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[–] StanSmith@lemmy.world 164 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah man that sucks. For the ground that he fell on. I hope the evil can be scrubbed off it.

[–] BROOT@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way. That eldritch black ooze gets into things and STICKS

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear thats what got Tasha Yar.

[–] BROOT@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

What an absolutely banger of a TNG reference my friend!

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yikes. Might be time to retire.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the only way he'll retire is in a coffin or if he gets confined to a hospital, otherwise they'll keep him going somehow.

[–] oocdc2@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'll give him the Weekend at Bernie's treatment if they can get away with it...

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I think they're getting away with it right now.

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He isn't turtley enough for the turtle club

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[–] Cerbero@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Your terms are acceptable.

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[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Average lifespan of a tortoise: 80-150 years

Mitch McConnell's age: 81

🤔🤔🤔

[–] Djeikup@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better roll him over on his back then.

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[–] Poob@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's got the gaunt face of a man who's withering away. My grandpa, a much better man than McConnell, looked like that for the last few months of his life, despite spending the majority of his life with a slightly pudgy face. It is truly ghoulish the way they parade politicians like McConnell and Feinstein around as if they still have all their wits, when really they should have retired years ago. Hell, half the senate should have retired over a decade ago, but both parties value incumbency too much

[–] III@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Incumbency, ah yes, the low hanging fruit of retaining party control.

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

At least Harriet Jones, Prime Minister, acknowledged her mistakes and did her best to help humanity in the end.

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[–] Ducks@ducks.dev 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I for one hope he is healthy enough to live the rest of his life in pain over years, and forced to step down and lose his power. This man has inflicted terrible damage to this country and its citizens. This is a man who put corporations and profit over anything and has sold our democracy to the highest bidder while empowering radical religious fanatics and fascists.

He's partly responsible for so much pain, suffering, and excess deaths in this nation via his support for gun lobbies and removing healthcare rights of Americans, for his support of Trump, and the excess deaths resulting from his administration.

I hope he gets exactly what he deserves.

[–] such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Zero chance this decrepit human garbage will ever step down. I hope I can be proven wrong but I'd rather just see him stroke out and it be the end. Retribution won't undo what he's done. Putting him in the dirt will be the only chance to invite that opportunity.

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[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good thing I can not care about him dying here, unlike Reddit.

[–] yip-bonk@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YOU get a ban! And YOU get a ban! EVERYONE gets a ban for wishing nature to take its inevitable due course! Muwahahahaha! Power Trump Mod powers - activate!

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

One thing I will give the mods of Worldnews credit for. Right when Ukraine invasion started a whole mess of accounts with odd history (3 karma, 2 comments, 8 years old) started posting Kremlin propaganda. Every single one I reported was knocked off.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seriously. Lemmy is the Wild West and I love it for that.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too many people in Congress that falls under the "Help I've fallen and I can't get up" crowd. That's not the foundation of a healthy democracy.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to this guy fucking right on off.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Sincerely? I don't want to hear another word about him until he doesn't get back up. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

His ghoulish flesh-suit is finally starting to sluff off. Soon he will be without his precious goo and will melt away into a sewer drain

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[–] Default_Defect@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Gotta pump those numbers up.

[–] MomSpaghetti@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Good. Stay down.

[–] Whiskeyomega@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I the only 1 that could hear the slurred words in his speech for a good couple of years ? Surely someone with health issues where it impacts the brain such as strokes shouldnt be anywhere near any sort of power.

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[–] nbafantest@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work in Hospice and 90% of our patients are referred after a fall.

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[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
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[–] S_204@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Obituaries I won't be upset to read for $1000 Alex.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why couldn't one of those times be out of a plane, mid-flight? It's just not fair.

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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

gravity is a bitch

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Thoughts and prayers

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

May he receive exactly what he deserves.

[–] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

So has every person 80+. None of these fossils belong in DC.

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