betting odds are not the same thing as a public opinion poll in terms of predicted outcome -- clearly.\n\nElection probability odds show the chance of something occurring, using combined data that includes polling, historical data, district separation, etc. A public opinion poll, in regard to approval rating of a sitting president, is based on an event that already occurred (Trump's term to date).\n\nI once finished 1st in a March Madness pool with 3000 people. My chances of winning were WELL below 1%, but it happened anyway. Trump's 3% odds wasn't fake news; those were the odds of him winning per certain data, and - like when I won my MM pool - it happened to occur. The only way you could rationally knock probability odds is if they stated a 0% chance and it occurred.\n\nfwiw, Vegas had MUCH higher odds than 3% for Trump to win on night of election -- 5-to-1, aka 20%.\n\nThe 3/100 chance of it occurring, and proceeding to occur, doesn't render data irrelevant, as much as Trump supporters would like it to, so they can continue swallowing propaganda based in fiction from their orange daddy.\n\nIs any form of analytical prediction moot because I won a March Madness pool where my odds of winning were less than 1%? Trump cult followers would think so, apparently. Let's throw out polling and data research because Trump and I won when the odds were against us /s",
"He would have had to be pretty stupid not to know what was going on. Kind of like Reagan pretending he didn't know anything about Iran-Contra.",
"He'd just irradiate it for the fuck of it.",
"I forgot about that album. It was kind of a disappointment iirc. The only song I remember from it was the Sir Mixalot one.",
"Like? ",
"My fiancé worked at MAW for a long time, The most common misconception is that kids need to be dying in order to qualify for the program. In reality any child that has a life-changing illness is eligible. ",
"Sounds like your feelings more than anything, you mention it then disregard it when you were wrong. ",
"Normally I like going into contraversal for a good laugh. This was not one of those times ",
"I’d be crying too. ",
"Yeah, because that \"s\" instead of a \"d\" makes the comment illegible, huh? I guess your lack of a period does as well. Try the comment again, this time in English. ",
"You know, if people really have problems in criticizing Obama, they should take the fight to him and his interviewers, like Letterman who--despite a pretty good interview--completely softballed everything and didn't bring up ACA and drone strikes and instead paid Obama a bunch of lipservice\n\nhowever, taking the fight to other people who are calling him good and decent and trying to discredit him with *one* issue over his 8 years; it's pretty clear to see what the motive is. \n\nWhat's going on here is not an attempt to reason or figure out why things happened the way they did. It's an attempt to put him in a lower standing than he currently is. ",
"There is literally nothing wrong with killing people. A dead person is a dead person, but a mean tweet can crush the spirit of millions.",
"Not a word of the day, I just like to cycle my colorful language.",
"And pressure from his dad and his dad's buddies",
"Oh man and you just know he treated them with the utmost respect and let them know he was honored to fulfill their daughter's wish. ",
"The first, based on the actions of the Trump administrations wherein they erode civil rights legislature and enforcement procedures on a regular basis.\n\nThe second, based on the complete lack of respect foreign leaders have shown for Trump, and the [intense lack of confidence](https://i.imgur.com/A0OwtQ2.png) countries around the world have in the Trump administration. And I can't speak for every country, but in my own personal experience, pretty much everybody I interact with here in Canada on a daily basis hates Trump's administration and what they're doing to the US. On a trip to Europe last year, people derided him in a similar manner. The only countries that have a *more* favorable opinion of the US under Trump are Russia (big fucking surprise there) and Israel. Just here in Canada, trust in the US president went from 83% for Obama to 22% for Trump, and that was in the middle of last year (almost certainly worse now).",
"Trump has one upped Obama by making all of us cry.",
"Everyone else is doing it, so it's ok! Is that seriously where we're at in America. We accept never ending war now? ",
"I've never told anyone of this idea of mine but I think \"Party\" words should be banned in Washington. You are forbidden from saying the D word, the R word, or any variation or substitution thereof. Everyone is addressed by their name/state/etc. without any party affiliation. Obviously it wouldn't change anything immediately but I think over time people would view each other as individuals rather than pawns.",
"The deserve \"eradication\"? Lmao ",
"Cats, on the other hand, not huge fans of dogs most of the time. ",
"What record? You think the US dropped more bombs while Obama was president than during WWII or Vietnam? \n\nAnd the \"mass deportation\" you're talking about was mostly people who were caught at the border and turned right back, which wasn't considered \"deportation\" before 2009. They only started classifying that as \"deportation\" so they looked tougher to conservatives.",
"OMG. I'm terminally ill too. That's what I want!!! I would cry even!",
"not sure what's up with the hostile attitude. guess you don't like jumping into a conversation that you're not really caught up with? ",
"It's always been so. Most redditors are students which are easily manipulated by their educators. Educators are mostly liberals. Fitting that they're also the ones who get into low paying careers and then complain constantly about the low pay.",
"Cats, on the other hand, not huge fans of dogs most of the time. ",
"I'm guessing Walmart? Unfortunately they're slashing employment across the board and only showing a lot of the overall benefits to full time employees who have been with the company for decades, which there aren't many of. :|",
"The real real reason she's crying is because she voted for Romney.",
"\"He caused the civil war\"\n\n\"He saved America\"\n\nDepends who you ask. That's the beauty of America - everyone is entitled to their own interpretation of our play-dohey constitution, and of course, their own facts. ^^/s",
"risky click.. worth it",
"Show me Trump's make-a-wish kid meeting photo and I'll give it equal time.\n\nOh wait.\n\nThis isn't bias. The men are not equals. There's no reason you should expect us to give equal amounts of praise. Your expectation of that only proves your own bias. ",
"wow, that's a staggering number. Thanks for your source. ",
"\"The great 44th\" until that memo gets released. Enjoy the \"legacy\" while it lasts, treasonous pig!",
"LOL. Painful levels of naivete here. ",
"Isn’t this particular decease among the first candidatea to be curable with CRISPR? Best of luck, little one, I hope the scientists get there in time...",
"Calm down Fox.",
"Trump gets no grade, just a big **SEE ME** on his paper.",
"Just because a politician said something that they obviously had to say to get elected doesn’t mean that they actually believed it.",
"My comment was not a defense of Obama, but an indictment of Trump. \n",
"that mccain video was a treat.\n\nFuck his dumbass audience. must have been pretty frustrating for him",
"thank mr skeltal",
"God, I miss President Obama. We feel like a ship with no rudder now. ",
"This shouldn’t be marked as politics if you don’t want to make it political. Trump has done the same things, there are plenty of images floating around (albeit not anything fake news would show you). Also, the Democrats would rather all children with cancer die than let illegal rapists be deported. ",
"Though if they did it now, meeting 45 would be a punishment.",
"It's a paraphrase of an actual quote of his: \"Right now, a number of state laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month. It is wrong. It has to change\" (*presumably* he misspoke)",
"Lol Is it even possible to imagine the same picture with Trump",
"“I want to meet Trump before I die.” - no one ever.\n\nSadly, this is just wishful thinking on my part.",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/YG1Pxpd.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/obamawhitehouse/8341844094/) is the source, which provides the following caption:\n\n> Aug. 8, 2012\n\n> \"Overcome with emotion, eight-year old Make-A-Wish child Janiya Penny reacts just after meeting the President as he welcomes her family to the Oval Office.\" (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)\n\n \n> This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.\n\nCredit to the photographer, [Pete Souza](https://www.flickr.com/photos/obamawhitehouse/).",
"Fifth Decade of life as in 40 years old (since the time from birth to 10 years is the first decade) not fifth grade as in school, so most of them get to their 20s but life expectancy starts to diminish for them after that ",
"The best decision he could have made was to not bomb anything at all. How is everyone so ok with constant war, this is just sad. ",
"That's not strictly true. His goal was to preserve the union. That meant if sending the negro back to Africa was a means to that end he would have and did consider it.",
"don't take it personally. non-committal responses are my default for those i don't know/give a fuck about. \n\n",
"One of most heartwarming things I ever saw was when I was moderating a focus group of people with what is now called SCID (bubble boy disease). One of the younger people in the group said to one of the older people: \"I've never seen anyone older with this condition - it gives me hope that maybe there's a chance I might live to be your age\" Good for you for being that person for younger kids with your condition, no matter what their prognosis.",
"Remember when everyone on Reddit loved when that reporter said that his kid should be a 'homeschool shooter'?",
"I do actually. At least compared to the dumpster fire that’s currently taking place. ",
"You post a lot in subs about depression and being alone and say you hate everything. \n\nI say this seriously - Have you gotten yourself into therapy and tried medication, as well as cutting down your internet use? Because clearly this website is poisonous to your condition and is not helping. ",
"Tax cuts that benefit a generation of small businesses comes to mind. ",
"All Presidents, their admins, and any other department dealing with foreign politics, seek to maintain America's hegemony. Not excusing his droning or other bad policies, but that is just the reality of it. Trump isn't any \"better\" in that regard.",
"> fifth decade.\n\n>I think I just have to accept that I'm retarded \n\nOn the plus side, you are now eligible to be the President of the United States!\n",
"And when he was criticized, heckled, or booed, he just told people to vote. He didn't throw a social media tantrum",
"I'd cry to if I had to meet that scumbag. ",
"Lol ok so glad you are able to enlighten us; I was about to be grateful for his impact on America.",
"John McCain is random af\n\nOne day he does something pretty cool the next day he announces that his VP is palin",
"Why would you say that?",
"No worries and thank you. I was aware of that and included the link accidentally.",
"What?",
"There is a Janiya Penny who has a Youtube channel with 6 subscribers and one uploaded video from I think September of 2017. She appears to be about the right age (13). \n\n**My mistake. The video was uploaded in July but she was on Youtube only 4 days ago.",
"Oh yay, another mediocre historian... oh wait it's just another Trump flunkie.",
"Sadly that tax cut isn't going to last for most people ",
"The GREAT 44th LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nGreat at supporting terrorism and race wars, indeed.",
"You should definitely talk to Make-A-Wish about that. I don't know exactly what the qualifying illnesses are, or conditions, or what. But it couldn't hurt. If you ever want to talk about it, feel free to contact me. I'm all ears. I'll help any way I can.",
"Why not? He may not have been a great President (or even a good one) but he was undeniably a good person. It just turns out that you need more than that to effectively govern a county.",
"IMO it's pretty likely that he was part something. He just looks way too dark and atypical. \n\nI don't think he was part African due to the hair, but I could easily see him being partially American, his facial features resemble it so much. Either that or some Moorish traders had a nice time in England a few centuries ago. ",
"Lmao . That is so true . I just wish I met Obama when he was in office . :(",
"Not to down play his role in the the wars in Iraq in Afghanistan, but it's also important to remember that some of his domestic policies were not so nice or decent either. First thing off the top of my head is that he mobilized the religious right against gay marriage to help get reelection in 2004, but there are certainly other examples too. I think many of us would argue that those policies are not those of a decent man.\n\nThe Middle East conflict is the largest criticism of his presidency, but it is certainly not the only criticism.",
"That's dark as fuck",
"Hey Donald, don't you have a summit to attend? Stop using your anonymous account to lurk me online.",
"Couldn't get health insurance before him. No idea if it's shitty or not, but better than no health insurance. Enjoy your day. I know I can now.",
"If only parents allowed and supported their kids to pursue their passions in stead of pushing their kids to do what they want them to do.",
"That was /u/scarycamel's work.",
"You aren’t supposed to go down to Trump’s balls. ",
"I really really wanted to like Obama. But to me, stuff like this is unforgivable. More so because he ran on Hope & Change.",
"I'm headed out the door, but [here's some reading to get you started.](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-labor-union-decline/) I might dig up more tonight or tomorrow, but I feel like if you're not aware of Obama's corporate-friendly leanings you just haven't been paying attention.",
"I wish there was a Make-a-Wish for adults. I'd love to have a chat with Obama. However, I wouldn't want to take away from the kids and I'm probably nearing my travel limits.",
"If there was a gang of murderers in a neighborhood in the US, the police/SWAT would be sent in to get them. If we did that in a place like Afganistan, it would require a military ground invasion which would cause far more death and destruction than a drone strike.",
"Risky clicks...",
"I mean, look, you're right, but comparing it to finding Democrats at a KKK rally was also not the best analogy. The organization was created by Southern Democrats. If you went to a KKK rally back in the day, you'd find Democrats. Now, probably not. But historically, that's who founded the KKK. ",
"There's a lot to admire about Obama and maybe a few things we can talk about another time but this kinda stuff tells me he's a very decent person who is in touch with the real world whereas a certain other president is not. ",
"Republicans included it in he new spending bill so...",
"The number of people who talk to the president is insanely high",
"True, true. But when it comes to random internet pictures, I think most people find a pic of a dog more enjoyable than a pic of a person. Just something about our current internet culture. I like people and animals, but a cute dog picture gets me more excited than a cute human picture usually. ",
"fucking bubbles!\n\nlahey is a drunk bastard... ",
"That is so cool!! And at the end of the day, that's part of many experiences. ",
"Ad hominems: this one weird trick redditors use to avoid debate",
"Yeah I'd have to unpolitely turn down an offer to meet the current",
"[Calling people who disagree with him bitter clingers is a good start.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008) From a policy standpoint, Obama had a lot of stuff he wanted to get through Congress but refused to give Republicans anything they wanted in exchange, then he was surprised when none of his legislative priorities were accomplished.",
"To quote the greatest president of all time \n\n“Wrong”\n\n-DJT",
"If lying to start a war that killed 500 thousand people isn't enough for me to make the claim that a person is bad... then Idk where your bar is. ",
"It seems to make the kids feel better when I tell them that I was in their position, and look at me now. I'm just fine. Although my condition was relatively rare. I've never met anyone else with it. It's all for the children though. Instilling hope is critical.",
"He wrote letters now available in historical archives saying he believed whites were the superior race (\"the race to which I belong\" were his words). He was certainly not the vile type of racist, more of the patronizing kind likely. Which, considering the times, was pretty good. And should not tarnish his legacy.",
"No shit! Doesn't drink, doesn't laugh (except at sleazy offcolor remarks that would leave me cold), has a trophy wife who despises him, hates dogs, racist as all shit. I'd rather drink with any random bum from an alley.\n",
"All I want is to live somewhere that it stays 50-60 and breezy always. Instead I'm where it's 14°F",
"Well then you are reasonable, which is not usual for comments that have anything to do with trump on Reddit.",
">America is tearing in half.\n\nYup. As good as Obama was, people still wanted to crucify him because he wasn't a Republican.",
"Healthy dose of symbolism there with the Lincoln portrait.",
"That's obviously a typo. Why would I call him out on mass deportation and then list it as something I would do??",
"As a black guy with younger cousins who are about her age, seeing her get this moment (and understand what it means) has genuinely brought tears to my eyes st work. I do my best to be a good example for my cousins but I'm always worried that they're not really understanding what I try to do sometimes. This makes me confidant that they do, which is great. I'm super happy for her and any other kids who get to grow up knowing that our country had a black president.",
"You painted a lovely word picture. Maybe work will be better if it starts with a photo that reminds me of a time when America wasn't being shredded from the inside.",
"Both are pieces of shit. A good person will never be elected as president.",
"You can be the healthiest looking person in the world and still be \"terminally ill\". Most people associate terminally ill to those going through cancer, who normally have shaved heads and look sickly, but in reality any life threatening disease that has a high chance of killing you in a couple days/months/years counts as terminally ill.",
"exactly\n",
"Just searched her name plus obituary. No hits so she might still be alive.",
"Dude it's not about whether people hate him or not, but about keeping this where it belongs. It's still politics you got politics related subreddits fucking go there.",
"That is my main issue with the job. Some work full time hours and don't get the status of full time and the managment needs to be retrained. As it goes for the presidency it is too early for me to call. However I predict a 1850s style presidency. Not much happens besides the onset of a huge struggle. Most likely a cultural one. ",
"And also he didn't send it back, that was just a lie",
"So being sexually attracted to one's daughter is okay as long as one's not the POTUS? Great Christian family values indeed. ",
"Yeah. Americans are easily fooled by propaganda.",
"[It's pretty close to something he's actually said.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-flubs-anti-abortion-speech_us_5a627b15e4b002283002c6c0) \n\n",
"Normally yeah, but when the fathers say that they would get with their daughters if they weren't related, things like this tend to take a creepy tone. It's no one's fault other than his own.",
"Wtf it's 16°F here and 6°F with the wind chill. Stop hoarding warmth ",
"Please let’s not test this hypothesis.",
"My nephew is excited because he was born in 2008 and this is his first white president. ",
"This is what I feel too. I might not always agree with his politics, but I respect him as a man. Besides, image IS a big part of being a president. You're the face of a country, and directly affect how people percieve it. You're there to reassure your people in times of need. Obama nailed that part. Trump? Not so much.",
"It would fall pretty quickly into other categorization methods on the way that you vote. Like or not, those R and D words are used to just categorize people for the sake of discussion.",
"well i don't think that's fair to them tbh. It sucks, but the fact is that these \"wishes\" are a scarce resource. Not everybody can get them granted. So wouldn't you rather give them to those that are in the worst of situations?\n\nI wish there they can be infinitely granted too, but ultimately (and unfortunately) they have to ask themselves the question of who they give them to.",
"Not worried about it. ❄️s want free everything, that’s why they cry.",
"http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16738869/ns/politics-decision_08/t/obama-got-his-start-civil-rights-practice/\n\n> As the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama had his pick of top law firms. He chose Miner’s Chicago civil rights firm, where he represented community organizers, discrimination victims and black voters trying to force a redrawing of city ward boundaries.\n\n>Like many lawyers, Obama never took part in a trial. He spent most of his nine-year career working as part of a team, drawing up contracts, briefs and other legal papers.\n\n>The firm of Miner Barnhill &amp; Galland, many of whose members have Harvard and Yale law degrees, has a reputation that fits nicely into the resume of a future presidential candidate.\n\n\nI think Obama’s credentials stand up.",
"Perhaps that is the wrong word. However my point still stands. I'm not going to find you a source that states the amount of collateral damage that was done by drone strikes. You can google.",
"What makes you say this? ",
"Go on, I’m still fascinated that you’re decrying the very thing you’re doing right now. \n\nIf you’re not trying to argue, why are you trying to argue? ",
"Good stuff, Peralta.",
"This made my day.",
">”the great 44th”\n\n\nMy fucking sides",
"Awww what a touching photo. ",
"Yeah I was the shit for a long time with the neighborhood kids. No one else had something like that. Soooo many summer nights spent in that cabin. It was big enough for a mattress, a small fridge, and it was wired for electricity. I got drunk for the first time in there, lost my virginity, and so many other things. It was a small gesture from a great organization that helped define my childhood and so many others. It makes me emotional just typing this up. And im sitting here at work and people are looking at me funny. Oh well. Have a great day!",
"Section 215 wasn't that chill.\n\nMy good vote is on Roosevelt tho. National Parks are neat",
"It's kinda sad that you have to say you're not a trump supporter when you criticize Obama. It's like people can't like the man unless they're conservative. ",
"Actually Dubya's greatest ruse was making you think he wasn't smart. Didn't like him one bit but he was an *extremely* intelligent man who knew that playing the \"guy you could have a beer with\" card would get him the vote of middle America, and he was right.",
"I love how these idiots make comments like this and when they are downvoted into oblivion make some edit about how mad they made leftists. It must give them a sense of accomplishment that I'm guessing is entirely lacking in their personal life. I have a news flash for you: if it took more effort than clicking a button to downvote you everyone would just ignore you, like they do in real life. No one cares and you pissed off no one.\n\nEdit: reading this guy's comments is hilarious. He is such a stereotype that it's hard to believe he isn't trolling. I can't imagine being so basic that someone would be able to predict with 100% certainty half of the words that I say in a sentence while still convincing myself that I'm the smart one. ",
"https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/opinion/finance/368904-economists-agree-trump-not-obama-gets-credit-for-economy%3Famp",
"donald trump can make kids cry too, just for very different reasons",
"Presidents don't need to sign amendments to the Constitution (although Lincoln did sign the 13th as a way to try to get states to ratify it, one of only two proposed amendments ever signed by a president).\n\nThe more relevant note on signings is that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order which paved the way for the 13th Amendment.",
"If it's a large multinational company you're with, chances are they will save billions in taxes, reward their board, reward their stockholders, and give the regular hard-working people like you the peanuts. \n\nJust a few sources, among many, many others:\nhttps://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/corporate-tax-cuts-mainly-benefit-shareholders-and-ceos-not-workers\n\nhttps://www.epi.org/publication/cutting-corporate-taxes-will-not-boost-american-wages/\n\n",
"I can picture the \"let them eat cake\" parallels people would have drawn",
"Oh, good you figured out formatting. So, I'll post the reply here that I was going to post before you deleted your previous attempt:\n \nHere, I'll provide some context for you:\n\n1. Trump was once asked what he had in common with his daughter, he said sex, but that he shouldn't say that.\n\n2. Trump has commented on multiple occasions what a great/voluptuous body his daughter has (once in the context of what his reaction would be to her posing in PlayBoy).\n\n3. Trump has said on multiple occasions that he would date Ivanka, were she not his daughter (again, one of these was in response to a question about her posing in PlayBoy).\n\n4. Trump has a history of sexualizing his daughters, live on TV and on radio. This has happened many times.\n\n5. He once agreed with Howard Stern that Ivanka was a \"piece of ass\".\n\nIt's not just the photos, man. It's seeing the photos after hearing all that other shit. Add the creepy comments he's been recorded making about girls as young as 10 to the ones about his daughter (and maybe throw in the dubious claim that he may have raped a 13 year old), plus all the pedophiles he was known to run around with, and you might understand why people are more than a little creeped out by the way he is with Ivanka.",
"This is accurate. Quite a lot of kids who participate with Make A Wish and other similar orgs survive well into adulthood. In my experience as someone with a chronic illness since childhood and having helped grant the wish of a few kids, the wishes are most especially for the parents-- kids having these things are strong and accepting of whatever life dishes out at them. They'd prefer to live of course but aren't afraid of death. The parents however need closure and to know that their child lived a fulfilled life. ",
"Not quite the nuance. Terminally ill implies that the child will die. Historically parents wouldn’t engage with MAW because they felt that the “terminally ill” distinction and acknowledgement meant that they were admitting that their child would die — almost like having a wish granted means giving up on hope that the disease can be overcome. MAW changed the threshold to “life threatening” to overcome this — e.g. if the disease poses a threat to the child’s life they will have a wish granted. The latest and very recent rebranding is “critical illnesses”. \n\nSource: actively involved in leadership in nyc chapter ",
"People who say Obama is great: why do you hate brown people? Obama dropped more bombs on I think 7 or 8 middle eastern and African countries than any president by far. Bonus factoid, more people were deported under Obama than any other president by far.",
"Citation needed",
"Unfortunately it's inevitable with democracy. Give everyone a voice and even the dumb ones are held equally to experts when making policies or voting. ",
"support our troops though, huh buddy?",
"If you give a fuck about anything on Reddit, you’re definitely in an age demographic. So... ok then. ",
"It would have been nice if she could meet a president who actually cares about the people like 45",
"Well-written, good point",
"All over replying to my own comment... but yes, I'm not a fan. I'm also bored at work. ",
"\"I'm gonna bomb the shit out of them.\" ",
"Hey, come on, Trump makes children cry too! Of course that's because they are terrified of him.",
"Interesting note",
"Make-a-wish has to be one of the best charities out there.",
"Not with his dad, with her mother since his dad (his brother) was long dead.",
"Man, I’ve damn near read through this whole post. Some of you liberal fucktards really need to go outside or something. The best one was the post about stuff going on in the Middle East. If you were never there, shut the fuck up 😂",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5d8zop/serious_people_who_have_met_or_dealt_with_donald/",
"Great lol",
"I edited it since that makes such a huge difference to the point.",
"what the fuck is even that title",
"Yes, you're \"right.\".The process has started, nunes is releasing but the democrats are stalling. Questions?",
"Did you forget about the 13th amendment? And the \"return to Africa\" was solely from the standpoint of \"how could they stand to live here among the people who enslaved them? \" i believe he later recanted even that. ",
"nah, conservatives are people like you and me. If you were born in a Republican household, chances are you are probably a Republican. Same things go for Democrats. Dehumanizing the other side is probably the worst thing a political supporter can do and will only lead to more partisanship. I know \"liberal\" can be treated as a dirty word but same thing goes for \"conservatives.\" \n\nThat behavior is reprehensible on both sides homie.",
"Who knew that posting stuff about politics would cause people to air their opinions.\n\nCAN'T WE JUST POST CONTROVERSIAL STUFF AND HAVE EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOUT THEIR VIEWPOINTS? ",
"I haven't heard it much in real life (except from republicans), but yeah when I see it on reddit it makes me so uncomfortable. Fuck, the dude literally used being against gay marriage as a tool to get himself re-elected in 2004. His whole family values thing fucked us over. He can go to hell for all I care, it doesn't matter how \"nice\" he apparently is to everyone else.",
"Misleading title: not great",
"Dumbass bot ",
"Remember how everybody mocked that kid who wanted to mow the White House lawn, because it was Trump living there at the time?",
"More like he understands what makes great PR material. That guy has so much blood on his hands I can hardly believe this was sincere, and even if it was, he does not deserve the praise. I actually feel sorry for the girl who's apparently been fed lies about her idol and didn't choose a legitimate philanthropist instead. Perhaps one of the scientists who's extending the knowledge about her disease and tirelessly works on developing a cure.",
"> dealing with the least effective Congress in our history\n\nANOTHER thing Trump took away from Obama!",
"Neither of your links support what you claimed.",
"idk, he wasnt the one who set the stage. He approved one shitty act but it's not like he was personally monitoring all the drone strikes. I blame military intelligence. ",
"Sadly, it is an extremely painful disease with some very severe episodes of muscle strain and terrible pain. I know someone who has it",
"He's leveraged up to his eyeballs. I don't think the guy could get you 10 grand if you gave him a few weeks",
"I'm not sure I get where you're coming from. I think giving and receiving praise in any other job is natural, so why not the presidency?",
"That sure is a big wall of mental gymnastics and libel. Neat.",
"Lol idbe so scared of him",
"You were the unreasonable one in this situation. Be the change you want to see",
"I suppose there are times you just have to keep beating that dead horse until the laymen come to realize you're actually trying to dismantle and dispose of it so it will no longer pollute the town's water supply.",
"I memberrrr",
"Of course I don't expect that. I'm saying that if it was any other celebrity, the post would be littered with comments about how it was just for PR.",
"“The great 44th” lmfao",
"Nothing like drone strikes on civilians to show you some good ole human decency ! If you honestly believe any president since JFK actually cares about you, you are an absolute fool ",
"This statement is incorrect.",
" I hold Donald Trump to the standard of \"what if Hillary Clinton did the exact same thing?\" And I proceed to judge his actions, inactions and rhetoric based on that. So far though, I despise the hypothetical Hillary-trump and 90 percent of her policies, and remain ambivalent on 10 percent due to gaps in knowledge on specific topics. ",
"I’m sorry happy to hear that, Gma. That’s wonderful. ",
"Honestly though the only \"good\" thing about the disease is youre pretty much immune to HIV.",
"if that's how you read that then you're fucking retarded. Go learn some reading comprehension.",
"He will add something on the end about how terminally ill children should not be worried, like people with DACA. ",
"And Donald Trump was a decision based on pure reason?",
"“I’ve read about him and, well he’s an Arab.” \n\nOh Lordy that sounds like every conversation I have with my grandmother on just about any topic. Well grandma, that Facebook meme lied to you. \n\nThanks for sharing the links though! \n\nEdited: because I flubbed the ‘best’ part",
"aww thanks :) <3",
"Great?? ",
"\"The Great 44th\"\n\nok",
"Obama is my one of my favourite US presidents. I'm not from the US and I've only read news about Clinton, Bush and Obama and Trump. thus far at least from the outside looking in Obama wins me over. It feels I heard more positive things about Obama than bad ones compared to the rest. Clinton had Lewinsky, Bush had 9/11 and the financial crisis, and Katrina. Obama ended the war, got bin Laden, Obama care, net neutrality and gun control. He was even on Mythbusters (and Cosmos) to make science popular to kids. He really looks natural hanging out with common folks (or maybe he has a really good PR team). I truly believe he deserves to be among the greats like Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, FDR, and JFK. ",
"Seems like a lot of the intel was just plain wrong or faulty, I know there was no intention to kill that many people, because they thought they’d steamroll Iraq’s army, but they didn’t count on the insurgency. But because Obama fell short of that 500k mark with the drone strikes, he’s automatically innocent?",
"Not 1 single MSM gave him favorable odds...Not one major poll showed him as the likely winner.....His crowds were huge though, while his opponent struggled to fill middle school gyms with 200 plp",
"Today, it would be\n\nRacist Trump makes little black girl cry.",
"It literally says they don't know what the settlement was. How do you know he didn't agree to pay for his condition? ",
"I missed seeing those test results. Was that the one where he had to identify a rhinoceros?",
"Watch it. It’s about more than Obama. You’ll learn a lot about Letterman as well as he reflects on who he was as a person during the civil rights movement. ",
"Seriously, my first thought was how sweet it was that she was so overwhelmed, and my immediate second thought was how awesome that outfit choice was.",
"That picture always makes me cry as well!! It’s definitely a beautiful, genuine, moment. ",
"44th dirtbag. Worst prez in history. ",
"This is the only job in the world that deserves that level of criticism. Sure, take a day to celebrate a huge bill passing, that's natural. But the next day should be back to the grindstone. And for the most part I believe Obama worked really hard to do his job well.",
"r/NotKenM",
"Lol Trump could cure cancer and redditors would find a way to turn it to a negative",
"There are more videos and interviews of John McCain being a seemingly good person. I am about as liberal as they come, but sans Sarah Palin (McCain's dismise, for sure), I have a theory he would have been a more important president than Obama's first term. As much as a great president Obama (I voted for him of course) was, he did nothing to convince conservatives that they are fucking crazy. I think McCain was reasonably in the middle enough to possibly sway the right a little more center if he had a term as president. ",
"yeah he didn't make a mockery of the office and the country and make all our allies suspicious and distrustful of us.",
"He isnt great. Not sure why you said he is. His whole entire presidency is being undone.",
"makes sense ... we are all terminal ...",
"Imagine if this was a black Democratic president doimg this. White people's heads would actually explode",
"Yes, killing millions of innocent men, women, and children is \"acting decent and compassionate.\" The Iraq War is far, far worse than anything Trump has done yet.",
"His teleprompter skills",
"So the fact that the people targeted in those strikes had made it their mission in life to kill as many Americans, Westerners, and other innocent people in their own countries who didn't practice the \"right\" form of Islam makes no difference to you?",
"what a lil bitch cryin",
"Wait, \"Terminally Ill\"?\n\n\nSickle Cell Disease is not something a doctor would consider \"Terminal\" unless she already had major complications. Maybe the author got something mixed up or missed something?\n",
"I'm sure Obama would concede that any president that went before him would have done that same thing in that situation.",
"Reddit hates facts, saddo. Have an up vote for telling the truth. ",
"But why? Does karma have some kind value? To you?\n\nQue Sera, I guess.",
"maybe bath salts.",
"Wow lots of hateful republicunts on this thread. ",
"*That* I agree with. The previous post made it sound like it was over a minor difference of opinion, rather than mass killings.",
"You had me at 'this is how you President'.",
"well, any*one*. the content is eh. the content generators, now... ",
"Thanks Obama for destabilizing Libya and causing mass illegal immigration into Europe. ",
"> W and Obama were both in that same vein.\n\nNo. No they were fucking not. This is disconnected from reality nonsense. They were both murderers and war criminals, no question, but to suggest that they are otherwise similar is ridiculous.",
"I forget where, but I heard about a recent breakthrough that could potentially cure sickle-cell. It was some sort of gene therapy. Hopefully they can get the kinks worked out quickly.",
"> Whether or not you’ve got a valid gripe there, this is not really the post for that :/\n\nOkay. Go look at the reddit comment section for an article about Trump donating his salary or any other positive news about him and see what people are saying. Would you defend him too and say “this isn’t the post for that?”",
"What did you call me??",
"I love President Obama's face in this. He was such a pleasure to have in the Whitehouse, as long as we weren't discussing politics.",
"She might just want her privacy, which I think she'd be more entitled to as a minor. She looks like she's 7 or 8, so she'd be in middle school now, right?",
"[Relevant](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/16/45/1316452a7f0f0c2305a816b00e7e6ea3.jpg)\n",
"Lincoln was a white nationalist. He wanted to move freed blacks to the Caribbean or Africa.",
"Obama and Bush actually got along fairly well. The financial crisis at the end of Bush's term required a lot of work and coordination with the transition, so most all of Bush's policies were developed hand in hand with Obama. They worked very closely together over that period, and that's a big part of how the crisis didn't descend into a full depression. Obama also kept a large portion of Bush's fed and treasury appointees in place. \n\nAnd that's the difference with Trump. Just utter disregard for his predecessor. And Trump is unique amongst all presidents for his broad disrespect of the office, and of history. ",
"\"What else is there other then [sic] racism to explain that? \"\n\nMoney",
"Honestly I hope you're right, but we're looking more Coolidge than Fillmore. ",
"_The Art of the Steal_!!",
"Obama compromised on a ton of stuff. That's why the ACA was so watered down. Where are you getting these historically false ideas? ",
"You have no scope of the bigger picture.",
"Sorry, who? ",
"I understand the frustration, I feel it myself. Since we do have a semi-functioning democracy (\"semi\" because of extreme gerrymandering, fucked up campaign finance laws, and low voter turn-out/voter suppression) I implore you to vote and encourage people around you to vote to. We'll never change the status quo if we don't try.",
"It's just Trump's demeanor. Liberals and \"never Trump\" Republicans have an obsession with decorum, and that's why they don't like Trump. The Iraq War is so much worse than anything Trump has done yet, it's almost impossible to compare.",
"> President Obama **who's is** greeting",
"a wish to see one of the most corrupt politicians in history\n\nsad day \n\nif Obama really gave a shit about her he wouldn't have taken the money and done milquetoast regulation and weak ass healthcare reform, all PR talk no substance. Sad.",
"This is such BS, it's amazing how Obama is viewed as a great president, when in reality he was terrible. He had a real mandate to change things. Instead, he sided with the banks and big business, what look at the results. \n\nObamacare was a sell out to big Pharma from the beginning. And look at what Trump is doing to it now.\n\nObama increased our drone wars, killing thousands of innocents.\n\nObama poured billions into saving banks, but did nothing for poor people who lost their homes.\n\nObama was a right wing president, who did little for the poor. Sure, he was 1000 times better than Trump, but that's a very low bar.",
"I'm no fan if Trump like at all. I do think there was a video of him talking to some your fan though as he left a hotel. He might have been a candidate at the time. I don't think anyone is totally 100% evil. Even if his agenda is corrupt and greedy. ",
"The thing that baffles me, is the people that believe that trump has things a lot worse than obama did...",
"More likely she just had an encounter with Uncle Joe Biden",
"That's because he never had favorable odds. Vegas gave him 20% odds the night of the election - and bias loses Vegas money (which is their bottom line). Do you think Vegas cares more about MSM polling more than data that helps them determine the actual odds, so they can make money? Of course not. Vegas is one of the most accurate predictors of political events, because Vegas' money is on the line. He genuinely had 20% odds, and everything went his way election night. It's not difficult to grasp.\n\nPlus, winning odd probabilities are based on a number of factors, while public polling is simplistic to the point where you can't get it wrong. If 65-70% of the country despise Trump per polls, that's not disputable. It's not trying to predict anything. It's showing people's opinions, which can't be \"wrong.\"\n\nAgain, I had a less than 1% of winning my March Madness pool, but I still did. That doesn't make the initial probability/odds wrong in any way.",
">Fuck those brown people, right?\n\nUh, you know Obama's brown, right?",
"I was too young to understand much about/be interested in the McCain vs Obama election, but looking back at it now I'm impressed by how civil they seemed towards each other (especially compared to this recent election). They both wanted to lead the nation and they both had their own approaches for how to do it, but there was also this mutual respect between the two of them.",
"Did not happen",
">John McCain is random af\n\nOr as he'd say, he's a \"maverick.\"",
"Emacipation was expedient but the 13th amendment wasn't. Why'd he do that other than because he believed slavery was evil?",
"But don’t forget ladies and gentleman. God forbid someone met with President Trump it’d be the end of the world",
"He's such a good man. ",
"There's nothing controversial about the picture, and certainly nothing that should spark arguments about Trump and buttery males and all that bullshit.",
"I just finished a course on the civil war. My understanding is that:\n1. The Emancipation Proclamation It was absolutely a tactical decision designed to give the Union the moral high ground and prevent European interference.\n2. Lincoln ABHORED slavery quite feverishly. \n3. Lincoln was a pragmatist above all else. \n4. Lincon, while possibly feeling superiority over blacks, did feel some degree of kinship. Lincoln himself was worked like a slave by his father growing up. ",
"Michelle obama is a man",
"\"reddit has a hate boner for the current prez\".\nWho the hell are you man?",
"Bush put that photo in the Oval.",
"Fox News headline: Obama makes terminally ill girl cry.",
"Someone did post it: https://imgur.com/HEdSh1m",
"Nope! There’s no way the Catholics would let that slip by. I mean, the Kennedy’s are still a popular topic for Catholics. ",
"I feel like Make A Wish doesn't do public status updates as a point of policy, considering the circumstances...",
"Yeah but this one is trump so it’s different because we don’t like him",
"Er is een tiener op de middelbare school in ieder van ons",
"No. Actions speak louder than words. Obamas actions killed tens of thousands of innocents. ",
"Yes.\n\nBy almost every measurement, yes.",
"> Emancipation Proclamation\n\nI don't listen to hip hop!",
"Trump bad xd",
"I miss Obama. ",
"This is embarrassing but I didn't know Sickle-Cell was that deadly, isn't it super common among blacks? ",
"Another is to make a safe space and ban anyone who disagrees.",
"I wonder if any university will ask trump or melania to be their commencement speaker. I know mine managed to book Michelle the first year they were in office, which in itself was impressive.",
"Season 2 of Neo Yokio, here we come!",
"No, but the politics here only swings one way. The \"great\" 44th. We'll see how great he is in the coming few months. That being said, I'm glad this little sick girl was happy.",
"While I admired Obama, our country was going to shit while he was so lax about it and trying to destroy the constitution. It’s a mad house now because there’s 8 years of bullshit trying to be fixed and instead of working together the democrats shut down the government. Ignorance is bliss though I guess",
"Do you apply this to Trump?",
"Lol.... Oh Reddit.",
"I don't know that I think that's true at all. Look at any other country's politicians and media, it's much less of an issue than it is here. Or the town halls they hold during elections.\n\nPoliticians in other countries, while still able to get away with bullshit, are not allowed to just ignore questions and throw out soundbites. [When they take that shit to other countries, they get called out.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/12/after-drubbing-by-the-press-trumps-netherlands-ambassador-apologizes-for-anti-muslim-remarks/?utm_term=.94e97ef2b3ce)\n\nBut here, they can be asked a question about a wall and be allowed to drone on for 45 seconds of bullshit and then they just move on to the next question. No one holds them accountable, because the press here isn't actually investigating they are being handed shit by the White House and don't want to lose that.\n\nThey start doing their job, they won't get to sit there and be spoonfed White House talking points so they won't make money for their agency so they'll be fired. So they have incentive to NOT ask the tough questions.",
"You know he’s only half black, right? And the black half of his parents abandoned them, so I really don’t get why he’s supposedly supposed to have represented the black community.",
"And it seems especially silly to stick with criticism of his oratory skills given the current President's offering...",
"Taxes haven’t changed? The individual mandate hasn’t changed? TIL.",
"can you imagine a reality where Obama said he wanted to bang his daughter and still get elected?",
"the tax cut didn't get you your raise",
"I love the quote from David Frum, a former speechwriter:\n\n>I once made the mistake of suggesting to Bush that he use the phrase cheap energy to describe the aims of his energy policy. He gave me a sharp, squinting look, as if he were trying to decide whether I was the stupidest person he’d heard from all day or only one of the top five. Cheap energy, he answered, was how we had got into this mess. Every year from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s, American cars burned less and less oil per mile traveled. Then in about 1995 that progress stopped. Why? He answered his own question: because of the gas-guzzling SUV. And what had made the SUV possible? This time I answered. ‘Um, cheap energy?’ He nodded at me. Dismissed.",
"Yup, I interned for the main headquarters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation (hey, IT counts!) when I was in college. They stressed that one of the misconceptions they wanted to correct was this one; they grant wishes to kids with life threatening illnesses, not only those who are terminal. Many kids whose wishes are granted survive, and they even said a good number of them (like you!) end up volunteering or working for the Foundation in the future.",
"It certainly isn't a terminal illness. Sickle Cell Anemia is a difficult condition to live with but it is far from terminal in the same way that cancer or Muscular Dystrophy is",
"Nobel Peace Prize winners should do nothing and watch as groups of terrorists slaughter innocent people in their own countries and around the world?",
"You can't entirely blame people.\n\nI mean, Bush pretty successfully cultivated the \"I'm an idiot\" persona, which sort of absolved him from a lot of shit he was very much responsible for. It was politically brilliant...make yourself look like a man-of-the-people and then have the shrewd, calculating, made-of-metal politician be your second-in-command. Cheney gets blamed for a bunch of the horrible \"give all the money to the rich people\" legislation while Bush is just the idiot who snuggles up to the troops and gives those Texas Republicans something to feel good about. \n\nAnd now, we've got a legitimate moron in the White House...and to boot, he's not in any way a \"lovable\" idiot, he has about as much charisma as a rusty chainsaw.\n\nSo, when you put the two side-by-side, Bush ends up looking...at least in retrospect...like a reasonably normal politician. And while we didn't agree with everything, he seemed to want the best for us all, right?\n\nI dunno. Part of me *does* think GDubb had legitimate patriotism, but I still can't get past the modern failings of the GOP to offer any kind of protection to the middle class along with their unflinching tendency to help the middle class blame poor people for all the problems of the world. \n\nNot to mention, ya know, disasters of wars which impacted me in a deeply personal way that will last the rest of my life. \n\nTrump is easily one of the worst things to happen to the institution of the American Presidency, but it's definitely a little weird to see people in the midst of this fucking insanity start to think \"We really had it good under Bush\". We really didn't...and the shit he did paved the way for where we are right now.",
"Jesus what a creep. ",
"I was just going to say that. Seriously I think people are brainwashed into liking Obama and not question anything he did. He did some good things but for me the bad outweighed the good because his bad was crimes against humanity.",
"Oh yeah, it's mind-boggling.\n\nThings were SO bad in 2008. We lost 800,000 jobs in Obama's first month in office. That's unbelievable. Trump would be out of office if it was that bad. Congress would have had to act.",
"Reading comprehension is hard. ",
"Tweets.",
"Looking at this photo is like therapy for my soul. I long for the days of having a President I’m proud of. I’ll be ready to vote in 2018 & 2020. Let’s get it right this time. ",
"*short intake of breath through the nostrils*\n\nWrong!",
"I don't like the a lot of the things he did, but after 9/11 [he made this speech](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/archive-video-president-george-bush-addresses-muslims-days-45128810) and I think he was a decent man who took bad desicions, Trump is just a shitstain.",
"I don't think I've heard that one. But as much as I hate Trump, he seems to be a hit with kids.",
"Except he wasn’t great",
"Sounds like you got some great experiences and fond memories from it. Sounds like a good wish to me.",
"But.... it's all literally things that he has said",
"You might be \"pig shit thick\" I'm not arguing that Trump is a good person, but fucking hell If the general view on Trump is that he is a gigantic piece of shit, surely you don't need to remind everyone that he is a piece of shit.\n\nIf you do, you should get some help.",
"Trump is the exception that confirms the rule",
">America the biggest threat to world peace (according to the rest of the world)\n\nIs that why the rest of the world begs for American intervention whenever they're threatened by a country like Russia?",
"I could imagine some kids wanting to meet Trump. I figure there's a bit different motivation behind it. But I guess very similar. \n\nI can't imagine there would be much crossover between kids honored to meet Obama and those honored to meet Trump. ",
"Your right, let's not. And don't say collateral damage, say innocent woman and children.\n\nBtw, I suspect you of terrorism, mind of I rain fire down onto your community?",
"Someone's been listening to a little too much Fox News.",
"I've been trying desperately to land a content/digital media job there for the longest time. It's nice talking to someone who was on the inside! It gives me hope! Have a nice day!",
"Surely, that's the only explanation for anyone not like the \"great 44th\" right???",
"That's awesome. Did you have your desserts first and starter last in homage to Memento?",
"Good Lord! Thanks for the correction. \n\nWhen I saw the photo I just assumed the girl was one of the other teens Mr. Trump likes so much to go see naked (http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2016/oct/18/allegations-about-donald-trump-and-miss-teen-usa-c/). It is overall reassuring that he’s one of those pedos who would fuck other people’s young kids but not his own.",
"The main thing I see here while you are correct about the rich getting that money and us workers getting penuts, the main issue I see is the following: How to stop it? The thing is depending on the government to fix it will probably lead to the CEO just moving out to a place with lower tax rates. If we are to change it there is something we can do, but many won't like it. Vote with your wallets. I know the lack of an easy supply seems hard however the reaskn we get scheduled like that is a policy of (custoners first) the schedule us based on customer traffic. Cut off customer traffic, the corporates panic. I guess my preference of small government is showing here, anyways. \n\nEdit: mis-spelled depending because phone posting. ",
"It's a sub for Trump supporters. Hillary supporters had theirs, ditto for Sanders supporters.\n\nAnd yet here I am, not there. Got anything else chief?",
"Proper statesman. He oversaw more wars than any other president. More died under his watch than any other. He will be remembered for his drone program instead of a wee girl crying when meeting him. He made alot more children cry and it wasn't from meeting them",
"dude was pretty sharp. his grades at yale may have been mediocre, but that was, by his own account, due to a lack of work ethic and applying himself more than not being able to hack it. ",
"Abraham looks like he approves ",
"what would the current US president do?",
"When you see how the current US president got elected, I would say you are probably right.",
"For those who are curious:https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/153xhg/spidermankid_shooting_a_web_at_obama/",
"Wow thanks for sharing that first video. Republicans need more of that. ",
"“The Great 44th”- wow",
"I hear ya. So many politicians are crappy people. Unfortunately the way things are set up those are the people that have better chances of winning so it is what it is until people start caring more about electing good people.",
"Batman",
"Oh, absolutely. Make-A-Wish works miracles. I hope you have a great day!",
"Part of the reason there's more drone strikes is because they're smaller and more accurate. ",
"> Of course the stories would be groundless but that wouldn’t have meant they didn’t carry.\n\nthe story of the Obama Presidency.",
"Obama went in front of Congressional Republicans to discuss/sell healthcare reform.\n\nSome very in depth policy discussion was involved. Imagine the current president trying to do such a thing",
"I'm almost certain I've seen this picture with some tea party logos on it and some text implying obama made the kid cry",
"go back to t_d.",
"Congratulations to her on the recovery! ",
"Being this fragile.",
"This is awesome while the post above in my feed is something about trump complaining that him interrupting an investigation becomes “obstruction”",
"You think I would need to have more than 50 years of experience with presidents to be able to form a judgment?",
"Draugr, presumably. While they were fallen Asgardian warriors, I would assume Hel has no access to the Einherjar.",
"He did promise to use renewable eco-friendly “materials” to build the wall.",
"I'm a monster mack! I really like the Nirvana song on it (first track). I think it's called \" I hate myself and want to die\" hehe.",
"actually this is obama's daughter going into joy after meeting the president of Uganda and her husband. [source](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/330/335/b84.png)",
"Ah, the old Iceberg Slim method",
"The flu is life threatening, surely they require a little more than that. ",
"John McCain has always come off as a pretty good dude to me. I don't agree with everything he does, but he seems genuinely invested in doing what he sees as best for the country and I can respect that.",
"Obama wasn't a white supremacist, though.",
"This is wholesome ",
"Yes, because this is a heartfelt post based on his job as a president of these United States.",
"True. The real issue is the following: Bloodless struggle with compromise, or no compromise and Cali goes full Texas and secedes. ",
"there's a gang of murderers in a neighborhood in butfuckk middleeast, where the surrounding neighbordhood are most likely ISIS sympathizers. Would you rather put american boots on the ground and risk american lives to get rid of low life scum? Or would you rather push a button and not risk american lives",
"Even Trump is an intelligent man. Crazy, yes. An asshole? Check. Likely mentally unstable? Sure. \n\nHe isn't dumb.",
"The only \"politician\" who was uncivil is Trump. It's not the norm. ",
"That's a common misconception and totally wrong. ",
"Obama is great. He made people feel the way this child did. I don't think anyone, even Trump supporters, would cry tears of joy upon meeting him. Greatness can be seen in this picture. It's yet to be seen for Trump.",
"Lots of meaning in this photo. Not the least of which is a little African American girl crying underneath a painting of President Lincoln...",
"Voted for Obama twice but this PR photo doesn't make me not regret voting for the guy in charge of expanding domestic surveillance to unprecedented levels and murdering innocent brown folks with drone strikes.",
"Can’t hide behind that username, Dwight",
"I took my daughter to the snow for the first time when she was around 6 - she told us 'I knew it would be cold, but I didn't know it would be wet!'\n",
"Blacked.com is a great alternative for you then. ",
"TriHards",
"I heard he was a blast with Pakistani kids.\n\nEDIT: On a serious note, even though I dislike him and his politics, pictures like this are nice, important, and moving because you can see just how meaningful him being president was. ",
"Tell that to Trump. ",
"You are aware that the orange man has lowered unemployment lower than obummer and our stock market is skyrocketing and people are spending more money which helps our economy, unlike that last knucklehead. He did that in 1 year, btw. Funny how everyone wanted to be his (orange man) friend before he was president now they bitch because the witch didn’t win. All he (Barry) did was kill innocent people and give out free phones, which you and I pay for with taxes. I agree about the children’s book reader, didn’t like him either.",
"N",
"I'm not crying, you're crying...\n",
"As hilarious as this is, it's probably just a poorly-timed photo. Is there a video of the Trump interaction? ",
"I do. I suck.\n\nI have been in and I am currently on medication that really doesn't make me want to live anymore. Internet use is all I have to connect to the outside world at this point. I make a joke, and people spin it into a completely different thing and make a monster out of me. Clearly I'm not really long for anything in life. Thanks though. ",
"Youre right.\n\nThe current state of US media and political coverage is bullshit.\n\nI was simply referring to the historical legacy of politicians using he media as a propaganda tool, or in cases of a public media abusing the media. \n\nThe current situation is abysmal and has potentially dire consequences.",
"After sitting on it for 100+ days ***after*** they allowed to lapse, so...",
"I miss when the White House encouraged science education and education in general.",
"Yeah, OP is just a karmawhoring dick. It would have been nice to have given us that bit of info, the only thing any of us want to know about this post, but that doesn't affect OP's karma level.\n\nHere's what I can find:\n\n>https://praisecleveland.com/1382224/make-a-wish-fulfills-girls-dream-of-meeting-obama/\n\n>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MXg-A1nxOQgt\n\nThe Youtube video is from last year, so I assume she's still here, being as she looks very healthy in the video.",
"That was really nice of them to set it up .\n\n. “ great “ ..... LUL",
"sure I got one for you, what's your problem with other people having political discussions?",
"Just look at his voting record over the last couple years if you want to deflate that at all. There was a point where John McCain was respectable but that point is long past.",
"His approval rating is about 39% and his dissapproval is about 59% right now so that 70% you're citing is incorrect. Not trying to start an arguement just letting you know that your 70%+ claim is fake.",
"Oh is that what is implied by my comment and the OP? \nYour comment and others like it show that we are unable to identify nuance anymore in America. ",
"Because posting anything in T_D even slightly critical of Trump gets deleted and gets you banned, so if you have multiple posts there that are still up, it means you're not challenging what goes on there.",
"I wouldn’t cry over meeting Obama, the man that created ISIS lol",
"The post you're commenting on a is a photo of a former president, and therefore inherently political. ",
"I don't doubt there will have been better presidents. You want to remember that on the day of his inauguration republicans in the house and senate convened and agreed to oppose absolutely-everything he would be working towards and they have tried to destroy everything he did.\n\nI definitely don't agree with all his policies, I don't know any politician I would always agree with, but at least he took the job seriously. You can say anything you want but not that he didn't try to do a great job, given the circumstances.\n\nThe man is thoughtful, erudite, compassionate, he had ideas about where to take the country and he tried to make all of it work while there was nothing but bitter, senseless and callous opposition against his ideas. He was opposed because the idea came out of his mouth even though some of his plans were once proposed by republicans. But, now he said them, therefore they were wrong.\n\nSo, as a statesman I genuinely respect him. He developed a friendship with his vice president and that's also not something that you see often.\n\nIf you compare all that to the toddler from Trump Tower, the clown that sits at that desk today, how much bigger do you want your contrast to be? Compared to 'not a great president', how do you think Trump compares?\n\nI can see it already: the Trump library. I wonder what they're going to put in there. A McDonald's menu? ",
"Haha definitely wouldn't read into it. I know multiple people who have had serious illnesses with good prognosis who have qualified for make a wish. Hope you continue to get better!",
"Oh idk. Maybe he would NOT bomb at all? Like why is that not an option? Why does Obama get a free pass? Everyone's saying well that's just what you gotta do when you're president, bomb the shit out of 8 different countries.",
"nothing great about 44",
"I don't. As a person Trump doesn't deserve respect.",
"The “great”",
"Right wingers: “Trump is le man because he will defeat ISIS and scary brown people!”\n\nAlso: “Obummer is eeeevil because he defeated ISIS and scary brown people!”",
"The middle of Australia. ",
"oh yeah forgot about all the sexual misdeeds! what a horrible person!\n\nedit - I'm being sarcastic if you can't tell look at this thread",
"What about minorities that voted for Hillary? How many of them are college educated?",
"> a college degree somehow means their more educated?\n\n\n\n\\> unironically saying a college degree doesn't make you more educated\n\nFucking lol\n\nYou got rekt lad, it's time to give up",
"How on earth can dems be stalling it?\n\nYou know Trumpo can declassify whatever shit Nunes has made up at will right?",
"Thanks Obama",
"For some people, writing one reason would feel like writing an essay.",
"I've seen mutilated children thanks to Obama's drone strikes. They probably cry too.",
"everything we've ever seen from him tells us otherwise. \nHe was barely able to hold a conversation when younger, I could say he was regular intelligence back then, but now? I would be surprised if he broke 90 IQ",
"I don't always agree with the man's politics, but McCain always strikes me as a decent human being. ",
"His house words are \"A Trump never pays his debts.\"",
"not for 2018",
"I googled for a while, it looks like people only cared about her for this one day. NOTHING about her since.",
"You just found the headline for this picture:\n\n“Obummer makes little girl cry!”\n\n - Breitbart or Fox, probably. ",
"If you're terminally ill and going to board a plane, you'd be terminal in a terminal. Wät",
"Personally I think it’s is because he and Michelle are generally good parents. They are involved and love their children. \n\nBefore I had my daughter I was little more reserved with kids I didn’t know. Now I make funny faces at kids and play hide and seek in the grocery line to make them laugh. \n\nLoving your own little human makes you love more little humans. \n\nOf course kids are assholes too. They are dirty, disgusting little creatures that are probably carrying five different diseases and try to always kill themselves, but it’s part of their innocence I suppose. ",
">It's ashamed \n\nI'm sure it's just a typo, but I believe you're looking for, \"It's *a shame*...\"\n\nAnd yes, that bust fiasco was absurd, especially in the context of today.",
"How's your sister now? My favorite illnesses are the survivable ones. ",
"Trump just said yesterday he'd consider a path to citizenship for the dreamers. And since the tax changes apple and other companies are repatriating billions back here from overseas. \n\n",
"I really don't know what to think about this topic, I go back and forth. I do believe pretty strongly that his \"down home country boy\" way of speaking was 100% an act though. His parents don't talk like that and he went to fucking Yale. But on the other hand, he did a lot of actually stupid shit that didn't serve him well.",
"Your existence must be extremely sad. Please remove daddy Trumps cock from your ass, thank you.",
"that's called dementia",
"Lincoln looks so pleased in that picture.",
"Your wrong. People are people. We haven't evolved into a new species. People 1000s of years ago had the exact same thoughts and feelings as people today.",
"And nowwww we're political",
"A shoe, eh? I’m more impressed that W made his saving throw against a hand grenade. ",
"I'm sure you'll have supreme points to make about equating the choice to pursue drone strikes to sending emails.",
"Then why say what you just said",
"He took the drone strike program and ran with it while entering into new conflicts in Libya and Syria. He also re-upped bush’s patriot act while also signing the indefinite detention act (natural progression of the patriot act). Obama’s foreign policy was a chip off the old bush block, but I don’t blame him. \n\nObviously Obama was just playing ball, all of this stuff was going to happen with or without him, and he realized it. If Obama wasn’t willing to go along with the policies that have been enriching bankers and war profiteers for generations, he never would’ve had a chance at the presidency. The problem is that these corporate mainstays have far too much power and have corrupted the democratic process. The next problem is that people console themselves with comforting lies about politicians caring about them. If you truly believe any politician, regardless of party affiliation, gives a solitary fuck about you, or would ever place the will of the people over their own personal gains, you have no place calling anyone stupid.\n\nEdit: and the assumption that I’m a trump supporter simply because I don’t romanticize Obama taking corporate cock in every hole he has is a prime example of the issues facing American politics today. Just because Trump is a blatant, bald-faced corporate whore doesn’t mean that Obama isn’t a charismatic, well liked corporate whore. ",
"I concur. His gut forms a protective flap over it anyway. You’d have to sneak in a full on dick and balls upper cut from the floor. I’d pay money to see that. I’d agree to meet the piece of shit for $37k and then give it all to you if you successfully landed a sneaky penis punch. ",
"I'm curious, has anyone with Make A Wish requested to meet Trump yet?",
"I never said anything about obama... again, all I'm saying is Bush was bad. That's literally it. If you disagree then we disagree about what \"bad\" is. With the most benefit of the most doubt, he rushed into a war with poor intelligence as claimed retribution for an attack that had nothing to do with the country he invaded. Being wrong about how a war will go when your justification is also faulty is doing a bad job as president of the United States in my opinion. ",
"I’m good to go. I spent a couple of months in Pensacola in a former life. ",
"No! Dying children only! ",
"Haha....\n\nThe first black president in America will be forgotten...\n\nLet’s not forget, we still remember the black woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus.\n\nThe only thing Trump will be remembered for is his utter stupidity resulting in failure.",
"The composition including the portrait of Pres. Lincoln makes this extra powerful. ",
"Thing is, I doubt Trump would meet with any child who has anything that could be classified as an 'illness.' He's a well known germaphobe.",
"*meet the 44th",
"> He cared deeply about Americans\n\nI assume you mean \"real Americans\" or something? Because either that's wrong or he was just easily fooled by the people around him. Iraq, Katrina, etc.",
"Wow. Must’ve been an old ass middle schooler. \nEdit: whoops can’t do math and was thinking ‘90s meant mid 90s",
"This is an Always Sunny level of dark humour.",
"I don’t get it - are you talking about the wall you gotta jump over to pretend those things were never said?",
"Bad bot",
"His approval rating was at 32% a month ago, per Pew - with some other polls even dipping into the lower 20s - so you're nit-picking a very small difference that doesn't take away from my point whatsoever - https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/politics/donald-trump-approval-rating/index.html\n\nI haven't checked it lately; considering the lack of accomplishments since that poll a month ago, I assumed there wasn't much movement. I'm guessing it will continue to fluctuate between 30 and 40, not removing from the fact that the vast majority of Americans disapprove. Yes, it would have been more accurate if I said \"This message brought to you by the users at Reddit, who are likely to reflect the opinion of 65%+ of the American public in regard to Trump\"\n\nSame point stands.\n\nIt doesn't take away from the main point that the majority of Americans disapprove of Trump, so it's hilarious to see backlash against Reddit for being critical of Trump, especially when Reddit is mostly 18-34 and that demographic does NOT poll well with Trump. Not surprising, considering policies show no regard for student loan crisis, escalate the War on Drugs, make home-buying more difficult, make the health care debacle more convoluted than ever, and show a general disregard for the future. For a demographic that's very adept at research, this shit isn't flying.\n\n20% of Americans under 30 approve of Trump - https://www.axios.com/just-20-of-americans-under-30-approve-of-trump-poll-1513305162-f7b9920b-3eda-4c25-be42-3f3995672345.html\n\nwant to guess Reddit's main demographic?\n\ntl;dr - Trump's first-year approval was lower than any other elected president, and Reddit's main demographic - under-30 Americans - approved of him at a 20% rate. As a result, the Trump supporters thinking Reddit is some liberal paradise and not reflective of America as a whole - and the under-30 Americans demo specifically - are again misguided.\n\nTrump supporters: \"Despite only 35% of the country approving of Trump, anything online that criticizes Trump - even within an under-30 demo where only 20% approve of Trump - is fake news driven by conspiracy and a liberal Reddit staff. Oh, and he won despite 20% odds, so we should throw out data and analytics in every capacity.\"",
"The great 44th? Get fucking ready, Mike and Barry are going to be fully exposed ",
"But that isn't a solution. You are taking what you hate about the opponent and applying it to your own strategy. You'd be amazed how much you can change someone beliefs by just having a civil conversation. At the very least it might broaden their viewpoint. \n\nLet's take the knee-jerk emotion out of politics. It would help both sides and the country as a whole immensely. It really bothers me we are focusing on how stupid or hypocritical each side is but not the issues that really matter. Let's make arguments, not insults. ",
"for real? damn there goes the .05% credit I was going to give him. Fuck that guy. Fits the pattern though, promise a donation here or whatever and then never do it.",
"I mean. I'd rather get peanuts then a pat on the head. ",
"Yes, that bit exactly! I had forgotten that the baby stopped crying immediately.\n\nThat expression on his face! Just awesome :-).",
"Uncle Joe Biden LOVES the \"pink\". ",
"It's not one issue though. Also, it's about the severity of that \"one\" issue. I could live a prosperous life where I helped people for 99% of it. But you know what? If I raped one person or murdered someone, no one will ever call me a good person again.\n\nObama legalizing gay marriage was a big plus for me. He was also definitely more level-headed than the current buffoon. He also bailed out his country from the economic recession. All pluses.\n\nBut all that PALES considering how he literally is the one who made drone-bombing the monster it became. He then punished whistleblowers like Manning and Snowden. He then grew Bush's two illegal wars and made them 7 interventions. How many people died or lost their loved ones in those 7 interventions? His actions in the Middle East gave rise to ISIS and de-stablized the shit out of it. He also bailed out Wall Street. He then also expanded the NSA spying (which is against the constitution).\n\nThe above go from legal crimes, to international crimes, to international crimes against humanity.\n\nIt's not question: he was not the person people make him out to be.",
"I'm sure you still can't read so well.",
"Fast forward to today - the kid would be crying tears of pain as the current idiot administration moves to allow insurance companies to take away her healthcare. ",
"KIng N",
"As a non american, all the moderately good subs went to shit after the election. Currently instagram has a lot of freedom so im on that. But this came up on all wanted to see if anyone felt this pic as weird and forceful. \n\nThankfully I'm not the only one who can see the hypocrisy in this stuff. Not that I'm complaining. More popcorn time for me but still would've like most subs to not be politicized but everywhere i go trump is bad has to mentioned some how 😂. ",
"Can't believe I never saw this. He's just like heck yeah launch that bad boy in here, everyone move haha.",
">95+% of drone strikes under Obama got the wrong guy\n\nsource?",
"Yeah, well Trump killed [more civilians](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-already-killed-more-civilians-obama-us-fight-against-isis-653564) in drone strikes in 7 months than Obama did in 3 years, so I'll still take Obama.",
"Have my upvote you bastard.",
"Voting in America is pointless.",
"I was in Illinois once it was -30 with a foot of snow. I don’t know how people do it. ",
"Did you meet and interview the families of the slain innocent woman and children to determine if they had no involvement with Anti-American actions? It just seems weird that you are so quick to jump to the conclusion that some of the victims of Obama's bombing campaigns are innocent. ",
"Because I didn't say it :D I just agree with him. People can have differing idea and ideals and still be decent. I just don't feel that Trump is a decent person, president or not.",
"I can't really imagine a more succinct illustration of the difference between Obama and Trump than the fact that no one could possibly imagine a child asking the Make-A-Wish Foundation to meet Trump.\n\n",
"You chose to respond to me, not the other way around. Now go, curl into a ball, close your eyes, open them and realize that Trump as big of a piece of shit as he is, is still the president of the United States.\n\nThen go on reddit, upvote a anti-trump picture in a non-politics related subreddit and feel better about yourself, because that will get Trump out of the office. \n\n",
"So funny how something so simple is so entertaining to people that have never seen it. I still stare out the window when it snows and pray for a snow day even though I'm an adult with a 9-5 job. ",
"Obama's a millionaire. Didn't seem to matter to them.",
"Absolutely: aside from the administrative duties (appointing judges, state of the Union address etc.) the president takes an oath, as defined in the Constitution to \"preserve, protect, and defend\" the Constitution of the United States.\" \n\nThe preamble of the Constitution states that the purpose of the document (the whole \"we the people\" thing) is to: form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare....\" \n\nI think that a strong argument can be made that all preceding presidents have made an attempt to stay truthful to the preamble they swore to uphold, and have resigned when they have failed to do so (nixon). Not so much with DJT. \n\nSIDEBAR: the preamble cannot be used to argue cases in front of the Supreme court and is not considered Justiciable law accord to the court, however is part of the mandate of the president as he swears to uphold the Constitution, not the \"laws.\"",
"Sort by controversial for the fun! ",
"Said an ancient Egyptian... some time... probably",
"So directly quoting someone IN CONTEXT is libel? Wha?",
"Don't worry, they won't address this, it goes against their narrow world view.",
"The funniest thing about that shoe dodge is his expression when he realized that he successfully dodged it. For a split second you can tell he felt very accomplished. ",
"I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but let's not dehumanize him to the point of caricature. He did a good think for the kid, let's at least give him the benefit of the doubt on this. ",
"Uh, you know Obama's black, right?",
"you can be really goddamned smart and make lots of bad choices. ",
"lol @ trumpsters projecting their cult.",
"this is not political",
"I think it's more his ignorance and propensity to lie, but general lack of decorum is a bit of it as well. ",
"No slaves but we have plenty of sand. ",
"???",
">refused to give Republicans anything they wanted in exchange\n\nRead carefully. If \"we'll do less of what you don't want us to do, so vote for this thing you don't want\" is your idea of compromise, you're not going to get any farther ahead than Obama did. It's the same kind of hubris that led to the Manchin-Toomey gun bill failing after Republicans offered to support it in exchange for some of their related policy goals.",
"It's crazy that Obama did actually try to withdraw troops and make that a large part of his platform. His opponents said he was being too weak and needed to be stronger when fighting ISIS. \n\nNow that the damage is done, America has leveled those countries and it only seems right that since we've displaced so many innocent civilians, we should take them in right? ",
"No, of course not. All presidents were bad people before Obama, I see that now.",
"I've tried that, but their eyes glaze over as soon as I ask them questions like whether my student loans have compounding interest.",
"I always picture Bush as Governor Le Petomane and Cheney as Harvey Korman, whispering in his ear about all the glory he'll receive as the heroic wartime President. And W lapping it all up, \"I'll be just like Daddy!\"",
"Aww, she looks super shy, too. I'll bet that attention could be hard on a little one",
"Eric Trump is probably helping her through his St. Jude charity ",
"Why do you think more college educated people are liberal? It’s because there is a legitimate brainwashing that goes on when 90 percent of professors are teaching with a liberal bias. Who else do people listen to and learn from? Celebrities? Almost all left leaning to blatant socialist, what about news? Well other than fox nearly every news program is liberal. Obviously college educated people are going to lean liberal when that’s all they hear.",
"Where? I'm just talking about them as people, not their performance in the workplace",
"If you're on the Make a Wish list, *always* have your dessert first",
"I like that they’re raised and lowered like they would be on the sheet music",
"I smell a sequel...",
"> More died under his watch than any other\n\nReally? Show me the stats that more died under him than FDR",
"The Great 44th\n\nI love this",
"True. Not as if the alternative is any better, Trump doesn't stutter he just blithers all over the place and in circles. Better to just take the pause that Obama often did before the next words.",
"How is all this not applicable to Obama?",
"Oh I didn’t even realize a different person responded lol",
"Kinda scary how well it worked too. ",
"Only in hindsight by comparison. He really did not act very Presidential at the time.",
"The significance everyone is missing is that Lincoln is the first REPUBLICAN President of the United States and considered the founding father of the Republican party. Obama is a Democrat. \n\nLincoln was one of our greatest Presidents, he signed the emancipation proclamation, he presided over our nation during the Civil War, and could be a hero to almost anyone. But sometimes politics means you ditch the Republican and hang a portrait of a Democrat or whatever.\n\nLincoln should be pretty universally acceptable of you ask me. He was a great man in a terrible time and kept our nation whole at a time when it could have been torn to pieces. ",
"Also lol at you thinking Obama is a serial cheat when Trump literally has receipts from all his cheating. Fuck off with your idiocy. At least put some thought into your reflective defenses of such a shitty person.",
"Kinda like a Hawaiian feel to it too. *MAHA* ",
"I see comments like this a lot which probably means it is a talking point but it isn't a good one. There are more confirmed deaths from drone strikes in the first six months of Trumps presidency than there are in the last 29 months under Obama. The frequency of drone strikes has increased as well, with one month totals under Trump doubling the worst months during the Obama administration.\n\nhttps://airwars.org/data/",
"That's racist. Someday society won't give a fuck about people's skin color, and people like you, who think skin color is relevant, will be seen as deluded racists.",
"Most US military buildings have portraits of the President, VP, and a bunch of others. They're not that big; just 8x10 in most cases, unless you're visiting the Division HQ or something.",
"sarcasm, I'm agreeing with you. ",
"I think my mind went far darker. I pictured Trump putting the little girls head on a mattle in the Oval office with the bullet would still in her forehead.... I need help. ",
"I'd watch that. ",
"Bigger picture where Obama's interventions de-stabilized the middle east to the point where ISIS arose from the ashes?\n\nBigger picture where Obama's made drone-strikes a thing and set the precedent for morons like Orange-Boy to ante it up by 400%?\n\nBigger picture where he increased NSA spying to the point now where Trump literally can spy on whomever he wants at any time?\n\nOr do you mean, the hundreds of thousands of people who died in his 7 interventions are merely pawns?",
"Or you’ve never entered a military building and seen the pictures hanging just inside?",
"#ThanksObama",
"Seeing as trump stole from a children’s fundraiser, I would meet him just to kick his shins. ",
"I see comments like this a lot which probably means it is a talking point but it isn't a good one. There are more confirmed deaths from drone strikes in the first six months of Trumps presidency than there are in the last 29 months under Obama. The frequency of drone strikes has increased as well, with one month totals under Trump doubling the worst months during the Obama administration.\n\nhttps://airwars.org/data/",
"Not out of the real of possibilities, I mean we got Sharknado 2.",
"I think she sad A-rab. ",
"Obama is a fuckin G. Always has been and always will be. Much love to #44. ",
"Man, you guys had such an awesome leader.",
"My point is that your statement was a broad brush statement. You said that Conservatives don't read and aren't educated. I refuted your statement. What's confusing about that?",
"I dunno, I read that differently. I'm someone who is opposed to a lot of the shit America does (and not just America, but that's the subject of this conversation), from a foundation of human rights and humanism. It's not about party but about actions and outcomes. I don't think Obama is solely to blame for the deaths that happened under his watch, or that that one issue solely discredits him, but I could understand why some people chafe at seeing him lionized now because his successor is the worst person in America. OPs comment could be from a trump supporter trying to knock him down, or it could be someone like me reminding that \"hey, Obama did some bad shit to humans, too\". The issue is complex and this discussion isn't exactly nuanced, but I'm not sure it matters to the orphans of drone strikes or the deported masses whether the one who ordered the action was sweet and kind to kids in the whitehouse.\n\nFor the record, I think Obama was a great man with faults and flaws, who made some mistakes and did some bad shit. I think these discussions are relevant because if we want to confront the issues we need to remember that bad shit didn't just stop when our guy won, and start when the other guy did. Bombing targets with insufficient criteria and insufficient concern for collateral civilian damage is something we all, regardless of party, should take issue with. It's a Faustian bargain the American public makes when they demand certain approaches and outcomes on foreign soil. It's criminally ignored by the public in general, and often only brought up in an attempt to discredit the opposition. This should be a \"people versus the military industrial complex\" battle, not a \"Democrats versus republicans\" one. In truth, it's the reality of modern America and the war on terror and it doesn't help anyone to boil it down to partisan sniping..",
"She's overrated and a friend of Hillary's. Sad!",
"If true, then it's hard to claim he isn't a piece of shit after reading this. I can't think of an explanation for this behavior that doesn't paint him in the worst light possible.",
">If I raped one person or murdered someone, no one will ever call me a good person again.\n\nI don't know if I completely subscribe to that. hell, that's not even true on a social level. Look at the fact that everyone forgot about Caitlyn Jenner's vehicular manslaughter when she did the \"good\" thing of transitioning. Or even OJ simpsons being acquitted for it\n\nNo, I don't think people would look at that one issue very seriously if you devoted the rest of your life to good. it's why we forget about Ghandi and Mother Theresa's misgivings (except for on reddit where we're critical of just about everything). \n\nBut what all this comes down to is this: the government isn't acting out of the interest of the american public. ",
"Where women glow and men plunder. ",
"Oh Leia was wrong to give out the location of the rebel base. She absolutely should not have, or should have lied. One Planet, or the end of the only resistance movement against the evil Empire? Simple choice there. ",
"Yeah he didn't do anything ethically questionable ever. /s\n\nHere's a picture of him being nice to a toddler to distract you!",
"I don't think causing the destabilization of an entire region and contributing to the growing partisan culture in the US makes him an 'undeniably good person.' There's a hell of a lot to deny there. ",
"I wouldn't imagine it's much bigger than a piece of paper.",
"that explains all the drone strikes",
"The dandelion one got me.",
"Yeah, I really, really doubt you ever supported Bernie. If you did, you're truly a fucking moron.",
"No worries, I do the same thing all time time hehe",
"You also raise a valid point. Egocentric folks don't tend to do much that is genuinely altruistic. ",
"Consent is important if you want someone to spank with you with a Forbes magazine. ",
"Where do they get their grammar? ",
"http://brilliantmaps.com/threat-to-peace/",
"I can hear it",
"That word *was* your point. Without it, your question becomes\n\n>So those things are worse than hunting down whistleblowers and bombing?\n\nJustified bombing is definitely not worse than sexual assault, money-laundering, affairs with porn stars, and spying on underage pageant contestants.",
"Not all Mexicans. Illegal immigrants. Big difference.",
"https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/08/07/polls-us-greatest-threat-to-peace-world-today.html",
"If you're terminally ill and work in an airport, you're terminal in a terminal using a terminal",
"I don't think Trump could gag a hamster",
"When people praise Obama as a god-like figure for killing a ton of darkies, exapnded the power of the NSA, I would say he is too. \n\nIf Trump expanded the NSA powers it would be on the front page for a year. And here we have a bunch of easily influenced idiots calling Obama a great president.",
"Even half black people get full prejudice. Racism makes no sense in every other aspect, why should it be different here?",
"\"the great 44th\"? Put that in r/Jokes instead. ",
"If I was terminally ill and I met Trump, I would cry that I wasnt dead sooner",
"I live in DC, 2008 election was crazy to be here for when he one and the city misses him deeply. ",
"I wonder how many dying kids will use their wish to meet Trump",
"Lol no he didn't. Read real news buddy.",
"Where I live it ranges from 44c in the summer to -5c in the winter. I love it. ",
"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/90-of-people-killed-by-us-drone-strikes-in-afghani/",
"Still impressed every time I see that. I can’t help but to think of George saying “H’whoah! Heh..almost got me there..heh..” ",
"That's how I feel, when it was McCain VS Obama they were both respectful people who seemed to generally want to better our country. Then we get to 2016. ",
"I often wonder what it would be like to meet President Obama. I think I would cry too. ",
"In the country, with my childhood doggo",
"Obama used drone strikes because they were less likely to result in civilian casualties than airstrikes and using soldiers on the ground. I would hardly call that \"horrific\".",
"That is exactly what is implied by your comment. ",
"Lol, I can see that.\nthanks :D",
"You're missing the point. ",
"You’re right I was in a hurry lol 😂 got me good u did.",
"Yes, but it's still funded by the populace.",
"Just and ordinary Demi-Pres.",
"Obviously they're russian bots",
"Well, Trump actually sexually assaulted people, conservatives were mad because Obama cried in his first speech about the Sandy Hook massacre. The way you phrased that sounds more like Obama murdering children. And any outrage over executive orders should be dispersed after Trump's use of them.",
"I can confirm. My mom told me she turned down a Wish for my brother when he was 16. He wasn’t terminal, he had a good long term prognosis, but he was very sick. My mom felt that the money spent on a wish for him would be better spent on a younger child whose prognosis wasn’t as good as my brother’s.",
"/hugs/ take my warmth, friend. ",
"It really does, since *some* bombing is absolutely justified.",
"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/90-of-people-killed-by-us-drone-strikes-in-afghani/",
"✔ Daily Obama worship thread on reddit.",
"Watching this is terrifying. Trump is disgrace, but he knows it. Its these people...\"he's an Arab\". As part of an urban well developed area I find it hard to believe these people exist. You hear about the base a lot but its like these people never looked at wikipedia or were exposed to anyone outside of their zip code.",
"Probably two dogs in a trench coat. ",
"Obama had to denounce statements for someone else's (Jeremiah Wright's).\n\nTrump didn't even apologies for his own statements and actions.\n\nThat's the difference between being black and white in America still today. There's unquestionably a double standard and higher accountability based on the melanin in your skin. ",
"Guy I was cool with in high school fell awkwardly and went to the hospital and died a few days later and he was only 16. Died from complications from sickle cell.",
"TIL Jim Halpert is Trumps brother. \n\nhttps://imgur.com/a/anB6b",
">Barely able to hold a conversation\n\nWatch some primary source material of Donald Trump. Watch primary source material about anything, really, and you'll always have your mind blown. There is no way that this man is an idiot. Its amazing what non-primary sources like editorials and network news can make you believe. He's a ruthless fucking asshole who would sell his own children into slavery for a melted ice cream cone on a hot summer day, but he's not an idiot.\n\nhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?c4623295/nov-21-1991-trump-tax-reform-act-1986-tax-code",
"And Trump, for all of his proclamations and tweeting, can be a genuinely caring person when interacting with people. \n\nAs far as taking the job seriously, Trump has been making progress on his campaign promises. Whether or not the progress is masked by the constant media flareups he causes, I don't know. \n\nEither way, it turns out that people can be great people even if they're not necessarily good at their jobs.",
"Which album? ",
"he was the Commander in Chief.",
"good point, but you know that man fucks!\n\nhttps://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/07/20/2d998d17-de66-4f5b-86ec-62f4688a0ad0/resize/620x465/b5ae46e6a788096c12a2edf49e48d671/gettyimages-3470309.jpg",
"Maybe what you meant to say is that you apply the rule to Trump, but he is not worthy of any respect because politics aside, he still sort of seems like a huge piece of shit.",
"I just watched this last night, it gave me a whole new respect for both of them. Makes me wish Letterman had done more of this just sitting down and chatting type of interview, most of his guests on his Late Night show were just promoting stuff.",
"What?",
"John McCain has a really funny interview on the Daily Show, maybe 2002, 2004? For all of McCain's \"principles\" he seems to have had a real hard time breaking with his party when they've gone so far away from the things he appears to believe. I don't know if it's because he thinks that's the lesser evil of him being replaced by someone else or what, but it's sad to see.",
"Not from me that’s for damn sure. Least my grammar is the thing that’s fucked up and not my morals. Grifter in the whitehouse wohoooo maga ",
