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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by SomeGuy on Saturday December 28 2019, @12:37AM (3 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Saturday December 28 2019, @12:37AM (#936713)

    The problem is I already live in the world of Idiocracy. Not by choice. It's a world where the only thing people know about a topic is what advertising told them - and they think they are an expert then. It's a world where people buy useless products without thinking about long term costs or consequences. It's a world where people buy stuff that is harmful to them, but they don't care, they just stare at it like it is the most awesome thing in the world as their eye sockets melt. It's a world where health care is almost more automated than a McDonalds, and you know you are just going to get placebos because real medicine would open them up to lawsuits. It's a world where everyone is expected to do things exactly the same, even when there are better ways. Don't even need to mention the idiot sitting in the Oval Office.

    Anywhere but here.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Thexalon on Tuesday December 31 2019, @05:48PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday December 31 2019, @05:48PM (#937929)

    No, you don't live in Idiocracy, because in Idiocracy, the president is smart enough to let somebody smarter than himself run things.

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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by JoeMerchant on Thursday January 02 2020, @07:37PM (1 child)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday January 02 2020, @07:37PM (#938763)

      If Cheeto Jesus were really running things himself, we'd be bombing the wrong countries because he can't keep the names straight, launching 50 billion dollar construction projects and sending the bill to a foreign country who won't pay our workers, and I'm glad to say I don't know what all else because I just don't tune in to what the Orange Oracle has to say for himself more than once every couple of years...

      In other words, I'm fairly sure that the lower level staff is heavily filtering/correcting out Commander in Chief's literal directives - he seems to be in control like a 7 year old soccer league coach is in control of their players.

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      • (Score: 4, Touché) by Arik on Sunday January 05 2020, @05:29AM

        by Arik (4543) on Sunday January 05 2020, @05:29AM (#939762) Journal
        "we'd be bombing the wrong countries because he can't keep the names straight"

        Well we ARE bombing Iraq and talking about Iran, so I guess if the shoe fits...
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        If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?