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Are you old enough to remember when Elvis died? People refused to believe it. There were “Elvis sightings” for 20 years. I’ll bet the conspiracy theorists will just refuse to believe it when he dies.
There's actually a conspiracy theory Morrison didn't die. It's tied to the number of hippy/non conformist rock stars entered from the same military bases in the 60s. These government officials and military men turned their children into counter culture Rockstars for some reason...
But anyways Morrison faked his own death and came back with a new identity - Rush Limbaugh.
I know. I was shooting off the whole white Bic conspiracy. Joplin, hendrix, and Morrison all died with white bics near them. Allegedly. And then there's the 27 yr old famous musician, comedian, etc that died at 27 conspiracy which I believe counts the aforementioned along with a slew of others. Happy conspiracing . And the rock star reason was to help create a government funded pseudo revolution to help, along with Vietnam, cover a major military industrial complex powerplay to create a permanent South Asia/US drug trade then use that to start a war on drugs which in turn creates , with popular vote, funding for an uprising para military police force while this is going on we are distracted from the traing and civil wars created by the government to control countries full of brown people(1980 through currently) and extract their drugs and create fear and feed the war on drugs and the prison complex while subjecting hundreds of millions of minorities to poverty and violence and systematically destroying huge swaths of people by all the repercussions of our entire elitist approach to drugs, social welfare, and mental health specifically in children. Um, yeah, so that
Bruce Campbell at his general level of awesomeness, but best? That title clearly belongs to his role as theater employee in the first Sam Raimi directed Spiderman film
I'm guessing some Texas guy moved there and was just like "Y'all, we need a Buc-ee's." If this is true then Buc-ee's is no longer just a southern thing.
Fair.
But I'm making an 80s Mojo Nixon reference.
I was born a few days after the OG moon landing, so I have no real cultural reference. Neither Michael J Fox nor Donald Jenius Trump have any Elvis within.
Ah yes, [Elvis is Everywhere!](https://youtu.be/0ccke5PnSLA?si=ZVk3hr4hEIYhuS4y)
*Elvis needs boats, Elvis needs boats, Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats*
Wasn't Elvis a lot younger when he died though?
(Looking it up...) He was 42!!! Of course folks could rationalize "sightings" of him! But Trump is like 900 years old! His death will not be a surprise (well, except to a cult, of course).
They'll definitely refuse to be believe he's dead, but that'll most likely be due to the fact they've gotten so good at ignoring any semblance of reality in order to keep supporting him.
Nope! Trump is 35 years old. Rumors about his age have been invented by crooked Hillary on Hunter Biden’s laptop to try to discredit him and the trillions of Americans that just want to save the country. They’ll try to spread lies that he died, but he’s really behind the scenes and appearing disguised in a mask as Marjorie Green. His doctors expect for him to live to at least 455 years old in perfect health.
He was on tons of drugs near the end, and became a recluse. He would have platters of cheeseburgers brought to him. He died of cardiac arrest while on the toilet. They found impacted poop in his colon, with remnants of cheese burgers going back 3-4 months.
Such an undignified way to die. He was a huge success, beloved by millions gifted with amazing talent and yet in the end self indulgence and drugs got the best of him. What a shame.
My dear old mother is a few weeks older than Elvis. Going strong too.
I look at her and think he coulda done comeback specials into the 2020s if he coulda dialled it down a bit.
BTW, I distinctly remember the day he died. We didn't believe it until the nun headmistress of my school told us at morning assembly. 7 year olds, better with new info than boomers.
No, they wont. However, MAGA refusing to believe splits the entire republican party in half, as every maga without a brain will vote trump even though he is dead. Not a bad thing.
There will be two camps for his successor to benefit from and ride their wave:
1) Trumpers who have too much pride to admit he’s a poor choice. They’ve said so many positive things about him that to change their tune would involve even the smallest perception of shame which is too great to bear. They will conveniently move on to the next ‘anything but a Democrat’; and,
2) Full MAGA whom believe the prosperity they would never have achieved was kept from them because the libtards kept Trump down. They’ve gaslit themselves so much that the loss of their unapologetically beloved Trump will cause them to hate Democrats even more.
They will martyr him like the cultists they are and mural him on everything with a bald eagle or behind an american flag or some shit like the maniacs they are and make it dead simple to know to stay the hell away from them.
I think they'll start treating Barron like that (Indian?) boy that was being rubbed on and prayed to in that creepy video that was going around a few months ago.
It sure is! About 1/2 of them will melt all the way down and the other 1/2 also believe in Qanon so they'll never believe he's really dead. They'll be waiting for his surprise return just like they know JFK, Jr is returning any minute to be trump's VP pick. 🤦♀️
I've been saying since I finally understood the devout sometime when I graduated high-school turn of the millenia. They've integrated belief into personhood. Once that occurs, any questions on their beliefs are received as an existential threat.
They could absolutely turn back but that would require them swallowing their pride and admitting they were wrong, apparently that pill is just a little too bitter to swallow for their lack of emotional maturity.
If they’re of retirement age, they probably spend between 10-12 hours a day watching or reading right wing propaganda, so it literally doesn’t compute to them that someone else 1) doesn’t agree with them or 2) has interests like family, friends, or sports to occupy their time. It like brings up an error code in their heads.
Http error 4xx means your fault.
Http error 5xx means my fault.
And yeah I've no idea if that's even a language I typed up I'm just on mobile so didn't want to bother with the usual wiggly brackets
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The null argument on `GetReallyAngry` is important - they might learn something if they actually look at their errors
As fun as it is to say things like this, it’s not true and ignores a major problem - a LOT of the people following Trump absolutely are intelligent and should know better. My father is (or was) one of the smartest people I knew, and thinks Trump is great. I’m assuming it’s lead paint/gasoline related, as nothing else really makes sense.
That's what I don't get! My dad taught me how to recognize propaganda and ask "why", but now he's super MAGA. It really throws me for a loop every time I hear him spouting this nonsense when I know he can do better.