"It still is. Putting my political beliefs aside, I would be honored to meet he president of the United States. Democrat or Republican.",
"He thinks before he speaks. Trump obviously doesn't. ",
"Exactly!",
"no the kid offered to do it for free, its in the article",
"While I don't agree with a lot of politics, I do think that he is a good man. I think he cares a lot about his family and those around him, and the fact that he was willing to make time for the young girl and her family is really telling on who he is as a person. On the other hand, I hate 45's politics and think he's one of the worst \"humans\" alive.",
"Or its encouragement to like/admire people only if they look like you",
"I always thought it was where women *blow*. Damn. I always pictured Aussie women just going to town on some dicks just all the time.",
"And where does “great” come into this post?",
"We have quotas, people! ",
"So... Obama is to blame for everything that’s fucked.. ",
"https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/\n\nTake a look at this video and then tell me that I'm quick to jump to conclusions about the victims of the bombings again.",
"Well, the sub isn't meant for political discussion, its express and stated purpose is for Trump and Trump fans. Do you think posting critical takes of bernies policies in /r/sandersforpresident would have resulted in a different result?",
"He saves a lot more than he rapes, and he only rapes to save!",
"[and then there's this one](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/R390EId)",
"Get this bullshit propaganda off this sub. This little girl will be crying in 6 months when Obama is indicted for treason and sedition.",
"Obama*cares*",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Experience\n\nit had some tracks that would have ostensibly appealed to B&B, and also had some commentary interspersed throughout. It also had the quote above that was from an early episode.",
"Swing and a miss, bud.",
"Thanks Obama.",
"Could be both. ",
"There isn't a political discussion. There is just an asshole taking the occasion of a pretty cool moment during Obama's presidency and trying to make it political by attacking Drumpf. It's a joke. Sorry that you can't grasp it.",
"good. he's a disgrace. get him the fuck out.",
"I doubt he’s a descendant since his father was from Kenya.",
"I hope at some point I get to see an Obama vampire hunter movie.",
"I'd say most Presidents were pretty awful from my point of view. I really only think a few were decent people/leaders. The best President the United States ever had was probably Calvin Coolidge. Other ones I view as decent people would be John Quincy Adams, James Garfield, Jimmy Carter, maybe Abraham Lincoln. But yes, most were bad, Obama included.\n\n",
"Great picture! We will only know in a 50-100 years or so if he was great or terrible or just ok. Only history will be able judge that claim.",
"Here's another one:\n\nhttps://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-01/drone-wars-the-full-data",
"😂",
"If I can invoke that kind of emotions in a good way. I believe that I did a fine job being a man.",
"Merry Christmas ya filthy animal.",
"don’t sort by controversial... don’t sort by controversial.. ah hell",
"Go ahead and provide facts with credible sources please.",
"I was in the Air Force for 9 years and still work on a DoD contract through Boeing. But no, I'm not really much of a troop supporter. I just find the fanboys of Obama to be a bit childish. Politically, you would find me far to the left of Obama, though I know your kneejerk reaction would be to put me in Trump's camp. ",
"butters is secretly a fucking genius! ",
"So fucking dusty in here. ",
"You must *really* hate Trump then considering he has killed as many civilians in 7 months as Obama did in 3 years and wants to dismantle Obama's rules intended to protect civilians in drone strikes.",
"Here's a little piece about that pitch from a documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxR1tZ08FcI \n \nSkip to [3:34](https://youtu.be/bxR1tZ08FcI?t=3m34s) for the pitch",
"I'm sure the Cheetos Führer would have refused the meeting while telling the child's parents that the kid new what she was getting into when she got terminally ill.",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"The great 44th?",
"Imagine Trump in that photograph",
"I was referring to the family as being possible descendants, not Obama",
"No, I'm talking about the idiots who post images like this and act like he's some sort of incest pedophile because his kid kissed him on his cheek. Use your head.",
"waiting for some T_D moron to scream fake news even though Forbes is notoriously Trump-friendly",
"I work in the field - comparing SCD to moderate asthma is severely misleading, and most people with SCD face shortened lifespans, often significantly. On top of the actual disease, there are social and policy factors that exacerbate both the intensity of how the patient experiences the disease and the quality and length of life associated with it. Moreover, it is only within the past two decades that treatments (predominantly hydroxyurea) have became available that begn to let people with severe forms of SCD live anything close to something resembling a normal life - and despite the low cost of the treatments many physicians are not even aware of them. \n\nMore recently, SCD patients have been caught on the wrong side of the opioid epidemic, since many experience repeated excruciating pain crises that are, in a significant number of patients, only alleviated by prescription opiates. Recent policies designed to stem the tragic rise in opiate-related deaths have made an already existing problem - SCD patients in urban centers being designated as nothing more than drug seekers and hence being denied medication - much much worse.\n\nSCD is a disease, like so many others, that manifests across a spectrum. Some people have mild forms of the disease, and with careful management and access to appropriate resources can live pretty much normal lives. However, many people with SCD, including the girl in the photo, have much more severe types and even with the best treatment will endure shortened lives and regular pain crises. Children with SCD frequently experience periods where they suffer from a stream of mini-strokes, which can lead to mental impairment and/or delays in their educational and social development.\n\nAsthma is no joke, and can be an awful thing to endure. But it not fair to compare it to the severe medical, social, and developmental issues surrounding those living with SCD.",
"Username's uh... kinda relevant?",
"Why do you say that? ",
"When Michael Jackson lived next to the Trumps in Trump Tower, Donald and Ivana would let him come over anytime and play with their kids for hours on end. So that's nice. I think.",
"\"which rely on classified and confidential intelligence documents supplied by an unknown source\"\n\nSeems to all be based on one unknown source. How do we know this is accurate information? ",
"After children are already suffering from it's loss. Not really Jesus like.",
"They do now. It is for terminal ill and serious illness and has been for a while. I think it was a PR move. Trotting out soon to be dead kids is depressing and not good TV (hence not good for donations). Not knowing whether the kid on screen is a goner or not is more comforting to their white soccer mom core fundraising pool.",
"I don't think Brown is crazy enough for that. Haha",
"It's like criticizing someone for using cue cards.\n\nOhhh, look at this fancy college librul being all professional and competent!",
"Anything Obama gets swallowed by these people hook, line, and sinker.\n\nit's honestly terrifying.",
"Do you think collateral damage is unacceptable? How do you think wars are fought? I'm not an end justify the means kind of guy, but it's a little too naive to think that collateral damage is avoidable in actions we take to protect others",
"Please don’t spread your cynicism. It’s depressing. Sometimes we need the good. ",
"It's also important to remember that the Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the House, the Senate, and ratified by the states. The president isn't directly involved in the amendment process.",
"At least it’s not like a Tommy Bahama shirt or something. ",
"Hold up sickle-cell anemia isn't a terminal illness...",
"Probably get a similar picture today if a young girl was forced into meeting Donald; definitely end up crying.",
"Fast and furious, Spying on Trump, drone killings, not closing gitmo, Obamacare, daca implementation without congress, nsa expansion, no transparency, I can continue if you'd like\nEdit: Lol or just downboat me instead of actually putting up an argument",
"Trump fans are way worse than Obama fans. That doesn't mean I can't find both groups repulsive.",
"You're supposed to add a *\"/s\"* when you're being sarcastic. \n\nAlthough, that much sarcasm usually doesn't need a label, just sayin'. :)",
"Lots of offended 'muricans here, that's how I feel.",
"I get a little misty when I watch that first video. Just the decency of it. I disagree with a ton of what McCain stands for platform-wise, but as a human, he's good.\n\n",
"People certainly spewed more bullshit about him than any other, I'll give you.",
"Wow what a waste of a wish",
"Polite and/or earnest is frequently mistaken as \"decent.\"\n\nThe guy we have currently is rude AND intentionally lies constantly AND also a horrible person.\n\nW seems like a saint by those weird standards and in contrast.\n\nYou're absolutely right that the standard SHOULD be \"Did he start a war based on lies that was doomed to accomplish nothing.\" Whether or not he believed his lies shouldn't matter, nor should whether he avoided farting in public.",
"Uh, how is that not changing anything? He wasn't getting it and now he is.\n\nYou think deserving money and not getting it is the same as having it in your pocket?\n\nDude, you're not going to disappear to another dimension or something if you say something good about Trump.",
"Been watching Ken Burns: The Civil War on Netflix all week. It was great to see ole Abe in this shot. Great documentary. Great photo.",
"As a member of the state of Tennessee I DO NOT find these people hard to believe. They don't even look at books. They do not leave their towns of 500 people and 50 churches.",
"Don’t feel that way, everyone knows it’s wrong it’s just that the republicans won’t punish him for it. It’s not normal.",
"They actually learned their lesson from Afghanistan. People seem to forget that Afghanistan was actually set up to be a great success. They WERE greeted as liberators, I remember watching girls excitedly going to school for the first time in their lives. They had the opportunity to create a new rule of law with a popular leader, they just fucked up the implementation of it. The new government was corrupt and nobody trusted them, so the Taliban was able to regain footholds and find sympathizers. They chose not to include/empower existing tribal leaders. They also screwed up the whole opium situation and inadvertently provided billions to the Taliban in the drug trade.\n\nSo when they went into Iraq, before Afghanistan had collapsed, it was pretty easy to believe they would be greeted as liberators again, install a popular government, then gradually pull back. But Iraq was totally different than Afghanistan and the US again misjudged a lot of important things.",
"Those greedy children wanting to cure cancer. Get to the coal mine shorty!",
"9 trillion dollars though ",
"Mother of god, he's right.",
"> political circlejerk\n\nThese were your words. Why do you think this happens in many threads when your hero is brought up?",
"Feel bad for laughing.",
"And there she is standing underneath a picture of the guy that made it all possible.",
"Why would he remove it? ",
"Not pictured: Current day terminally ill child cries at mere suggestion of having to meet President Trump",
"Not unless there is another reason she is expected to die. ",
"Illegal immigrants from south of the border. They don’t give a shit about the nice white Irish illegal working at the pub. ",
"According to \"24% of respondents\" is not a majority of the world. It's not even a quarter of the world.",
"ok .05% of credit reinstated. Still a big hole to climb out of.",
"It is very sickening. I can't believe a person can so casually justify the deaths and mutilation of innocent people.",
"Even if they don't now, they will in the future. ",
"11 up and 1 over, ya simple bitch!!",
">When they go low, we go to kindergarten!",
"The OP was about a make a wish kid. Obama's willingness to meet with her doesn't add to, or take away from his legacy on increasing drone strikes. \nBetter? ",
"This is verifiably untrue. He believed that every man should have an equal opportunity to advance his station and grew up detesting slavery. It’s true he did not think that blacks and whites were necessarily equal, but that hey should at least have the same shot at life. He thought enfranchisement was a tricky and dangerous idea to tread on in those days. But over the course of the war he realized the moral imperative of not only freeing the slaves (otherwise, there could be no divine justification of the terrible death toll) but eventually enfranchising and giving them equal rights.\n\nHe isn’t some perfect Messiah that is above all critique, but at least know your history before devaluing one of the greatest Americans to ever live.",
"That video is from 32 years ago. \nI was hyperbolic with that \"barely able\" phrase, but I did say he had a regular intelligence, which that video perfectly illustrates: his language is basic, with what we've learned now is his favorite, repetition of certain basic, emotional words, there is no nuance in his prose, and as far as the substance goes, he doesnt show particularly incredible expertise or acumen technically speaking. \nNow add to what probably was a 110-120ish IQ back then, 32 years of sedentary lifestyle, horrendous diet, no intellectual stimulation and a constant bombardment of junk television, plus hereditary alzheimer's/dementia and you got yourself a 30 to 40 IQ points drop",
"Recognizing that we remember historic moments in American history relevant to the overcoming of historic oppression of black Americans is not racist. \n\nI’d love for a day when we not only realize that skin color is irrelevant but also that equal opportunities exist for everyone regardless of race.",
"One of my friends has the original bill of sale from one of her ancestors. Bought and sold like cattle. She got very emotional showing it to me as you can imagine, she was part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s too having grown up in the South so has some harrowing stories about her own experiences with racism. The sad part is that slavery still exists in many parts of the world.",
"Reddit is the most terminal disease.",
"I despise Trump, yes.",
"Damn is that is daughter, why does that look so wrong.",
"Lol. Whenever I hear anyone say that about him (\"He's the kind of man who seems like he'd be fun to grab a beer with!\") it just lets you know how little they actually know about the man. ",
"> *\"Democrats would rather all children with cancer die than let illegal rapists be deported.\"*\n\nSpeakin' of fake news.",
"I'm not even American, and I teared up too. ",
"The aplomb and compassion of President Obama is glaringly different and even jarring compared to the goddamn pos that’s there now ",
"*Secret Service standing by*\n\n*Red 6 standing by*\n\n**STAY ON TARGET**",
"Hahaha Jesus",
"\"I have no response so I'll just post this same link over and over.\"",
"Yo dawg we heard you were terminal...",
"Lol where do you get your facts from ? And why do you assume that Obama’s just in the situation room going “ yeah fuck em , bomb this guy and this guy and that little girl over there ? She’s wearing red I hate that shit bomb her too “ he gets his briefings from the same fucking military guys that sit with trump sat with bush and Clinton. He along with every other president has to make decisions based on intel that is pushed hard from like 20 different people. \n\nAnd you seem to forget that while Obama maybe killed an innocent person during the time as president , bush took on a whole innocent country. \n\nJesus man get a grip on yo shit and just admit you hate black people in power positions. Just be you dawg, you don’t need to hide it, Obama’s was a decent dude. You don’t agree on that and just for the love of god would one person ever just be honest and say it’s because he’s not white ? Come on dude ! ",
"What a waste of a wish. What is your last dying wish little girl? “To meet the worst president of US history!”",
"Neither of your links support what you claimed.\n\n",
"\"the great 44\"\n\ngood lord the worship of this man is over the top.",
"Since all you have is \"herp derp you so stoopid\" I'll leave you to your drooling.",
"What did you expect to gain out of being rude about this guy's story? ",
"Thanks, Obama!",
"I’ll call the Waaaaaaambulance for you",
">Edit: Jesus guys, I don’t judge him for what he did, but for the person he is. \n\nThat’s fucking stupid. You’re meant to judge a person on their actions not how they present themselves to be.",
"Ah sorry. Just reread your comment.\n\nWhat the general does after the fact has no impact of the moral decision you make in the moment. If the choice is between two deaths and 7.5 billion deaths, you choose the two deaths. If he blows up earth anyway, you're not to blame for the killing the children, as you made the rational, moral decision to attempt to save all of humanity by killing the two children.",
"This scripted talking point from shills is so 2017.",
"It's a natural consequence of a speech being written at a lexile (and content) level higher than that of a 4th grader. ",
"Surely he didn't grab her by the pussy?",
"Even if we wanna talk about a young girl’s modesty—that skirt looks like it would fit into the dress code policy of most schools (which is often that bottoms must be “finger tip length” or longer). If it’s appropriate enough for schools which are crazy with their dress codes, I would not call it too short. ",
"I don't believe that for one second. US power elites would rather work with a friendly dictator than a populist democracy. This has been shown many times. Democracies are unpredictable, difficult to corrupt, and fickle.",
"> He was a better president than Trump for sure, \n\nSpeaking of revisionism. You do remember that time we started a decade long war with the wrong country, right?",
"If she is still with us, this poor girl must meet our greatest president emperor to this day! Our God president Trump!",
"Oh, you want links!\n\n [This link has most of what I referenced, all in one place!](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-creepiest-most-unsettling-comments-a-roundup-a7353876.html) \n\nHere I'll pull some quotes about Ivanka for you!\n\n>\"She's actually always been very voluptuous\"\n\nThe above one was when someone asked about her large tits. In response to a question about how he would feel if she posed in Play Boy:\n\n>\"she does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her.\"\n\nA few more:\n\n>“My daughter, Ivanka. She’s 6 feet tall, she’s got the best body.\"\n\n\n>“Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?”\n\nThe link also includes the Howard Stern interview where he agrees she is a \"piece of ass\". \n\nI'll see if I can find the recording where he is watching a little girl of about 10 go up an escalator and comments that he'll be dating her in a few years. Now, I don't know about you, but my first thoughts upon seeing a prepubescent child isn't 'how long until I can fuck her'. \n\nEdit: Since you oddly replied in a private message that I am \"lying\" about the Stern interaction as quoted in the article, I will post the whole thing here (emphasis mine):\n\n>Trump: “My daughter is beautiful, Ivanka.\"\n\n>Stern: “By the way, your daughter…”\n\n>Trump: “ - she’s beautiful\"\n\n>**Stern: “Can I say this? A piece of ass.”**\n\n>**Trump: “Yeah.”**\n\nHere, for context, is how I characterized this: \n\n>He once agreed with Howard Stern that Ivanka was a \"piece of ass\"\n\nHoward literally refers to Ivanka as a piece of ass and Trump's response is \"yeah\"",
"Yup, that's Ivanka.",
"There were a lot of reasons that went into Lincoln freeing the slaves. He personally believed slavery was unjust solely because it was hypocritical to the constitution for all men to be free. Europe has given the US flack for having slavery, but saying all men should be free. In multiple letters Lincoln stated that he did not believe all men are created equal however, and that being free and equal were two totally different things. You can be free and not equal, and that's what he though the slaves should be. It would also help tremendously in gaining strength for the war. You have to realize that Lincoln's wish was to preserve the Union, and US was seen as as a duplicitous state for allowing slavery under it's constitution. ",
"Yeah but he piloted drones strikes that killed those people in that country!!!1!",
"I definitely agree. It's always good to learn about abolitionism. It's a nice reminder that not every white person in America was a heinous jackass back then.",
"That's not really true. What state were you raised in? The war was started solely because of slavery, and because lincoln, who had spent a large portion of his earlier career arguing that slavery was immoral and wrong, had just been elected. Also the Union army was almost entirely white throughout the entirety of the war, they did not draft freed slaves. Not a lot of people live up to their hype but Lincoln truly was the great emancipator.",
"This is true, black people call their skin ashy if it's dry so that was an odd word choice.",
"Absolutely, because I've criticized Bernie there and my post wasn't deleted and I wasn't banned.",
"HE SAID, \"NEITHER OF YOUR LINKS SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS.\"",
"That is a freaking awesome wish! I love that man. ",
"The correction? If you attempt to read the entire comment you might notice that I assume that you know it's his daughter.",
"I do some volunteer work and fundraising for Make-A-Wish, and this is a common misconception but Make-A-Wish grants wishes for any child with a life-threatening medical condition. It is not considered a terminal wish grant (though certainly some are).\n\nConsider the Wish something that can actually help bring hope to the child to endure the medical processes fighting their disease demands. Many of these kids make it through, and I've had the great honor of meeting many of them and doing events with them. Our state chapter even has multiple employees and volunteers that are former Wish kids. \n\nIt's truly one of the greatest organizations on the planet, and I encourage anyone out there to seek out your chapter, ask about volunteering, look for interesting fundraisers you may want to get involved with, or at the very least, sacrifice a few coffees a year to donate to them instead. While Make-A-Wish is a huge global organization, each chapter is its own 501c3 with its own assigned territory, and is responsible for its own budget and fundraising. That means everything you donate locally stays local, helping kids in your own area. \n\nWant to make the world a better place? It's an easy place to start.",
"Yes it is pathetic to hope your President has at least one ounce of decorum and statesmanship. ",
"Shes crying for all children that Obama killed with drone strikes😂",
"> Uhhh....2001? \n> \n> Are you blaming Bush for 9/11?\n\nNo, those are just the years Bush was President. \n",
"Are you sure about that?",
"Oh jesus fuck, that's the worst one of all",
"She doesn't, but don't let that get in the way of a good \"OMG Fuck Trump\" story",
"Political discussion is where different sides of an issue are discussed and considered. A circlejerk is where only one side is present. Why does it happen on reddit? Reddit is left wing, young, inexperienced and ignorant.",
"Yo jackass don't make this bullshit political and throw out baseless rumors. Why don't you take the fucking time to do some goddamn research before making a fucking baseless claim.",
"Nor do they grab unsuspecting women by the pussy.",
">Politics aside, things like this are immeasurable and should be respected. \n\nUnless Trump does it, then it's just a fucking piece of shit Nazi looking for a photo op or something",
"OP: Doesn't listen or understand the depth of the discussion at hand. Doesn't hear any big words. Decides: \"meh no big words, he must be average\". Never mind he's *consulting* the United States government on tax reform and being taken extremely seriously.\n\nheh. Thinking basic language means lack of intelligence is my favorite irony. Cheers.",
"Amazing ",
"To clarify, it's dusty in here. ",
"Obama dropped 26,000+ bombs on 6 countries and used the FBI to spy on a political opponent in his final year in office. He isn't a decent person. ",
"And here is the asshole who brings politics into a conversation about clothes ",
"I have literally no clue how to feel about this",
"\"By an unknown source\" could very well be multiple legitimate sources. Or not. I imagine bad ass CIA spies, but I'm also a child, so...",
"Did he hit her?",
"Bad bot",
"Great - now in my mind all kids are Jason Segel",
"So you recognize the destruction of Confederate monuments as a racist act? We might as well be tearing down the Egyptian pyramids, as they were built by slaves as a monument to slave owners.",
"I made a similar comment not too long ago. I disagree with him on basically his whole political platform but that's fine. I also never got the idea that he was doing anything other than the best he could. He had a given set of principles and stuck to them. I also always had the feeling he was doing what he thought was best for the country (and world, really), not necessarily what was best for *himself*.\n\nHe's a good man, loves his family and always treated other people with respect. Everyone from world leaders the White House janitors. That and both he and his wife have to be the two classiest people on Earth. With the amount of horrible shit that he and Michelle endured, from the obstructionist Congress to the most vile racist verbal and written attacks, they never responded with anything other than the utmost class and dignity and refused to lower themselves.\n\nAmazing people. ",
"do you consider other political opinions?",
"> Jesus guys, I don’t judge him for what he did, but for the person he is.\n\nThat is exactly the problem. Obama can be a good guy personally but passing policies that push down Americans and continuing several wars will wipe away anything good about him personally in the eyes of many people.",
"When I read a sentence *that* awkwardly written, my first thought is \"was this written by a computer?\"",
"Worked well for Reddit with the Boston Marathon.",
"He also apparently was a Kenyan Muslim that killed Christmas from what I hear.",
"Obama is the devil",
"lol I don't know what's more fucked up. That you assume I hate black people or that you assume I'm white. Shit, while we're at it, might as well label me a Neo-Nazi, wife-beating, flat earther who also denies the holocaust.\n\nP.S. I've posted several sources already. Look it up.",
"Agree to disagree. Obama supported and attempted to advance a select few major viewpoints that I could not be reconciled with on. I personally don't view him as that great of a president for those points specifically. \n\nPersonally, he seems like a decent guy. \n\nAnd I realize that they are both subjective things, but meh.",
"Congress proposed and passed the 13th Amendment.\n\nDo you have a citation for Lincoln disavowing his white supremacist beliefs?",
"Yea. We're deleting a lot of the crap Obama did. Been great for the country. Economy is booming. It's nice having a President who likes America again. ",
"And \"was terminally ill at the time\". Generally, you don't become un-terminally ill, unfortunately. ",
"Of course deserving money and actually having it are two different things, that's weird to suggest that I was saying otherwise. I'm not saying anything else about Trump, I was merely saying his tax plan has little positive effect for the average hourly worker. \n",
"Oh hey more circlejerking, sorry lad you're not gonna convince others to convert to your political ideology ",
"You do understand that when the media reports on something Trump planned to do and he fails to do so or changes his mind for whatever reason, then that does not qualify the initial report as lie, right? You do understand the basic concept of truth and lie and past and present, right?",
"That sounds like torture. ",
"Speaking of immeasurable, I didn't realize how tall that guy is. He's towering over the parents!",
"CRISpR May help identify cancer cells hidden in the body and not edit out the cells (maybe wrong, but that’s what I have taken from my armchair study) but SCA is something it may wipe out and edit away.",
"Everything about her outfit is great",
"That's not compromise. If republicans didn't support the proposed gun law, then they shouldn't vote for it. If they thought the gun law was good, they should vote for it. If they thought the gun law was a good idea, but voted against it because of literally any other reason, then they're the ones that were being prideful. You're just fucking confused, buddy.\n\nCompromise is when you craft a bill that everybody can agree upon. Bribing enemies to vote against their constituents by agreeing to vote against your own constituent is just corruption. The ACA was a compromise. Many changes were made regarding making certain things optional which largely harmed the bill's functionality, but then it got enough votes.",
"Except that was his father, not him.",
"I dont think you know what irony means. \nComplex and knowledgeable thought tends to seep through into language, while it's true that not all intelligent-sounding people are indeed intelligent, most brilliant people as far as language or science goes, tend to show that through their words",
"that portrait of Lincoln has a smug look like he is saying “I helped!” ",
"Hell of a lot better than what we have now, you must be mistaken. \n\nTrump isn't a good President, he isn't even a good PERSON.",
"Damn just checked back guess these white boys never been ashy. ",
"There may not be for you, but if someone dislikes a political figure, any mention is cause to say \"But this person sucks.\"",
"Please explain how Obama wrecked the black community, especially compared to other presidents.",
"Sometimes it doesn't matter. Mr friends soon got a trip from make a wish and he is in remission now. He is also now 7.",
"A coworker of mine died from Sickle-cell Anemia. Out of the blue. She was in her early 20s. It's a chronic illness where the prognosis can change over time. ",
"There's a YouTube user with her name and looks like her, appears to be the correct age. She liked a video that was posted last week.",
"He sent in a Seal team to take her out?",
"Reddit is a church for Obama. Check out the top all time on /r/IAmA.",
"Sorry I'm all out of olive branches and it hurts when they take the olive branch and try to smash your face with it. Fine, I'm biased, but every escalation of partisan brinksmanship that I can recall has been initiated by the GOP. Shutdowns to score points, the supreme court bullshit, the public declaration of refusing to work with the President, etc etc. And as soon as they get in power, NOW is the time for us all to rally behind the President. Enough.",
"Of course. Do you have any or are you just resisting by downvoting everything you see me write as if it matters to me?",
"That's just a tremendous waste of time ",
"I completely agree, as long as the president hasn’t sexually assaulted a bunch of people.",
"Is that how much extra debt the new tax plan is gonna put the country in?",
"Cry some more :)",
"What are you talking about?\n\nMaintaining monuments as tributes to those who fought for slavery *for* fighting for slavery is not like the Egyptian pyramids.\n\nFucking idiot 😂",
"One time my mom ran into Obama at the gym so he's pretty much my uncle.",
"I think even Abe Lincoln's portrait is tearing up.",
"Sorry. My bad, when people say ‘Bush is evil’ they are usually referring to Iraq.\n\nI imagine that Bush did other evil things outside of the ME wars?\n\n",
"I know there would have been a security detail nearby, but I love that the leader of the free world has a small white rope to protect him",
"John McCain is an example of what Republicans should be.\n\nThe funny thing is, Republicans have always been wrong, but they used to be reasonable and wrong, or at least humane and wrong. That's John McCain, he's wrong about a lot of shit, but he's a decent human. Let's remember Republicans haven't always been Jeff Sessions, Scott Pruitt, and DJT.",
"You missed a spot - you're fired",
"Damn I miss Obama ",
"Just between me and you, they also blow. ",
"I miss the days we had a competent human being in the White House.",
"Who hurt you?",
"Ok Shitlord, your user name is appropriate.",
"Trump and his fans are such an embarrassing phase of this country. I hope we grow out of it. ",
"We have to go back.",
"I miss the days we had a competent human being in the White House.",
"lol @ people unable to defend their P.O.V and resort to name calling. Such edge, so sad. ",
"There is a list of some here: http://www.gktw.org/wgo/partners/database.php\n(I’m on mobile so I apologize for the huge URL)\n\nI became aware that there were a variety of charities that did both big and small wishes when a relative had a non-terminal childhood cancer. She lived in Florida and a local group regularly took kids from area hospitals to Disney World for the day. \n\nAnyway, I do not vouch for these specific charities in any way because I have not researched them. But if you find ones that seem reputable it seems like there are a lot of groups that do good work for kids who are dealing with medical problems, whether terminal, acute or chronic. ",
"Sickle cell can be a different experience for everyone. The sickle cells can irreversibly damage organs during a crisis, and if it happens at a young age it can be devastating ",
"Same dude same",
"Why? 1991 was 27 years ago. If this girl is 40 now, that means she was 13 at the time, which is right in line for 7th grade. So anywhere in the 1990-1993 timeline matches up perfectly well.",
"all of this reminded me of Episodes lol\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4JTU5lRTOg\n\n",
"That would make an amazing Onion article!",
"Dude... what was the wish. \n\n\n** Edit ** \n\nNever mind. Bitchin cabin man. Worthy wish and Im really happy you are still around :). Keep on keeping on! ",
"You go from [this](https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/): \n>The White House and Pentagon boast that the targeted killing program is precise and that civilian deaths are minimal. However, documents detailing a special operations campaign in northeastern Afghanistan, Operation Haymaker, show that between January 2012 and February 2013, U.S. special operations airstrikes killed more than 200 people. Of those, only 35 were the intended targets. During one five-month period of the operation, according to the documents, nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. \n\n\nTo this: \n>95+% of drone strikes under Obama got the wrong guy. \n\nAnd you go from [this](https://www.cfr.org/blog/how-many-bombs-did-united-states-drop-2016): \n>In President Obama’s last year in office, the United States dropped 26,172 bombs in seven countries. This estimate is undoubtedly low, considering reliable data is only available for airstrikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya, and a single \"strike,\" according to the Pentagon’s definition, can involve multiple bombs or munitions. In 2016, the United States dropped 3,028 more bombs—and in one more country, Libya—than in 2015. \nMost (24,287) were dropped in Iraq and Syria. This number is based on the percentage of total coalition airstrikes carried out in 2016 by the United States in Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the counter-Islamic State campaign. The Pentagon publishes a running count of bombs dropped by the United States and its partners, and we found data for 2016 using OIR public strike releases and this handy tool.* Using this data, we found that in 2016, the United States conducted about 79 percent (5,904) of the coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, which together total 7,473. Of the total 30,743 bombs that the coalition dropped, then, the United States dropped 24,287 (79 percent of 30,743). \nTo determine how many U.S. bombs were dropped on each Iraq and Syria, we looked at the percentage of total U.S. OIR airstrikes conducted in each country. They were nearly evenly split, with 49.8 percent (or 2,941 airstrikes) carried out in Iraq, and 50.2 percent (or 2,963 airstrikes) in Syria. Therefore, the number of bombs dropped were also nearly the same in the two countries (12,095 in Iraq; 12,192 in Syria). Last year, the United States conducted approximately 67 percent of airstrikes in Iraq in 2016, and 96 percent of those in Syria. \n\nTo this: \n>Good people don’t drop 26,000 bombs on innocent people. \n\nI'm sensing a flaw in your analysis.\n",
"It's worth it once you reach somebody, at least for me. I will say that it is tough in today's day and age and will definitely take some time.",
"Right now, let me tell you, in some states. The worst states really. Laws, some bad laws folks. These laws all the time, telling us what to do? Who writes these things? Idiots, that's who. I'm not an idiot, I'm smarter than most people, so I know what a good law is. I could've been on the Supreme Court, but nah, this is better. I had a friend once, real smart lawyer, who said that I knew laws better than any Justice. And these laws let these terminally ill kids live for a long, long time. Too long, if you ask me. So, I'm going to fix that.",
"Wow, that's such a cool and deserving title:\n\n>The Great 44th\n\nFollowed immediately by:\n\n>The Worst 45th...",
"'no u'\n\nlol",
"I watched it, their camera was mistaken for a weapon. Mistakes happen, and if you wanna cherrypick 1 particular mistake to try and illegitimatize all the other times that a camera was not mistaken for a weapon you can go ahead, but the reality is we live in a cruel world where shit happens if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. ",
"I agree with you. I still think, however, that Bush was surrounded by warmongers and generally malevolent people and gave into each of their directives because he wasn't bright or forceful enough to make those decisions on his own. I feel like that does haunt him and so I have forgiven him, but not the others, who I believe knew exactly what they were doing all along (Cheney, Rove, Rice, Powell). ",
"Well considering he was already doing it, then stopped doing it because of a dispute, and that it was a child with cerebral palsy, then yes it seems pretty shitty to do. ",
"lol",
">as if it matters to me?\n\nHallmark of security, age, wisdom and experiance. Haven't downvoted you once by the way.... If you need that kind of ego stroking to share your confident, bold opinions when asked.\n\nCool, what kind of opinions do you consider? Have you seen anything that makes you doubt anything Trump has done?",
"His personal correspondences are really interesting to read, almost getting a peak at his inner dialogue. You can see the man behind the politician.\n\n>This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.\n\n\n>April 6, 1859 Letter to Henry Pierce",
"it was her dad cracking a dad joke in front of the president that did it.",
"You didn't realize that not helping a child, your own nephew no less, in a life threatening situation even though you're freakin rich makes you a shitty person?",
"That’s not true at all. He was a fucking war criminal. Enough with this recency bias ",
"I'm sure, but then again that is a pretty large majority of the Rural Republican base so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯",
"*If* I was a def jam comic. But alas I was not. ",
"Jesus man, your worse then an rapist. ",
"I'm sorry, did you say *ex*-Muslim?",
"I was terminally ill.\n\nI still am, but I was too.",
"who cares? why is this posted?",
"These days who the fuck knows",
"I don’t know about you guys. I may not have agreed with all of his stuff, but god damnit I love Obama. ",
"Username checks out, in a bad way",
"Are you trying to grab my pussy?\n",
"Objection!",
"I'm wondering if he meant to say torn. The context was on abortion so that's just my guess. ",
"Seriously. ",
"These are the go to pictures for when I am really fed up with humanity. At least we had it pretty good for awhile, leadership wise. ",
"Touche' my guy. Two sides to every coin and all that.",
"The worst president in US history is currently too busy with embarrassing himself and the country on a daily basis. He would not bother to take time away from his daily ritual of TV, Twitter, fast food, golf, lying, and enriching himself and his friends to meet a sick girl and her family. ",
"Now to combine the two: teach a teenaged Floridian to drive in the snow!\n\nOn the real though, I am happy for your family that I get to josh her in absentia!",
"Not all black Americans are descended from slaves. And not all senior black Americans are the children of slaves. Many senior black Americans are the children of freemen and freewomen, who were never in bondage. Or their parents migrated after slavery ended. America's population has always been bolstered by immigration, and the black American population is no different. It's a classical idea to think of Irish Potato Famine refugees, or Sicilians fleeing the poverty of the Mezzogiorno landing at Ellis Island, but if you've ever lived in an area with a sizeable contingent of West Indian, East African, or West African immigrants then you know the claim all Afro-Americans are descended from slaves is frankly insulting to the black community as a whole.",
"How is it cynicism to tell people to stop worshiping rich people that have enough money to last 30 generations and don't give a shit about you? Stop worshiping false idols. Your mentality is what's depressing; you spread hopelessness for humanity with this shit.",
"\"People that get terminal diseases are losers, trust me.\"",
"What's horrible about Trump's decorating? He is using Clinton's curtains and Reagan's rug. He also manages not to prop his feet on the resolute desk unlike a past president. So if nothing else, he has a lot of respect for previous administration design choices. Also, remember how the media spun a fake story about Trump removing MLK's bust from the oval office?",
"Ima ride it for 7 more years ",
"Bad bot",
"actually he did, at times. bush made a lot of silly public statements that made the public question seriously his intelligence, and made the office of the presidency look like a total joke. and he certainly fucked with our place in the international arena by starting 2 ill-conceived, impulsive wars that continue until this day.",
"Spoken like a true clueless moron.",
"You're the hero we need.",
"Say what you will about Obama’s politics everything I’ve ever seen or read of him indicates that he’s a decent and thoughtful human.",
"Fox News: \"Obama Makes Terminally Ill Girl Cry\"",
"Whatever you need to feel like you're the man.",
"... but watch yourself, McCoy!",
"Well turnover is super-high so that should say something. :-( ",
"He still might! He has a really big button on his desk!",
"> Hallmark of security, age, wisdom and experiance. Haven't downvoted you once by the way.... If you need that kind of ego stroking to share your confident, bold opinions when asked.\n\nDoesn't sound like you have good reading comprehension. \n\n> Have you seen anything that makes you doubt anything Trump has done?\n\nSuch as what? You're the one asking about whether I consider other opinions. Now would be the point where you offer an opinion if you are capable of it.\n",
">\"The president is a black guy, privilege isn't real\", yeah but if he were a white guy, he could literally be out with hookers and blow, and no one would give a shit.\n\nI'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you here.\n\nYeah, Donald Trump is a piece of shit, but the only people who \"dont care\" are the GOP who benefits from having him in the white house. (And, to be fair, they only \"dont care\" when they are on the record and in \"political career mode\"). Everyone else cares. A lot. In fact, it dominates the news cycle.\n\nWhen Obama did things people didn't like, the GOP cared and the Dems turned a blind eye (drone strikes? Its just war. Whistle-blower laws? It sucks, but whaddyagonnado)\n\nWhen W made a mistake on the microphone, or continued reading to a Kindergarten class when the towers fell? He's inept and stupid (says the Dems).\n\nBill Clinton cheats on his wife, gets a blowie in the oval office from a staffer, has numerous sexual assault/rape allegations levied at him, and lies under oath? GOP cares a lot, Dems say its a witch hunt.\n\nSame with Hillary. This woman is a text book rape apologist (when it came to her husband's transgressions - which would hurt HER career), didn't come out for gay rights until it was politically convenient, Wouldn't take a stand on legalization of MJ, and clearly pandered to whatever group she was trying to court, and Dems said that every criticism against her was misogynistic, while making the same complaints against the GOP candidates.\n\nOne thing We have in common on both sides of the aisle is that we criticize the same things. We scrutinize who they keep friends with. We scrutinize where their funding comes from. We scrutinize what they say, what they wear, who they talk to, and their past/current transgressions. The other thing we have in common is that we only criticize the OTHER side for doing it, while defending our guy against the other side's \"Witch hunts\".",
"NSFW tag please I have a meeting this afternoon with HR now ",
"Kids are like adults with bipolar or schizophrenia. ",
"Great 44 vs \"God Emperor of the United States\" - you tell me which is worse. ",
"Given the amount of upvotes and comments I'd say a lot of people.",
"sure don't need you for that lol",
"As a lifelong conservative who's been celebrated for my reasonable conservative values, I have to say I think you're being untruthful in an obvious and poorly executed manner. \n\nJust the other day I was saying to my many many conservative friends that too many of today's so-called conservatives don't seem very bright. ",
"Because of Obamacare I had to pay the government 100$ out of my pocket because I didn’t have health care F you Obama",
"He met with the kid who asked to mow the white house lawn. Thats remotely like this. ",
"I certainly try to, but it's hard when both his politics and personal life are so counter to my own values. He's a bad person all on his own, he just also happens to be a bad president.\n\n I don't think George W was a bad person as an example though, even though I didn't agree with his politics. Trump is just uniquely shitty.",
"I would watch the shit out of this.",
"I think you may be speaking too harshly of him. Much like Bush, he is a good man. However the policies implemented in gaining what he thought people wanted or needed sacrificed many thinks that are associated with freedom in an American sense. \n\nPatriot Act for example with President Bush was a good idea on the face as a response to 9/11 but sacrificed so many freedoms. Obama furthered it in his ways. His response to racism didn’t seem to help heal it or make us better, but made the divide far worse. He was right to see it, but his response didn’t heal or move to fix. \n\nHe wanted the right things, but he missed the mark. ",
"Where was his hand before he picked up the phone? ",
"I'm a liberal on virtually all issues so try again low information voter",
">He cared deeply about Americans, but he was willing to let a lot of them die in the Middle East.\n\n>He was a good leader, but he trusted the wrong people and wrong advice.\n\n>He had a lot of good qualities, but way more flaws.\n\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/7swiok/mrw_the_president_complains_that_as_soon_as_he/dt85jgi\n\n\nಠ_ಠ",
"You're right that the government preys on the weak. I am talking solely about the US military which I wasn't clear on. It's unfortunate that Iraq didn't have a choice.",
"I hardly agreed with any of Obamas policies, in fact a lot of them I really disliked. But that said, he seemed like a really stand up guy at his core. Not a stand up guy due to his pr or speechwriters, but just the way he looks when he is interacting with another human being. ",
"I don't want to be insensitive, but meeting a president is such a lame make-a-wish. ",
"Lol fucking Reddit bruh..",
"Then why didn't he try out for the Mariners?!@?!",
"Coupe Deval.",
"He did a skit with Key and Peele?\n\nDo you have a link?",
"Great, here's where the discourse breaks down 😒",
"CNN: \"Obama's presence cures terminally ill girl who was infected by Trump\" ",
"Yup. The above is a Bushism, aka *“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”*\n\nTrump would be barely legible and full of tangents.",
"Except most of those strikes get the wrong people.\nBut fuck that, they're not human beings.",
"Well, many of his social policies were downright heinous (e.g. trying to pass a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage). Plus I'm not a huge fan of the War in Afghanistan anyways but I can see where that's more of a gray area for people. ",
"That would be my big joke!",
"Bill Burr said it best... or rather, his girlfriend did. Everyone gets ashy, white people just can't see it. Lotion up folks!",
"Because fuck drumphf or whatever ",
"Black people really looked at Obama as more important than God. ",
"I didn't think I was, but okay.\n\nI'm still waiting to see how the next three years turn out. ",
"i would argue against your assumption that their intentions were good all along. military ventures are usually decided when there is a perceived economic/political benefit along with the more publicly stated social benefit that is claimed to be the true justification for war. in the case of Iraq, that was clearly oil. ",
"The politics here exists for one reason: shit mods. They have a political agenda, which is why a subreddit that should be nonpolitical in nature, is political.\n\nIf your \"picture\" no matter how poor the quality supports their political views, it's fine. But if it goes against those views, they immediately remove it and ban the user that posted it, so no one here can see any opposing messages.\n\nThe mods here are active censors, and no one says or does anything about it.\n\n*All* political content should be removed. Show me really high resolution photos of a Coke can.",
"I was talking about the US military as well.",
"Correct.",
">kick all the Mexicans out\n\nWat",
"He let that kid mow his lawn. ",
"He'd probably try to withhold it from the public until he found a way to get Rich fucking over everyone on it. His own son said he is only about the cash. And by the way, how could an absolute fucking idiot cure cancer. I know you're just using a saying but come on. The fact that he can't do the simple things a president should, and he's an unprecedented asshole is why nobody gives a fuck what his selfish ass does. This country held presidents to a high standard before this fucking idiot came in and lowered the bar so much that decent people have become salty and jaded. Fuck outta here with that sensitive bullshit.",
"oh my god",
"I sure hope you're not friends with this girl on Facebook!",
"I volunteer with Make-A-Wish and when I did my training they said something like 70% of the kids survive. It's a common misconception that most of them are terminal. Sometimes we will get a request for a \"rush wish\" which usually means the child is expected to pass before the wish is granted (it takes over a year to get these completed usually). They are much rarer than I would have imagined going into it, thank goodness. ",
"I would upvote, but... RedTib | 911 points 2 hours ago ",
"Good speaker and he nailed his photo ops but he was an absolute cluster fuck of a president by any meaningful measure. Shame people are more interested in appearences than results.",
"Nice, adding smiling faces and pleading the other person to cry in an effort to appear triumphant, very nice work :)",
"Lots of little girls have cried after meeting the current president, too.",
"Real people should be more important than fantasy.....",
"I completely agree. In fact, I can't imagine that a President would personally order a strike where that type of collateral damage is expected. Of course, I realize that those things do happen, but I am holding out hope that someone that was elected to the highest office is capable of understanding how that sort of thing far outweighs the benefit of eliminating a few terrorists.",
"True",
"Was this before or after the issue of the FISA warrants to spy on his political opponents?",
"> You're the one asking about whether I consider other opinions.\n\nYep, that's what I'm asking. Now, how about an answer? Which ones have you considered?",
"It's weird that immediately after someone told you the positive the tax cut gave him--you told him the tax cut hasn't done anything.",
"\"could have been\" missed that part did ya?",
"Kids can meet the president through Make-A-Wish?! And they all pick John Cena? Which, btw, he's like done 300 or 400 of them. I can't imagine the toll that takes on a man. ",
"95%? Prove it, source please. Also, do you think Obama was personally navigating the strikes, or do you think he let the experts handle it after hearing the Pentagon's recommendation? \n\nAlso, give Trump Fuck some time, he's catching up pretty goddamn fast. ",
"Most likely.\n\nI think you're most likely a fucking asshole. Yup, better take you out before you spread your low IQ genes.\n\nRight?",
"The greatest failure of a president in history that is. To bad she didn’t want to meet someone who has actually accomplished something good for America and Americans instead of this loser failure.",
"That's to cover the bill you will skip out on when you go to the hospital and can't pay the inflated prices...",
"*Great moment for a meme but this is not the correct place for such memeness.",
"<no comment>",
"Your examples of things Obama did are all policy, not personal, scandals (if you want to call them that).\n\nIf you can point out anyone describing how Clinton or Trump's behavior is the result of \"Degenerate White Culture\", I'd be inclined to listen. As is, this feels like a biased political argument you're making.",
"> apart \n\nLol ",
"Thank you! It was amazing. Now the people that moved into the house that it was left at have little kids that can enjoy it! And I'm virtually cured now, so I have a long life ahead of me. Have a great day!\n",
">I don't want to be a dick, but does she qualify as terminally ill?\n\nI don't know if you are a dick or not. But the problem isn't the girls illness, it's the grammar of the headline: \"Janiya was terminally ill at the time,\" is a declarative statement that she has died sometime between then and now. I don't know if it is a true declarative statement... but that's what it means. People should be more careful about how they write",
"I think there's a lot of wishful thinking at best in assuming that the people that masterminded Iraq cared at all about the safety of Americans and world peace. W might have bought into it, especially post 9-11, but I don't for a second believe Cheney and Rumsfeld cared one bit.",
"Or how about when a zoologist tires to debunk the elusive predator known as Cena, John.",
"Doing so helped save the lives of up to 45,000 fellow Americans:\n\nhttp://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/new-study-finds-45000-deaths-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/",
"Interesting. The greater the responsibility, the greater the damage when you do something wrong. His response is why people love him. No grandstanding. He holds himself accountable and admitted it. He was one of the most honest, genuine, hardworking, well meaning presidents in memory. ",
"\"So very very wrong. We need changes. So many changes.\"",
">Give me one reason he wasn't a great president\n\nNot how it works, pal. You've got to give one (I sure hope more...) reason why he **is** a great president.\n\n>and if you could please follow up with a president that *you* consider to be great.\n\nCan think of a few. Adams, Jefferson, both Roosevelts. Nobody after Eisenhower (JFK in some ways) rates better than 'okay' IMO",
"I grew up in Arizona and honestly he was one of the more left leaning Republican senators. I remember being happy that he and Obama were both running, thinking, \"This is the first time I'd be happy with either candidate in office!\" Then he announced Palin as VP. 😐 His mistake was trying to come off more conservative than he was, and listening to the GOP. I think he's trying to make up for it in recent years",
"So, what was your wish?",
"Peralta give me back my glasses.",
"The discourse goes both ways. For every one of those, there’s a comment like “Trump is God and Obama is a terrorist”.\n\nNeither were/are all bad or all good. But you won’t find that on Reddit.",
"Could this sub be any more shit? Fuck off with this pathetic propaganda you disgusting scum. ",
"Your mom is quite the woman. I hope your brother is doing well now. Be well!",
"Mistake is dropping your peanut butter sandwich on the ground.\n\nCrimes against humanity is annihilating an entire village because you think there might be a terrorist in the village, kinda, maybe, sorta.",
"Or even he was in middle school with her after the Hollywood trip, which could have happened a few years earlier.",
"Brother in law got a badass swingset when he was 7\n\nHe's 25 now, and still kickin'\n\nI think the worse it is (terminal cancer of a 5 year old) the harder they try to do something huge they want",
"> Why do you think more college educated people are liberal?\n\nBecause reality has a well known liberal bias.",
"You really take those points seriously don't you?",
"Well, let's see... 2012... she looks about eight in that picture, so she'd be about 13 now... I can see the President starting to take an interest in her um situation about now... keep an eye out for a \"followup\" invite from the White House... I expect she'll be crying after that visit too.",
"> That sentence, how it is phrased, was so brutal to read, because it basically implies that she is no longer with us.\n\n\nThat's not an implication. That's the plain meaning of the sentence. Nobody, it appears, seems to know if is a true statement... but that is what it states. People should be more careful when they write. Especially when they write headlines. ",
"Source? And don't give me the same link you've posted 1,000 times that doesn't back up your claim at all.",
"Thank you for turning me on to these places. I realize I could have found this with a simple google search but I wanted to see if there were any in particular you were fond of. I will do some research tonight. Have a great day!",
"And then you listen to the actual audio and it's a curt, grumpy sarcastic acknowledgement and Trump goes on to disparage Howard. He knows the shock nature of Stern's show and is trying not to get riled. Stop with the regurgitation of propaganda.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqHuKb68yc",
"Yeah but come on. It’s a fucking dog. This kid was terminally ill and instead of asking to meet some pop star or movie star they chose to meet Barack Obama. ",
"You should ask Mr. Nunes. He knows all. He sees all. He memos all. ",
"We all know it's the dog that saved him...",
"Yep, too bad his decency didnt stop him from dropping 26k bombs a in one year with 90% civilian casualty on fellow humans",
"Sure, sure. Like that famous time when white president Clinton, who got away with the blowjob from a stuff member... Oh wait",
"That’s all she had? Sickle cell anemia? ",
"Trump is everything bigots told us having a black or female president would be like. Uneducated, speaks poorly, rude, low class, highly emotional and irrational, might press the nuke button because he's on his period.",
"Honestly would love that lol",
"http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367712/obama-vs-little-sisters-rich-lowry",
"Subbed. Fuck yeah. First my reaction was \"did this dude really just link to a Fox News sub? What an idiot\" then it quickly turned into \"OHMYGOD THEY'RE SO CUTE, CANNOT SUB FAST ENOUGH\"",
"http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367712/obama-vs-little-sisters-rich-lowry",
"I love your Username ",
"http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367712/obama-vs-little-sisters-rich-lowry",
"\"Michelle! Come look at this baby! He's the Pope!\"\n\n\n\"I see him Barack.\"\n\n\n*cracking up* \"no, no. Just look at him, he's hilarious!\"\n\n\n*rolling eyes* \"Yes, he's hilarious.\" \n\n\n*busting at the sides* \"Pete, get a shot of this baby!\" ",
"Kek. What great thing did he do again or is it because he's half black? Member when he gave a trillion to businesses cause he drove our economy to the ground? Or when he bombed syria for his entire 2 terms? Good times. Great times. I'm so glad his policies are now working after 9 years of becoming president. Totally not because President Trump knows how make 3 billion out of a million. ",
"Oh, that's actually a great idea for a movie- A Make A Wish recipient discovers they're actually going to live a lot longer. The Make A Wish Foundation hears of it and sends assassins to take them out!\n\n\"Make A Deathwish,\" starring Bella Thorn and Dylan Minnette. Rated R for strong language.",
"> Politics aside, things like this are immeasurable and should be respected. \n\nWithout venturing to the bottom of this thread I'm 100% certain people who don't like Obama can find something disrespectful to say about this. ",
"Ah. The whole refuting part. You clearly don't understand how that works.",
"Yea. This is more damage control. The cucks are in full panic mode atm. Means we're close.",
"I really can’t imagine being another 1st world nation talking to Obama one day then all of a sudden you have to deal with trump. We look so damn awful going from someone who taught constitutional law to the idiot conspiracy theorist that in known best for saying “you’re fired!” ",
"I met the president. Im doing good thanks",
"The answer is yes. I cannot post any source as it doesn't respect one of the rules",
"I already answered you. It's clear you are a waste of time as you are incapable of an actual conversation.",
"I answered that earlier but I will find it for you. \n\nHere you go, \n\n\n\"Well, I ended up wishing for a log cabin for my backyard. This wasn't just any log cabin though. It was professionally built. It had two levels, a little door for kids and a big one on the side for adults. Here, I put it on Imgur for you. This was years later after we turned it into a pool house.\n\nI think back on it though and wish I would have chosen an experience over a material thing. I dont have that playhouse anymore because we moved. It's ok though. Someone else is enjoying it now.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/adtTJB2.jpg \"",
"You should recreate it as an adult; full sized! It would be very fitting. ",
"Nah. That's how much your moron (see pic related) added to the national debt without giving us shit in return. ",
"*Torn From the Womb*\n\nDecent band name.",
"That's what was achievable given the short sighted democrats that were in office. Remember that they had a super majority at the time and nearly all those democrats concerned about losing just for supporting the ACA ended up losing anyway or retiring and didn't bother leaving single payer as their legacy. \n\nObama should have gone single payer and every democrat should have gone with him. As it is we'll have to wait likely decades more to be in a position to pass such a thing. \n\nAnd give that the mandate has been overturned you can say goodbye to the ACA. ",
"You got off easy. I owe 10x that in tax penalty.\nYou know how many times I needed the doctor last year? None. Zero visits to the doctor is costing me over $1000. If I had bought health insurance for $1600....I would have still needed to pay $5k deductible (so a total of almost $7k) before insurance started paying “up to” 70% of my bills. \nGreat job dems. You really made healthcare affordable.\n\nOh, and he made that cute little girl cry",
"I got to meet George H.W. Bush during his presidency. Dude was pretty chill and gave me a yoyo. Sadly, the yoyo was lost in a move.",
"This post hits all the right karma buttons. Good job OP. You've won reddit for the day.",
"The first time he ran for president and got crushed by the Bush campaign really seemed to have broken his convictions a bit. He gave up on campaign finance reform, started courting the religious right, and was more willing to make deals that earlier he would've turned down. Karl Rove's whole \"He has an illegitimate black daughter\" rumor was shady as fuck, but it worked. For those that don't know McCain has an adopted daughter who is from Bangladesh, and has very dark skin. The Bush campaign used their family photo's to claim otherwise.",
"My husband has this. He is late twenties and doing great!",
"It also depends heavily on the criticism. The two-bit \"i trol u\" kids that post things like \"president drumpf lmao cheeto gotteeem\" get removed. When the syrian mjsslle strike occurred, there was quite a bit of criticism and discussion, basically everyonr stating \"going further with this would not be America First\" and those were not removed. From the people who generally claim their posts were removed strike me as folks who go there not to have an honest discussion, but go there specifically to try and start shit. I know not everyone does that, but I can understand the reason the mods are as hardass as they are.",
"If you think I'm being \"untruthful\" then prove it. Show me just one post where I said anything close to I support Trump as a person. Show me just one, that's not to hard in those five pages you found is it?\n\nAnd stop patting yourself on the back, that's just fucking sad. I also like how you kept the one of the five or six times you post the same comment that has the most up votes.\n\nEdit: I'm going to guess your Downvote means you can't find that elusive proof.",
"Personally I attribute it to citizens being unable (or unwilling) to do enough critical thinking and research so that when the opposition tries to twist or cherry pick a complicated answer they can call bullshit. If no one actually knows what’s going on they’re just going to agree with whoever confirms what they already suspected ",
"I love that the mom and daughter look so deeply affected in this picture but the dads expression says “ayyy, mah man.”",
"Well then let us not forget 0buma basically blamed white people for ALL the problems blacks face. Not only that he blamed ALL of slavery on white people. And yeah I know sause sause, but right now im on my 0buma tracking device. So it's a slow fuck trying to get sause",
"You know, most people give up \"whataboutism\" as a form of argument in their early teens, but I'll bite:\n\nWhat about them?",
"He does because /u/HeyEatMyShit420 is only attracted to men. ",
"That would be a bit of nostalgia that I don't think I could handle haha. Wouldn't that be something though? Get married, have a family, and live in a full sized version of that? Although, it was only one room on the inside, so I think i'd need to do a little separation :0",
" “______________” 45th. ",
"That's an interesting way to sum it up. It also fits the change I've viewed in them. \n\nIt's almost everything we have today is from Republicans gaining power and then losing it. Each time they lost it they decided that it wasn't the fact that they were mostly wrong on the big issues, but that they hadn't been conservative enough, or that they had been too nice. \n\nThen the only solution was to swing farther to the right and be mean. ",
"I don't particularly care.",
"He is! He’s still dealing with everything - he’ll never be back to his pre-illness self - but he’s learned to live with it and is a lot happier now then he was in those first few years.\n\nAnd yes, my mom is pretty bad-ass.",
"I'm glad they also help kids whose conditions aren't terminal. Spending your whole childhood sick and in and out hospital must really suck, and it's not like you get to go back and re-do those years after you recover - nobody gets a second chance to just be a kid. They all deserve the chance to enjoy it while they can. ",
"The Romans did something called Damnatio Memoriae (amazing meaning—a somewhat modern coining—is “condemnation of memory”) which was an attempt of trying to erase someone from all public records and reworking or destruction of statues. If it worked we wouldn’t know...we only know of the failed attempts.\n\nTrump is too stupid to attempt this. He simply has a list and is checking off as he works his way down the list.\n\nIf you want a canary in the coal mine focus on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Contemporaneously Trump mocked the deal. But it could display how much or how little Putin holds influence over the leader of our Big Banana Republic and the Trump Regime.\n\nWhy?\n\nIran has close ties with Russia. We hold the Sauds in our sphere and first pawn for first pawn Putin holds Iran. Putin may be motivated by money...he wants influence over the other 4 Caspian Sea nations to check any attempts at the others flooding Europe with oil and gas that Russia supplies and greatly depends on for the revenue.\n\nPutin needs the game pieces to remain on the board. A distabized Iran would Unwind the work and I think any attempt at our Big Bad Baby Boy setting his frog like gaze at Iran would be thwarted. ",
"That is pretty incredible haha. They are a great org, and as mentioned above, awesome that you are now giving back through them!\n\nThanks for sharing!",
"Bruh I have a cousin who has this. He didn't play sports until he was like 13 because his parents were scared of him playing sports and getting sick. \n\nCome to find out, he was fast as shit and stole bases like it was nothing. ",
"Don't forget he and his wife's terrorist fist jab. ",
"He called out the decision and how it was going to lead to foreign influence in elections not even a week after the court ruled in his State of the Union causing the famous Samuel Alito \"not true\" moment",
"Throwing poor people off health care and cutting life saving social programs to pay for tax cuts for the super rich isn’t normal. If you’re educated and you know the effects of their policies and still vote Republican I guess you’re just a callous, self-centered person. \n\nI don’t think they’re confused. They just didn’t want to insult you any further.",
".....What about not fucking their country over?\n\nYou vote based on who takes better publicity photos? \n\nDoesn't that make you an idiot?",
"Republicans control the House. They can bring a bill to table any time they want. They could have tabled a CHIP bill any time in the past few months, if in fact this was something they were really concerned about. They didn't. They added it to the spending bill as a cynical, political maneuver to pressure Democrats into voting for the spending bill.",
"Holy shit is this presidential gatekeeping? lol Adams and Jeffersons are the best presidents you can think of?\n\nAnd I don't have to give any reasons. I'm not the one who made the claim.",
"Especially considering that they were deliberately his decisions. There's this popular idea that he was at the mercy of Cheney and the corrupt assholes he surrounded himself with. But according to those who were inside his circle, this idea couldn't be farther from the truth.",
"One of the many reasons I respect this man ",
"His administration's flagship bill grossly violated the rights of citizens, including Little Sisters of the Poor, and his administration wasted taxpayer money and the resources of these charitable organizations fighting them in court to retain those abuses, and his administration still lost emphatically.\n\nThat's what really happened, and it's not much better.",
"I'm definitely not saying Trump could not be caring in private.\n\nWhat Trump does in Trump tower I don't give a fuck about.\n\nBut when you're the president that's a different ball game. Now we're playing with live ammo. He has not done the office justice.\n\nIf Obama had had only one of the multitude of scandals Trump is involved in republicans would be screeching 'IMPEACH!!' until they were literally blue in the face.\n\nTrump has jeered at Obama's golf playing. Wow... I think by the time he leaves office there will be comparisons 'more games than the last x presidents before him.\"",
"Ah you’re right and that was the whole point! I fail, I’m no better than grandma 😔",
"There’s a difference between purposely avoiding certain questions so they can’t be used against you later and being such a fucking idiot you can’t tell your elbow from your asshole ",
":(",
"I am *very* grateful that my kids were born during the Obama presidency, and it is HIS printed signature on those congratulatory letters. I swear if it were Trump's I'd probably throw them out.",
"I cried, too. \n\nCome back, Obama. :'(",
"That one gets me every single time. ",
"LOL no, being my Facebook friend is not an essential element of the happy ending. Many people have lived long and full lives without having that privilege. ;)",
"No problem. Have a great day :)",
"Just because the company told them their raise was all due to the tax plan, doesn't necessarily make it so?",
"It won't work if you have \"the wrong skin color\" though. Ahmed was lucky enough to have the right skin color in the right political climate to get his invite, had his skin color been \"the wrong skin color\", I don't think any of us would have ever even heard of him.",
"I would accept a small gift of a million dollars ",
"I can vouch for that. My younger brother got a wish. (Cancer at 12) He wished to go camping so make a wish gave our family a camper to do so. He is still with us today thankfully.",
"I don't even know why I'm responding to this, but.....do you understand the limitations of the power of the office of the President of the United States? \n\nWhat exactly are you talking about when you say \"Fucking their country over?\" What policy wholly enacted, supervised and executed by a president of the united states (current or previous) are you referring to? ",
"Nice try Russian Bot.\n\nAt least you have an excuse for not knowing much about the history of US presidents.",
"> I don’t judge him for what he did, but for the person he is.\n\nSo you're not the kind of guy who judges a person based on their actions?\n\n\"Sure Fred tortured and killed millions of children, but he throws some cool parties and makes great jokes so he's good in my book!\"",
"Well Trump is doing his best to make sure that there are lots and lots of sick children around. One of them will want to meet him, surely?",
"Exactly. He didn't abolish slavery because he cared about black people. But it happened anyway and that's what counts.",
"Your mom is bad-ass af. Let her know some random internet stranger said so. Or don't. I don't know how she'd take it, haha. Have a great day!",
"Damn, okay.",
"Not sure how this is Propaganda. It's a kid meeting President Obama, what the fuck kind of ulterior plot does this picture fall into?",
"I prefer Gibrans version\n\nYour joy is your sorrow unmasked.\nAnd the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.",
"Respect is not worship. This little girl will never, ever forget this. ",
"This is awful but I honestly laughed so hard ",
"You have the causality backwards: Most criticism directed at Obama is heartless, myoping, and ignorant, whic is why it gets downvoted. Obama remains an extremely popular President among Americans. The latest SSRS poll released just this week measured his approval rating at 66%:\n\nhttps://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4356689/Trump-Inaugural-Anniversary.pdf",
"My criticism was well-founded and not particularly harsh, and my post was deleted and I was permanently banned. That's what is done when your goal is to create a cult-like echo chamber, not when you're open to rational discussion of ideas.",
"I mean the uneducated non whites have voted for democrats at ridiculous rates for a long time.",
"Am I the only one who sees the irony of her standing under a portrait OF LINCOLN???",
"I get it, bro: You're a big fan of Obama and Democrats. Further: You're champion of progressive values and a _devout_ HRC supporter. \n\nSubject-adjacent: Do you have to be smarmy and self-satisfied to be a contrarian dick or is it simply beneficial?\n",
"Agreed. I’m a Trump supporter for crying out loud. But we need more respect in this world. ",
"But he did so much research. Probably on Alta Vista or something.",
"Smarty pants. Fixed. ",
"That's emancipation. What about the 13th amendment? That didn't help his war effort. Him fighting for it suggests that permanent abolition was more than just a tactic for him. ",
"I am *always* looking in!! *Wink*",
"Do you have any memory what kind of extra character she was? I'd like to be able to add it to the Trek trivia I already know. ",
"What exactly did he do for them?",
"Yeah, because it wasn't in the comment I replied to. You dunderhead.",
"> I mean, look, you're right, but comparing it to finding Democrats at a KKK rally was also not the best analogy. \n\nWhy not? You aren't going to find any. Sounds pretty apt to me.\n\n>But historically, that's who founded the KKK.\n\nHow is that in any way relevant? Other than to score points, I mean. That's why you brought it up. It has nothing to do with Republicans being largely uneducated.\n",
"Also TARP. \n\nIt's the end of his term and the whole damn economy is on fire. There are *many* people in **his own party** arguing that the government should stand aside and let everything burn, to....teach us all a lesson?\n\nDoes he do that? No. He works with Senators McCain **and** Obama, forges a bipartisan deal that saves the world, and gets it passed **even though republicans in the house voted against it**.\n\nThere are *lot* of things I disliked about Bush, but he gets a *lot* of points for TARP.",
"\nI dont need a week. Its too easy.\n\n95 of the media is negative and clearly skewed anti-trump... and the thing is they have to use 'anon' sources and alter and chop up his quotes to make it look bad. Then a few days later an actual named person comes out saying 'nah, thats all bullshit'.\n\nObama created ISIS, Obama put guns into the hands of cartel members. Obama brought a little bomb-maker scammer boy to the white house. Trump put more of our tax dollars back into our hands, has the most females appointed to positions, was pro-gay before he was running as POTUS (Obama wasnt).\n\nThere was a huge post in reddit a while back about people who had actually met trump - nobody had anything bad to say. Hell - Trump stopped his limo to stop a mugging even! Years ago!",
"Lol right ",
"Aplomb and compassion? Seriously? The dude is an anarchist.",
"Lol you can’t boil down a large portion of these issues to reality. Abortion isn’t a reality issue, there’s so much more to these complex issues that divide people than “reality” ",
"Please expand your thoughts on this.",
"That series of pictures always makes my day. I miss that man so much. ",
"Why just english? To be truly productive in society, we should all speak more than one language. That's part of how smaller countries like Germany and Korea are so good at international business. \n\nUnless you've never learned another language, which would make sense bc you don't seem to appreciate how hard it is to be even close to fluent. ",
"he made us look like cowboys, not 4th graders.",
"Thanks man.",
"Didn’t Clinton get impeached? Where was his privilege?\n\nIf trump was doing this in the White House it’d be a different story...",
"Yep, entertainers aren't scientists, they're the most brainwashed people in all of America.",
"Just imagine their surprise when they go to see him and he's not there",
"You too!",
"Hi Australia, we’re racing to catch up with your mercury \n\nXoxo\n\nNew Zealand ",
"The one where you retards sickeningly gargle Odumbasses balls with no shame. Disgusting. ",
"A) This **is** a conversation, that fact that you're angry and like, SUPER defensive won't change that.\n\nB) No you haven't, just saying, \"yes I consider other political opinions.\" Doesn't really mean very much. I'd like to know which ones, or which methods. On reddit Trumps fanbase have a deserved reputation of being complete zealots, worthy only of dismissal from every conversation. I was just curious how true this reputation is in your case. If anything I'm being fairly polite. However, I'm not letting you change the conversation. I'd like to know that answer to this, and I'm really not interested in the damage you spew out, I'd just like to know the details.",
"Nah, he deserves his retirement.",
"Man this makes me miss 44. :/",
"Damnit what happened to having Presidents like that? Respectable men (and women) who had this country's best interests at heart? What happened to certified badasses like Theodore Roosevelt leading this country?\n\nThey just don't make them like they used to.",
"Family Guy has trained me on this, despite (as a European) never having seen the original advert.",
"> if he were a white guy, he could literally be out with hookers and blow, and no one would give a shit.\n\nMaybe bill Clinton should have stepped up his scandal so his white privilege could have kicked in",
"I don’t use teenage terms like LMAO.",
"\"Have a beer with\" means he can talk or at least try to converse with anyone regardless of background, political affiliation, etc. That means Being able to be bi partisan. Bush was an awful President. He will always be. But you have to remember how the human mind works and that we will always compare what we have with what we used to have. And the grass will absolutely always look greener on the other side when there's almost no grass left. Even if it is a result of the past. People aren't rational for the most part. These comments are just trying to explain why they feel this way which is absolutely controversial and worthy of your skepticism. ",
"Yes. What’s ironic about that?",
"Didn't he dodge two shoes?",
"Stats or you're a liar.",
"I concur. Only child, small extended family, no kids of my own. So long as they aren't pooping or screaming, they are okay in my book.",
"I guess the term has become second nature everytime is mentioned, sort of like all diarrhea is now mentioned as explosive. ",
"You are tho aren’t you. ",
"Under what law and in what realm was the war legal?",
"To be fair, it seems like most of the scandals are turning out to be false reports.\n\nAnd so far, I can't really complain about how he has handled the country in his year in office. We're still here, the economy is doing a bit better, and we're not having as many issues on the EU side of things.\n\nIf things keep trending up, I'll be happy. If not, then I'll just settle in for another three years of bleh, just like I did with 44.",
"She’s crying because she loves America and knows Obama is a fraud ",
"The emancipation proclamation and freeing the slaves via constitutional amendment were two totally different things so you shouldn’t conflate them. The EP was a strategic and largely symbolic war measure written at a time where the war seemed all but lost to the Union. The 13th amendment was passed months before the end of the war when it was all but guaranteed a Union victory, so I don’t see what strategic value that would have. In fact, pushing for abolition at that time only alienated Lincoln from the more conservative Republicans and others who, though they wanted to win the war, definitely did not want to wholesale free the slaves. So your chess move comment doesn’t seem to hold water.\n\nI’m exclusively on mobile so sorry I can’t link you to any source, but I mean the history is there for you to verify yourself. ",
"Delete your genes from the genepool, simpleton. ",
"Great?",
"Honestly I never see those, I don’t scroll through /all too far and anything Trump related is normally downvoted pretty hard. I don’t think I’d comment on it but I certainly wouldn’t comment anything negative on something like that ",
"Awesome that Lincoln portrait is on the wall right there as well",
"Because GWB didn't kill anybody? Because Trump hasn't used the military a SINGLE time since he swore in?\n\nFuck, the military is doing all sorts of stuff you are completely unaware of. So STFU and just keep sleeping peacefully at night.\n\nSource: Military.",
"No one ever loved you back, huh? ",
"You mean powerful and proper.",
"Slowest economic growth in decades. Reckless military intervention which destabilized Libya. Weak leader on the world stage openly disrespected by China. 1st black president, literally did nothing for the black community. Healthcare reform was a disaster.\n\nYou obviously not aware of what happens in the world. Glad you have nice pictures to guide your political decisions though.",
"I think that the video is indicative of the gung ho attitude the military has towards human life, especially when their bombing people from thousands of miles away. Look at the statistics for the drone strikes under the Obama administration, with the amount of civilian casualties I don't think it's necessary to go case by case, to point out that something is going seriously wrong with their choice of attack.\n\nAnd I agree we live in a cruel world, but as someone who doesn't support interventionism I don't see why we should be giving our military the power to be judge, jury and executioner. Killing people for being ''in the wrong place, at the wrong time'' on the tax payer dime.",
"I guess Reddit forgets that the right half of Americans didn't like Obama, especially his policies. The right half of the country sent a giant middle finger to the left half of the country and elected Trump. In 2020 or 2024, the left half of the country will have their turn to screw the right half by trying to elect someone even worse. In the end, America is screwing itself and the end is not foreseeable. ",
"The more you talk the more you are fitting the uneducated/moron stereotype. Stop while you're ahead.",
"lol \"ok\"",
"Thanks dude, I appreciate it! I've got a short documentary making the rounds at festivals right now so hopefully we get picked up by someone :) ",
"do they take volunteers for anything? what kind of stuff do volunteers do?",
"Good for her...but damn, what an odd make-a-wish gift. Obama wasn't even that great a president. I am surprised she would choose this lol To each their own, I guess.",
"Pussy grabbing 45",
"Yeah he should’ve just refused to meet the kid /s",
"I would say a better term for what you're thinking would be incurable.. terminally means near to end.",
"Trump is a billionaire and flaunts it. This country worships money. The more you have, the more you can get away with.",
"Me too!!! ",
"My son is in the Make a Wish program. His cancer is expected to be terminal, but he was entered in the program when he was diagnosed with cancer, and at that time he was expected to live.\n\nIncidentally, his wish is to meet President Obama. ",
"Hubba hubba",
"Maybe worst of all he appointed Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court, who then voted to allow unlimited corporate bribery/spending for politicians (Citizens United). The vote was 5 to 4. That fucks America basically forever and will lead to a real corporatocracy.",
"It was so humane and family friendly when he was blowing kids into pieces with his drones.",
"No, it's just why you find people who have been taught critical thinking skills (i.e. the educated) all on one side. Being able to tell truth from lies is a skill that one learns in college.",
"*yeessssss*",
"\"The great 44th\" blow",
"Because he is a basic human being. He wasn't corrupted by mass wealth at a young age. Wasn't taught that he was an invisible womanizing God. He was taught to be human and we need that back in the Whitehouse.",
"Christ I forgot about Wright. Fuck, they raked Obama over the coals for shit Wright said when Obama wasn't even there.\n\nTrump literally calls mudering Nazis \"fine people\" and he gets a pass. Fuck bigotry. Fuck racism.",
"And be able to tell him to his face what a dumb cunt he is? Man you guys are just ready to throw away opportunities in life. ",
"Of the last three presidents, only one has been able to speak coherent sentences above a 6th grade reading level. \n\nShe met the intelligent one. I think she made the right decision. ",
"I mean, maybe, but the comment I responded to didn’t mention PR at all they for some reason thought they had to mention everything they believe Obama did wrong ",
"I don't think someone knows how context works. You literally cut out the part of the comment that says they're similar in that you can have a conversation with them. Which was the whole point of the comment. ",
"43rd",
"Drop the cringeworthy Reddit therapist act, neckbeard. They truly do pump you dipshits out of a factory somewhere in Buttfuck, California don’t they? Appalling. ",
"Why is it symbolically awesome that one US President keeps a painting of another US President in the official office of the US President? Was he supposed to take it down?",
"I want to say she was a Klingon in a crowd scene... i know it involved a lot of makeup. My memory is super fuzzy though, I'm not even 100% sure it was Star Trek... it's been almost 30 years since she showed me her photo album! :)",
"Nah, Missouri",
"Wow! That is amazing. I’m so glad you kept it and cherish it. I hope it becomes a family heirloom or ends up in a museum. Pretty special thing ya got there, good on your for keeping it safe :) ",
"That album makes you miss what we lost in a leader.",
"Happy to hear you had a very healthy year. I can 100% guarantee thatl you need insurance at some point in the next few years and then pay through the nose for it as well get denied previous conditions. Typical how people don't understand how insurance works. \n\nThe issue with healthcare is people have been convinced it should be a for-profit business and should demand shareholder profit growth at any percentage every year. People fell for the \"Death Panels\" bunk and yet feel fine allowing the middle man insurance companies to decide on what they will cover and when. I would laugh if this wasn't so serious. \n\nWe can thank the Republicans for the health insurance business (see Nixon and Kaiser Permanente):\n\nEhrlichman: “… private enterprise one.”\n\nPresident Nixon: “Well, that appeals to me.”\n\nEhrlichman: “Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason that he can … the reason he can do it … I had Edgar Kaiser come in … talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because …”\n\nPresident Nixon: [Unclear.]\n\nEhrlichman: “… the less care they give them, the more money they make.”\n\nPresident Nixon: “Fine.” [Unclear.]\n\nEhrlichman: [Unclear] “… and the incentives run the right way.”\n\nPresident Nixon: “Not bad.”",
"Ooh!! Ooh!! Tell us about all that exercise you do outside!!",
">the great 44th\n\nThe great $20 trilion debt",
"Unless you take it in the way it's meant. A child meeting a President she deems great. Enough to cry from emotions when meeting him.\n\nWhat way did you take it?",
"Obama cured her. It's a fact, look it up! ",
"This actually hurt me...",
">I love that the leader of the free world has a small white rope to protect him\n\nIt's on the front lawn of the White House so those people have probably already been screened by the Secret Service.",
"As a white American whose entire family lives in mostly rural/small-town settings, I blame (most) white people.\n \nA lot of people quite literally hated seeing a black family having what they wished they did: a stable marriage, a decent job, poise, tact, a sense of humor, humility, compassion... I have my criticisms of the Obama administration, but they are far outweighed by the admiration I had for this man and I'm not religious but the only word to describe how fortunate I felt having grown up under his administration is this: blessed.",
"Then there's [the time the Pope met a baby dressed up as the pope](https://imgur.com/gallery/7exuxg2). His reaction was one of the things that convinced me he's a good person.",
"he's an immoral thug! ",
"Joke’s on you, I wasn’t going to be happy tomorrow either.",
"Yes. It was. It violates the UN Charter.",
"Crying cuz she knows she’s just the worst president in history",
"Yeah but that's also the press. It's their job to do the research, ask the hard questions, and inform the public.\n\nIt's not that the public isn't taking in news and it's living in purposeful ignorance. It is, again, that the press they are looking to for information don't dare challenge the status quo to ask the hard questions lest they lose their jobs.",
"THE GOATs (this post, and B.O.)",
"Sorry bud, I’ll make sure to spend more time on Reddit :/",
"Being white is absolutely critical to that though.\n\nhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cz7sNQZXgAAT9YD.jpg",
"I knew as soon as I posted it that no-one else would use Graham Chapman's voice\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74s8nFE7No",
"In these comments:\n\nPeople not understanding the phrase\n\n> [someone] you could sit down and have a beer with.",
"too bad no one would make meeting Trump their make-a-wish ",
"I guess the kid that wanted to mow the WH lawn and his family are huge racists huh.\n\nMan, you people even attack children. It’s quite pathetic.\n\nHaving said that, it’s like it’s only you losers. After visiting NYC last week, I am so happy to see that the toxicity, the name calling, all the childish shit, is nowhere to be seen IRL.",
"Not to mention you have to pepper in some 👌",
"The girl in the picture had undergone a bone marrow transplant in the past to allow her body to produce normal red blood cells. She is not terminal.\n\nAnd the fact that you say that even severe SCA can live normal lives means to me that it isn't a terminal illness. It *can* be lethal if untreated, certainly. But not terminal in my opinion.",
"Well, it isn't cool that the rest of the insured had to pay for medical care for the uninsured. ",
"[And gave a little life advice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmfqpOGzOhI)",
"Respect is earned. Not won in a popularity contest. ",
"They take volunteers for virtually everything. You can go to their website and there is a volunteer tab, and it shows you everything you can do there! Let me know if you need any other guidance!",
"Are you gonna get the full moon/full lunar eclipse/blood moon/super moon on the 31st?",
">Hang on...what? How does it qualify as 'anti trump'?\n\nNah I was talking about the bigger picture, the comment I was responding to said something along the lines \"How does the picture get so few upvotes and some dog falling asleep gets so many\". When In reality it's bound to get shit tons of upvotes, because It's Obama, because look how cool Obama was an now Trump is a piece of shit.\n\n>Don't cry because people are talking about something you don't want to see or hear, just fucking go away from it. Like an adult.\n\nYou see, this isn't about not wanting to see or hear something and me having to go away with it. If someone was to spam porn everywhere, you wouldn't just say \"That's it guys, lets leave because this is something we don't wanna see\" you'd probably go \"I don't think this really belongs here, there are subs for this stuff you know\".\n\nWell it's the same with pics, couple days ago the front page of this sub was legit filled with pictures of fucking SIGNS that had something negative towards or were joking about Trump. That's a quality content right there, am I right?\n\n",
"People are so negative. She wanted to see him, you guys don't need to be upset. ",
"Dude, I'm on your side but you're making a bad argument. The KKK was literally created by Southern Democrats. So yeah, early KKK rallies would be filled with Dems. You made an unnecessary point that just made your argument weaker and now you're doubling down on it. ",
"Someone needs to ask it, but was this her wish or her parents? ",
"You also don't realize how edgy your 'worse than Hitler' line sounds, especially when you even dicide to repeat it.",
"It’s not spying when someone is committing treason. It’s called “collecting evidence of wrongdoing”\n\nDon’t get too bent out of shape when the con man goes to jail. Everyone with an intellect already knew he was a con man. You’re just going to have to play catch up to that fact. \n\nIt’s ok to be last. It’s ok to not be informed. You’ll get there, little guy!",
"He released a book of Obama WH photos recently if you're interested :)",
"Holy shit give the man atleast some credit. Reddit isn’t going to castrate you for giving the current president a singular grain of “wow that actually worked out”. Being a narcissistic ass clown, however, will also generate upvotes because why not, this is Reddit. ",
