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@dastardlyastrid

Reluctant misanthrope. Midwestern atheist. Curious scientist. Descendant of two American Revolutionary War officers and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. I also like pickles.

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I had a fun time once telling someone that the line in the beet song is “I’m red but not embarrassed” and not “I’m ripping out a parrot.” (What does that even mean, in the context of beets? Or in the context of… anything.)

09.03.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is a real post. Also, the president of the United States attended a dignified transfer of six killed Americans while wearing a trashy trucker hat.

This is actually happening.

08.03.2026 01:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

05.03.2026 20:18 👍 24931 🔁 5648 💬 1386 📌 467

Uh-oh, Noem. You’re getting a lot closer now to the day you will go to prison!

05.03.2026 20:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Imagine what the country would be like today if we had. Imagine a United States if Donald Trump had never been president. I admit I enjoy revisionist history fiction… in this case I find it hard to imagine any outcome that might have been worse than Trump being president.

02.03.2026 23:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

1%. If you accept IQ as a measure of intelligence, you only need a 140 IQ to be in the top 1%. She is exceptionally intelligent.

02.03.2026 21:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s always funny to me when idiots think they can catch Hillary with a ridiculous zinger. She might not be everyone’s cup of tea politically, but she’s generally the smartest person in the room.

02.03.2026 21:16 👍 534 🔁 33 💬 11 📌 1
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For no reason in particular, I wanted to mention that shingles is often extremely painful, and many shingles sufferers have nerve pain for months or years.

I’ve heard it described like getting stabbed with an ice pick day after day for months. Usually I feel bad for the person. Usually.

#shingles

02.03.2026 21:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Americans can barely afford to live right now and the government took more money from us and gave it to ICE and this war. Meanwhile I can no longer afford the property taxes on my house and my groceries are twice what they were 5 years ago. This is not what Americans want.

02.03.2026 20:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like shingles.

02.03.2026 20:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He has whatever the opposite of body dysmorphia is. He thinks he’s very attractive.

Narrator: He wasn’t. He was super gross.

02.03.2026 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve seen posts asking whether Trump voters are happy about paying a couple thousand more per year in taxes, the common response was “I’ve saved that much at the gas pump, go Trump!”

Whoops! I guess now they need to explain how a Middle East war will save them money. That gas pump excuse is gone.

02.03.2026 15:24 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ok, so I can do a bunch of crimes, steal billions, get people killed — but if they try to convict me of those crimes, I can just say “this is politically motivated” and never go to prison? Wow, that’s amazing. Didn’t know that was legal. Or moral. Good to know!!!

02.03.2026 10:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These people act like they don’t know they are the laughingstock of the entire world. Or maybe they’re so dumb they don’t even know. Sad.

26.02.2026 12:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If I have testicles in 2030, microplastics would be the least of my concerns.

24.02.2026 01:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And this is probably the least offensive thing he’s done since I first heard of him. I’m not gonna hate on someone for celebrating an American team’s Olympic win. It’s all the other shit he’s done and said that is the real problem.

23.02.2026 10:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Imagine any other US president, VP, Secretary, etc posting something like this. I mean imagine Madeleine Albright or Condoleezza Rice posting this. I am old enough to remember when politicians did not act like fourth graders throwing tantrums. It’s shameful and extremely embarrassing.

22.02.2026 18:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He does not govern. He does not take care of citizens. He does not care about citizens. He is a petty, petulant whiner who only cares about himself.

The country has never had a bigger loser in the Oval Office. He’s weak and pathetic.

22.02.2026 02:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The miniature cups have the perfect ratio of chocolate to peanut butter.

I am not opposed to their holiday offerings, but they are often too heavy on the peanut butter.

The mini cups remain the standard. I am steadfast in this opinion.
#Reese’s

20.02.2026 23:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, and?

This is what has happened to every single Trump butt-licker who eventually told him no.

This isn’t news. It isn’t surprising. This is his MO. The second anyone tells him no, suddenly they are a traitor and scum and low IQ.

This is exactly how dictators act. No one is surprised.

20.02.2026 23:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No, not the worst thing at all, but I don’t think there’s only one Dem candidate who would run on that platform.

I think the current administration is going to force some legislation and possibly a constitutional amendment, no matter who the next president is. To make sure this never happens again.

20.02.2026 16:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The current administration is by far the most corrupt, incompetent, and authoritarian I have ever seen. The number of things Trump has done that would have had another president impeached is astounding. We won’t recover with yet another polarizing president. I think we need someone calm and mature.

20.02.2026 13:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I don’t think AOC at the top of the ticket wins — Republicans demonized her, and half the country already doesn’t like her. We saw how that worked out for Hillary, and AOC is less qualified for the job. Democracy won’t survive another 4 years of Republican president. Has to be a sure-fire Dem win.

20.02.2026 11:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Personally, I would prefer Pete’s brand of calm, rational persuasion and inclusion after too many years of the high-drama new-outrage-every-day that we are all sick of. Return to civility and class, and restore some dignity to the office. AOC is a fine candidate, just not right now. IMO.

20.02.2026 10:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Americans do not want to be involved in another damn war in the Middle East. This is extremely unpopular with everyone I know, regardless of party.

20.02.2026 10:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our only hope is the rest of the world not backing down, unlike the spineless toadies and flunkies in Congress and the rest of the government who sold their souls to Trump. Keep the pressure on. He caves every single time, like bullies do. His lies have to be met with worldwide opposition and truth.

18.02.2026 10:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But if they do call JB into question over it, they open themselves up to some extremely pointed questions about why JB is flawed if a relative of his is in the files, but Trump is directly in the files himself thousands of times and he gets a free pass?

17.02.2026 21:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do these people not understand that as soon as he leaves office everyone will know exactly what he was trying to hide in those files? The next person in office will release all of them without criminals’ names redacted. People who covered this up will go to prison.

17.02.2026 09:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Imagine whining many times about people calling you a dictator but not saying anything when they call you a pedophile except “let’s move on from this.”

He is somewhat careful about what he lies and whines about. Pay attention to what he isn’t whining about. That’s where he knows it could hurt him.

16.02.2026 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lies. He has searched no depths. He can’t tear himself away from the television long enough to research or understand anything. The country elected a reality tv personality instead of a leader and that’s exactly what they got.

14.02.2026 01:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0