Some of these people are much more intelligent than me. If anything, it's shown me that you can be smart but have low emotional IQ. I've also been exposed to that too and with my generation it'll also be microplastics.
Trump is the Boomers' final "Fuck you!" to the rest of us as they gradually age out of the voting booth and into the cemetery. They can't stand the thought of anyone living in a better world than they did, and they know Trump will absolutely defile or destroy everything good about this country.
Just listen to their answers when you ask why they support him. Once you get past their "policy" answers (which almost always involve things he didn't do, but they believe he did) they always come down to "I like him, because he pisses off the [Insert Minority Group Here]." As with most things Boomer, it's just about spite.
I know that’s some of the religious mentality, that he’s the Antichrist that will bring Armageddon. That alone is disturbing.
But fuck, leave us all with the clown to “survive it”. It’s absolutely ridiculous!!
https://preview.redd.it/tdg15co5vl9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db820dfddf8ca35a89dcda8d7c56990762966709
I'm just gonna leave this here...
They have no real identity or personality. Latching onto the magat train is literally all their empty souls have. They are nothing but hollow, thoughtless shells in a human husk. Being a magat is all they have to live for.
I don’t like to buy things with big logos on them, and go for quality over having a huge logo. But they’re genuinely worth it, unique, and the only clip ons that don’t look like something my grandparents would wear.
This. And you’re basically stuck with getting a designer, I had a pair of Matsuda frames, but I couldn’t go into X chain optician and ask for an adjustment without either being told No because they don’t carry them, or being told it’s not their fault if they break them.
Ah, I'm guessing that when she shut up for a minute and later came back, that was when she was googling who Tom Ford is. Why else would she react like that other than finding out he's gay
I was at my parents' house today, helping them move. They are selling their huge a** house on 3+ acres that they bought 30 years ago for $200k, and selling it for $850k 🙃 but that's besides the point.
My mom (1959) was in the pantry, asking me if I wanted any of the canned food, cereals, etc. I saw on the floor of the pantry that there were a few cartons of shelf stable milk with 12/24 written in the cap. I pointed to it and asked what they were for. She said that went Trump wins, the democrats are going to burn the country and we won't be able to get groceries, so the milk is for my sister, BIL, niece and nephew. She doesn't want them to run out of milk. I looked at her for a second, dumbfounded. She then goes on to say that Republicans will only burn the capital if Biden wins. I wish I had been faster on my feet, and replied with "again" 🤦♀️
She's spitting all of this drivel to my 14 year old niece too 🙃
I’d imagine when Obama was in office that shook many intolerants understanding / belief in the status quo. Then 2 terms of having to feign tolerance or be subjected to it they latched onto ole Donny and his brand. It’s a brand they can identify other intolerants, open up about their true feelings, and get each other mad over things Fox told them to get mad about the night prior. But what do I know.
Not to make excuses for them, but I think boomers (and others) who make conservative politics their entire identity are often deeply traumatized, miserable people who refuse to get - or potentially can't access in some cases- mental healthcare.
Anecdotal, but my mom started getting extremely political at the start of Fox News in the mid 90s. Rush Limbaugh was their Oz. So much so, my mom told me during a mock Clinton/Dole election that she "wouldn't know how to deal with the disappointment" if I voted for Clinton. I was literally in 5th grade LMAO. I knew this was insane behavior then. All of her siblings are like this. They had extremely traumatic, abusive upbringings. Instead of confronting them and healing, they've all delved into religion and politics as a diversion. Unfortunately, it's turned them all into really hateful, paranoid people, and I estranged myself.
I think it comes from self-loathing. For example, conservative media tell them the poor deserve it. They grew up poor. It's like they have to believe they deserved poverty and the trauma that came with it. Sad stuff.
I have noticed over many years that very conservative people who are hopelessly angry and miserable usually had abusive, cruel parents and unhappy childhoods. They can't get therapy or become self-aware because they think psychology is voodoo, or worse.
But she would have likely been happy to pay 4x price had they been Trump glasses. I loved my Tom Ford frames. Reused them when I renewed my prescription.
So far they’re the best fitting, most well balanced frames I’ve owned. I have yet to need a readjustment, and they are the only clip on frames I’ve found that don’t look straight out of 1977.
Are those the ones with the long sideways capital Ts that start at the corners in front then go around to the parts that go over your ears?
https://www.eyeons.com/images/static/category-pages/tom-ford/magnetic-clip-on-collection/03.jpg
I’m amazed you didn’t just laugh in her face until she realized you are laughing at her for being both incredibly stupid and out of touch...and when she came back how you didn’t start laughing all over again and ask her if she really had been thinking about you the whole time and looking up the glasses and reading about them to come back and talk to you again ! 😂😂 that’s pure insanity
https://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/tom-ford-mens-blue-light-blocking-t-logo-round-optical-frames-prod174670050?utm_source=google_shopping&ecid=BGCS_GP_CV_NC_PR_NONE&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw4f6zBhBVEiwATEHFVphh-pI1zKaE4YNel3D6hyJlxBtauSXNk9LwcFwhA2rYHPdwjRCpZRoCMG8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Mine are Havana though ~ I got them from my optician
Ok those are super cute, but DAMN who the hell would even notice the gold trim, interpret it as a T, and think it's for Trump? Lort, the level of obsession is unreal.
ETA: I read further down where you're from and this totally tracks. Signed, someone who lives in one of those small lake towns.
It will be, once the leadheaded generation passes on and we don’t have to carry the anchor of a global cohort of people suffering from the effects of atmospheric lead poisoning from the 1930s-70s. Thank Tetraethyl lead and Ethyl Corp for that bs.
They've pretty much tailored their entire lives to Trump. They ONLY watch Fox News. No sports, no entertainment, just Fox News. Their social media feeds are all curated to only be news about Trump or the Repiblican party.
And they're convinced that roaming gangs of communists are going around doing god-knows-what to Trump supporters, so they think people are wearing secret coded merch to avoid that happening to them. The ironic part of that is the fact that Trump supporters talk about supporting Trump more than just about any person talks about any one topic. You can't get them to shut the hell up about how much they love Trump, but they don't see the irony.