"I'm not angry or defensive in the slightest. I'm not going to waste more time with you unless you are capable of offering a specific political opinion to discuss.\n\nSounds like you are just too scared to be specific about anything.",
"Is that number for US or international? There would be a big difference. Sickle cell is more prominent in Africa. Also, there's different types with very different prognosis. ",
"that little girl knows whats coming for america",
"I'd like to meet Trump one day",
"You might need to find a different link, because that one just shows my quotes were accurate and no push back from Trump to that statement in particular. It's just Robin asking who is going to win that prize, and Howard saying he would back up the Brinks truck. You can then hear Trump start to say \"you are the last\" before it cuts out. Nothing in that is Trump disparaging Howard for calling Ivanka a piece of ass. It sounds like maybe he is about to say Howard is the last person she'd go for or that he'd want for her, but you failed to find a clip long enough to know that for sure.",
"Just stare a lot and pet their hair.",
"You’re right. The 90% was during a five month stretch.\n\nThere’s some part that you’re ignoring as well though:\n\n“Nevertheless, the U.S. government considers many of these casualties to be enemy combatants, according to the the source, despite the strikes more often than not ending in the deaths of women, children and other civilians who become collateral damage of targeted attacks and are subsequently written off as adversaries killed during war, regardless of status.”\n\nAnd this:\n“Nevertheless, the U.S. government considers many of these casualties to be enemy combatants, according to the the source, despite the strikes more often than not ending in the deaths of women, children and other civilians who become collateral damage of targeted attacks and are subsequently written off as adversaries killed during war, regardless of status.”",
"You're the racist here, not me. I don't care one bit about race. You make everything racial, according to your rules. It's obscene to people who don't care what color you are. You are perpetuating racism and when you encounter people who don't buy into your racist bullshit, you call them names.",
"God bless Make-A-Wish for my nephew/godson. Beat Hodgkin's and a terrible compound leg fracture - now he's going to Legoland for a week.",
"Slaves were already following the union army and trying to join before it was signed, and the South attempted to break off from the North because as soon as Lincoln was elected it was feared slavery would be abolished.\n\nThe decision was ultimately made to expand the cause of the Union to ending slavery for the practical reasons you mentioned and also because I think at his core Lincoln disagreed with the evils of slavery but for practical reasons never would have used it as the reason for the war.",
"Rumsfeld, McFarland (sp) and some other big guys from Nixon/Bush Srs era had Bush Jr's ear big time my friend...",
"I'm confused, people keep talking about someone named Bush, but I thought before Obama we had President Cheney?",
"The 13th amendment never abolished slavery. I just want to correct you there.",
"Your tax dollars used to pay me to do PT twice day. Still get about 45 minutes a day but it’s on my dime now 😂",
"As mentioned elsewhere, Terminal means nothing really can be done and you will die from the ailment. \n\nThe Way I think about MAW is this. It is NOT a last wish, it is a wish that lasts. I have worked on roughly 35 wishes and of the 35, two passed away. ",
"I understand.\nEven if not Klingon, I can look for a heavily made up \"alien\" girl child in a crowd from the '90-'93 seasons of STTNG or STDS9 who doesn't have many/any lines whenever anyone is playing any of those episodes from those seasons.\nIn case you're curious why anyone would care: it's like replaying a video game and exploring all the corners, and sometimes stuff like this has been useful at bar trivia games. \nThank you very much!",
"They both have white moms too.",
"i’m here before a mod locks this. ",
"Turning 500,000 job loses a month into 250,000 gained per month are pretty decent results. \n\nYou not a fan of numbers, or do you just judge the nation by how you feel, like Newt Gingrich does?",
"I really like how Obama decorated the Oval.",
"“Obama had a very professional and statesman-like relationship with Russia”",
"I think this phenomenon of softening Bush's missteps in office can only be explained by 8 years of consistent leadership by Obama, and one year of helter skelter by Donald \"Dancin' Charlie Manson\" Trump. ",
"Fellow Board Member? (NC Chapter here)",
"That happens with most full sized persons too.",
"Listen, I spent some time and actually looked at the numbers. I noticed that you liked throwing big numbers around like 26,000 bombs and somewhere you said 10% of people dead are civilians. \n\nThe official U.S. government numbers for civilian casualties in drone strikes:\n\"The report by National Intelligence Director James Clapper stated that U.S. strikes under Obama killed between 2,803 and 3,022 combatants. Between 64 and 117 civilians also died in the strikes, it said.\" \nSource: http://www.newsweek.com/strikes-during-obamas-presidency-killed-many-117-civilians-545080\n\nAccording to this, the actually % of civilian deaths is about 3%. I will concede that Obama's administration probably understated the numbers, so let's 'look at other independent studies.\n\nThe following data from www.thebureauinvestigates.com, and this is my own fucking effort at pulling these numbers to get an objective viewpoint.\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q1eBZ275Znlpn05PnPO7Q1BkI3yJZbvB3JycywAmqWc/edit#gid=1997258237\nAfghanistan: 331 maximum civilians reported killed/4507 maximum killed ~7%\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-LT5TVBMy1Rj2WH30xQG9nqr8-RXFVvzJE_47NlpeSY/edit#gid=0\nSomalia: 17/624 ~2%\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lb1hEYJ_omI8lSe33izwS2a2lbiygs0hTp2Al_Kz5KQ/edit#gid=323032473\nYemen: 127/1210 ~10%\n\n\n\nAm I happy with these numbers? I would say that reasonable action has been taken to limit civilian casualties if the number is below 5%. The casualty rate in Yemen is surprisingly high, but I think that whatever figure you had in mind is probably exaggerated. ",
"So she probably will be alive to see a remedy for her sickness. Maybe...",
"I mean, this is the THIRD time I've asked...\n\nWhat political opinions other than your own have you recently considered? Where did they come from? What was it about them that made you even consider them?",
"Costello: How's your mother?\n\nMan in Bar: I'm afraid she's on her way out.\n\nCostello: We all are. Act accordingly.",
"True, but originally, he denied their health insurance coverage, which is a pretty big dick move to begin with. It was done in revenge. He admitted it. ",
"\"Great 44th\"",
"Lincoln looking on like, ‘Worth it!’",
"\"He was a bad human, but at least he was human!\"\n\n",
"Well one of those things is real. \n\nSo yeah I’d say he’s more important than imaginary sky people who communicate through burnt toast and tortillas. ",
"Username checks out.",
"iterally just takes a picture of a black person ro get to the front page now wow reddi is fucking gay",
"My brother was a make a wish recipient as a kid, because at the time there was a significant chance he would die. Thankfully he didn't, and he's well into his 30's now. Even with a large chance of not making it, that still means plenty of these kids are going to be ok in the end. \n \nAnd I think it's quite nice when reality turns out to be better than we expected. Loads of make a wish kids pull through! There is your happy thought for the day!",
"\"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors but I think that God has a sick sense of humor and when I die I expect to find him laughing.\" - David Gahan \n\nHow can a child be terminally ill? Brought into the world to only know (in some cases) suffering and death? These are the things that make me question my spirituality. Everything in life seems to support a loving and generous creative force but then I face *simply knowing about* something like the death of a child and my mind breaks. ",
"> When kids love you, you know you are doing the right thing.\n\nYes because we all know that infant children know way more than adults about the direction the country should be going.",
"Politics aside.",
"Here’s another one:\n\n“Between January 2012 and February 2013,” The Intercept reported, “U.S. special operations airstrikes killed more than 200 people. Of those, only 35 were the intended targets. During one five-month period of the operation, according to the documents, nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets.” That’s one campaign of many in just one country where drone killings happen.\n\nSaid the source of the documents:“Anyone caught in the vicinity is guilty by association. When a drone strike kills more than one person, there is no guarantee that those persons deserved their fate … So it’s a phenomenal gamble.”\n\n[The Obama Administration's Drone-Strike Dissembling](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/473541/) ",
"So you’re too broke to buy insurance is what you’re telling us?\n\nSounds like you’ve made some pretty terrible life choices. \n\nThat’s not Obama’s fault. That’s on you. ",
"That is the best kind of correct, but I think the intent of my statement is clear. The fact that criminals can still be forced to work doesn't take anything away from my point. ",
"Obama was the one who took those pages down and put them up on a different site...\n\nwww.ObamaWhiteHouse.gov",
"W",
"Author got it mixed up. Terminal is not a requirement of MAW",
"Why do people love throwing around that executive order argument, if you go back the last 10 presidents before Obama, he had less executive orders than 70% of them. Then in Trumps first 200 days he signed more executive orders in history. I don't get the relevance of this...\n\nhttp://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-executive-orders-trump-signed-obama-clinton-bush-2017-8",
"This might be the stupidest fucking comment I've read all week, so congrats on that I guess",
"[I hope they win or Mr Burns says he’s coming back.](https://frinkiac.com/img/S05E16/340422.jpg) ",
"Which honestly didn't do much. It would be like if in 2018 England made a declaration banning the owning dogs in the U.S. You can't really make a law for another country\n\nEdit: why did this get down voted so much. I'm not saying it wasn't important or good I'm just saying that technically it didn't directly accomplish much. It was more symbolic\n\n> Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the United States, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy (the Southern secessionist states) that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union (United States) military victory.\n\n> Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war. \n\nhttps://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation",
"Definitely. It currently feels like the position is unfilled.",
"> Did Obama pay a porn star for sex because she looked like his daughter?\n\nThis sounds like something that never happened either with Obama or Trump, yes. Got a source?\n\nAnd downvoting is not providing a source by the way, you dumb fucks. If you don't like when someone asks for proof of what you claim, then that's a good indication that what you're saying is total bullshit.",
"Proved they can be anything. Because that used to be a debate mainstream people would have.",
"As much as I disagreed with his politics he still represented america, I dont like getting hit by a shoe.",
"Oh shit, they're making you give the wish back?",
"I’m assuming he’s the first president you’re old enough to remember?",
"Perfectly timed propaganda lmao - Obama must be in trouble ",
"He was also one helluva writer. I think Obama looked up to Lincoln as a speech writer and inspirational figure.",
"Nobody ever wanted to meet him more",
"I feel this. My disease isn't usually deadly, but I find a lot of hope in seeing people older than me who have a life and family and stuff. ",
"Just when we thought the Republicans has finally reached the bottom of the barrel with Bush Jr, they picked up and look UNDER the barrel and ..viola!! TRUMP the Magnificent Bastard is our new king!",
"That picture where it looks like he's yelling at the kid is genuinely hilarious too. ",
"Well, I would trust him who is employed at the job over you who saw a comment on reddit. You have absolutely nothing to support what you said.\n\n People like you got to stop trying to pass off what they hope is true as if it is fact. ",
"So no one then? You do your socializing through video games, huh?",
"I have been stuck at that fucking vertical tunnel near where you’re supposed to vault over those two light fixtures inside for 4 fucking hours. It’s killing me inside. ",
"It me ",
"The economy had been wrecked harder than at any time since the great depression. He pulled out of Iraq becaise that's what the people qanted. It was Bush who dismantled the power structure in Iraq and laid the groundwork for isis. Obama kept a campaign promise to pull our troops out.\n\nDebt was driven by Bush era tax cuts and two wars started by his predecessor who managed to take a balanced budget and destroy it so his rich friends could get richer. He didn't fuel the racial divide. But everybody noticed how much the divide was still there after republicans started saying he was a Kenyan Muslim just becaise he's half black. He was right when he said that the treatment of blacks by cops leaves a lot to be desired.\n\nThe ACA passed and then immediately republicans started to torpedo it on the federal and state level, even going as far as declining federal monies to close the Medicaid gap. This was done intentionally because republicans wanted it to fail. At no point did any republicans say \"you know what, I disagree with it but it's going to be worse for my constituents if it implodes so let's make the best of a bad situation\". Sayingbthat it's already bankrupt and that it was Obamas fault completely ignores the Republican efforts to dismantle it one piece at a time without ever thinking of ways to fix, improve, or replace it.\n\nHe was a war monger, which was disappointing. And he was in the corporate pocket, which was disappointing. But he had a lot of successes. Republicans just refuse to open their eyesvand admit that the half black guy actually did some good.\n\nFor example, while republicans are raving about how good the economy is right now they are forgetting that the upwards trend was going on for 7 years before trumpngot elected.",
"It went both ways too. I remember that after Obama took the stage in '08 after it was announced that he had won, one of the first things he did was to congratulate McCain on a well fought election and there was a round of applause for him.",
"This is all hearsay, the same hearsay that some people say that Trump is intelligent or even a genius.",
"This picture is just incredible! It speaks volumes to how far we've come from the days of slavery and racial segregation, and yet, with Abe Lincoln looking onward from above, how far we still have yet to go!",
"he *just said* \"politics aside\"....",
"I mean, you voted for him",
"Well if she is terminal ill we will never know how she’d hold up",
"We shouldn’t be over there to begin with. We have plenty of problems here. Let others do the dirty work for once. Imagine if all of our money spent on wars were spent on Americans who are out of work or even our healthcare system *gasp*; imagine the possibilities.",
"I was alluding to common human belief that we should be nice and decent to each other. And that as we get older we get opinionated, disgruntled, exposed to life events that change our opinions. And we each have different experiences that lead to different beliefs. And then we yell and argue and act like snarky assholes both online and in the real world. When maybe we should try to learn something from these young kids. That treating people decently is the best way to go.\n\n\nKids don't watch MSNBC or Fox Newschannel and they are better for it. ",
"A president who even makes the Lannisters look good in comparison. ",
"Wow, she got to meet a treasonous POS who used her for his own PR purposes. ",
"I disagree that the US Military is a great institution. Its powerful but not great. ",
"Trump did just extend the warrantless FISA, you bag of tools.",
"Obama is nice to people and all of the sudden he becomes a \"humanitarian\"",
"He also basically founded the modern Republican party.",
"Obama never said he wanted to fuck his kids. That's why.",
"I work on a military installation. I was given the task of taking down President Obama's official portrait and replacing it with President Trump's official portrait.\n\n",
"My wife’s mother emigrated from Sicily when she was 13. I am half black and half white and when we had our first kid the doctor was concerned. My wife has alpha thalassemia. Since half of my genes are African (thalassemia effects Italians, Greeks, South East Asians and Africans the most) they were worried our child would have beta thalassemia....and made it clear they meant offering to terminate the pregnancy.\n\nIt didn’t matter what the genetic test would have found since my cousin’s fiancé had beta thalassemia. She had to get monthly transfusions and always made it seem like it didn’t matter. She was happy to be alive and just filled every room with her presence. Because of her we thought it was stupid to even worry. \n\nOur son was fine. But my cousin’s fiancé died the next year. It was devastating. It seemed like she turned a corner and in a Week was dead. It really has effected my wife. It’s been years but since then she has this anxious fear of death. Like panic attack inducing. They were the same age and the genetic cards dealt them both a rare hand, for Melody it meant death and for my wife it just means being a little more fatigued then “normal” and when a new Doc takes blood having to explain that no, she is not anemic.",
"Hey fuck you my weather is way better than yours ",
"Your claim of him doing good for america is very debatable",
"You couldn't even read the first 8 words in my comment and you deflected the entire point of said comment with irrelevant shit. This is why no ones takes you seriously. Your comment sounds generated as fuck. Beep boop beep beep.",
">most brilliant people as far as language or science goes, tend to show that through their words\n\nVery intelligent people can articulate thoughts in simplistic language better than less intelligent people with all vocabulary at their discretion. Not saying that's the case for Trump, but I've seen it plenty in engineering/science/math, both academically and in industry. The people who can explain a concept in layman's terms are much more intelligent than those who need to use the complicated terms to describe it.",
"Not my president. Release the memo",
"Listen here you little shit",
"Until he won the civil war",
"Ahh yes... back when Obama was stoking the flames of a race war because he choose his blackness over being president. Back when tribalistic blacks were using twitter as war communications to start riots; and make everyone vote for Trump, because they would rather have anything other than black americans acting like Africans on US streets..",
"First of all the Union Army was already vastly superior in size compared to Confederacy. Second, if you’re referring to the Emancipation Proclamation, then it’s important to remember this was ordered at a time where the Union was losing poorly and had no power over the south to free any slaves, so it was largely symbolic. It wasn’t until the war was basically won that the 13th amendment was passed which actually freed the Slaves. So no you’re not really correct.",
"I'll happen again, don't worry, the next president will have a lot of work to do, but it's possible. ",
"I work for a major consumer electronics company and sometimes we help Make a Wish by giving shopping sprees to kids and spending a couple hours teaching them (I'm unclear on whether we or make a wish pay for this). \n\nI'd choose a spree over Donny, but probably not Obama.",
"\"the great 44th\" . Her words I'm sure",
"Yes! There was a ton of stuff like that but everyone just boils his issues down to conflict in the Middle East (which was obviously huge, not trying to downplay that) and pretends that everything else was fine.",
"You're right. That's why he dropped 21,000 bombs on middle eastern countries.",
"Or The Rock",
"Well if you don't believe that maybe you should go and read a book about neoconservatism - the importance of regime type is the *the* most important factor in determining human behaviour for a neoconservative. This follows from the political philosophy of Leo Strauss, who influenced the movement quite heavily. If you are a democracy, you produce hedonistic citizens, who are nevertheless peaceful and nice. Hence, as Kant said, if you have a world of democracies, the neocon end goal, you have perpetual peace. Tyrannies, in contrast, use violence to coerce their citizens, and thus also produce citizens who are disposed to causing violence and mayhem i.e. terrorists. ",
"He's basically considered either to be the best or second best American president in history. He fought to keep the country together as it was tearing itself apart in a pretty brutal civil war.",
"Greatest modern day president the world will know the truth even if the US doesn’t ",
"Cadillac Deval is a pretty awesome nickname\n",
">this game is dog shit\n\n-VideogameDunkey\n\n",
"It honestly just sounds like C.S. Lewis coming to grips with his first massive hangover.",
"We'll have to agree to disagree.",
"Who knew people can misread, misjudge, and make mistakes?\n\nMost of Reddit is hostile in regards to politics; that being said, I assumed your writing had a condescending tone. If there were fonts to determine tone it’d be much easier to discern. \n\n",
"Healthy debates centered around ideas and not personalities or character--I'm afraid we'll never have that again with the current media environment centered around sensationalism. \n\nIt's way more exciting to say Obama is a muslim and Trump is a racist than to actually dig into how their policies and ideas might help or hurt. I wish we could have that kind of atmosphere again (not sure we've ever had it in my lifetime)",
"Which then switched places, politically speaking, with the Democratic Party during the 30's and the Great Depression.",
"Careful democrat's cannot handle the truth. They honestly believe Obama was a saint, and could do no wrong. Well folks...",
"I understand that I just know that no children care about that or politics at all. \nYou know that so, so quit strawmaning me. ",
"That's my point.\n\nObama was held accountable for someone else's actions who doesn't reflect his own actions or thoughts. The association wasn't even tight. There was 0 evidence anyone could find he might in some way have shared views. \n\nNo white man in public office has ever been held to that standard. Trump wasn't even held accountable for his own personal statements.\n\nSo for Obama to last 8 years without a major scandal... he wasn't just doing that to white standards, he was doing that to a whole different standard being defined for him as the first black president.\n\nRegardless of your politics.... that's messed up.",
"Probably because he killed so many innocent children with drones. Poor child had to meet a mass murder ",
"Haha, apparently! They got me!",
"Obama did a lot to impact and further certain things, like race relations, in America. However, his legacy in a lot of Middle Eastern countries is that of an indiscriminate Muslim killer. I don't know how much of it was his fault and how much wasn't, but there is a lot of really questionable decisions that the white House and the CIA made about the drone strikes during his tenure.",
"I agree with all your statements. I just don't like people to forget your Man god messiah Obama is no better.\nhttps://www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-final-drone-strike-data\n\nThe 542 drone strikes that Obama authorized killed an estimated 3,797 people, including 324 civilians. As he reportedly told senior aides in 2011: “Turns out I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.”\n😂 Nobel Peace prize!!!",
"And little did they know he would soon be retaining counsel to defend him from hanging for treason. ",
"Hers.",
"What was \"Great\" ?\n",
"Hey genius, do you know the difference between expand and extend?",
"Is it though? Too bad?",
"That’s for sure. So decent that he left people in New Orleans to struggle and die for over a week after Huricane Katrina in the worst conditions possible because he cared so much to make a horse trainer his director of FEMA. He’s a regular Jonas Salk.",
"Yeah you’re right. I think the significance of apathy and ignorance in America is profound, but it is a symptom of the press being, frankly, a bunch of pussies. ",
"It's to remind sitting Presidents to focus on their jobs and not waste time doing things like golfing or going to plays.",
"No, I don't think it's morally acceptable to do nothing while innocent people are slaughtered by the thousands, and when terrorists are training to launch attacks on the US and other Western nations. That's a lesson we learned when we ignored the rise of Hitler, and again on 9/11/01.\n\nI'm all for reducing the military budget because there's plenty that can be cut without impacting the ability to fight terrorism. Single payer is the answer to health care funding, and the unemployment rate in the US right now about as low we would hope for.",
"Thanks for doing this.\nYou’re right, the 90% stat was for a particular time window. All the sources you listed and that I checked do mention the numbers for “confirmed terrorist kills” are bullshit though.\n\nBasically any male who is killed in a drone strike is considered a terror suspect by default. You don’t think that skewers the results majorly?",
"Just echoing commenter above, you fucking rock.",
"Half... lol",
"That explains why I don't feel pain.",
"It's our tears, Stan that give God his great power. Look at it this way- if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop and then take it away. But if you never give the baby a lollipop to begin with, it will have nothing to cry about.",
"There's like no way that your autocorrect turned \"Vampires\" into \"Zombies\"",
"You dont get it no one cares who is raping them... just as long as we start making who is doing the raping more diverse.",
"Source?",
"The military is also largely made up of people who have no option for social mobility unless they sign away their rights for 3-4 years in exchange for the GI Bill and military benefits ",
"W was the kind of guy you want to have a beer with. Obama is the kind of guy you want to have a scotch with.",
"I can't be sure which of them left a bigger mark on the other. Here's a man who achieved an epic feat in becoming president, yet there stands a girl who won't get the chance to chase such a dream. Yet her biggest dream was to shake hands with a man that did. Just typing out my thoughts on that photo is making me well up. This thing called life is beautiful heartbreak.",
"I had non-terminal cancer. By the time make a wish contacted me I was on my second cycle of chemo and responding really well and it was pretty clear I was going to be fine by then (my tumors all shrank a massive amount) . I got my wish by the time I was done with radiation treatments but was still bald so 🤷♂️.\n\n\nRegardless it’s still a great thing they do.",
"> Why'd he do that other than because he believed slavery was evil?\n\nThis exerpt from his letter or Horace Greeley may give you some clarification:\n\n>My paramount object in this struggle *is* to save the Union, and is *not* either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing *any* slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing *all* the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do *not* believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do *less* whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do *more* whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.\n\n>I have here stated my purpose according to my view of *official* duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed *personal* wish that all men every where could be free.\n\nLincoln wanted to save the union. Everything was on the table to make that happen. He personally believed it slavery was hypocritical, but officially he used it as a tool to win the war and save the country.",
"What really sets Obama apart from his temperamental and supercilious successor is an ability to deal with inconsequential criticisms like a real adult. Or even [just embracing the meme](https://youtu.be/uhY9Zxv1-oo).",
"Chicken and egg. Both got used, I can't remember which came first. Google has 509 results for \"Cadillac Deval,\" but only 290 results for \"Coupe Deval.\"",
"I've never liked the idea of dismissing things as \"talking points\" out of hand. The reason some things become talking points is because they're pretty damn good pieces of information that are hard to refute. \n\nIf something is factually accurate and damning as hell, should it be easily dismissed because it's a \"talking point\"\n\nShitty and misleading talking points meant to deflect, are obviously a different problem, but they aren't invalid because they are talking points, they are invalid or not based on their content and veracity.",
"If he wanted to do the right thing, he wouldn't be allowed to be elected.",
"I feel like this is a nice balance between blind praise and blind cynicism, so I trust it",
"Im glad they were able to do something for your godson. They are an amazing group of people, and your godson is going to have the time of his life! Enjoy! Have a great day :)",
"Follow the string if you want to be fully informed of the comments. Basic reddit.",
"that part sucks, but i eventually got the hang of it\n\ntry starting off on the ground with the rock just to your right, and then push off that rock hard - really follow through with it",
"> I really miss Obama. \n\nEveryone does. \n\n",
"google \"IQ by race\" to understand the world a little better",
"“Why the disparity between what American officials claim and what others report? The New York Times provided a first clue back in 2012, when it reported that the U.S. “in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.\" The same sort of dishonest standard was described last last year when a whistleblower provided The Intercept with a cache of documents detailing the U.S. military’s drone killings in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. One campaign, Operation Haymaker, took place in northeastern Afghanistan.”\n\nhttps://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/473541/",
"I see. It's everyone's fault but yours. ",
"I miss Obama.",
"Your assuming that because I don’t see a doctor every year that I’m going to start accumulating conditions that will later disqualify me? I don’t think that’s how it works \n\nAlso you no longer can get denied for previous conditions. That’s something obama got right. And staying on your parents insurance until 26. \nI’m no fan of the price gouging healthcare system and corporate greed of the insurance companies...but neither are you. So why should we have to pay for it if we aren’t using it? Obamacare didn’t fix that, and tbh I don’t think socialized medicine would either.",
"He was a mass murderer who sold his country out, but tricked people by releasing cute pictures with his family.",
"I used to do drugs.\nI still do, but I used to too.",
"Nah, if that was the case he’d still be better mannered. Gamers aren’t THAT bad. :p",
"aw you guys... ",
"Has he really? I hope he has, but for some reason I figured he wouldn't do such things.",
"Not all kids treat people with decency. Also there are kids out there who love Trump just as much as some kids love/loved Obama.\n\nJust because a child sees you and starts crying doesn't mean that you are a good decent human being or a good leader.",
"Thanks. I've never seen that video, that was fun. OF COURSE you have to shoot it at least once!!!",
"He authorized drone strikes on clean up crews after attacking an area. No he does not understand decency\n\nBig reason the people who awarded him the peace prize were appalled and said they deeply regreted their decision. ",
"I recommend everyone check out [Obama: An Intimate Portrait](https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Intimate-Portrait-Pete-Souza/dp/0316512583) which covers his whole presidency. There are some incredible, and humanizing, behind-the-scenes shots. It's fantastic. ",
"In very significant ways, both the removal of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were justified and proper actions. Despite the inexplicable alt-right praise for Gaddafi, he was a monster, and his harsh punishment of political dissent (among other things) far outweighed any good he did by introducing pseudo-socialist policies to Libya.\n\nBut here we are, with two men who didn't deserve to live being dead, and two countries in the worst shape they've been in decades. I know political representation is supposed to be a universal virtue, but it was plainly a mistake to let religious fundamentalists take part in the political process of rebuilding Libya, and the many mistakes the US military made in Iraq came back to bite them (and the people of Iraq) hard through the formation of ISIS.\n\nThere doesn't seem to be any right answer, especially in Iraq. The local militias that are fighting ISIS now won't disband after ISIS collapses, in fact many of them are just waiting to fight each other for control of the country after their fragile alliance dissolves. A whole generation of Iraqis grew up with no notion of what a stable country or a proper education system are, and they will continue to be a problem long into the future. Breaking up the country into smaller countries might help the situation, but any step taken to change the situation for the better will be very difficult and likely to fail. It's just shit and more shit for Iraq and probably Libya for the foreseeable future.",
"Not from that continent braw",
"I'm not the person you have been replying to but seriously you have answered nothing. You have done an absolutely poor job of explaining your position. ",
"Not to mention only one was brought to office in an election wherein he won the popular vote.",
"WTF? So if you want to be President and do that right thing, you don't allow yourself to be elected?\n\nThat makes no sense, unless you are claiming anarchy is some natural human right.",
"Wasn’t Obama but he’ll be blamed for it ",
"I don't get it...",
"Dont forget amnesty of 10 million illegals making California a democratic hellhole until the end of the United States",
"why is it not fixed after 5 hours?",
"Yep. \n\nBut, compare Clinton and Trump. Pres. Clinton was impeached for lying about a blow job and you can't get whiter than Clinton.",
"The great 44th 😂 yeah, ok. ",
"What is it that he wants to do?",
"> What else is there other than racism to explain that?\n\nThats what i asked myself as well when i watched the election unfold from across the pond. I had to learn of the term \"uppity n***r\" to understand why the white evangelicals and republicans were so biased and hypocritical against anything Obama did. It honestly breaks my heart for the black US citizens that they have to deal with this shit every single day. ",
"I’m old enough to remember Bin Laden and the Taliban being praised as freedom fighters.",
"No he wasn’t. He was a war mongering despicable man who set the nation and the world back decades. ",
">we were demonized and ridiculed for our values, and we were demonized for our skin color.\n\nYeah I never felt that. Although maybe I'm a coastal elite. Does the Mississippi River count as a coast?\n",
"Yeah but that was because they were “grabbed”",
"I would contend that some of the things Obama said that flared up race relations needed to happen. Yeah, things got worse, but they needed to in some ways. We were taking a lot of problems in this country and hiding them under the bed. Now that they are out there, things can be pretty bad, but at least we see them now, and hopefully that will lead to solutions over time.",
"Dude, did you write that title using toast as a keyboard or something? /r/titlegore needs to start holding interventions",
"I know this isn’t going to make me popular, but I wouldn’t call him “the great” 44th. Maybe “the ok” 44th. There were a few things that he did that were good but I felt his presidency was generally lackluster at best. ",
"There was always a decorum of civility between Presidential candidates, partly from knowing each other for years. Trump threw all of that away (I think) because 1) he really didn't want to be president but instead build a media brand of being the 'everyguy' opposition 2) he didn't want to run against a woman because losing to a woman would shit his ego 3) he had no idea what he was doing and only hired people who were barely good enough and would stroke his ego.\n\nCadet bone spurs and family just wanted to make money for their brand and properties from the rubes that voted for him.",
"There is an implication that the US is either a peaceful, nice country or not a democracy. Same for Germany in the 20's, among others.",
"Oh yah? Well *our* weather is the biggest, gonna build a weather wall",
"I’m assuming you have nothing constructive to say. Right?",
"How do you know what he’s feeling at the time? If you have a daughter are you going to never make physical contact with her?",
"He wasn’t a decent man. He was as close to evil as we’ve ever had in the White House until today. ",
"Wow, that's beautiful.",
"Senator Liberman proposed then withdrew a proposal for single-payer making the pragmatic option a mandate such as proposed by Nixon and then Gingrich (based on an AEI policy paper) and enacted by Romney in MA the best approach to which they added features like minimum coverage, no more pre-existing exclusions and subsidies to make it palatable and fiscally possible. \n\nIt was a legislative debate about healthcare, not a healthcare debate which is still needed. It was incremental reform. ",
"That's literally the opposite of what you just said. Cry harder. You can't have a change of heart and then retroactively play the victim.",
"And now I'm crying because I miss Obama ",
"neither am I",
"https://www.snopes.com/trump-flies-sick-boy/",
"I answered his question the first time he asked it. \n\nHe refuses repeatedly to offer anything specific because he's too scared to engage in an actual political discussion.",
"God I miss this man!",
"You are misinformed. Obama murdered children by dropping more bombs from drones on innocent brown children in Syria than any modern world leader. Trump's use of EOs pales in comparison to Obamas. \n\nTrump likely has groped women, based on the 19 or so claims against him. He's a perv. Groping someone doesn't kill them, but these kids are dead.\n\nhttp://asiantribune.com/sites/asiantribune.com/files/images/2012/Drone_Attack_1.png",
"No the narrative of reality skews liberal... Actually reality skews towards dictatorship/monarchy ",
"I think that's the tragedy I hold with neoconservativism. As someone who came of age during the Bush Administration, I held very strongly negative feelings towards his presidency, due to the 9/11 hysteria, the Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, and all the other egregious displays of American imperialism.\n\nAs it continued during the Obama Administration and as I've come to see the dramatic isolationism under the current admin, I've come to appreciate and understand the desire of strong foreign policy. No, Bush didn't hit the right marks, and his administration was excessive with its foreign policy, but neoconservatives understood that a strong foreign policy can truly improve the world, if done well. It's a pity to see the GOP turn away from truly being the Grand Old Party of all peoples, even as a registered Democrat.",
"that's 100% what you did. you just stated a crazy 'what if' that actually never happened to try to prove america is racist. what a crazy argument.",
"Given American Culture has multiple subcultures, they aren't talking about it in the same way as racial or sexual cultures. those are narrow cultures defined either by the color of your skin and the cultural norms that surround that or your sexual preference and the cultural norms that surround that. \n\nWithin any country their is a gay culture and minority cultures, but you wouldn't use that as an example to say there is no such thing as British Culture. It's a higher level thing that talks about the values that ideally it's people generally believe in. \n\nDoesn't mean it's 100% true in all people or to the same degree, but the idea of American culture at the highest level, is respecting others freedoms (again not everyone agrees on this to the same degree) and opportunity through hard work (Again debatable how applicable that still remains)\n\n",
"I disagree that the emancipation proclamation didn't free the slaves. The only people who believed that the proclamation did not hold legal power over them were rebels. It *did* in fact hold legal power over those slave owners. They were essentially the equivalent of these sovereign citizen nutjobs who insist traffic laws don't apply to them. Just because you refuse to recognize an authority doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and the fact that the proclamation aplied to them was borne out at the cost of 600,000 American lives. It's revisionist history to insist that the Confederacy was ever a separate country. It was not. Those were states of the union in rebellion. Criminals. ",
"I disagree that the emancipation proclamation didn't free the slaves. The only people who believed that the proclamation did not hold legal power over them were rebels. It *did* in fact hold legal power over those slave owners. They were essentially the equivalent of these sovereign citizen nutjobs who insist traffic laws don't apply to them. Just because you refuse to recognize an authority doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and the fact that the proclamation aplied to them was borne out at the cost of 600,000 American lives. It's revisionist history to insist that the Confederacy was ever a separate country. It was not. Those were states of the union in rebellion. Criminals. ",
"Protip, treat them like people.",
"We were already mired in the Middle East when he came into office. How exactly would he have avoided your definition of mass murderer? It's cool that you make these claims, but please, back them up with your evidence...",
"Jesus man. It’s was a joke. The msm really got you twisted lmao",
"Lincoln was the same political party as Trump ",
"Finally a sensible critique/criticism of him. This post's comments are painful to sift through.",
"Yeah, it's like how you never realized there's a bass in a song until it is out-of-tune. I never knew who held what position during the Obama years, but now I can even name department heads and White House advisers?!",
"I disagree that the emancipation proclamation didn't free the slaves. The only people who believed that the proclamation did not hold legal power over them were rebels. It *did* in fact hold legal power over those slave owners. They were essentially the equivalent of these sovereign citizen nutjobs who insist traffic laws don't apply to them. Just because you refuse to recognize an authority doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and the fact that the proclamation applied to them was borne out at the cost of 600,000 American lives. It's revisionist history to insist that the Confederacy was ever a separate country. It was not. Those were states of the union in rebellion. Criminals. ",
"Jesus man. It was a joke. The msm really got you twisted ",
"\"too good\" maybe?",
"Time and time again, massive tax cuts have not been shown to help workers in any substantive way. I've shared two links in a previous comment by nonpartisan groups who have come to the same conclusion regarding the latest tax bill.",
"Lincoln was the same political party as Trump",
"He continued them. He had no intentions of stopping them. If he were a good person he wouldn't be allowed to be elected.",
"So you’re roughly my age, and you think Obama’s actions with drone strikes and bombings were either a. unjustified compared to the escalating threat of terrorism, b. a lot worse than the actions of his predecessors (Republican or Democrat) or c. you have a better idea of how to handle these risks, because every President in modern history (and even early American history) has made decisions like this, or worse. \n## \nI’m curious, how should he have dealt with the problem? How can we prevent more terrorist attacks in this country, and across the globe? How can we elect you as President, so you can be better than every President before you?",
"If you're not racist, I'd say you were winning Better Person Contest against that person.",
"LOL yes well I imagine a scaled up version would have walls and rooms and stuff. I wonder if anyone has done that yet from old cabin kits some people had as kids. ",
"Yeah, they made it feel like a home, and not just an officebuilding.",
"Lincoln was the same political party as Trump",
"They do. There are more pentameters but that is the basic distinction. Also need the Dr. to confirm the ailments ",
"I've actually heard from a number of people who either worked with Obama or under him that he was really reclusive and didn't ever really get close to anyone. That isn't to say he can't act friendly, but rather that he never formed close bonds with people other than his family. It'd be interesting to know which is the true interpretation of the former president, but basically everyone is politically motivated nowadays, so I doubt that we're going to get a straight answer from anyone.\n\nAlso, I respectfully disagree with your assertion that America was calmer during the Obama Presidency. There were a lot of really angry conservatives around for those eight years (I lived near a bunch). But they never really got any media coverage, so no one paid attention to their protests. Now that the political tables have flipped suddenly there is a lot more media attention on the liberal side protesting Trump. I'd chalk this up to media bias mostly. ",
"Catch 'em when they're smaller. They're tripping balls most of the time until they're eight or nine months old, at least. So your awkwardness works as a charm offensive. \n \n. \n_YOU_: So have you looked into refinancing your student loans, because I am on the fence about it \n_KID, 6 MONTHS_: Duuuuuuude \n_PARENTS_: Hahaha, talking to our kid like he's a grownup, you're fun. \n_KID, 6 MONTHS_: Heh. \n. \n. \n*YOU*: I dunno, she says she's into me but she's always busy \n*KID, 7 MONTHS*: Puuuuurple \n*PARENTS*: Hahaha, you're such a card \n*KID, 7 MONTHS*: Heh. Hehe. \n. \n. \n*YOU*: So then the cop wants to search me, but I don't think he has cause \n*KID, 8 MONTHS*: Whoooooa \n*PARENTS*: Awwww, we love how you talk to our little one \n*KID, 8 MONTHS*: (warm feelings either from this exchange or pee in diaper) \n. \n. \n*YOU*: I was thinking about using Tirerack, but there's a decent rebate at Goodyear \n*KID, 16 MONTHS*: (cackle) ur thilly \n. \n. \n*KID, 3 YEARS*: I kot bug! \n*YOU*: Cool, that's a beetle. They're like little tanks. \n*KID, 3 YEARS*: neat i like bugs can you tell me which end of this shirt my head is supposed to go through tho \n. \n. \n*KID, 7 YEARS*: All the fishes are next to the glass, why? \n*YOU*: I think since the light levels are similar on both sides, they can see us. \n*KID, 7 YEARS*: Huh! Hey, I really like that you take me seriously. \n",
"Roosevelt was about as war mongering as presidents have come tho.\n\nI want someone like him for his anti-monopoly and economically progressive views, but he's the last guy I'd want to deal with foreign policy. Let's be careful not deify these men",
"I once asked a 6-year old about the practicality of owning a home in San Francisco. She drew me a picture of a mermaid (?). Good help is hard to find...",
"Pepperidge Farm remembers.",
"I don't understand what you mean at all ",
"Peralta is a detective in the show \"Brooklyn nine nine\", it's a reference to the show but I cant recall to what ",
"Saving the rest of us time, for one. I know that I appreciate when one of those fucktards is flagged by another considerate redditor. saves me a click and a depressing scroll through the inevitable r/incel and r/maleforeveralone posts sprinkled among the feverish fake news fantasies that the salivate over on r/T_D. \"A snobby dismissal\" is frankly way too generous for these cancers. ",
"The whole world is tribalist to their race... Just because the jews sell some magical world to white people through controlling the media.. doesnt mean that the invaders/others are going to be nice...\n\nMajority of the savages would rather see America fail than a white male like Trump help it succeed. \n\nThey would rather have a woman/black/hispanic president than a great country. ",
"Do you know the nationality of the 9-11 terrorists?\nSaudi Arabia.\n\nDo you know who has been confirmed to be behind the 9/11 attacks?\nSaudi Arabia.\n\nDo you know the seven countries that Obama was dropping bombs on?\nPakistan\nLibya\nSyria\nSomalia\nYemen\nAfghanistan \nIraq\n\n\n\nNotice a missing country?",
"Ok, if we're tackling that issue, not only has Trump murdered children too, he wants to loosen restrictions on drone strikes and is/was averaging to almost an attack a day (1.25 days/attack to be exact), while Obama had an average across his term of 5.4 days/attack.\n\nHere's one of many sources: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/loosen-obama-limits-drone-strikes-170922141205178.html",
"Can you elaborate on this?",
"Ahh TheDonald! Please go back to the Klan rally. Adults talking here...",
"Nah, what got me twisted is people like you who think this is a joke. Just in it for the lolz. An intelligent person doesn't need the \"msm\" to know this president is a jackass that is damaging this country daily. It seems to me that the only people who make light of the situation are people who aren't affected by his hateful idiocy and bigotry, and the uninformed. ",
"I appreciate the thought out comment. You are correct but I am going crazy over people saying Bush (who started wars we did not need leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of people) is a better President than Trump (who just says dumb shit all of the time). There is really no comparison here at all. Trump definitely needs to straighten the hell up, but saying he is worse than Bush is crazy talk.",
"Zactly. Watch some videos of him when he was governor. No accent whatsoever.",
"The people who decide who gets to be elected won't allow a good person to be elected. ",
"> based on the actions of the Trump administrations wherein they erode civil rights legislature and enforcement procedures on a regular basis.\n\nOk, what actions?\n\n>The second, based on the complete lack of respect foreign leaders have shown for Trump, and the intense lack of confidence countries around the world have in the Trump administration.\n\nI can believe that since it seems larger swathes of the population lean left. However, 538 and most media outlets are also left leaning so I'd take any \"poll\" with a grain of salt.\n\n>I interact with here in Canada on a daily basis hates Trump's administration and what they're doing to the US. On a trip to Europe last year, people derided him in a similar manner.\n\nThis is anecdotal and highly at risk of confirmation bias.",
"Yes, I think collateral damage is completely unnacceptable. You can try to justify all you want but the United States has killed more innocent afghan/iraqi civilians than our enemies have killed American citizens. You're buying into a line of thinking which quickly declines into blind nationalism. At some point you have to stop and ask yourself \"what the fuck are we doing In the middle East?\". Especially when the majority of conditions which precipitated the war on terrorism were caused by hamfisted 1950s-90s policies of the United States. ",
"Are you really going to try and say that the war wasn't legal under US law?",
"Not sure if it is doing anything constructive. I’d prefer national law enforcement like the marshals or something being tasked with reviewing police departments conduct and perhaps a law mandating certain practices for law enforcement. \n\nUnfortunately, he never tried to push hard for new legislation after healthcare. His executive order work was quickly and legally removed by the subsequent administration. ",
">...every escalation of partisan brinksmanship that I can recall has been initiated by the GOP. \n\nI just literally gave you an example of partisan brinkmanship that was initiated by the Democrats. Protesting the mere fact that someone from the other party was elected is something only Democrats are doing. The last 4 Democratic inaugurations were done with no real protest from Republicans. While the last 3 Republican inaugurations were met with heavy protests from Democrats. This is people protesting the mere fact that a Republican won an election not because the Republican has actually done anything yet. \n\nIt's not about rallying behind the president it's about accepting an election loss because you believe in the peaceful transition of power that makes America an awesome country. No need to rally behind the president rally behind America and that having elections means sometimes you lose.",
"Here we find the white nationalist. Lacking any form of self worth, he has fallen upon the color of his skin to support his ego. This is, tragically, all this uneducated lower class individual can do to avoid feeling like an utter failure. While this kind of rhetoric may have been infectious in the past, on the internet his rhetoric is quickly dispelled. He must retreat to a safe space to get a positive reception.",
"Not gonna lie pal I wouldnt consider cancer my favourite illness. If I had to choose I'd say the common cold",
"Ps.. what unit/branch? You would be the first active/retired I've ever known (Im old so I know a lot ) who has ever fired back so strong for President Obama. He kinda treated you guys like shit , cut back a shit ton on your numbers / funds. I had more then one Friend leave service during his time in office due to new regs and terrible promotion protocol. I know two guys who didn't reup when he fired Gen McChrystal shit he fired over 200 officers so weird you are so pumped for the most anti reg military President in midern history.",
"I've seen that documentary! [Here's the trailer!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5gxjvYDPJQ)",
"English is the standard business language of the world already. It is also easier to use and learn compared to say.. Japanese or Arabic. Plus.. It's the primary language of the United States, the language that this country was founded on and flourished under, so anyone that lives here should make an effort to at least be somewhat fluent in it. This doesn't mean other languages aren't welcome, but English language fluency is first and foremost.\n\nFor instance if I moved to Egypt and I was expected to speak Arabic over there, I wouldn't be complaining out of respect for their country's primary language that they use. ",
"Congress wouldn't work with him on closing Guantanamo. There was also the issue or repatriating the people being held. A lot of countries did not want those citizens back. \n\n\nDo we stay in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or do we bolt and let things get worse? You have a simplified view and as of yet have only poised unsubstantiated opinion...\n",
"I just miss being able to say that the president is a good person at the end of the day. Even if I didn’t agree with Obama’s stance on some things, I could trust him. ",
"Intent, that's why. For example, most EOs are for mundane things. Marking a holiday, forming a committee, setting standards for federal agencies, etc.\n\nObama's use of EOs was farther reaching than his predecesors, by most accounts. Particularly, his use of EO to circumvent laws relating to immigration, environmental regulation, etc. I am not saying the intent of many of these EOs is bad, but rather the method of acheiving them. BTW, your article is pay-walled so I couldn't read it.",
"I can pretty much guarantee you that the RNC told McCain that Palin was his VP and that was that. ",
"yup. straight yankee.\n",
"Republicans were for big government at the time and switched to curbing federal power.",
"[Linko](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY)",
"Maybe you should do a little research before categorically dismissing my assertion. [Here's some data from Pew Research](https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555685136/republicans-and-democrats-dont-agree-dont-like-each-other-and-its-worst-than-eve), via that that famously right-wing organ, NPR.",
"that is true, synthesis and ability to explain shit is a characteristic of intelligent individuals, but that's a tool they have, not their entire toolkit. Simple language is yet another avenue for their language, Trump is stuck in a dead-end alley of dementia and illiteracy",
"You realize I'm talking about the party, not the populace, right? Like, the people that can actually either make laws or obstruct, right? Stupid people protesting in the streets has nothing to do with \"brinksmanship\".",
"Sure, but he has two of his own.",
"It's a very opinionated though, plus it bring's up the topic of presidents which is VERY opinionated and very political, so how isn't it?",
"And if Trump keeps killing kids like he did in one of his first major operations (i.e., it becomes \"normal\" like it was under Obama) than it will be just another reason to hate him. ",
"Why is everyone so scared Trump won't get credit for legislative wins? When he signs legislation, he'll get credit. All I am saying is that the tax plan will, by the [opinions of major economists](http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/tax-reform-2) and other non-partisan groups, have little positive effect on the economy as a whole and for workers wages, as was the case in the past. This is not a dig at Trump or any other politician.",
"It has always been a head canon for me that out of everyone in South Park, Butters eventually grows up to be the most adjusted of all of them. Even considering recent seasons, he has always seemed like it. ",
"Not at all. I'm no Obama fan by the way.\n\nIt was just the way you parroted the same desperate, exaggerated arguments, that I assumed you were just another brain dead troll, your *facts* lack historical context, but that's not really important.\n\nTrump gave one last breath, to the rotting creature that is conservative white America. That tell tale death rattle, audibly weakens with each of your absurd claims of *fact*, as you unknowingly dig your own ideological grave, inside your own ideological hell.\n\nThe reason you're so obsessed with Obama, is because you know it's only going to get worse for you and yours. You've projected your lack of personal fulfillment and fear of the future, onto an easy target... an irrational hatred of Obama.\n\nIt's natural, and I honestly sympathize.",
"The numbers pulled from www.thebureauinvestigates.com are probably the most trustworthy ones given they are not tied to the U.S. government. Just some quotes on how they get their numbers that might convince you that they are objective:\n\n\n\"Our sources\nEvery strike or event covered in our timelines contains active links to news reports, statements, documents and press releases, which we have used as our sources. On occasion information has come to the Bureau directly from sources who we present in the timelines as transparently as possible. We also occasionally have drawn information from terrorist propaganda, such as Voice of Jihad in Afghanistan or Inspire in Yemen. We do not link to these sources.\"\n\n\"The most comprehensive public information on casualties generally lies in the thousands of press reports filed by reputable national and international media outlets. The bulk of our sources are in English but in addition we also sometimes incorporate reporting in Urdu (for Pakistan), Pashto and Dari (for Afghanistan) or Arabic (for Yemen) as well as other languages when relevant.\"\n\nfurther reading : https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/explainers/our-methodology\n",
"He asked you what your stance is on a political view of your choice. You can choose anything, would you like examples? Immigration, Federal Budget, Affordable Healthcare Act, Federal Assistance Programs (Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid).\n\nYou haven't chose anything to show why you support him.",
"You're easy to please when it comes to presidents.\n\n",
"TIL \"Both sides blame the other for everything\" = Biased political argument.\n\nJust out of curiosity, which side would I be biased towards (or against) when I say \"we both blame the other side for doing things while giving our guy a pass\"? Is that a republican argument or democrat one?\n\nAnd, yeah, you're right, everything Obama did was policy because he didn't have any scandals. That is a good thing. I'm also saying that if it came out that he had an affair with an intern, the Dems would say \"Its none of our business what he does as long as it doesn't affect his job\" (Just like Clinton) and the republicans would have wanted him impeached.\n\nAs usual, the racists would be racist, but so what? Thats what they do. You wont convince me, however, that the democrats would come out and say \"that's what we get for voting in a black guy\".\n\nBut, since this is all a hypothetical that didn't happen, arguing what the results would have been is pretty useless. However, going off of the past forever, if Obama had a personal scandal like the ones you mentioned, the same thing that always happens would have happened. Dems would have stood by him (instead of shouting racial epithets), while the republicans would have sunk their teeth in (giving the racists a new platform to be racist on).",
"Haha the video of the lil Pope rolling up and Barack getting Michelle's attention to show her is amazing.",
"I’d love to sit down and talk to someone who went through huge revolutions like she did. I bet she has some awesome stories. ",
"He had no desire to close it. It was just a meaningless campaign promise.\n\nAmerica shouldn't have been in those areas in the first place. If Obama tried to take money from the war profiteers he knows what would happen from him, and he had no reason.\n\nJust because you've been tricked by propaganda doesn't mean he was a good person.",
"It would appear that your lack of understanding of the severity of diseases and procedures extends to bone marrow transplants -\n another area of medicine that I am closely affiliated with. \n\nAlso, our audience will note that I did not take issue at any point with your characterization of SCD as not terminal - as others have pointed out, terminal illness is not a requirement of the Make a Wish program. I took issue with you dismissively comparing a hugely problematic disease, in this case endured by a young girl who went through a promising but dangerous and experimental procedure with lifelong risks of GVHD and other side effects, to \"moderate asthma.\"\n\nBut if the point of the exercise was for you to mark for the public record that you feel this girl got a chance to meet one of her heros under fraudulent pretenses - well, I guess you've accomplished that goal!\n\nIf, however, I am being unfair and mischaracterizing your motivations, I would recommend you look up the actual data on both SCD and bone marrow transplantation, especially the latter as a treatment for the former. I suggest you look the rates of high school completion for SCD patients, the rates of college degree attainment, and overall ratings of health, wealth, and social mobility for patients with SCD. I would have you read the testimonials of both patients and parents, with a particular focus on those testimonials of parents who watch their 5-8 year old children repeatedly getting glassy-eyed and confused as they endure micro-stroke after micro-stroke, seemingly with no way to stop it. I advise reading about what it feels like to suffer through a pain crisis, when malformed blood cells clog up capillaries and starve your extremities of blood, all while the emergency physician is saying they can't give you anything stronger than NSAIDS because they figure you just want a free fix. I would finally suggest you compare all these factors to \"moderate asthma\" and then let me know which of these ailments you would prefer your child to endure.",
"Yeah, I did know the nationality of the 9/11 bombers. Are you really naive enough to believe that the only place terrorists were housed was there? We killed bin Laden in Pakistan. George H, Clinton and George W are at least partly to blame for our involvement (and the radicalization of individuals) in several of those other countries. \n## \nSo, you’ve just moved the goalposts without answering a single one of my questions. Nice. \n## \nIt’s sad, because based on your post history, we’d agree on 99% of issues- but your self-righteous take on a single President’s difficult decisions are preventing you from seeing reason. Was Obama’s choice easy or even morally right? Probably not. I wouldn’t have wanted to make that call. Was it justified considering what was/is happening across the world right now, and with full consideration of history? Yeah, I think so. \n## \nLook at Truman and his choice to drop 2 bombs on Japan. That would be the worst decision I can imagine having to make. He ended the war and probably stopped the death of a lot more innocent people. He also murdered A LOT of other innocent people. Should he not have done that?\n## \nEDIT: and seriously, downvoting me is hilarious. I’m talking to you in a more reasonable tone than anyone else down here in the pits, but you’re still being childish. ",
"Dear Make-A-Wish Foundation,\n\nThe reports on this post have given me cancer and destroyed my will to live. For my wish, please have /u/hero0fwar make me a gif of Barack Obama furiously mashing the \"Ignore Reports\" button.\n\nThank You,\n\nBeernerd\n\n",
"Not not just that, my guy. The fucker had a shitty life yet he still managed to preserve the union. It was a dumpster fire and he persevered. There's a lot more than that and just saying he signed the Emancipation Proclamation doesn't do him justice.",
"> If you are a democracy, you produce hedonistic citizens, who are nevertheless peaceful and nice.\n\nAFAIK Germany was a democracy in the 1920's, yet ended up electing a party that wanted war. The US has always been a democracy, yet has a long history of violent intervention around the world, and their military spend is insane.\n\nUnless something above is wrong, then Strauss was incorrect, no?",
"Holy triggered Batman.",
"You genuinely believe that Obama is an anarchist? Do you know what an anarchist is?",
"Thanks Obama ",
"They may be edited, but they're definitely candid. Pete Souza, the White House photographer, basically followed him around. He got some amazing shots.",
"With all due respect, your argument is more \"appealing to the stone\" than one based upon a logical argument.\n\nWhy would you assume anything of my personal character without knowing anything about me? Is it entirely outside of reason that maybe I just see things going a different way to get to the same place? You know nothing of my contributions to society or to our fellow mankind. \n\nIt's these kind of attacks that have caused our politics to descend into the proverbial toilet. I can't have a different opinion than you without being accused of malice, ill-will, or greed with respects to my fellow man. \n\nWhy does it have to be that because I disagree politically with the liberal or Progressive philosophy that suddenly I want the poor to starve and die and to gain personally from it?\n\nIs it within the realm of possibility for the conservative philosophy to work for good for those who are underprivileged or downtrodden? Or is that completely out the window because of a shared opinion throughout academia, resulting in the \"educated\" being compassionate altruists while those of us who think differently on a political level are vilified as money-grubbing ne'er-do-wells?\n\nI suppose I should just bow to the authority and omniscience of those who \"just know better\" than i do and blindly take my place as a heartless bastard because I propose a different means than the elitist demagogues, who martyr themselves through the great lengths of *meaningless* study by the same socialist mouthpieces to come the same conclusions. Oh, they so willfully consume the scat of the elite academia, so they must know better than poor little uneducated and fascist me. \n\nExcuse me if I don't, buy that tripe. Come up with a better argument. \n\n\n",
"Thanks for the down votes. \n\nY'all must be unaware that trump is referred to as GEOTUS by his fanboys and the Russian bots that subscribe to r/the_donald.\n\n",
"You just cited an opinion article as proof. How stupid can you be?",
"Hope so. This image already makes me tear up, thinking she's alive.",
"Shame Trump doesn’t have a Pete Souza, it’s just these staffers that take while awesome, impersonal photos\n\nSouza had a lot of access that I don’t think Trump staffers have",
"> It would appear that your lack of understanding of the severity of diseases and procedures extends to bone marrow transplants\n\nBro not only is the bone marrow responsible for the production of erythrocytes, but [this](http://sicklecellwarriors.com/ugandan-girl-meets-obama/) is an article confirming exactly what I've said, that she received a bone marrow transplant previous to her meeting with the President.\n\nIf you don't know this simple bit of biology then I highly doubt you hold the qualifications you say you do.",
"You know he dropped more bombs in the Middle East than any other president right? Including many civilian casualties. And rolled out the most extensive and massive surveillance program of American citizens. And Saw during his tenure the weaponization of various government agencies like IRS targeting conservative groups and the DOJ spying on journalists like James Rosen. But hey, thanks Obama right?",
"Unfortunately his campaign will always be remembered for picking Sarah Palin.",
"Lol these guys",
"Depends on where, Moscow is cloudy and 20 degrees. ",
"As someone who has done a sort of 360 on W, here are my immediate and admittedly jumbled thoughts. I did not not vote for him, but I was kind of impressed with him during his first year and a half, roughly. He started ok, he did great work with AIDS in Africa, things were ok. 9/11 happened and he was an incredibly stoic, strong, and sympathetic human being during that time. I had pride in America and the seemingly cautious steps we were taking before retaliating. \n\nThen... Iraq popped up. And everything fell apart. He seemed to be a blind idiot puppet with strings pulled by corporate interests and Rumsfeld and Cheney. I hated him, his administration, and anyone that could continue to support him. But as time wore on, I kind of got the feeling he was duped, and by the time he realized how duped he was he couldn't go out and say, \"Whoa, fuck I was duped!\" and was sort of stuck in a horrible mess he had unwittingly allowed to happen. \n\nBy the ending months of his Presidency the war was dragging on, Americans were dying for no reason, we were going bankrupt, the economy had crashed, etc... I was angry. I lost my job during this era and struggled to pay for my house going into massive credit card debt, etc... I felt sorry for myself, and I blamed him for at least some part of it. \n\nThen he saved the auto and banking industries with a bailout, a move which infuriated me at the time since I had done nothing wrong and no one was there for me at all. But, ultimately that bail out honestly turned out to be a good thing in the end, and I give credit to Bush for starting it. \n\nObama was undoubtedly a better President (who I also didn't vote for), but he was also deeply flawed with things like drone strikes and FISA and never manning up to tell the GOP to just go fuck themselves and instead constantly trying to please them for votes while they refused to budge and ending up with watered down bills all happening on his watch. After a few years I warmed up to Obama more, and did actually vote for him in the second term (because fucking YIKES otherwise). I liked Obama, and still do. Decent President with a \"country first\" attitude, and a damn fine human being to boot.\n\nAnyway, by the end of Obama's term, I had grown to appreciate the good things Bush did, and try to forgive the shitshow parts. I don't think he ever intended for the war to never end - I think he was sold the idea that we could beat the \"enemy\" in a matter of months, that there were WMD in Iraq, and we'd win just like Operation Desert Storm under his dad by... you guessed it - the same Rumsfeld and Cheney that guided that process. He trusted the wrong people. By the time he realized it, it was too late. \n\nAnyway, those are disorganized thoughts and I recognize they don't probably all add up. But I try to find the good in people, and I think there's a lot of good in W. Bush, and I think he is a flawed and complex person, like all people in power. ",
"I agree with that. I hate Trump but I honestly don't think he's capable of that amount of damage for 2 reasons: 1, he inherited a better climate of affairs tham Bush and 2. He's so divisive that it kinda brings others together in a weird way. Id also say \"Give Trump time\" but I don't want to act like I'm rooting for Trump to be so bad that people die. ",
"Have you seen that new David letterman show, it has Obama as it's guest.",
"Please do not lump the iraq/afghan war as the same category as these drone strikes. Obviously the whole invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan was a fucking blunder. The topic at hand is about drone strikes against Islamist militants, who actively coordinate ways to kidnap U.S. citizens in the Middle East or carry out bombings against U.S. interests. Since you are against active military involvement, like putting boots on the ground, we are in agreement then. If you suggest we don't carry out drone strikes against these radical Islamic terrorists because of collateral damage, please provide me another solution which will cause less damage, other than sitting down and doing nothing. ",
"But what about...",
"How do you know what his internal desires are?\n\nAmerican shouldn't have been there? OK. But they already WERE there. You have no point here. \n\n\nHow did he make money from War Profiteers?\n\n\nI've been tricked by propaganda? Prove to me that what you are saying is true. You have all the accusations, and no evidence. \n",
"Bush tried to lead the world and failed. Obama tried to abdicate the role of world leadership and largely succeeded. Trump is just withdrawing from the Obama-Merkel world order and appears to be succeeding.",
"And yet there are still people out there who will argue against this despite the overwhelming historical evidence! Drives me insane every time.",
"Seems like a fair point. I just feel suspicious whenever its elementary aged kids in politics but Obama's appeal extends out of politics. I guess the gravity of the first black president is pretty simple for anyone to understand. ",
"I fear for your kids if your way of telling them that they're beautiful is to call them hot and say that you would date them if they weren't your offspring.\n\n\nIf you don't have kids then I hope you never will.",
"> Warrantless spying and violating the constitutional rights of every American?\n\nUsing the Patriot Act, an act that was passed by George W. Bush, a Republican.\n\n>Sexual abusing reporters on an airplane?\n\nCitation needed.\n\n>Arming the cartels with automatic weapons?\n\nI thought you Republicans liked guns! Also Cartels wouldn't be needed if drugs were legal, just saying.\n\n>Billions of dollars for the terrorist state of Iran?\n\nWe give billions of dollars to \"terrorist states\" all of the time. We've given billions of dollars to Israel and Saudi Arabia, but I don't see you complaining about that.",
"Unfortunately it is all too common and definitely no surprise that Trump's \"charities\" are implicated. My son had cancer at 10 months, this has been a very personal issue for me. \nI just don't know how someone can delude themselves about the character of a person for so long and despite all the evidence. Kinda like flat-earthers.",
"That is so awesome! Good luck on it all :) (also out of curiousity, what is it about?) ",
"I mean Arizona is a pretty conservative State and I imagine it has gotten more so. He has to do with the voters tell him to do otherwise he wouldn't get reelected",
"I’m not moving the goal post. I brought up KSA because you asked me:\n\n“I’m curious, how should he have dealt with the problem? How can we prevent more terrorist attacks in this country, and across the globe? How can we elect you as President, so you can be better than every President before you?”\n\nI asked about KSA to figure out if you know anything about how KSA has been spreading it’s brand of Wahabi Islam to the world.\n\nYou know what doesn’t make sense? That USA is fighting terrorism but so far hasn’t performed a single military action in the country that is literally the one supplying it to the world and has been for nearly 30 years. You want to stop terrorism? I’d start with sanctioning the living shit out of KSA. Notice I didn’t say bomb or drone them. Economic pressure is one of the best recourse available.\n\nThat’s how I’d start.\n\nEDIT; I didn’t downvote you 🤔",
"No, but he can play ball",
"\"DAE BOTH SIDES ARE BAD?!\"\n\n\nNo, you fucking dumbass.",
"Well if he did, that's even more evidence of what a shitty excuse for a human being he is. \n\n\nIf Donald/his family estate are in fact paying for his nephew's insurance, it's because they are legally obligated to--not to honor his own father's dying wishes, or out of any sense of fucking duty to his nephew, but because he needs to get something out of the situation before he'll do the good/honest/decent/right thing. \n\n\nAlso, just want point out that it also *literally says* he openly admitted to cutting off the child's insurance coverage out of revenge.",
"God damnit I miss him.",
"Because he's the American president.\n\nJust because they were already there doesn't justify \"well better continue our wars of aggression!\"\n\nBy continuing the wars of aggression.\n\nBecause you think the American president is a good person who accidentally was forced to carry out atrocities against his will.\n\n",
"Lordy, please let your wish be granted",
"True! The way he wrote it doesn't mean the Wish happened in Middle School. Good point.",
"Uh, what? They did not have the votes to pass single-payer under Obama. ",
"Ah, but here we come to the crux of the theory. You are observation is correct, democracies are aggressive, but they are only aggressive to authoritarian states. \n\nNever in the history of the world has a democracy ever declared war against another democracy. Never! There has never even been a small scale conflict purely between two democracies. So there is some good evidence behind Strauss' theory. See here:\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory\n\n",
"It's about this eccentric fellow who makes odd instruments. ",
"Right, that's why reddit has been littered with shit like this since forever? How many times have we seen \"omg I miss obama already\" front page posts with some shitty memepicture attached? My point is that you guys are going above and beyond simple \"respect\"; it's idolization. You are doing free PR work for them.",
"They gave him a do-over!",
"So you’re going to ignore the sanctions we’ve placed on the entire region for the last several decades and pretend they never happened? I’m not going to debate the subject with you if you’re going to ignore basic facts. ",
"You'll never reach one, lmao. The only time they ever reform is when they change their mind of their own accord, because they only care about themselves. \n\nAll it takes is one hit of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and they're right back at it again. You may think you left an impression on one, but if you ever revisit them at a later date they're still peddling the same bullshit and drinking the same kool aid. The Republican party has been degenerating for 30 years. It's not going to stop if we just pretend it isn't happening. ",
"im not really surprised you went for a personal attack even though I was merely questioning your line of thinking. I hope by the time you have kids you’ve matured.",
"You really showed those fucktards man. ",
"Wtf are you talking about. I agree with your issues, he should be held accountable. You think I'm sucking his dick in private? Those are all legitimate issues. I know plenty of liberals who hated him. ",
"No it's pathetic that someone is crying that Obama isn't in office anymore. Nice stretch though! P.S I voted for Hilary, but not everyone anti-Trump is as soft as the rest of you. ",
"How about either staying out of the middle East entirely, or supporting the groups which are actually on the ground fighting militants (I mean with supplies, not airstrikes). I don't hear about the kurds murdering tens of thousands of civilians in their fight against Isis. The United States involvement in the middle East will create a never ending cycle of radicalism. When you kill a terrorist, there is a chance someone in that terrorists sphere of influence will view the United States as imperial murderers and will then become radicalized in the future. This is a no win, zero sum game.",
"Yes, you fucking dumbass. You're all stupid fucks, clearly. Americans voted an orange TV host for president, and even the people who are *against* him are total retards. In another thread, people are offended that I would even ask for a source that Trump paid to have sex with someone who looks like his daughter. Of course not a single one of you retards are able to provide a source of this, all you can do is downvote it. It's a complete clusterfuck.",
"I realize you're trying to maneuver the discussion into a republicans=bad democrats=good manner.\n\nI was simply talking about an unfortunate response where the anger over the 2000 election caused Bush to become isolated with people of his party and how that likely caused so many problems. And nothing to do with brinkmanship, as you define it.",
"I don't know how much clearer I can make it. Unless you have articles to back up your claims, give it up. You keep regurgitating the same opinion over and over again. That is not what evidence is.",
"Oh I get it. I just think it's dumb. As Trump (and Bush) has shown us in glaring relief, a \"relatable\" President isn't a good thing. I don't want a normal, every day guy. I want an Elon Musk (NOT HIM, that type) or Stephen Hawking-type. A policy wonk and a genius. Not someone I can relate to. That's how we get Trumps.",
"They're still totally for big government tho like",
"Gave me fuckin health care.",
"terrible, but great",
"Why? Break it down for a moron, would you?",
"> NSA spying on every American including political candidates\n\nYou do realize that George W. Bush was the one that started that, right? Also the law that allowed him to do that was passed by Bush and Trump is still allowing that law to exist, so he's doing the same thing you're criticizing Obama for. \n\nThe only reason you think Obama is one of the worst presidents ever is because you're too dumb to research the awful shit prior presidents have done. How is Obama anywhere near as bad as someone like Herbert Hoover who was in office during the stock market crash that started the Great Depression, who did nothing to actually help America's failing economy and 25% unenployment rate? He's not even the worst president, I was just using him as an example of someone who is exponentially worse than Obama. \n\n",
"What personal attack? These are your own words, you think that Trump calling his own kids \"hot\" and that he'd date them if they weren't his kids is fine.\n\n\n\nIf you think it's fine if Trump does, then you probably think it's fine if you did it too, which is why I hope you'll never have kids, or at least if you do, they should be taken away from you. Seems like fairly reasonable thing to wish for the likes of you.",
"George Bush doesn’t care about black people",
"Agreed. But I don't think casualties of drone strikes was a major issue conservatives had with him.",
"You sound like aids skrillex, and generalize all the white people you live around assuming they dislike Obama because they envy his \"stable marriage, decent job, sense of humor etc. You feel blessed growing up under his administration because you were young and naive. I would not be proud growing up under any of the last 10 presidents we've seen. ",
"Haha",
"i mean i said it’s weird but let’s not jump to saying he wants to fuck his daughter. you just used a slippery slope btw, get a better line of thinking.",
"Okay, I’m going to hold my comments for now. Instead, I’m going to politely ask you to prove that USA has placed any sanctions on Saudi Arabia. ",
"What evidence do you need? He's not a good person. It was proven by eight years of spreading American atrocities around the globe. If he were a good person, he would actually try to stop them.",
"Almost definitely his",
"Come on.... You can't just say that and *not* provide a screenshot....",
"You'd still be feeling the same way of Hillary was in",
"Especially as a black child who is already introduced to a world with relatively little representation of important people who look like them. [You saw that pic of that kid who asked to touch Obama's hair right?](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/indelible-image-of-a-boys-pat-on-obamas-head-hangs-in-white-house.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=80DE5ED9E1D174207715E90D325B234F&gwt) Did you understand the significance of that?",
"No, they definitely do. It’s just there’s a much bigger problem with illegal immigration from the southern border than from, say, Europe.",
"You must not know a whole lot about history if you think 44 was the worst president.",
"Simple way of thinking for simple-minded people like you, I suppose.",
"Sorry. That just encourages more terrible reports.",
"It was. I did. \n\nSource: am a conservative. ",
"Why the fuck was I downvoted? 😂",
"That article is a year old, are they really freaking out about it now? Probably b/c they know that Sovereign Citizens groups would be considered just as terroristic as Daesh and similarly unwelcome.",
"I get that you're trying to make a joke, but she was the one that requested to meet him.",
"same wtf lel",
"I edited the comment to expand more.",
"Rude, dude. Rude.",
"In the future you should back your claims with evidence if you want to win people over. Good luck.",
"If trump did that it would be a huge mistake with this \"investigation\" going on. Adds a huge distraction angle to it all if congress doesn't do it",
"Let me put it this way:\n\nObama and Dubya admins were *mostly* free of any personal scandals. Obama was accused of being a Kenyan Muslim who was trying to destroy America, by the man who is now the president. This got airtime.\n\nI don't recall anything similar for Bush. I could be mistaken, I was younger and less politically involved, but the worst I recall was people making fun of how he pronounced \"nuclear\" funny. \n\n>As usual, the racists would be racist\n\nBasically, this is my point. A black president, from either party, would need to deal with this. It would get airtime, it would cause scandal (as it did!). A black president, simply by virtue of being black, is involved in personal scandal that affects their presidency. A white president actually has to do bad things before they have an effect.",
"Trump isn’t on the same level as Dubya. You wouldn’t feel honored to meet Harvey Weinstein because he’s so successful as a producer.",
"I guess love is blind.",
"Could you see trump doing something like this? ",
"Well 90 percent of blacks voted for Hillary and a large portion of African Americans don’t go to college so how about you use your brain?\n\nAlso more people with some college voted for trump than Hillary and 76 percent of non educated whites voted for Hillary.",
"Yeah! You got em man!",
"True. That shit stain is probably hung like a light switch. ",
"You mean like Wintergatan? But that sounds interesting. ",
"I’m not shitting on him for meeting the kid.\n\nI’m shitting on him for being a terrible president who set dangerous precedent that Trump is taking full advantage of. \n\nI don’t think Obama was heartless, I just don’t like him. Any president meeting a sick kid is something to praise them for but it’s not exactly bending over backwards for them.\n\nThere’s more power in this photo with the parents crying than the kid. \n\nExcuse me for yelling into the void when I think it’s two faced to see comment chains praising Obama and even Bush, just as long as it isn’t Trump. ",
"I thought you guys believe the investigation is fake news nothingburger? What's 'deflon don' got to lose face about for declassifying it?\n\nAnd you didn't answer how on earth dems can actually be stalling it. Nunes has it. He could release it if he wanted to. \n\n",
"Their submission is also 11 months old. :p",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/7swiok/mrw_the_president_complains_that_as_soon_as_he/dt88h8e/",
"If you genuinely think Obama is one of the most corrupt politicians in HISTORY, you either don't know a whole lot about history or you're so blinded by your propaganda that your brain has turned into a TV that plays Fox News 24/7.\n\nHow is Obama in any way comparable to someone like Joseph Stalin, a man responsible for killing over 20 million of his own people?",
"Fun fact: The same number of Democrats supported Trump’s bombings as Obama’s. Republicans though? More than doubled under Trump. Hmm. ",
"Dang auto correct got me again.",
"But it’s not all on one side. There is still a significant portion of conservative college educated people, and there’s a significant portion of non educated liberals. Also educated people may have different motives for voting than a farmer or construction worker with no degree. Basing it off of them being less intelligent is stereotypical and has a complete lack of evidence.\n\n51 percent of people with some college voted for trump, stats or you’re a liar",
"It is proganda, just like the Big Lie from Mein Kampf, you believe Trump's cry of CNN being fake news. Can you guess which news organization promoted Hillary being the cause of Benghazzi with thousands of stories even though 8 (not 1 or 2 or 3) that's right 8 Republican led congressional committees found no evidence of wrongdoing? It was Fox news. Keep marching in goose step with Trump comrade",
"> let’s not jump to saying he wants to fuck his daughter.\n\n\nAll his other creepy quotes about Ivanka, all the videos and pictures of him inappropriately touching her and the report of a pornstar saying that Trump told her she reminded him of his daughter (whom he had an affair with).\n\n\nIt's one of these two bud, you're either really that inept or you're someone who somehow never heard of Trump's creepy ass obsession with Ivanka.\n\n\n\nYes, I personally attacked you by calling you inept, woopty fucking doo, being dumb results in people calling you dumb, news at 11.",
"Ahhhh no argument! Just the cowardly \"you support the president you must be a Klan member REEEEEE!\"\n\nThe last thing in this sub are adults shill.",
"\"Bro,\" it would appear your lack of reading comprehension is greater than I initially guessed. Feel free to go back and read my comments, try to formulate responses to things I actually said, instead of inventing (or imagining?) straw men. Consider it carefully, because this is reddit, and people here can very clearly differentiate between carefully worded responses and idiotic gibberish being tossed out in some sort of insane defense of an indefensible position.\n\nAs for my credentials, I am using my real name on this account, and am happy to discuss my lengthy career at the [American Society of Hematology](http://www.hematology.org/) where, among other activities, I led the development of our [internationally popular trio of SCD treatment and management pocket guides](http://www.hematology.org/Clinicians/Guidelines-Quality/Quick-Reference.aspx) (based on the [2014 NIH clinical guidelines on SCD](https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/evidence-based-management-sickle-cell-disease)). Note you can also access these guides, free of charge, in our very popular ASH Pocket Guides App (available for [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hematology.pocketguides) and [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ash-pocket-guides/id1055482799?mt=8)). \n\nLook, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are some young kid who doesn't realize he comes off as an ass criticizing a 9 year old girl's visit with the President, and that your bizarre and illogical defense of a plainly foolish comparison between a medically and socially complicated rare disease and a common, in your own words, \"moderate\" disease is some sort of misapplied testosterone. If that is the case, I say do not fear being wrong! It is how we advance in life - admitting we are wrong is the key to improving ourselves and the world. Refusing to admit even the most basic mistakes is what makes you look to the world like a tiny, useless fool. You don't want to be a useless fool - it's not nearly as fun as President Trump makes it appear.",
"I debated providing you with a list of actions, but I stopped writing it up because frankly it was a waste of time as it just went on and on and on. You can find any number of articles covering Trump's administration's decimation of public services specifically geared toward promoting civil rights. Pretty much every civil rights organization in the company, ACLU included, is railing against him on a consistent basis.\n\nLarger swathes of the population lean left, yes. You writing off \"polls\" that have been corroborated by numbers of sources as bullshit is ridiculous. Media outlets leaning to the left does not compensate for the intense amount of negative coverage Trump's actions have received. They don't even need to remark on his actions - the White House's own videos are terrible enough watching SHS try to justify the President's actions and then having him disprove/go against what she is saying hours later.\n\nLet's say those polls are way off. WAY off. Well, *Canada went from 83% trust in the President to 22%*. How do you explain that? A margin of error of 60 fucking percent?\n\nLike I said, the last point was anecdotal. I acknowledged it as my own experience in my post. You didn't need to point it out, but I guess it made you feel good about yourself so whatever.\n\nThe hoops that Republicans in the US are willing to jump through to protect this administration are the very definition of absurdity. The entire world is watching, pinching our noses and shaking our heads. It's as if 7-year-olds are running the country that was formerly considered the leader of the free world. Except 7-year-olds have a moral compass.",
"His eight years in office is evidence he isn't a good person. Evidence can't convince people like you who are so far gone.",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\n\nJust because you don't formally \"declare war\" doesn't mean you're peaceful with other democracies. \n\nAlso... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_between_democracies",
"\"one of\"\n\n> How is Obama in any way comparable to someone like Joseph Stalin, a man responsible for killing over 20 million of his own people?\n\n\n\n\n\nthat's not corruption idiot\n\n> that your brain has turned into a TV that plays Fox News 24/7.\n\nfox news doesn't even operate in my country and i'm liberal in virtually every way",
"If Reddit is such a prolific liberal circlejerk, then why are you here?",
"I said the region, not Saudi Arabia specifically. You’re correct, we haven’t placed sanctions on them. Mostly because the US and KSA have been oddly close for a really long time. My earlier comment made it abundantly clear that I don’t think KSA is the only problematic actor in the region. Am I denying that they’re shady, and definitely to blame for much of what we’re seeing today? No, that’d be ridiculous. And did I already acknowledge that one of Obama’s predecessors contributed to that shadiness? Yeah. We sold them arms that were later used to kill American and allied troops. I get it. \n## \nWe have, however, placed endless sanctions on a variety of other countries that are also to blame for the rise in extremism, and what good has that done exactly? It exacerbates poverty and hatred towards the US, leaving people worse off than before. Do I think sanctions are useless? Not at all. Do I think they’ve helped a lot in this situation? Not much. \n## \nAs you can see, you clearly have moved the goalposts, as we’re no longer talking about Obama and his decisions while in office. I’m not saying the US is innocent and hasn’t made decisions along the way to exacerbate the problem, but to put that on Obama is absurd. ",
