Current Events > Latest cover of Newsweek features Trump and the words "Lazy Boy"

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"Donald Trump is bored and tired. Imagine how he'd feel if he did any work".

- Six months in office
- 40 days at golf clubs
- ZERO major pieces of legislation

lolololol

edit: and i love how he's eating Cheetos. he just needs a beard on his neck and it'd be just perfect.
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he really does eat cheetos and doritos around the white house
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fwiw I always found that to be one of the more charming things about Trump actually

I, too, would be savaged by the media elite for my garbage tastes. It's refreshing to see someone who doesn't ask for dijon on his $80 burger
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My friend who voted for Trump, sure his presidency has been a fiasco, "but he has gone a lot of good. Just look at our stocks."
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Fucking lol, that's such a well done cover, but they usually are pretty good
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How, exactly, is "zero pieces of legislation" a bad thing?
The US government is at it's absolute best when absolutely deadlocked, simply because it's not fucking anything up at the time.

I laughed.
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isn't that cannibalism?
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

isn't that cannibalism?

lolol

Balrog0 posted...

It's refreshing to see someone who doesn't ask for dijon on his $80 burger

the dijon argument has always been strange to me because it's actually a reflection of the elitism of the critic (hannity, in the case of obama)

dijon is a middle class product that is not expensive and is available to essentially everyone

suggesting it's an elitist product that the middle class doesn't have access to shows how out of touch people like hannity are with the middle class
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Darkman124 posted...

Balrog0 posted...

It's refreshing to see someone who doesn't ask for dijon on his $80 burger

the dijon argument has always been strange to me because it's actually a reflection of the elitism of the critic (hannity, in the case of obama)

dijon is a middle class product that is not expensive and is available to essentially everyone

suggesting it's an elitist product that the middle class doesn't have access to shows how out of touch people like hannity are with the middle class

I, personally, agree with that entirely. Not only is it petty to critique the person for their food choice due to being a partisan loser (lol, those two scoops though!) but thinking of Dijon mustard as some sort of fancy, elitist condiment is just bizarre if you have purchased it at the grocery store or know somebody who likes it for the spice/flavor. My dad used to have it all the time and he's like one stone throw away from a redneck.
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Darkman124 posted...

the dijon argument has always been strange to me because it's actually a reflection of the elitism of the critic (hannity, in the case of obama)

dijon is a middle class product that is not expensive and is available to essentially everyone

suggesting it's an elitist product that the middle class doesn't have access to shows how out of touch people like hannity are with the middle class

davyheinz posted...

, personally, agree with that entirely. Not only is it petty to critique the person for their food choice due to being a partisan loser (lol, those two scoops though!) but thinking of Dijon mustard as some sort of fancy, elitist condiment is just bizarre if you have purchased it at the grocery store or know somebody who likes it for the spice/flavor. My dad used to have it all the time and he's like one stone throw away from a redneck.

I don't find anything weird about it, personally. You can buy caviar at Sam's Club but that doesn't make it a cuisine for the masses.
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I'm more curious about that Solar Eclipse info.
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nah that's an exaggeration but I don't think it's about access to a product exactly just about working class tastes and attitudes

I'd be pretty surprised if there wasn't a close correlation between how much money you make and how much more likely you are to use a mustard other than frech's yellow but I could be wrong
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Pretty sure you can get a thing of dijon mustard for like $1.50
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and quinoa is about that cheap, too

I can get my spirulina for less than ten bucks, too
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Balrog0 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

the dijon argument has always been strange to me because it's actually a reflection of the elitism of the critic (hannity, in the case of obama)

dijon is a middle class product that is not expensive and is available to essentially everyone

suggesting it's an elitist product that the middle class doesn't have access to shows how out of touch people like hannity are with the middle class

davyheinz posted...

, personally, agree with that entirely. Not only is it petty to critique the person for their food choice due to being a partisan loser (lol, those two scoops though!) but thinking of Dijon mustard as some sort of fancy, elitist condiment is just bizarre if you have purchased it at the grocery store or know somebody who likes it for the spice/flavor. My dad used to have it all the time and he's like one stone throw away from a redneck.

I don't find anything weird about it, personally. You can buy caviar at Sam's Club but that doesn't make it a cuisine for the masses.