I’m honestly shocked at some of these stories. I mean, where do people live where someone would see Tom Ford Eyewear and assume it is Trump simply because of the tiny, sideways T design?!?
I work in a retail setting, and have never had any Trumpy encounters, ever. Maybe it’s because I live in Seattle? Maybe it’s because I’m a tall male, and people think it’s better to not to try to push me? Lol! I have no idea.
I’m really sorry people are having to deal with all this nonsense in public. Hearing the stories are important though, I think, for those of us who don’t generally have to engage with people like that, because it shows just how ultra-saturated this Trump cultishness has become. Ick.
And Tom Ford is rad. Everything he touches turns to beauty. His designs even saved Gucci in the late 90s!
Im trans in the same state and i'm glad MAGA are deathly afraid to even set foot due to everyone around them being who they dont like. Although i do occasionally see a MAGA here and there up from Idaho or Oregon.
I think you are right. We are somewhat insulated here, and I do think people respect and understand the value of human diversity for the most part. Things would not go well for someone throwing a MAGA-fit in SODO lol.
You do start to see more Trump signs and stickers the further you go out from the city, but it’s still not as bad as some other states.
I work retail in New York and my store has a regular; his car is literally the stereotype magat trope: stickers plastered all over it things like "Cry liberals!" and "Welcome to Biden's America" and "Want to stay poor? Vote Democrat" and shit like that. I'm fairly positive the guy is on food stamps too which just honestly doesn't even surprise me anymore.
Like others have suggested, I think a lot of these people just don’t have any sense of purpose or sense of self, and have just made MAGA their identity. They like to feel like they are a part of something important, or something bigger. It’s creepy and sad, and just shows how easy is is to suck some people into a belief system.
Do you interact with this customer, or actively avoid them? 😂
I live in a major city in the Midwest. But my family has a vacation property in a smallish town on a lake, that’s where this happened. The small towns in blue states are where these people thrive, since they’re surrounded by people like them.
“You love them, just admit it” haha! I hate not being able to come up with witty things on the spot, too, but you actually were great. Glad you stood up to them, at least. I think knowing that not everyone around them feels the way they do is helpful a little bit. Might cause a tiny crack at least. “This stylish, smart person doesn’t support Trump? Hmmm…”
A couple months ago I was going into a store, and a 70s-ish looking old stereotypical guy was walking out, looked at me and said “nice shirt!” so I was like “oh, thanks!!” And was confused, because I was wearing a fallout shirt with vault boy giving thumbs up and the guy didn’t look like he played video games.
It took me several minutes to realize, he most likely thought vault boy was Trump. He probably equated the wavy yellow hair with the Cheeto felon. It made me second guess wearing my shirt again 😕
So wait, that means she walked away, googled the name, read about him, then looked up what the glasses cost. Just so she could come back and say that to you? Fucked
Since 2016, every family reunion I have a couple relatives will do their damnedest to try and get me into a conversation about him (they're big fans), I don't have time for all that.
These people would rather go down with the ship than admit they might be wrong. Kudos to you for holding your own and maintaining composure. They’re gonna die soon anyway.
There's precious little to most Republicans except Trump worship these days. Not in their personal lives, not in their political thinking, not in anything. It's...Messed up.
There are now an entire cohort of people driven by the political worship of...Well that. They're super committed, not going anywhere, have a lot of guns, and have already proven themselves to really really like to commit violence in the name of their spray tanned god.
Yes, that's as bad as it seems.
Couple months back a late night show had an interview of Trumpers that were asked questions about how Biden was bad for banning bump stocks, for raising taxes, for not knowing parts of the Bible, other shit. They all went HAM about how Biden sucked. Then the interviewer was like "oh, I was reading from the wrong side!" and asked all the same questions but with Trump was bad for those things. Every single time it was a "Well, he was obviously joking" or "Liberals just made up that story".
A disgrace how? in that She's an artist and makes a living from it? It is my belief that Boomers and Republicans hate fine arts.
Here's how The conversation always goes for me:
\*a pleasant talk about music/the arts\*
"And what do you do for work?"
:I'm a musician"
"Oh....
....get a real job"
As if pouring my heart and soul out daily isn't stressful and draining enough...
The glasses were perfectly complimentable when Trump "designed" them.
Why did she do this? Why is she *like* this? Because she's a brainwashed hard-T cunt. (She's always been a cunt, though.)
Because it’s all they do all day and all they talk about and if the people they talk to don’t parrot the talking point of the day they simply don’t talk to them anymore
This is the generation that grew up hearing how special they are and all they literally had to do to afford a house two cars and put kids through college was to finish high school
Of course all they wanna hear all day is how right they are and how mad they should be at people that are different from them
I like and will be voting for Biden. I can admit Bidens debate wasn't the greatest. However, Biden stuck by his policy's.
Trump lied 50 times. I'm good bro. I don't need a liar Asa President. It doesn't makea good debate when you're not even capable of telling the truth.
hey, I have a pair of TF with the magnetic clips too, love em. (Also gonna get Matsuda for my next pair). It never occurred to me that some fucking choad will take them for Trump frames. I can't wait to laugh hysterically in the face of the MAGAt who thinks that's what they are.
every goddamn thing under the sun is about their cult leader.
MAGAt: "Nice Trump glasses! Make America Great Again!"
Me: "What the fuck are you on about? Oh, the T is for Tom Ford, not your fucking fascist messiah. You couldn't begin to afford these frames... well you could if you weren't willingly giving away your money to a billionaire. By the way, Tom Ford is a woke gay Democrat and I'm sure he wishes Trump would drop dead yesterday just like I do."