"Literally said nothing to the effect of the Confederacy ever legally being a sovereign power, but whatever. If you can’t enforce a law then it quite clearly does nothing. The Union could hardly win a battle let alone enforce the emancipation of slaves in the south so you’re very wrong. It did not free a single slave, it only gave war powers to generals who conquered southern territories. There’s not really any question about that so I don’t know what you’re going on about.",
"at face value, it looks like she's hiding from the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Maybe she's a vampire?",
"Because I got married 2years ago and had to stop lurking 4chan for obvious reasons.",
"Seriously: you sound like a 3rd-party voter or a person who declined to vote. \n\nTake care. ",
"Yeah, read it as “would” not “wouldn’t”, which is why I was confused. \n\nDouble-standards abound on Reddit. \n\nMy bad, friend!",
"LOL",
"One of doesn't mean shit, because Obama is nowhere near as terrible as even the bottom 50% of corrupt politicians in HISTORY. Once again, you seem to have a terrible grasp on history.\n\n> that's not corruption\n\nConsidering he killed every politician that posed as a threat to him, yeah that's corruption.",
"And then Trump chose Andrew Jackson. It's extremely offensive but also seems pretty appropriate. He was known for his resentment and rage, and the extraordinary degree to which he would go out of his way to bring down those he thought had wronged him. He owned plantations, and slaves, and literally stole land from Native Americans. He also spearheaded the Trail of Tears. Truly awful human being, the exact kind of guy Trump would look up to. ",
"You mean paying for your nephew's insurance because of a legal settlement and not to honor your father's explicit dying wishes or out of any sense of fucking duty to your family?\n\n\nSounds like a pretty good \"OMG Fuck Trump\" story to me. ",
"You have no idea who I am. You have no idea what I think. You can't back your claims. What use are you? \n\n\nBecome more useful. Cite evidence.",
"I realize you're trying to maneuver away from a discussion of political parties into a \"both sides are pretty much the same because there are hyper-partisan voters on both sides\"... blah blah blah.",
"[Why do we cry sah? sow we can get hapeh again.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZsHJpvExUEY/maxresdefault.jpg) ",
"Haha I'm sure your tear ducts are way too muscular to enable crying. It's pathetic to hold something as superficial as tears against a person, perhaps some day you'll have the maturity to understand that.",
"I would honestly doubt Trump had anything to do with making that decision. Probably someone just told him it would make him look good if he did it. He has displayed zero indication that he is capable of caring about anyone other than himself. I doubt most of the useful things he does are his decisions.",
"That actually happens a lot. A lot of police policies are aimed at reducing racism. Still a long way to go, but that definitely is happening. It's one reason why police have to report the races of people in a lot of the things that they do.",
"You're missing the whole point. When you talk about \"the basic decency of the man who's supposed to be representing our nation\", it is by nature a political discussion. Just the way you formed that sentence means you're taking a political stance, and someone is going to take the opposite stance. ",
"Sure didn’t have a magic wand.",
"If you honestly think anything he has tweeted is an impeachable offense, you should lose your right to vote.",
"So the only two places where people are allowed to talk about politics on the internet is 4chan and Reddit? ",
"Once again you lie. You are just spewing bullshit. \n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls\n\n76 percent of non educated whites voted Hillary. \n51 percent of people with some college voted trump. \n",
"Yup.\n\nHis biggest scandal was being black.",
"You're",
"Lol wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I never said that. I admitted to making a mistake, but you must have some equally bad reading skills to not see I wrote that.\n\nGold star for you",
"I sure as hell wouldn't want the high to be 105f. I can only get so naked, and if I'm still hot then what? It's the worst.",
"How are someone's basic morals and ethics a political issue?",
"I did. His entire eight years.\n\nYou're just one of the several people tricked by propaganda. You're nothing unique.",
"Might get a bit morbid",
"Yup.",
"I've been out of school for so long and I don't work in the medical field anymore, but could a method similar to pUC19 work in genetic therapy? Maybe research into incorporating a similar method with a different cloning vector to promote permanent selection from positive mutation in earlier stages of fetal development? \n\nAs far as I am aware, you have to have both recessive genes to have sickle cell anemia and those who have one recessive are actually immune to malaria, a person with sickle cell anemia heritage should know the probability of their child having sickle cell anemia anyways. ",
"I wonder why that is. It’s a fact that if people *think* the economy is doing well they will spend more even if it’s not. And also vice-versa. Since we have over a dozen news organizations proclaiming its the end of times here in America then of course no one is going to want to come here. \n\nThe news is a very powerful tool an it’s being used against your president despite whatever good things are happening. ",
"Because you set up a false premise? Find me a day since Obama took office where he hasnt been surrounded by controversy. Of course somebody somewhere is going to be bitching about POTUS any given day. Dems have been investigating muh Russia for over a year with nothing but their own crimes dug up.",
"When your a kid the president is the president. \n",
"Then you must love Trump for how he handled ISIS. Love him or hate him, he and Mattis handled the situation well ",
"Haha attaboy! That’s what inwas looking for. Well played sir lol",
"Close enough",
"you admitted to making a mistake in the same manner of saying 'wow, you're brave to wear that out in public' is a compliment. \n\n>Lol wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed\n\nrefer to username lol ",
"You mean dis-like?",
"What can I say except you’re welcome,\nFor my efforts for emancipation.\nHey it’s ok it’s ok you’re welcome,\nI’d take a bullet to the head for the cause!",
"http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls\n\nLike I’ve already said \nWhite college graduates voted trump over Hillary.\n76 percent of non whites without a degree voted Hillary. \n",
"Well, you can’t solve the terrorism issue if you don’t address the real cause of it. This is the proverbial “address the symptom not the cause”. All the countries that show signs of extremism are being funded by KSA. The money always goes back to them.\n\nBut anyway, going back to Obama. I’ve listed a number of reasons why I dislike him and think he’s a war criminal. 26,000 bombs dropped on countries that didn’t attack the US (and doing so illegally and unconstitutionally to boot). Extending Bush’s wars and making them 7 interventions. Then there’s the drone issue where as some people have pointed out, it is true, that it’s not always 90% but the fact remains that the stats on it are inexcusably high. He’s also gone after whistleblowers when he promised he wouldn’t.\n\nThen there’s the fact that he’s set a dangerous precedent in tacking on more interventions to previously declared wars and drone warfare. Both these things are Something Trump has exploited to deadly levels.",
"Am I the only one who still fully believes Obama is still president, he's just \"on vacation\" for a little bit? ",
">because Obama is nowhere near as terrible as even the bottom 50% of corrupt politicians in HISTORY. Once again, you seem to have a terrible grasp on history.\n\nyes he is, he's right at the top lmao, america is loaded with money and so is obama's campaign finance corruption along with speeches and other forms of corruption \n\nif you really think obama is in the bottom half of corrupt politicians then i'd like to see your list lmfao delusional ",
"come on fella we both know he didn't do any of that. And the policies he's put into place has cost both layoffs and the price of washers and dryers to rise. We're not headed in a good direction. ",
"It’s cool man.",
"Going from \"knowing\" you can be whatever you want to \"seeing\" you can be whatever you want in life is a huge step.",
"sure buddy",
"...and of course you don't actually have anything to say, you pathetic hamburger. \"No\" was the only thing you were able to muster. Jesus christ.",
"Nah he’s just accused of raping a 13 year old that all of a sudden didn’t want to testify for some reason, telling a 10 year old he’s gonna date her in a few years and god knows what he did to Ivanka growing up. I would imagine he was a handsy dad. ",
"Keep barking doggy.",
"No, I quite clearly said one side is different when it comes to the subject of my original comment. Your using a throwaway account I guess should have been a clue you’re just trolling.",
"I'm not a Trump fan and, while I'm also not a fan of Obama the President, I do very much like Obama the public personality and enjoyed these pictures. That being said, if similar pictures were posted of Trump with children, the reactions would range from criticism of Trump's allocation of time toward non-presidential pursuits to insults about the children being his intellectual equals/superiors to genuine concern for the safety of the children.",
"Perhaps.",
"Except facts show that whites with a degree voted trump over Hillary, and non whites without a degree voted strongly for Hillary. \n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls",
"Keep covering your ears and screaming the national anthem so bad anti government thoughts won't pollute your good patriot brain.",
"Hey, you know what? Your arguments are well articulated and you’re seemingly friendly enough. I don’t have the time or patience to continue the debate, so I’m gonna leave it here. Suffice it to say that I think you make some really intriguing points, and I’ll concede that you definitely present your arguments more clearly and logically than most on reddit. 10/10, would debate again. Cheers. \n## \nEDIT: And I do truly believe we agree on 99% of issues. You seem like my kinda folk. ",
"‘I hate Trump with every fiber of my being’\n\nJesus Christ lol\n\nOn election night, the first hour I thought ‘whelp the US is an oligarchy ... of course another Clinton / Bush won’ and went about my life being stuck with 4 more years of travesty. \n\nGrow up?",
"If you have a condition when applying for insurance it is preexisting. Now you may be correct at this time on pre-existing, but since you are against paying into the system and support going back to the original broken method then I suspect that coverage will be lost too. \n\nYou say why pay for what you don't use and the truth is you \"didn't\" need need it, but you had no way of predicting that outcome. In essence that is how insurance works. You would pay a lower premium as a younger person, but you pay into the system. The reason is the probabilities of illness or injury is lower, but it exists. Secondly no one politically has the guts to address the fact that health care is not a elastic demand market. You really don;t have a choice if you ill other than to live or die (or worse in the middle in pain). The idea that squeezing profit by denying care is allowed is rather mind boggling. The claim we have the best health care in the world is a joke and even in national health care countries you can buy into additional private care plans for superior coverage. This is the same con as being used for converting education to private education. The rich just don't want to pay into the system they personally don not use, but they will invest in it for dividends.\n\nThe ACA was hamstringed from the beginning because the republicans didn't want it so they bent on the components so the final product would break easier. They built in the failure so they could then point to it not working. They really did not want a solution and yet ask them how their federal healthcare marketplaces work. They have the coverage they deny the citizens. ",
"You want a treat boy! Good doggy! good doggy! Belly rubs?",
"You as well. It was great discussing things with you. Thanks for being respectful through and through.",
">you have no place calling anyone stupid\n\nDid I call anyone stupid? No I said I'd have a hard time believing you saw what bush was doing, so you probably don't have a good reference point for how different he was from Obama. Was I wrong?\n\n",
"I’ll ride this wave of downvotes into the sunset with you ",
"What the fuck are you even talking about? Is this Alex Jones' reddit account?",
"Ironic. Obama's job numbers include 0 hour contracts and part time jobs. If you get 1 3 hour shift at Wal-Mart a month are you employed? Is that a long term solution? Not in my eyes.\n\nYour ignorance aside by your own logic you must be a big fan of trump. He's exceeded the projected jobs added numbers by margins of 5-20% each quarter.\n\nOr do you just think he's a bad man because the tv insists upon it?",
"Whatever. You really should be careful with your words. When you said \"Democrats\", most people would take that to mean legislators not voters. When you watch the news and they talk about \"Republicans\", they're talking about the party structure, not the yokels at home.",
"a) I had heard of it and I thought it was weird, like I’ve already stated twice. somehow you’ve failed to either read or acknowledge either.\n\nb) making weird comments also doesn’t mean you want to fuck someone nor does it make it an obsession. this is the only point that I’ve been trying to make and not only have you failed to properly respond, you’ve ignored the question with fallacy filled garbage.\n\nyou’ve built up so much rage at president trump that it seems to spill onto anyone who may slightly disagree with you. I feel bad for you, but I also forgive you. Have a good day internet person",
"I even came willingly",
"Hey: Maybe using endless divisive language, repeatedly lying, and generally making a spectacle of himself at every opportunity is _helping_ Trump to lead the country? \n\nStop blaming his really shitty presidency on bad press.",
"That’s nothing Trump makes kids cry all the time",
"Go take a history class and come talk to me about how Obama is right at the top of the list of corrupt politicians. You're so delusional, how can you even defend something as stupid as that? Did they not teach history at your school? How is Obama anywhere near comparable to all of the corrupt Communist regimes during the Cold War? How is he more corrupt than the kings who stole from their own people to fund expensive buildings for themselves? You seem to have no grasp on what being corrupt actually means.\n\nOh, and I like how you ignored the part where I proved how much of a corrupt psychopath that Joseph Stalin was. ",
"Yeah, but you don't *have* to do that. Judge an argument by its merit not it's messenger. That's how you win an argument. That's how you change people's minds (if that's your intention) ",
"I love when terrified patriots get backed into a corner by facts.",
"(wipes tear away) thank you kind stranger",
"Trump’s job numbers have been below Obama’s every month. \n\nYou’ve been conned. It’s ok to admit it. Lots of other fans of that failed game show host have. ",
"That's fine, they are entirely different people.",
"roll over boy! You can do it!!!",
"If by \"the people\", you mean the business owners and the rich, then yeah, 45 really cares about the people.",
"I prefer to look at his accomplishments honestly. He inherited one of the worst economies in history and completely turned it around to what it is today. He implemented Affordable Health Care which covers millions more Americans than before his presidency while saving the tax payer money. His policies reduced unemployment by previously unimaginable amounts. He did all this while the Republican party actively tried to stop every and all policy he pushed regardless of if they agreed with it or not.",
"‘America is tearing in half’\n\nDid you get paid to write that or are you literally insane?",
"I prefer to look at his accomplishments honestly. He inherited one of the worst economies in history and completely turned it around to what it is today. He implemented Affordable Health Care which covers millions more Americans than before his presidency while saving the tax payer money. His policies reduced unemployment by previously unimaginable amounts. He did all this while the Republican party actively tried to stop every and all policy he pushed regardless of if they agreed with it or not.\n",
"Yeah by 3 points, but a view of educated voters (college or more) overall shows that educated people preferred Clinton by a much larger margin. \n\nPS-if you want to argue facts from a conservative perspective, you might want to stick to news outlets besides CNN. The 538 data shows similar trends and is not the target of a fascist smear campaign by our Russian plant president. Just saying.",
"Now you've resorted to completely denying reality because it makes you feel less scared. It's a normal reaction when confronted by facts your brain can't process.",
"Wow. See, this is why we can't have nice things. Care to find any reputable news source that says that there is any shred of evidence that he \"raped a 13 year old\"? I mean, yea, the guy is gross, but the supposed accuser has never come forward with any proof of who she is, that she has ever even met him, or anything. She filed a few lawsuits under an alias but has never been interviewed. This is Obama's birth certificate all over again.",
"Yes, I do remember Clinton! And I do remember Obama year one prior to him coming out as a racist globalized who hated cops and the flag. \n\nThankfully we have another one I’d love to meet, if only to tell him he’d have gotten a lot more votes without Pence. ",
"I'm not laying it at his feet. Does nobody get sarcasm?",
"\"I had cancer. Thanks, Obama.\"",
"What's that boy? You want a snicker-doodle? Don't tell mom ok? hereyago boy!!!\n\n\nGood boy!",
"I'm not saying that Obama was perfect, no president has ever accomplished that impossible dream. I'm just reminding people that just because you don't hear about military ops on the news, Trump tends to flood that with just tweets and random crap. For people to think that military ops stop/slow when you're not hearing about them is absolute ignorance.\n\nYes, our numbers were lowered, I was lucky enough to have not been affected. But the 4 units I was with during his presidency, both CONUS, OCONUS, and AOR accomplished their missions with diminished money and manpower.\n\nI'm Radio/SATCOM in the USAF, I don't feel comfortable posting my units on Reddit, in what's becoming a typical anti-Obama post.\n\nI see every day, Ops still taking place, people whether guilty or innocent being killed. So for people to blast a singular President for something every one of them is guilty is stupid as hell.\n\nI've seen so many military that were pumped for Trump when he took office, and now not a single one of them defends him. We sit at work and are amazed at what he's \"accomplished.' Remember how \"Pro Military\" he was when he made a joke of the Purple Heart? Saying he always wanted one, and it was easier for a guy to give him one for nothing?\n\nTLDR: All Presidents kill tons of people, just because it's not on the news doesn't mean that there aren't military ops happening as I type this. In the end, it doesn't matter what the past Presidents did, we have to always worry about what the current one is going to do.\n\nEdit: You agree with everything I say, but you still flame somebody for something you agree every President does. That's telling.",
"Hearty chuckle at that :D",
"I honest don't know the answer to that. I was only pointing out that you don't have to be terminally ill to be granted a wish, but you must have a \"life threatening\" illness. Once people are \"terminal\" their ability to enjoy, or even participate, in a granted wish may be limited. The wish is intended to offset the horrible experiences that the children, and their families are having because of the illness. The website itself points out that many grantees fully recover and go on to be healthy adults. One would be curious as to the benefits of having been granted a wish, although being in the control group for this study would probably suck.",
"Aww, damn. I wish you the best, my dude!",
"I'm afraid reality doesn't back you up there champ. 😂😂",
"It's really not a surprise you're such a fan of Obama. You don't let facts get in the way of propaganda.",
"Sorry, i just dont think its an honor to meet a narcissist who has sexually assaulted a shit ton of women.",
"Well one thing is certain. We are both stubborn jackasses. You have a great day...",
"Well 4chan is nice because its anonymous which means people can feel free to say exactly what they feel without repercussion of getting doxxed or banned by site admins. If you value free speech you should appreciate 4chan a lot more than this dump. The only downside of course is the loads and loads of porn and degenerate interest boards.",
"Is it really candid when you know you have a camera on you all the time? ",
"Setup a false premise? Please elaborate on what I asked proof of is false. I provided no facts I simply asked for you to provide proof which you failed to then deflected as per your typical agenda. You guys never provide proof of your claims. I guess 4 indictments means there hasn't been progress in the investigation huh with Trump being next up to get subpoenaed to talk? 🙄 I wonder if his 4th grade speaking level will save him without a lawyer 🤣 . Keep on winning though bro you got this! beep boop",
"The only reason I'd go is to tell him he's a fucking moron and that nobody respects him.",
"YouTube “terrorist fist jabs”, you aren’t far off. ",
"Also, don't feed dogs snickerdoodles.",
"> 500 people and 50 churches\n\nbrrrrr",
"Yup. Assholes not retards.",
"I, and many many others, have tried **patiently and repeatedly** to change these people’s minds even a little bit. Tried to even get them to budge on an opinion or just fucking *source* factual information for themselves... and literally zero progress. Like ticks they just burrow deeper or plug their ears and squeeze their eyes shut while screaming some version of “MAGA” or “I know you are but what am I” or “buttery males”. At this point it’s time to amputate lest the infection spread.",
"Genuinely curious here, taking advantage of what dangerous precedents?\n\nYou are right though, there would be much more negative feedback if this were Trump. I think there will always be strong negative feelings towards active presidents from many people on social media though.",
"Normally, this would be true. \n\n\nBut there is no honor in the White House anymore so how could anyone be \"honored\" by it.",
"I feel these emotions were racially driven. Not because she met the president. ",
"That phrase always struck me as odd. A \"piece\" of paper. Technically, a piece of paper is any size you want. Who decided that a \"piece\" of paper was going to be an A4?",
"Common cold is survivable. ",
"No I mean Americans ",
"It's like my mom always said \"You're known by the company you keep\". I'm sure you were happy when the tax cut passed and saddened when Trump failed to destroy Obamacare. What's funny is when you start clutching your pearls the minute someone calls you out on your devisivess. Divisive? You bet. Over the years I seen nothing to admire on your side of the debate. From Reagan letting the AIDS epidemic kill millions to Trump threatening nuclear war to Nixon's dirty tricks to Bush's outright stupidity (like you, a college graduate). It's worth fighting.\n\nThen when one of your elected officials turns out to be a complete scumbag you stop calling yourself Republican and start calling yourselves \"conservative\" or \"libertarian\" and claim that you have nothing to do with it. Although you're likely to vehemently deny it there really is little difference between you, Trump, Bush, and the rest of the GOP because policy-wise you're all on the same side. I don't need to know anything personally about a white supremacist to know their character.",
"Bought em at a pet bakery, they are fine...",
"That's 45 ;) ",
"Stuff the 45th shithole doesn’t understand..",
"Are you referring to me or to the bigot in the video? ",
"Your comment is basically *Automatically Generated*, aren't you tired of repeating yourself?\n\nThat's ok, I'm sure you'll be whistling a new tune soon. \n\nHave a nice day.",
"Slow your roll. They seemed like people you would have a beer with. You disagree with that?",
"The great 44th? What was so great about Obama? What did he do that was so great? Besides being black",
"No, I don't. Going after ISIS doesn't at all mean anything goes and civilian casualties should be ignored. Military force should be used in smart, constrained ways, and Trump showed in his first few days as president that he's incapable of doing that by ordering a mission at a time that was bad for the safety of US troops and civilians, but good for him politically, and it led to unnecessary deaths.",
"I would be. I would have loved to meet any POTUS. 1-45",
"Ugh, I know. ",
"Nah, I'm good. ",
"You're being homophobic while denouncing transphobia. Rofl. Yeah I'm an SJW. ",
"Lmfao, damn dude. Good luck with that. No better way to persuade people you’re right than by berating someone who disagrees with you 🤷🏻♂️ ",
"Numbers sure do though, \"champ\"\n\nhttps://www.cnn.com/2017/12/09/opinions/trump-obama-economy-boykin-opinion/index.html\n\nhttps://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth\n\n\"The job market is actually underperforming compared to last year. Average monthly job growth was 190,000 in the first 11 months of 2016, according to BLS. This year BLS figures show it has fallen to 174,000 per month.\"\n\n🤷🏻♂️",
"I think you meant, “...To understand racially biased tests/test givers and/or the effect of socioeconomics on testing (particularly regarding a historically disenfranchised minority).” \n\nAnd if that’s what you meant, man you really have some insightful comments and strength of character, buddy! ",
"I said something constructive. Your post history and comment history is clearly aggressive and damn sad if you ask me . Muslim jokes aside , all of your comments are mostly downvotes. That says something. You’re rude , weird, and hate a guy that is a drop in the bucket compared to other presidents. So you hate trump , good for you , as you should. But damn man, you cray cray . ",
"Unfortunately, condescension, ignorance and claiming unfounded intellectual superiority are not arguments. \n \nYou’re overcompensating for something. And you know it. \n \nKeep watching. Barack obama will make Richard Nixon look like Abraham Lincoln.",
"It looks like you're already received a zillion responses but I just wanted to say that like you, I also thought MAW was only for kids with a terminal prognosis. My daughter was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 and when MAW came knocking I was a little put off but it turns out it's for ANY child who has a life-threatening issue. ",
"It's all good my dude. ",
"Aye",
"Coming right out of the gate signing EO's instead of more due process, and bombing the hell out of countries we have no place being in the first place. Albeit Obama went incomparably overboard in the second regard so it's unfair to Trump to lump them together. \n\nAnd yes i agree, as soon as someone steps out of office it's rose colored goggles for everyone. \n\nedit: also im aware of the high number of EO's by presidents if you go back. But the public's eye only cares about the last 20 years. ",
"I saw the Obama/Letterman thing on Netflix. It made me sad. I miss having a respectable president.",
"THIS JUST IN\n\nOBAMA MAKES LITTLE KIDS CRY?!?!?\n\nCOMING TO YOU FROM DAILYNEWS",
"> To quote some of my favorite philosophers:\n\n> BEAVIS:\n\n> BUTT-HEAD:\n\nI **had** water in my mouth. Now I need a new keyboard.\n",
"Unfortunately, guilty pleas and indictments are public record.\n\nSorry that you backed a con man. Stupid people are always the most susceptible to doing so.",
"Interesting points! I've heard the tax change went well for some people but hurt others, so I guess that one's a matter of who you are/perspective in general.",
"Yea see that’s the thing though. If you’re only listening to people bash him 24/7 of course you’re going to think it’s a really bad presidency. \n\nWhen Obama was president, I turned to CNN and MSNBC to get positive news. Now that a republican is president, i ask you be more open-minded and turn to Fox to see some positive.",
"Most of the top comments are pretty positive. And most of the comments complaining about politics on this sub as a cover for criticizing anything that doesn't implicitly praise the Terrible 45th are down in the gutter where they belong. ",
"Oh, don't get me wrong, this post is awesome... but remember, we're on r/pics right now! It's not exactly known for being the deepest subreddit, nor are any of the ones with such huge numbers of subscribers. Anything with a ton of traffic mostly gets seen by people quickly looking through their front page. Some people might even just look at the thumbnails and not have thought to expand this post. \n\nI don't think it's proof that people don't value this story or that Redditors suck. It's just proof that default subs tend to be driven by fluff. \n\n...and yes, I mean fluff in terms of somewhat superficial things AND in terms of dogs that are fluffy. \n\nAlso I'll just add that this post currently has 45k upvotes so it's not exactly being ignored! People are into it! ",
"This moved me.",
"\"great\"?!? hardly.\n\nthe only thing he was \"great\" at is screwing up the US.",
"Something tells me you’re a Frank Underwood voter. \n \nDonald Trump is the greatest president we’ve had in over 100 years. If you bothered to get off reddit every once in a while you would know that. \n \nCome out of the basement and get yourself together. You’ll come out of that rut. I promise. ",
"Where did I say anything bad about 4Chan? I'm asking why you're on Reddit if it's a prolific liberal circlejerk like you said. You're acting like there aren't other places on the internet outside of Reddit and 4chan where you can talk about politics. ",
"Paying into the system long term because you may eventually need it is pretty much Medicare, no? And I pay into that as well. It won’t be around anymore when I actually need it though.\n\nObamacare is great for lower income families...when I was earning 10-20k/yr, I saw the doctor for free, got new glasses, got cavities filled....somebody else payed for that. but now I’m earning a little bit more, and couldn’t afford any of that, even if I was buying health insurance because of the insane out of pocket deductibles and copays. Your trying to talk politics to me, and all I care about as an average working joe is actually getting to spend the money that I work 12hrs a day to earn. Cost/benefit analysis, is that I spend way more on healthcare than I will realistically use. I pay like $8/mo for accident and severe illness coverage and another $4/mo for suppplimental coverage where that leaves off. If I get sick, I’ll go to the urgent care and get antibiotics. To me, the $1000+ penalty is just obama and the irs taking away my money. \n\nI’m not a fan of the previous system by any means...but I’m not a fan of this system either. Both ways, I can’t afford medical care. At least the other way I didn’t get a year-end slap in the face",
"Sometimes when we get what we want it turns out not to be what we thought it was. That’s the story of how 200 counties that voted Ovama twice flipped and voted Trump. The *real* change we can believe in. ",
"The only Americans he cares about are ones that support him.",
"I absolutely agree. Of all our philandering gameshow host presidents who speak with a 6th grade vocabulary, he's definitely #1",
"You da real MVP.",
"HA! Actually, I'm an incredibly emotional person. If you knew me at all, which of course you don't (understandably) you'd know its not a muscular thing or a manly thing. It's plain and simple, crying over Trump being president is just pathetic. As for maturity, I find it hilarious that you use that word while defending people crying over Obama/Trump. ",
"I get that and I agree mostly. But I also think a leader being at least somewhat personable can be useful in a lot of ways too. So it makes sense some people want that. ",
"Oh I know. My point is it is very telling how good/bad a president is at that moment when their opponents have nothing of substance to criticize him on and have to reach so far as to say the suit the president wears is bad.",
"While I surely hope that's where the small boy touching Obama's official portrait.",
"I didn't realize ignoring all context was so easy. ",
">had no power over the south to free any slaves\n\nThe entire war was fought to answer this question and the argument you are making is the same as was made by the side that lost. \n\n>It did not free a single slave\n\nThere were a few years and a lot of bloodshed between the signing of the proclamation and the day when this statement was proven demonstrably false, but proven false it was. ",
"Some mothafuckas need to get iced.",
"Then he wasn't a good leader but a fool.",
"The economy is going to do what it does regardless of what the president does. He can try to influence it through policy but ultimately the relationship between business and consumer determines the state of the economy, not the president. It would have bounced back on its own. Affordable health care was a train wreck from where I’m sitting. The premium for my health insurance (which I actually worked hard to earn and pay for) tripled, cost of medical care went up exponentially, and the level of care I received dwindled to almost nothing. As an individual making less than $20k/year throughout his presidency this was infuriating. During his second term he did nothing to address the biggest issue: racial divide. As the first black president you’d think that when shit really started hitting the fan he’d have been right there leading the effort to unite the people, but nope. Nothing. Don’t forget that he also increased the national debt by the highest dollar amount of any president. I’m not saying he didn’t do some good while in office too, but there was enough negative to keep me from considering him a “great” president. He was ok. ",
"No YOU :)",
"You're right, but we'll see how much people like that \"real\" change when the midterms come this fall and we'll see how much they really like it when Trump tries to get reelected (if he even gets the option to do that). ",
"Does she qualify as terminally ill?",
"What, everyone can't scroll to the bottom?",
"Sorry, I guess you misunderstood. \n\nTrump gets bad press *because*: \n\n1. he uses endless divisive language\n2. he repeatedly lies\n3. he generally makes a spectacle of himself at every opportunity\n\nThis results in bad press unless you're Fox News and then it's just HRC 'news' which, if you're being _really_ honest (you're not), isn't really relevant. \n\nHe's abnormal *and* he's having a tough go at it, huh? ",
"There may be privacy issues with sharing medical history of a minor. ",
"https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"I am not sure what you mean, could you elaborate?",
"Mod of the year",
"The previously stickied automod comment \"It looks like this post is about US Politics\" that was replaced by this non-automatic mod's comment made some people upset and got replies saying things like \"This isn't about politics, you morons!\".\n\nNow I'm apparently too slow of a writer to keep up with real-time redditing, so I'll just post my answer to those comments here instead:\n\nCome on, the post *does* involve a former top tier US politician. I would say that makes it at least a tiny bit about US politics, at least from the POV of the majority of Reddit’s user base—i.e. non-Americans.\n\nI appreciate the sentiment of the post, that a sick little girl gets to meet her hero, and that the feelings it induces goes beyond politics for you guys, but please imagine this for a second: A photo of a crying quadriplegic boy wearing a little welding helmet, getting a hug from the Prime Minister of Sweden. Do you feel the pipe wrench around your heart? Of course not, you see a foreign politician doing PR. It’s politics.\n\nI think it’s awesome that the automod informs about the opt-out. Personally, I’m very interested in US politics so I wouldn’t use it, but I can imagine that not everyone is that into these kind of posts.\n\nEdit: This comment may make it seem that I don’t like the post, or that I think it’s purely a strategical move by Obama. I don’t though, I think it’s really sweet. My first thought was actually “Aaw, I wish there was a make-a-wish foundation in Sweden too!” I also think Obama is a genuine humanist who really did his best to make a change for the less fortunate during his presidency.\n\nWhat I reacted to was the ridiculous comments that this has nothing to do with US politics. A former US president is and will always be a political figure, no matter in what context they appear. This is not my opinion, I’m not the one addressing them as “Mr. President” decades after their term has ended. ",
"That is how insurance works. You own a home and don;t pay insurance then when it burns down you pay for it yourself at full rate. You apparently just do not like the idea of paying for it unless you absolutely know you will need it. Well then I don't know what to say other than stop talking about being insured and do not expect me to pick up your tab if you get sick. I pay into health insurance and have for 30 years. I was well for almost all of them, but had a few issues over that time which when I was ill would have broken me financially at that time. My membership and pay in was fair as it cost averaged the hit over a period of time and I paid my share into the pool. My position is if you don't pay into the system then at some point you cannot join it. It is fair to expect you to join the program at a younger age especially if you are free riding off your parents until 26. At some point you pay in or you can't join. I will agreed to that point. By 28 you are in or out. \n\nI just don't agree that health care should follow the market demand model as it is not a consumer option. Prices are artificially high and care restricted to generate profit. We can tell that from the number of expensive commercials and product placements which used to be the indication of consumer product. ",
"Are you saying he fought it, or didn't take advantage of it? Because he didn't do either of those things either.",
"Well i dont come here just to talk about politics. I do lurk T_D of course and some subs for video games I like, maybe troll AskReddit a bit... but if see some stupid liberal propaganda bs pop up in my r/all feed, I wont hesitate to drop a line. ",
"It is amazing that. Just talk to them like they were regular humans.\n\nI used to be the maintenance guy for a school. And the children thought I was a God who walked the earth. They would come to me looking for jobs to do. And I would put them to work and talk to them about their lives. And their parents would say to me \" how come they don't help out like that at home\"\n\nI always wanted answer \"because you don't like them as much as I do\" but I couldn't because I liked my job and the truth hurts. ",
"Yeah, I'm probably being idealistic about hardcore base republicans. At the same time every party has a spectrum, and treating everyone who identifies right-wing as a brainwashed buffoon isn't furthering your cause. ",
"So you don't come here to talk about politics, but then you blatantly came here to talk about politics. Nice.",
"Well his policies benefit all Americans except the rich in New York and commiefornia ",
"6'2\", I believe.",
"No he fought the undead though.\n\n\nAt least I think McConnel is undead.",
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but liberals don't give a shit about the lives of poor people in other countries. ",
"Biggest crook since Bill Clinton!",
"Just butthurt that their first president in 8 years is a piece of shit. lol.",
"You're a special kind of stupid. ",
"I thought the same thing.",
"Obama makes kids ~~cry~~ die!",
"Your friend has good taste. ",
"Make America a great, safe, stable country ",
"wrong\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Transracial_Adoption_Study",
"No, Obama is just a war criminal and most of the comments are coming from *progressives,* not conservatwats",
"\"The great 44th\"...really? Actions make an individual great, not skin color. Good for that little girl, glad she got her wish granted but assholes like OP totally politicize something like this for their own karma gain. Typical Redditor.",
"'Great 44' implies that the 44th president was great, literally the only way it can really be taken unless you clutch at straws ",
"Black Lives Matter was using twitter to start riots... this made the populous vote for Trump because the last thing any civilized society should do is cater to rioting savages",
"I said I dont come here to only talk about politics. Lol why are u so defensive? Do you behave this way to everybody who doesn't agree with you? Just because we have different views doesnt mean we cant share the same platform. In fact I think it's a good thing that we can talk about our likeness and differences. Seems like u dont want to have a rational converaation though, just kick n scream like a typical reddit shill. Sad!!",
"Are you really shocked that someone loves their wife and kids...",
"Non of what I said was literal you know...",
"lol downvoted for telling the truth. Fucking blind fools, hope the democrats butt fuck them even harder than they have been",
"Or I just realise emotions aren't very important in politics, I think they hold no place in political discussion actually ",
"I'm on your side dude ",
"How am I supposed to know that when Trump apologists regularly pollute this site with similar nonsense?\n\nYou gotta use emoticons or something to add inflection homie hah",
"awww, that's nice. Alright let's get to it\n\n*sort by controversial* ",
"I don’t remember that trial? Could you show me Trump’s arrest record? I’m sorry you need to lie to make a point ... but I would listen to a guy who breeds dogs to fight them like yourself anyway, so whatever. \n\nYou know which recent President wasn’t a narcissist? None of them. ",
"I didn't know George H.W. Bush was competent or Bill Clinton for that matter (no competent human gets impeached and caught being a sexual predator)",
"Troll. Go back to T_D",
"[Cult of Personality](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yoiutube+cult+of+person&view=detail&mid=1F37DEB3954672B0009B1F37DEB3954672B0009B&FORM=VIRE)",
"I haven’t posted there in months ... when you Che k my karma I have about 100+ from there and there’s about 20-25 sub Reddit’s prior to that with more karma / posts. \n\nI suggest you stop being a liar ... and illegal immoral dog breeder ",
"Oh you mean because he had to pay for Bush's destroying the economy, just checking.",
">who's is\n\nI remember when you'd be downvoted to hell and be told to post again for a title like that. ",
"Sorry, but when 10 women accuse you, you cheat on your wife, and you are a narcissist, it’s not an honor to meet you",
"Not saying he's not. I took my daughter to see him. I'm just saying I'll bet it was mostly the parent's idea. Maybe I'm wrong. Doesn't really matter. ",
"I guess we disagree. I think it is foolish to think the presidency and their party do not have a significant affect on the economy. The recent recession was driven by 2 factors. The first being the policies handed down by Clinton for affordable housing that were continued by G.W. Bush. The second was the predatory practices of banks due to a lack of regulation which is a result of Republican policy. Quantitative easing ultimate showed to be the correct choice is kick starting the economy, however; yes it put the government in an even greater debt. Had Obama not acted, We would very likely be sitting at above 10% unemployment entering into Trump's presidency and dealing with the inflation that follows every Republican presidency, further holding us down. As for the affordable care act, it does not appease everyone, especially those that fall through the cracks, but for the average tax payer, it saved a fortune. It accomplished this by providing health care to individuals who could not seek preventative medicine/treatment prior. What happened prior to the ACA was that individuals who could not afford treatment would wait until the treatment was simply too expensive and then go to the hospital. By law, the hospital has to treat the patient, but since they won't receive payment for this expensive treatment, they write it off on their taxes, costing the tax payer. I can't speak to your experience on your premiums as I do not know where you live (State's largely regulated their own exchanges, so could be a state issue) or if you had work provided health care coverage or not. At less than 20k/year you're well under the poverty line and therefor eligible for several additional programs. While I agree that he should have done more regarding race, I also recognize that Republicans were standing in his way with regard to every policy and that many whites (especially in the South) didn't care what he had to say regardless. Being the first black president has a lot of drawbacks. If he takes a step in one direction, he offends whites, if he goes in the other direction, he doesn't do enough for persons of color. Touching the racial divide is an absolute mess. I don't blame him from not enacting some grand conversation.",
"Guess I missed a lot of that crap. Must be because I don't watch fox...",
"> I said I dont come here to only talk about politics.\n\nBut you came to this thread to only talk about politics. \n\n>Lol why are u so upset?\n\nI'm not, but clearly you were so upset by this post that you came here to complain about it.\n\n>Do you behave this way to everybody who doesn't agree with you? Just because we have different views doesnt mean we cant share the same platform. In fact I think it's a good thing that we can talk about our likeness and differences. \n\nSays the person who came here to complain about liberals. Yeah we share the same platform, which means you have every right to come here and say what you want. I also have the right to call you a babbling moron, because we share the same platform. Don't act like you're the victim here, you're the one who came to a pro-Obama post and complained about it. Go comment on /r/The_Donald or go back to 4chan if you want an echo chamber where nobody will challenge your beliefs.\n\n>Seems like u dont want to talk though, just kick n scream. Typical reddit shill.\n\nI do want to talk though, that's why I continue to reply to you. How dense can you be?",
"Neat. Thanks for the suggestion.",
"Really? Which policies? Because all I'm seeing are tax cuts that benefit the rich in New York and policies that pander to his moronic supporters.",
"But he isn't being held accountable is he? That is the point.\n\n The media didn't do their job, and for everyone person that knows about those things, there are thousands and thousands that don't, and even among those that know about them, few(like a round number) actually lay any blame at Obama's feet. The only reason any of those scandals (and the countless others) even got their 1-2seconds mention on the MSM crawlbar was because they started trending - and not from any liberal source. Imagine all the enlightenment, and discussions on those \"legitimate issues\", if only they spent 1/2 the amount of actual time on them as they do on how many soda's Trump has per day, or how he has his steaks, or the utensils he uses for fried chicken.. Think of what could have been done/saved, and then ask yourself why it wasn't? Then, you'll understand. \n\n> I know plenty of liberals who hated him. \n\n - There are many times more than love him and think he can do know wrong, that he had a \"scandal free presidency\". Worse, those that do/did hate him do so generally because he didn't go far enough left. Many/Most of them turned into the Bernie boys, were completely railroaded by the DNC and the Hillary campaign. We now know that the fix was in, probably, by the start, that Bernie was the jobber there to lose. I am sure stealing money from the Bernie-Boys was just a nice side gig - but here is the thing, most of those Bernie-Boys that got played in such a public way still voted DNC.\n\n And you're going to try and peddle the myth that they aren't also do blame? C'mon on now. \n",
"*Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?*\n\nI don’t listen to hip hop. ",
"The great war monger",
"Downvotes from Reddit don’t really seem like a bad thing from what I’ve seen. Besides going through someone’s history because you’ve got nothing of substance to offer as a retort is much more sad.",
"I’m sorry that CNN told you those lies. Kids these days are so easily brainwashed. ",
"What he's getting at is drone strikes under bush were almost nonexistent compared to obama. Obama ramped up drone strikes big time (2012-ish) and gave orders to bomb targets in countries we were technically never at war with and killed a shit load of civilians in the process.",
"I'd be surprised if this is news to you, but POTUS is an important position involving a lot of power. The effects of the person who has that power are wide-ranging, so to say that there is no reason to cry about Trump being president instead of Obama is very myopic. Close-mindedness is a sign of immaturity, so it applies here wrt you.\n\nAnd whether you're an emotional person or not, it's still very superficial to judge someone by their tears. Which is pathetic for an adult. Dismissing something because you don't understand it also signals a lack of maturity. So your disdain for tears is not surprising, but it is unfortunate.",
"So instead of giving me some sources proving me wrong you accuse me of being brainwashed. But somehow I'm the one that's wrong... right?",
"You forgot to switch your alt accounts or what? I already responded to you, shit for brains.",
"I was referring to other people in the thread. I saw what bush was doing, and I saw Obama do a lot of the same things. I saw people wailing and moaning over Bush’s foreign policy and patriot act, but completely ignored the fact that Obama was bombing the hell out of civilians for 8 years and extended the patriot act. America spends an unreal amount on defense, a budget that no other country even comes close to equaling. It grew under bush, Obama, and now Trump, and no one will ever stop that, because it’s far too profitable to the right people. If Obama ever planned to be the change this country needed, his campaign would’ve been put in the dirt by the ultra rich white dudes who own everything (including the media).\n\nA precursory look at the psychology behind politics and propaganda will show that the two parties are just playing good cop, bad cop while the same big monied interests are served either way. It’s a terribly depressing outlook, but I can’t suspend my disbelief anymore. ",
"Lol i know. Sarcasm doesn’t work well on the internet. Glad to have a friend here. ",
"Most of your points are just a debatable left wing narrative ",
"Rage against Trump? Dude, that orange clown isn't even my president, all I'm saying are common facts about this dummy that almost everyone who follows politics knows about, and if you're an American who never heard of this then yeah, you're pretty fucking stupid, that's not me being angry at you, you're simply stupid, that's all there is to it.",
"Why are u conflating this specific thread to my entire reddit experience? I said that I dont specifically and exclusively only talk about politics. Maybe in this thread I am, but not every thread. Whats so hard to understand about that? Talk about being dense...\n\nI just came here to make a snide comment on an Obama post, youre the one getting all worked up and calling names. I know these next 7 years are going to very hard for you but you gotta find a better way to cope with your emotions than lashing out on conservatives. Its not my fault Donald Trump is your President. Well on second thought, yeah I guess it is LOL",
"Dang dude, I'm the sole founder of the [American Cancer Society](https://www.cancer.org/), am a 2 time [Iron Chef](http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/iron-chef-america) winner, the discoverer of the element [Thorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6ns_Jacob_Berzelius) and am actually the masked vigilante known as [Batman](http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Batman). \n\nThose are some really neat websites that you links that provide absolutely no evidence of your connection with them. They really do a good job of propping up your incredibly condescending pitch. Your entire post history is full of Neal DeGrasse Tyson-esque pedantic smugness (as well as an unusual amount of time in /r/trees) which convinces me that you don't spend enough time outside of this website to \"lead the development\" of much of anything. Oh, and googling your name (I assumed was your username since you are self-important enough to do something like that) yields [**fucking nothing**](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=patrick+irelan) in the field of hematology, the NIH, or anything else even remotely related to what you say you've accomplished.\n\nYou are a fucking fraud, dude.",
"He can be all kinds of weird. But when Home Depot and Northrop are offering their employees bonuses because of the tax cuts; Boeing and Comcast investing 50+million dollars in our economy and infrastructure; and AT&T investing a billion, i’m willing to look over some of his stupidity. Good things are happening. Keep focusing on the negative and that’s all you’ll see.",
">he also manages not to prop his feet on the resolute desk unlike a past president\n\nYou talking about Bush Sr or Jr?\n ",
"“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” Abe Lincoln\n\nYou mean that irony?",
"That is unfortunate. ",
"Just looking at how U.S. centric Reddit normally is, I doubt that the majority of its user base is actually non-Americans.",
"I know that you are mentally stunted, but 100 days is enough time for an ill person to die.",
"Sure, so what if increased my healthcare premiums by 300%? He's so great with kids!",
"Damn my brain, I thought that said 45. :) \nI probably wouldn't be overly thrilled about having beer with 43. Might be interesting. Now doing a few bongs with 42 or 44, I would be down for that. ",
"Lock him up.",
"Obama",
"Nah fuck off fam I hate people who wear transition lenses",
"So we’re back tracking from your original lie?\n\nIf 10 women accuse me of sexual harassment, I’ll be god damn guilty cuz I’m a normal middle class guy. When 10 women do so to a billionaire of 50 years and 500 business’ and nothing goes to criminal court? Means nothing, \n\n",
"Aye ",
"How is this relevant to my comment? I said people weren't CONSTANTLY freaking out and fighting, I never implied that the world was all perfect. As for this race war and \"tribalistic blacks\" shit I'm... Not even gonna touch that with a ten foot pole.",
"Hypocrite and a racist. #illegalsfirst ",
"Hahaha. Learn economics/history ",
"I can see that viewpoint over ACA over stepping boundaries *(even though we all know there was a congress in place that refused to work with this man)* but comparing other EOs from Obama to previous presidents, nothing stands out as \"farther reaching than his predecessors.\" That just sounds like republican rhetoric that gets thrown around to *woo* those who can't think for themselves in the republican base.\n\nI will say the NSA/Drone issues deserve a good discussion, but there's so much context to everything involving the war he inherited where I feel it isn't fair to bash the way he handled it. I don't think anyone has the answer to what should have been done over there. No one could have gone in and fixed what was left of that shit from Bush and come out clean.",
"I mean, I say this as someone who voted for Obama twice. I was even sent over there in a surged authorized by him. I saw combat because he thought we needed to still be there.\n\n My point is, there is no right decision. We have the technology to disrupt our enemies without endangering young kids serving in our military. Did we kill some civilians along the way? Undoubtedly. We did that well before drones though. \n\nIt's an optics thing. You have to figure out how to cut through the fat projected by our media today. Even the meat is tainted sometimes, so you just have to dig a bit deeper cognitively to really see what's happening. ",
"The only serious advantage is among post bachelor degrees, and I chose cnn for that reason, among college graduates, especially whites the number is really close.",
"I suppose I am not surprised you didn't bother to check the [staff directory](http://www.hematology.org/About/Staff-Directory.aspx#a11). Your previous discussion points had demonstrated that you were not very adept at argumentation, but this silly response (again, in defense of your claim that a sick little girl didn't deserve to meet the President) shows that you are simply lacking in basic intelligence.\n\nIt's a nice shovel you brought - keep digging!",
"The media is nothing more than a reflection of ourselves. \n\nAnd no one cares how many sodas he drinks or whatever the fuck. Yeah it pops up on Reddit, \"Trump eats a burger a day.\" But do you think anybody gives a fuck? I work at a Fortune 500, no body talks about his food habit. Or restroom habits. Or whatever. It may seem to be the case on Reddit, but not in the real world. I live in an extremely liberal city, and no one really cares what you think. My family is extremely conservative, and they don't give a fuck. You think Americans even read decent news? We're too fucking stupid that most scandals under any president have no meaning to our lives. \n\nSo yeah, maybe Obama wasn't being held accountable by CNN and NYT. But WSJ and Fox News held his feet to the fire. Will Fox News hold Trump accountable when he has his first real scandal? ",
"AND THIS IS WHY THE FROGS ARE GAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS. IS. WHY. THE. FROGS. ARE. GAY.",
"It’s too bad she only got to meet a substandard fraudster who did everything in his power to destroy any sense of unity we had as a nation. ",
"No, it must've been removed because you can't even speak without getting your comments removed by a moderator. Dumb fuck.\n\nI checked your history and it must've been the lmgtfy-link. You think it was obvious to Google \"pornstar claims Trump wanted to fuck her for money\"? How is that an obvious thing to search for if you haven't heard the story, you fucking idiot? Also, I shouldn't have to Google YOUR claims for you. If you make a claim, you should be able to provide evidence for it yourself (I assume you're too dumb to get this, but I don't mean that you personally made that claim, so don't whine about that).\n\nHer claim is not proof of anything, but they couldn't even provide this weak evidence.",
"> Why are u conflating this specific thread to my entire reddit experience? I said that I dont specifically and exclusively only talk about politics. Maybe in this thread I am, but not every thread. Whats so hard to understand about that? Talk about being dense...\n\nDid I say that this is all you do on Reddit? I asked why you came *here*, as in this pro-Obama post. You came here to complain, not me bud. \n\n>I just came here to make a snide comment on an Obama post, youre the one getting all worked up and calling names. \n\nI already said I'm not worked up, and you were the first one to start calling names. Your very first comment was calling Obama a name. Your comment after that was calling Reddit names. One of your most recent replies to me was calling me a shill. You're so much of a hypocrite that you can't even be consistent with the dumb shit you're saying.\n\n>I know these next 7 years are going to very hard for you but you gotta find a better way to cope with your emotions than lashing out on conservatives.\n\nI hope someone said the same thing to you when Obama became president. Oh, and I'm not lashing out at you. I'm trying to have a conversation with you, but it's kind of hard to when your only responses are \"why are you so mad lol\" and \"Donald Trump is the president so get over it\". \n\nI look forward to your next reply where you accuse me of being upset and contribute nothing to this conversation. ",
"I’m sure any link I provide you will call fake news. Just look up the removal of SALT from the new tax plan and how it effects the rich in states like New York and California. ",
"You realize the irony here is incredible with just that statement.",
"Let me get this straight: The three point gap for educated whites picking trump is worth point out, but the five point gap for bachelor’s holders picking Hillary is not a “serious advantage”. I find it really confusing that you felt strongly enough to post that pro-Trump CNN finding in numerous replies here but are so quick to dismiss larger effect sizes. It’s almost like you’re cherry picking data that fits your narrative. \n\nKeep downvoting me because arguing facts isn’t working for you.",
"In Guantanamo.",
"I’m confused. I’ve already acknowledged that I’d heard about this before, and now you’re pretending that I said I hadn’t? I really can’t tell if you just are failing to read my responses, are intentionally ignoring them or are just stupid. Like I’ve stated numerous times (each of which you’ve failed to respond to properly), my stance is that assuming this dude wants to fuck his daughter based on what he has said is not only a ridiculous assumption but ignorant as well.\n\nPlease continue to straw man my arguments though, I suggest you actually read them.",
"Oh my mistake, you were on the *quality improvement* team.\n\nI'm sure you lead the pamphlet team in making sure they were all properly laminated. You must've really put in the hours on picking the best font for it.\n\nI refer you to my previous point. You don't show up as anyone of note in the hematological field, and your current title is ambiguous enough to not properly credit you with accomplishing anything.\n\nGratz, you got me on the \"even being involved\" point. Your importance to the project is still dubious. Your presumed self-importance is, however, extremely confirmed.\n\nAnd hey, Mr. Reading-Comprehension, I never said she didn't deserve to meet him, I questioned the definition of \"terminal disease\" and SCA's place within it.",
"I’m confused. I’ve already acknowledged that I’d heard about this before two fucking times, and now you’re pretending that I said I hadn’t? I really can’t tell if you just are failing to read my responses, are intentionally ignoring them or are just stupid. Like I’ve stated numerous times (each of which you’ve failed to respond to properly), my stance is that assuming this dude wants to fuck his daughter based on what he has said is not only a ridiculous assumption but ignorant as well.\n\nPlease continue to straw man my arguments though, I suggest you actually read them.",
"Lmao",
"Hahahaha. This is rich. Your tone is so combative, you must be so fun to be around in person. Yeah, I did come here to this thread to make fun of Obama. You got me. But you're right, we can have a civil conversation. What would you like to talk about man? By the way, I actually voted for Obama in 2008 when I was 18 years old. Fun fact.",
"Awww did he apologise for the insane insurance premiums her parents have to pay for her treatment?",
"More baseless assumptions and still no sources. I also find it funny that your party cries fake news more than anyone else and yet I'm the one who's going to accuse you of providing fake news.\n\nProvide a source other than Fox or Breitbart and I won't call you fake news, it's that simple.",
"Thanks.",
"Did I mention fox news? They are as horrible and biased as CNN. Besides all that, mein kampf, what are you 12? Because that sounds something like a kid would come up with.",
"FYI, thanks for the comparison to Neil Tyson - I am a fan of his, generally speaking, though I can't speak to how he is in person.\n\nAs to the edit in your comment, your comment implied very clearly that you did not think it was appropriate for someone with such a \"moderate\" disease to meet the President. No real spin opportunities there, that was the entire point of your statement.\n\nI do appreciate the opportunity you've provided to help spread awareness about SCD, which is literally part of my job. You have demonstrated why SCD patients face such an uphill battle getting even just the basic respect patients should receive from the community. I'm not sure what you job is, but I hope it is benefited by you spending a weird amount of time trying to argue that a person on the internet is lying about being professionally and compassionately invested in improving the quality of care provided to this too often marginalized population.",
"We get it. You don't like Obama. Cool opinion.\n\nHey everyone. No one post a pic with a \"great\" musician. Or a \"great\" actor. You never know when you are just plain fucking WRONG to NewNewLabour!",
"Third person here. You really haven't answered anything and people have been pretty polite.\n\nWhy do you support Trump? What political issue made you want him for your president?",
"I'll take that as a resignation from the discussion ",
"*Vampires",
"Sure you didn't mean Ford or Carter or Johnson?",
"http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/20/pf/salt-deductions-new-tax-plan/index.html\nAlright here’s one you should believe\nEdit: so I guess people who make less then 100,000 a year are now either rich or his moronic supporters? ",
"I'm sure I was talking about Obama. I didn't say he was the only one, but he was the most recent president to disrespect the desk. And if Trump did it too, I'd be disappointed. ",
"Nah the shitty 45th. Sometimes you just need to get overly specific to make things extra clear.",
"Remember when he supported the Occupy movement and workers unions and bailed out homeowners instead of the banksters and then broke up any corporation that was \"too big to fail\" so they wouldn't be able to bring down the economy with them if their own sketchy policies caused them to crash and burn again? Yeah, me neither.",
"Good thing he's not playing ball in the office like Reagan either.",
"> Your tone is so combative\n\nSounds like some baseless assumptions, the only reason they come off as combative is because we disagree, that's kind of how conversations work, no? When people disagree, they each give their opinion and try and disprove the other person's points. \n\n>you must be so fun to be around in person\n\nAnother insult? I thought that was something you were criticizing me for?\n\n>Yeah, I did come here to this thread to make fun of Obama. You got me.\n\nIf you thought me bringing that point up was to \"get\" you, then perhaps you should go back, reread this entire conversation, and think about why I would talk to you for this long just to say that I got you. \n\n ",
"Thanks for finding that!\n\nI'm honestly convinced that's her because of the following:\n\nShe was 8 in 2012, and that was 6 years ago, so she'd be 13 or 14 now. The girl that account belongs to looks about that age. \n\nOne of the photos she posted in her \"Welcome to my channel\" video has her standing in front of a cut out that has a hashtag that reads \"OffthewallFL\", which is a place called \"Off the Wall Trampoline Fun Center\" and is in Florida. The girl who met Obama was from Florida. ",
"lol, then if Sickle Cell is a terminal disease, life is a terminal disease.",
"> gif of Barack Obama furiously mashing\n\nthank goodness i read this wrong the first time...",
"I agree",
"tbh I think it's weird respecting the furniture more than the responsibilities and dignity of the position itself, but you do you.",
"Obama administration armed terrorists.",
"Awww no reply of substance? I understand. When you are out matched in intellect resort to nonsensical hashtags. ",
"> your comment implied \n\nOh shit\n\nDoes the American Society of Hematology operate based on percieved *implications*? No wonder SCA is (apparently) terminal, you don't actually use tangible evidence to treat it, just what you assume is going on inside the patient's body. Get one of your scientist coworkers to explain the importance of empirical evidence, I'm sure they would take the time to put it in to terms a glorified graphic designer such as yourself would understand.\n\nYou shouldn't be wasting time on Reddit defending your diminutive position serving people actually helping advance society! I'm sure there's a Malaria awareness poster somewhere that needs typesetting! Get to work!",
"what do the reports say?",
"#Drumpf ",
"Well you didn't give me an incredibly credible article (CNN isn't a very reliable source, I'm liberal and I know that), but it's a good start. Why would you call CNN fake news and then cite CNN as a source? Whatever floats your boat I guess...\n\nI'm also not seeing how this benefits the middle class. I see it more as a penalty towards the rich more than a benefit for the middle class.",
"I mean, we are in disagreement but at least I'm trying to have fun with it. You just want to escalate the hostilities. I just asked you what you want to have a civil talk about and thats the only sentence you *didn't* address just now. Face it, you dont want to talk, you just want to fight. SMH\n\n",
"> Basically, this is my point. A black president, from either party, would need to deal with this\n\nI feel like you're moving the goalposts here. Your original message was\n\n>yeah but if he were a white guy, he could literally be out with hookers and blow, and no one would give a shit.\n\nI'm disagreeing with that. Of course Obama had to deal with racism because racists are gonna be racist. Anytime you have a minority in a majority group, the minority will get shit thrown at them.\n\nIf Obama were a woman, the misogynists would have things to say about that because gender is an easy target to them.\n\nIf Obama were gay, the homophobes would have things to say about that because that is an easy target for them.\n\nBut were not talking about that. We are talking about the level of scrutiny the president gets from the country as a whole when they do something shitty. (Everyday, normal people..the media..etc.)\n\nAre you really going to tell me that Trump isn't being scrutinized over his past and current transgressions? Really? Its all anyone talks about. (Except the GOP). Its on literally every news channel constantly (except Fox). BBC, Reuters, CNN, NBC, etc. have Trumps shitty behavior under a microscope 24/7 and hes the rich white guy of rich white guys.\n\nIf Obama had a personal scandal, it would have been treated the same an any other. Dems would have told people to back off, GOP would want blood.\n\nThe thing is, it has nothing to do with the president themselves and everything to do with politics. The GOP would gladly have a flaming homosexual Muslim black transgender Russian as president if it meant they could get their shit passed.\n\nThe Dems would rally behind a president that was openly a new cross breed of KKK/Nazi/literally hitler as long as they were able to get all of their shit passed.\n\nIts not personal at that level. Both sides have their motives and will protect them. If their guy is on the chopping block, they're gonna rally behind him as long as it suits their needs.\n\nDo you really think Ryan, McConnell, McCain, etc. WANT to defend a guy that goes against everything they stand for morally? Jesus, Paul Ryan looks like a guy that cries and says 10 hail Marys every time he masturbates. Do you think that behind closed doors they're high fiving Trump for cheating on his wife with a porn star?\n\nFuck No.\n\nBut they defend him publically because they put party and career above their morals. They are career politicians with pet projects they want to get passed. So they defend their ability to do it every chance they get. Trump could go on air, fuck their wives, murder their children, and still get their support because they want to defund O'Care and criminalize abortions and put the 10 commandments up on the moon. Trump, right now, is their best way of getting that done.\n\nDems do the exact same fucking thing. It's one thing to make a senator step down to look good for the cause du jour (Franken), but if you think they would've accepted an Obama impeachment for the same thing, I've got a bridge to sell you.\n\nIt boils down to this:\n\nYou know who cares about any particular scandal? The other side.",
"Tell that to the media when they made a big deal about Kelly Conway and the couch ordeal. ",
"Hey, I'm not using stupid hashtags. You are. You are also avoiding the question. Why not try responding to what I asked. ",
"> The media is nothing more than a reflection of ourselve\n\n - I respectfully state this isn't true based on observation. The country is pretty much 30-40-30, and the media doesn't simply break down along those lines. It is incredibly skewed to the left. \n\n>And no one cares how many sodas he drinks or whatever the fuck. Yeah it pops up on Reddit, \"Trump eats a burger a day.\" But do you think anybody gives a fuck? \n\n - CNN did.. Also a fortune 500 company. \n\n>I live in an extremely liberal city, and no one really cares what you think. \n\n - I live in a pretty liberal city as well, and I know for a fact that you can't be an open Trump supporter without risking public abuse. You may claim they aren't talking about Trump, but I'll bet you they are talking about the late show hosts, aka about Trump. It is the subtle way, as I am sure you know working for such a high company, that sticks. \n\n>So yeah, maybe Obama wasn't being held accountable by CNN and NYT. \n\n - and MSNBC, and CBS, and NBC, and, Opera, and The View, and The HUffington Post, and The Daily Show, and The Late Shows, and, and, and, and and because of that the liberal people, by and large, aren't holding him accountable - and that was my premise.. \n\n>But WSJ and Fox News held his feet to the fire. Will Fox News hold Trump accountable when he has his first real scandal? \n\n - No they didn't. They didn't anymore than the rest of the GOP did. They would feign outrage, exclaim they were going to put their foot down, they were going to stand up to Obama... and gave in every time. Not because they were weak, or that Obama was strong, but because they all played for the same team. It was Kabuki theatre for the masses. \n\nWhen Trump got in and the entire order got flpped upside down, and they were actually expected to walk the talk they were giving for so long - they fell. ",
"Modern conservatism deserves to be a dirty word. They have only been destructive as a whole for a few decades now.",
"> You know who cares about any particular scandal? The other side.\n\nAnd you know what wasn't actually a scandal but became one anyway: birtherism. You can talk about everyone having scandal and the other side caring all you want. Obama *didn't have scandals*, neither did bush. People invented scandals for Obama. They didn't for Bush. That's the clearest way I can explain it.\n\nThe two explanations I can think of are\n\n1. Racism\n2. Republicans are morally worse than democrats\n\nI don't really see a third option.",
">Third person here. You really haven't answered anything and people have been pretty polite.\n>\n>Why do you support Trump? What political issue made you want him for your president?\n\nWell I did answer the question the first person asked. He did not ask why I supported Trump. He then ran and hid from specific discussion. Then the second guy can't read because he thought the first guy was asking why I supported Trump. Now you can't read either because you just parroted the second guy.\n\nCan't wait to hear from the fourth person who can't read.",
"Those decisions were well intentioned - that's what makes him a good person. The consequences were catastrophically bad - that's what makes him a bad President.",
"Yeah you're a fucking idiot. Obama was terrible. You only like him because he was good looking and charismatic. I'm sure the Mexicans that got shot up due to fast and furious would strongly disagree with you. Or the American citizens he executed extrajudicially. But that's ok because he made you feel nice. Pull your head out of your ass, he's a scumbag politician. ",
"I know and it is horrible what he did. Most presidents horrible actions get gloss over in history. Trial of Tears for starters. ",
">I mean, we are in disagreement but at least I'm trying to have fun with it.\n\nCalling me names and accusing me of being upset is having fun? You have the sense of enjoyment of an elementary school bully.\n\n>You just want to escalate the hostilities.\n\nHow so? Your name calling has escalated hostilities far more than anything I've said.\n\n>I just asked you what you want to have a civil talk about and thats the only sentence you didn't address just now.\n\nI didn't address it because there was nothing to address. If I requested that we talk about something other than what we're currently talking about, it would be off topic and irrelevant. \n\n>Face it, you dont want to talk, you just want to fight. SMH\n\nThen why am I still replying to you? I do want to talk, about things relevant to this thread. Is that what you were looking for?",
"https://www.statista.com/statistics/325144/reddit-global-active-user-distribution/",
"Because you're a Russian bot. Cheeto face!",
"Keep drinking the kool-aid",
"Great... I don't think that means what you think it means",
"Letters, not secret journal entries. Doesn't mean much at all.",
"The Trump family are not getting along and it shows. I miss having a happy couple in the White House. ",
"It actually took someone who is a genius with great things and who is going to do tremendous things ",
"So there were a lot of confounding errors in your wiki article that are mentioned in both the results and the interpretations sections. But this final concluding paragraph might give you some insight of the affect of these confounding factors:\n\n“The paper from Drew Thomas (2016), which reanalyze these adoptions studies found that once corrected for attrition in the low IQ white adoptees, once corrected for the flynn effect since none of the Asian adoptee studies had a white control sample, mixed and white adoptees score the same, black adoptees score a little lower with a gap of 2.5pt, which can be explained by their pre-adoption characteristics”\n\nAlso I wouldn’t call a 2.5 pt difference that substantial, but I would need to check the statistical work of the original and this posted study. \n\nBut either way you are a despicable human being with backwards and outdated ideology and I pity you. ",
"This is hilarious, did you go to the Kellyanne school of deflection?\n\nIf you wanted to have a good faith discussion and actually have dialogue on politics I would think you would welcome questions from people and use it as a chance to talk about what you support or believe in. Not try to obfuscate and say 'I already answered that'. Maybe see it as a chance to reiterate and explain clearly.\n\nI'm asking why you supported Trump. I don't care about the other questions asked, I'm not trying to win previous or current conversations. I'm here to say you answer questions like a Conway and wanted to see if I could start some sincere dialogue instead.\n\nSo, why do you support Trump? What political issues are you worried about? Is it a wall you want? Maybe more tariffs? \n\nHere I'll answer a question you haven't asked for example. Why did I vote for Hillary? What did I hope to see from her administration? Well my first and most urgent priority is climate change. Among candidates that had a chance of winning she was the best choice and hope I had for mitigating the change harming us.",
"The comment I replied to had to do with ancestry among blacks. It stood on it's own two feet, and I replied to it without addressing the parent comment. Here, I'll reply to a comment a post over that has nothing to do with your response to me. \"Haha, that cat is suuuuper cute!\" See how little sense that makes? You just don't like the facts I argued, I'd think you'd prefer alternative facts, but you'd probably prefer no facts at all, but you can't dispute them, so you'll just act as though I'm off topic despite my having completely been on topic with a comment that stood on its own.",
"I guess libs just dont have any sense of humor when it comes to this type of stuff. I know Obama is like your messiah, but give me a break dude. I make fun of Trump all the time when he deserves it. \n\nTo be honest I have no idea why you're still replying to me. If you want to talk politics we can talk politics. You said you want to have civil dialoge, but on the other hand all you do is go around in circles about how much of a jerk I am. Where are we headed with this, anyway? \n\n",
"The great 44th. That's funny shit!",
"Please elaborate. ",
"Thanks for the link!",
"Very true. During the Obama era the middle class was getting torn in half. No more middle middle class. Just upper middle class and lower middle class. \n\nAnd because of this tear, the nation was torn even more during the whole shit show of 2016. Trump did promise to make America great again. But all he did was tear the nation completely in half and set it on fire by 2017.\n\nThe nation is currently divided completely. Those who support Trump and those who don't.",
"Again, you are failing to prove your proposition, or even to make clear what your proposition is. You just seem to be obsessed with trying to somehow attack me personally as if that somehow diminishes my only argument (that SCD is not a disease to be dismissed as undeserving in the context of the Make a Wish program). You asked for my credentials, I provided them, you claimed I was a \"fraud\" without even doing the most basic due diligence, you now ascribe the job \"graphic designer\" to me (we hired a very good one to do the printed versions of the guides), have repeatedly shown a total lack of understanding of SCD, bone marrow transplant, and the process of developing evidence-based clinical recommendations. \n\nYou also seem to have failed to cotton-on to the fact that I am repeatedly providing you with opportunities to stop making a total fool of yourself, yet still you persist. That is your right! I have a professional and personal interest in correcting the all-to-common view that SCD is a \"nothingburger\" of a disease, when it very much is a somethingburger - a serious one at that. So again, I thank you for demonstrating that there exist people like you who would rather diminish the joy in a sick little girl's heart than actually learn something new.\n\nSo, I offer my own proposition - you care more about trying to be the big dog on the internet than actually learning about this girl's disease. You care more about demonstrating your testicular fortitude to people you'll never meet and who couldn't care less about what you think than you do about exacerbating the serious plight of people living with SCD by diminishing the serious nature of the disease. You operate under the delusion that your stream of nonsensical, poorly organized, and logically flawed responses aren't serving as hilarious fodder for those reading along. \n\nI look forward to your next response, which will no doubt be even more obviously fueled by anger and desperation to extricate yourself from this ridiculous trap you've set yourself. If you are still amenable to advice, I suggest you consider that mocking sick children is generally not liable to gain you much favor - not even on reddit!",
"Not sure what your definition of big government is but you'll usually find that the Democrats want big government more than the Republicans. ",
"https://media.giphy.com/media/QWaSVX9FizaxO/giphy.gif",
"Please, for Janiya's sake.",
"Bingo. Anyone who says differently is completely lost",
"It’s going to be a long 7 years for you.\nRegardless what you believe obama have more money to foreign countries than any of his predecessors. \n\nLook up obama airplane boner",
"Going to be a long 7 years for you \n\nIf you read it, it’s an opinion article based on a survey of 70 economists \n\nhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/economists-credit-trump-as-tailwind-for-u-s-growth-hiring-and-stocks-1515682893",
"who gives a shit? ",
"Who the fuck said that I am even American? ",
"Good thing she got to meet him before he goes to prison. ",
"He’s making us a global pariah on the verge of nuclear war...\n\nPlease, look at this realistically. You can honestly say you believe he’s on his way to accomplishing those goals?",
"no but she's black, and affirmative action and shit. and the whole \"We president now\".",
"Ah, the \"leading conservative magazine and website.\" Interesting how the article does not link to or cite a single source to backup the claim it makes. That is an automatic F in some english classes. Do you have any other articles to corroborate the story?",
"The emancipation proclamation did not directly end the war or win it for the North. Go read my comment again I added citations",
"She has sickle cell anemia, a 90% chance to live past 20 and a 50% chance to live past 50 so there's a good chance she is still alive and telling that story. Source: Comment above with actual sources that I can't link on mobile. ",
"ok",
"Why wouldn’t the seem bad ? Because you’re getting them and choose to believe the general consensus of your views isn’t at all a tad biased ? ",
"that doesnt matter he was still a shitty president that doubled our debt",
"Do you honestly think a liberal news outlet is going to cover a story like that? How about you show me a source saying that this issue was never brought up including the Supreme Court and Obama? ",
"I don't watch the news. Well America news, the only news channel I watch is BBC. The news makes the world seem scary, when it is not that scary. \n\nAnd Puerto Rico still is suffering. He wants to get rid of Obama care that covers kids that were sick with serious medical issues from birth. And he tried taking two steps back in the meaning of America to ban transgender people from the military. \n\nHe can visit all the sick kids and veterans he wants. Doesn't make up for what he is trying or tried to do.",
"Fuck makeAWish make these children die",
"He is a family man. I am the same way. I can go on and on about my kid and husband. My husband does the same thing. Even if I was the president I would be talking on and on about my family.",
"it was a dump after obummer used it. trump needed a nice clean place after that piece of shit contaminated it. ",
"It it helps there was a mockbuster where Lincoln did fight zombies so you were technically fine.",
"obama was an affirmative action president",
"Ahh the good old assumptions ploy. It's an old trick, but never fails to amaze me how many times people on Reddit pull that argument to act superior to those they are arguing with. Oh I didn't know that POTUS is an important position involving a lot of power! /s I am so very short sighted for not understanding that said position can cause people to cry, simply when one person they don't like replaces another. If this person gave specific reasons for crying, other than say...just not having Obama in office anymore, I would have maybe more reason to be less \"judgmental.\" However that is simply not the case so of course I am going to judge. So you keep on defending the Obama/Trump criers on your high horse of self-proclaimed maturity while myself and other, sane people (on both sides/the middle) laugh at you all for your emotional immaturity. ",
"They both want big government. The republicans are all about expanding government control on immigration, prevention of abortions, prohibition of drug sale and use, military operations, government subsidisation of big businesses, prohibition of same sex marriage and same sex adoption, government support of Christianity. The democrats focus their big government dreams on other issues. The idea that the republicans are against big government is a standard republican talking point, but it's not evident in reality",
"And that is what I really miss. ",
"Have you seen my work desk? It is covered with photos of my family. Family always comes before work.",
"This is actually a PERFECT example of my point.\n\nThis was a \"witch hunt\" by the OTHER SIDE against a person they didn't want to be president.\n\nYou know who the birthers were? Conservatives and Hillary supporters.\n\nBut, once he was in office, who continued the \"scandal\"? Conservatives only.\n\nAnd then, when Hillary was running for president, not a single Dem (Except, of course, Sanders supporters) brought up that her camp were among the birthers during her first run.\n\nPolitics is politics dude. People do what they can to help themselves, their party, and their candidate while doing everything they can to discredit the other.\n\nThe birther thing would never have gotten legs if Obama had two second generation American parents and was born in Chicago. It was a manufactured \"scandal\" (if you can call it that) that was born of convenience. It was never meant to disqualify him as president as much as it was meant to sow doubt among those on the fence.\n\nOnce you learn how the game is played, its easier to follow the players and guess their next move. It also helps against outrage fatigue. Outrage fatigue is what makes people say things like \"If Obama had an affair it would be a national scandal about black people while Trump can do what he wants and noone cares\"\n\nThat noise is pure bullshit to anyone who pays attention.\n\nYeah, Obama's skin color probably made his presidency harder in some instances. It probably made it easier in others (for the first three years you couldn't say anything about him without being called racist). And, yeah, it gave some people more fodder for his ridicule.\n\nBut he was treated like any other president was. The dems who wanted Hillary talked bad about him in the primaries, then rallied when he won. The GOP spent 8 years finding a way to remove him. The \"-ists\" and the \"-Phobics\" spent their time complaining that a goddamn <fillintheblank> was president.\n\nPar for the fucking course.",
"No you don't. \n\nYou post on t-d, an explicit political circle jerk for the fucker. You obviously don't have a problem with sycophantic fawning devotion. \n\nNor when asked did you ever show any willingness to critically evaluate Trump, despite given a perfect chance. \n\nNo, what you really miss is not having your beliefs questioned. You voted for this. You voted to have everyone constantly remind you about how inept the man you voted for is. \n\nGet used to it. This won't change and is what you voted for. \n\nDon't fucking pretend you didn't see this coming. Voting for an incompetent con man was always going to be viewed with contempt. ",
"If Obama called a place a shithole he would be out of office real quick.\n\nReal super quick if he ever said \"grab her by the kitty\". ",
"Helped her meet the 44th*",
"W. t. F.",
"yeaaah, i feel you on that.",
"> You know who the birthers were? Conservatives and Hillary supporters.\n\nThis is false. I'm not going to be able to have a constructive discussion with someone who is making up history to suit their narrative.",
"* who is",
"Yeah, no.",
"Not a valid news source",
"The Great 44th? That's debatable. ",
"Dude his orders killed over 1 million Muslims with his stupid drones. Basic human decency my ass. He's a war criminal.",
"Birth control pills aren't abortion pills, sweetie",
"> You voted for this. You voted to have everyone constantly remind you about how inept the man you voted for is.\n\nNope, he is succeeding even beyond my wildest hopes and running circles around his critics and his opponents in government. Keep bleating all you like, it only tells me you don't have a clue what you are talking about.",
"When I google the topic, only crazy alt right and religious blogs have reported it",
"Trump hasn't dropped any bombs?",
"Well I appreciate your take on it . What I was getting at is Bush ramped up Attack on actual innocent countries. Also , Obama doesn’t just sit alone and make a decision. I said he has military from 20 different angles all recommending him what to do . Have you never seen any show depicting a president trying to do good ? What always happens ? They get advice , they use advice , something goes wrong, they take the fall. \n\nNow look, I’m not saying Life is like TV but I would take an educated guess at saying sometimes things can happen like that. I’m not a hundred percent mad at Bush because maybe at the time , fresh off 9/11 it was the advice given to him. Drones under Bush weren’t as advanced as they were under obama ( they were still advanced though I’m just saying that with cheaper and faster uses rates might go up ) and killing people were not at war with ? You’re telling me Bush or Clinton never took out someone who was deemed a future threat ? How many accidents have happened in other countries that were secretly the actions of a presidents command covered up ? How is 2008-2013 viewed more hostile than 2000-2007? I just don’t see it . I lived it everyday. The bush years were my teen years and I was paying attention . ",
"So could Hitler. Can we all agree Hitler made some solid flower paintings? Gotta give the man that. \n\nAND.....Hitler never nuked anyone. You can't put that sort of shit on Hitler. ",
"Yes it’s worth picking out because the other guy was saying Hillary had a distinct advantage. The advantage isn’t that huge for trump in some college, but it’s significant because it obviously dispels that notion. Yes Hillary has a 5 point advantage among college degrees, but it’s not significant enough to say that liberals are significantly smarter than conservatives, especially when you remove minorities that vote democrat regardless of education. \n\nThe only difference to the extreme of which the guy was saying is the difference in liberal and conservative voters is the post bachelor degree people which is not only “college educated” like he said. In just college educated, trump is only slightly below even including minorities. \n\n\nEven if college graduates including minorities the difference is 10 percent, and that’s in this specific election. That’s not enough to act like conservatives are generally just not intelligent.",
"Were you in the West Wing? No, you weren't. You don't know the specifics and intelligence involved in why he bombed places. He didn't wake up and decide he wanted to kill innocent people",
"From Wikipedia\n\n>From the start of March 2008, rumors that Obama was born in Kenya before being flown to Hawaii were spread on conservative websites, with the suggestion that this would disqualify Obama from the presidency. In April of that year, anonymous e-mails from supporters of Hillary Clinton repeated the same rumor,[31] including a Clinton Iowa campaign worker, who was fired for sending the e-mail.[32][33] These and numerous other chain e-mails during the subsequent presidential election circulated false rumors about Obama's origin, religion, and birth certificate\n\n>In August 2008, Philip J. Berg, a former member of the Democratic State Committee of Pennsylvania, brought an unsuccessful lawsuit against Obama, which alleged \"that Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya.\"\n\n>Notable advocates of the view that Obama may not be eligible for the Presidency include Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania attorney and 9/11 conspiracy theorist. Berg describes himself as a \"moderate to liberal\" Democrat who backed Hillary Clinton for president.\n\nNot Hillary Clinton... Hillary **SUPPORTERS**\n\nWhich, again, stopped that nonsense once Obama beat Hillary in the primary",
"I miss not being scared of the president. I miss having a cool president that would casually hang out with Bear Grylls for climate change. \n\nI remember when the entire republican party banned together to try to stop Trump.",
"That's a fair point. I honestly feel like the party ideology and the representatives don't match up right now though. And even then some of those people who support all those ideas I think still believe the state should be the ones to make the decisions. Which in my brain is what \"big government\" is. Not necessarily less government just less federal government. Either way they both want to control our lives just in different ways and it sucks. ",