You can buy Dijon at gas stations. Stupid peole think French = Elitist. Maybe if we called it Freedom Sauce or some bullshit Bubba from Bama wouldn't get upset so much.
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Balrog0 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

the dijon argument has always been strange to me because it's actually a reflection of the elitism of the critic (hannity, in the case of obama)

dijon is a middle class product that is not expensive and is available to essentially everyone

suggesting it's an elitist product that the middle class doesn't have access to shows how out of touch people like hannity are with the middle class

davyheinz posted...

, personally, agree with that entirely. Not only is it petty to critique the person for their food choice due to being a partisan loser (lol, those two scoops though!) but thinking of Dijon mustard as some sort of fancy, elitist condiment is just bizarre if you have purchased it at the grocery store or know somebody who likes it for the spice/flavor. My dad used to have it all the time and he's like one stone throw away from a redneck.

I don't find anything weird about it, personally. You can buy caviar at Sam's Club but that doesn't make it a cuisine for the masses.

Well yeah, but mustard is a more commonplace thing than caviar is, at least in American culture. It's not really just about ease of accessibility, but perhaps also price and commonality.

Eating fish eggs is gross, too. Tried it, not a fan.
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

You can buy Dijon at gas stations. Stupid peole think French = Elitist. Maybe if we called it Freedom Sauce or some bullshit Bubba from Bama wouldn't get upset so much.

Market it as "drunk mustard".

davyheinz posted...

Well yeah, but mustard is a more commonplace thing than caviar is, at least in American culture. It's not really just about ease of accessibility, but perhaps also price and commonality.

Eating fish eggs is gross, too. Tried it, not a fan.

yeah its an extreme example

I guess I'm trying to convey that culture is more than just price, you know? That's why I brought up quinoa. Fairly cheap (not for a grain, but in general) but I don't think most people would consider it something for people with more low brow tastes.

Dijon is admittedly a more marginal thing, but I think it still fits. It's more of a poor/working class distinction than a middle class one, though. Let me put it this way -- the GOP suburbanites who had heartburn over who to vote for the last election probably see nothing out of the ordinary with dijon. The people who went hard in the paint for Trump probably would

imho
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Balrog0 posted...

nah that's an exaggeration but I don't think it's about access to a product exactly just about working class tastes and attitudes

I'd be pretty surprised if there wasn't a close correlation between how much money you make and how much more likely you are to use a mustard other than frech's yellow but I could be wrong

honestly i think you may have misinterpreted the marketing

dijon mustard's ads were actually showcasing how the everyman could have this 'elitist condiment' and it wasn't restricted to them

most diners have it nowadays.

Balrog0 posted...

Dijon is admittedly a more marginal thing, but I think it still fits. It's more of a poor/working class distinction than a middle class one, though. Let me put it this way -- the GOP suburbanites who had heartburn over who to vote for the last election probably see nothing out of the ordinary with dijon. The people who went hard in the paint for Trump probably would

imho

maybe this is true. it is definitely a middle class item; for the working class the issue is more 'they eat at mcdonalds a shitload' and there is not dijon available there to my knowledge. but their concept of condiments comes from what goes on a hotdog at a family bbq and what goes on their burger at a fast food joint

dijon is at every greasy spoon restaurant but a lot of these people dont have the money to go somewhere that has a waitress.

i think your general point that trump's enjoyment of garbage fast food makes him relateable to his base is true regardless. i just am not sure about the mustard thing.
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Ah good to see that liberal tolerance hard at work here ITT
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Darkman124 posted...

honestly i think you may have misinterpreted the marketing

I've never seen any marketing for dijon mustard in my life that I can recall lol

I'm basing this off of years of experience with legit white trash across a variety of states

I don't know northeastern white trash, though, to be fair
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Its because there is a portion of people (very much in Trump's camp) who base their opinions on nothing what the the tv tells them, or in that example, because Grey Poupon (dijon mustard) had a memorable commercial 25 years ago.
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Teen Girl Squad posted...

because Grey Poupon (dijon mustard) had a memorable commercial 25 years ago.

again i must emphasize

that commercial was actually meant to be ironic, that now the working man could have "the rich man's food" and there was no need for elitism because it wasn't expensive, just good
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Darkman124 posted...

maybe this is true. it is definitely a middle class item; for the working class the issue is more 'they eat at mcdonalds a shitload' and there is not dijon available there to my knowledge. but their concept of condiments comes from what goes on a hotdog at a family bbq and what goes on their burger at a fast food joint

dijon is at every greasy spoon restaurant but a lot of these people dont have the money to go somewhere that has a waitress.

i think your general point that trump's enjoyment of garbage fast food makes him relateable to his base is true regardless. i just am not sure about the mustard thing.

you know, I think McDonald's actually does have a burger with dijon on it lmfao

I don't remember ever seeing it at waffle house or cracker barrel, though

I never go to cracker barrel to be fair
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Balrog0 posted...

you know, I think McDonald's actually does have a burger with dijon on it lmfao

I don't remember ever seeing it at waffle house or cracker barrel, though

I never go to cracker barrel to be fair

jesus really

how does this work on anyone

i remember a line from obama's book where he was actively having to be careful when he got spicy mustard for fear of the reaction hannity gave
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

isn't that cannibalism?