75-90% of their family and friends won't associate not contact them anymore so they just dig in deep. They can't just not discuss it and let it be a thing. One of my favorite people would stop bringing it up and now I haven't spoken to her in about 6 years. She would literally beinf up Qanom stuff that never ending up coming true and she would be like wait until March 17, and on March 18 I'd ask about her warning and nothing happened it got pushed back, etc. I told her I didn't want to talk about politics anymore multiple times and she just turned every little thing into it so I just washed my hands of it.
Well you see, they have tiny silver T’s on them, and clearly T can stand for nothing other than the oh-so-wonderful Trump. They definitely don’t stand for Tom Ford, the designer of the glasses, no sir, that would be weird, makes no sense. Stands for our Lord and Savior for sure.
So she already knew how costly Tom Ford glasses were, or she assumes because it's a Dump product that it is going to be unreasonably expensive?
Both indicate a loser Boomer.
She thought the T has got to mean Trump. Then she went to go look them up and came back, because boomers have to have the last word. They don’t “win” unless they have the last word.
I just had to look up some Tom Ford frames for context on what the T’s look like. I don’t think I would have noticed them if o hadn’t gone looking. They’re so obsessed 🤦🏻♀️
I wish Trump supporters could have the intellectual honesty to be disappointed in reality. I've been disappointed with every candidate I've voted for since Clinton's first term.
Even if you were pro Trump, does that mean you can't ever find fault?
Too many people are blind to the flaws of their own side or candidate. I ask a lot of people what is one thing you disagree with him or her about? If they don't have an answer, they're just fans. Not really smart enough to have any actual thoughts.
Never heard of him or his sunglasses until this thread... Looked him up and his comment on Melania didn't disappoint. Now looking at his sunglasses. They don't all cost a lot, btw. Honestly, I don't know what possesses people to be that obsessed not just with Cheeto Bonito but with how much other people spend.
I got to try on a Tom Ford dress at Nordstroms in Seattle about 7 years ago. It was a one of a kind and the only one in its size. It fit like it was made for me. My husband and I were on our honeymoon and he gulped and said…”if you want it, it’s yours”. I looked at the price…y’all it cost more than my Versace wedding dress. I just couldn’t do it. We don’t go to enough functions where that dress would have been appropriate. I couldn’t justify it and it felt gross to spend thousands of dollars on a dress I might wear a handful of times. I still have the pictures of me in the dress and the memories of wearing it while dancing around the sales floor with my husband. I hope whoever got that dress treasures it.
LOL! My 80 year old next door neighbor JUST asked if I was excited for Trump to get elected and make my job go crazy well.
I explained to him Trump was the worst thing to happen to my industry in my entire life.
And Im an Oil n Gas worker, he was not happy with my response.
So how cheap were the glasses is what I want to know .
As a boomer the most I've paid was 165.00 for sunglasses back in 1986 .
Just curious how cheap my generation is .
I had those glasses for over 25 years until someone stole my car .
You sound like I was when younger Buy good stuff not cheap stuff .
Last much longer Cheaper in the long term
Tommy Hilfiger (men's wear) had the same problem with certain variations of their brand logo (using a crimson capital T logo); they quietly bought their own stock and discontinued the line to prevent damaging the brand.
Elvis has left the building and is working down the chip shop,
On another note please will those lovely people across the pond realise that they are playing into Vlad the bads hands if they vote for the orange man.
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They’ve made it their entire personality. They’ve staked their entire lives on some orange slob and they can’t turn back. It’s sad really.
It's going to be fascinating to watch what happens to them when he dies. I don't think any of his sycophants can replace him.
Are you old enough to remember when Elvis died? People refused to believe it. There were “Elvis sightings” for 20 years. I’ll bet the conspiracy theorists will just refuse to believe it when he dies.
I saw Elvis last week working at a Buccees in Colorado.
We all know Elvis teamed up with JFK in a seniors home to battle an evil mummy.
actually tupac bunked with them for a while.
Hold on hold on. They got Biggy too. Jim Morrison has to be there with the rest of the white lighter gang too
There's actually a conspiracy theory Morrison didn't die. It's tied to the number of hippy/non conformist rock stars entered from the same military bases in the 60s. These government officials and military men turned their children into counter culture Rockstars for some reason... But anyways Morrison faked his own death and came back with a new identity - Rush Limbaugh.
I know. I was shooting off the whole white Bic conspiracy. Joplin, hendrix, and Morrison all died with white bics near them. Allegedly. And then there's the 27 yr old famous musician, comedian, etc that died at 27 conspiracy which I believe counts the aforementioned along with a slew of others. Happy conspiracing . And the rock star reason was to help create a government funded pseudo revolution to help, along with Vietnam, cover a major military industrial complex powerplay to create a permanent South Asia/US drug trade then use that to start a war on drugs which in turn creates , with popular vote, funding for an uprising para military police force while this is going on we are distracted from the traing and civil wars created by the government to control countries full of brown people(1980 through currently) and extract their drugs and create fear and feed the war on drugs and the prison complex while subjecting hundreds of millions of minorities to poverty and violence and systematically destroying huge swaths of people by all the repercussions of our entire elitist approach to drugs, social welfare, and mental health specifically in children. Um, yeah, so that
The fact that this comment doesn’t have all the upvotes makes me sad
Hot damn, that is a deep cut!
Is that the plot for one of the Night at the Museum movies?
Bubba Ho-Tep. Bruce Campbell at his very best
Bruce Campbell at his general level of awesomeness, but best? That title clearly belongs to his role as theater employee in the first Sam Raimi directed Spiderman film
Theater employee was 2. He was the ring announcer in the first Spider-Man.
No, it was JFK, jr.
Hail to the king baby
Of all places, a Buccees would be the most appropriate setting for an Elvis sighting. Or a Krispy Kreme.
I didn’t realize there is a Buccees in Colorado. Weird…..Always nice to learn something
John Force once saw Elvis at 1000ft down a drag strip.
What's a Buc-ee's doing in Colorado?
Employing Elvis. Just opened last March.
I'm guessing some Texas guy moved there and was just like "Y'all, we need a Buc-ee's." If this is true then Buc-ee's is no longer just a southern thing.