"just because someone is black means he comes from slave ancestory, his father is from Kenya",
"Listen, I have a daughter and it makes me extremely ill to even think about what he said about his daughter.",
"> He then ran and hid\n\n????\nI asked the same question like 3 times, you didn't answer?\n\nFor someone who throws around a lot of \"people can't read/nothing specific/you're scared etc\" you're working really hard to not answer it!\n\nNo offense, but you're coming across as a total hypocrit and pretty insecure. Lots of insults, nothing substansive.",
"Go talk to him and then come back and tell me why and I'll believe you ",
"Most Hillary voters didn’t go to college either, 40 percent of people who have a college degree voted for trump. You’re just plain wrong dude. And that’s including minorities, the percentage is even greater among people with just some college experience.",
"The pink elbow-guard things really tie it together.",
"Well if the political party that apposes the one I support would just fucking (insert random action) to fix (insert random issue), then our weather wouldn't be in this mess.\n\nYou cunt.\n",
"At first i thought the mom was sneezing",
"The evidence for this is\n\n1. An anonymous email\n2. A conspiracy theorist\n\nLike sure, Hillary supporters were the source of birtherism in the same way that Trump supporters are against the construction of a Wall, want DACA, the TPP, net neutrality, and legalized abortion, in that I'm sure I can find a Trump supporter who holds those views. \n\nLet me be clear:\n\n>But he was treated like any other president was.\n\nIs untrue. Never before was a president criticized for their race.",
"> Don’t forget because of the way the election went down and the terrible way Democrats responded to it he was forced to put up a figurative wall and rely too much on friends. Without this anger towards him I think he could have been a great president because he could have worked with both parties.\n> \n> I had hoped we had learned from this but then it happened again with Trump. How can we expect respect from them when we don’t give respect to them and wait to protest for them to do something wrong.\n\nYou're either a liar or troll. Forced to depend on friends? What friends? Who has he worked with? When has 45 **ever** shown that he has the temperament to be in politics, let alone presidency? What respect do they (45 and the RNC) deserve, when they have shown, ***repeatedly*** to be either liars or enablers???\n\n* You mean before or after he was convinced that his inauguration crowds were bigger than Obama's to the point is was repeated reportedly for 2 months? You would think that his 'friends' would go, \"Hey, 45, let it go. Doesn't matter. You won.\".\n* Before or after claimed that Obama wiretapped his phones? Without proof. That **nobody** is backing.\n* Claimed that he really won the popular vote, but because of fraud, he lost that? Nobody is backing that. 45 doubled down, and created a commission to study the issue. Didn't have a full-member meeting more than once. Literally disbanded the commission rather than comply with the judicial sentence of FOIA from it's ***own committee members that were excluded from the meetings!!!!***\n* He set up **2** councils to work with big business, and managed to piss everyone off. These were people who literally joined to help him shape business and progress in America, and managed to push everyone away because he literally couldn't say 3 simple words, \"Nazi bad. Ok.\"\n* Or before he was even in office, claiming that he 'talked' to that Carrier plant to staying open, when they had already started to **move** jobs to Mexico, and even last week, let go another 300 people in Indiana for Mexican workers?\n* Or Mexico is sending all their rapists here? Based on what proof?\n\nAnd this is not even including the amount of lawsuits from not paying people who did work from him, or setting up a college that was a fraud, or the fact that every time someone says anything remotely negative about 45 he sues for defamation, which he has never won. Imagine, suing over 1000 times for defamation, and never winning. Not once. He literally is battling 0.000%.\n\nThis is talk and actions that good people should honestly stay quiet about and not go, 'uh, no, 45, that's not right.'??\n\n",
"Bush started the war. Obama tried to get the troops out but ISIS came in and ruined everything.\n\nObama smoked weed in high school.\n\nNSA always been spying on us. I know they are watching me because I am always watching and reading about North Korea. Hope they like the crap ton of gay porn my husband and I film. \n\nAnd the amendment rights are for *America* not *territories* of America. So they don't have to give speedy and fair trials or human rights or humane torturing methods.\n\nThat is why all the terrorist and certain other people are in American prisons on American territories.",
".....\n\nSucceeding at fucking what? Passing a budget that gives a fuck ton to the rich right out of Bush's economic policy?\n\nWant to remind me how that worked out?\n\nKilling environmental regulations? Trying to kill healthcare? Failing to get Mexico to pay for an insane unneeded wall?\n\nTell me, should I give a fuck if healthcare costs rise in a 'shithole' like west Virginia?\n\nShould California ban people from the state? Should they ban oakies as uneconomic unproductive lazy degenerates?\n\nCause I am struggling to figure out what good Trump has done at all. On anything. \n\nHe seems to be trying everything in his power to abuse short term gain at the sacrifice of the future. \n\nAnd he's fucking incompetent.\n\nAnd you can't fucking face up to any of this. So you retreat to your little t-d circle jerk.\n\nHate to break it to you, but everywhere else isn't going to be so kind to you or the shit stain you elected. \n\nFuck myopic pieces of shit. ",
"I teach high school and hear childish insults all day.\n\nNo, *you* shut up.",
"> If you wanted to have a good faith discussion and actually have dialogue on politics I would think you would welcome questions from people and use it as a chance to talk about what you support or believe in.\n\nThat was not how the conversation was going. I was pointing out this place is not where political discussion happens at all, rather it is just a circle jerk. The other guy wanted to have a discussion but his idea of a discussion was to ask all the questions and refuse to answer anything himself. \n\n> I'm not trying to win previous or current conversations.\n\nThat was exactly how you started out\n\n> see if I could start some sincere dialogue instead.\n\nOk then\n\n> So, why do you support Trump? What political issues are you worried about? Is it a wall you want? Maybe more tariffs?\n\nI support nearly everything Trump stands for. The wall is not a huge priority for me. I'd be fine if he builds it. I think we can do without it. What is important to me is taking the issue of border security seriously which he does. I find it absurd that there is even a debate at all about whether it's moral to determine who we should let become part of our society.\n\nTariffs I'm not generally a fan of. I am a fan of his overriding philosophy of putting our country first. I'm a fan of the massive tax reform he passed and the lowering of business taxes. It's going to be a huge boost to the already much improved economy. I'm a fan of the fact that it's going to get these companies who have been stashing billions overseas to repatriate all of that money. That would normally be something Reddit would love but I hear crickets on it because Trump did it. I don't care in the slightest that he's crass, braggadocios and takes a lot of pleasure in driving his haters insane.\n\nWhat precisely was Hillary going to do about climate change?",
"Or compare his penis to a nuclear button.",
"I grew up in the deep south, and people like her are the norm there. It's rare to find someone who doesn't act/believe like that in most rural areas. Unfortunately, there are a vast number of them.",
"Though you're likely thinking I'm sitting over here with 3 heads, sporting a mark of the Beast on my forehead, dressed in a KKK robes and perched upon a throne made of the skeletal remains of some poor person who would have survived if they only had a single payer healthcare option, I'll offer you a bit of advice: It would behoove you to see past your predetermined understanding of where I'm coming from. \n\nI'm not a Trump Voter. I didn't vote for him and I won't likely vote for him, either. I despise the Republican party's desire to tell you what to do in your home as much as I despise the way the Democratic party says you have to agree with them 100% of the time or you're literally Hitler incarnate. In the Progressive Liberal's mind, there can be no disagreements, and that bothers me to no end. \n\nI subscribe to a conservative philosophy, sure, but I also believe in a greater social contract, which is what the Republican party is lacking. This contract is one where you are obligated to take care of your fellow man (and woman). In this culture, you take into account the needs of those around you without prejudice to race, origin, creed, sexual orientation, religion, gender, etc. I just don't believe the Government has a purpose of taking the individual responsibility in this social contract away. Yes, I understand that the terms \"general welfare \" are part of the Constitution, but I believe they had a meaning then that has been subverted by people of all parties to gain power. You see, there are people who have developed a reliance on the government for everything vital to maintain life. When the people rely on the Government, the Government has the power over the people, not the other way around. It's inherently *dangerous*. A walk through history will show you that a Government having an abundance of power over the people has ended badly each and every time - for the people, that is. \n\n I'd rather it be part of our structure that we take care of each other without the Government mandate, thus limiting the Governments power over the people. \n\nBut that's where we differentiate, fundamentally. See, you believe that there is no altruism in anyone, and that everyone is out for themselves, and thusly, the Government is best suited...nay, necessary... to tell people what to do when it comes to taking care of each other. \n\nYour menatility says that the Government is the the solution to the problems we face as a society. Whatever the issue, the Government should be able to solve it. And when it doesn't, because it cannot, you decry its existence and complain of its inefficiency. What this affords you is the ability to deny your own personal responsibility in correcting the problems and passing that responsibility off to other people, or a nameless entity such as the Government. You'll combat this notion as a farce, of course, because you believe that your strongly held beliefs are giving you enough virtue to avoid having to do anything, other than pay your taxes, for which you will gladly pay an abundance. You see the Government as a way to buy your way out of the social contract, so you don't have to get your hands dirty doing the actual work of fixing the problems we face in our society. You would rather that you wouldnt have to call spades spades, interject when wrongdoing is present, or do anything, except bitch on the internet about how bad things are...Though you see that as some virtuous presentation of how moral you are. You see your taxes, and moreover the taxes of those who are abundantly wealthy as pennance paid to buy the way out of the requirement to be directly involved in helping your fellow man. You see the wealthy peoples pockets as the solutions to all of our problems, and you feel they don't have the right to their own fortune, regardless of whether they had earned it or not.(But I'll bet you claim every credit you can on your taxes, because you're \"just paying your fair share\"). \n\nI don't see the Government as the solution. I see mankind as having the ability to be basically good, and that if we adhered to our social contract with each other, we wouldn't need to have governance determine that we should help people who are too poor to afford health care, or those who need food, or clothes, or whatever. I recognize this level of utopianism doesn't exist because our culture has relied too much on other people doing things for us: We have become lazy. We have relied on the Government to educate us, feed and clothe us, medicate us, and solve all of our problems down to how we care after our environment. The responsibility is removed from us individually, and placed on the shoulders of the government. Of course, we cry and complain with murderous rage when they make changes to policy that doesnt even do anything. We (as a society) rely on the government to do something about racial, financial, and social divides in our country, when it's actually up to the people to fix the problems, not the Government. \n\nSo if you want to know why I'm a Conservative, that's why. It all boils down to identifying who is responsible. FWIW, I do take the responsibility very personally. I have chosen to give back, and I volunteer upwards of 40 hours a month, of my own time, back to society through various efforts, heartless as you accuse me of being. I've also served in the military, answering my countries call. But I'm just a heartless scumbag, so what do I know.\n\nBut I can say this, I also read. I am also educated. So, this contradicts the notion that Conservatives don't read, and that were all the same. Believe it or don't. I'm done trying to convince you. \n\n",
"I asked you repeatedly to name an opinion we could talk about since you implied I don't consider other opinions. You refused, instead decided to barrage me with questions. That's not how discussion works.",
"When the Fathers of America sat together in a hot room with no AC in July and fought over on how the new government should run. They didn't think it would last 10 years. ",
"He wasn't perfect like I said",
"I'm aware of that, sweaty.",
"What is? MSNBC? CNN? Lmao",
"Then why did you call them \"abortifacients\"? ",
"I'll give you one reason of literally 100 I can think off of the top of my head: https://youtu.be/PX9reO3QnUA. I have always thought someone, usually children who are bullies, who mocks disabled people are pieces of shit. He's literally the first adult I've seen do something so despicable. ",
"> Cause I am struggling to figure out what good Trump has done\n\nJudging by your spittle infused rambling random ranting I'm guessing you struggle to figure out a lot of things.",
"NPR, AP, etc",
"I like that you said respectfully disagree. No need to get violent while talking about politics. ",
"Glass Steagal was introduced after the stock market crash in 1929 to prevent commercial and investment banks from merging. Clinton repealed this in the final years of his term which allowed these banks to merge (ie. JP Morgan + Chase, BofA + Merrill Lynch, etc). \n\nThese mergers created the 'too big to fail' entities that had numerous conflicts of interest and helped accelerate the securitization of sub prime mortgage loans which allowed banks to sell off (and clear themselves of the risk) their sub prime loan assets to others. ",
"NPR...? Really? Ok, keep living under a rock.",
"Yea, he only said some stupid shit. He totally didn't start a war that killed thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians. \n\nYou guys are so Trump deranged that you're nostalgic for war. Holy christ. \n\n",
"No, they both want to expand the government and restrict your freedom. Just sometimes in different ways.",
"You don't understand statistics. There is one in there, education. It's the only one I've been talking about. It's the only one that counts. Of college graduates, 49% voted for Clinton, 44% for Trump. Post graduate is 58/37. You can try to blame the darkies all you like, the fact is education level mattered in the last election. \n\n",
"Evil is a little harsh. Hitler was evil. Trump is more like Daniel from real housewives of new jersey. Not evil, but really really shitty. Put the hyperbole of people who hate him on Reddit aside, he has objectively been a piece of shit his entire life, and people forget that is very literally the reason he became famous. I could literally list tons of reasons but do I really have to?",
">Used the FBI to spy on a political opponent\n\nFake news. That was debunked almost the minute Trump came up with it.",
"> Hillary supporters were the source of birtherism\n\nNever said that. Never ever ever ever said that.\n\nI said that her supporters repeated the rumor when it was convenient. Period. Then they supported Obama when it was convenient. Period. Nothing more, nothing less.\n\n>Never before was a president criticized for their race.\n\nUhh, because no other president has drawn the ire of racists?\n\nNo other president had been criticized for being Catholic either, until JFK. Whats your point? That racists exist?\n\nCriticism only counts when it comes form a place of importance. Last I checked, no news sources were citing the KKK bylaws when discussing the effectiveness of the Obama admin. I dont recall any supreme court cases involving Obama's skin color. When obamacare was controversial, I didn't hear people **of consequence** saying they didn't like it because Barry O was a black guy.\n\nA couple of racists at a family reunion talking about the \"monkey in chief\" do not count as the people of the USA Criticizing his admin due to his race. If you count that, then you have to count the other presidents who got criticized for being \"another rich white guy\".",
"^ This is the modern left. Get absolutely destroyed in an argument and start projecting to try and save themselves but proceed to look even more ridiculous than they were previously. ",
"> While the last 3 Republican inaugurations were met with heavy protests from Democrats.\n\nWow. That's very selective. Let's go through the last 3 Republican inaugurations.\n\n* 2000 Bush won. Under very dubious manner. In a state that his brother was in charge of. To the point that the Supreme court had to get involved and voted down political lines, 5-4 to stop another recount. So people protesting a potential loss of ability to govern themselves is bad partisanship?\n\n* 2004 Bush won. This is after the 2003 Iraqi invasion, that quickly went south. Bush ran on and won on the phrase, \"Fighting them over there to keep them from here.\" Did not go over well with half the country. Especially since the whole weapons of mass destruction had been proven to be false. Bush at that time was only the 2nd president to be protested over his inauguration. Do you know who the first was? Richard Nixon, over the vastly unpopular Vietnam war.\n\n* 2016 Trump won. I will admit that this one is unique. Never before has a president been vastly protested against before his day in office. (Though to be fair, though minor, every president since Nixon has had a protest or two before their first day.) And he wasn't protested about how he won or policies he had enacted the term before. This is the first time a president has to protested against because many felt it *couldn't* do the job. Or do a good job. That is unique...\n\nSo, yeah, you're right that people are protesting the fact that one candidate won, which **is** a first. But it's not something Democrats **do**, as in they've done it before.",
"Oh man looks like a dog pile in here! WOOF WOOF!",
"Couldn’t agree with you more. There is a significant difference between saying “Hussein was an evil man at the head of an evil regime and it’s good he and that regime are gone” and “The invasion and its aftermath were handled well”.\n\nHaving studied Iraq for two years, I’d honestly still pick the current situation over a continuation of the Ba’athist government. At least the people living in the borders of what used to be Iraq have more of a chance to choose their own future now.",
"Yep, just keep proving my point! Please keep commenting!",
"I didn't 'imply' and I barraged you with questions stemming from that same question. I did that because I found your answer unsubstansive, not just to be a jerk or whatever. You can decide that this is a discussion you don't want to have. However, this IS a discussion.\n\nSo, once more: What political opinions other than your own have you recently considered? Where did they come from? What was it about them that made you even consider them?\n\nI'm genuinely curious, and have been throughout. Despite the constant stream of accusations and abuse you've sent out, tbh:\n\n> Reddit is left wing, young, inexperienced and ignorant.\n\nYou've not really managed to show yourself as being that different from this... Oh, apart from being very right-wing... haven't even seen any evidence of that either, just a lot of abuse and deflections.\n\n\n\n",
"It mattered is a little different than all conservatives are idiots. That number is a lot closer than you thought isn’t it? And of people who attended some college trump is actually higher. \n\nAnd the only reason I mentioned minorities is because they all vote democrat regardless of education level.",
"Thank you! He seems like a cool dude and all, but he's all about the optics. All he did for blacks was divide them against cops.",
"He's not dead.",
"I havent looked at your link yet, but I probably should've said that the U.S. isn't the majority of users, but is probably the biggest single demographic. ",
"Me too, hun. ",
"You can keep you’re doctor. Remember that lie? Let me guess you’re one of those people who only listen to one side. Not everything you read is true. You still haven’t provided me with the any facts about the “stolen election”, probably because there isn’t any. Once again, stay in school....buddy",
"What is a pinata penis pump? Is it like a thing, or you just made it up?",
"Getting him jerking off while talking to you? Bitch just hang up the phone. ",
"Better than sycophantic Trumpian swine who hide in their little circlejerk as they petulantly complain about people not being members of their sick fucking cult. \n\nYou wanted this, so congrats. You got it. Hope it's everything you ever fucking wanted.\n\n.... I really need to get away from such fucking disengenious shitbags. I am so fucking tired of this.",
"PLEASE. KEEP. COMMENTING. ",
"maybe you should learn his actual name then",
"[Abnormally shaped red blood cells due to a hemoglobin problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle-cell_disease). It can cause physical pain, swelling of extremities, and stroke. It is most commonly suffered by persons of sub-Saharan African descent.",
"But Trump is the best human being. The greatest!",
"I used to be pro death penalty although never really adamant about it. I've always thought it was sort of dangerous but I was generally for it. I've changed my mind recently because I've been learning quite a bit about how the judicial system gets so many false convictions and how many people who are truly innocent are serving life sentences many on death row. Have you heard of the innocence project? They've gotten hundreds of false convictions overturned based on DNA evidence that was not available at the time of the trial.\n\nIn a similar fashion, I've listened to some youtube lectures by professor James Duane about why you should never talk to the police without legal counsel as it puts you in unnecessary peril and there is zero upside. I just bought his book on the matter titled \"You have the right to remain innocent.\"\n\nI recommend listening to him and reading his book.\n\nSo I no longer in good conscience can be ok with the death penalty since so many false convictions take place. I have not just considered an opinion other than mine, I did extensive research and changed my view.\n\nGood?",
"sure buddy",
"I haven't read your comment yet but I've always preferred longboards",
"Tomato vs Tomato? Because google search results are somehow irrefutable evidence of which was used first.",
"VIOLENT POLITICS IS THE BEST POLITICS! /s\n\nJoking aside, people get too worked up over politics nowadays. I once heard someone say that politics is more divisive than race or religion is, and I'm forced to agree with him.",
"Don't they have religious education now?",
"No, you severely misunderstand (common theme?)\n\nYou all are not interested in being moral, being right, being good people. You are not interested in having your minds changed or exploring other perspectives, to put it more clearly; you are not interested in learning and growing. \n\nI, and more and more people will no longer be able to stomach this kind of backwards thinking, subpar reasoning and willful ignorance. \n\nI don’t want you to change your mind any longer. That has proven to be an excercise in futility. What I want, and what many more will want as they reach their points of exhaustion, is simply for people like you to no longer exist. And every step forward that humanity takes, every achievement that we make, people like you will be less effective at disrupting and holding us back. And everything is eventual. \n\nHistory has not been kind to your type. The people haven’t either. ",
"Imagine someone asks to touch Trump's hair.",
"It's especially funny when the president before him had to pause constantly to read his teleprompter or he would absolutely butcher whatever idea he was trying to express.\n\"Is our children learning?\"\n\"Trying to put food on our family.\"\n\"Fool me once... shame on... shame on you? Fool me- Can't get fooled again.\"\n\nBut no. That stutter was clearly proof positive that Obama was a puppet, right guys?",
"Yeah, it's undoubtedly the largest demographic, but according to that site and [this](https://www.similarweb.com/website/reddit.com#overview), it actually seems US traffic to the site is in minority. I can't find any official numbers from Reddit though, so take it with a pinch of salt.",
"The Unabomber was white.",
"Yikes!",
"Hey, in the future, if you don't want to seem like an idiot, you should probably read that link you're spreading. That's talking about a specific region, using estimated numbers, and it's a region that was only in conflict with the US in the last year and a half of Obama's presidency, and Obama didn't actually have major conflicts like the Trump administration has (just look at maps of ISIS controlled territory at the start of that year and a half period, when Obama left office, and right now).\n\nObama was killing civilians from his first months in office when he re invaded Afghanistan after the troop withdrawals. Using civilian deaths from near the end of his presidency, in a place we didn't even have troops yet, is extremely disingenuous. \n\nAlso, that source uses the lowest number in a possible range for Obama, and the highest possible in a range for Trump. \n\nIf you actually count the total civilian deaths of both presidencies, Obama's is orders of magnitudes higher. \n\nThe fact that you think it's even remotely possible for Trump, a president who has been in office for a year, and Obama, who was in office for 8 while he had troops in 5 countries fighting wars, is astounding. \n\nYou should honestly take a look at your critical thinking skills if you were somehow able to believe that Trump has already killed more civilians in one year, in one country, than Obama did in 8 years in 7-8 countries. ",
"Yeah EO’s are always a sticky situation. But I must point out that Trump actually has been using drone strikes at a much more significant rate than Obama did! To be fair though, I suspect that most presidents just listen to their advisors and generals when it comes to military strikes. Like of course if there were a stupid suggestion like, “Hey Donny can we bomb London for fun” (hyperbolic example that hopefully never becomes a thing haha) then the president would matter because they’d obviously say no. In most situations though I’m guessing presidents just allow whatever their advisors say will provide the best and (hopefully?) most ethical outcomes for America and her allies. \n\nI really was hoping that some stable governments would finally take a strong hold in the Middle East during the Obama years and let us leave for good, but you’ve gotta admit that these extremist groups are nothing if not persistent. These guys are like cockroaches, I doubt anybody expected them to last so long. I suspect that there is great corruption in some middle eastern governments that are allowing these groups to flourish.",
"Hey in the future when I give a shit, i still won't ask you\n\nkthxbai ",
"Don't bring race into this, it literally has nothing to do with it",
"I'm sure the many casualties of the Civil War would disagree with you on that one but I'm sure facts are not welcome here. ",
"Hahaha so you're proven objectively, beyond even a shadow of a doubt wrong, and that's what you resort to. \n\nAbsolutely pathetic, but I would expect nothing less from someone who was honestly dumb enough to believe that Trump has killed more civilians in his first year in office than Obama did in two terms while waging multiple wars. ",
"Oh no, I'm just drunk and wanted to give you a half-assed comment to see how you would reply\n\namusing, just like I thought it would be. I mean, you went on a huge tirade about how dumb I was without providing any sources and expect me to either feelbad.jpg/take it at face value\n\nNice try, idiot. ",
"http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/738/025/db0.jpg\n\nHahahahahahaha\n\n",
"dismissive isn't pretending to act retarded, but nice try anyways. \n\nkthxbai! ",
"In other news, Obama retained 9 lawyers yesterday. Wonder who would like to make-a-wish, now.",
"If Obama's the devil, send me to hell.",
"Oh wow you edited your comment after you posted it lmao\n\nHahahahaha you care about this so much and that was the best attempt to save face you could come up with? Are you serious? \n\n>without providing any sources\n\nAll of the information I referenced was in the link you posted, which you clearly have not read lmao\n\nAnd you literally just went from saying you don't give a shit, to wanting me to link you sources hahahahaha holy shit do you lose all arguments on the internet this badly? ",
"Any Republican would’ve done the same shit without the record-breaking stupidity. \n\n>Travel spending has dropped by 3.3 percent, or $4.6 billion, and 40,000 jobs have been lost, according to the network, which cited the latest data from the National Travel and Tourism\n\nIn closing: people feel negative about Trump despite these cherrypicked, fleeting ‘wins’ because they’re not dumb and more importantly- he remains an asshole 99% of the time. ",
"\"im just drunk and wanted to act in a pathetic manner, and you called me pathetic. amusing. jokes on you, im actually still pathetic\"",
"I'd have to go through a wider sampling of photos, but I'm pretty sure that all shots of Obama laughing include someone else laughing too, other people in on enjoying that moment. At the same time, I'm equally sure that almost every time Trump laughs, it is at the expense of someone else.\n\nObama laughed *with* you, Trump laughs *at* you. [Long sigh...]",
"calling dismissive pathetic doesn't make you any more worth engaging lmao ",
"Lol referring to your pathetic attempt to deflect from being proven wrong as \"dismissive\" doesn't make them any less pathetic\n\nAnd it's okay, there isn't anything to engage with. You linked a source that you didn't even read, and then got proven wrong. All that's left to do now is to continue to do mental gymnastics in a pathetic attempt to save face, even though the only people who are ever gonna read this thread are you and me, or accept that you said something so categorically incorrect it makes one question if you have even a basic understanding of how the military works, or what US foreign policy has been the last decade",
"Wah this picture is beyond precious ",
"Hmm I would have never thought sickle cell anemia was a terminal illness. There are plenty of Africans with that disease and live long lives where they can still reproduce. It's like saying chrones disease is a terminal illness. Strange.",
">lol Adams and Jeffersons are the best presidents you can think of?\n\nYou asked for **a** great. I gave you four. Can you give a reason they're not great? :\\^)\n\n>And I don't have to give any reasons. I'm not the one who made the claim.\n\nThat's true, you didn't. But the person you asked didn't make claims either. He just lol'd over the OP's insipid title. \n\nYou felt the need to challenge the challenge to a claim. I'm pointing out how silly a thing that was for you to do.",
"I am from Minnesota and know all about it. I almost enlisted once when I was down on my luck. Depending on your state and age, your boyfriend can apply for federal/state grants/loans. If your income is low enough you can get some classes paid for (not books or board I believe. It's a predatory system that no one should enlist for regardless of social standing.",
"Haha you think Trump isn't the same as the rest? Let's give it 4-8 years and then we can all look back in 2030 and realize he was the same as the rest. ",
"Because those sources aren't Fake News, duh ",
"I love when they try to say NPR is biased. They just had a feature on the young attendees of that anti-choice rally in DC and interviewed them. ",
"If a civilian did what he did, would you be able to chalk it up to simply not being perfect? I agree that context and nuance matters, but I've noticed right now we live in a culture that's demonizing and destroying the careers of dudes like Aziz Ansari, who basically did nothing wrong, yet somehow if the person has an impressive enough title and status, like Obama, we can rationalize child murder and other atrocities and view them trough a complex lens.\n\nIt's just weird, man.",
"Wat",
"I highly agree",
"Your mom does because I did her last night",
"Well I understand your frustration with that which is why I think that way sometimes as well. \n\nThat said, out of the things that you said, Bush was the one who started 2 huge wars while lowering taxes on the rich, and tanked the economy. He lied about evidence, and his administration falsified evidence to get us in the Iraq war. He's the one who actually put through the patriot act and initiated the wiretapping. Not only that, but he put through the prescription bill saying that the government can't negotiate prescription prices. He also put corporate lackeys in charge of regulatory agencies. \n",
"I don't think any children are safe around Trump",
"Not selective. Republican inaugurations have had large protests at 3 of the last 3 inaugurations. At the same time Democratic inaugurations have had large protests at 0 of the last 4 inaugurations. And you list 3 different reasons. The one consistency? Democrats lost an election and were upset about it. \n\n>(Though to be fair, though minor, every president since Nixon has had a protest or two before their first day.)\n\nThat's why I said **heavy** protests. Big and obvious difference between [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ud3DkRb1yU) and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsRp5adukRk)",
">American blackness is tied deeply to slave history [in the US]\n\nHe doesn't have to be descended from American slaves for his identity as a black American to be informed by slavery. In the same way that someone can be proud of \"American history\" even if their family didn't immigrate to the US until the last century. Get it?",
"https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000006",
"I mean he was, and then he became president.",
"Why wouldn't I? He has all the establishment Democrats against him, all the establishment Republicans against him. The entire media news companies against him. All of Hollywood. The entire Night-TV Crew (Late Show, etc), the multi-nationals against him... it appears more and more likely that the FBI has been against him.... and you think he is one of them? \n\nNow, when it comes to politicians I would say that it just might be, especially after Hopey-Mc-Changey, but this isn't a politician, it isn't someone that was involved with any of it other than business relations\n\nHe may be a lot of things, but it is highly unlikely he is in bed with the people that have screwed our country. ",
"Donald Trump was elected purely on feelings so.",
"Can’t I just point to things like starting a fake university, walking in on underage girls in dressing rooms, sexually assaulting women, not paying contractors, spreading fake news, endorsing hate groups, and being openly corrupt? Why do I have to talk to him in person? ",
">You're either a liar or troll.\n\nI suppose if you consider posting something other than republicans=bad democrats=good is trolling then yeah I am trolling. Sorry you might have mistaken this for /r/politicaldiscussion.",
"Either you misread/misunderstood what I said, or ...",
"I wouldn't really call it \"education\". A better term would be indoctrination. ",
"https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/stormy-daniels-trump-porn-star-interview-349311\n\n\nStop whining about downvotes ffs. Grow up, it's fake internet points.",
"Figured I'd find the snowflakes in here 😂",
"I’d be embarrassed to say that out loud. ",
"Yeah. Never thought I was good with kids. Just listened to my friends kids said, took it seriously, and talked to them like I would a peer. Also now \"great with kids.\" ",
"Chain of command, all the way up. Starts at the bottom with the turtles and.... You know what, it's just turtles all the way up.",
"For all the trouble in the US, and the problems during his presidency, Barack was a leader and a statesman, the kind of president the country will be proud to look back on 50, 100, 250 years from now. \n\nI would suggest you all check out the interview he did with David Letterman on Netflix.\n\nAs well, I want to point out the racist blowback to a black president is inane, those of you who hate him because he's black (and there are a significant portion who will simply not admit it's so), are fools, your time is done, and your culture of racial self importance will die. Your children will not follow in your footsteps, and soon the only places where you judge a man based on the color of his skin will be the backwaters that lack schools or really any kind of social services. We see your bullshit.",
"Sounds like someone is used to getting there way and can’t deal with life on the losing end of an election. “Trumpian swine who hide in T_d”. Half the country wanted this! What the hell makes you special? Sad that you can’t handle American politics, dirt at both ends of the spectrum. Deal with it, or live the rest of your pathetic life acting and sounding like an angry bitter idiot. ",
"Lincoln was a corporate lawyer representing the fat cats, so it is pretty apt.",
"Push down Americans?",
"The OP said terminal in the title.",
"I understand all of that, and you’re certainly not wrong, but Obama was supposed to be the change, not the guy who got us involved in even more conflicts in Libya and Syria, bomb weddings in Yemen, kill American citizens with drones, resign the Patriot act and also sign the indefinite detention act which makes it legal to hold American citizens indefinitely without charging or trying them. Truth be told, I’d rather Have Obama back too, but only because everyone prefers the good cop. I may be jaded, but I can’t believe any politician will keep the have-alls from exploiting the have-nots until the whole damn thing collapses. ",
"Oh we are talking about cunts?\n\nWell maybe we should/shouldn't keep the government out of cunts! Stupid (political party), always trying to save/destroy babykillers/reproductive rights!",
"Cucks.\n\nI remember when the Greeks came up with that excellent logical debate tactic of name calling.\n\nOh.\n\nWait.\n\nThat's just said beta males.",
"You still believe he has human decency? He asked to be payed when his son did a benefit for children with cancer",
"Bruh.\n\nIt was great.\n\nWe were respected by the international community, we were moving America forward and away from dying industries. Sure, I didn't agree with all his policies, but I voted for Clinton (Bill) when I didn't agree with all of his policies.\n\nBut in both cases, the benefits far outweighed the negatives.",
"^unless ^Trump ^does ^it",
"Interesting, I was pretty sure that wasn't the only thing he did in office.\n\nAlso, who would you have voted for otherwise? Someone who would have done more drone strikes?",
"“How can be Republicans be racist if they freed the slaves?”\n“I don’t know why Democrats act like they care about minorities. Democrats are the real racists, they founded the KKK. It’s true, look it up”\n\nFucking hate these people, man. No sense of historical context or nuance with them.",
"We've been waiting for you.\n",
"Haha Q is your overlord",
"You go first. ",
"I miss him 😭😭😭 ",
"He allegedly sexually assaulted a reporter while pregnant Melania literally just up 1 flight of stairs, and had relationship with a pornstar shortly after his youngest was born. Still hoping?",
"Nice to see he's not **totally** heartless.",
"What exactly did he do so GREAT? ",
"Meanwhile, after crying a river about suffering Americans, Trump is giving away free private airplane rides to his cabinet members and other staff like it was Halloween Candy.\n\nHe's certainly not a Fiscal Conservative. More like a fiscal pillager.",
"No explanation-just some conservative virtue signaling pretending that they care about the black community. ",
"The topic of presidents was brought up because a president is in the photo. What he is doing in the photo is great in an apolitical way. ",
"Third, then?",
"Not that your point about Obama expanding UAV strikes isn't valid but FYI it went from 4 countries under Bush (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Somalia) to 7 under Obama (those 4 plus Libya, Yemen and Syria). [Source](http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/25/ryan-lizza/lizza-says-obama-has-bombed-more-nations-bush/)",
"Indeed. Most data points to about 30%.",
"I'm complaining about the lack of response.\n\nAnd no, some porn star's claim is not proof that it happened.",
"The “great” 44 lol",
"Hey, that means Trump is supported by a minority!",
"Is no one gonna make the gif?",
"Got elected President. You?",
"\"Evil\" is too strong. He wasn't some malevolent mastermind. I think he genuinely believed he was doing good for Americans. That makes him wrong, not evil.",
"He is a decent man, and was a bad president. The 2 are not mutually exclusive. \n\nThis is a topic these days because \"people\" are saying \"trump is a bad president\", but he's much worse than the kind of bad president that Bush was. \n\nI think it's all coming from a place where people would rather had a 3rd term of bush (Jeb) than any of this shit.",
"IDGI.\n\nWhy would someone choose to meet a politician with their wish. especially at that age. If you take the photo at face value, its the mum who is the one having a good time and the child no so much. poor kid.",
"I'm genuinely curious about the name. You sound angry.",
"\"Great\" Obama",
"That's exactly how I feel about Dubya.\n\nI personally might think he's a shitty president, but he seems like (and this is corroborated by many) a genuinely nice guy.",
"It goes to vote in congress, complicated business ;)",
"That made me tear up. ",
"Awesome she's under Lincoln. Photographer nailed it",
"The case was set in December 2016 and she backed off because of death threats if I’m correct. ",
"Um actually he is the 43 president ",
"My buddy got cancer when he was like 15 and make-a-wish built him a $10k recording studio. Had successful surgery to remove a testicle, underwent chemo and/or radiation (I forget details) and now 15 years later he's a pro instrument tech and works with all kinds of famous touring musicians. ",
"Yeah for sure!\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkAK9QRe4ds\n\nenjoy lol.",
"He is *fantastic* with kids. A dad all dads should aspire to.",
"\"I like people that live.\"",
"You are making the claim, it's up to you to bring evidence to the table. So far you have one article from a extremely biased source with no citations or links to further the argument. Can you at least give me another article from a generally non-biased source? Literally anything to corroborate your claim.",
"Obama did his best to try to mitigate the damage done by W. How do you back out of a war without killing people or leaving our allies vulnerable to be killed?",
"All points you made are correct and i agree. Obama dropped 20K bombs. Trump dropped higher than that in a single year. The difference is Obama was bombing places we weren't even at war with and under Trump we actually saw Isis be reduced to nothing in a single year. I don't give Obama the full blame nor do i give Trump the full credit. It may just be a possibility that Trump's defense cabinet was just plain better. But still, kudos to Trump when compared to Obama.\n\nI don't have an interventionist mindset. I don't think we should have gone there in the first place, and killing Saddam/destabilizing the ME led to Isis just as the killing Gaddafi/destabilizing Libya led to the refugee crisis.\n\nSaddam was a heinous person, a true piece of shit that i wish had a much slower death. Except, there was one thing he hated more than us, and that was religious extremists. Saddam did not want to live under sharia. He loves his secular lifestyle and wouldn't give it up. He had his secret police go out and kill these extremists sects as they spawned, effectively corking extremism by being a brutal dictator. As soon as we killed him, destabilized the government and military, and failed in a puppet democracy... out shot a bunch of disenfranchised people looking to adhere to something. Voila, you have the beginnings of the islamic state. I blame Bush.\n\nIn regards to Libya\n\n> \"Now, listen you, people of NATO. You’re bombing a wall which stood in the way of African migration to Europe, and in the way of Al-Qaeda terrorists. This wall was Libya. You‘re breaking it. You’re idiots, and you will burn in Hell for thousands of migrants from Africa and for supporting Al-Qaeda. It will be so. I never lie. And I do not lie now,” said Gaddafi in an open letter obtained by the Russian daily Zavtra and published in May 2011, several months before the Lybian leader was killed.\n\nKind of a harrowing quote since it was so spot on. And i'm sure you're aware of the Clinton interview where she very uncouthly said \"we came, we saw, he died\" during an interview with a reporter. \n\n\n>These guys are like cockroaches, I doubt anybody expected them to last so long. I suspect that there is great corruption in some middle eastern governments that are allowing these groups to flourish.\n\nTurkey. Saudi Crowns. etc. Trump is the only president to actually step up to plate in these regards, but once again, it's because he has an all-star defense administration. \n",
"Who would you rather have in office?",
"Thanks Obama, you are sorely missed.",
"Yeah. Ivanka, Jared, Eric, and Donald Jr are completely fair game. They're directly involved in politics and/or making public comments about politics.\n\nTiffany and Barron should be left alone. They're staying out of politics completely as far as I know. Melania is a tough one because I get the VERY strong feeling if she had it her way she wouldn't be anywhere near politics. I also get the feeling that if she had it her way she wouldn't be anywhere near Donald. ",
"Hahahahaha shocking :p",
"I just with he had nationalized or health insurance.",
"You really don't know what that child is thinking do you? ",
"Shit. I forgot that Obama started the Syrian civil war.didn't he also create Isis?",
"This still wont pardon hussein",
"You didn't have to mention Fox, if you support Trump you obviously believe his propaganda which is also peddled by Fox. It is obvious you can't argue facts and anyone who thinks being a student of history is childish is as big a moron as Donald. Just ask Rex.",
"Until you realize that most of that gap is caused by poverty and other factors.",
"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. \nAnd the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. \nAnd how else can it be? \nThe deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. \nIs not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? \nAnd is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? \nWhen you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. \nWhen you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. \n\n-Kahlil Gibran",
"Trump makes every one cry ",
">republicunts\n\nYou can fuck off along with everyone who uses the term libtard.",
"Mike?",
"Edgy",
"Trump and some republicans are trying manufacture evidence that... Obama colluded with the FBI to take down Trump?",
"That’s a really great story but what does it have to do with this post?",
"Nice to see a happy little girl but the term of the 44th was a fucking nightmare. Glad that's over. I hope everyone that fought for that third gender box on an application is happy. The Kenyan really came through for ya!",
"Had she met Hillary or the FBI, and it be documented through email, it also would have been wiped clean. ",
"He walked into women's dressing rooms at the Miss America Pageant and had an affair with a pornstar while his wife was pregnant with his child. Oh wait.",
"who's is",
"This is gold! Thank you.",
"Well, not to mention that amnesty is good for the economy. Make sure everyone is paying their taxes. Make it possible for illegals' skills be utilized fully in the workforce.",
">Reagan",
"I wonder how much time they get to spend with him and if Mr. Obama has kept in touch with them? \n\n\"The great 44th\" is a bit over the top though.",
"Thanks for the link. I only included Iraq and Afghanistan because Pakistan allowed the attacks under Bush. I wasn't sure about Somalia. Its hard to find info because the media loves war.",
"There's two McCains. There's \"maverick\" McCain and there's \"political\" McCain.\n\nMaverick McCain pushes for what he believes in, it doesn't matter who agrees with him. If he believes in it he's in on it. He'll go against party if he needs to.\n\nParty McCain does what his party tells him, no matter how much he disagrees.\n\nPre-presidential campaign you always got the maverick McCain. Post... it was a crap shoot. He might say something is idiotic one day (maverick mode) and then when the chips are in the pot, he'll just do what his party tells him (party mode).\n\nI liked maverick McCain a lot, even though I didn't really align with him politically. I could believe he was doing things because he truly believed in bettering the US. I might not think his methods were right but I could believe he was doing it that way because HE thought it was right.\n\nParty McCain... I didn't like. He obviously thought shit was wrong and didn't like it but he went with it because he wanted to get re elected. :(",
">Sounds like someone is used to getting there way and can’t deal with life on the losing end of an election.\n\nWell what did I get for Bush?\n\nI lost that election too. And what were the results of myopic short sighted policy? What were the results of constant escalation of conflicts? What was the result of massive tax cuts for the wealthy? What were the results of continuing to ignore decades of rising healthcare costs?\n\nExcuse me for having fucking seen this song and dance before, but now the new generation of idiots have decided to double down on fucking idiocy. \n\nThat's before I get to all the shit like his constant staff turnovers and oh, that whole \"people he hires keep lying to the fbi\".\n\nNo he fails well fucking before I ever get into that because on fucking no subject does the man have any clue what he's doing. \n\n\"Bush sucked.... let's try all that over again!!!\"\n\nFuck me. \n\n>Half the country wanted this!\n\nIs this supposed to make me feel less contempt for myopic idiocy? Cause it doesn't. \n\n>What the hell makes you special?\n\nI am capable of thinking about the future, instead of myopic idiocy. Which was how I kinda fucking knew Bush's tenure wouldn't end well. \n\nAnd now the us has decided, again, to try shit that didn't do any good in the past. \n\n> Sad that you can’t handle American politics, dirt at both ends of the spectrum.\n\nI can handle it. I just hold fucking contempt for the idiots who brought this about. \n\nThey well get far less sympathy from me than they expect when this shit blows up in their faces. \n\nWant to dismantle federal programs to help citizens? Want to not bother funding state programs to do the same?\n\nWatch how little I find myself able to sympathize with an entirely self inflicted wound from someone who was warned in advance. \n\n.... it's not my fault Trumpian sycophants can't concieve of an economy scaling. Not my fault they want a race to the bottom. \n\n>Deal with it, or live the rest of your pathetic life acting and sounding like an angry bitter idiot. \n\nLike the shitheads complaining about circlejerks as they retreat to their own little pig pen?\n\nOh well. Still better than being one of those degenerates. ",
"I'm a dad to 3 great kids. He doesn't inspire me. My kids are very grateful to me. I've never left them without.",
">obamacare too expensive. \n\nObamacare would have been *better* had republicans not tried to destroy it at every turn.\n\n>spying on citizens.\n\nTrue\n\n>too many people on welfare.\n\nThat is fair, but the unemployment rate also dropped 5%.\n\n>president trump is a president i consider to be great.\n\n https://i.imgur.com/sLJRUyv.gif",
"Downvotes has nothing to do with facts.",
"Irrelevant to anything I’ve said.",
".... deleted the bioethics page too ",
"Aaaand how big is ISIS now compared to when Trump took office? ISIS is so small today that Syria is threatening legal action against further U.S. involvement.\n\nWould you have preferred we continued slowly fighting them? That didn’t work well when Obama did it.",
"Honestly, no, but i believe it,",
"One day in the not too distant future, a young terminally ill child will get to meet president Trump. In jail. ",
"...In a society without mass communication.",
"He was the commander in chief. Blame falls on him. The same way when companies do something illegal it’s the CEO and other authority figures that take the hit.\n\n\nAlso, what you’re saying isn’t a defence. In fact it’s barely relevant to anything being discussed.",
"Sex before marriage is haram",
"Yes indeed",
"deleted ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.3868 [^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?](https://pastebin.com/FcrFs94k/35179)",
"KSA is the real power behind global terrorism. Economic sanctions on KSA would easily neutralize their influence.\n\nUnfortunately Obama and various other presidents have made it a point to suck that oil rich dick as hard as they can while bombing countries that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. KSA has been proven to be directly behind the 9/11 attacks. In fact almost all the terrorists involved in that attack were Saudis. Yet Obama (nor Bush nor Trump) went after Saudi.\n\nTo answer your question:\n\nYou back out of a war by backing out. Especially if the war you waged was illegal (the UN never voted for Iraq or Afghanistan) and was not even a war with the country that attacked USA.",
"ISIS territory was already shrinking rapidly beginning in [2015](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/18/world/middleeast/Where-ISIS-Gained-and-Lost-Territory-Islamic-State.html) and continuing throughout [2016](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/map-shows-how-isis-jihadis-7564313). Trump could have changed nothing and claimed the progress made under Obama's policies was his success, just like he's been doing with the economy.",
"Did she get better? ",
"Like I said, you're completely missing the point. Not gonna keep trying.",
"We literally went 180° in a single election",
"“My Bad grades have nothing to do with my quality of facts “ - student to his teacher. ",
"troll post",
"http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/comedians-call-trumps-son-barron-rapist-homeschool-shooter/\n\nMy mistake,it was an SNL writer. But regardless it's still a shitty thing to do. Dudes not even homeschooled",
">He cared deeply about Americans, but he was willing to let a lot of them die in the Middle East.\n>\n>He was a good leader, but he trusted the wrong people and wrong advice.\n>\n>He had a lot of good qualities, but way more flaws.\n\nHe was *not* a good leader. A good leader surrounds himself with competent trustworthy people, not corrupt shortsighted corporate whores. He was a bumbling jock who Gumped his way into the presidency. Personally, he wasnt a bad person. He just couldn't run a country. ",
"False analogy.\nStick to assuming people’s ethnicity and calling them bigots.",
"Evidence of hush money says otherwise. ",
"I figured out you weren’t white when I saw your post history. I can admit when I’m wrong. And it’s a great analogy. One downvote ? Sure someone just doesn’t like your view. Over 30? Maybe you’re talking out of your ass. ",
"What's the evidence of this?",
"Speaking the truth has little to do with popularity. Nor does it have to do with how many agree with me.\n\nDifferent ball game. Everything I said, I provided sources. When I was directed to a false claim, I accepted it and moved on. Unfortunately most of what I’ve said here is true. Obama did drop 26000 bombs. And he did it to countries that didn’t attack USA and did it in illegal wars. He also did most of the other stuff as well.\n\nThe only claim of mine that was wrong was the drone strikes being 90% killing the wrong people. The real stats are murky but not near that level.",
"\n\"The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress. Although the Senate passed it in April 1864, the House did not. At that point, Lincoln took an active role to ensure passage through congress. He insisted that passage of the 13th amendment be added to the Republican Party platform for the upcoming Presidential elections. His efforts met with success when the House passed the bill in January 1865 with a vote of 119–56.\" https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40\nFor the rest, read this. \nhttps://www.npr.org/2011/02/21/133372512/tracing-president-lincolns-thoughts-on-slavery",
"It's the norm now. Palin sowed the seeds. When she first opened her mouth on the national stage it sparked months of shock and outrage over her loose cannon ignorance, but in the midst of all the Democratic ridicule, the Republicans found out that her kind of talk resonated with a large portion of their base. Palin had some really staunch, passionate and outspoken supporters that even superceded support for McCain.\n\nShe paved the way for extreme evangelical stances as seen in Bachmann and Pence, and overt \"fuck the poors and browns\" views as espoused by Romney, Huckabee and Gingrich.\n\nBy the time Trump rocked around for his second run for prez (his first was in 2000, but the Republican Party was much more restrained and dogwhistle-dependent then, so his blunt, brash manner wasn't popular) 8 years under a black president had only made the conservative rage stronger and he popped the pimple, so to speak. But all the makings of uncivil politics were already there, seething below the surface.\n\nTrump wasn't the only dirty fighter in his run. Rubio, Christie, Carson and Fiorina all regularly hit each other below the belt in ways that were unprecendented pre-Palin. There were numerous thinkpieces published about the stark difference between the Dem race and the Repub race - Bernie and Hillary agreed on 99% of policy and their debates were solely fact, policy, experience and social impact-based. The Republican floor only had Kasich and Bush as the adults in the room, the others were all making personal attacks at each others' mannerisms and slinging petty nicknames.\n\n",
"> That was not how the conversation was going. I was pointing out this place is not where political discussion happens at all, rather it is just a circle jerk. The other guy wanted to have a discussion but his idea of a discussion was to ask all the questions and refuse to answer anything himself.\n\nThe only way you will ever get political discussion is by starting it yourself and remaining sincere in your attempts. If you visit a forum only to call it out for not having dialogue you're contributing to a culture of yelling at each other. You're not in traffic visiting /r/politics you are the traffic.\n\n> That was exactly how you started out\n\nI believe what I said was,\n\n> You really haven't answered anything and people have been pretty polite.\n\nWhich was more statement than anything. I don't see how stating the obvious is trying to win anything? But we'll digress if we argue that. For the sake of moving on I'll say yes, fine, you did answer the questions and those replying to you could have been more polite.\n\n> I support nearly everything Trump stands for. The wall is not a huge priority for me. I'd be fine if he builds it. I think we can do without it. What is important to me is taking the issue of border security seriously which he does. I find it absurd that there is even a debate at all about whether it's moral to determine who we should let become part of our society.\n\nAs a Democrat I also want to see secure borders, and I want us to work to overhaul our broken immigration situation. I think it's vital, we have millions of undocumented workers. We simply don't have the resources to house, prosecute, and deport every last one. We need to be creative with how we get at this problem.\n\nAnd to me, Trump's administration is refusing to talk with Democrats about this. Or they say they will and then Stephen Miller gets talking and Trump digresses. I'm frustrated with the GOP and with Trump because they seem unwilling to try and govern with Democrats, they don't want to work together on solutions. I mean, the majority of Americans what Dreamers protected. Trump said he wanted them protected, the GOP said they wanted them protected, why aren't they moving forward on any of that if what they say is true? Democrats would be thrilled with a clean DACA bill going through the right channels.\n\nMy main point for this, I'm a Democrat, I know Democrats, we want to work together to come to some compromise and get this country running better. But our House of Representatives can barely function, just look back to when Pelosi was able to shut down dissent as well. We need some restructuring or something, but you do realize McConnell took a Supreme Court seat from Obama right? Wouldn't you be infuriated if that had happened to Bush? But I digress.\n\n> I am a fan of his overriding philosophy of putting our country first.\n\nI'll note that my philosophy is way different from yours. We're all human, all people, what does it mean to put our country first in a global economy? Personally, the America I love, fought for, and believe in, is a melting pot. We're the castoffs and the ones who had to leave home to make it somewhere else. And we did, and people still are and should be able to. We take the ones no one wanted, because we know if they work hard and do what's right and are given a chance, they can become better than any would have believed. I want that hope to come back here. We don't have to fear our neighbors. We're bigger than that.\n\nAs far as tax reform would you be interested in podcasts or written material? Because unless you're within the top earners of this country I'm near positive in ten years those laws put forward are going to hurt you. And they're going to hit our businesses as well. I've got a friend that does this for work, got her Masters in Economics and works making forecast models. There is a reason Paul Ryan and plenty of the GOP got paid by corporations when the reform went through, and it wasn't because they were helping you.\n\n> I don't care in the slightest that he's crass, braggadocios and takes a lot of pleasure in driving his haters insane.\n\nThis worries me. He is hurting our image around the world. And that means a lot more than I can really put into words. Again, you be willing to listen to a podcast on this? There was a fantastic piece last week where Ben Rhodes spoke of the damage just one year has done to what the world thinks of us. And don't take that lightly, in today's economy all of our markets depend on foreign ones as well.\n\n> What precisely was Hillary going to do about climate change?\n\n[Here](https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/) is a small outline for what Hillary hoped to do. If you like I can dig up the more nitty gritty details as well but I think this gives a nice overview. I mean, I doubt she would have put a man that wanted to dismantle the EPA in charge of the EPA for one. And she probably wouldn't have deleted the whitehouse webpage on climate change either.",
"That doesn’t really seem like a terminal illness to me.",
"I mean let’s be honest, that money is in a pile for the president. Whether they use it or not, it isn’t going into another pile, like helping vets or the homeless. Yes, it is symbolic but it makes absolutely no difference at all except for politics.",
"This is Reddit man, it’s not saying you’re speaking the truth like MLk did and it’s unpopular , Reddit seems to agree that you are the one talking out your ass. Obama was a decent president man. I lived through it . I kept up with the same info that was not classified just like you did . Bush , Clinton, Reagan , all of them did things much worse. Obama came into an office that was primed for war and had to clean up a huge mess all while making sure to not let history repeat itself. You try doing a better job . You get elected and get into office in 2008 and tell me you wouldn’t feel the pressure from your cabinet , from the military intel , the advisors all telling you and choosing to protect America if you could. Mistakes were made but not due to ignorance or a fuck em attitude , it’s the bane of the president to lead and sometimes they make mistakes. I don’t blame bush or Clinton as much as most but I still feel that if we’re comparing presidential fuck ups obama was tame compared to others. Don’t like war ? Well obama came into a tepid and paranoid administration. ",
"I've read the cut and paste before. The 13th ensured the destruction of the South as an economic threat to the US, and Lincoln was all for that.\n\nAs for his feelings on white supremacy, his feelings didn't seem to change.",
"Meanwhile in Trump land. \n\n“...FUCKING SHITHOLE NATIONS!!l",
"Thank you for your service! We need more brave people like you in our military. ",
"Oh I understand, just adding clarification",
"Ok, I'm a Dem and thats just funny.",
"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you know I meant as an acting president",
"Well Trump let some lad cut his lawn...so theres that. ; )",
"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/08/request-fast-furious-records-unsealed/379974001/\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki",
"Imagine lacking self-awareness so entirely that you think that being a basic stereotype of a Trump supporter actually has the power to make anyone even a little bit angry and they aren't all just laughing at how boring and predictable every comment you make is ",
">I heard he was a blast with Pakistani kids.\n\nDemocracy....we deliver no matter who's in charge, aye?",
"Alright, I'll just stop this is going to benefit nobody sorry for wasting your time.",
"> W was the kind of guy you’d like to grab a beer with,\n\nbesides the whole lying about WMDs and killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis",
"Former President",
"Past tense. Probably not so much now. ",
"There has never been a time in our history so over flowing with coruption,theft, deceit, race baiting,doj was a bunch of thugs, state department fleecing governments for acsess.no one has ever rose to the level of these thugs.",
"I have had a family member die from Crohns. You can die from anything if it is bad enough.",
"It's incredible how little people value brown lives. \n",
">He can visit all the sick kids and veterans he wants. Doesn't make up for what he is trying or tried to do.\n\nCan say the same for Obama",
"No, when you post falsehoods pretending to be speaking the truth, that's what makes you a troll.",
"So Trump has had a full year in office now. Was there a White House Science Fair during this year?",
">avoiding all the points\n\nlol",
"I love this photo. It's making me tear up myself!",
"Nailed it. Perfect 10.",
"What was the other signed amendment?",
"Please do some research about all of the terrible shit other presidents have done and come back to me about that. Nixon quite literally spied on his political opponents in order to get an advantage and secure his reelection. Also, if all of those things you said were true, then why did nobody including the Republican majority Congress do nothing about it? ",
"I'm tearing up looking at this. It's nice to see a real president in this day and age.",
"I would be shocked to learn that DJT loved his wives and kids as much as himself, yes.",
"I don't believe it's all about race. It's also how Democrats behave versus how Republicans behave. Obama is white as well as black, let's not forget.",
"Its good guys like you who get the shit done that needs to be done with what you have. I have the up most respect for that. It just gets my goat when people act like Obama was so sort of peaceful god like figure. Im with you the leaders in our life time have been kinda shitty. ",
"What falsehood did I post?",
"Oh ok for some reason it didn't make sense to me how it was worded, but that's probably from seeing it after a long night shift ",
"And Democrat. Did Hillary catch a break because she's white?",
"What is flame",
"The [Corwin Amendment,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment) which basically said in layman's terms \"Congress cannot amend the Constitution to abolish slavery if any states still want slavery.\" (The actual wording is \"the domestic institutions [within any State]\", which applies to a lot more than slavery, but certainly encompassed it even without the explicit ending: \"including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.\")\n\nIt was signed by James Buchanan in 1860, immediately before the Civil War, and did pass both houses of Congress. Ultimately only six states ratified it and it of course never became law.",
"The US isn't quite using the [one drop rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule), but if you look it, you are it. Not many people in the US on either side of the political spectrum view him as half white. Heck I'd argue most forget he had a white midwestern mother, Dem's included.\n\nEven Democrats held Obama to a higher standard they they hold Trump or other candidates (like Hillary). So it's not so much a party thing. I'll agree Republicans (at least the party) behave very differently and it's much more prominent. But it's not just them.",
"Agreed. I wish I had a collection of just wholesome, hilarious Obama moments for the end of a crappy day. New sub? Obama Eye Bleach?",
"Of course I do, I don't drink with mass murderers. It's ludicrous to even entertain the notion.",
"*EDGY*",
"No. I think great 44th sounds right.",
"I agree that Melania probably wants to stay out of it, however first lady is an official white house position, she gets a salary and has staff.",
"Pretty sure Obama would go to a private gym",
"It was before he was president, he was in Montana to do some speeches and she ran into him at the YMCA. We saw him speak at a Native American reservation a few days after, I believe we were the only white people. Such a fond memory. ",
"Nice tatt. L. A. M. E ",
"Snowflake? You're using little girl emojis, and where snowflakes.",
"To be fair, (not that I agree with Dubyas move with this), he waged a war to destroy weapons of mass destruction (at least, publicly he said he did) while Trump is trying to also destroy a weapon of mass destruction, but by having it be launched at us, sooo... ",
"He is. Check out that cool username. He's probably 12.",
"Put down the bong. The dems used the nsa to spy on their own people. Much less anybody on the opposed side. Fucked ol Bernie over big time. Had to pay him hush money to shut him up. Have you no clue about the murder of seth rich? f. Do you know what his irs did to people? What nixon did is a joke compared to these jokers. And with some luck they will be going to prison",
"No, he's black. You're confusing him with unnatural orange.",
"Obama is pure class.",
"I know I don't think what you think it means, and that's what really matters.",
"That's amazing!! I'd totally watch a movie about him. :)",
"Youre complaining about REFUGEES not learning english. Some of them are literally packing up and leaving home with only what is on their backs. How are they supposed to magically know english. And then how do they learn? Our education system is not being fixed and the people clearly arent tolerant to non-english speakers. \n\nAnd since when do you need to be fluent in english to do honest manual labor, which requires the conversation level of a toddler. ",
"Great. You'd absolutely never know she had cancer as a kid. ",
"Could you be any more of a cliche Reddit fedora tipper? Gross. ",
"Did you seriously just type out an emoji? Idiot. ",
"Anyone been able to get a hold of a copy? It’s sold out on Amazon and my local bookstores!",
"That’s all you got? Hahahahaha :D",
"What are you, 60? This isn’t MySpace buddy. ",
"Really? Are you sure?",
"The title meant to say The Unqualified Provisionally 44th.",
"I actually saw a couple physical copies in Amazon Books, if you have one near you?",
"Shit, only took you 11 hours to finish playing Call of Duty, huh Cletus?\n\nWhat's next, gonna fuck your sister? ",
"Yawn. ",
"Make A Wish gave my best mate a computer before he died, back in 1988. They also helped a number of other friends get a final wish. One kid went to Disneyland. Another had Michael Jackson visit. Truly good things for kids whose parents didn't have very much. \n\nThey even got Nintendo systems for some of the waiting rooms, so you could play games while you waited, instead of shitting your pants the whole time and wondering what they were going to do to you, next. Little things like that make a huge difference. I played my first Nintendo game at Ronald McDonald House, thanks to these people. We couldn't believe it - we actually had an NES and some games to play. I'll never forget the excitement of waking up and discovering we could play video games.\n\nThat five bucks you donate to them just might get them over the line for a TV or a game or whatever. And things like that make a real difference to kids who don't get to even go outside very much. Kids stuck in bed for months.\n\nSo if anyone is reading or if anyone gives a shit, I can assure you that the money you donate to them is spent as it should be. It really does go to help kids in some very nasty situations.",
"He definitely could. Perhaps not of *his* money, though.",
"That was quick.\n\nI'm not surprised.",
"Don’t you have people to scream at for being nazis or Russian hitler bots or something? Buzz off you little shitstain. ",
"Sorry to be yet another person in your life who didn't stick around.\n",
"Obama is trash. ",
"THose are great, but they're not about Trump. You see I didn't ask you to tell me something that CHANGED your opinion. That's not what I'm after. I'm asking about anything that made you consider opposing viewpoints, esp regarding Trump. \n\nLike I've said, trump supportors have a reputation for being deranged zealots, incapable of seeing other viewpoints. Labelling anything they don't like as \"fake news.\" Worryingly (and dangerously) creating their own reality based entirely on their own prejuduces and the talking points of reletively few hard-right sources, which are famous for distorting the truth.",
"Again, weak shit. Leave. ",
"Your words are pretty meaningless. Informed by slavery doest mean anything. I'm informed by slavery, I've never been to the US, wouldn't dare to act like I know own what slavery is or how it is growing up as a black american.",
"Man... that is a tragically low bar. ",
"\"I shot myself at 15 psi just to make sure nobody would get hurt\"",
"\"This is my project on magnets\"\n\n\"Magnets, huh? How do they work?\"",
"I believe that's called a Caesarian.",
"> Trump's seven-month record is far better than Obama's first seven months in office, when the economy lost 3.6 million jobs. ",
">Go take a history class \n\n>have most of a history degree\n\ngj retard \n\nand congrats, as I said, ONE OF. Compared to almost all other modern world leaders he is one of the most corrupt. Obama fanboy lmfao. He sold you out. If you can't see that then good job being willfully blind.\n\n> How is he more corrupt than the kings who stole from their own people to fund expensive buildings for themselves?\n\nBecause he did the same except he did it with wall street and used it for his own personal monetary gain.\n",
"He came into 2 wars and made them 7. Illegal wars.\nDoing that destabilized the Middle East and gave rise to ISIS, cost the American people trillions of dollars, ruined the lives of millions of people and in all of that, none of this actually helped the war on terror.\n\n\nIt’s one thing to say “hey, Barrie came into 2 wars. What was he supposed to do?”\n\nIt’s quite another to see that he took 2 wars and made them 7. All so that the military industrial complex could keep laughing its way to the bank while everyone else got shafted.\n\nReddit clearly doesn’t read enough.",
"It's ironic lincoln is there, do you see it lincoln? You brought that shit to proud Americans?!",
"Oh wow , you don’t know anything.... cool. We’re done. ",
"It's possible to support Trump without even watching Fox, just ask people from all around the world, easy.",
"you mean unqualified inept #45",
"This guy newses",
"Just remember your own childhood and how you liked to be treated. Remember the cool adults that talked to you like a human being? Remember the condescending fuck monkeys that treated you like you were stupid? Which one did you like better?",
"That's a happy ending. ",
"> Read real news buddy. \n\n> *Replies with dead link.*\n\nMFW: facepalm.jpg",
"Lol ok 👌🏻 ",
"Dude's an accomplished troll, but he does have a point. Science and technology are eroding the division between subjective and objective. And it's pretty scary when you start to think about it. When what was previously subjective can be quantified to a fine degree, it can be predicated much more accurately. The capacity for social control goes through the roof. ",
"You’ve clearly not read a newspaper in your life.",
"I have . I also know when to take facts as biased and unbiased. You just want the last word now. It’s ok..... shhhh it’s ok. ",
"🤣🤣",
"And he resorts to emojis. Weird to see rock bottom in text form.",
"projections dont mean anything. hillary was projected to win. economy was projected to crash when trump became president. just 2 examples. ",
">Young Janiya Penny cries after meeting President Obama who's is greeting her parents. Janiya was terminally ill at the time and Make aWish helped her meet the great*ly overrated* 44th.\n\nFTFY\n\nOh and that propaganda. Black girl, black parents, black president and Lincoln. Cheap cringe level 99.\n\nI wonder why she didn't ask \"hey mr President why were the slaves not given restitutions just left peniless with a tenouous right to vote so that they would be Republican hostages in the South?\"\n\n",
"Take it how you want. You will anyways.",
"Zamknij się.",
"You forgot to address the part where I asked: Why did the Republican majority Congress do nothing? Congress has the power to impeach the president, so why didn't they do it if he's as corrupt as you say? Here's a hint: it's because what you're saying is fucking nonsense.\n\n",
"> Don’t forget because of the way the election went down and the terrible way Democrats responded to it he was forced to put up a figurative wall and rely too much on friends. Without this anger towards him I think he could have been a great president because he could have worked with both parties.\n\nUnless everyone was willing to roll with the *numerous* lies 45 told, he is **always** going to act like this. I posted plenty of proof of him doing it previously. He is *very* thin skinned.",
"> Compared to almost all other modern world leaders he is one of the most corrupt. \n\nYou said in HISTORY, not modern times. Maybe you should pay attention in class or maybe get off Reddit and start studying. The fact of the matter is you either know nothing about the corruption of politicians in the past or you are blinded by your own hate for Obama.\n\nNo fanboying going on here, I'm only using common sense, something you seem to lack.",
"Mistake. Check, and no. 44 is the real 44 and 45 and he's taking care of business at Davos as well. I know 10 people who got employed just now. Please send them love.",
"Oh boy. So in circles where people give a shit about the facts you don't prove negatives. Why? Because you *can't* prove a negative. That's just how logic works. \n\nYou can only prove a positive. Now if you want folk to believe that Obama did this, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE. Its not up to other folk to disprove your bullshit. Its up to you to put enough evidence on the table to overcome reasonable doubt. \n\nThis principle is called \"burden of proof\". Expecting an opponent to prove your dubious claim is a great way to look silly. Back up your statements with verifiable facts and you'll be a lot less likely to embarrass yourself. ",
"> Obama has killed thousands of kids with flying robot assassins that assassinate with explosives\n\nCitation needed.",
"buldupy",
"You do realize you literally have not offered a single shred of counter arguments, right? Look at the rest of this thread. Anytime someone has brought up a valid counter argument I’ve accepted it and even corrected myself on one issue.\n\nI’ve presented the facts regarding Obama. He has done all those things I’ve said he’s done. Your defence? You started off by implying I’m some bigot. When that blew up in your face you decided to call present me as some random hater. So far the only “counter argument” you have presented is....Obama ain’t that bad.\n\nI don’t care about if he’s worse than Trump (he clearly isn’t). I don’t care if his crimes against humanity pale in comparison to some of the other US presidents (they do). All of that is irrelevant. The issue here has always been that he does not qualify as a good man or even a decent man. And just because he’s not Trump is not reason enough to ignore his illegal wars that have killed millions and displaced millions.\n\nDo you have a valid counter argument besides “but he’s not as bad as x y or z”?",
"I guess because A4 is the most common size for people to encounter as just a piece of paper (rather than in a book or what you have you). ",
"Thought this story was about a great little girl? The world is so skued and hellbent on getting a shot in on something irrelevant... ",
"So your solution is for people like me to be wiped clean from the planet? People like me that go to work every day, pay taxes, support the less fortunate, volunteer on a weekly basis, provide for my family, raise upstanding respectful children, fight for equality, better themselves through high level education, have high skilled jobs that only a select few can actually perform, put others before me, and above all else put God first unapologetically. \n\nExplain to me right now, in detail, what I’m missing. Explain to me my backward thoughts (because apparently you know me better than I do). I want to know exactly how I need to “learn and grow”; and I want a clear explanation free from your belittling, condescending attitude. ",
"My counter argument is that this is just.... dude you win. Goodnight. ",
"Right now they are the majority. But do not have 60 votes. Dems stonewall everything. Look it up. You need to wake the the fuck up.",
"Name checks out. Lol",
"Obama is a true gentleman. I didn't always agree with his politics, but I always knew that he was a genuine guy that cared about people. ",
"Really? You of all people.",
"Really? Don't we run into books more often than A4s? I guess it depends on how we grow up and where we work :D\n\nSpeaking of paper, I used to work at a local PWC office (moderately big, maybe 400 people?). During the end of the fiscal year, they used up about 200,000 pages (A4) per WEEK. It was insane :D",
"That's why I specified not in a book or anything like that. I think people think of a piece of paper as a loose sheet of paper; that's what comes to mind for me at least, whereas I think of a book as a book and the fact that it's made up of many sheets of paper is kind of a background thing? So the image that comes forward is just a single sheet of paper which is generally A4.\n\nAnd christ, poor trees",
"Jesus TittyFucking Christ. Genocide is not in my wheelhouse. Y’all will eventually die out, like baby boomers, or the gradual heat death of our universe. \n\nYou are literally suffering from a psychological disorder if you believe that you fight for equality while supporting Donald Trump. It’s called Cognitive Dissonance. \n\nAs for the rest, you may believe you are entitled to further discourse, but that would show you didn’t really read what I said. Y’all don’t have a seat at the table anymore. There is no more discourse to be had. \n\n\n",
"You make a compelling argument! I'll buy it. \n\nAnd yeah. While that's their biggest office in town, they have like 18 more just in this city xD ",
"Well... You're not wrong. ",
"I have met racists from every origin. Whites have behaved badly for centuries, but they also have been in the majority which sort of makes it easier to bend the rules and behave like jackasses. Nothing is going to change until we stop looking at every issue and living every breath through racially tinted lenses. Become one people, human. If your rights are infringed upon, fight back or resist. There are many whites who have helped the cause of equality and will continue to. Don't count them out.",
"Well for one: there's two houses of Congress and Republicans have the overwhelming majority in the House of Reps., yet you cherrypicked the Senate instead because it barely fits your narrative. \n\nSurely if Obama is as corrupt and awful as you say, there would be several meetings in the House and the Senate that would discuss this where they would suggest impeachment. Yet you've provided no sources backing up your claim. I wonder why...\n\nGoing back to your previous comment, you do realize that the NSA's spying program was created by the Patriot Act, an act that was passed by President George W. Bush, not Obama. Obama renewed it and Trump hasn't repealed it so he's guilty of doing the same thing Obama did. \n\n\"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see\"",
"Unreal. You sit behind your phone and tell me I’m not reading what you said, when you just told me I support Donald Trump which would indicate you didn’t actually ready anything I posted. Nowhere did I mention Donald Trump. You’re going to have an incredibly hard time in life if your first instinct is to pull away with “no more discourse to be had” anytime someone asks something of substance from you other than colorful hyperboles of what the universe is going to do to me.\n\nJudging by my career, my paycheck, my family, my quality of life, I’d say the universe is pretty happy with me. I’ll toast your miserable life next time I’m in London or Dubai or Tokyo. Cheers mate. ",
"So you ignore the countless lawsuits? Ok. This has nothing to do with arguing if he should be in jail, this is about it being an honor to meet him.",
"> He had no desire to close it. It was just a meaningless campaign promise.\n\nhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/why-obama-has-failed-to-close-guantanamo\n\n> On January 22, 2009, his second day in office, he issued an executive order, directing that the prison be shut down within a year. \n\nYou sir, are full of shit. ",
"That's just propaganda to make people think he was a good person. It's been widely proved he was full of shit.",
"shills gonna shill",
"'I was raped ... give me money'\nok",
"What? You’re just a troll. I’ll stop responding now",
"> So you ignore the countless lawsuits?\n\n",
"You asked a stupid, meaningless question. Every president has had criticisms every day, ranging from before taking office to after taking office. Theres nothing special about Trump in this manner, so its meaningless to bring up. I optimized it out of your argument for you.\n\nYou guys? Whos you guys? I didnt vote for Trump.",
"Unless you have a source to back up that claim, its pretty obvious the only one full of shit here is you. \n\nAnd... oh, what's this? More evidence? From a government website no less? Could it be that you are in fact talking out your ass? Why yes you are!\n\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/27/E9-1893/review-and-disposition-of-individuals-detained-at-the-guantaacutenamo-bay-naval-base-and-closure-of\n\n> Sec. 3. Closure of Detention Facilities at Guantánamo. The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order. If any individuals covered by this order remain in detention at Guantánamo at the time of closure of those detention facilities, they shall be returned to their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to another United States detention facility in a manner consistent with law and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.",
">not American\n>lectures me about race history and race relations in America \n\nOk.",
"It is possible but their positions are the same so it is ludicrous to call one horrible and biased and support the other.",
"Well it’s a good thing Trump inherited a better economy from Obama, than Obama did from Bush, huh?\n\n#ThanksObama\n\nVery very great and tremendous, believe me. People are talking about it. Best in history is what they are saying. ",
"How many people did he kill with predator drones? Even our own citizens?",
"You can’t show them anything. Their ignorant hatred for one man has warped their brains. They talk about Stalin and Hitler like they were there when it all happened 🙄",
"Did you read on any of my replies something about supporting one but not the other? You're obviously delusional if you thought that.",
"The comment you quoted was about Bush. Why are posting it and then talking about Trump?",
"Yeah dumb fucktards! We're so much smarter than them.",
"I try my best. His political policies aside, he does not seem to respect the office of president or that his duty as such is not to himself. A decent person does not mock a disabled reporter, no matter how critical they may be of him. A decent person does not push false birther rumors about their political opponent for their own benefit. A person who respects the office of president would not abuse their position to funnel money to them self by staying at his privately owned properties on the government dime when he could be using the government's properties at no additional taxpayer cost. \n\nOne of the greatest moments of political decency in recent memory was when John McCain told his supporter she was wrong and that Barack Obama was not a Muslim and a good man whom he disagreed with. I disagree with McCain on many things, but standing up for your rival when your supporters are slandering them with lies and conspiracies shows great integrity. Trump tends to push the lies and conspiracies about his opposition, not push against them. ",
"It be nice to think we once had it, but the \"good ole days\" just never happened. From the dawn of the U.S. and Alexander Hamilton vs James Madison to now, slandering one's opponent and construing \"them\" a monolithic evil is the norm of political discourse. ",
"Urban bubble then. Coasts have a lot of urban areas, it's not the coast itself that makes the difference. People in those areas tend to think down against flyover territory, including conservative suburbs.",
"> or were exposed to anyone outside of their zip code.\n\nThis was the greatest gift that college gave me. I went from being a Republican due to my family's opinions, to an independent that has yet to have a good reason to vote for someone from the GOP for POTUS. I never had a candid discussion with LGBT people about the issues they are faced with (even though I was rather live and let live on the subject). Never befriended people that were so much further below me on the socio-economic ladder. \n\nYes, the book-learnin' was valuable--especially my research methods course. That taught me how to evaluate primary sources without journalistic perversion tainting it. Oral Comm. taught me how to verbally bullshit in a professional setting. Being blacklisted from major ensembles after refusing to audition for a terrible professor's ensemble taught me how cronyism trumps merit, even among otherwise good people. \n\nI shudder to think about the person I'd be now if I didn't move 3 hours away for those 4 years.",
"Lol",
"Africans are the oldest humans on the planet by maybe millions of years and still need excuses why the humanoids that came from them being monkey fuckers some how became smarter than them",
"Eh, liberals despise facts and evidence. They only care about votes. ",
"Tfw you have no argument 😂😂",
"Thank you for at least supplying actual evidence and facts. ",
">monkey fuckers\n\nOh. You're not just misinformed, you're a hateful asshole.",
"I think YOURE a Russian bot. Only bot is a misnomer, because they use real humans to do the work. ",
"The problem with that theory is I know plenty of people who voted for trump. And dems/republicans roughly divide the country into urban/rural more and more. That correlation tells me there's something more natural at play.. people in the city and people in the country have different economic strategies that are effective. In NYC, most people don't have a place to work on a car. For them, it's best to specialize and try to earn more so they can pay a mechanic. In the country, there's a limited number of customers. If you over-specialize, you don't have a market. You have to be a generalist. So the way you make a profit is by keeping costs low and doing DIY. So taxes have an extremely outsized effect on people in the country. That, and since infrastructure is more expensive out in the country and serves fewer people, they see less of the benefit. There are often several bridges over a river in a big city, but out in the country, you may have to drive hundreds of miles out of the way. \n\nNow I will say that Dems and Republicans take advantage of this natural divide, but it's not even necessarily conscious. It's their optimal strategy to do that. The parties naturally align along the biggest divides and they will slowly add or remove things from their platform until they hit that equilibrium. \n\nAs for the fact that they both cater to corporations and not to people.. could be the fact that most people see jobs as some finite resource. They can probably do it and sleep at night by telling themselves they have to make practical decisions to keep companies viable in the US and save jobs, even though that's dumb as hell.\n\n",
"Or because a “viable candidate” needs 2 things \n\n1: enough money to fund their campaign \n\n2: relevance in the media \n\nThe problem is that traditionally both those avenues are largely controlled by ninety year old billionaires who are still trying to make more money. Politicians understand that working within that system is the only path to the Oval Office. ",
"True",
"Is this your hobby? The leftist handbook Chapter 1 \"When challenged, fall back to Hitler?\"\n\nWhat exactly is your point here, other than making some sassy remark with no real meaning or contribution to the discussion?\n\nI'm pointing out that this only got upvoted because people miss Obama and it's a statement about Trump. Feel free to change my mind. ",
"Except for being tied to supporting and hanging out with anti semites sure he cared about people.[Obama Anti Semite Photo Surpressed](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/journalist-claims-photo-of-obama-and-farrakhan-was-suppressed-1.5767552) ",
"Sorry I did not realize you were being sarcastic. I feel Obama was one of our worst presidents and everyone acts like he was a God.",
"Yeah I see now how I gave mixed messages. I thought you were coming at me with \"well if it was Hitler would you like it more?\" I don't have a very specific dislike of Obama, I just can't stand dishonesty and passive aggression. \n\nMy point is, this is a leftist social news and media website. Any suggestion this is a collection of open forums is a lie. Posting a photo like this with Trump involved would be flagged for \"inappropriate behavior or content\" _and/or_ just insta-downvoted by the mods themselves lol. ",
"https://i.imgur.com/QHEnaSk.jpg",
"Now THAT’S change we can believe in 😂",
"Still waiting, Einstein. ",
"Listen to Trump sniff during his speeches. He clearly has access to some high grade blow."
