Appearing at a campaign event in Madison, WI, with Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for vice president shared this characterization of Musk’s campaign event athleticism. As seen in the clip below, it doesn’t end there, though, as Tim Walz explains his view of exactly what that $1 million daily voter sweepstakes is buying the MyPillow of government contractors.
  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
    150·
    25 days ago

    Man I hope Walz and Kamala win in a few weeks, because I really want to be able to listen to this guy call out bullshit for 8 years.

        • Ham Strokers Ejacula@reddthat.comEnglish
          14·
          25 days ago

          You can live in your delusional world all you want, but Kamala winning is a bad outcome for the US. You thought J6 was bad? They were caught with their pants down last time. This time they’re fucking prepared for a fight. You’re going to see buttfuckery from the Republicans like we’ve never seen before. Someone else posted a convincing argument for a contingency election whereby Donut Dump loses the popular vote, AND the EC, but the House (led by Putin appointee Mike Johnson) gives the Presidency to Donald anyway.

          And if that doesn’t happen, expect a fuckin onslaught of court cases from the alt-right terrorists. And the ENTIRE TIME Blohard Dunk is going to be SCREAMING to his base about how their country is being stolen from them. And they’ve proven again and again that they don’t care about reality because they’re so transfixed by what he says.

          The constitution is going to be irreparably damaged this election cycle, you can basically count on it.

          A peaceful transfer of power is always the best possible, most sought after outcome. Donnie won’t let it happen though. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some kind of civil war or huge instability breaks out.

          China and Russia (who have spent decades fomenting anti-US sentiment (for good reasons IMO)) could see this as an opportunity to attack the US while its weakened and the chain of command is not clear. What happens if BRICS pours tons of troops into Israel or Ukraine? Do you think the US is going to let their proxies get steamrolled? No nation can survive a war on too many fronts.

          The whole world could be plunged into chaos. Billions could die.

          Am I going to vote for Kamala? Of course. I don’t let terrorists dictate how I vote. But let’s not kid ourselves that it is all sunshine and rainbows when she wins. Harris winning is a bad time. Trump winning is a fucking nightmare scenario.

          • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            24 days ago

            You sound insane but it’s not possible to prove you wrong until this election is over so I’ll just leave it at “I hope you’re wrong”

    • cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
      13·
      25 days ago

      Trump supporters love him so much because “he tells it like it is”. I doubt they’re going to love Walz because of that same line of thinking. Oh that’s right, because he doesn’t have the R in front of his name. He’s also not a racist, which is probably why they really love Trump.

      • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        25 days ago

        He’s also not a racist rapist

        Funny how both words work in that context

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        25 days ago

        Walz tells it like it is, but unlike with Trump the way it is isn’t hating everyone who isn’t like them, so it’s not okay.

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    134·
    26 days ago

    Tim Walz said it so much better than this snippet suggests. Please listen to the short clip, that man is fire 👍

  • Today@lemmy.world
    106·
    25 days ago

    I believe that dipshit is the best insult. If you call someone a bitch or asshole, it’s like a badge of honor, but dipshit r is kind of emasculating and really captures the whiny middle schooler inside while also sounding like just a silly word.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      36·
      25 days ago

      He was a teacher for years, he’s seen first hand which insults play best in middle school, and obviously that’s what American politics has devolved to nowadays.

          • TragicNotCute@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            25 days ago

            Yeah, no. The broad American public wouldn’t like that. Right or wrong, lots of people hate that word even when directed at someone who is being one.

          • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
            82·
            25 days ago

            Some people get weirdly super pissed when you use that word. I have no idea why. I have seen multiple people freak the fuck out randomly whenever it’s been mentioned out loud. They won’t care about other cursewords, only “cunt” specifically, it’s very strange.

            • kill_dash_nine@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              25 days ago

              Here’s my read on it - looking up the definition of cunt, it’s “a woman’s genitals” so essentially you’re associating women’s genitalia with something negative, specifically an insult. It doesn’t necessarily make sense seeing as calling someone a dick is fine and isn’t seen as being so vulgar.

            • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
              51·
              25 days ago

              I’m not much of a troll these days, but I do enjoy when people will give my generally bad language on Masto a pass, but clutch their pearls when I call something or someone a cunt. Which I’m wont to do because I’m English.

            • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
              1·
              25 days ago

              It baffled me for a while until I realized that some people take it as a reduction of them to that body part. Like “the only useful part of you is your cunt/dick”.

              I always saw it as more of a metaphor, dicks fuck things up, assholes make things shitty, cunts are fucked (and each of those are metaphors since I don’t think there’s anything wrong with literally fucking or being fucked as long as everyone involved is good with it).

              Though I still don’t understand why people give others the kind of power over them where they can upset them with their choice of words, before the meaning of their message even comes into play.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    25 days ago

    Where has Tim Walz been all my political life. Fuck’s sake, it’s a low bar, but having a Dem on the national stage who isn’t afraid to get a little rough with these dipshits is immensely satisfying after some two decades of “W-we c-can’t say anything m-mean about the fascists…”

    • Cypher@lemmy.world
      19·
      25 days ago

      I have been calling for the left wing to do this in Australia for years.

      We will not beat these weirdo dipshits by pretending they aren’t weirdo dipshits.

      Calling them out with direct language at every opportunity is the path to victory.

      • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
        3·
        25 days ago

        Good luck to you and your compatriots. It hasn’t done much in the United States. Trump has been steadily gaining for over a month and now Kamala is sliding, so I’m not sure if calling them weird dipshits does much, but it does feel good.

  • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
    40·
    25 days ago

    Yes, always make fun of Elon Musk! Don’t forget we’re doing that because Elon is a fascist. It’s okay to skip around prance like a dipshit otherwise. Just don’t be a fascist.

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
    244·
    25 days ago

    I don’t get it.

    There’s so many negative things you can say about Musk, yet you punch at his happy dance? This is low and pathetic.

    • Cypher@lemmy.world
      25·
      25 days ago

      at his happy dance?

      You mean the idiotic cavorting of a dipshit who thinks he’s being handed the power to write regulations for his own companies and fuck over the workers who actually produce the value?

      • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        25 days ago

        thinks he’s being handed the power to write regulations for his own companies

        As soon as Kamala said in the debate that Trump can be entirely coerced with flattery and fawning, I picture Elon watching that and jumping up shouting EUREKA!

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        310·
        25 days ago

        Yes, thats what we should talk about. Attack him for his abuse of power and workers. Not his dance.

        • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
          41·
          25 days ago

          My guy, that’s literally exactly what Walz says in his next sentence in the clip. We can and should make fun of both.

    • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
      12·
      25 days ago

      If skip out of joy that fascists are clapping for you - literally get fucked.

      “Happy dance” at other people’s expense.

    • ynthrepic@lemmy.world
      1·
      25 days ago

      The dude claims the Democrats want to end democratic elections, despite Trunk’s literal attempts to overturn a free and fair election, last time, and this time by planting loyalist governors he hopes won’t certify a Democratic win.

      He’s jumping for joy on stage because what he sees is the freedom for himself to do whatever the fuck he wants without being regulated, and you even be given a role in government where he gets to make his own rules.

      Dipshit is a much more relatable summary I think.

    • Noxy@yiffit.netEnglish
      38·
      25 days ago

      if you don’t understand it, you’re not in a position to judge it.

    • aidan@lemmy.worldM
      219·
      25 days ago

      Yeah, honestly it was cringy, but its also cringy make fun of people for being cringy