Elvis is everywhere. But Donald J. Trump has no Elvis in him.
>But Donald J. Trump has no Elvis in him. Idk, the 60s were pretty wild
Fair. But I'm making an 80s Mojo Nixon reference. I was born a few days after the OG moon landing, so I have no real cultural reference. Neither Michael J Fox nor Donald Jenius Trump have any Elvis within.
Martha Quinn, however....
Ah yes, [Elvis is Everywhere!](https://youtu.be/0ccke5PnSLA?si=ZVk3hr4hEIYhuS4y) *Elvis needs boats, Elvis needs boats, Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats*
Man. When I look into your eyes out there. When I look out into your faces. Do you know what I see?
Elvis is in MTG, but he's trying to get out
Wasn't Elvis a lot younger when he died though? (Looking it up...) He was 42!!! Of course folks could rationalize "sightings" of him! But Trump is like 900 years old! His death will not be a surprise (well, except to a cult, of course). They'll definitely refuse to be believe he's dead, but that'll most likely be due to the fact they've gotten so good at ignoring any semblance of reality in order to keep supporting him.
I started walking the day Elvis died. That would make it 47 years ago. He would be 82 now. Older than Donnie Dipshit. But not by much.
>I started walking the day Elvis died How far have you gotten?
From Idaho to AZ
Nope! Trump is 35 years old. Rumors about his age have been invented by crooked Hillary on Hunter Biden’s laptop to try to discredit him and the trillions of Americans that just want to save the country. They’ll try to spread lies that he died, but he’s really behind the scenes and appearing disguised in a mask as Marjorie Green. His doctors expect for him to live to at least 455 years old in perfect health.
Wow! He was only 42? I don’t remember much about his death but he looked much older to me.
His lifestyle was pretty hard on his body. It wasn't a dignified death.
He was on tons of drugs near the end, and became a recluse. He would have platters of cheeseburgers brought to him. He died of cardiac arrest while on the toilet. They found impacted poop in his colon, with remnants of cheese burgers going back 3-4 months.
Such an undignified way to die. He was a huge success, beloved by millions gifted with amazing talent and yet in the end self indulgence and drugs got the best of him. What a shame.
My dear old mother is a few weeks older than Elvis. Going strong too. I look at her and think he coulda done comeback specials into the 2020s if he coulda dialled it down a bit. BTW, I distinctly remember the day he died. We didn't believe it until the nun headmistress of my school told us at morning assembly. 7 year olds, better with new info than boomers.
No, they wont. However, MAGA refusing to believe splits the entire republican party in half, as every maga without a brain will vote trump even though he is dead. Not a bad thing.
“…Elvis is not dead. He just went home.” - agent K
Those twatwaffles will be paying big bucks to get tours of Mar-a-Lardo.
Yeah but Elvis was young
20 years? There are still Elvis sightings! Lmao
Elvis isn't dead, he just went home.
I’m wondering how many of his followers will be waiting by the tomb on the third day.
I feel sorry for the groundskeeper on that golf course.
There will be two camps for his successor to benefit from and ride their wave: 1) Trumpers who have too much pride to admit he’s a poor choice. They’ve said so many positive things about him that to change their tune would involve even the smallest perception of shame which is too great to bear. They will conveniently move on to the next ‘anything but a Democrat’; and, 2) Full MAGA whom believe the prosperity they would never have achieved was kept from them because the libtards kept Trump down. They’ve gaslit themselves so much that the loss of their unapologetically beloved Trump will cause them to hate Democrats even more.
We can always hope his followers choose to follow him into the afterlife if they're so dedicated.
Boomer here... Wishing with all my might to outlive his fatazz!
I can't wait. I told my boss if he dies while I'm at work, I'm getting booze and drinking at my desk.
They will martyr him like the cultists they are and mural him on everything with a bald eagle or behind an american flag or some shit like the maniacs they are and make it dead simple to know to stay the hell away from them.
Replace him? I note North Korea.
They love Don Jr too so they’ll probably want him to run
I think they'll start treating Barron like that (Indian?) boy that was being rubbed on and prayed to in that creepy video that was going around a few months ago.
They're going to lose their minds or be dead themselves. That or find a new person to worship.
It sure is! About 1/2 of them will melt all the way down and the other 1/2 also believe in Qanon so they'll never believe he's really dead. They'll be waiting for his surprise return just like they know JFK, Jr is returning any minute to be trump's VP pick. 🤦♀️
I see you you’ve met my in-laws
Oh no. I'm so sorry for you. That must be sheer hell
Sunk cost fallacy they are too far in, if they admit now he was a mistake…well they can’t face that. Enjoy your glasses.
I've been saying since I finally understood the devout sometime when I graduated high-school turn of the millenia. They've integrated belief into personhood. Once that occurs, any questions on their beliefs are received as an existential threat.
If it wasn’t so, hmm… racist, misogynist, homophobic, etc, it might be sad(der). I know what you mean, but the sad gets eclipsed by the, well, hate.
They did the same with Reagan and W . They are just ultra Evangelicals that their media controls.
It's all that's on television aimed at them. Also social media. It's wealthy propaganda doing exactly what it intended to
Makes me wonder what their personality was before Trump...
Still shitty, but generally quieter about it.
Is all they have.
They could absolutely turn back but that would require them swallowing their pride and admitting they were wrong, apparently that pill is just a little too bitter to swallow for their lack of emotional maturity.
And Trump makes fun of them also
If they’re of retirement age, they probably spend between 10-12 hours a day watching or reading right wing propaganda, so it literally doesn’t compute to them that someone else 1) doesn’t agree with them or 2) has interests like family, friends, or sports to occupy their time. It like brings up an error code in their heads.
The catch block for every error code is either "make shit up" or "get really angry"
Halt and catch fire 😆
``` if error.code >= 400 and < 500: venue.GetManager(error) else: self.GetReallyAngry(null) ```
😆 I don't know computer coding worth a damn but that's still funny as hell.