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Young Janiya Penny cries after meeting President Obama who's is greeting her parents. Janiya was terminally ill at the time and Make aWish helped her meet the great 44th.
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"My mum went to Scotland for a training course with work and told me she was bringing home a pet haggis for me. She said they were like rabbits without ears. \n\nI spent the week she was gone asking if anyone had a spare hutch for my pet haggis she was getting me. \n\nI was about 17/18 at the time and no one told me. \n\nThis picture made me almost believe her again. ",
"Isn't this how one seasons one's haggis? Something about \"the gritty local flavor\"?",
"We're all going to pretend we know what those words meant without a Google search right? ",
"You've never heard of Burns Night or Haggis?",
"My best friend had a stuffed wild hairy haggis toy when we were little, I just found [this lol ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_haggis)",
"Funny looking 'London'\n\nhttps://canmore.org.uk/site/161346/glasgow-64-100-bothwell-street-bible-training-institute-and-ymca"
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Man walking a tame haggis through London. Burns Night Eve 1967
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[
"So much no. No no no no no. No. ",
"Uh oh, Pixar got into genetic engineering",
"I mean....those eyes. ",
"If I was very po' too, like all Venezuelans are right now, I'd kill that Potoo and eat it. Or I'd capture it and use it as a sort of deterrent weapon against the violent bands of starving thieves. Just depends.",
"Who’s a pretty birdy? Now let’s see a smiOHMYGODWHATHEFUCKISTHISFULLSIZEDMOUTHATTACKFROMTITANSMILEISTHEREANOTHERMOUTHINSIDE!?!?!?!?!?",
"That's a muppet. Awesome smugface in that second picture.",
"what the fuck",
"Is that an Owl or a Raptor?",
"Potoo are perfectly camouflaged to [appear as the stumps they stay perched on.](https://i.imgur.com/MLrWWQ5.jpg)",
"Of all birds, the Potoo is my least favorite. ",
"[Same pic, different angle](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/207/210/b22.jpg)",
"Wow what an amazing bird!",
"The potoos are highly nocturnal and generally do not fly during the day. They spend the day perched on branches with the eyes half closed. With their cryptic plumage they resemble stumps, and should they detect potential danger they adopt a \"freeze\" position which even more closely resembles a broken branch.",
"It seems to be sitting on some sort of (re)post.",
"Are they related to frogmouths?",
"It was only a couple of years ago that a potoo was a meme. Has reddit forgotten already?",
"That is amazing and terrifying at the same time.",
"I knew it",
"I did not know Dee was from Venezuela...",
"Dude, that's a fucking alien pet that was left here 40,000 years ago",
"Gen 8 starter?",
"These are defiantly the sleestak from the movie land of the lost.",
"Thing looks like something that if it showed up in your neighborhood, you'd go hire a witcher.",
"It must be a Canadian birb",
"The maw on that creature is frightening. ",
"Has nature gone too far!?",
"So it goes.",
"Weird Wonder how they get their faces to look like that. ",
"It'll look so cute finishing off your rib cage O.O",
"for the potoo, *you* are a very unusual bird",
"I thought that was a piñata",
"Wow. Seems almost suitable for meme-hood.",
"[Rank up!](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/40/a2/28/40a2281f4fa199dcdf698a738b3e6efe.jpg)",
"Wow I can’t even see it where is it?! ",
"Cryptic Plumage? I’m stealing that. ",
"Anything’s a piñata if you tie it to a tree and beat it with a stick ",
"Those things are from Land of the Lost",
"Of all the birds the (shoebill stork)? Is my second to least favorite. ",
"Pepperidge farm remembers. ",
"Defenetli looks like a poto",
"My thoughts exactly. ",
"My god, it's like if a Porg took steroids. ",
"Amen, there's no way Jim Henson wasn't involved in making this bird.",
"Ok, that's a pokemon.",
"I remember there being some weird story going around how this was a prehistoric bird from the dinosaur era or something like that....",
"Is this real",
"Video for the lazy: [johnnytropics](https://youtu.be/ZtjFG16ADZQ)",
"It's alright honey, they're Canadian. ",
"It's clearly a relative of the porg.",
"You can tell by the way it is.",
"Yup. Aliens are also responsible for trapdoor spiders and all squids. There is no other explanation. ",
"Owls are raptors",
"Oh so he's just saying \"eh?\" :D",
"You stupid bitch!",
"This is reposted so often that the bird is almost not so unusual anymore.",
"Did I really need to tag it with an /s?",
"No",
"It's cool guys. I've played Monster Hunter. I got this.",
"I'm glad I seen this because if I was ever in the situation and one flew down at night I would think the gates of hell had opened and literally shit myself.\n\nI bet you it screams more than tweets as well.",
"Man I don’t know why but that things creepy face makes me think of the hypnotoad. ",
"And my friends wonder why I hate birds",
"i wonder why that one have black eyes, when the meme one had yellow? https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50069/1001379050/original/potoo-birds-are-the-subject-of-some-spooky-folklore-photo-u1?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces",
"I'll slap your face into a jelly!",
"Better looking bird than OP's mum ",
"I’ll be the drummer. ",
"Looks like a pompous puppet. ",
"My god, it looks like a sleestak with feathers",
"this [video of the potoo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng391Kx1vps) camo'd to a fence post is crazy",
"Malfesto part 2",
"It looks like a nightjar & probably feeds in a similar way.\n\nIt basically flys around with it's mouth open catching whatever is in the way like a airborne whale.",
"That is one fugly little birdie.",
"Why use CG when you can use the real thing?",
"I don’t know why they’re black on these images they should be yellow with a smaller black pupil.",
"It's not quite a mop, and not quite a puppet, but maaaaaaaan. ",
"Well, to explain my joke, he just ranked up from bottom and is kinda happy about it :)",
"If that’s how they are supposed to be I’ll stick to black",
"Why does this bird disturb me so much?",
"You haven't thought of the smell!",
"im sure people join reddit on a daily basis",
"Words to live by.",
"When the sun hits the post *juuust* right, that bird sings. ",
"Yep! ",
"Not a scientist but I'm certain that's a monkey owl hybrid",
"I NEED IT! It looks like it needs cuddles.",
"I watched Land of the Lost back in the 70's, and as a young child the Sleestak scared the be-jesus out of me. If i saw this thing flying in the air back then i would have straight up had a heart attack\nhttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/headhuntersholosuite/images/e/ed/Lotl_1x02_005.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20101106030854\n",
"That has to be the happiest looking bird that I've ever seen.",
"Cross breed between an owl and a sparrow",
"Yeah it’s way better, they look pretty dumb https://imgur.com/gallery/DOSPc",
"God damn stupid lazy bitch ",
"I'll be the Skexie manager. ",
"Sleestaks have fur now? ",
"Google this bird man!! It's my new favourite thing",
"42 years into this life and still seeing weird creatures for the first time. What else is out there? ",
"Are they just not scared of humans or that a defensive move to just be completely still as the guy walks up to him talking? I wouldn't want to get close to that alien, I imagine they just look super weird but I don't trust that resting thing with the gigantic mouth and black soulless eyes to not rip me to pieces if I woke it up.",
"The Potoo: If I move, I die",
"I've seen one. They look like real life Jim Henson puppets. ",
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOM MAAAAWWMMM",
"I'm sure Potoo is pretty closely related to [Porg](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Porg).",
"Is there a picture of one of these with a banana? ",
"Every fucking time.",
"TIL Muppets DO exist in nature",
"I see they are reposting the same four pics as usual. ",
"Oh come on, that's clearly a Muppet. How dumb do you think I am? ",
"This is me in bird form",
"Porg inspiration?\n",
"Looks like a feathered sleestak ",
"The potoo is (was?) a meme a while back. Haven't seen anyone use it recently. \n\nhttp://knowyourmeme.com/memes/weird-stuff-i-do-potoo",
"Woah, that looks creepy, I wanna see more then one interacting with each other.\n\nIn Mexico, we have Pootos.",
"It look more like Japanese animation to me.\n",
"Bird up!",
"Nah. Between an owl and satan maybe.",
"What a rare Pokémon!",
"That is a baby Mana dragon. It's Flammie's baby!",
"Pure Nightmare Fuel. ",
"It looks like a muppet.",
"At first I thought this was a reconstruction of a ramphorynchoid https://goo.gl/images/YAiVv3",
"I remember owls and jackdaws, but I thought potoo was before owls, like five years ago. \n\nAlso, OP is a meme expert.",
"That's a Pokémon and none of you will convince me otherwise. ",
"Lmao. Why did this meme die? [This one](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/687/073/e4a.jpg) is too much.",
"Baby Sleestack?",
"If I came across that at night I think I would shit myself.",
"Looks like a bizarre cross between a komodo dragon and an owl",
"This legit looks like the sleestak from land of the lost hahaa",
"Can I be the on the road fixer?",
"Oh oh oh, the bear germ thing with the leach head that can live in outerspace!",
"they are nocturnal so its sleeping the day away...using that and its cool defensive move they just freeze up and camo away.",
"This is like when your buddy is sleeping and you make a video of him sleep while while whispering insults in his ear and stroking his hair.",
"And he hasn't been eaten?",
"Pretty sure that is a Pokemon. ",
"If this were really Venezuela, that bird would have been eaten.",
"It's a Glam Rock band right?",
"Looks a lot like the creatures on Luke's Jedi island ",
"Anyone else thinks just looks like a monster from the old power rangers? Where's Rita!?",
"It,looks like a muppet recently released from a burn unit.",
"Okay Great Potoo story time.\nWhen I was about 14 my family went on a vacation to Costa Rica. We were on Isla Tortuga and I was walking around wih a coconut trying to smash it open while looking for my brother. When I finally found my brother reading he looked at me and was like “what are you doing with that coconut?” I said, “This!” and chucked the coconut as hard as I could at a tree next to him.\nWell, it turned out that the tree was hollow... and started to hiss. Like hiss as though there was a handful of snakes in there. On the trip we had a tour guide named Jorge who was great and I went to grab him because I wasn’t about to be the American kid who got fucked up by a python over some coconut business. \nJorge slowely peeled back the dead bark and looked inside. He found a nest of these Potoo in there. One of the four of them was dead and the others were freaking out. I will tell you that I felt absolutely terrible and Jorge could see it. He told me that they had never been spotted on Tortuga and I had done a first. It cheered me up, but damn.\nMoral of the story: Don’t go around throwing coconuts.\n\nEdit:grammer.",
"Looks like something from a Tool video.",
"Tardigrade, right?",
"Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a dolls eyes. ",
"If you don't have car insurance you'd better have dental 'cuz I'm going to SMASH YOUR TEETH INTO DUST!!!",
"Looks like a god damn sleestack",
"This was based on the porg, dummy",
"Jesus, the bird looks like an alien.",
"That looks like a bird Sleestak. ",
"why a nana?",
"No, Madonna. ",
"Can you send imagine seeing one of those at night?! It would be terrifying!! ",
"*“Dude what the hell is that?”* \n“Oh I know right, that there is real Lightning McQueen”",
"The Tardigrade, for anyone who is curious.",
"There is no way that isn't a puppet. ",
"I love the super small beak and then half his head just opens up",
"What are these chips made of ?",
"You say Potootoo, I say Pataataa",
"It's a goddamn frog bird.",
"This is somewhat true. Potoos are nocturnal by nature but with the climate changes we've seen over the last 12 years it's becoming more and more common to see them active during the day.\n\nMy colleagues and I studied the habits of the Potoos (pronounced Pew-Twos) for 2 years in Belize, where they originated from, and found them to be very interesting birds, aside form just the strange look. \n\nSome of the odd habits are that the male lays the eggs and the female is basically the provider during the gestation period as well as the defender of the nest. They can become very aggressive when the smell of blooming flowers is in the air, thats why most human attacks happen in the spring time.\n\nIt's a cute, odd bird, but not one to be messed with for sure... ",
"\"Weird things I do potoo\" has always been my favorite meme. I'm so sad it didn't stick around :(",
"If there was ever evidence that birds come for dinosaurs this is it.",
"Potoos sound hilarious as well. Those pictures make them look like ugly birds, but I find them pretty cool looking\n\n[Video of Potoo noises if your interested.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM98Vencdwo) ",
"Holy shit that’s what it reminded me of, thank you mate!",
"Looks like a reptile evolving into a bird",
"[Potoo](https://media.giphy.com/media/32mC2kXYWCsg0/giphy.gif) ",
"I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't true.",
"The stuff nightmares are made of",
"I'm pretty sure this is what nightmares are made of",
"Hope you can do blast beats ",
"99% of all life that has ever lived on this planet has already come and gone, never to be seen again. \n\nWe may find an idea of what something looks like if we by luck find fossils, but it only gives us limited information. \n\nMy guess is that there are critters we will never find out about that would absolutely blow our minds if we saw them. Kind of sad, really. ",
"They really do, don't they? Kinda like quetzals on that regard.",
"\"*Kill... me...*\"",
"for scale.\n\n\nba\n\n^ also you dropped this ",
"Potoo, I choose you!",
"It definitely opened its eye a bit. It's aware\n",
"Looks like the aliens off of land of the lost lmao ",
"Looks like the alien things from land of the lost. Never trust someone in a tunic ",
"Well, we found the chupacabra holy shit.",
"This meme has really played itself out, tbh I'm doubting if there even is a bird in the picture. Looks shopped out. ",
"r/picsofunusualbirds may like this. ",
"This belongs on r/nosleep.",
"They kind of make me want to take a routine expedition...",
"Yea looking at other stuff on the internet these guys have yellow irises",
"Jesus.H.Christ that's terrifying. ",
"The first time I saw a picture of this online, i couldn't sleep for two days",
"Looks extremely similar to the [Nighthawk](https://i.imgur.com/J9PedGX.jpg) that we have here in North America.",
"I think they can change their pupils. ",
"Are you referring to the tardigrade, more commonly know as a water bear. It is also an animal, not a germ. Super interesting creature.",
"0:02 - \"It's called Urutau__*__\" \n0:05 - \"It's a Urutau\" \n0:09 - \"It looks dead\" \n0:14 - \"It's not, its eyes are moving\" \n0:17 - *unintelligible* \n0:20 - \"Has any of you ever seem an Urutau?\" \n0:29 - \"Look at its little beak closely\" \n0:34 - \"Urutau\" \n0:35 - \"It has spots over its chest\" \n0:39 - \"Looks like it got no feathers...\" \n0:41 - \"At least in its chest\" \n0:47 - \"For all of you who didn't know it\"\n\n---\n\n^(* \"Urutau\" = potoo in portuguese)",
"The bottom left picture in the collage almost looks like one of the Sleestak from Land of the Lost.",
"Username checks out",
"Hmmmmm",
"Iirc, this particular picture is shopped or something. In some weird way I think. But the actual bird that this is based off is pretty freaking cool. I think I read this photo is shopped, but I could be wrong \n\nEdit: [Before I get blasted](https://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/potoo.asp) this is the real bird but there was a story surrounding it saying it was cloned from prehistoric owl DNA in 2015 \n\nDouble edit: Uhm, maybe my hunch was right? ",
"People ( and other animals) often feel creeped out or uncomfortable when you can't see the whites of an animals eyes, you can't tell where its directly looking. This bird is creepy in more than that aspect though...",
"Can't believe how far I had to scroll to see this.",
"Haha, your description is spot on apparently: https://www.google.com/search?q=bear+germ+leach+head+outer+space&tbm=isch",
"Ripley No.2",
"Wikipedia seems to agree the their claims . . .",
"That bird better get out of there. Before the Venezuelan people beat it to death with a rock and eat it.",
"Because the real thing is creepy",
"I love animals dearly, but something about this bird's appearance is just so... unsettling.",
"Aren’t these also called Frogmouths? But this little bastard is how urban legends get started",
"If I saw this outside my window I would legit think I just had an extraterrestrial encounter...",
"Dammit, you beat me to it",
"Is this going to fuel anyone else's nightmares?",
"It's a Sleestak in a bird costume. ",
"It's a giallo film... The Bird with the Cryptic Plumage",
"The male lays the eggs?\n",
"This looks like what the drawing of a bird would look like if drawn by someone who only knew what a bird was by description. ",
"Jim Henson is still active out there ",
"Slea stack",
"Ur a raptor. ",
"You mean potoographed?",
"Can confirm, am noob that has no idea what this is",
"Tucked in my memory banks for when I have a P K O O T U O in Scrabble.",
"\"***Play...with me...Edward***\"",
"That's a fucking sleestak with feathers",
"Me too",
"Or Hayao Miyazaki!",
"I always thought these birds look like something from Beetlejuice.",
"There's also the [Potoooooooo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo).",
"it looks like a feathered dinosaur... i want it",
"Looks like an evil, feathery otter",
"It's favorite food is souls.",
"That little dude better fly away or he about to get eated. ",
"https://i.imgur.com/xgpJ8UA_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium\n\nIt reminds me of a goomba from the mario brothers movie.",
"\"Ed...ward...\"",
"Well that’s terrifying ",
"Well, so much for me having happy feelings today....",
"[What are you talking about?](https://i.imgur.com/VyWG4o7.gifv)",
"Google image searched Potoo. \n\nTurns out Potoo is a derpiest bird in existence.",
"GREETINGS, I AM THE ZARN",
"It was 20 years ago today, that the potoo didn't fly away...",
"You know what happened here right? Some scientist told a colleague that the female is the male and instead of correcting his mistake, he just stood his ground because at the time, he's the foremost expert in the particular field. ",
"was it? I've been on Reddit for almost a decade. what was the meme?",
"I had a common potoo living in a tree next to my house. Its voice is very distinctive, poh-oh oh oh oh oh, in descending sequence. I never saw it.",
"Is the man speaking Finnish? ",
"Me too",
"It looks like a Muppet. ",
"\"***Ed...ward...I...I...Don't......Big brother***\"",
"It looks like the inspiration for the sleestack in land of the lost",
"Looks like Enic, minus the tunic. Never trust a guy in a tunic.",
"/r/AdviceAnimals stopped being a pre-subscribed sub. I guess people forget.",
"Aren't they in the same family as the whippoorwill? Because they look very similar",
"I believe it's called a sleestack. ",
"I'm sweet Dee and the jokes on me.",
"It’s call is hilarious. It just sounds like someone going “WoooAAaabbbb”. ",
"The Porgs have evolved!",
"Goes directly from Venezuela to your nightmares! ",
"I suppose that's better than the blood curdling death scream I'm imagining.",
"Totally a dinosaur.. love it.",
"It even has a twitter account?!?",
"> **the movie** land of the lost.\n\nyou, you didn't say TV Show.\n\n...aaaaand I'm old.\n",
"[Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo#Diet_and_feeding) their diet consists mainly of insects... Why are their bills so wide? It seems such odd adaptation would be due to some kind of specialization.",
"It had its own meme! [\"Peculiar potoo\"](https://www.google.com/search?q=peculiar+potoo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSuo2X2PPYAhVB2oMKHbAODp4QsAQILw&biw=1680&bih=944)",
"Looks a lot like a nighthawk/bull-bat.",
"Looks like a Koopa troopa from the live action Mario movie.",
"How long ago was that? Pre 2012?",
"Yeah, they don't have much personality apparently, it's mostly selfies and pictures of various seeds.",
"Is that a sleestack ?",
"what a wonderful bird, the frog are.",
"venezuela..?\n\nthey must not be very tasty.",
"Keith Richards?",
"Did you call one of them R2-Potoo though?",
"It looks like a creature from a Guillermo del Toro movie...",
"Looks weird at first... Then it opens its mouth and your soul falls in.",
"Skeptical hippos eyes.",
"Kinda reminds me of those creatures in land of the lost. ",
"Look at the username.",
"Looks like the kind of bird your birdparents tell you to stay away from.",
"Look at OPs name",
"Surely the Redditors in this thread are the foremost experts on this bird tho.",
"Radio..radio..drip drip drip drip",
"The inspiration for PacMan",
"I have a tree tattoo on my leg and have two flying animals representing two of my closest friends. I told one of my friends I am seriously considering having him represented by a potoo because he's so goddamn weird yet fascinating.",
"The first real live Pokémon! Potoos! \n\nBy these photos we can determine this species is a normal/flying type. It’s has 3 moves - leer, bite and hyper beam! ",
"It looks like an Anurognathus ",
"What the fuck",
"My starting Pokemon was always going to be the pangolin but now I don’t know!",
"That's a god damn pokemon",
"I see Miyazaki has gotten into the genetic engineering business. ",
"He had me until \"the males lay the eggs.\"",
"Need a melodica player? Ha, rhetorical question, every band needs a melodica player.",
"Fuuuuuuck YOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!",
"https://www.uphe.com/sites/default/files/2015/04/Land-of-the-Lost-Gallery-5.jpg",
"these get posted every year. this is boob, so shit i bet he’s posted them before ",
"Like an own with a few extra chromosomes. ",
"The female lays the eggs.\n\nhttps://abcbirds.org/bird/common-potoo/",
"It looks like a corrupted porg",
"You guys got a skin flute player yet?",
"It’s just a big ass Porg. ",
"That is a Muppet come to life.",
"You say another word and I swear to God I will dice you into a million little pieces. ",
"Thing reminds me of the half human alien from Alien Resurrection. ",
"Looks kind of like an owl.",
"But..But... I want a dinosaur theme park on my private island... ",
"I always thought this was fake dude",
"Yes!",
"Cute, cute, cute.....wtf",
"So is the female lion just walking around. ",
"Maybe it's similar to how large whales eat krill",
"You have my axe",
"[\"***Wanna...play...Ed...ward?***\"](http://imgur.com/fw0UQjc)",
"These things are the scariest looking birds I've ever seen. They look like death.",
"[It's even more impressive in the original, uncropped image.](http://i.imgur.com/Z6EVI89.jpg)",
"I'm assuming this ones pupils are just dilated, right? If so how common would that be to see during the day?",
"When is the first Fizzgig?",
"\"I hate your whimper!\"",
"That's terrifying.",
"And unsubscribe from r/adviceanimals even more often.",
"Satan begone",
"Why are it's pupils so dilated? Every other one on the inter-webs has super small pupils.",
"Aaah the venezualean potoo, lovely plumage, innit?",
"This shit reminds me of a new Pokémon game with never before seen Pokémon.",
"Looks like toothless",
"Kevin!!!",
"The moment I saw it all I could think was \"Crissssssstals\"",
"That’s pretty neat",
"Isn’t that just a tan version of the alien guy in the land of the lost?(will ferrel version)",
"Sleestaks!",
"It looks like a Goomba from the Super Mario Bros. movie.",
"Bobby that Potoo is the Devil!",
"Fuck this bird",
"I've never seen anything like that in my life. ",
"That looks like a spirit or some shit not a burrrd.",
"unexpected Jim Gaffigan",
"Don't even tell me that the coconut killed one",
"Nightmare bird",
"I've been searching on Google Images and the results show me Potoo with yellow eyes. Anyone knows about it? Is there a difference yellow eyes between black eyes?",
"I'm wearing that. ",
"Or as it's more colloquially known, *flying nightmare fuel*",
"Their gape is wide cause they are nocturnal insect catchers and have to scoop them up without bat radar in the dark. ",
"[r/bandnames](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bandnames/)",
"It sounds like a demonic whiny teenager",
"Hmmmm. Let me consider my response carefully. \n\n\n\nAHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT THE FUCK ",
"Legit looks like a sleestak",
"This is a nightmare in bird form. ",
"Dude, that‘s a dinosaur",
"A sleestack. ",
"It looks like a Dark Crystal/Labyrinth deep lore creature ",
"I'm too scared to google trapdoor spiders. ",
"Are we sure this thing is from Earth? Holy shit. ",
"They should name it Potoooooooo",
"Sorry for Potoo",
"\"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!\"",
"Possum had a romantic night with Mrs. Owl",
"I will never fucking click that.",
"That's a pokemon.",
"Fuck this thing for existing",
"But you don't understand, it will assure my examination.",
"Beware of the Sleestak!",
"um, actually its guarani, meaning ghost bird, is a very respected bird here in Paraguay, believed that souls of people who has died of sorrow or sadness becomes urutaus, hunted for life to sing their weeping-like cry.",
"Its full name is Po-too-weet?",
"This thing looks like it's straight out of a studio Ghibli movie.",
"I feel like he is trying to give me a quest. ",
"I like the bird",
"Another view of this [beautiful bird.](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1143173/thumbs/o-POTOO-FUNNY-BIRD-570.jpg?6) ",
"Little cryptic tbh",
"It definitely gets [no sleep.](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1143173/thumbs/o-POTOO-FUNNY-BIRD-570.jpg?6) ",
"Funny, looks Canadian to me. ",
"I just did a google search for the bird, honestly this is the creepiest bird I’ve ever seen especially when it opens its mouth. It’s a thing of horrors ",
"Yes they are related.",
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXGUzRo3H0",
"You should remain that way. ",
"what... that doesn't look real! How have I never seen one of these?",
"Wow, had to search way too long for this obvious information",
"You mean his username didn't give it away?",
"ICP",
"IT IS NOT A WOMANS HEAD IN A BOX! IT IS A WOMANS HEAD IN A FREEZER TO SYMBOLIZE HER ETERNAL LOVE FROZEN IN TIME!",
"Genetic engineering from the farm companies",
"You see, burghswag, I don't read every username before I comment, because usually the information is useless.",
"Scary",
"I bet this is what dinosaurs looked like.",
"This is what people probably saw and satrted calling it the mothman",
"That is how I pet my cat.",
"It's copied off the Potoos wikipedia page under \"behaviour\". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo#Diet_and_feeding",
"Gross wtf, that’s creepy.",
"This bird looks kinda cool kinda weird, kinda dangerous but cute and has a weird name. . New reddit mascot? ",
"I don't remember if that's from the show. I am super creeped out now, so there's that. ",
"It’s crazy how it just blends in to the background! ",
"I read this and I was curious as to what it was, thinking to myself \"this isnt a sports subreddit so it cant be the Manning face\", and yet here we are.",
"Looks like a Pokemon.",
"OMG IT’S TOOTHLESS ",
"\"No! I'm not talking to you.\" ",
"Looking at me like I just picked up his deathnote.",
"But your post is below his post. Therefore your comment is also untrue, making his comment true. But still false. But also true. Yet false. D҉o҉e҉s҉ ҉n҉o҉t҉ ҉c҉o҉m҉p҉u҉t҉e҉",
"[best pic of a potoo](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50069/1001379050/original/potoo-birds-are-the-subject-of-some-spooky-folklore-photo-u1?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces)",
"That is the demon from death note",
"Is that a Pokemon?",
"Dude's lookin' like a god damn Sleestack",
"It is. It's her father's response when Edward asked how he could do it to his own child. ",
"If you believe the theories, *we* are the alien pets.",
"Why is this shit not a meme!!!",
"The damn thing looks like it wants to eat my soul and drag it to hell.",
"I'm pretty sure that's just a baby dragon",
"https://www.google.com/search?q=Weird+things+I+do+potoo&client=firefox-b-1-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8m-H65fPYAhVBH2MKHT15BcAQ_AUICigB&biw=1082&bih=841",
"I understood that reference.",
"Kazoo solo*",
"I can drive the bus.",
" [Weird things I do Potoo](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/weird-stuff-i-do-potoo)",
"[fuck Its them](https://ibb.co/gKASyb) ",
"E.T. GO HOME",
"Mothman",
"I didn’t even know there was a movie. ",
"Birdo looks like he wants to blaze the last of my stash, man.",
"In Jamaica an insult is \"Yu face favour potoo bird\" (Your face looks like a potoo bird). Got to love the Jamaicans! ",
"Nah.. that is a Jim Henson creation. ",
"That’s a scary bird. ",
"Holy crap, they're real!\n\nhttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/headhuntersholosuite/images/e/ed/Lotl_1x02_005.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20101106030854",
"Are you sure this isn't a pokemon?",
"I'll be the smoke machine guy ",
"Pretty sure it's related to the Tawny Frogmouth bird too.",
"It's literally just hanging out on a barbed wire fence. I think I can deduce why its such a rare bird...",
"Venezuelan here, i didn't even know those birds existed, last weekend saw one and almost died.",
"This needs to be a Pokémon ",
"Something glowing medallions",
"We have them here in Jamaica. \n\nThe folk tale is that they are what happens when a cat grows old, and it becomes a potoo. \n\nThey’re also pretty cool. One was rescued by a lady and flies back every so often if she’s outside at night and sits on her shoulder. Not even for food. It’s just random companionship. ",
"I saw this pic like 10 years ago for the first time ",
" >NothingBelowIsTrue\n\n>This is some~~thing~~what true.\n\nWhat do I pick!?",
"What in the actual fuck.",
"That poor thing..... its terrified......",
"More Cowbell ?",
"Then my work here is complete.",
"How has nobody mentioned the movie Rock a Doodle??!?!",
"It looks like a Pokemon",
"Came here for Land of the Lost. Matt Lauer can indeed suck it.",
"Bird looks like a smug cunt",
"Chupacabra ",
"Experiments! I stumble upon some real fascinating theories that are pretty far out there but still more plausible than what's in the Bible",
"I do not believe this is real. Holy shit that is wild. ",
"Have you read about sea lions?",
"Jesus Christ ",
"Giggity",
"https://www.reddit.com/user/topbestbeasts/",
"Why do they make me so uncomfortable? I don't like large eyes on creatures for some reason. Is it just because I'm so used to tiny eyes on everything? Large eyes seem so unnatural that it makes me nauseous to look at them. ",
"Supposedly shopped. But check out the 'real' thing. Even more comical ! https://i.imgur.com/bbjdSFI.jpg",
"Thank dick! We misplaced two of our skexies on our last tour. Turned out one mauled a pensioner two blocks away, and we had to spend the better part of an hour luring the second one out of a ventilation duct with raw chicken...\n",
"Reminds me of a sleestak..",
"Reminds me of a Chuck Will's Widow: \nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck-will's-widow",
"TIL if you're having a bad day, google image \"potoo\"",
"But your post is also below his now do what you're saying can't be true, thus making what I said true. Right?",
"Looks like a fathered Sleestak ",
"No that's a demon",
"Sorry, that’s a demon stuffed animal taped to a fence.",
"\"Mooooooooom\"\n\n",
"oh fuck no. nope!",
"I saw potoos and shoebill cranes at the same zoo. I'm not convinced they weren't just fucking with me using muppets.",
"Yeah, I know. I love to read about that stuff. It's always fun to think about, but hard to argue with the good ol' evolution theory.",
"Do you *beLIEEEEEVE* in life after love?!",
"This is the first evolutionary step toward porgs.",
"David Lynch was right. I guess the owls are not what they seem",
"Clearly they are related to [this](http://thepunkeffect.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Goomba7-1.jpg)",
"[People in this thread have clearly forgotten the pootoo meme from a while back.](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/weird-stuff-i-do-potoo)",
"Theyre called chom choms",
"This kind of cu--\n\n[Third picture]\n\nAAAUGGHH",
"Let me guess, This isn't real socialism, right?",
"Everyone here thinks they're ugly. Children even have a saying \"yuh ugly like potoo\". I quite like them, finding them at night however, is terrifying. ",
"I wish I could scratch its belly",
"Fuck man I forgot about those. Had 1 or 2 bad dreams about them.",
"There's one good documentary on Amazon prime that goes into all sorts of strange yet plausible theroies. Check it out it's one of the better docs I've seen on the ancient alien stuff. It's called Ancient Alien: New world order I think",
"Reminds me of the goombas from the super Mario bros movie",
"Poto means butt",
"Toothless is that you??",
"Actually if you look closely you can see where there are flaws in the camouflage. It excels in its ability to stay perfectly still causing some to think that it is scenery",
"FUCK",
"Why does this one have no yellow in its eyes",
"How do you like that silver?",
"It's a terrible day for rain.",
"That thing escaped from a Studio Ghibli film",
"That thing looks like a Muppet from hell!",
"dey leopard geckos",
"Obligatory 'username checks out'",
"Holy fuck porgs are real???",
"you or the bird?\n",
"that would be a chupacabra.",
"I had no idea what that bird was! TIL.",
"Looks like a retarded Owl",
"At least we don't have to wait for it to load, it being cached locally and all.",
"The bottom left is the stuff of nightmares ",
"Thought this was a list of album tracks until I finally put 2 + 2 together. Not so quick today.",
"I searched for images on Google. I'm here to say, each one looks shopped. This bird is a meme goldmine.",
"Isn't it just a spider that makes trapdoors out of web and foliage to catch prey?",
"Jesus Christ. Sleestaks are real.",
"Kill it with fire, and lots of it!",
"Thats a Sleestak",
"I didn’t realize this was the same bird at all",
"I will, thanks",
"Canadian or muppet. How about both!",
"I'm confused.\n\nDid it cheer you up that you were the first person to kill a Potoo on Tortuga or did it cheer you up that you were the first person to find a Potoo on Tortuga?",
"God..looks like something out of nightmares....",
"What you’ve found there is a Pokémon ",
"Good. I’m glad I’m not completely crazy. But snopes says this bird is real just not with the crazy prehistoric clone backstory. So I assume it’s real because the picture is with the crazy backstory part. I feel like I’m losing my shit man ",
"It looks like it eats children ",
"I was thinking that! Looks just like a Tawney Frog Mouth...but with crazy eyes.",
"Nobody told them that they decided not to be dinosaurs anymore.",
"The Potoo's camouflage is amazeballs.",
"I always thought it was some fucked up owl or falcon. ",
"Be the change you want to see in the world ",
"Gross",
"> Defiantly\n\n",
"You see, Varzem, slick Redditor's have instilled that instinct in me over many years of browsing. ",
"Sometimes knowing usernames is useful, but I still never read them[.](https://imgur.com/cXA7XxW)",
"I actually found multiple diverging sources for its name. It may come from:\n\n- the guarani words \"guyra\" (bird) and \"taú\" (ghost);\n- the tupi \"uruta'gwi\" (owl-like bird);\n- the onomatopoeia based on its song.\n\nAlso, there are many legends linked to this bird depending on who you ask. In Brazilian country folklore it's called \"mãe-da-lua\" (mother of the moon) because it's said its song summons the moon up.\n\nThere is the legend of Nheambiú, the daughter of the Guarani's tuxaua, who fell in love with Cuimbaé, a Tupi prisoner; her family forbade their marriage and Nheambiú was later found completely petrified in the woods. The tribe's shaman said to her father that only a great sorrow could bring her back, so people started to go to her and tell her all their sad stories, but she remained completely paralyzed. One day she was told that Cuimbaé was killed and all the people weeping there were turned into trees and she became an urutau, who would fly night after night mourning over the lost of her lover.\n\nAnother indigenous myth is that of Jouma, the chief of the Mocovies, that kills Marramac with arrows while he was hugging a foreigner. He later regretted it, and was transformed in a ghostly bird that would weep whenever someone was being vile towards a foreigner.\n\nReally, there are like hundreds of stories for this bird, but I only said urutau is portuguese because that's the language they're speaking on the video.",
"I just saw gallowboob on r/sbubby, I guess that was your doing",
"Wait hold up this is hilarious",
"Yeah, but have you seen it’s shiny version?",
"I have a new favorite bird.",
"That genuinely bothered me. I was so stoned and emotional, I may have shed a tear",
"Was looking for this comment",
"Which episode of The X-Files is this from? ",
"Reminds me of a Sleestack from Land if The Lost. ",
"Looks like an owl shagged a seal. ",
"*my medallions humming",
"Me as well. At the very least some kind of diseased bird.",
"It looks like an owl, a big mouth bass, and a nightmare had a baby.",
"Been playing too much Horizon. I woulda hit it with a stick of I saw that on the street",
"Reminds me of a sleestak",
"I love reposts ",
"I wish I had a poo too.",
"Looks like a flying reptile. Very unsettling... ",
"That thing is cute and terrifying at the same time. ",
"Dude's a living muppet",
"I think the eyes are throwing people off.",
"Me three",
"Y'all need drugs?",
"I don’t care much about that I just like that it looks happy.",
"Chocobos exist!",
"I feel like it makes a sound like a blow horn. Anyone else picturing that? Try it.\n\n\"Bwaaaa... Bwaaaa\"",
"looks like a creature from LotR",
"Is he okay? He's sitting on barbed wire like NBD. He's not stuck or punctured, right? I hope not. He's so cool looking.",
"> trapdoor spiders\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenizidae",
"[This is exactly what I expected it to sound like.](https://youtu.be/DlRsRdVpudM)",
"Not to be confused with the horse, Potoooooooo.",
"It's like those giant furry alligator dogs in dark souls 3",
"I'm 32 and still learning new facts about just the platypus. \n\nFor example, did you know that baby platypus are called \"baby platypus\"?",
"lol cause you can read animal emotions?",
"If a Sleestak had angry hate sex with Woodsy the Owl...",
"You are correct. They are similar to nightjars, of which Nighthawks, and [Whip-poor-will](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/OZjlpXi) are a part of. Likely some other creepy-ass alien birds like these as well.",
"You always get me with those fucking pikachus.",
"\"....i don't like it.....\"\n((voice of Andy Pipkin from Little Britain))",
"thank jeebus",
"DEFIANTLY",
"Actually, he said this is somewhat true.",
"That bird looks like a sleestak from Land of the Lost. ",
"I miss breadfriend :(",
"Nope, that there is a pokemon.",
"Wouldn't the same pic at a different angle be a different pic?",
"https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/a/a1/Sleestak4.jpg",
"Here watch this clip around 1:13 \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUe2kEGPj1Y",
"Band name, called it!",
"I'm pretty good at mooching!",
"Don't worry, they can hide almost anywhere so they will find you.",
"Canadian Owl",
"You misspelled Porg.",
"Damn. I still thought it was true until reading some more comments. God, I feel stupid",
"I just saw pangolins for the first time a couple of weeks ago.",
"You'd be thinking of a Tawny Frogmouth which is a type of owl",
"That is a muppet of a bird",
"Oh, I saw one of these on a guided walk through Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica! The guide had to show me, like, 5 times with a spotting scope before I noticed it. And it filled the frame! I was like, “that stump???” ",
"First thing I though of when I saw the picture was 'Toothless' from How to Train Your Dragon!",
"Irl porgs",
"I am the Zarn! Heed my warning or be destroyed!",
"trapdoor spiders\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenizidae\n\n",
"Better get it to safety soon before someone eats it",
"That pic is everywhere, not just on sports subreddits.",
"Well that is a flashback I didn't know I needed. ",
"Fucked up owl comes pretty close to the Potoo actually. ",
"*sips tea* “But that’s none of my business” \n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/CVaen3g.jpg",
"Nope",
"Has some similarities to the Australian Tawny Frogmouth. \nhttps://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/55142/gallery",
"Me four",
"these birds are oddly expressive",
"I was pretty sure it was going to end up being a prank. Some costume. It looks huge. ",
"Is that a political compass?",
"That thing is terrifying. ",
"Same family of birds.",
"I remember that when the pics of this bird started spreading, many locals sayed it was a witch, i dunno why. But it surely is an amazing bird. Some years ago i had the opportunity to hear one (I lived in Colombia, which is next to Venezuela) and it was so eerie but also melodious, it was usually heard at night so i never saw the bird, but i did see one in a Cacti, it was so perfectly still that i questioned if it even was a bird, when i asked my mother about it, she said it was a \"Bienparado\", it translates to Well-Stand or Well-Stood",
"That thing looks terrifying ",
"Your username is great.",
"Face looks like the inspiration for toothless in how to train your Dragon",
"This thing gives me anxiety",
"Literally Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon",
"Don’t trust him, he’s got a tunic",
"Brilliant!",
"It looks like a Muppet.",
"Y'all need drug rehabilitation therapy?",
"[Those Skexies are *craaaazy* assholes!](https://youtu.be/RudzOqb-fRc)",
"Nightmare fuel",
"\"man, you're ugly\"\n\nEdit: see the below comment for the right quote because I am a buffoon. ",
"They also make tasty dinners for the many millions suffering from lack of food in Venezuela due to fully implemented socialist governance. ",
"Yes? The answer is yes, right?",
"Wait... this is real? How have I never seen something like this? Even though it is unusual. I never even heard of this bird",
"I literally spit water out of my nose from your comment. Bravo!",
"That is one cool pokemon\n",
"Glad i seen it now instead of in the wild and lose my shit",
"Not sure if want. ",
"That’s the first thing I saw!",
"Bro that’s an alien",
"Well shit.... I guess I can do bass?",
"it's six 'o's' away from being an [18th century race horse.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo)",
"/r/oddlyterrifying",
"The wide bills are to help fuel your nightmares",
"Evolution did a great job here!",
"You can't fool me, that is a Muppet. One of the weird ones.",
"That's a damn dinosaur. I find this bird extremely unsettling. ",
"whoa, i totally thought that was like a wet owl or something. ",
"Well...that's kinda creepy ",
"It's the platypus of birds.",
"Alien. Alien for sure.",
"Is this some Owl species? ",
"Japan would love this",
"That's a weird dinosaur",
"I thought it was a retarded owl, like with weird bone structure lmao",
"Looks like a koopa from the Super Mario Bros. movie in the 90s \n\nhttp://www.thatvideogameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Goomba_Movie.jpg",
"Kinda looks like a sleestack. ",
"That’s no bird, that’s a Disney marketing ploy",
"I can play the kazoo and snort coke at the same time",
"Why are it's eyes black? I just looked some up and looks like they are normaly yellow.",
"Geezus Christ... Fucking carnivorous Porg.",
"The potoo looks like it belongs in South Park as a Canadian Owl. ",
"Looks like a dragon who just hasn’t evolved into its true form yet",
"That thing looks badass",
"Definitly a baby dragon...",
"I still maintain this is the source of the Chupacabra cryptid. People see this fucker, and think \"alien monster\"",
"I still maintain this is the source of the Chupacabra cryptid. People see this fucker, and think \"alien monster\"",
"Just discovered this [Pacific Barreleye Fish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzdradZiu4) on Blue Planet II. It has a transparent head so it can look up through its own skull...",
"This is fucking nightmare fuel. Those eyes bro...",
"\"Nope. No way. You glued a duck bill to a beaver. I'm not falling for this shit again.\"",
"Pretty sure this is a turtledove ",
"toothless!",
"Pfft you know damn well that’s a Pokémon! ",
"And there is a bee lingering in the background. ",
"Looks like a sesame street puppet. ",
"Best meme. 10/10 ",
"/r/creepy ",
"What defines a male and a female? I thought female always indicated the ones storing the eggs?",
"If anyone read the Florida Pill Mill Series on r/nosleep a while back, this is how I imagine the Stiginis to look. ",
"How to train your potoos",
"Schrödinger's Potoo.",
"Looks like Kyle's brother Ike. Maybe it's Canadian, eh?",
"Don’t worry, I’m young and I know it too. My parents used to turn it on all the time. The intro music still haunts me",
"Check out the sound they make:\n[Youtube Potoo call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlRsRdVpudM)\n\nImagine hearing that at night, not knowing the creature that makes it!",
"[Its call is even better](https://youtu.be/b59ZM7fXOSs?t=39s) (wait for the second one).",
"Pootis",
"looks like the land of the lost lizards",
"Is this a real bird? ",
"looks like an otter got tar and feathered",
"*potoo gave me a hummer",
"You're correct. This has been posted before, and usually the top comment is calling BS and pointing out photoshopping. These images are fake. ",
"Looks like a muppet!",
"Truly the stuff of nightmares.",
"This is a sad picture. This is nocturnal bird that was clearly hit with a camera flash at night. most likely had eye damage due to this picture. ",
"Interesting to think that I'm hearing what that Potoo is hearing and I understand exactly as much as it does.\n\nAlso don't quite get why that one guy keeps shouting \"Urutau\" at it, that would scare me away if I was a bird.",
"It's face looks like an anime demon with that mouth.",
"that's just a porg",
"You sure that's not a low level boss or something? ",
"Looks like it belongs in the Super Mario Bros. movie.",
"Can you imagine encountering that thing at night and NOT shitting your pants immediately? That bird is creepy AF!",
"Seven days and then you die!",
"Its like a 7 year old tried drawing an owl and an advanced alien species used it as a template for their earth world exhibit.",
"Trapdoor spiders are fucking scary, dude.",
"Can a camera flash cause eye damage? I could see the bird being stunned, or temporarily blinded, but not permanently. ",
"[Also the same birds that were used in a old meme](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50069/1001379050/original/potoo-birds-are-the-subject-of-some-spooky-folklore-photo-u1?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces)",
"most likely!",
"Looks like a Tawny Frog Mouth",
"manning face has infiltrated virtually all of reddit at this point",
"How about the [mimic octopus!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LTWFnGmeg)",
"It's unusually big mouth and demon eyes make me uneasy.",
"This is what you get for cloning Ripley.",
"So the doctors are right?",
"Looks like the flying type version of charmander",
"That is not a bird, it is a godsdamned alien.",
"I need one",
"It's Poot!",
"nocturnal animals have specially designed eyes to reflect as much light as possible (essentially night vision). Sure it may not be permanent, but imagine wearing night vision goggles in a room and suddenly someone flips on the lights.",
"I thought this thing was f'n dead by now!",
"Reminds me of the weird human/xenomorph hybrid at the end of Alien Resurrection.",
"Yeah, that would suck. Hopefully any issues the bird may have had were temporary (like resolved within minutes type of temporary). Shame the photographer didn't think of a better way to capture an image of this animal.",
"Man this thing really looks like Donald trump ",
"It’s the bizarre markings on the rear section that really creep me out. It’s like a little Aztec drawing, somehow naturally occurring on a creepy ass spider. ",
"I thought the link was a joke and that you were an idiot. \n\nSorry I thought you were an idiot. ",
"That’s a baby Sleestak, be careful there’s a 6” mama around somewhere!\n",
"Praise Geraldo!",
"shhhhhhh",
"What a cute nightmarish creature. ",
"That is the other one that looks like a pyscho.\n\n[Googled \"psycho looking bird\" and this was the third row down after some old movie's stills.](https://pastel-lover.deviantart.com/art/Psycho-Bird-The-Shoebill-Stork-378677239)\n\nAlso it could be that the potoo is a prehistoric bird and someone wrongly commented that on a shoebill's gif's thread, so I could be wrong. \n\nWith the time I spent typing this I could have looked it up but why ruin the magic?",
"\"Must be a place of power\"",
"Now have some [Potoooooooo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo).",
"^ Him four",
"Holy shit that‘s freaking me the fuck out",
"plz be fake.",
"Highly Nocturnal? I'm stealing that. ",
" It can't rain all the time. ",
"That there's a wild muppet",
"What in the actual fuck. That's horrifying. ",
"...... You can't read other animals emotions? I feel sorry for you if you couldn't even read the animal most relative to you: the human. At least I'm assuming you are human, but I could be mistaken.",
"This is obviously an alien with a shitty disguise.",
"Looks like a Jim Henson creation",
"They also sound like a hungover teenager calling for their mother.",
"That is genuinely terrifying...",
"I Hate Portals",
"What a muppet.",
"Very interesting almost has a reptilian look. Like Enik the Altrusian from Land of the lost. Lol 😁 \n\n",
"Looks like it fills a similar niche to Tawny Frogmouths in Australia. They too have a wide gape, are nocturnal and freeze into tree stumps during the day. ",
"Classic reddit switcharino. Animals = Humans ",
"Looks like an Owlguana.",
"One day you’re just walking along the tubes of the internet, seeing what everyone is up to and then, BAM someone posts a photo of an animal you’ve never seen before and your whole world stops revolving for just a sprite of a minute until it ratchets up again and it’s back to fluffy pupper pics. \n\nNowhere in my 47 years on this earth have I heard of or seen this creature until now. \n\n",
"Porgs are real?",
"We need to make Madonna show up when we search that.. do it reddit",
"Looks similar to a tawny frog mouth",
"Warner Brothers called, they want to offer a deal based on the name itself",
"Idk, did you see that fish on the first episode of Blue Planet II? When the females get old enough and big enough they undergo a physical transformation and become males. After seeing that, there's a lot I'll l believe about nature. ",
"Better draw from it",
"Which episode is this from?",
"Oh shit",
"Fuck this little bird",
"#[BWAHAHAHAHAHA](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0284/5558/products/Full_Metal_Fusion_-_Shirt_grande.jpg?v=1459525822)",
"Chardee Macdennis 2 electric bugaloo ",
"This bird looks like it literally told evolution to fuck off while it was halfway through doing it’s thing. ",
"-sigh- I read \"Potoo\" as \"potato.\"\n\n\nI need a fucking nap.",
"As someone with a bird phobia this is the thing of my nightmares",
"[this should help](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/rX7If)",
"Whoa, hiring a witcher? Me and my boys can probably take care of i-- and Devon's dead.",
"That one's pupils are dilated.\n\n[You should see them when under suddenly brightened lights](https://i.imgur.com/V3ElhSp.jpg)",
"Yeah but mammals and birds are very differently derived. Complete switching of a gender that lays eggs is a pretty big deal.",
"Its true. I got to the front page with a potoo bird post years ago. I regret nothing.",
"Frog faced Muppet looking mother fucker.\n\n\nThat being said I love these guys. They look almost alien.",
"That.....is an alien. No thank you",
"This bird looks Canadian.",
"What the fuck. This is my nightmare.",
"23 here, and I've been watching Attenborough's programmes for over a decade, along with other nature documentaries. This is the first time I've come across this bird. ",
"Haven’t seen this used in a long while. The irony.",
"It looks like a muppet\n",
"> potoos\n\nIf you Google this, you are presented with [this image](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50069/1001379053/original/potoos-can-see-you-moving-with-their-eyes-closed-photo-u1?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces). Such majestic creatures.",
"That thing looks like it would be from lilo and stitch ",
"looks like a jim henson puppet, but without the arm up it's butt. ",
"Notice that it's u/GallowBoob.",
"YOU MUSNT TOUCH THE CRYSTALS",
"Place of power, gotta be.",
"That's a fucking dino-frog.",
"Hello friend! I haven't seen many Paraguayans on Reddit, so I wanted to say hello. I absolutely love your country. I recently bought a flat in Asunción, and I'm going to come visit again soon. I love doing the long drive to Ciudad del Este to go shopping and visit some restaurants. I hope to learn Guarani some day, it's such a fascinating language. Your country is really very special and is a real hidden gem. Thank you for your awesome culture and country!",
"Reptile -> dinosaur -> bird.\n\nPretty sure that's about correct.",
"How train your.... bird?",
"Hey! Thank you and welcome to out little messy paradise! I hope locals have already showed you all there is to know here (terere, asado etc) if you're ever in town just hit me up! I have a few friends at cde and I'm pretty close to asuncion as well! ",
"It looks like the derpiest version of the Chupacabra.",
"I find these irrationally terrifying. ",
"TIL Bill and Beak are the same thing, but in common speech beak is used to refer to pointed beaks.",
"The winds howling.",
"I imagine this is the Studio Ghibli character that comes to take Maduro to the underworld.",
"The truth. ",
"Nah, I from the 90's, that's a Pokemon bro\nProbably the middle evolution. It was an adorable chicken and it'll evolve into some kind of pterodactyl from hell",
"But you'll never find them. ",
"Do you PooToo? ",
"You don't do that?\n\nWeirdo.",
"These new monsters in monster hunter are getting so crazy ",
"Devil bird...",
"It's a pokemon",
"That's an alien hybrid.",
"This looks like a Pokémon. ",
"I’ll be the Ice Cube of the group.",
"This bird is fucking terrifying. :( ",
"This is the most frightening bird I've ever seen. And I'm scared of birds. ",
"He looks like a Sleestak",
"Such meme fodder",
"A lot like the nightjar. Beautiful animal. Stays perfectly still in day time believing it is camouflaged. Has perfect camouflage most of the time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar",
"Cryptic Plumage new band name I call it!!! ",
"I fear no man.\n\nBut that thing... It scares me.",
"Not sure if this has been said, but [these guys sound super wacky too!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlRsRdVpudM) It's almost like they're a teenage boy yelling at their mom lol",
"Thank you for the welcome! Oh yeah of course, I've had the pleasure of experiencing plenty of the nice things your country has to offer. Nothing refreshes like tereré on a hot day, and asado is just fantastic. In fact, right now I live in South Africa the majority of the time, and our braai (South Africa barbeque) tradition is very reminiscent of asado. There are so many tasty treats your country has to offer, like sopa paraguaya, milanesa, and of course the bittersweet kosereva is one of my favourite sweets ever.\n\nI promise when I come back to town I will definitely get in touch with you. My wife and I travel alot for work and pleasure but Paraguay is one of our favourite countries and is on a short list of places we might retire to.",
"This thing looks like the closest thing on Earth to Stitch. Waiting for it to say \"Ohana means family\"",
"Reminds me of the horse that was named \"Potoooooooo\" (Pot-8-o's)",
"This one looks much more alien, with the rounded head that seems to morph into a fleshy mouth-beak, and the all black eyes.",
"This one looks much more alien, with the rounded head that seems to morph into a fleshy mouth-beak, and the all black eyes.",
"Amazing! Can wait to meet you! Always a pleasure to meet new people! My regards to your wife as well! Paraguay is waiting for you! ",
"this thing is made of nightmares.",
"That pigeon has seen some serious shit",
"All these alien sightings make sense now ",
"[Looks like this guy's cousin](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9Wa3bXAaIeUzgJqRoquP6KJaNt_4BDWkQRkmrR2O9c2QPQXme)",
"It looks like it escaped from a Miyazaki film...",
"Why does it strike fear in my heart?",
"sleestak",
"I still can’t decide if it is cute or creepy ",
"Then why not just switch which ones we call male and which are female?",
"But before that, he said 'NothingBelowIsTrue'.",
"Fuck off",
"Yesss omg I was like it’s fuckin Enik",
"It's mouth reminds me of the dragon's mouth from 'How to Tame Your Dragon'",
"Need groupies? I'll do some weird shit to earn my mooching.",
"It looks like a sleestak from land of the lost",
">with the eyes half closed\n\nThank fuck",
"I would SHIT MY DICK if i saw that out in the street\nscary af",
"I think that thing was in one of my nightmares",
"Well, biologically speaking that's a complicated question! Typically you can trace the lineage of males and females via DNA and other evolutionary principles much like entire species. So if we arbitrarily switch the words male and female we lose a lot of what we knew by saying those terms before.\n\nTake seahorses. We say males give birth because the females lay their eggs in the males and they hatch from a pouch in the male. He doesn't really give birth, per se.",
"They also watch you sleep and feed on your hopes and dreams",
"OP is oblivious to the fact that iguanas would fuck anything in Venezuela. Even owls.",
"#Sleestak",
"Nature scares me",
"Frogmouth",
"This is good info, and a better answer than I expected!\n\nhttps://youtu.be/ujRwl6dL9go",
"Looks like a sleestak/bird fusion ",
"It’s an older meme, but it checks out",
"It was immediately eaten after this picture was taken. ",
"haha Stubborn scientists indeed!",
"That thing is like the babadook of birds",
"The missing link between birds and reptiles",
"The bottom left photo is pure nightmare fuel ",
"https://www.unbelievable-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Scary-Potoo.jpg",
"Sorta looks like a Whipporwill. ",
"Looks like a sleestak from Land of the Lost",
"God fuckin dammit",
"That is a goddamn dinosaur. ",
"Throw a poke ball at it, must be a rare one. ",
"Nightmare fuel",
"Gotta catch'em all",
"Serious commitment to the role there. Way to stay in character Potoo.",
"This scares the shit out of me",
"So, animals can't experience terror. Check. /s",
"Looks like Ike from South Park to me.",
"That’s dinner in Venezuela ",
"Does nobody see the similarity between the potoo and the purgs from star wars?\nhttps://goo.gl/images/HQ52kr",
"I wish this bs would just die already. It's getting beyond annoying and pointless to use this shit FOR EVERYTHING!",
"Aaalright",
"If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that it was a puppet of some sort.",
"Is it a bird of prey?",
"Potatoo.",
"It looks like an alien, a bird alien",
"You’re a Pokedex",
"NIGHTMARE FUEL.",
"Also known of the world-famous [weird stuff I do potoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1w4p3l/introducing_weird_stuff_i_do_potoo/) meme.",
"It's like a Pokemon!",
"This parrot looks happy.",
"Note to self: always check when sitting down on a stump in Venezuela.",
"That's what I thought when I seen flying squirrels",
"This thing will be visiting me tonight in a nightmare ",
"It looks like it escaped Umbrella!",
"Let's talk about my reward",
"Looks like a Sleestack",
"He's just contemplating post modernist art",
"It does look like a creature from Dark Crystal or Labyrinth.",
"Back in my day, there was a meme featuring a Potoo. ",
"Don’t worry, irl they all don’t look that creepy",
"Looks like a sleestak.",
"We meet again, GallowBoob.",
"Looks like a sleestack",
"Yes, but what does it TASTE like?",
"Someone might have said it already but They look like Slee-stak from land of the lost ",
"That thing looks evil as can be. One solution... Remington 870 express super mag and some 3 1/2” T shot. No more evil bird...lol",
"I just watched that episode again a couple days ago. It was so sad and creepy. It also broke my heart finding out who the first chimera was as well.",
"Lol! As a 10 year old, in 1974, this movie was AMAZING. ",
"Do they just expect their prey to be given to them like the rest of Venezuela",
"Holy shit is thing from the labyrinth ? ",
"Wow, looks like something out of a Miyazaki film.",
"You cant defeat the the mighty coconuts shell with a mere tree!\n\nYou need some higher power, like the humble rock over there. ",
"/r/TodayIBullshitted",
"**thats** godamn terrifying. i will have nightmares about **this**. its so terrifying im pretty sure that in the past i have already had nightmares about **it** prior to seeing this.if i saw **that** in the wild; id fucking run. if i checked my closet and **that** was there id shit myself, pass out and have ptsd forever.\ni am deeply mortified. im gonna fucking cry myself to sleep.",
"Can’t explain why, but I immediately thought of toothless from how to train your dragon.",
"This is still to dark, once saw a youtuber with a shirt on with that on it... to dark :(",
"Fleeca taka",
"Looks weirdly Charmander-esque on the top right",
"Looks like the Aliens from Land of the Lost",
"The top left looks identical lol",
"Looks like a sleestak",
"First time i saw a Potoo i thought it was an animatronic or some hellish alien bird from Lucifer",
"Retardigrading Water Bear of the Water Tribe",
"It's a sick, twisted juxtaposition of childlike glee and Nazi-inspired crimes against humanity. Of course it's too dark! ",
"\"Storm's comin\"",
"Related to the nightjar?",
"Omg he's adorable!!! I want one ",
"How does this get to front page as if reddit has never seen it before?? Good lord.",
"Used to work at a wildlife hospital and had to take care of a baby potoo. Still creepy as hell when they open their mouths all wide even when they’re small. And then they nom all over your hand, and there’s no strength behind it, so it could be cute but it’s still unsettling. Besides that it was cute.",
"This is a pokemon",
"This will be a HOOT! This bird can look and sing much better than any Moth Man can cawcroon! ",
"Who no? ",
"Im too skexie for my shirt to skexie for my shirt. So Skexie it hurts!",
"Are they the Venezulan version of Chupacabra or Mothman?",
"GARY? (Gary): Yes Spotworth?\n\n(Spotsworth) NOW SUCK MY CLLLAAAAWWWWKKKK GARY! Its the only way! \n\nTeam South America Pluck Ya!",
"Looks like a Pokémon ",
"The truth is not within ewe!",
"Human females also have balls after they are married! They take the balls from thier husbands and keep the balls in thier box! ",
"Out of the loop. Seen his face too often. Why is it a thing?",
"Looks like it’s slowly evolving into a gopher...",
"Could you point me in the direction of some of those theories? I enjoy mind fuck stuff like that ",
"Sleestacks can fly!",
"If any of you don't know what this thing sounds like do yourself a favor and look it up. It's like a boy yelling at his mom interrupting his twitch stream or some shit. ",
"Just just imagine waking up and opening reddit to this image 😂😂😂 how confused was I back then... now I can see clearly",
"To me it always sounded like it was yelling Mom. Like someone with a stuffy nose yelling for their mom to get them something. ",
"/r/bandnames",
"That is clearly not a bird. That is a Pokémon. ",
"It's \"Damn, you're ugly.\" But close enough.",
"Well...\n\nhttps://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jstj/\n\nhttps://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/jstj_potoo_plush_hand_puppet.gif",
"That’s clearly a Pokémon ",
"Holy hell!!!",
"No way in hell that's real.",
"Reminds me of toothless",
"This guy kind of looks like a night jar, like a common night hawk or something.",
"Looks like a mopoke or more common the Tawny frogmouth owl.... but bigger.",
"I have a terrible memory. I played it yesterday. ",
"At first I was going to make this comment, but deleted it because I thought people might think I'm trying to be cruel - though 100%, not disrespect (and I'm not trying to be funny). \n\nBut, is it just me or does this bird look like it has Downs Syndrome? ",
"😦 what — what the fuck?!",
"It reminds me of a tawny frogmouth.",
"Great, it looks like a muppet on shrooms. ",
"I don't like it. Its eyes look like the aliens from the movie Critters (hate that movie, gave me nightmares).\n\nEdit: you know, grammar",
"This guy is the mascot of my fantasy football team",
"Gear head reporting in, got the cases loaded and Mr. Fixit and I repaired the AC and realigned the dish. Dude just finished topping our liquids, let's hit it.",
"It’s like a mini boss in Shadow of the Colossus ",
"This sounds like two Pokédex entries for the same Pokémon\n\n>\tThe potoos are highly nocturnal and generally do not fly during the day. They spend the day perched on branches with the eyes half closed. \n\n>With their cryptic plumage they resemble stumps, and should they detect potential danger they adopt a “freeze” position which even more closely resembles a broken branch.",
"Nah, I felt super awful that I killed the baby. It was a very tall tree but hollow inside. If I am the first person to find them there then cool. But if I could change it I would rather someone else find them there years later without killing one by accident. \n\nedit: I don't know why people are down voting you...that's a hilarious response...",
"The mouths are described as 'frog-like' which sort of jives with eating insects?",
"Terrifying. ",
"Looks like a puppet, fake news",
" It sounds like the name of a Harry Potter character",
"Thought that was a puppet too for a second.\n",
"Looks like something you'd see in a movie on MST3k.",
"that's a godzilla",
"\"C'mon Roach!\" is getting soooo old I want to go find where the original file the audio is played from and overwrite it with silence.",
"This looks like a real life Pokemon. ",
"Issa dino",
"A WILD POTOO APPEARS",
"Dude me too! Its so cheesy but still scares the crap out of me!",
"This has immediately become my favorite animal. The fact it allows a human to be theirs close is astonishing. ",
"I love how it would look to the casual observer as if you just made up an obviously fake answer to be an ass, but that's really what the episode is called.",
"They’re kinda fuckin scary.",
"I have to admit, I haven't watched since I was young. So I believe you when you say it's cheesy but to me it's still a scary movie that gives me recurring nightmares Lol",
"I will be the soul.",
"This is not something that exists! Please tell me this nightmare is fake.",
"They look like the goombas from that shitty mario movie",
"Well this thing is terrifying as fuck. I was completely unaware of it's existence so thanks for the nightmares.",
"It's scary. ",
"Creepy af",
"I don't know if I've felt as happy as that bird.",
"Oh there will be socialist jokes i can guarantee",
"This bird is the stuff of nightmares.",
"...fish lay eggs",
"I looked at its eyes and thought the same exact thing.",
"The third pic looks like the human-xenomorph baby that Ripley gives birth to in aliens resurrection. ",
"Fucking whip-poor-wills, there was one that nested in the tree outside my bedroom. Fucker woke me up an hour before my alarm every damn morning.",
"He had me until \"but with the climate changes\" why would climate change have any effect on when the bird is active, their senses are tuned to hunting in the dark, that's like saying because of climate change people can now see at night.",
"Mahhh im a bird mahhh",
"What's it's defense strategy, scaring the shit out of its enemies?",
"Very similar to the Tawny Frogmouth we get in Australia.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny_frogmouth",
"Argh, kill it with fire. ",
"Looks like some Greek mythology bird",
"Looks like a Jim Henson puppet.",
"That’s probably one of the ugliest creatures ever",
"Creepy bird....",
"Looks like a night fury to me... Only with cryptic plumage.",
"Indeed they do! The post is about a bird.",
"This made my day. Fascinating!",
"Yeah and the post you replied to was about a fish. ",
"You should check this out: [Definitely or defiantly?](https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/10/28/definitely-versus-defiantly-difference/)",
"Yeah and the original point of their post was about the post and a bird.",
"GOON-BA. I'll play the harmonica ",
">Yeah but mammals and birds are very differently derived. Complete switching of a gender that lays eggs is a pretty big deal.\n\n\nFirst off, where did you bring mammals in from?\n\nAnd second, I mentioned fish because of your last point, the person mentioned a *fish* on the blue planet that switches genders and you dismissed it for the fake bird facts dude. ",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Nyctibius_griseus_471885191_27f931630d_o_Crop.jpg/330px-Nyctibius_griseus_471885191_27f931630d_o_Crop.jpg\n\n",
"I saw one of these dudes on vacation in Costa Rica this month. Such awesome birds: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WhcNo0nhbOvvDgTF3",
"Ancient aliens: new world order on Amazon prime is really good. I watched pretty much every alien related documentary. Anything you find about groom lake is bound to have some sort of alien conspiracy attached to it",
"Classic Reddit egotist thinking they are different than the rest of the dirt dwelling species on earth.",
"A borg",
"You're old",
"Don't forget:\n\nalways check when sitting down on a stump in Venezuela.",
"Good bot.",
"It still haunts me and gives me the creeps, probably the best episode in the show for me.",
"Smashing",
" Saw one of these when I was walking home, it looked like a headless owl but I came close and it pushed its wings and head out and starting staring at me, creepy..."
