Current Events > Our kids are gonna read sections in history books about Trump's tweets

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and how a significant portion of his online base was comprised of alt-right white supremacists with Pepe the Frog avatars spamming memes

Like, think about that

Our kids are probably gonna learn about Pepe as a symbol of one of the most bizarre times in American history
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After his first year, someone should put out a Trump-a-Day calendar that features a Presidential tweet for every day of the year
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Those chapters will be titled The Dark Ages 2: Electric Boogaloo
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And the crazy thing is it will be normal.

Just like how our great grandparents probably got mindblown when they realized their descendents would read about television transmissions in history classes.
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DevsBro posted...

And the crazy thing is it will be normal.

Just like how our great grandparents probably got mindblown when they realized their descendents would read about television transmissions in history classes.

Maybe it's naive to be this optimistic, but I do think presidents being this crazy and unpredictable won't be commonplace and Pepe-like movements will still exist but not be so empowered.

I tend to think in 2020 we're gonna take a HUGE swing back to like the most boring/safe choice possible.
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Now imagine this, since the textbooks will probably be digital anyways, they get Mark Hamill to read all of them to the students.
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LightHawKnight posted...

Now imagine this, since the textbooks will probably be digital anyways, they get Mark Hamill to read all of them to the students.

More like synth version of mark hamill's voice because we probAbly have the tech to replicate someone's voice with full computer only
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LightHawKnight posted...

Now imagine this, since the textbooks will probably be digital anyways, they get Mark Hamill to read all of them to the students.

oh god no
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