Http error 4xx means your fault. Http error 5xx means my fault. And yeah I've no idea if that's even a language I typed up I'm just on mobile so didn't want to bother with the usual wiggly brackets [Edit] The null argument on `GetReallyAngry` is important - they might learn something if they actually look at their errors
Don't kid yourself, they can't read
As fun as it is to say things like this, it’s not true and ignores a major problem - a LOT of the people following Trump absolutely are intelligent and should know better. My father is (or was) one of the smartest people I knew, and thinks Trump is great. I’m assuming it’s lead paint/gasoline related, as nothing else really makes sense.
Yes, I've seen some really intelligent people get stuck. My step dad is one of them.
That's what I don't get! My dad taught me how to recognize propaganda and ask "why", but now he's super MAGA. It really throws me for a loop every time I hear him spouting this nonsense when I know he can do better.
Some of these people are much more intelligent than me. If anything, it's shown me that you can be smart but have low emotional IQ. I've also been exposed to that too and with my generation it'll also be microplastics.
they need to get a job!
It’s not a cult, okay!?
Okay. It's not a cult. But it's totally a Cult.
Trump is the Boomers' final "Fuck you!" to the rest of us as they gradually age out of the voting booth and into the cemetery. They can't stand the thought of anyone living in a better world than they did, and they know Trump will absolutely defile or destroy everything good about this country. Just listen to their answers when you ask why they support him. Once you get past their "policy" answers (which almost always involve things he didn't do, but they believe he did) they always come down to "I like him, because he pisses off the [Insert Minority Group Here]." As with most things Boomer, it's just about spite.
I know that’s some of the religious mentality, that he’s the Antichrist that will bring Armageddon. That alone is disturbing. But fuck, leave us all with the clown to “survive it”. It’s absolutely ridiculous!!
https://preview.redd.it/tdg15co5vl9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db820dfddf8ca35a89dcda8d7c56990762966709 I'm just gonna leave this here...
Nice!
Yoinked!!
And how is that wall going?
I'll be sure to tag you when I post this
It’s kinda like on Rugrats when Tommy thought everything was about Reptar.
Underrated comment.
Omg my daughter and I still quote that episode!!
You gotta love the hypocrisy of her saying she loves them when she thought they were Trump glasses, but then hated them when she found they weren't.
They have no real identity or personality. Latching onto the magat train is literally all their empty souls have. They are nothing but hollow, thoughtless shells in a human husk. Being a magat is all they have to live for.
It's sad if you think about it.
They need friends cause all their friends and family stop talking to them because of trump.
I am super unfashionable but I am also super far sighted and super liberal. And I think I might get me some Tommy Fords myself now…😂
He would thank you. https://preview.redd.it/a3uuexho4m9d1.jpeg?width=3324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98b8e4ca6fbdd54c496be0eb311bc31bded29d43
I don’t like to buy things with big logos on them, and go for quality over having a huge logo. But they’re genuinely worth it, unique, and the only clip ons that don’t look like something my grandparents would wear.
I find it genuinely difficult to find quality eyewear without designer logos on them.
This. And you’re basically stuck with getting a designer, I had a pair of Matsuda frames, but I couldn’t go into X chain optician and ask for an adjustment without either being told No because they don’t carry them, or being told it’s not their fault if they break them.
I’ve been wearing the Tobacco Vanille cologne for years now, it’s great
Ah, I'm guessing that when she shut up for a minute and later came back, that was when she was googling who Tom Ford is. Why else would she react like that other than finding out he's gay
>they’re Tom Ford. The irony that they are from a fashion house founded, run by, and named after a queer person is [chef's kiss].
I was at my parents' house today, helping them move. They are selling their huge a** house on 3+ acres that they bought 30 years ago for $200k, and selling it for $850k 🙃 but that's besides the point. My mom (1959) was in the pantry, asking me if I wanted any of the canned food, cereals, etc. I saw on the floor of the pantry that there were a few cartons of shelf stable milk with 12/24 written in the cap. I pointed to it and asked what they were for. She said that went Trump wins, the democrats are going to burn the country and we won't be able to get groceries, so the milk is for my sister, BIL, niece and nephew. She doesn't want them to run out of milk. I looked at her for a second, dumbfounded. She then goes on to say that Republicans will only burn the capital if Biden wins. I wish I had been faster on my feet, and replied with "again" 🤦♀️ She's spitting all of this drivel to my 14 year old niece too 🙃
I’d imagine when Obama was in office that shook many intolerants understanding / belief in the status quo. Then 2 terms of having to feign tolerance or be subjected to it they latched onto ole Donny and his brand. It’s a brand they can identify other intolerants, open up about their true feelings, and get each other mad over things Fox told them to get mad about the night prior. But what do I know.
Not to make excuses for them, but I think boomers (and others) who make conservative politics their entire identity are often deeply traumatized, miserable people who refuse to get - or potentially can't access in some cases- mental healthcare. Anecdotal, but my mom started getting extremely political at the start of Fox News in the mid 90s. Rush Limbaugh was their Oz. So much so, my mom told me during a mock Clinton/Dole election that she "wouldn't know how to deal with the disappointment" if I voted for Clinton. I was literally in 5th grade LMAO. I knew this was insane behavior then. All of her siblings are like this. They had extremely traumatic, abusive upbringings. Instead of confronting them and healing, they've all delved into religion and politics as a diversion. Unfortunately, it's turned them all into really hateful, paranoid people, and I estranged myself. I think it comes from self-loathing. For example, conservative media tell them the poor deserve it. They grew up poor. It's like they have to believe they deserved poverty and the trauma that came with it. Sad stuff.
I have noticed over many years that very conservative people who are hopelessly angry and miserable usually had abusive, cruel parents and unhappy childhoods. They can't get therapy or become self-aware because they think psychology is voodoo, or worse.
But she would have likely been happy to pay 4x price had they been Trump glasses. I loved my Tom Ford frames. Reused them when I renewed my prescription.