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A very unusual bird named the Potoo, photographed in Venezuela.
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[
"It's fascinating to see how the human face changes with time. Your grandpa was a handsome guy, OP. ",
"He looks like he could tell some good stories. I know it's rough losing a Grandfather, I have one left and he's kicking cancers ass again. ",
"It's always fascinating to find out how many people call this man grandpa ",
"Handsome dude - very Hector Salamanca in the last one.",
"Your Grandpa Polish? He looks Polish as fuck.",
"What was his heritage? He looks very Italian to me, just curious ",
"The third one looks like Bradley Cooper",
"He was such a babe, particularly in that second photo. ",
"First one looks a bit like Tom Holland.",
"Ding!",
"Agreed, was going to post the exact same thing. I wonder where this guy is from cause he looks like Tom from a different European country.",
"There's a program that I think Google bought called Picasa. You could load pictures and it would run through a slide show of sorts, lining hte faces up and fading one into the next. It may be worth playing with if these are high enough resolution. ",
"Looks like Reagon.",
"Eddie Munster looking motherfucker",
"Came here to say this ",
"Tom Holland to Hector Salamanca",
"Age is something that just slowly happens over time. ",
"Some time must've passed between photo 3 and photo 4",
"wow he aged very well",
"This is a very good tribute. Needs to be framed and hung on the wall.",
"amazing! in two of his pictures he has a smirk on his face in all the others a modest, but strong photo ID picture having been weighed down by life over time. \nI wonder though, what was on his mind those two days he had a smirk? A funny joke perhaps? A fun memory? A ridiculously fond antidote? Thoughts of fantasy? Standard day-dream? My vote and hope is for an inappropriate, yet witty remark for the photographer... ",
"That's my guess as well.",
"I like the second to last one, when he smiles.",
"Well, one of the older pictures has an old (communist) Polish eagle stamped. So your guess is likely correct.",
"Dortmund represent!",
"I thought he looked like Jon Hamm.",
"He looks very dapper in the third one!",
"It's nice to know you're probably okay on the hair front. Your Grandpa had amazing hair all through his life.",
"Left to right, how old is he in each picture?",
"What happened to your Grandfather between the third and fourth photo? \n\n\nI'm going to guess he became a father. Those little shits will EF will your will to live.",
"Is interesting how his hair seems to have a similar style the entire time. ",
"Got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again!",
"First picture looks like Bruce Wayne on Gotham, but in a few years from now. ",
"I have every drivers license, except one, I've ever had since i was 16. I'm 58. No clue why I saved them but it's pretty cool to lay out and look at them every once in awhile.",
"feel like this is a repost...",
"Tom Poland",
"[I get more of a Liam Neeson in Schindler's list vibe](http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/391110/liam-neeson-played-role-oskar-schindler-spielbergs-1993-movie.jpg)",
"Maybe already said, but I think the third from the left picture (possibly in between pic 3 and 4) looks remarkably like [Liam Neeson in Schindler's List](http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/391110/liam-neeson-played-role-oskar-schindler-spielbergs-1993-movie.jpg)",
"LBJ in picture 4, then Reagan, then Johnny Cash and/or John Wayne.\n\nVery American.",
"I may be straight, but I would definitely smash your grandpa in the second photo.",
"I. Would. Wreck. 2012",
"Tom Belgium",
"Also the getting old handsome.",
"Your grandpa was the smoking man from the X files? ",
"He looks Polish to me, judging by that hairline"
] | 45 |
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My Grandpa's ID photos since 1950... the last one is from 2012. RIP. We miss you!
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"\"CHICKEN BUTT!\"",
"High quality",
"^^^TM McDonald's corporation \n\nCease and dissist immediately or face punitive measures."
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I found the answer to “guess what?”. It’s cuter than I thought.
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/r/pics/comments/7sw7w6/found_it/
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[
"My queen",
"Can we please ditch this idiotic meme please",
"How the hell did this meme even began in the first place?",
"I can def see that the road that is shop's on's NOT paved gold! \nIt doesn't look to be summer, they'll probably get cold. \nIf you get hungry, you can eat there if you pay.",
"VR Chat",
"So rayciss!",
"[Know Your Meme is your friend for this sort of thing.](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ugandan-knuckles)",
"Or we spit on the fake queen brudda!"
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Found it
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/r/pics/comments/7sw8ti/an_oil_painting_i_finished_this_morning_one_more/
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[
"That's awesome! Well done.",
"One more light reference?",
"Of course :/",
"It's beautiful. Hang in there anon."
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An oil painting I finished this morning, "One more chair than you need"
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/r/pics/comments/7swbc9/when_i_looked_at_my_desk_my_pencils_and_pushpin/
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[
"What the HELL are the chances?",
"Who knows!",
"HES ONLY GONE AT DONE IT AGAIN! \n\nyoure my favourite redditor."
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When I looked at my desk, my pencils and pushpin were arranged exactly like this
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[
"Your country is so fucked up man. How is healthcare this fucked?",
"This is your reason to hate America? Then move the fuck out or buy insurance. They're practically giving it to someone your age.",
"This is fucked up man. ",
"You're not covered by the schools insurance as a student? ",
"This. ",
"If you would’ve turned down the lunch, it would’ve been 912.13 cheaper",
"just do like the rest of us and don't pay it",
"Have a downvote. Or a hundred. \n\nThe point is for what is basically re-hydration (a saline IV most likely) they charge ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. That's the outrageous part moron.",
"That is what is claimed, for it to be $11k there was something else going on. \n\n I went to the hospital a couple years ago and had all the same things done that they would have done for dehydration (plus a couple extra) and the bill was $1800",
"My wife had to have something like this done too. It cost us $40 for the ambulance ride. Then went home, but than again this is Canada.",
"There is more going on here than simple dehydration, why don't you show us the breakdown of charges? There is no way a couple bags of NS cost $11k. ",
"Oh so it's America's fault that you don't have insurance? Makes sense. ",
"Yes! America has perpetrated this inequality by giving more power to the insurance and pharma lobbyists than to its own people. It's exactly America's fault. ",
"If they did an xray AND a cat scan for abdominal pain they were genuinely concerned and probably found something on the xray. You don't subject people to that much radiation for no reason. An xray will tell you 99% of what's wrong with your abdomen. \n\n\nLike I said, lets see the breakdown I'm actually curious because even if they threw an MRI in there it shouldn't be $11k",
"You live in the most expensive city in the country behind NYC, seeking a degree (if you are pursuing art) that has a median first-year salary of 30k in a saturated field that barely accounts for .5% of the overall labor force, *and* have made the choice to not carry health insurance. Not really seeing how the US is responsible for the shitty situation you have put yourself in.",
"First off if you hate America leave. Second I can show you how to get this paid if you cant afford it. If you can afford to pay it or for insurance but you want be to pick up the bill f you. ",
"For fuck sake. What Netflix documentary did you watch to land on that opinion?",
"What's outrageous is someone claiming they \"hate\" their country over an avoidable bill. Yeah, our system is broken and no one has come up with a good solution. Obama BEGGED young people to sign up for 6 years. They reduced the premiums to peanuts compared to this bill. Or he could still be on Mommie and Daddy's policy most likely (24 and dependent in school). But no, this \"victim's\" reaction to to hate America because his cable and phone bill are more important.\n\nGlad to have your downvote.",
"And THAT'S why they charge this guy $10k too much.",
"Das Kapital: a fairy tale ",
"Except for the fact that insurance is readily available. Then the bulk of this would be covered.\n\nUnder the insurance plan I have I'm fairly certain I'd only have to pay a copay for the hospital visit. An enormous $60.",
"It's the same in the United States if you're smart enough to have insurance. ",
"You get an upvote from me for being so #woke. ",
"Yeah that is without insurance. Just walked in with her government issued health card to the closest hospital and was admitted.",
"So you have insurance it's just issued by the government ",
"It's not insurance because I can't be denied care. It is a right",
"Well how else would they complain about the system if there was evidence to the contrary? ",
"You pay higher taxes to make up for 'free' Healthcare, it's the same in the long run",
"Not even close. People can in some cases not afford the premiums/co payment to go to the hospital or doctor. That is not a concern. Our taxes may go up but that doesn't even come close to what can happen with people's insurance. If you need a life saving operation you are never told your insurance doesn't cover that. ",
"How would you know? I've got insurance - and never have had outrageous bills for anything, including a long hospital stay for knee and shoulder surgeries, or with the birth of my daughter. The problem exists with people who dont have it and receive treatment then walk away, or with people who use emergency rooms as their primary dr\n"
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I’m a 22 year old student who was recently in the hospital because I was very dehydrated from a stomach virus. This is my bill that just came in the mail. I hate America.
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[
"we're gonna need a bigger boat",
"And this is why I don’t like the ocean. ",
"NOT\n\nPENNYS\n\nBOAT",
"That is a super slim whale. I always thought they were 6 different layers of fat",
"***BOAT DRINKS***\n\n\n***BOYS IN THE BAND***\n\n\n***ORDERED BOAT DRINKS***",
"Well this one looks like a [fin whale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_whale). They're generally pretty slim. ",
"The IPhone of whales",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. The account was born on November 7, 2011 and woke up three hours ago, and has the following four activities:\n\nHere it copied/pasted Imgur user IJustLikeRecords's submission/title from [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/3vrT9).\n\nIts submissiont/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/7svqxr/ambitious_landing_in_my_front_yard_this_morning/)(Ambitious landing in my front yard this morning) is from [four years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1nqqhc/ambitious_landing_in_my_front_yard_this_morning/).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7svspl/awesome_mother_nature/) was made by Imgur user yeswehavebananas [here](https://imgur.com/GUX9nOS).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7svxyl/the_guy_who_has_his_life_figured_out_is_mario/) is a copy/paste of /u/TankIFuckingAm's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7fjgn4/the_person_who_has_his_life_figured_out_is_mario/).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.\n\n\n",
"You are really missing out",
"At least they kept all the ports",
"You're doing the lord's work"
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It's always nice to get a bit of perspective
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[
"Look what is in my office space. Takes only old german 10 Pfennig Coins... https://i.imgur.com/BArYV01.jpg",
"wow!! super cool and I'm jealous!!",
"That is awesome!!! I want to put a nickel in now!!",
"What ever happened to those Cashew machines in taverns? You know, glass all oily, and salty, with a light bulb to keep them warm.\nI think they where red in color....",
"Wow, I had forgotten about those - they were great!"
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1959 Moon Rocket gumball machine from Northwest Vending, Morris, IL - penny for one, nickel for five with flashing lights and the little rocket in the window launches! (Other machine for size comparison)
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[
"You couldn’t pay me to walk up those stairs with that mural. Day or night. ",
"I wish I could art",
"Yeah, something fishy going on there.",
"Someone needs to skate down that handrail.",
"OP appears to be a karma-farming bot that can only copy/paste other people's stuff. It was born on January 1, 2012 and wokd up 4 hours ago.\n\nHere it copied/pasted Imgur user Imakeyoulaughlongtime's submission/title from [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/TJ236).\n\nIts comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/7svswz/escort_missions/dt7sktg/) is a copy/paste of Imgur user LastTigerEyes's comment [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/LrvTw/comment/1242841741).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/7svyxs/every_time/) is a copy/paste of /u/Gnoll_Librarian's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/69t50h/every_time/).\n\nIts submission/title [after that](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7sw0yb/classy_shots/) is a copy/paste of /u/lordboon69's submission/title [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6c5khk/classy_shots/).\n\nIf you're not familiar with these types of accounts (and how they hurt reddit), [this page](https://www.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/) may help to explain.\n"
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Cool Angler Fish mural
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[
"I've seen pictures of this guy over the years. I'm always glad to see it still standing. Is it in a park or protected area?",
"it’s kept secret so it can live",
"It doesn’t want those damned kids on its lawn",
"Or whackin’ off in its tool shed. ",
"Yup! It's in a national forest and it's kinda tucked away as it is. If you really wanted to get there it's a 20 min drive up this scary as hell road "
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Methuselah - The 4850 year old bristlecone pine [1280×1600)
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[
"Coyotes are not native to Cape Cod nor anywhere outside of the southwest, which means that these guys either swam the Cape Cod Canal or made it across one of the highway bridges. The eastward spread of coyotes took place over a couple hundred years and is a direct result of the human-caused disappearance of wolf species, which used to range from northern canada to southern mexico and encompassed almost all of the continental U.S.\n\nAlso the Eastern Coyote is a shaky taxonomy - they're a mix of coyotes, wolves, and dogs. It's super complicated. ",
"Where I grew up, we were raised to shoot them on sight. And not with a camera.",
"A Coyote at rest will remain at rest -Newton",
"Shut up and take my money.",
"neat.",
"[Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/RG6hK) the album that nfitzpa86 posted to Imugur. It has one more image of this.",
"Where did you grow up? I've heard of people losing pets to coyotes/coywolfs but I didn't think they were a threat to most livestock, at least not any more of a threat than a wild dog. ",
"yeah this animal is not a full blood coyote\n\ncoydog or maybe just dog\n\nhttp://www1.nyc.gov/assets/wildlifenyc/images/content/pages/Coyote_on_Road-800px.jpg",
"I lived in Illinois for a few years, didn't take long for a neighbors dog to be attacked.\n\nCoyotes are a menace and should be dealt with via killing. ",
"They'll harass large livestock and God help the poor animal if it is birthing. ",
"“Good evening and welcome to masterpaws theater.”",
"Coyotes are fairly common in SF, & it wasn't until video showed them crossing the GG Bridge, it was understood where they came from. The No side of bridge is fairly \"wild\" in parts, well actually parts of SF are too, the Presidio, GG Park, GG National Sea Shore, but anyway they have videos of them crossing the bridge",
"Your cats have almost certainly killed hundreds of wild birds.",
"So they deserved to die?",
"Are you talking about coyotes or cats?",
"He's just waiting on the roadrunner",
"Coyotes reproduce rapidly, starvation probably culls more of them than humans possibly can, but killing them is still the right policy. They tend to avoid humans, we need to remind them to keep avoiding us, and remove any genetic tendency to approach us.\n\nThat tendency to approach humans is absolutely genetic, somehow. Feral dogs stay near human habitation, and go about their business openly in the street, even in nations where they are regarded as unclean and universally scorned. Coyotes and wolves avoid us, even though most haven't ever been threatened by a human \n [Coyotes are everywhere, including Manhattan](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/nyregion/that-howling-just-new-yorks-neighborhood-coyotes.html), they're remarkably elusive. We need to eliminate any non- elusive ones, or they will be a menace.",
"He wouldn’t be living for very long if I came across this. \n\nThe scourge of my being. Lost a good pup to one of those bastards.",
"Northern New York. Coyotes are a threat to pets, livestock and small children, in addition to disrupting the entire food chain.",
"This may not even be Cape Cod.",
"Well yeah, I just wanted to bloviate",
"Perhaps, but there aren't many other predator species with the capability to take down larger prey, such as deer, on the east coast. Cougars are extinct and I don't think red wolves are making a great comeback. It would be interesting to see some more studies on whether the coyotes will be beneficial for regulating wildlife or if they'll just become habituated to humans and a nuisance.\n\nA few excerpts from a Nat Geo interview with Matthew Gompper, assistant professor of mammalogy at the University of Missouri and an ecologist specializing in carnivores, has been studying coyote population biology in the Northeast:\n\n* Almost all attacks on people seem to represent an attempt to gain or to defend a food resource. In the Northeast, I'm aware of five or six such attacks. In some cases, the coyotes were getting handouts or were feeding at dumps, so they were habituated to humans and associated them with food. Other cases involved hunters. Hunters track wounded animals, and so do coyotes, which makes the two more likely to meet. Instances of coyotes viewing humans as prey are extremely rare. In 1998, a coyote attacked a three-year-old boy on Cape Cod. I've seen no conclusive evidence that the coyote was being fed, so this may have been one of the few cases of true predation directed at humans.\n* During harsh winters, predators such as coyotes can significantly reduce deer herds, but I'm not aware of anyone who has studied the dynamics of coyotes and white-tailed deer in suburban environments. Since coyotes have only recently arrived in eastern suburbs, we know little about their natural history there. Once researchers have time to study them, we'll be able to make informed comparisons with what has occurred in the West, where coyotes have very different prey and competitors. As for Canada geese, coyotes do prey on waterfowl, but again, studies of this particular dynamic are lacking.\n\nhttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0806_020806_coyote_2.html",
"I want it",
"All coyote need to die, period. They need to become extinct and I'm more than happy to help it happen.",
"All I see is a majestic pupper with a fluffy tail sitting on the beach and posing and maybe hoping for a snack.",
"I see there's no point in attempting a discussion about this. People with the mindset similar to yours are the reason coyotes were able to expand their territory into the eastern states like they're doing now. Eliminate one predator and another will move into its place. ",
"its face and eyes do look a little coyote-ish but yeah definitely a lot of dog too. My friend's Husky chased after some deer and never came back in VT on time. Maybe that's his son to a coywolf. Obviously not Cape Cod . ",
"Hope you dont have any pets outside or small children and live in an area with a coyote population. There is a reason most areas with a coyote population its \"open season\" year round. When theres 5 or 6 of them and theyre hungry they have no problem going after dogs/cattle/people",
"Read Coyote America, by Dan Flores. Coyotes exist all over the country, they have a self sustaining population regardless of outside circumstances, and it is almost impossible to eradicate them. They are far more crafty than people give them credit for. ",
"Nice, this sounds like a good read. People here in New England (and presumably in a lot of other places) fucking hate them, but their fascinating little fellas filling a niche in an ecosystem with incredible aplomb. Plus, like most things about nature we don't like, it's humans who mostly caused it. ",
"If you're going to let them enter the food chain, them becoming food is distinct possibility. \n\n ",
"They don't belong here, they need to die",
"Have you ever seen a coyote? They are pretty small. They are everywhere where I live. I hear packs of 'em yipping every night. They can and will prey on small pets and chickens and the like, but they don't attack people, let alone fucking *cattle.* Nobody lets their toddler children out alone at night, so I wouldn't worry about that... Coyotes are just big enough for some people to be afraid of them, so some people shoot 'em. Playing rancher, I reckon.",
"Hurray for genocide! \nAll humans need more empathy and intelligence, period. They need to think rationally and I'm more than happy to help it happen.",
"They may not be native but there are a shitload of them on cape. Ive never seen one that looks like this though, always just your run of the mill mangy looking gray ones.",
"Me too. It amazes me the amount of hate one gets if you advocate for their eradication. They are essentially a giant bloodthirsty rat in a dogs form.",
"If you think about it, due to the threat of having wild dogs about, all cities have on their staff a number of \"animal control officers\" whose job is to catch loose or feral dogs and if not adopted, euthanize them.\n\nWhy is it that we have exempted coyotes from this same fate? They are a bigger hazard than a feral Pomeranian.",
"They're literally an invasive species. They don't belong here. Just like the zebra muscles in the great lakes, you don't \"tolerate\" them, you remove them.",
"Because feels take precedence over facts when it comes to policy, especially on reddit. Dogs't get the benefit of adoption around here. They get a week and if no one claims them, they're put down.",
"I live on Cape Cod and the Department of Wildlife on the Cape confirmed that this is a coyote and the only reason it was in question was because of the way the ears are pointing in the photo",
"This is the wrong answer. Killing a coyote will actually increase the population in that area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH1RUk1w_xk&t=2409s",
"Do keep in mind, summer vs winter coats.\n\nhttps://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EO9B6EhfdpI/s/700/617509413-coyote-canis-latrans-wild-wyoming.jpg",
"You take after your mother in that respect",
">Coyotes are not native to Cape Cod nor anywhere outside of the southwest\n\nI'm confused why you suggested that this coyote must have came from all the way the Southwest while also mentioning that they have spread eastward from their original habitat. ",
"good point\n\nOPs pic looks like yours crossed with a collie",
"Not if you kill them all.",
"I saw a coywolf trotting calmly along a deserted Ballston Beach in Cape Cod last summer, just after sunrise. It was magical. ",
"I live on a cow farm in NC. Calves up to a few of months old can fall prey to coyotes. They are ridiculously smart and know how to use numbers when they have them.",
"The contrast is mind bending stuff. Its a dog/doglike. A wild dog but still a dog. However people dislike them for their vicious and effective predatory nature. I would have imagined a small amount of people's general affinity for dogs would spill over to coyotes too. Doesn't seem like that's the case for people who experienced some shit because of coyotes. How easy then it becomes to separate the two. Cool stuff. ",
"Beautiful animal. I actually saw a coyote in Buffalo, NY once. I did a double take. ",
"I live in Florida and saw just one here, bigger than any I saw in California, but it's coat and gait made it obvious it was Wile E.",
"It's mainly due to the rent being too high in the city, combined with all the smelly hobos.",
"But aren't all living creatures fitting that description? Especially carnivores and us omnivores? What would you say of people who hunt for sport when plenty of food is available???",
"Donkeys. Get a donkey and they'll chase a coyote down, bite it's neck, and shake until dead. Amazingly, they're also smart enough to know that *your* dog is safe to be in the pasture. All others get ded.",
"Deserving has nothing to do with it. If you let your (hunting) cats out, there are coyotes, raccoons, hawks, etc. \n\nThis planet is the same one that had dinosaurs on it. And the same rules still apply.",
"True, first they offer 0% interest credit cards to the young calves, but with terms that raise the rates to 20% after a single late payment.\n\nThey're a vicious mob, tis true.",
"that might explain them leaving the city, but video shows them coming in",
"His hair was perfect.",
"Oh, then that's because Tiburon is more expensive than SF, and coyotes don't mind stooping to eating a smelly hobo.",
"Imagine if that thing had the same temperament of a golden retriever but looked and felt exactly like that. He'd be the best cuddle partner ever. ",
"Sorry, weird phrasing on my part. ",
"How’s that been working out so far?\n",
"I...what?",
"> I'm confused why you suggested that **this** coyote \n \nThat's the source of your confusion right there. He's was writing about the species in general, not this specific critter.\n\n",
"Maybe keep your cats inside where they should be. You’re essentially letting out a non-native predator outside to kill whatever it can. It’s not the coyotes fault it killed your cats, you put them out there on a plate and the coyote capitalized on that. They’ve been here long before cats and likely humans. ",
"Rather well considering how many people actively hunt and trap them here as well as the landowners that don't hunt themselves but are quite happy to let someone else clear the garbage from their property. It's somewhat uncommon to see, or even hear, a coyote around here in the past few years.\n\nAnd as more of them are killed, the populations of native species like weasels, turkeys, cottontails, and bobcats are becoming healthier, and gray wolves are returning from extinction. That's not a coincidence.",
"Interesting part of your reply was the bobcat part. I’ve seen videos on YouTube of feral pigs being hunted and when a coyote comes near it’ll get shot but also bobcats as well. What would be the reason behind shooting a bobcat. Wouldn’t they at least be helpful in killing off piglets at least, as well as coyotes helping to control the feral pig population s. ",
"Eastern coyotes are hybrids and are much bigger than Western coyotes. ",
"Eastern cougar may have been declared extinct but Western cougars are progressing east with the abundance of deer to eat. There are still a breeding colony in Florida, and Ontario estimates as many as 550 cougars in the province. A few cougars are around, the one it by a car in Connecticut a few years back is said to have likely originated in South or north Dakota. ",
"Resident of the southwest here, that thing is only half coyote, max.",
"I just read about that cougar today, what a shame to get hit by a car after travelling thousands of miles. Some conservationists suggested relocating western cougars to the east to help sustain deer populations but I can't imagine it going over well with the general population ",
"Bobcats are sporting game. Generally speaking, sport hunters don't care about much else besides having a trophy in their den or a new pair of gloves. I don't know if bobcats would hunt boars/pigs though, as they're not native to this region, they've only been in NNY for a little over 100 years - we actually know exactly who released them into the Adirondacks, and bobcats don't usually prey on anything larger or more aggressive than them and pigs get big and *fucking vicious*. Bobcats *do* help keep rabbits, mice, voles, and other small mammal populations healthy. \nThe problem with coyotes is that they don't keep populations healthy, they decimate them. Wolves generally take old, feeble, or sick members of a population but coyotes will kill anything and they'll kill for sport, not just food. When it's another invasive species like boars that's not much of a concern but when it's species that the ecosystem evolved around, it can have horrific consequences.\n\nI like to use gut flora as an analogy. Your stomach has a healthy culture of bacteria that's existed and evolved with you since you were a fetus. It's necessary to keep you healthy. In the northern forests, wolves were like that bacteria. If you were to kill your healthy flora, it leaves you open to harmful bacteria to colonize and grow, making you very sick. Coyotes are the harmful bacteria and in the past we drove the wolves to extinction, leaving the forest open for coyotes to grow in numbers and now it's sick because of them. Coyotes need to be removed to allow more wolves to return and bring the forest back into balance.",
"Yup, people are over reactionary in the worst way. MA wanted to start a colony for the endangered eastern rattle snake on an island in the middle of the massive quabbin reservoir and people shot it down because they're afraid snakes might get off the island.",
"Fuck this coyote. And fuck all the other coyotes. \n\n",
"They will absolutely go after calves. ",
"unless your a vegan there isn't much point in drawing a distinction between store bought meat and meat procured by hunting. \n\nRest assured that a human hunter provides a cleaner quicker death than any other natural predator. ",
"The more we kill them, the larger the litters they produce, and the farther they spread. Coexistence is possible. They were here first.",
"Well for starters we don't suffocate what we hunt with our mouths. And also, of course there is a distinction. An animal's diet alters how healthy they are and how they taste. I rather eat an animal that had a healthy diet to give me optimal nutrition, plus it tastes better and who wouldnt want that. You don't have to be a vegan to know that.",
"They belong in the foodchain along with everything else. They have a balance in this world. They're invading other states because the competition has been wiped out because of people with your mindset. Fear holds things back, fear will hold you back. For people like you, there's much growing to do.",
"Yeah, people overreacted about wolves making a comeback but they're cougars in north carolina and possibly virgina, some in florida but few in numbers. I heard recently they're making a comeback slowly though.",
"Well wolves eat coyotes, so really we just need more wolves to bring back the balance. Just removing coyotes wont bring a wolf back, you're just futher harming the balance by chipping away at the foodchain more.",
"Your mother blows guys who drive v8's",
"They don't belong in the food chain here. They're an invasive species. I find it odd that people have no problem killing zebra muscles or northern snakeheads but if an invader has fluffy fur people like you lose their minds over removing them. It's people like you that are the problem. You're driven by feels rather than fact. Invasive species can't be managed or tolerated, the only way to deal with a species that doesn't belong is to remove them.",
"Wolves cannot establish a sustainable population until coyote populations are reduced. That means killing as many as possible.",
"Yeah, the fur looks more long than thick, that snout looks a bit wide (unless the colours are playing tricks), and the fur pattern; full blooded coyotes probably do not get to have black tints so dark and patterns so distinct. \n\nThis one's at least half doggo. At least a medium good boy",
"It is Cape Cod.",
"\"they were here first\" is not a valid argument when you are talking about a species who has colonized new territory. \n\nyes they produce large litters, and like rats we have no hope of ultimately controlling their total population. But when they overrun and area and become a threat to public health, they should be exterminated, in the same way we exterminate rats who do the same. ",
"Ohhhhhhh"
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"Is this /u/Gallowboob’s alt?",
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"Seems a *bit* over*bored*.",
"It may be just the tip, but that beach got drilled.",
"this drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens.",
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This architect know the drill!
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"Artist / source is @tombobnyc on Instagram ",
"That's clever. I hope long beach rolls with it ",
"If I was ever mayor of a city (highly unlikely), I’d commission a hundred street artists to work every day for a month making the place a hidden garden of creativity. \n\n\n.... and Mexico would pay for it ",
"“Flash me the time”\n\n“Got you bro”",
"My city (Las Vegas) turned a bunch of electrical and utility boxes on Maryland Pkwy into art to cut down graffiti on them. I haven't seen someone graffiti any of them in the three years since they've been.\n\nIts genius, the city gets cool art, and graffiti goes away.",
"This artwork was very time consuming.",
"Long beach has a good amount of street art. You can check some out [here](http://www.powwowlongbeach.com/murals/) ",
"What are ya buyin?",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/3Yidcp9.png) is what it looked like beforehand. [Here](https://i.imgur.com/yncNf4w.jpg) it is from another angle.\n\n[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7759499,-118.1930526,3a,75y,93.86h,74.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sntuCyNKvZ6plNoAG5jukpQ!2e0!7i3328!8i1664) is the location on Google Street View.",
"He got those MVMT watches, did you know it was started by some college students that had a dream to sell overpriced bullshit watches just like other companies. ",
"I used to live in Long Beach. Tons of great street art and I believe they do this. Though Mexico probably doesn't pay for it.",
"SoCal in general has some really beautiful street art all around.\n\nNorth Park and Pacific/Ocean beach in San Diego especially.",
"Having grown up in the LBC it's nice to see some positive stuff here and there from the home town",
"As a Long Beach resident I’m sad to say I only recognize like two of these. Brb, gonna go the fuck outside.",
"If people are buying them, I'd say the students made the right choice. ",
"It’s @tombobnyc",
"Found the friend of the pod",
"They have mural walks downtown on the second Saturday of every month. Or you can just check out the map they post online if you want to check them out on your own. http://www.lbartwalk.org",
"Ain't nobody got time for that. ",
"I guess he just watches you.",
"Totally a pokestop",
"\"What time is it?\"\n\nAbout 12 kilowatts.",
"This is the opposite of tagging. Very cool!",
"I'd love to see this in a medical lab with jars of organs or something",
"I've lived in Long Beach for 18 years and have not observed most of these. Stupid work keeping me inside all day... I need to get out more.",
"Where is this in Long Beach?",
"\"by cutting out the middle man!\"",
"Is someone grumpy because they actually bought one of those watches, or are you grumpy because you wish you had their idea? \n\nThere's no other reason to have this view, I know about MVMT and I wouldn't buy anything from them. I'd just say more power to them.",
"The joke is always in the comments ",
"As a resident of the Northeast, kindly go fuck yourself.",
"Inspector Gadget selling watches",
"this needs to be done everywhere. ",
"It's a trend in Los Angeles for businesses, property owners, and even the city to commission street art as it A) adds local flavor, B) supports local art, and C) Deters graffiti. ",
"Waterproof to three meters",
"enjoy your shitty weather ",
"Looks like the guy from resident evil 4",
"Go Go Gadget Electric Meter",
"Coincidentally, many Mexican cities have \"designated street art walls\" all around, and sometimes sponsor artists to paint murals on new developments ",
"Just tired of their ads on ever damn podcast. I do also like watches and wouldn't waste much on any fashion quartz watch. ",
"I tune out the ads, and MVMT isn't the worst offender of the advertisements. I find the blue apron ones more annoying, but I hear people like them so who cares?",
"I would say explore the area from Pine to Atlantic, and 4th to Ocean. Good amount of artwork hidden in the alleys!",
"AFFORDABLE LUXURY\n\nDISRUPTING THE INDUSTRY",
"Does anyone remember that stencil of Urkel that was on a utility station around maybe 7th and PCH in the mid-2000s?",
"\"With so much drama in the LBC,\nperhaps you'd like to buy a watch?\nMaybe one of these...?\"\n\n(I'll see myself out...)",
"Come on, man! you had the chance for an ever better joke!\n\nIt literally displays kiloWatt-hours.",
"Good bot.",
"Some cities have done that like DC and Philadelphia. Though, DCs effort was small",
"Weird seeing my town on the front page for something other than Sublime or Snoop Dogg",
"He even has the card in his hat",
"I know what I'm doing this saturday!",
"\"heh heh heh. 'ello stranga, what'ya buyin'?\" ",
"Go go gadget watch!",
"Can someone from r/Watches ID these gems for me",
"I love this!\n\nHonest question: is there a business model for doing this kind of work?\nI'd love to be able to raise money for artists to beautify my city with these types of art projects",
"Long Beach did do this.",
"Looks like an alleyway off 8th just east of pine",
"Meter reader comes buy, all annoyed because he can't find the meters. ",
"Inspector Gadget has landed in hard times, I see.",
"I’m gonna go look too. Maybe we’ll run in to each other.",
"Where in Long Beach?",
"I prefer the guy having free Steam, Amazon, Paypal and other gift cards",
"Shouldn't the hand holding the coat out be higher up?",
"inspector gadget is hawking watches now?",
"Their watches suck. They add weights to feel \"solid.\" Someone found them for sale on some Asian site for like 15 bucks under a different brand name.",
"Ok I'll take the jabs for folks over 40..... So um, it took me a while to figure out ,it's a street vendor selling watches right? ..... Then looked again??? It's disguising water/ electric meters? Ok .... What did I win? Lol",
"I agree with points A and B but isn't \"street art\" just graffiti without the negative connotation attached to it?",
"1.21",
"Lol @ working. You should just go outside and vandalize someones property often enough that they start paying you to paint \"street art\" instead. Then you get to be outside all day. ",
"Street art is one of the many reasons I love Long Beach",
"The Sublime mural in Long Beach is probably my favorite. https://m.imgur.com/r/sublime/S3o4trd\n",
"WHAT ARE YA BUYIN?",
"No, because graffiti is very often just a name of a person or gang shittily spray painted onto the side of a building. Street art is an actual artistic painting ",
"Reminds me of Super Sneaky Spy Guy :-)",
"What are ya sellin?",
"Long Beach is pretty cool. I got to go once when I was in the Navy. I forget the place but there was this great burger place that made hand churned milkshakes.",
"Proud of my city",
"THIS is why I come to reddit. Fantastic.",
"I have been following him for awhile & he mentioned by he was heading to California.\n\n\n\n",
"Wait no this isn't the second Saturday. Next one is 2/10.",
"But you don't need to go outside. You've found pictures of the outside. ",
"Wtf where is this I've never seen this...\n\nEdit...wait is this by the check cashing place by 7th n Pacific?",
"Hehehe! Thank you.",
"“That’s what I don’t get. How do two broke college kids with no money go out and buy a bunch of watches?”\n\n~*butchered quote*\n\n-Bill Burr\n",
"The line can be unclear. Traditional graffiti usually incorporates artistic components and many graf artists aspire to have a few \"pieces\" (murals) in their name. Most successful ones use the Warhol method and spam their name and style everywhere.\n\nTheres a ton of bleed over between the two.",
"Aren't rip-offs commonplace for watches?",
"https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7759499,-118.1930526,3a,75y,93.86h,74.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sntuCyNKvZ6plNoAG5jukpQ!2e0!7i3328!8i1664",
"Okay but do I have to touch the bottom belt? ",
"I always see Long Beach and think they're talking about my town in NY but it always ends up being CA lol",
"I live by Long Beach. I should go there often.",
"Around here the downtown business association pooled money to fund artists to paint murals on the sides of buildings, onto utility boxes, and overpasses. They partnered with a local art gallery to help source local talent but they raised the funds. ",
"Oh, shit!",
">not a flasher",
"[*Got some rare things on sale, strangah!*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZ-SZJhN60)",
"What constitutes an \"overpriced bullshit watch\"?",
"Thanks! Took me a while to realize it wasn’t painted in the Google view. I was just spinning in my swivel chair like a moron.",
"Resident as well. Where is the OP pic I wonder.",
"As a watch collector I cringe every time a YouTube channel shills one of these pieces of dog shit.",
"Well if a piece of graffiti isn't some shitty chicken scratch on a freeway over pass, and is nice looking for the public instead, it would qualify as street art",
"Yeah my 'leather' strap didn't last long at all",
"What a suspiciously long left arm. ",
"We have street art all over LBC, largely because of the support of POW! WOW! the last few years, which is an arts fest centering around street art, specifically. \n\nLove the talent in our city! ",
"Me, too!",
"Eureka California let it burn let it burn ",
"Berlin does that with the remains of The Wall. It's a free for all, and there is a lot of really impressive street art on it. But it changes all the time, as people paint new pieces on top of existing ones. The layers of paint are many inches thick.\n\nWhen I was there last time, I saw somebody break of large sections of paint and taking them home. He said, he makes the wall more accessible to new art, and he \"harvests\" art that he then presents in his living room.",
"How Inspector Gadget has fallen.",
"Crazy... Do they end up spraying anything over that afterwards to help the colors stay vibrant or do they just let it break down naturally and repaint?",
"It’s by an artist named Tom Bob. All of his work is this clever, you can check him out on Instagram @tombobnyc",
"I sell meter sockets, THAT is vandalism.",
"I work for the utility company that owns these meters. We love that people do this. \n\nAlso, I used to live in LBC. I miss living there. ",
"For some reason the design of this guy reminds me of the NES era Megaman games.",
"ol' Billy Big Jeans!",
"Who decides? That was the heart of the controversy in England with many Banksy pieces. Some of his work has been protected by the city of London because other artists have defaced them. Who decides Banksy's work is art and not the person covering over it or editing it?\n\nI agree that good art needs to be protected but its a blurry line.",
"Thanks for posting this! It's wonderfully clever ",
"lol same ",
"Before I noticed the meters I was trying to figure out if I've ever heard of Long Beach being known for a shady stolen watch black market or something.",
"> and he \"harvests\" art that he then presents in his living room\n\nhmmm",
"Street art is legal graffiti",
"[Here is the key to sucsess](https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8)",
"This is fantastic.",
"Same.",
"It is a bunch of fake Seiko 5's, I know they are fake because none of them are on NATO straps.",
"Or when I see a \"social media influencer\" plug a Daniel Wellington watch. ",
"Brown brick.",
"3 minutes from my apt. Love the art!",
"Could you imagine when bots can be that smart? I'd be fucking down though",
"Everyone on Reddit is a bot except you",
"Did anyone else scroll past this and see Inspector Gadget?",
"Damn I miss living in Long Beach. Houston feels like the fucking twilight zone....",
"No time was wasted making this",
"Come back anytime.",
"r/mildlyvandalised",
"That’s vandalism",
"Bruh LB has much more going for it than Sublime and Snoop. ",
"If it makes you feel better, whenever I go to use Google Maps to return to Long Beach, CA from a distant location, it autocorrects to Long Beach, NY.",
"stuff like this really makes me question civil law because on the one hand, this is technically vandalism (assuming it wasnt sanctioned by the city) and on the other there is no possible reason why it should be taken down and would piss me off if it was",
"[Is this what you mean?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/348vlx/what_bot_accounts_on_reddit_should_people_know/)",
"Would love to see how they would spruce up man holes ",
"*vandalism. ",
"Rolex? \n\nA 2$ watch and a $10,000 watch both show the same thing. Time.",
"Norf side long beach",
"https://i.imgur.com/aXrQ5yd.jpg",
"MVMT does, for one. There are a whole host of watch producers that take nearly identical watches, slap a logo on, and then hit social media to try and sell it.\n\nThey all look the same and have no real standout features. MVMT, Daniel Wellington, etc. they’re just low effort, minimalist watches that are marked up a lot. Look up “slim, minimalist men’s watch” and be amazed at how many identical, bullshit, $200ish watches there are.",
"Hurry up pick one! The cops are watching!",
"All my strong beach peeps holla!",
"*I am 99.999% sure /u/Spartan2470 isn't a bot.*",
"I scrolled down more than I expected",
"As an aspiring watch collector, what's wrong with them? Also, what are some relatively low price brands for a beginner with little coin?",
"Probably thinking of Johnny Rockets? Pretty popular here CA, in general.",
"Bad bot, be more accurate. \n\nGet to 100%.",
"This is awesome! I wish the murals had the address or geo-coordinates or something, so I can visit them all next time I'm in So-Cal",
"You know some backstory?",
"Millennials are killing the middle men!",
"Brilliant. 😍",
"My buddy didn't get paid for it.. But was asked to pain a little utility box here in San Diego. I love how much art there is on this city.",
"He is a watch snob, same as a beer snob or wine snob. If it's not some overpriced name it's not good enough. \n\nIve had a MVMT for a year with no issues and lots of compliments. As much as I'd like a Panerai, it's not in the books at all. The MVMT looks better than any other $80 watch out there and has held up. ",
"I was like Oh shit, I just saw that on Instagram. \n\nIt’s usually the other way around. ",
"I live in PA near a very large railroad yard. Some of the graffiti on the sides of the railroad cars is absolutely incredible, mind blowing art. ",
"I love that the only face drawn is at 10:10. Most clocks in advertisements are set to this time. Idk why though.",
"Except watches aren't just for telling time, they're fashion items. Rolex's are typically made of precious metals as well, so probably going to cost more than a plastic Walmart watch",
"A $100 dollar car and a $100,000 dollar car do the same thing, I know which I'd rather have",
"How was it?",
"Driving through Baltimore and staying there for hospital visits, I saw lots of similar really well done art on the walls of some businesses. Among the (what appeared to be) numerous gang tags/graffiti. Must be popular in large cities with vandalism problems, and tbh it's a great idea. ",
"Represent! ",
"I seen that bullshit inspector gadget art",
"Time, effort, skill are key identifiers for what qualifies as art and graffiti. (Also applies to art in general. Other artists are able to recognize methods / difficulty)\n\nIf one just uses a single can to just Tag their name/symbol that's low effort trash. If one can't even use a three color scheme and have a composition, then it'll get tagged over for wasting a good surface.\n\nTaggers and graffiti artists respect surfaces and quality work. Disrespectful teen & gangland trash make shitty graffiti (unless their group has a dedicated tag artist)",
"Pretty cool! where in LB is this?",
"This sentence is false",
"That guy looks shifty, I wouldn't buy anything from him",
"It’s like, do you even long beach bro?",
"Like many other Long Beach residents and those living nearby, I'm just still in shock that a reddit post made me aware of something so local, as opposed to just walking around for a bit lol. Oh well...\n\n*Goes back to reddit homepage*",
"No they don't. The 100000 dollar car doesn't lose five pounds of rust every time you go over a bump or kick the rocker to knock the snow off your shoes.\n\nThe 100 dollar car has the added feature of rust drop, something luxury cars just don't understand ",
"I mean, it's the largest city in the US that's not a county seat so yeah lol\n\nEdit: isn't.\n\nEDIT 2: Holy shit don't reddit before napping ",
"shit. I'm already here, what do I do now?",
"I just moved here. Where is that?",
"From the city where the skinny carry strong heat ",
"Wanna buy a sundial?",
"Love my town! Some really amazing street art hidden throughout ",
"Love my town! Some really amazing street art hidden throughout ",
"Alamitos beach / retro row ",
"Love my town! Some really amazing street art hidden throughout ",
"Fuck the middle man!\n\n-Bitcoin hodler probably. ",
"I used to live in LBC too. Sometimes I really miss it.",
"I thought to be \"street art\", it had to be commissioned",
"Cswwa, A",
"N ×^¦×",
"It's the city where the skinny carry strong heat",
"Exactly, watches are jewelery, not appliances.",
"Head over to /r/watches there is plenty of good advice about quality affordable Japanese automatic watches (namely Seiko and Orient). \n\nMVMT and Daniel Wellington are Chinese made for few dollars and sold at a massive markup (you can find almost identical unbranded versions on Alibaba for very cheap). ",
"Gotta look sharp",
"Go go gadget bootleg watch business",
"Jacksfilms's evil brother browsing some reddit, I see.",
"r/longbeach rolls with errythang thanks to a wide-spread bike sharing run by ex-convicts!",
"I hope whoever painted that sees it and get excited people love it.",
"Now this is street art I can get behind. I'm not a fan of altering stuff that doesn't belong to you but this one is great and clever, it's actual art and not some poopy gang name tagged by low-IQ thugs with no efforts whatsoever.",
"Cross Streets?",
"Looks like tough times for Inspector Gadget.",
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"Compton and Long Beach together you know is da trouble",
"Street art is commissioned, graffiti is without permission. Regardless of quality",
"*Garlicoin, actually",
"behind the Chronic Taco on Ocean has some dope ones all the [time] (https://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/-wsXlSruG8HPUGFi8vGPEw/o.jpg)\n",
"That’s who I thought it was from the thumbnail. Actual pic is cool enough that I’m not disappointed.",
"“I can’t afford these expensive designer watches. Better buy a watch factory instead!” ",
"Long ass arm",
"Those look a lot like Itron meters. \n\nRight on.",
"Reminds me of art district in Miami",
"He knows puns ",
"Who watches the Watchmen",
"Whataya buyin? ",
"What street?!",
"What's up with noella Martinez? It looks weird but I drive by it every day ",
"What does being an aspiring watch collector entail?",
"I usually call the shitty trash stuff \"tagging\" and anything thoughtful is graffiti. ",
"If I'm on a budget, what would you recommend as an alternative?",
"Go go Gadget Watches! For sale!",
"just from googling, that city looks really cool/interesting.\n\nWhen you're from nowhere, midwest, any beach town in CA seems cool",
"I have 1 million Garlicoins",
"I didn't know that :(",
"There are 5 models that I know of (which for lack of a better description I'll just name them after cities where I know they occur):\n\n[Montreal model](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-mural-festival-gallery-2017-1.4166049): hold a festival and invite world famous artists to paint on local businesses. In exchange for their co-operation the businesses get to host events etc which drive up revenue. Once the festival is over the businesses can keep or get rid of the art.\n\n[Philly model](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7cen0VOAA): Use a blend of public grants and private donations and sell the idea as both a public art and anti-graffiti program. Leveraging both public and private donations pays for materials while the offer of \"we can stop your property from being vandalized for good\" as well as public subsidies entices property owners to volunteer. Unlike Montreal it runs all year and there is no festival element.\n\n[Belfast model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murals_in_Northern_Ireland): Political groups pay for the murals. They stay up pretty much out of fear... as they are generally located in neighbourhoods where support for the symbolism is extremely high owners that try to removed them would face reprisals from the local community (ranging from boycotts to bombings). In a sort of art arms race political groups paid quite a bit to cover 'their' neighbourhoods with such murals while some businesses paid even more to get up apolitical murals in order to avoid getting bogged down in local politics. \n\n [L.A. Model](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-business-of-street-art-20171013-story.html) which is completely organic and private it's just taking advantage of Southern Californian's love of Instagram and Snapchat for local businesses. As long as it's not lewd or obscene there's not many municipalities that'll fuck with local business leaders painting whatever they want on the side of their buildings. \n\nFinally there's the more universal [Legal Street Art Walls](https://legal-walls.net) in which many, many, many, municipalities just offer public spaces up for graffiti artists essentially saying \"You're allowed to do it here so don't do it anywhere else\" this leads to competition where good art is left alone by fellow artists and bad art is painted over. It's subjective but essentially it's considered a dick move to paint over something unique and creative and encouraged to paint over tags.\n\nSo it's kinda like any business model... you can fund it with public money, private money, advertising (essentially what the political groups in NI are doing), or a blend.",
"In the future I imagine so many people being a live eventual niche cities will start being large ",
"I often mention that I lived in Brookline for a year and in response I get eye rolls and \"No, it's pronounced BrookLYN\"",
"Came here to say this. His Instagram is wonderful. ",
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"Mmm, tell me more ",
"There's also a Long Beach, WA. It's never that one.",
"The watches use generic cases produced by the thousands and the cheapest miyota movements. they are far too big at up to 45mm. Half of the chronographs have no numbers in the subdials, making them entirely useless.\n\nthey aren't doing anything that all the other fashion brands are doing, its just that they claim to be \"disrupting the industry\" and all that bollocks, only to put out a product that is qualitatively identical to its competitors.\n\na common recommendation for a dress watch (like a MVMT) is the orient bambino (some of those are quite large, but the 40mm models are fine). If you want a diver then a Vostok Amphibia is probably your best bet.\n\nIf you want a quartz watch then look into casio/timex (particularly the timex weekender)",
"Don't forget about Fluffy. ",
"I've never seen this! I must go. Please tell me where this is. ",
"Ahhhh thanks, I should’ve put more energy into reading it ;)",
"Long art beach?",
"That’s TOM BOB NYC he has awesome work see it on Instagram, which I can not post the link here. I don’t know why that is..... but....",
"Upvoting anything supporting the hometown. West west, ya'll.",
"Start painting stuff ",
"Golden Burger on 4Th Street is the only one I know of",
"Not the same comparison. A 2$ watch will rarely 'break down' and fail at it's primary function, which is to tell time. Cars are a lot more complex, subject to weather, have a lot of moving parts, speed, variables etc. \n\nA Digital watch especially will never break down. You just have to swap the batteries once a few years.\n\nLike @tryharder6968 has stated, watches are more like fashion items. Rolex has precious metals, gems etc, but it still does the same thing as a 2$ watch does with equal efficiency.\n\nAlso Rolex and other expensive things are uses to subtlely convey social status without being explicit. Using your same example, and the Rolex one, if you roll up on a beat up Ford wearing a 2$ watch, your date will think you are a dead beat without a real job. Whereas if you roll up on an acura or BMW with a Rolex, she'll conclude that you make good money and can take care of her. Not saying this is morally right, but that's how the world works.",
"Seiko Seiko Seiko. Also Casio and Orient. Casio makes great digital pieces under $50 and good watches under $200. Can't go wrong with a G-Shock. Orient makes great mechanical pieces, including the Ray and Mako lines which are great entry level divers. Seiko is basically the Toyota of watches, they make watches for every price point, Aygo to LFA. I daily wear a SARB017 Alpinist which, in my opinion, is the best all around mechanical watch under $500. If you can deal with the green. ",
"What if a cop asks my why I'm spray painting the walls? ",
"Huntington Beach here (old town). I can spot a redditor from a mile away. I just don't talk to them cus I'm inside smoking this good weed",
"It’s right by a barbershop off Ocean blvd. The address is 4000 E. Ocean ",
"That is some cool shit.",
"Took me a minute to see what he used on the building.. I love shit like this :)",
"Seeing the thumbnail, I thought this was a painting of Vincent Adultman and got really excited. I was mildly disappointed, but this is still pretty cool.",
"I think it’s pretty easy to tell the difference...",
"Pretty sure this is one the side of the press telegram building. ",
"depends how much of a budget honestly.\n\nif we're going ultra cheap then there's the [Timex Weekender Fairfield](https://watchesyoucanafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/timex-weekender-fairfield-04-br.jpg) for essentially MVMT quality at a much lower price (more DW like than MVMT though).\n\nFor a higher quality watch around the same price, the standard recommendation is the Orient Bambino (though this is mechanical not quartz).\n",
"Pretend it's deodorant",
"SAME. Seems there is always something new to discover in this city!",
"What does entailing entail?",
"This was posted by @powwowlongbeach as well which host mural events around the city! ",
"That Chronic Taco is tasty, too",
"Is this loss?",
"Here in the shitty car industry, we like to call it dynamic weight reduction. ",
"This is so great. Creativity 10/10",
"How do you define larger? San Francisco has more population and is the county seat for SF County. And that's just the first one that came to mind. I'm sure there's even larger somewhere else in the U.S.\n\n[edit:] or am I missing some joke ?",
"We also recently hosted Pow wow Long Beach which had artist paint murals all over he city! ",
"Let's say 400 and less? And thanks a ton for your recommendations, I really appreciate it. Been looking for a watch for a while now.",
"Thank you! I love Sublime & I can't believe I haven't seen this. Going this weekend. You're awesome. ",
"Well that's half the battle",
"I work at the tattoo shop right next door. I saw this guy working on it when I was opening that morning. Good stuff. ( Out building has a lot of good art on it, right on Pine and 8th.)",
"\"Some people call this junk. Me? I call them treasures.\"",
"I would love to see a federal program akin to the [WPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration) that pays artists around the country to paint street art. Murals are far cheaper that having to constantly remove graffiti, and it would have the duel effect of employing thousands of artists and beautifying communities.",
"probably means isn't a county seat",
"In California",
"The rightmost one is so uncentered. ",
"Inspector Gadget!",
"It's cool to see Long Beach at the top of reddit. It's a great city. ",
"Ayyy it’s always fun seeing your hometown on the front page ",
"Both! ",
"No shit, the first and only time I'd been to LB I had a white guy in a knit shirt and Rasta hat try to sell an obviously stolen Rolex to me for $100",
"That looks just like south Los Santos.",
"Cool. I love street art. I even like a lot of actual graffiti as long as its artistic and not just some tag. I grew up in the Bay Area, CA this kinda stuff is everywhere. A lot of this stuff isn't even illegal I don't think.. atleast here a lot of shop owners actually pay artists/graffiti artists to do stuff on their walls.",
"So spray my armpits black?",
"Graffiti can be street art. They aren't mutually exclusive terms.",
"https://lbpost.com/life/arts-culture/2000012035-new-york-city-street-artist-brings-star-wars-whimsy-to-long-beach\n\n\nI thought this would bave been front page stuff if anything in the city. ",
"Long Beach resident! Have not seen this piece but so much great street art/murals in LB. cool to see my city get some love, thanks!",
"GO GO GADGET KILLOWATCH!",
"Brown watch",
"Fucking genius ",
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"What is this, without the picture over it? ",
"Woo Long Beach ",
"[Hey bud, c'mere...](https://youtu.be/rfelvI_ikf4)",
"Now I want to see <.< our quaint little railroad stop has none of that. Is it somewhere along the Delaware?",
"I love selling *brown watches* in alleys.",
"you've got plenty of Swiss and Japanese options in that price bracket. for Japanese i'd recommend the Seiko [SARB017](https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-7cNYwrmrPpk%2FVAg_Km2QgsI%2FAAAAAAAARC0%2FXddAsGr-GoA%2Fw866-h766-no%2FP1050121.JPG&f=1) and [SARB033](https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmiastozegarkow.pl%2Fimages%2F1424077653_DSCN6620.jpg&f=1).\n\nfor swiss there's the [Tissot Visodate](https://www.jomashop.com/tissot-visodate-men-watch-t0194301603101.html), [the hamilton khaki](http://watchesyoucanafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hamilton-khaki-field-rev02-02-br.jpg) and plenty of others.]\n\nthere are buying guides for each price bracket on /r/watches if you don't like any of those.",
"We call it golden rat",
"Hello yes ",
"California Heights! ",
"Used to live at 4th and Junipero ",
"Wanna buy a watch? \"Don't buy us were fakes!\"",
"Ayyyeee 🤙",
"> MVMT watches\n\nWhat does that stand for?",
"If you are thinking of becoming a collector, please try to stay with manual/automatic watches. Quartz (battery operated) movements are very cheap and there tends to be little resale value to them. If you look at the major auction houses (Christie's, Sotheby's, anti quorum, etc) you rarely find them selling quartz watches. At least put your money into something where there should/will be value later on down the road.",
"[mfw](https://i.imgur.com/cc1rODP.gifv) long beacharinos get to the top of the reddit page-a... chinos... (I got nothing just wanted to use that gif)",
"Hamilton khaki is awesome, I got it as an engagement present. Really love it. Edit: and /r/watches was really helpful as we researched since we knee nothing coming in.",
"His pocket looks like a badge.... THIS GUYS A NARC!",
"We're much more than Sublime and Snoop Dogg.\n\nWe have bike thieves, LUEs, NIMBYs, gentrification, lack of parking, police shootings, gang shootings, high rent, air pollution, no weed, and the Queen Mary.",
"I love how on the Art Walk website they give a big \"fuck you\" to the 4 businesses that shut down the street fair part of the event. As someone involved in the Long Beach art scene....good.\n\nEdit: sorry different link than the one posted above, it's this one I was thinking of:\n\nhttp://www.artwalklb.com/",
"Hey. As you are an avid watch collector, may I please ask you a question about a watch I'm looking for? You may be privy to insight I (an amateur) am not. ",
"[Whoever made this has never seen a penguin before. This is what it's supposed to look like.](https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/p__/images/1/18/Martini_watch_selling.png/revision/latest?cb=20150421210800&path-prefix=protagonist)",
"why go outside when you can stay inside and not get shot at? ",
"I looked for this",
"This reminds me of what it's like responding to my friends when they ask me, \"why do you think the Queen Mary is more interesting than the Titanic?\"\n\nDude... One has a storied operational history, remarkable events, and even a role in WW2. The other had an operational life spanning a few days.\n\n\"... Well the Titanic was HUGE though\"\n\nUh, the Queen Mary is bigger... by a LOT. And it still exists as cool floating museum! It even has a bar!",
"i might not know anything about that particular watch but sure",
"Eh, they tell time, but anyone buying an expensive watch has a 1,000,000 function multi-tool in their pocket that prominently displays the time and actually does a better job at that than a watch. Nobody buys a Rolex because they don't know what time it is.",
"Name a 2$ watch constructed to the same rigorous standards that can survive the same conditions as a rolex explorer.",
"Oh that's quite clever ",
"Well if you'd stop spinning in your chair, you might be able to not get dizzy enough to notice...",
"\"Hey there, you want some watches?\"",
"I work for a contractor for the same company. I'd be totally hyped if i saw this. ",
"Owning a Seiko SKX. ",
"I got myself a mechanical watch made in soviet Russia in the 80's off eBay for $30 or so, there's so many and they really are quality. The Vostok Komandirskie is the AK47 of watches.",
"Those of us in Lakewood recognize our city will be nationally recognized so we petition to be included with our neighbors in Long Beach",
"Being a resident of this fine city I can confirm they commission artists to go about and paint little murals/pieces. I don't know the exact details on how they decide what gets their treatment, but it's pretty cool. This is a piece by \"tombobnyc\" (which you can look up on Instagram with that handle) and a few months ago they had this whole food festival/art installation/mural painting thing going over a weekend I think called Pow Wow Long Beach and I've mainly seen them on the North side of town",
"There's not one in particular, I just keep getting burned by the Russian guy at the shop I frequent. I just want a water resistant mechanical watch, no frills just time, maybe date... but sub $150. Any ideas, or suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. ",
"Make it like a scavenger hunt, geocaching, \"my city is a museum\", stylistic beauty. Grafitti styles and mosaics and everything. Make it organic like a full body tattoo and the city is the body. Get the taxis and buses involved in it too. \"Find the catbus 42, depart at corner Wilks and Hew.\" Make the city a playground! ",
"I think you're missing maybe the biggest neighborhood that's all-about the street art culture which is Wynwood in Miami. ",
"Yeah corrected lol",
"r/LongBeach",
"That was a typo lol meant isn't",
"Like it has over 500k. That's bigger than a lot of capitals basically.",
"What color/dial combo did you get?",
"Someone should stick an actual clock on the bottom one.",
"Is Inspector Gadget undercover, or has he just hit a rough patch?",
"Yeah Long Beach Ny is so stupid, they don't even compare to the beach in the Pacific, and yet they charge an arm and a leg for non residents to go and there's barely any parking ever",
"well thats a win right there. why not get these guys who are going to graffiti anyway to do it right?\n\nthanks for the extra info - this is the best outcome",
"It's already water proof. They are nema 3r I'm sure. Unless Long Beach doesn't follow the NEC",
"Something about it being aesthetically pleasing and the way the arms catch your eyes to the top center of the watchface (where the watch brand would usually go)",
"the only one that comes to mind at that price point with good water resistance and mechanical is the Vostok Amphibia. meranom.com has a load of different models.\n\nironically, this is a russian dive watch.\n\nI have one myself and its kept good time since i got it in may last year.",
"No, spray all of you black before you start. That way it just looks like a black dude putting on deodorant",
"Am I just stupid, or is there supposed to be something clever about this image?",
"Super ",
"Did.. someone tag that JPG?",
"Easy to tell at a glance, but hard to subjectively quantify.",
"Wouldn't spraying myself black raise my chances of being arrested by like75%?",
"Favorite street artist at the moment. ",
"name [checks out](https://imgur.com/uBiOZCo)",
"I thought it costs $150 to get a box painted. It was my belief that it would be payment for the artist. I love the boxes and it is not fair to expect it to be done free. Thanks to your friend however for his contribution to beautify San Diego!",
"Graffiti is all encompassing. Street art and tagging are all graffiti ",
"Why not go outside all the time? Weather is amazing there ",
"He has one watch, likes it, and desires another. But he hopes to keep his first watch, even after getting the second. ",
"Hey, how are ya? Just checking in on youuu",
"Inspector Gadget is that you?",
"Don't be dissing Long Island beaches\n\nI mean...you're right though, Long Beach in particular isn't that great.",
"Jack? ",
"Just wash off before you see a judge",
"Yes, he is a billionair now making paintings for Richard Branson. ",
"huh I didn't think I was referencing a reddit thread",
"Let's go beach!",
"ah good point.",
"True. You know, I think I've heard that one before. ",
"smart meters give you cancer, im surprised california hasn't figured that out yet.",
"How do you buy those watches without the big markup?",
"They paint all of the Traffic Signal Controllers to, its pretty cool. ",
"Whats the conversion rate to schrute bucks?",
"Holy shit",
"Silver bezel/case and a black face. It was one made for the army too, I love it to bits.",
"Lol, idk. Seeing as I'm not that talented, I can't say how and who gets chosen, but it's good for the city, the community and the individual. It seems like ever since the city started this trend a few years ago, certain areas have \"lit up\" with community events and it's been pretty cool. There's still violence and stuff of the like, but they've really been making an effort. \n\nAnd no worries mate",
"I don't think they use it as an acronym. They just pronounce it like 'movement'",
"I swear people are so creative nowadays. Siiiick design",
"Take apart and look at the movement (the mechanism that makes it tell time) of an expensive automatic watch with a power saver and you'll truly be blown away by the precision and the beauty of the engineering that goes in to it. I've rebuilt engines and nothing has quite blown my mind when I took a look inside a patek to try and understand how it works. I counted 27 gears that I could see just off the bat, I could only the imagine calculating the gears ratios to get it to \"tick\" 8 times per second. \nNow is it more accurate and more practical than a $20 quartz watch? No, definitely not, but an automatic mechanical watch that can be set down for 3 weeks and lose a minute or two of time is an amazing thing. \nA good watch is a work of art. I'm not a watch expert, but something about a elegant watch with a heavy, complicated movement stirs my loins.",
"The eternal debate, \"What is art?\"",
"A donkey and a bottle of scotch.",
"Polo?",
"any tips on afforable but quality brand skeleton watches?",
"any tips on afforable but quality brand skeleton watches?",
"Someone found something in Asia for cheaper than it is in the West? Color me fucking shocked! That means nothing, you can find \"iPhones\" in China that are way cheaper than the \"real ones\" that doesn't mean iPhones are worth that much in a major market. MVMT watches are probably, I say probably because I don't buy from them, on par with brick and mortar stores like Macy's or Sears for both quality and price. \n\nI'm not defending MVMT watches, but seriously the hate surrounding this company is laughable. No one is forcing you to buy their stuff. ",
"So that’s what Inspector Gadget is up to these days. ",
"Now that's what I call trompe l'oeil. For a second I thought that man was really a cartoon.",
"Hey buddy, wanna buy a watch?\n\nI know you ain't got no watch.\n\nCuz' if you had a watch, you'd know it's night time. \n\nAnd night time ain't no time in this here neighborhood.",
"Long Beach is dope, wouldn't wanna live anywhere else. ",
"and an ice rink in the winter! ;)",
"I'd assume the businesses that have their walls painted on get to decide.",
"I was gonna say “all I’ve heard about LBC is that it’s not a good neighborhood” ",
"BUT MY SOCIALSTATUS",
"Weird my hometown is on the front page... Glad it is though, there is lots of street art around, if you ever go outside....",
"Shut up and hodl like the rest of us, alright?",
"Lol we do too! Love that place tho",
"Outside is ssoo overrated and the California sun hurts your skin.",
"Hey I live near Long Beach, but I've never seen this. ",
"Don't buy us we're fakes\n",
"Okay fuck it, I won't sell anymore coins I promise, I already brought myself down to 5k coins, don't wan't to go any-lower.",
"Yep, pretty much what I was going to say.",
"I'm not too familiar with skeletonized watches as that's not typically my style but I do own an automatic Fossil that's skeletonized and I like it. I'm not sure what the community's consensus is on Fossil but I think they are a good starting point. They do use mostly quartz movements and may be over priced for what they are, but they also have some really cool designs and aren't too crazy. They make some skeletonized watches but I'm not familiar with their current lineup. Orient makes open heart designs, which have a hole in the face to show off the balance wheel. Those might be along the lines that you are looking for. Hope that helps. ",
"I got a selection of good things on sale... stranjah",
"You forgot to factor in Stanley Nickels first ",
"I’m not into watches. What does a reasonably priced minimalist watch for comparison look like?",
"Thats clever. I remember when people wore watches.",
"That’s the spirit!",
"Was really hoping the clock said 4:20",
"All of those tags are pretty decent except the blue center bottom tag.",
"I didn't know there were so many redditors here in Long Beach. ",
"I was wondering exactly the same. So we all agree this and that type of art is nice to have around, but what one think is art someone else might think is rubbish or vandalism. And obviously some crappy tag is rubbish, but I don't think it's that easy.\n\nSo taste differs right? That's ok, but eventually it's the government that would have to draw a line somewhere. So draw a line between nice looking pieces and crappy ones one might say? But this would technically be a light (but still) form of censorship, because now you have group of government sponsored people that decide what's art and crap, but *way* more importantly, what might be right or wrong. \n\nIn the hands of the right people it wouldn't be bad, but the problem is that they would have the power to allow or disallow certain messages being depicted.",
"For real. I see local from New York complaining that they don’t know why the city attracts so many tourists since it’s overpriced as hell and you can get the same thing out of a lot of cities. \n\nBitch, the biggest city I’ve ever been to has a population of 250k. New York has a population that nearly double my country’s. ",
"I think it's only hard if you're being pedantic. Ones visually pleasing, artwotk. The other is ugly vandalism.",
"Don’t come here. We don’t want outsiders. We love being our own thing here. We’re like a neutral zone between LA and orange country. \n\nPlus, our pride is way better than LA’s. ",
"It’s been awhile since I was big into watches. IIRC, I remember finding a link on reddit years ago where somebody actually found the manufacturer DW went through and they were selling the watches for cheap without the logo. I may be wrong though, or that might’ve changed.\n\nIf you go over to /r/watches then you’ll find a pretty passionate community that could point you in the right direction. I’m sure they could find you some bauhaus style watches that are cheaper, or are from a more respected company. ",
"Nah. Stay in the OC. ",
"Wow that pigeon is nice",
"[Good Brand, good price, but not full skeleton.](https://www.amazon.com/Orient-FDB08005W-Esteem-Stainless-Leather/dp/B005HZU7LU/ref=cts_wa_2_vtp)\n\n\n[Better brand, full skeleton, but Idk what you definition of affordable is...](https://www.jomashop.com/oris-watch-01-734-7684-4051-07-5-21-70fc.html)",
"Thank you",
"As a North Long Beach resident I'm sad to say I don't recognize any of these. Brb, gonna go the fuck to the east side.",
"We're no longer using the other middle men.",
"I can attest to this. The resale on a quartz is atrocious. ",
"[Here's mine.] (https://imgur.com/a/V6Rah) Its so damn charming. ",
"Is this tombobnyc?",
"We have a gay immigrant Latino mayor. Who started off as a Republican and became a democrat to get elected. \n\nYou would think the exact opposite of the president would make more news, no?",
"ayy drnastyhobo",
"Brain fart. I've been up since 4kWh.",
"We also have /u/drnastyhobo",
"There's a dispensary right on 2nd Street in Belmont Shore. And seems like a bunch more are opening up.",
"'You want some of this shit? It's gonna cost ya'",
"Meh, they need a football team to get me interested. ",
"Exactly what I thought when I saw it.",
"That barber shop sucks too much for me to like this mural. ",
"I didn’t know about this site, thanks. Long Beach has been blowing up with street art these last few years. I love looking at them during my walks around town. It’s a shame about Jaime Molina’s piece on the wall of the boxing club on fourth; that was one of my favorites. I’m not a big fan of the generic Latino lowrider culture influenced mural that replaced it.",
"As another fellow Long Beach resident, I am sad to say that I don't recognize any of them.... ",
"Good luck running against big gay Latino Bobby Garcia. ",
"Sofia in Bulgaria did something similar and it looks great. [Here's a link if you've not seen it before](http://www.back-packer.org/graffiti-sofia/)",
"I dunno, if the street art isn't commissioned, I think its still technically graffiti, no matter how beautiful it is.",
"That's right by my house and I've never seen it. ",
"Do you know Stevin as well?",
"The 908 or 562",
"Ugh. More like \"məvəmət\" at best, not sure where the N is supposed to come from, but alright, I guess that almost makes sense. Shouldn't expect any better from some kind of hipster analog watch company.",
"Not it it's commissioned. ",
"This is most likely not vandalism. Pow wow does a lot of work like this at the request of the owners. ",
"You're vandalism. Also Long Beach encourages street art. ",
"Am I allowed to paint my own? ",
"You are crap. This is creative and shows skill. ",
"Seiko/orient are solid starts for mechanical.\n\nCitizen has some great solar quartz watches.\n\nSwatch is affordable and made by the same group that produces legendary omega models",
"Riiiiight",
"As a Long Beach resident, I don't recognize any of them but I know where they're at lol",
"Looks like inspector gadget",
"FUCK YEA LONG BEACH. Represent. ",
"Is your brain broken? ",
"Was expecting /u/DrNastyHobo with this comment. \nAlso if you can't find weed your not looking hard enough.",
"Why can’t I find people this talented to hire??",
"Here’s some guerilla art I ran across in Hawthorne https://i.imgur.com/xTQ5eNm.jpg ",
"I used to walk there after drinking at the Prospector. ",
"thats so longbeach",
"I don't get the stereotype of the guy who sells watches he hides in his coat though, although I think I've seen that stereotype before. Is it something that actually used to happen a very long time ago, and now people just draw it because they saw it drawn somewhere?",
"If you just search online for cheap, minimalist style watches, there are a multitude of them in the $20-50 range, even on Amazon. \n\nI was never into that style, so I’m a bit out of my depth there. I can’t imagine the MVMT or DW costs anymore than those do to make. They’re incredibly simple, battery powered watches. I think it’s pretty hard to go wrong. Don’t let cost concern you, those $200 watches are using the same components as the cheap ones without brand recognition.\n\nI defer to /r/watches though, bc they know far better than I do.",
"Wristwatch is more convenient than pulling out a phone. ",
"i love long beach :)",
"I’m from there. I assume most are down by the pike which used to be pretty crappy. ",
"I'm glad you did. ",
"Gogo gadget graffiti machine",
"Lovely place!!",
"Rolex on my wrist",
"Vince staples too",
"but its still vandalism even if its visually pleasing and its on the side of some establishment that does not want it there",
"The socket is your property, but the meter the utility installs inside is not. The utility typically would not give you trouble so long as their meter did not get painted, and nothing got inside. They are rain-tight enclosures, so long as they weren't sprayed with hose/jet water(or submerged) you will be OKAY :)",
"And my winter formal was on the Queen Mary. Long Beach is awesome. ",
"Does GB actually made hand churned milkshakes?",
"YASSSS",
"Hahaha! That's genius!",
"There are many situations where it would be inappropriate/rude to pull out a cell phone, but acceptable to glance at a watch. School, meetings, the list goes on. ",
"where did you find these models? these are awesome!",
"Fucking dope",
"It must be a medical dispensary since the city government put up a 180 moratorium on recreational marijuana. They'll probably all end up selling recreational, but the fact that our city council had a year to prepare for this only to prop up a huge delay a month before going legal statewide is a such a blunder; a ton of tax money that stoners are happily willing to pay is going to Santa Ana instead.",
"Proud to live in this beautiful city! And long beach is really cool about street art.",
"How do you figure? I see no logo or label or anything. ",
"Shady guy: Hey buddy wanna buy a watch?\nAll the watches whispering at once: Don’t buy us, we’re fakes!",