Quality, underrated post. We need more of these.
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How much more biased can a tile get. "If he did any work at all." Are they really that stupid at newsweek or just drank the koolaid?
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Gojak_v3 posted...

How much more biased can a tile get. "If he did any work at all." Are they really that stupid at newsweek or just drank the koolaid?

What has he actually done?

Other than get mad cause he has to travel on a diplomatic basis, and be more than happy to golf when not.
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Newsweek being modest. Trump is fatter than he is in that cover.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

Ah good to see that liberal tolerance hard at work here ITT

I realize that 'accountability' has been a four letter word in conservative ideology since the 80's, but please don't try and project your terminally low standards on us.

There's a reason you bandy around accusations of elitism around liberalism. We don't ideologically enshrine incompetence, and don't take pride in our ignorance.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

What has he actually done?

He's sitting in the oval office, pen in hand.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Gojak_v3 posted...

How much more biased can a tile get. "If he did any work at all." Are they really that stupid at newsweek or just drank the koolaid?

What has he actually done?

You guys can't actually be this ignorant can you, this is the koolaid talking right?
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Gojak_v3 posted...

Bullet_Wing posted...

Gojak_v3 posted...

How much more biased can a tile get. "If he did any work at all." Are they really that stupid at newsweek or just drank the koolaid?

What has he actually done?

You guys can't actually be this ignorant can you, this is the koolaid talking right?

If there's anyone drinking koolaid here it's you.
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Gojak is just an infamously bad poster. You'll have to excuse him.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

Ah good to see that liberal tolerance hard at work here ITT

liberal tolerance does not mean we need to like the giant orange turd
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Gojak_v3 posted...

Bullet_Wing posted...

Gojak_v3 posted...

How much more biased can a tile get. "If he did any work at all." Are they really that stupid at newsweek or just drank the koolaid?

What has he actually done?

You guys can't actually be this ignorant can you, this is the koolaid talking right?

zero pieces of legislation. ZERO. he has accomplished pretty much nothing except getting the SCOTUS justice approved, which was a shoe-in. the man is a catastrophic failure.

if you feel this is incorrect, please, provide evidence to the contrary.
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

zero pieces of legislation. ZERO.

What does that have to do with doing work? Tell me, are you of the opinion that just because legislation fails that no work was actually done toward it? Like seriously, this is why you can't have conversations with most the liberals around here. They are either extremely ignorant or are koolaid drinkers.
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No bias there!
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Has any other president managed to accomplish so little in his first 100 days like Trump has? I mean, since the whole 100 Days thing has been a thing to judge them by.
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Gojak_v3 posted...

What does that have to do with doing work? Tell me, are you of the opinion that just because legislation fails that no work was actually done toward it? Like seriously, this is why you can't have conversations with most the liberals around here. They are either extremely ignorant or are koolaid drinkers.

i would say the reason would be more all the stories coming out of congress that pence, not trump, was the one working closely with senators on the repeal effort
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HypnoCoosh posted...

yes Hypno, that's the same magazine. good job, buddy.
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Gojak_v3 posted...

What does that have to do with doing work?

as the President of the United States, that's his job. if he's working and still getting nothing accomplished, he's shitty at his job.

i'm still eagerly awaiting you to provide evidence of all this work you think he's done.
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HypnoCoosh posted...

Ah good to see that liberal tolerance hard at work here ITT

Not a liberal, and I think the manbaby snowflake is a disgrace as President.

The president shouldn't actually do much anyway.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

Trump sheep to literally any act Trump does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxYQQoYfMtQ

Gojak_v3 posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

zero pieces of legislation. ZERO.

What does that have to do with doing work? Tell me, are you of the opinion that just because legislation fails that no work was actually done toward it? Like seriously, this is why you can't have conversations with most the liberals around here. They are either extremely ignorant or are koolaid drinkers.

Well I guess if I take an exam and fail it miserably, I should still get credit for at least putting in the work right?
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