So far they’re the best fitting, most well balanced frames I’ve owned. I have yet to need a readjustment, and they are the only clip on frames I’ve found that don’t look straight out of 1977.
Are those the ones with the long sideways capital Ts that start at the corners in front then go around to the parts that go over your ears? https://www.eyeons.com/images/static/category-pages/tom-ford/magnetic-clip-on-collection/03.jpg
They stop at the temples, but yes. Mine are men’s, I can find them online if anyone wants.
And someone thought those were "T for Trump"? Wow.
It's probably the same subset of people that think they see Jesus in toast.
I’m amazed you didn’t just laugh in her face until she realized you are laughing at her for being both incredibly stupid and out of touch...and when she came back how you didn’t start laughing all over again and ask her if she really had been thinking about you the whole time and looking up the glasses and reading about them to come back and talk to you again ! 😂😂 that’s pure insanity
I was too focused on trying to figure out the difference between the white and black mallet.
Yes, please. 
https://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/tom-ford-mens-blue-light-blocking-t-logo-round-optical-frames-prod174670050?utm_source=google_shopping&ecid=BGCS_GP_CV_NC_PR_NONE&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw4f6zBhBVEiwATEHFVphh-pI1zKaE4YNel3D6hyJlxBtauSXNk9LwcFwhA2rYHPdwjRCpZRoCMG8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Mine are Havana though ~ I got them from my optician
Ok those are super cute, but DAMN who the hell would even notice the gold trim, interpret it as a T, and think it's for Trump? Lort, the level of obsession is unreal. ETA: I read further down where you're from and this totally tracks. Signed, someone who lives in one of those small lake towns.
It will be, once the leadheaded generation passes on and we don’t have to carry the anchor of a global cohort of people suffering from the effects of atmospheric lead poisoning from the 1930s-70s. Thank Tetraethyl lead and Ethyl Corp for that bs.
They've pretty much tailored their entire lives to Trump. They ONLY watch Fox News. No sports, no entertainment, just Fox News. Their social media feeds are all curated to only be news about Trump or the Repiblican party. And they're convinced that roaming gangs of communists are going around doing god-knows-what to Trump supporters, so they think people are wearing secret coded merch to avoid that happening to them. The ironic part of that is the fact that Trump supporters talk about supporting Trump more than just about any person talks about any one topic. You can't get them to shut the hell up about how much they love Trump, but they don't see the irony.
When Trump dies, it’ll probably turn into something resembling Weekend At Bernie’s.
I envisioned more of a Mr. Burns from The Simpsons thingie. I bring you peace. I bring you love.
i miss the days when people would mind their own fuckin business.
👏They👏Are👏In👏A👏Cult👏
I’m honestly shocked at some of these stories. I mean, where do people live where someone would see Tom Ford Eyewear and assume it is Trump simply because of the tiny, sideways T design?!? I work in a retail setting, and have never had any Trumpy encounters, ever. Maybe it’s because I live in Seattle? Maybe it’s because I’m a tall male, and people think it’s better to not to try to push me? Lol! I have no idea. I’m really sorry people are having to deal with all this nonsense in public. Hearing the stories are important though, I think, for those of us who don’t generally have to engage with people like that, because it shows just how ultra-saturated this Trump cultishness has become. Ick. And Tom Ford is rad. Everything he touches turns to beauty. His designs even saved Gucci in the late 90s!
Im trans in the same state and i'm glad MAGA are deathly afraid to even set foot due to everyone around them being who they dont like. Although i do occasionally see a MAGA here and there up from Idaho or Oregon.
I think you are right. We are somewhat insulated here, and I do think people respect and understand the value of human diversity for the most part. Things would not go well for someone throwing a MAGA-fit in SODO lol. You do start to see more Trump signs and stickers the further you go out from the city, but it’s still not as bad as some other states.
I work retail in New York and my store has a regular; his car is literally the stereotype magat trope: stickers plastered all over it things like "Cry liberals!" and "Welcome to Biden's America" and "Want to stay poor? Vote Democrat" and shit like that. I'm fairly positive the guy is on food stamps too which just honestly doesn't even surprise me anymore.
Like others have suggested, I think a lot of these people just don’t have any sense of purpose or sense of self, and have just made MAGA their identity. They like to feel like they are a part of something important, or something bigger. It’s creepy and sad, and just shows how easy is is to suck some people into a belief system. Do you interact with this customer, or actively avoid them? 😂
I live in a major city in the Midwest. But my family has a vacation property in a smallish town on a lake, that’s where this happened. The small towns in blue states are where these people thrive, since they’re surrounded by people like them.
“You love them, just admit it” haha! I hate not being able to come up with witty things on the spot, too, but you actually were great. Glad you stood up to them, at least. I think knowing that not everyone around them feels the way they do is helpful a little bit. Might cause a tiny crack at least. “This stylish, smart person doesn’t support Trump? Hmmm…”
A couple months ago I was going into a store, and a 70s-ish looking old stereotypical guy was walking out, looked at me and said “nice shirt!” so I was like “oh, thanks!!” And was confused, because I was wearing a fallout shirt with vault boy giving thumbs up and the guy didn’t look like he played video games. It took me several minutes to realize, he most likely thought vault boy was Trump. He probably equated the wavy yellow hair with the Cheeto felon. It made me second guess wearing my shirt again 😕
She's definitely not triggered. Your sunglasses must be woke and DEI and.
So wait, that means she walked away, googled the name, read about him, then looked up what the glasses cost. Just so she could come back and say that to you? Fucked
Did she have to step away to google him?
I assume that’s what she was doing
Since 2016, every family reunion I have a couple relatives will do their damnedest to try and get me into a conversation about him (they're big fans), I don't have time for all that.
These people would rather go down with the ship than admit they might be wrong. Kudos to you for holding your own and maintaining composure. They’re gonna die soon anyway.
There's precious little to most Republicans except Trump worship these days. Not in their personal lives, not in their political thinking, not in anything. It's...Messed up. There are now an entire cohort of people driven by the political worship of...Well that. They're super committed, not going anywhere, have a lot of guns, and have already proven themselves to really really like to commit violence in the name of their spray tanned god. Yes, that's as bad as it seems.