"What up fellow LBC resident!",
"California is famous for its Street Art!",
"Nice try, two-dimensional undercover LB cop... I’m not falling for that one again!",
"[This is sorta relevant](https://youtu.be/aCPRfA6W00k) ",
"Kajit has wares if you have coin!",
"\"Bitch you thirsty, please grab a sprite.\"",
"u/drnastyhobo and u/spikenlb are the true heroes of r/longbeach.",
"Stuff like this is great. Much better than some crude insignia on the side of a wall.",
"yeah another redditor clarified that this was actually sanctioned work.\n\nstill - even if it was technically vandalism it should still be up. thats the part that offends my sensibilities",
"Stuff like this is great. Much better than some crude insignia on the side of a wall.",
"Not a watch collector but I love watches. I too don't have the coin to drop on fancy watches but I do own a couple of Invicta watches. I like them because they have a fuck ton of styles from sport, to business and even a bunch of character lines like Garfield, Popeye, Marvel and Disney which some are actually designed very nice. The last one I boug[ht was this Mickey watch a few mont](https://www.amazon.com/Invicta-Disney-Limited-Quartz-Stainless/dp/B01JPOKSP8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1516915545&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=invicta+mickey+mouse+watch&psc=1)hs ago. My wife and kids and I took our first trip to Disney and had a blast, happened to see this on sale for $60 and put it in the cart. A few days later, a message popped under it for an additional 15 or 20% off so I bought it. I like the brand a lot.\n\nEDIT: Checkout the 360 vid on under the pics in that link I posted. For the price, Invicta makes a very good, detailed product IMO",
"For real! They turned an entire side of the security building next to my complex into a gigantic street art mural. The name of the event escapes me but they are littered everywhere throughout the city!",
"They could also check out Hamilton Jazzmaster collection.",
"Go to the Rockaways. It has come a long way and has become popular with hipsters and surfers.",
"Except long beach ca isn't really a beach town. It is mainly an industrial city built around the busiest port on the west coast. ",
"Brilliant! ",
"If I were the meter reader on this route I’d smile every time I saw this.",
"I don’t live in Long Beach ",
"If I were the meter reader on this route I’d smile every time I saw this.",
"Theres also a really amazing mural in Long Beach of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera\n\nhttps://lbpost.com/life/arts-culture/2000009805-october-arts-month-of-murals-women",
"My city 😎",
"I'm from Baton Rouge, and we call it the BR Wall Project. It was basically started to beautify the more \"run down\" parts of town. The parts of BR that thrived in the 80s were completely run down, and in some parts dangerous, a few years ago. So this project, along with a few other city improvement projects, set out to revive those areas.\n\nSo far, the areas have become a mix of both urban poverty and well-to-do middle class, which is the idea behind it. There is a special effort to not entirely gentrify these areas and price out those who live there, while still overall making their community a happier, more vibrant place to live.\n\n> The Walls Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that began as a collaborative effort in November 2012 between members of the entrepreneurial real estate and social communities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We intend to bridge the gap between the artistic and business communities in order to accomplish not only city beautification but also economic development in order to serve a greater social good.\n\n> What started as a collaborative community project between various art and progressive industries has grown into a citywide in statewide public art campaign.\n\n> The project is fielded by individual and business donations and has grown into the movement of thousands to transform the landscape of our city and state. We are dedicated to expanding the visual arts of Louisiana by enhancing the artistic beauty of the large spaces throughout the state (and beyond).\n\n> Mission: Stimulate the creative arts economy by delivering public art works that inspire urban and rural beautification, dialogue, and unity.",
"It actually still happens, perhaps not with the overcoat but you do get folks on the street selling things. The reason they 'hide it in their jackets' or if you're in New York, they'll take off like marathons runners through Central Park, is because the merchandise is usually knockoffs (patent/trademark law violations) and the areas they sell in have no solicitation rules.\n\nThe image of a man with the overcoat and watches is definitely a throwback to the old days of a man trying to sell you a Rolex but it's actually a Rolox, lol.",
"Looks amazing ",
"and/or someone who listens to any of 100s of other podcasts they advertise on.",
"That blue face one is on Atlantic and del amo before the YMCA. ",
"reminds me of philosophy classes back in high school\n\nhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/art-definition/\n",
"Ah, people tell me that all the time. You should give your work away for the EXPOSURE! Bitch, people die of exposure. ",
"Reminds me if an old pc game, where in the USA is Carmen San Diego.",
"Where is this? I just moved to Long Beach for school like a week ago haha",
"nice to see a bit of knowledge among all the shitposts here that is just banksy and such",
"I've never understood how street art can have such straight lines. Why can't I draw them straight lines like that :c",
"Thank you I follow this artist he’s really good with a low following I’m glad he is getting the credit he deserves ! He needs the karma ",
"Yeah I live in DTLB and I have seen most of the ones on that site but can't place where the watch guy art is.",
"He's from the city where the skinny carry strong heat",
"33k comments.",
"Gets lighter as you Hoon!",
"When people talk graffiti in LA it's just usually gang sings ",
"Man, the day after that angel mural was finished (right near where I live) someone tagged \"Hipster bullshit\" across the bottom of it. People were PISSED and the city had the text painted over and the artist back to touch it up within like five hours.",
"/me rethinks posting \"What about the banksy model?\"",
"What am I looking at here?",
"The definition of what constitutes art is a multi thousand year project spanning many disciplines, yet people think they're going to solve it in this very thread on reddit. \n\nIronically, if it ever is solved, it probably will be in a place like this, but it will go unnoticed and will probably have been done by accident, the work of a random assortment of words in a new and unimagined order by the algorithm of an amateur reddit bot, rather than after having been thoroughly thought out. ",
"Okay I’m coming then.",
"Reminds me of too much time on my hands music video https://youtu.be/cepLWbsPw_g",
"You have no idea what you're talking about. Graffiti is anything done without permission. The pretty artsy stuff you like and gritty handstyles are one in the same.",
"[ayyyyyyy](https://i.imgur.com/ya0557w.gifv)",
"Personally I like Swatch. They're not for everyone, I like the plastic ones so they're light and comfortable, but they're really stylish, reliable, and are so durable since there's no glass to break. Cons are that the plastic ones tick loudly. ",
"Gyro!",
">overpriced bullshit watches just like other companies\n\nPLEBEIAN DETECTED. ",
"This is pretty great ",
"Where in Long Beach is this at?",
"Is it a Pokestop?",
"Disgusting",
"So we have a whole festival (around a week) every year where new art gets put up around Long Beach. It’s called POW! WOW! It’s pretty amazing, a whole map is made of where all the installations will be going on and who’s doing them. It’s paid for by the city and definitely one of the highlights of the city. ",
"I see [you](https://i.redd.it/1gn26u3eum801.jpg) fam",
"Oh shit I won't say which one but I can see one of the 2017 ones from my window right now...\n\nits weird to see things on the internet that are right next to you.",
"My crips lurkin, don't die tonight.",
"[How you make me feel inside](https://i.imgur.com/L2smZyE.jpg)",
"If you're into street art, put Valparaiso, Chile on your to visit list. Those were the most surrealistic three days of my life. The entire city is a canvas. I'm pretty sure they take the street art crown. ",
"Never been to Miami. I was literally just basing it off of what I have seen. I am the weird sort of tourist that loves local street art and all of the places I have come across with funding for street art have done it though these kinds of models. \n\nHow is Wynwood funded?",
"Gorilla ape [dunkin on those busters](https://gfycat.com/ElderlyCourageousAidi) he know whats good",
"Oh good, I'm not the only one that noticed it.",
"Long Beach, WA: \"you probably have the wrong Long Beach\"",
"Half of long beach isn't industrial. Long beach is a pretty good mix between LA and Orange County. ",
"As a former long beach resident, you are not alone. Apparently there's been an art bonanza since I upped stakes...",
"Is that’s Ferns?",
"Hey I'm from Nowhere, Midwest and moved to Long Beach CA for all of these reasons. Awesome street art, GREAT food, good beer, diverse people, and two blocks from the ocean.\n\nIt's nice, but I'm sick of commuting and I miss home/the cold. Trying to stay positive and enjoy the perks while I'm here!",
"There's a grand prix every once in a while. ",
"It's the most fun you can possibly have!",
"Wait say that again i didn't quite catch that",
"It kept saying the submission failed :( I'll delete the others.",
"Obviously he's talking about Hamburger Mary's",
"DAM TIO TFTI, ALL UP IN THE FRONT PAIGE N SHIET, CHALE FOO",
"LB is unique as far as CA beach towns go because it isn't beachy but really industrial. Also super diverse.",
"Right? It's amazing how many Long Beach residents are here. We found our people! ",
"When did inspector gadget start flogging watches?",
"is that the inspector Gadget? ",
"It's a big city, nobody really thinks of it as one since LA is next door. A lot of college students as well which is prime reddit userbase.",
"everything except legal recreational weed",
"dam str8 foo, an anchunt relic, like that time i fell inside a manhole cover off of magnolia, i found an underground lair n shiet, and a cache of illegal **MY BIKE GOT STOLEN IN LBC** shirts, my chanclas were never the same foo",
"http://www.lbartwalk.org/long-beach-art-walk-map.html\n\nHere is a map of last month's walk. You can explore on your own. :) ",
"Just a street art fan who also happens to be an Economics wonk. \n\nI just remembered the places I have been to and then googled. I'm sure there's other models but my point was they're always going to fall under a combination of few categories: Public money/policy, non-profit (either public or private) donations, profit motivated sponsorship, or using art as advertising. \n\nYou can build any model you want out of those sources but I've yet to see any other business models for street art... its a hard to build business models around something like street art. I'm impressed by everyone that does.",
"Hello my fellow XLM fan\n\nTime is relative. To many it appears to operate at the same speed, but, we know that's not true though. Some, who understand time, know it's much more complicated then that.\n\nJust like a watch. ",
"Right? I’ve lived here for almost 10 years now and I haven’t seen any of these. ",
"There are dozens of us!",
"yay! we made it LBC! lets celebrate at Legends!",
"> but something about a elegant watch with a heavy, complicated movement stirs my loins.\n\nROFL. Thanks for making me laugh. Very funny and true.",
"I don't know. It was a small little place. Lots of natural light.",
"No. This wasn't a JR. My friend and I were like the only ones there.",
"I was just making a guess based on the conversation. I never claimed to be an expert ",
"Name the %age of watch wearing population that would be in a situation daily of having to survive said conditions.",
"I love going to the Queen Mary! I've only been there a few times but those experiences were all around amazing. The view of our city from the ship is super beautiful too :) ",
"http://www.lbartwalk.org/long-beach-art-walk-map.html\n\nEnjoy! ",
"Maybe I'll pass by it when I go to the NJPW show in March.",
"For those mentioning Pow! Wow! I’m actually heading to the Hawaii event next month to paint a wall from Australia, so if you guys wanna AMA go ahead.\n\nI’m a sometimes muralist (mostly gallery artist, and I’m friends with a few SoCal artists too",
"*I'll get you next time, Gadget! NEEEXXXTT TTTIIIMMMEEE!!!*",
"Reppin the city by the sea, the LBC.",
"If I were the meter reader on this route I’d smile every time I saw this.",
"This is one from Long Beach too. \n\n https://imgur.com/BEOD5Vd",
"Used to be a good surfing spot back in the day before they put in the breakwater. But you’re right too. ",
"Not all [street gang graffiti ](http://youtu.be/Tof_0AWT1xA) is shitty. Some actually care about their craft. ",
"Lol same!",
"Yeah I know. But that's why I said \"very often\"",
"That's definitely a pokestop",
"Damn I coulda used that when I went outside! \nBut really, that’s pretty sweet. Thanks for the link",
"That's actually called \"tagging\".",
"Alibaba and dhgate are good ideas ",
"Moved to LB 6 months ago and couldn't be happier. \nFound [this gem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLji0JbgsM) and it's been in my head ever since. ",
"They are appliances. They can be jewelry and they can be art. ",
"Why not drugs?",
"Came here to say that. Still not outside either ",
"I know what it's called. don't worry yourself",
"Good call, I've never seen Hamilton skeletons and its a little bit cheaper. \n\nhttps://www.jomashop.com/hamilton-watch-h42555751.html",
"The google street view link has an addy, but it definitely looks like it’s maybe in a residential alley that’s probably not as easily seen?",
"Can't believe I had to scroll this far down ",
"If the trenchcoat wearing watch peddler was black, you guys would be saying the artist is racist. Never have I seen a white person selling stolen/knockoff merch.",
"And everyone now is complaining about the Navy leaving behind the jetty on Long Beach Harbor.",
"And then cartels leave severed heads on the ground in front of them.",
"Same. Hi neighbor ",
"https://youtu.be/eFP3uD_gXsQ?t=1m25s",
" Thought it was cool and closed it. Did a double take and realized those were meters. Fuckin nice!",
"Belmont Shore is a beach town. The city is huge. It’s a lot more than just the port and downtown area. ",
"My grandma used to work in the Queen Mary. It turns out it actually is haunted. She has unexplained photos of herself in her cell phone that were not taken by her. Lots of creepy stories.",
"The food really is phenomenal in Long Beach. It’s one of the reasons I stay. ",
"Well waterproofing is a major thing. ",
"“What are ya buyin stranger?”",
"What up!! ",
"Feels weird to see you guys out here in public on r/all",
"Yeah it’s not great. Check out The Lodge on 4th and Termino. ",
"Who are they and why",
"I love the street art in Long Beach! Some of the pieces are so clever just like this one.",
"Thumbnail legit looked like Inspector Gadget ",
"Go go gadget watch!",
"That is Cool, nice work!",
"Me too. I was hoping his work at the business factory was finally getting the appreciation it deserves.",
"This is the only art account I follow on Instagram, the guy is so creative and can see art in anything",
"You can shut up now",
"Can we repaint the left hand to be at the top?",
"Or Vince Staples",
"love how the artist used the meters as the watch!\n",
"Same!",
"Hey kid want some blades",
"Did you ever do the haunted tours? Gets pretty crazy!",
"[Next steps](https://i.imgur.com/nA1ObsI.gif). Does it make you tingle.. down there?",
"[At least you can get drunk and surf](http://i.imgur.com/h219DI7.gifv)",
"Hey buddy would you like to buy a watch real cheap \nHere on the street \nI've got six on each arm and two more round my feet",
"Billy Blue Balls!",
"A great follow. He does some really clever work.",
">I'm not defending MVMT\n\nHmm, sure.\n\n>No one is forcing you to buy their watches\n\nJust like no one is forcing you to take my input to heart. If you like your MVMT watch and it makes you happy, more power to you. Doesn't change the fact that they are shitty, marked up Chinese rip offs.",
"Very much so!",
"@tombobnyc on instagram is the artist btw!!!",
"It looks like they may have painted over some meters towards the top.",
"As a former meter reader this would confuse the hell out of me.",
"People should realize it's a culture movement that can change the behavior and the actions of the public. While plain buildings can look awesome, having painted everybuilding with a mural stops a person from making grafitti and gives them an opportunity to respect something. Just the slightest amount of respect for a person changes how everyone perceives others. More you have less the crime.",
"Cheaply constructed quartz movement (the mechanism that moves the hands/other complications, not the brand), poor case design and construction, slapped on a \"genuine leather\" strap which is from scraps of the lowest quality part of the hide. All of this for $100-$200 when you could get a respectable watch of exponentially better quality for half the price (timex, Casio, seiko). \n\nI wouldn't have a problem with people buying these watches if they were advertised truthfully, but sadly they aren't. ",
"ay tio, don't forget to let them ppl know bout r/lbmoto for when you just [gots to ride](https://i.imgur.com/uPOXFWw.gifv)",
"It just HAD to be electric meters, I work as a meter reader; these things show up in my dreams even. Watching a movie or TV show, first things I notice are meters. ",
"Be safe my dude. It is a dangerous world out there!",
"Don't worry, I'm not taking your input to heart. I'm laughing at the fact that so many Redditors are upset that MVMT has a successful business model.\n\nYou're mad that people are freely entering in a transaction with a company, it's funny.",
"Long Beach represent! ",
"There are some in Borth LB:\nAtlantic and Del Amo\nMarket and Long Beach Blvd has a couple ",
"Cute!",
"Oh this is just like my drug dealer but without the watches!",
"Hit up Chuck's for breakfast at the end of the block because why not?",
"It's a whole neighborhood where the businesses are all painted with murals that change weekly. Some are legendary and been there for years like the original gangsters mural.. I'm on mobile but just Google wynwood. There's also a very small 'public garden' type place within the neighborhood of wynwood which is called \"wynwood walls\", that's an outdoor-garden-gallery with random walls all ove which all have murals. ",
"Anyone trynna buy a sundial?",
"“WELCOME BACK STRANGER!”",
"im looking for a gold toothbrush",
"Not single comment on this thread hasn’t mentioned Regulate. I’ll be the first then. ",
"Yeah the little clever pieces are always some of my favorites.",
"Wow... of course it’s a white guy selling watches on the street. RACIST ",
"The people buying dw are not going to get a more respected brand. They just want the look. ",
"The science of this photo... xD",
"Same",
"Searched the whole post for this comment ",
"My prom was there.",
"Try Long Beach IN, nobody has ever meant Long Beach Indiana ",
"Wadda’ya buyin’",
"Yeah it's nice being a resident tho",
"You wanna buy a watch?",
"Bixby park checking in!",
"as an og lbc resident, i can confirm that the's should be blunts.",
"And now that all the Long Beach redditors are here, can we please address this parking issue...",
"Phones do a demonstrably *worse* job of telling time than any wristwatch ever could. You don’t have to pull your watch out of your pocket to look at it.",
"I mean you're also the city where the skinny carry strong heat",
"Long Beach local, where is that street art? Must be new because I haven't seen it before. ",
"Praise cthulhu",
"Love street art like this\nIn LA you’ll find the electric boxes painted as phone booths or cell phones or decked out with Fire Department themes. So cool",
"/r/longbeach ",
"I hoped you would show up here.",
"Haha I always think that too. I remember an old post a few years ago of a Dodge Viper driving down Lakewood Blvd. in Lakewood and there were like 10 comments of redditors from Lakewood. Small world.",
"Haha I grew up in Long Beach but I was more like 30 minutes from the ocean! Don't forget how big Long Beach is\n\nedit: We'll more like 20 but 30min on a Friday afternoon.",
"AYYYY norf norf!",
"🇺🇸",
"Good work. Every wall can art this type of paint. Good Job!",
"I had a high school dance there and my own wedding!",
"That sounds like a plan to me. Thanks! ",
"You’re literally bragging about getting shit on. ",
"Souvenirs, novelties, party tricks",
"Oh I know. It kills me when that's all that's ever mentioned though ",
"\"Hey, don't buy us, we're fake!\"",
"I upvoted.",
"Norf side, to be specific",
"Ahhh... I’ll buy it at a high price.",
"LBC stand up",
"Good bot ",
"Where do they \"take nearly identical watches\" from, to \"slap a logo on\"?\n\nAs someone with an education and experience in product development, I hear bold statements like this a lot and nobody seems to know any particulars.",
"I must live under a rock, because the 'brand recognition' that MVMT and DW have to me is a shitty brand that is just an overpriced generic watch from some Alibaba sweatshop.",
"Sure, that's what a bot would say.",
"It can get kinda chilly on Wall Street I guess",
"I live in PV but I like to go to Long Beach for Roscoe's. I used to go on bike rides there too. Man, I should fix my bike.",
"Whatdaya buyin’ ",
"Stuff stamped genuine leather *can be cheap leather* but lots of expensive great leather also gets stamped it. Redwing Heritage makes some nice boots out of really good leather (ask over on r/goodyearwelt if you don’t believe me) that have genuine stamped on the sole.\n\nSaying genuine is a specific kind of leather is like saying “real beef is the cheapest kind of beef”... while sometimes taco meat gets stamped “real beef”, that doesn’t make “real beef” a specific cut of steak. You can’t call up a tannery an just say “like some genuine leather” they’d laugh...there are literally hundreds of words used to describe specific leathers used in my industry, genuine isn’t one of them.",
"Go-go-gadget stolen watches",
"Streetart that doesn't hurt anyone/anything is just another bohemian playground 😩",
"This is the third time seeing this in my feed and finally just realized the watch faces are meters. Am I the only person who misses a lot of things because I use my mobile 90% of the time? ( on iPad now).",
"Can confirm it’s a medical only dispensary there is another one on 7th st but I’m not sure if that’s medical only as well",
"That wasn't the question ",
"I am visiting Long Beach for the first time in a couple of weeks. Is the sublime mural still up?",
"Did anyone else come here only because when they scrolled past the eyes seemed to move ? \n\nIt's late, I should go to bed.",
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"Don't forget Cameron Diaz and the dozens of NFL players! \n\nAlso the Paris Hilton and Simple Plan (?) music videos. Also wasn't La la Land filmed in Bellflower? Wait is Bellflower part of Long Beach? Man I've been away for too long...",
"Might want to watch out. That guy looks shady ",
"Wiw just spent the last 10 years living in Long Beach and can’t say I have seen ANY of these. You have got to love them though",
"> The other is ugly vandalism.\nI'm going off when you said this. the visually pleasing can still be vandalism\n",
"Nothing wrong with being associated with two of the best musical acts of their respected genres. Love me some sublime I can’t aait to visit ",
"So was mine. On Pride weekend. It was really awkward for a lot of people, and really hilarious for others.",
"Well in this case the company is getting entire watches from china that cost them under 10$. So it's safe to assume that the leather isn't of high quality. You rarely see a watch with high quality leather use the genuine leather stamp. ",
"Lsd is a hell of a drug",
"Sweet! I’m at 3rd and cherry. Great part of town right?",
"It's no Bansky, but I'd let it stay up for a couple of months before painting over it if I owned the property.",
"[Big hugsss](https://i.imgur.com/Sc193kA.gifv)",
"Yes it's fantastic. ",
"I live in lbc as well I need to really get out more",
"Look like smart meters, which is good since the meter readers might have trouble finding them.",
"Long Beach is pretty big. ",
"Happy to say I'm a Cal State Long Beach right now while seeing this",
"This is actually not just some random street art. The city and many of the neighboring beach cities paid a number of artists to paint the electrical boxes around town to make them less of an eye sore. \nStill pretty neat tho. ",
"This reminds me of the art in Berlin.",
"Every time I see Long Beach I think Sublime and then I'm sad when it's not Sublime. Still cool though.",
"You don't have to sell me on my Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Chronograph again, I'm already buying one in the future. ",
"!dreambot",
"Wait where? I live in LB",
"Shhh, back to sleep now. Winter will be over in three, four months. Then you get that glorious NE spring/summer/fall, oh, it's winter again already? \n\nTo be fair though, we do get earthquakes. ",
"u/theoksenpai this is nice",
"Is it on campus? If not, where is it located?",
">D I S R U P T I N G (insert arbitrary market here)\n\nThat's the best thing to say if you want me to stop considering buying your product.",
"Genius",
"Phones set and correct themselves automatically though",
"Love that!",
"I love Long Beach <3",
"This is the difference between street art and graffiti.",
"psst",
"Is there a significance to the translucent top part of his hat? The rest of the blacks are solid but the top part of his hat is translucent to show the...square? in his hat.",
"This is childishly inspirational",
"Nice, I like those watches!!!",
"> 200ish dollars\n\n\nThat's almost twice what mine cost before I used one of the podcast codes",
"based on the website it sounds like theyre all from the past 2 years",
"Its alright. My roomate has had two bikes stolen and his car broken into in less than a year here. YMMV",
"that's awesome... very clever indeed",
"I’m sue that’s the case, it’s just a pet peeve of mine to see people say “genuine always means bad”, which is oft repeated. The actual name for the kind of leather most people are taking about when they refer to “genuine” like it’s a specific thing is “finished split”, which is basically suede with enough artificial coating to make it look smooth.\n\nMost good watch straps and bands do tell you the actual tannery or the like.",
"[This one](https://i.imgur.com/9jPm7XI.png) is my favorite, down Pine next to Toxic Toast for any Long Beach locals. ",
"Not mad, just laughing at the fact that people don't do their research before buying things. \n\nYou're just an angry person in real life who just likes to argue on the internet because you have nothing better to do.",
"> ’m sad to sa\n\nRight there with ya. Lived in Long Beach my entire life and have always known about the street art that was done a few years back near where I grew up, but I had no idea there were this many examples!",
"It is half past 10 kw hours",
"Replace those wrist watches with drugs and it would be an advertisement for D.A.R.E. ",
"The phrase has been around way longer than that thread. I've never even seen that, and it goes back at least eight years. ",
"> art arms race\n\nThat sounds like an arms race I can get behind.",
"Amazing tattoo parlors too. The Pike used to be the place to go in LA",
"Too bad they took down the VIP records sign. Also, Jackrabbit for life.",
"Also, Cambodia Town commissioned some new murals this past year.",
"I'm stuck in San Diego after living in Belmont Heights (10th and Redondo) during the '00s. Go Beach!!! Damn, I miss that city. Always gotta get my street tacos from Taqueria de Mexico on 4th when I pass through the old neighborhood.",
"Nope. The Ohio.",
"Wow my friend lives 2 blocks down from there.",
"That's cool as hell.",
"“Hey kid, wanna buy a watch?”\n\n“Don’t buy us, we’re fakes!”",
"That's dope ",
"So friggin creative!",
"If you say so, I'm not the one going on about how a product I don't use is a rip off.",
"You should move here! It's nice. There's lots to do and see. ",
"Makes sense. ",
"I had a coworker talk about buying a fake Rolex in N.Y., he wore it to an interview and the whole thing turned towards the watch. He didn't lie but wasn't completely honest either. I just don't get it, I'd rather have a target watch than a fake Rolex. ",
"WULULULULULU!!!!",
"My favorites are “I can’t eat exposure” and “I don’t think my landlord accepts exposure as rent”",
"Mhm, your argument so thin it is hanging by a thread",
"Do do do do INSPECTOR GADGET do da do do do do doo ^^woo ^^woo",
"Places like LA, hire people to do murals to keep other graffiti/gang tagging off of their businesses. You could drive around and see one on a shop and ask if they have the painter's info. ",
"I’ve walked by this exact wall ",
"Man I love these, most of them are so creative if not just beautiful examples of raw talent.\n\nAnnoys the hell out of me when they get (ahem) *painted* as destruction of property, having asshole property owners try to paint the artists with the same brush as people who scratch gang tags in windows with fucking exacto knives.\n\nI wonder if there shithead property managers ever try to press charges against the artists but then still try to find a way to remove that portion of the wall and sell it at auction. Not saying they can't technically do that, I'm just saying it's a shitty, hypocritical thing to call it destruction of property but in the same breath turn around and say \"Oh, it's a Banksy? Who wants to buy it?!\"",
"If you say so, have a goodnight.",
"Even fairly inexpensive watches do that, too. I’ve got a G-shock that uses radio to auto-set itself. It can even detect which time zone you’re in and update itself, like a phone does.",
"Some people are so fcuking talented!",
"Thanks for sharing. ",
"Thank you. Go have some more fun on The Donald. ",
"Yeah when I hear that I always think \"Would you say the same thing to an entry-level cashier? Or even a guy you want to dig ditches for you?\". Then I think \"Nevermind, of course you would because you're a FUCKING ASSHOLE\".\n\nThis is why people like this don't have a web site, or the event photography, or the app based on the BEST IDEA EVA, or the established online store selling \"their brand\" of clothing with other people's designs on it. Serious businesses don't fuck around. They don't promise the moon for the people in their startups then turn their backs on them the second they turn a profit. Being a fuckhead and screwing people over is rarely a sustainable business practice (unless you work on Wall Street).",
"If you recognize the brand, it’s still brand recognition. I don’t mean it in a positive sense. People know those names, shit or not. And they are definitely overpriced, generic Chinese specials, lol.",
"Oh shit I live in LB where this at?",
"I mean, I’m just quoting the general MSRP here, YMMV. \n\nIf you’re happy with it, that’s all that matters. They’re solid watches and pretty to look at, but they’re also the type of watch that watch snobs are going to turn their nose up at. At the end of the day, who really cares? I’m just telling people there are cheaper options, and no part of that markup is based on higher quality or standout features. Get what you want; somebody will always find a reason to bitch about it. ",
"Santa Ana here: thanks guys. Our nightlife also kicks ass.",
"The boxes I've seen decorated are vinyl printed wraps. The money would be for the printing and install.\n\nActually painting them can cause a few problems.",
"The LA Model may have spring up a reason for being in the digital age, but privately commissioned street art for art's sake has been going on around here for decades.",
"I usually go to Garden Grove for weed, or HB although their locations get raided more often.",
"I better plan to move... Rent's gone up so much lately... Exposure on Reddit isn't gonna help!",
"There’s also powwowlongbeach ",
"Thanks, I did not know but do think they look great.",
"IIRC, the last city ballot measure approved X-number of recreational facilities and it was hinted that they would all roll out at once.",
"Smae here. 2 blocks from the ocean. Got in just as it started it's recent growth spurt downtown. Sad to see rent's going up so quickly and the city doing nothing about it.\n\nIn a decade, the reasons that make Long Beach so awesome will be gone. It will be the new Huntington Beach. The new West Hollywood.\n\nLook out, San Pedro, us middle class folks are coming to make you great for a while!",
"2nd and Falcon, checking in!",
"Situation fixed itself a little bit with the sweeping schedule changes.\n\nThe new density map mandates parking structures for new buildings.\n\nTho the nimbys fought against higher density near the beach, of course.",
"There's a Rick and Morty mural off of 4th before Junipero. Hidden away in plain sight.",
"The longer you drive, that faster it gets\n\nThe ultimate \"sleeper\" on a budget ",
"I mean the political groups are pretty violent. I guess the American equivalent would be if you had a \"art off\" between the black panthers and the KKK. ",
"ig: tombobnyc",
"I mean yes... but it's been around a lot longer than that.\n\nBut as a business model (in the sense that it can be *sold*) it's new and it's driving street art into a new era of common place.",
"My parents got married there and then we had a supernatural experience",
"I pay $1650 for a 2 bedroom 1 bath duplex in California Heights. My wife says it's a smokin' deal, and I think she might be right. ",
"From what I've personally seen, american graffiti already has this, and there is a clear victor. ",
"I was born there but now I’m groovin to Santa Ana\n\nand I plan ta",
"Thats fair. Personally I like watches but I'm not a brand snob. The cost was right at the time, I got a leather and a metal band for it, and hell true to the ads I actually do get asked about it alot (which as an anxious introvert, that isn't really a perk so much as just a thing that happens). Also I do like that they advertise on podcasts that I listen to and I don't mind supporting them because of that. ",
"They took my rings, they took my Rolex\nI looked at the brotha said dayum what’s next",
"Are you...are you implying a supernatural conception?",
"No I was already born",
"I miss Long Beach! I used to frequent the Pike on 4th street ... good times. Go Beach ",
"Well that's not nearly as fun. Thanks.",
"There's also an alley mural project by Gabba Gallery that was funded by a grant. I may or may not have done a piece down there...\n\n(And I will be painting again in Long Beach in the next month. <3) ",
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"Just don't lock your bike to those fish bike things. They're untrustworthy. ",
"This is why LA has the most traffic. Everyone has a car and you really need one. Public transportation sucks and LA is huge. You pretty much have to drive everywhere. ",
"So so creative!",
"where at I live next to LB",
"Thanks man.\nI do think that art can change world, and we dont typically do enough to support it. These were some great examples to draw from, much apprecsh.",
"uhhhhh, took me waaay too long to realise they were gas meters. duh.",
"thank you so much, good to know",
"Love the NATO you put on it, it really compliments the case.",
"Alright that's true lol. I guess it's basically connected to LA right? that area is so huge to me",
"Yeah the US is a huge place and most of it is small towns/cities. I don't travel much (meaning I have only been to like 12/50 states here) ",
"NATOs can really spice up your watch life. I love em. ",
"Thanks for the tip! I'll be ordering one over the weekend. ",
"Here’s a [photo of the artist working](https://imgur.com/gallery/itLPc) on this piece. It’s in Bixby Knolls, an uptown district in Long Beach. ",
"When i used to live there I remember some nights driving for half an hour or more to find a parking spot.",
"well yes and no, if you want to display art in a room it would be considered a gallery or a pop up, the way that business model works is that you hire in artist you think that would sell (not that you like personally) then you take a cut of the sale usually between 10-40 % depending on how established the gallery are if it's a new gallery go low so more artists wants to join your gallery. then from there is all about getting the best selling artists in to your gallery so the gallery keeps turning profit. then there is fundraising which i think you were talking about, kickstarter if you want crowdfunding, this is great if it will benefit people globally. or go the scholarships way there is a lot of books on how to apply for scholarships related to arts, but i would try to contact your local community office sell them on the idea of painting the city, tell them that you wish to bring foot traffic to you city and by creating beautiful art in the streets you could potentially increase tourism to your city, tell them you will market it and write press releases and make a competition for artists to apply, then you contact local bloggers (any nich) and ask if you can do a guest post for them, you write about how awesome this event is and that everyone is invited, there is a concept kind of like this called pow wow, at this point you set alot in motion and you can now call yourself an event planner :) ",
"Wow, thanks for brief, it makes a great set of to dos. I appreciate it.\n\nQN: I'm more of an ideas person that someone who is good with nitty gritty details. Have you seen event planners more like me? Do they get assistance from detail oriented people somehow?",
"Street art is a form of artwork that is displayed in a community on its surrounding buildings, streets, and other publicly viewed surfaces.\nSome street artists have earned international attention for their work and have made a full transition from street art into the mainstream art world — some while continuing to produce art on the streets.",
"The Chronic Taco in Belmont Shore has some pretty cool murals. The first one was Prince, then Princess Leah and right now Cheech and Chong. I don't know if they pay someone to do these, maybe someone else knows. ",
"Very nice"
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"Big Bend National Park. Credit to the photographer [inge johnsson](https://500px.com/ingejohnsson)",
"Incredible shot, absolutely beautiful vista.",
"A beautiful hike along the Rio Grande. Looks like its right next to the hot springs.",
"This must be an older picture since there doesn't seem to be any signs of the cane infestation that is there now.",
"This is so shopped that the foreground hills have a glow over the pink one in the background. Look closely to their edges.",
"Big Bend National Park, Texas Beautiful Place",
"Lovely shot.\n\n/r/MostBeautiful",
"The photograher on March 5, 2015 and provided the following caption:\n\n> Big Bend Evening\n\n>Big Bend National Park in the U.S. state of Texas has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. It contains more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals. The national park covers 801,163 acres. A variety of Cretaceous and Cenozoic fossil organisms exist in abundance, and the park has artifacts estimated to be 9,000 years old. Historic buildings and landscapes offer graphic illustration of life along the international border in the 19th century. For more than 1,000 miles, the Rio Grande/Río Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States, and Big Bend National Park administers approximately 118 miles along that boundary. The park was named after the area, which is bounded by a large bend in the river and Texas-Mexico border.\n\n[Here](https://www.google.com/maps/@29.1852239,-102.9839556,3a,90y,103.7h,74.74t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipO9qycBJoNLAhbMyI6M9daGE3Foc2JZtKjpv9tw!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO9qycBJoNLAhbMyI6M9daGE3Foc2JZtKjpv9tw%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya15.9577265-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352) is a 360 degree view from almost exactly where the photographer was standing.\n\nEdit: Corrected because I'm a fool.",
"This photo gets posted a lot, and invariably people go crazy about it being heavily edited, but the coloration in the background is pretty legit. \n\nI managed to snag a similar shot in 2017. I don't think I added any saturation or vibrance to [this image](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582fb639d1758e26bb35c34b/584f72c2579fb3136b80d469/58994472e3df288fed27a673/1516757654899/DSC_4521.jpg?format=1500w) at all.\n\nI was near this spot just last week, and I enjoyed the setting sun changing the colors of the Sierra del Carmen as it set. ",
"It's really disturbing to see how much it has spread just in the few short years I've been going to the park. ",
"I believe that they shot some of Westworld around those parts. The river bend looks familiar ",
"That is very pretty, but I'm old enough to know that some sort of filters were used on the camera to make it look prettier.",
"This is a wallpaper that comes with the Google Launcher for Android.",
"It's not shopped, it looks like this nearly every day. Hills in the foreground are in the shadow of the setting sun cast by the mountains in the central part of the park due west. Ridge line in the background is significantly higher in elevation, around 12 miles away in Mexico, and still lit by the setting sun.\n\n[Other](https://visitbigbend.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lowercanyons-e1420653802337.jpg). [Photos](http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ba8b1e0912384dc4a408f09cd97ac1f7/big-bend-national-park-in-texas-is-the-largest-protected-area-of-chihuahuan-f0g68a.jpg).",
"Suddenly got the urge to play red dead redemption.",
"Fuckin tragedy that is, how can we go on knowing someone improved this photo",
"Yeah let’s just bump that saturation and contrast up to 5000....",
"The background may be fairly legit, but that cactus and other plants are *way* too green. I would know, I live in a similar climate. ",
"we have prickly pear where I live too, and it's definitely that green. You probably just have a different species.",
"I can imagine riding to a country western song in a jeep imagining myself as a cowboy or somewhere in the Mexican desert even though it's in the US.",
"Why its called desert if there are some water and vegetation in there?",
"End segregation now!! How dare you separate color, Mother Nature. You disgust me! ",
"Beautiful. Now...let's build a 45 ft high wall across this and we'll be set. ",
"Was just gonna say -- isn't that where Dolores and William stood at the edge?",
"Was just gonna say -- isn't that where Dolores and William stood at the edge?",
"I understand what you are saying. This image is edited, but there is certainly a variety of tones in nature. I've seen shockingly green desert plants in rainy seasons. I live in New Mexico.",
"Damn, I was hoping this comment scored mega internet points since it was the top comment from the last time this image was posted with almost the exact same title.",
"What no one else has acknowledged here yet, what we see with the eye is very different to what any camera can capture in one frame. Cacti might be that shade of green, but photograph it to look like that, and they sky and landscape in the background will look washed out. Try to capture a sunset landscape pic? All the foliage will look underlit. \n\nI don’t know if the photographer used artificial light (flash, reflectors), composited the image (pasted the cactus from one frame/exposure setting right over the same, darker cactus in a frame with a good exposure on everything else), used HDR (a composite alternative, different method but same concept), or simply photoshopped in false color. There’s a _chance_ they got lucky and it was in one frame completely unmanipulated. But it’s pretty minuscule.\n\nA lot of adults grew up with film photographs, movies shot on film, minimal cgi even in blockbusters. We have come to understand the magic of lighting, makeup, compositing and editing. Not many people understood retouching and color manipulation. Photography was not around for long until people exploited our tendency to believe photos [e.g. fairy hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies).\n\nThis overwhelming, easy, cheap digital magic is new to us. We might take pictures at face value more or less. But if you see the workflow of the modern digital photographer, they spend at least as much time after the photo is taken, manipulating it, than they did getting the shop in the first place.\n\n**No photo or video should be trusted anymore**, including this one.",
"That's not higher quality, it's the exact same image. Thanks for the information about it, though!",
"Edit: Well, I'm a fool and stand corrected.",
"No, I'm on my computer. Are you sure you're actually clicking on [the link](https://i.imgur.com/NMQ73l9.jpg) to OP's image?",
"What part of the park is this? I was just there for a week earlier the month and took river road all the way west to east camping in the primitive sites. Checked out black gap road, st Elena and the hot springs and hiked Emory. Never saw this part of the river though, I just got to see the flat plains leading to a giant wall sections.",
"What you get when you slide the vibrance setting all the way to the right.",
"Contrasting landscape and colors over many miles... to me always a wake-up call to my moment in eternity, on this wildly spinning ball. Craaaaaazzzy",
"It's very near the .25 mile hike to Hot Springs. :-)\n\nETA: As someone else noted, river cane has invaded the park and obstructed ground level views of the river in many parts of the park. To get to this area in the photo, you could do the Hot Springs Loop Trail, which takes you above the river, where views like this are available.",
"Its obviously a little edited, but TBH I had NO IDEA how colorful it can be out here in the desert until I moved out here.\n\nIts absolutely crazy how much color the rocks have out here, and when you add in the sunset its almost like the horizon is on fire. I'm really hoping I can capture some of that sometime soon but I'm still totally enthralled by what the day-to-day has to offer.",
"\"Desert\" is largely denoted by the annual rainfall. ",
"Pretty much every photo has some color correction. Phone cameras do it by default and professional cameras usually do some color correction and enhancement in their auto shooting modes.\n\nThis one isn't really that bad though. There really is a fuck ton of color out there.\n\nPart of it is the fact that the sun is rising/setting which is splashing everything with reddish light, which brings out the color of the rocks\n\nEdit: Specifically talking about digital. ",
"Horizon Zero Dawn for me haha.",
"Yeah, for sure. I just took this (admittedly not great) [photo](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582fb639d1758e26bb35c34b/584f72c2579fb3136b80d469/5a67e2bff9619aeb41e36df5/1516757747656/_DSC2966-Edit.jpg?format=750w) last week. The sunrise/sunset can do crazy things on the rock walls.\n\nWhere are you?",
"People have been post-processing photos since photography was invented. Artists take it to different lengths. \n\nEvery photo you have ever seen has been processed either manually by a human or automatically by the camera itself.",
"It is on Hot Springs Trail between Rio Grande Villiage and Hot Springs Historic Area. Trailhead is at Daniels Ranch.",
"I came here to see if there was a comment about HZD. Was not disappointed.",
"I acknowledged retouching, and cite an instance from 1920 where people believed photos with special effects to be real.\n\nPhotojournalists have strict ethical standards. Photos have to be published as captured. Cropping is USD but important contextual info cannot be cropped out to misrepresent events. No comps, no spot color manipulation, no blemish removal, and minimal to no darkroom or digital dodging/burning/contrast adjustment. I think he modern audience falsely believe all photos meet those standards, and they don’t.\n\nAny time we point a camera at something and fire the shutter, we’re editing something out of the photo. Things happening out of frame. Events before or after The shutter fired. Maybe our lens choice is distorting the image, maybe our film or iso choice shows color or light in a way an observer at the scene did not see. Darkroom choices and print choices also can make things appear or disappear.\n\nSo yes, every photo is a half-truth. But not necessarily a lie.",
"Only place where the separation of colour is a beautiful thing",
"I wish I could see it in reality.",
"FWIW in terms of composition I like it just as much as the others.",
"Well, the Mexican desert is right across the river there, so that's fair.",
"Saturation* of colors\n\nFTFY",
"Amen ",
"The Sierra del Carmen at sunset is a natural wonder. ",
"Nope. I have spent months out there and it seriously looks like that at dusk. ",
"That’s practically the only water for miles in every direction. ",
"It actually looks like that. I’ve spent months out there in every season and it looks like that at dusk when the weather and air quality are just right. ",
"It’s spectacular. ",
"It’s spectacular. ",
"Man. It seriously looks like this. I’ve spent a lot of time out there and there are some days that seem like they just defy all laws of nature. This looks pretty spot on to me. ",
"Name of the picture is: *Repostation of color in the desert*.",
"Watch out for snap maws and glint hawks!",
"Well, I have been to this exact scene as recently as last week, and you know what? It pretty much looks like the photograph.",
"Thanks, I appreciate it.",
"Rainfall is the only definition of a desert, right? I think it has to be <10\" annually. There's even several deserts in the ocean. ",
"Interesting, almost the exact same picture is in my old Hydrology book.",
"The desert is racist.",
"This would make a beautiful puzzle. Now that I think of it, most of the top pictures in this subreddit would....",
"I completely believe all the pictures people have posted of how the mountains glow in the distance at sundown, how the river is clear, how the cacti are green, etc. But is the river aquamarine? Does the cacti usually possess their own lighting independent of the nearby scene? Has the photographer said the image is exactly as captured? (Not as far as anyone in this thread has been able to tell.) There's a difference between the outrageous beauty seen standing at a location, and the unbelievable fantasy of this kind of photograph. Just as there is a difference between \"pretty much\" and \"exact\".",
"Saturation Canyon.",
"> ~~Separation~~ Saturation of color in the desert",
"Wanted to know when Horizon:Zero Dawn got a 4K upgrade for a moment...",
"Cameras cannot capture what the eyes see. Eyes have a dynamic range of like 22 stops. Prosumer cameras - the best ones - top out at 15 or 16 stops. That is a huge gap in dynamic range that cameras currently can't access. (This is why grad filters, HDR, and exposure blending exist....because photographers are trying to capture the data in order to exhibit with a photograph what their eyes can plainly see.)\n\nFurther, if one is so concerned about capturing exactly what is seen with the human eye, I would caution that person that the eyes do not see anything at all. The eyes capture data and the brain does the seeing. Therefore, biases and other phenomena affect what the eyes \"see.\" Perhaps a classic example of this is the known that eye-witnesses often do more to damage a case than the strengthen it when it comes to law enforcement. Their eyes saw something that just wasn't there.\n\nAs for the scene, I cannot comment on the color of the river because lighting and other factors affect that. I have not been to the park in March, when I believe this photo was taken. I did not see this particular scene until January 2016 and the river changes almost daily as dams upstream are opened or closed, storms roll through, etc. The photo was taken in 2015, I believe. As someone else in this thread noted, this area of the park now has a tremendous amount of river cane hugging the shoreline. What effect that has on the lighting on and coloration of the river I cannot say since the river cane was there before I saw the scene. \n\nI believe the lighting on the cactus is from the sun. You can see sunlight hitting the peak across the river in the photo. \n\nSo while you stipulated \"retouching,\" what we're talking about is post-processing. And while you will likely hem and haw about that, photographers have been (heavily) post-processing since the early days of photography. Additionally, I checked the original photographer's site, and you'll be thrilled to know that he doesn't refer to himself as a photojournalist.\n\nThis photograph falls far short of the beauty of this scene, which is, if you visit, a believable reality.",
"Amazing!",
"Honestly it's mostly just dirt. Sometimes the sky gets pretty. Can you tell I hate Arizona.\n\n\nEdit: Downvote me all you want, I'm the one who has to live here it's easy for you to disagree. For now, anyways.",
"And Cowboys came from Mexicans!",
"Well technically Spaniards",
"The place where the border is does not look this pretty. \n\nSource: I lived in yuma, AZ",
"OP: post the raw file",
"The river does get this color when it hasn't rained in a while and there's still a good amount of flow.",
"Very nice. Where is this?",
"This is at the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, which is basically the extreme south end of Big Bend National Park (the same park as the photo from the OP). Sunrise sets the outer canyon walls on fire for about 10-15 seconds.",
">Separation of color in ~~the desert~~ photoshop\n\n\nFTFY",
"I want to be there right now. ",
"The title reminds me of the Wild west\n\n\nIndians vs Cowboys",
"Cacti always in the way of a great pic. Little pricks wanna get into everything!",
"r/earthporn",
"I already know the human eye/person can see more than can be captured in a single frame (film or digital). A photograph manipulated to capture as much information as that is... drumroll please... still manipulated.",
"All photographs are manipulated.",
"Reality is merely a figment of our imagination",
"Have you been to the scene in question? ",
"Just moved to Arizona and it's striking how much color can come out, especially at sunset/sunrise. The sunset tonight was just like a bright red sky contrasted by dark mountains silhouettes. Awesome.",
"Go, Spurs, go!",
"Lovely colors, but I won't be visiting. Grew up in the desert southwest and had my fill of scorpions, rattlesnakes, cactus spines, trees with spines, spiders, blazing heat, and killer bees, just to name a few. It's always more romantic in a picture. Real life, not so much.",
"It's oversaturated, but just a bit. To be honest it does make pictures seem cooler, giving them a slight out-of-this-world feel, but they certainly are less realistic. ",
"Either way, this a dope shot! I wish I could just teleport there right now.",
"Ahhh! This picture is f**king spectacular! I wanna be there when sun rises every day!",
"Editing is must. But still it looks so beautiful!",
"Don't forget the tarantula hawks. Big, somewhat drunk flying wasps that pack a sting just under the pain of a bullet ant. Though I've never been stung, they have bumped into my face on occasion. To be honest, none of what you mention bother me as much as the conenose or \"kissing bugs\". All the rest want nothing to do with you, but those...those bloodsuckers hunt YOU.. at night. And you'll never know your their victim until you wake the next morning. Goddamn I hated those sneaky shits. But boy do I miss doing research/living in the park. Some of my best memories happened in that part of Texas. Goddamn I got old fast. ",
"Holy beautiful ",
"Are you certain about that location? To me the picture looks like it was taken from the Mexico side in the area with the [Boquillas Canyon Trail](https://www.google.com/maps/@29.2012099,-102.9159442,837m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en-US) on the opposite bank. (zoom in to see the trail) This picture was also posted on reddit very shortly after I walked that trail in the spring of last year so I was very familiar with the lay of the land at that time.",
"This wall thing is so retarded. If you build a wall, people will simply climb the wall. Huge waste of money. The fact is we already KNOW where the people are using all sorts of sensors. They just have to be picked up.",
"Pretty amazing place, almost another planet.\n\nWhat blow's my mind is the [ocotillo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens)\n\nThe pictures on the Internet do not give them justice as they're just of one at a time. Image millions of these shrubs all over the place.\n",
"Damn scorpions. They hide everywhere. I don't like getting stung and having a numb tongue for a day.",
"Per the photographer's [webiste](https://500px.com/photo/116370573/big-bend-evening-by-inge-johnsson?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=390414), they took the picture right about [here](https://i.imgur.com/lCpciNB.jpg). The map is on the lower right of their page and you need to zoom in. It shows that the location was north of the Rio Grande and inside Big Bend National Park.\n\nHowever, sometimes they get the location wrong, so, just in case, I dug a little deeper. \n\nIf you bring it up on Google maps, [this Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@29.1852239,-102.9839556,3a,57.5y,96.25h,84.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipO9qycBJoNLAhbMyI6M9daGE3Foc2JZtKjpv9tw!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO9qycBJoNLAhbMyI6M9daGE3Foc2JZtKjpv9tw%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya311.7872-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352) is available. It appears to be nearly the exact location the photographer was staning.",
"Doesn't look like anything to me. ",
"Hahah well in that case have a couple on me, your honesty is refreshing.",
"https://www.omnibusproject.com/podcasts/omnibus-episode-8-water-wars.htm",
"Hello sir,\n\nHow does the conservationist discussion in the podcast relate to me thinking AZ is an ugly state most of the time?",
"The podcast hosts discuss how people probably shouldn't be living in Arizona because it is a desert.",
"Yuma Tucson and Phoenix are a testament to Man's hubris. ",
"Sure enough. Thanks!",
"Sweet. I love Arizona (TX crazy cousin). And New Mexico (TX cool ass little brother). All of the South West is beautiful. But this is big bend in South Texas. Totally different animal. \n\nSource: I live in South Texas. ",
"Arizona can be pretty in winter. Which lasts two months or so. But all other times of the year going outside feels like dying. I was in San Antonio for a couple months for BMT , you guys have it pretty rough over there too.",
"Texas can be pretty strange. Last year we had a major hurricane, then 4 months later, it snowed pretty much everywhere the hurricane went. Lol. I love Texas. Except the gulf coast. Its like living at the bottom of a hot bowl of chilli year round."
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Separation of color in the desert
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[
"Aww mom, pictures already.",
"Roar!",
"the little guy is like \" Damn that was some stale air in this egg\" ",
"Baby Gamura!",
"When you escape from under the blanket after Dutch ovening yourself",
"*tiny voice* \"FEAR ME!\"\n",
"Tortoise?",
"Tortoise",
"Its a Tortoise. Tortoises have feet. Turtles have flippers.",
"Now run because if you don't make it to the ocean in 5 minutes, a bird is going to eat you."
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Welcome to the world baby turtle
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"Are you sure that’s not a tiger",
"Do you edit asmongolds videos?",
"DAMN DANIEL! Where are his white vans?"
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Nice pic I took of my cat Daniel
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[
"When i was at mortaritaville the same shit kept happening... even if the tent was fully secure somehow sand will get in every nook and cranny ",
"Uh... its not a chemical attack its a sandstorm ",
"Haboob!",
"Habibi! Jundi Ameriki? Ani sudeeki.....I can still hear the kids shooting the shit with us",
"10 years ago, today, I boarded a flight that would put me on the doorstep to Iraq. Which province is this?",
"I legitimately thought I was looking at Novac in fallout ",
"Thank you for your service. ",
"This photo is awesome. I imagine the sand storms weren’t. ",
"No they wouldn’t.",
"Sandstorms were rough. You could kiss all your electronics good bye every couple months. ",
"I did 27 months there. First time was in Hawija south of Kirkuk. This pic was from my second tour, just outside of Baiji and Tikrit. ",
"The death of all DVD players. ",
"Actually we did throw them on when it got really bad and we were going from CHU to CHU. More for novelty and the fact that we all had them. A Shemagh worked fine... but you didn’t want to be out in it for more then a couple minutes. \n\n",
"Was there 3 years later. In '10. So we got that in common . Glad to have met you here instead of there. Great to see other people's memories of that place. I got rid of all of mine.",
"That’s not the same thing as a pro mask. You don’t wear one unless there is a CBRN threat.",
"My best friend in high school joined the Army in 2003 when we were 17. He completed basic that summer, graduated early, shipped to AIT, and was in Iraq before I was a high school graduate.\n\nHe would call every so often, I'd imagine family ranked a bit higher than I did on the call list, and ask for the wierdest shit, like wet wipes, huge Ziploc freezer bags, unlubed condoms. Every once in a while, I see comments like this, and realize why I had to have those akward exchanges with cashiers a decade ago. ",
"Pointing out your mistake makes me a jerk? Okay, snowflake. I didn’t know r/pics was a Safe Space for people who make comments without knowing what the hell they’re talking about.",
"They're not. You're being a div. ",
"He explained it without insulting. YOU were the one who called him a jerk first and insulted him first. You should talk. Also, if you can't accept times in life when you are wrong without lashing out at others who correct you, you're gonna have a bad time. ",
"Okay. No need to insult someone though. If someone insults you, be the bigger person. Name calling back never really accomplishes anything. ",
"Same to you brother. I was over in 06-07 for 15 months and back over in 08-09 for another 12. Army infantry with the 25th ID. \n\nI lost about 95% of my pics from my first deployment as they were on a laptop that didn’t survive the dust and I have no clue where the hard drive is from it all these years later. ",
"That’s called an inferiority complex.",
"Explain what? You were wrong, I pointed that out, you took offense. That’s pretty much textbook behavior for someone with an inferiority complex. The fact that you’re the only one getting offended here should tell you something.",
"do you have a bigger size of this stunning photo",
"In his defense... you are a \"liarandahorsethief\"",
"Unfortunately I took it with my digital camera way back when. I only just recovered a copy that I had posted on Facebook years ago. \n\nIf you DM me I can email you the copy I have but I’m not sure if it’ll be any better resolution then the one on here. \n\nMaybe someone with editing skills can clean it up. "
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Throwback from Iraq when I was there 10 years ago.
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"Well trees need to eat too.",
"Walking Dead Season 15",
"'All Ghillied Up'",
"Chernobyl?",
"Centralia, Pennsylvania I believe",
"Where, and why?"
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Traffic has come to a dead stop
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"Hi Frankie",
"Jacket looks warm. Comfortable shoes, I see. ",
"Nice. Go Frankie."
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Frankie MacDonald during late January Evening
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[
"The money they spent doing this could have helped a lot of homeless people in Atlanta.",
"True.",
"[It costs $196,000](http://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/city-releases-price-tag-for-rainbow-crosswalks-196-000/vCXfQrgPFEtAbNHUJf5ocI/) and looks awful. ",
"196 K? Heads will roll. Heads will roll. ",
"They won’t. That’s not to say they shouldn’t.",
"Heads should roll. Heads should roll.",
"LOL",
"Interesting. I read somewhere that in the Netherlands, they have one of these in every city.",
"They did this in Tucson about six months ago. Within the first week cars had driven by and dropped white paint all over it. By the second month it was so black from cars driving over it that you can’t even see it anymore. Equality is great, but this is just a waste of resources and money.",
"Y'all got ripped off - the ones in Seattle cost 2/3 less and look great!\nhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/colorful-crosswalks-celebrate-gay-pride-in-seattle/"
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Rainbow crosswalk in Atlanta
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[
"Needs more unregulated queueing systems",
"Have you tried talking up close to a Swede? They usually start backing off, it's astonishing how reserved they are about their personal space.",
"Sometimes I need that country, the personal space respecting one. ",
"I like that. At least when the bus comes every body can get on single file instead of rushing to get on or fighting over who was first. They should adopt this everywhere. ",
"We dont, unless we are forced. And then we lean away from eachother as much as possible.",
"This is a dream come true. Not only has a voluntary que formed but people abide by it to the point where you don't have to all jam together and no one is up in your personal space",
"Unregulated queueing? Like disorderly? Is it possible to do such a thing? Society regulates queues: no queues, no rules at all. ",
"For the Americans here: this is what he rest of he world called a queue.",
"You should direct this towards the Chinese.",
"*I'm your host Phillip Jacobs, and let me tell you, I care about my personal space.*\n",
"No. British queues",
"TIL I need to get over my cold/snow intolerance and move to Sweden.",
"We have queues, we just don't form perfect lines. This allows us to be more courteous and allow people who may be carrying heavy things, or people who just have a single item to go ahead. The most common phrases when dealing with an American queue is \"you go ahead\" and \"no, thanks, you were here first.\"\n\nThe idea is, if I'm waiting in line for something that will take the clerk a little time to do, I should let the person who is just buying a bottle of water ahead of me, so I don't inconvenience them. On the same token, if the person is carrying a case of water bottles, I should let them go ahead for the same reasons I would hold the door for them.\n\nIf you are a lady or gentleman, and so are others, it is actually a great arrangement. Even if none of those exceptions happen, we still have the same arrangement as a normal queue.",
"As an American I see way too many places to cut that queue. I wouldn't do it because I like order, but I would be up the other person's ass so other people can't cut me. ",
"When personal space is more important than warmth",
"Or the Italians.",
"uhh.. i think i’m a swede.\ni seriously can’t take big groups of people that cause crowding... i don’t understand how americans are so OK with being so goddamn close to each other.",
"I'm pretty sure the silent disdain from others regulates British queues.",
"and romanians ",
"That's a lot of people waiting for a bus",
"https://media.giphy.com/media/10uesVGwFP8lsk/giphy.gif",
"Good social skills ",
"And Indians.",
"Also sometimes we trample one another to death because flatscreens are on sale. ",
"Now why don't we step up here, and everybody gets stepped up, and let's get some stepped up personal space up in this place.",
"Look at the massive gaps in that queue. No double backs at all",
"Oh dear I'm not American either.... Yikes, I so need my space..... But will say this is an interesting pic.",
"Well about 4 feet distance to unknown people is the norm so I'd say this looks about right. :)",
"Let me get this straight, if someone has a different style of relating to strangers, they must have bad social skills. Is that what you're saying?",
"What most people who are not from this part of Europe don't understand is that it has a lot to do with politeness in regard to other people's personal space too. It's worth mentioning.",
"This only happens in some parts of Sweden. In other parts, it's just anarchy.",
"What makes you think we don't do this in Sweden? The two aren't exactly mutually exclusive.",
"Fair enough. I like to believe our country is nice and all, but I took the bus 5 times a day for 4 years 5 days a week. There were some idiots although not many. :)",
"No really, in Gothenburg you very seldom find a queue forming at the bus stop. It wasn't a remark about the niceness of our country. The difference to Stockholm is pretty stark.\n\nBut generally, it works out anyway. I just get annoyed when people start stepping aboard before everyone has left the bus/tram/train/ferry.",
"I iz Swede, and I approve this message. ",
"Americans? But they are so distant! They ain't even close in the standard for personal space in Spain or in another similar countries.",
"I've never been to Sweden but maybe one day. There are some beautiful places. \n\nYeah people pushing on before Every body ia off is bullshit. Thats why in our bus system you're supposed to get off at the back door so people can come in through the front ",
"I'm 3rd gen American with most (if not all) ancestors coming from Sweden. Now I know where I get the need for space from. ",
"When you are afraid of big groups of people or crowds, or being near other human beings, well, those are not good social skills. \n",
"I wasn't saying anything about Sweden, I was responding to the comment about Americans not knowing how to queue.",
"lol i was expecting the (god forbid i say this on reddit) Rick and Morty personal space guy. pleasantly surprised.",
"Like I said, it's required that the parties be ladies and gentlemen, not mannerless wildebeest.\n\nI've also noticed that the past couple of years, black Friday is losing its power.",
"Come to the US. We’re pretty good about it here. ",
"well i’ve never been out of america but i’d say the standard for personal space should be a full arms length radius.",
"who said i was afraid??? lol\ni just absolutely hate it, i get mad. but apparently everyone else in the world is just fine with Ken’s sweaty 300lb tank top wearin ass rubbin up on them in the line at six flags",
"That's the impression I got, sorry!",
"lol all good, sorry for coming on a bit aggressive, this is a subject that has bothered me for way too long and i never get the chance to talk about it bc no one can relate.\ni guess the swedes are my people.",
"It’s not always silent. Sometimes someone brave and uncaring will let out a “Tsk tsk”.",
"Well maybe that's what you are used to, I can say that here in Spain we don't have any problem with having people waiting near us or behind us at less than half that lenght you say.\nAnd we don't usually bother if someone touch us, only if it's someone creepy, is something so normal here that we just don't care about it. (that doesn't mean we go doing that all day long! :D)",
"Well, duh. Flatscreens, man! Flatscreens!",
"[*small cough*]",
"We're raised to consider stoicism/pragmatism as a socially good trait so we tend to accept uncomfortable situations as a means to prove to ourselves that we are stoic.\n\n\nOver the course of time we just become conditioned to the point where it doesn't phase us. Kinda like the work life we endure/value. ",
"I am here and we are not. ",
"I second this. So many times in a line and I feel me or my stuff being touched.",
"You need to live somewhere better, then!",
"Here we go. We get a one: personal space. Two: personal space. Three: stay out of my personal space. Four: keep away from my personal space. Five: get out of that personal space. Six: stay away from my personal space. Seven: keep away from that personal space. Eight: personal space. Nine: personal space.",
"understandable, and i’m all about uncomfortable situations. just not this one, and i’ll never put myself in a position to where i would get used to it lol",
"Yes-agree. I have travelled all over USA, Europe and Asia many times over 30 years and there are no people more immediately friendly and polite (in queues and in general) than the US Americans. ",
"The entire US is certainly not like that. The US is about 15 countries worth of variation. ",
"Here in Norway you always sit down in a spare double seat if there is one available. Anything else and people will probably think you are a bit strange :P",
"Until they all get on the same bus.",
"Definitely not afraid. What gave you that impression?",
"TIL Americans are the only rude people in the world, thanks!",
"TIL Americans are the only rude people in the world, thanks!",
"> Thats why in our bus system you're supposed to get off at the back door so people can come in through the front\n\nIt used to work like that here too but there are just too many passengers for that to work now. They would be losing a lot of valuable time.",
"I guess for put his system in my town ira easy because I live in a relatively small town which makes things less complicated. ",
"I didn’t say that it was the entire US. Just the better part of it. ",
"South Dakota was like this picture. Mississippi, many people feel like they need to physically touch you for you to hear them.\n\nSomeone said it best in an AskReddit question about \"Americans, what stereotype about your country isn't true?\":\n\nAll of the stereotypes are true. All of the stereotypes are false. It all depends on where in the US you are.",
"Or just move to southern Sweden.\n",
"Which is the better part?",
"The part with the personal space, of course!",
"It's like there's two modifiers for queues: an organizer modifier and a politeness modifier.\n\nBritish: Organized and polite\n\nUS: Chaos and polite\n\nMuch of Asia: Chaos and impolite\n\n??????: Organized and impolite",
"Grew up in Philly and New Jersey. This level of politeness makes me physically ill. ",
"This is it. When you are in a public situation, you try not to bother other people. They are not there because they want company, they are there because they're on their way to work or somewhere, and they may be busy thinking about their business for the day, might be tired, etc. And some people don't like social interaction, and some people don't like being touched. So you don't talk to people in public places, you don't get in anyone's way, and you don't touch or stand too close. It's rude. If people want to be social, they go to a pub. You can talk to strangers there.\n",
"I've never understood why this is always such a surprise to people. Why would you stand and rub shoulders with someone while waiting for the bus with earphones in or just dont want to talk? ",
"We have long busses.\n",
"You know, I take personal space pretty seriously. Up to the point that I don't even care about this... I'm not even interested in having this skin on my personal space.",
"That's a great explanation of it, better than I could have come up with.",
"I guess they needed to stand so close together due to the huge amount of people waiting. I usually try to keep about 1.5 to 2m between me and the next waiting person in the morning, and the others stand similarly spaced (Finland, not Sweden)",
"Came to the comments *only* for this right here. We need some newlines though...\n\n>Here we go. We get a \nONE: PERSONAL SPACE \nTWO: PERSONAL SPACE \nTHREE: STAY OUT OF MY PERSONAL SPACE!! \nFOUR: KEEP AWAY FROM MY PERSONAL SPACE!! \nFIVE: GET OUTTA DAT PERSONAL SPACE!! \nSIX: STAY AWAY FROM MY PERSONAL SPACE!! \nSEVEN: KEEP AWAY FROM DAT PERSONAL SPACE!! \nEIGHT: PERSONAL SPACE \nNINE: PERSONAL SPACE\n",
"Well, the college sports experience of lining up for tickets, or entry into a large basketball arena for a popular team, all but demands it.\n\nDance floors were also pretty crowded at the Brass Ass Saloons in those days too.",
"Well that just about raps it up, nothing to see here lads! ",
"Is the type of behavior of the people in the pic a common thing in Sweden? If so then that's really bizarre.\n\nedit; everyone downvoting me is a socially awkward neckbeard\n\n",
"Wasnt sure what i was expecting. You did not disappoint.",
"I think it only seems unfathomable because I've just never seen anything like this in person (I'm American). It's not that I want to be all up close and personal with others but a lot of people are willing to push you out of the way to get what they want so you have to try and be in the front of the line. ",
"With that many people at just one stop, that bus is going to be jam packed.",
"Forming a tighter queue won't have any significant effect on warmth.",
"Oh man. Who's around me right now?",
"In my experience, Scandinavians would rather stand in the aisle than sit next to someone.",
"o/",
"Thanks!",
"Most will stand. Generally in Stockholm, 2 seats to 1 person. Bless them. ",
"I prefer it when I can feel the warmth of all the people arround me in winter.",
"I had a swede pal come stay and he said they don't even say thank you to the bus driver. Rude cunts tbh",
"How do you handle rock concerts in Sweden?",
"Indestinguishable from long lines in the Midwest.",
"I respect personal space and all but that's downright overkill. Here in the Atlantic provinces of Canada, we respect people's personal space but we're not awkwardly separated like this. We take pleasure in acknowledging people even with a simple good morning or smile. ",
"you could fit like 67 chinese in the gaps",
"Maybe Switzerland for the last one...",
"Eh, I'm a Swede from Stockholm. You just described people up north. Further south people are more welcoming. ",
"Can I come too Sweden?",
"I always need that country. I'd love for this too be the norm",
"Welcome back to Personal Space, I'm your host Philip Jacobs and let me tell ya, i care about my personal space",
"I live in China and this photo makes me want to cry.",
"Always good to know, that others need the same things you long for. ",
"Looks like a line for a really popular bus stop to me",
"As an Englishman, this makes me happy. Orderly queues for everyone!",
"Absolutely, I'd probably wait for the next bus.\n",
"You need to travel to Asia.",
"😭",
"They won’t like Tokyo",
"That's a bit of a NSFW question.",
"[Internally screams in Swedish]",
"Canada is like this too.",
"Just a thought, but a lot of other countries have pronounced regional/ state differences too. I feel US media/ culture trends to essentialise and down play foreign regionality while perhaps overstating the differences between states/political identities/ what have you, domestically. As part of the state building rhetoric around America the Great.",
"When I was vacationing in China, I made friends with a local (who spoke OK English) through a mutual acquaintance, and one of the things he told me went something like \"Lines? No lines. Shout loudest and run fastest is the winner.\"\n\n",
"I read from a Swedish person on quora that Swedish people are going to a tough time, most of them feel lonely, depressed, and remain cut-off from social circles.",
"And in Denmark they stand so close to you that you can feel their breath on your neck... maybe I should move to Sweden. ",
"Depression is common here but the swede whose text you read was probably projecting.",
"It's pretty cold in Skåne too. It's also very windy and rainy.",
"No I don't, that is exactly the reason why!",
"Good you have a male female ratio of [1.03](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio), otherwise you'd go extinct pretty quick I guess. ^jk Congrats about the 1.88 birth rate considering people are in general kinda shy around strangers.",
"Yeah but they had no problem sharing a unisex sauna on your very first week as a foreigner working in Sweden",
"Ah alright, makes sense. So basically we got more respect here in Sweden hehe.. :)",
"The lining up properly is a plus too",
"Alcohol ",
"This gives me anxiety.",
"little strange to me but hey im weird also.\ncertain things are okay and not okay to me when it come to personal space. Busstop space doesnt bother me. what bothers me is walking in public places and groups of people are riding my ass and the people in front are slow as hell!"
] | 128 |
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Bus stop in sweden. Talk about personal space
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[
"The Incredible Bulk.",
"That had to have been awful to clean",
"I still can’t find the scoop!",
"He ded?",
"Especially if they tried to flush it down",
"That is an expensive picture. ",
"Why.",
"/r/bossfight",
"Guess I’ll just die then",
"I suspect dude is just making fun of other muscle bunnies.",
"this image cost over $160 to take.",
"The powder could be expired...",
"Old empty bottles + a sack of flour.",
"Yeast infection? Yeast infection ",
"That is just\n\nwhey too much",
"He ashy.",
"Ashy Larry?",
"Bulk up faster eating Tide Pods. ",
"No wheyyyy! ",
"Looks like the work of an angry woman...perpetrated upon her drunk boyfriend.",
"Just add water, spackle and flex!"
] | 22 |
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When bulking is life
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[
"Money laundering, or sex trafficking perhaps?",
"When architects/engineers think up a name vs someone else",
"I don't know about your city, but in Toronto, they're mostly for investment from Chinese millionaires and Air BnB. ",
"High-density human storage. Blocking sunlight from the neighbors. Focusing sunlight on the neighbors (those ants!). Tax shelters."
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What else are apartments designed for?
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[
"Never Obsolete right above a floppy disc drive",
"Oh man, emachines. I wanted one of these so bad in 2000, and they were relatively affordable - could never convince the folks though.",
"and besides the shitty power supply, they were not to bad. \n\nAt least these models, later ones sucked pretty hard core. ",
"That computer started obsolete with a celeron processor. ",
"They were probably the best bang for the buck system you could get back then, I remember them being several hundred cheaper than a comparable Compaq or Dell desktop. \n\n",
"Put Linux on it!\n\nMy Kodi machine died one day, so I was reimaging it. It was taking forever for win10 to install.\n\nSo I had an 11 year old laptop staring at me. Decided for fun to put Linux on it. Downloaded lubuntu onto usb, installed the OS, installed Kodi, and had it connected to my server before windows 10 was installed. \n\nNever ended up redoing the newer PC, and that laptop works flawlessly.",
"Power Supply for an eMachine went up in smoke while I was test driving it on the show room floor..\n\nI took it as a sign to look elsewhere.",
"How long did they even honor that deal? ",
"At least it wasn't planned obselesnce"
] | 8 |
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This was pretty optimistic.
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