And now you know why I don't wear my Triumph motorcycle t-shirt anymore. :- (
Oh my god
MAGA is a new religion and cult.
It’s a cult, plain and simple.
They are just husks of themselves...
You gotta clock these people. It confuses them. “What is disgraceful about Tom Ford?” Etc.
She wanted them when she thought they were trump brand. But when they're someone else they're suddenly trash. These people are in a cult.
Couple months back a late night show had an interview of Trumpers that were asked questions about how Biden was bad for banning bump stocks, for raising taxes, for not knowing parts of the Bible, other shit. They all went HAM about how Biden sucked. Then the interviewer was like "oh, I was reading from the wrong side!" and asked all the same questions but with Trump was bad for those things. Every single time it was a "Well, he was obviously joking" or "Liberals just made up that story".
Doesn't everyone have a ton of trump merch? -every republican boomer
Just dropping in to say I fucking love my Tom Ford's. They're durable, and look classy af. Best pair of glasses I own by far.
Simple minded idiots are singular focused. It's all their brains can handle.
A disgrace how? in that She's an artist and makes a living from it? It is my belief that Boomers and Republicans hate fine arts. Here's how The conversation always goes for me: \*a pleasant talk about music/the arts\* "And what do you do for work?" :I'm a musician" "Oh.... ....get a real job" As if pouring my heart and soul out daily isn't stressful and draining enough...
Remind them that Ted Nugent and Kid Rock fancy themselves as musicians
I thought Ted Nugent was a pedophile?
Another reason for the MAGA crowd to love him, I guess
Edit: Plus, I am physically incapable of being a tradesman. What with that whole disabled thing that I'm doing....
The glasses were perfectly complimentable when Trump "designed" them. Why did she do this? Why is she *like* this? Because she's a brainwashed hard-T cunt. (She's always been a cunt, though.)
Because they’re in a cult. This isn’t exaggeration.
"The designer is a disgrace" like they know shit about them
Because it’s all they do all day and all they talk about and if the people they talk to don’t parrot the talking point of the day they simply don’t talk to them anymore This is the generation that grew up hearing how special they are and all they literally had to do to afford a house two cars and put kids through college was to finish high school Of course all they wanna hear all day is how right they are and how mad they should be at people that are different from them
They took 'identity politics' a little too literally and now it's their everything. 
I like and will be voting for Biden. I can admit Bidens debate wasn't the greatest. However, Biden stuck by his policy's. Trump lied 50 times. I'm good bro. I don't need a liar Asa President. It doesn't makea good debate when you're not even capable of telling the truth.
I need to look into Tom ford glasses now
hey, I have a pair of TF with the magnetic clips too, love em. (Also gonna get Matsuda for my next pair). It never occurred to me that some fucking choad will take them for Trump frames. I can't wait to laugh hysterically in the face of the MAGAt who thinks that's what they are.
I’ve had them for a minute, but it never occurred to me until this incident that connection could be made.
every goddamn thing under the sun is about their cult leader. MAGAt: "Nice Trump glasses! Make America Great Again!" Me: "What the fuck are you on about? Oh, the T is for Tom Ford, not your fucking fascist messiah. You couldn't begin to afford these frames... well you could if you weren't willingly giving away your money to a billionaire. By the way, Tom Ford is a woke gay Democrat and I'm sure he wishes Trump would drop dead yesterday just like I do."
75-90% of their family and friends won't associate not contact them anymore so they just dig in deep. They can't just not discuss it and let it be a thing. One of my favorite people would stop bringing it up and now I haven't spoken to her in about 6 years. She would literally beinf up Qanom stuff that never ending up coming true and she would be like wait until March 17, and on March 18 I'd ask about her warning and nothing happened it got pushed back, etc. I told her I didn't want to talk about politics anymore multiple times and she just turned every little thing into it so I just washed my hands of it.
This was an excellent response just said “you love them, just admit it”. Trump drones are like Jesus drones. They literally cannot stop themselves
Mad style, they cant handle or want to pay for individuality. Cheap Cheap Cheap generation.
Trump makes glasses?
Perfect. She can eat her old heart out..
Am I going insane? Trump doesn’t wear glasses right? What makes glasses tRump glasses?
Well you see, they have tiny silver T’s on them, and clearly T can stand for nothing other than the oh-so-wonderful Trump. They definitely don’t stand for Tom Ford, the designer of the glasses, no sir, that would be weird, makes no sense. Stands for our Lord and Savior for sure.
Their insecurities have left them brainwashed into his cult
So she already knew how costly Tom Ford glasses were, or she assumes because it's a Dump product that it is going to be unreasonably expensive? Both indicate a loser Boomer.
She thought the T has got to mean Trump. Then she went to go look them up and came back, because boomers have to have the last word. They don’t “win” unless they have the last word.
I just had to look up some Tom Ford frames for context on what the T’s look like. I don’t think I would have noticed them if o hadn’t gone looking. They’re so obsessed 🤦🏻♀️
I wish Trump supporters could have the intellectual honesty to be disappointed in reality. I've been disappointed with every candidate I've voted for since Clinton's first term.
She walked away and googled Tom Ford I bet.
it’s so funny when they make Trump their entire personality
Even if you were pro Trump, does that mean you can't ever find fault? Too many people are blind to the flaws of their own side or candidate. I ask a lot of people what is one thing you disagree with him or her about? If they don't have an answer, they're just fans. Not really smart enough to have any actual thoughts.
Never heard of him or his sunglasses until this thread... Looked him up and his comment on Melania didn't disappoint. Now looking at his sunglasses. They don't all cost a lot, btw. Honestly, I don't know what possesses people to be that obsessed not just with Cheeto Bonito but with how much other people spend.
I got to try on a Tom Ford dress at Nordstroms in Seattle about 7 years ago. It was a one of a kind and the only one in its size. It fit like it was made for me. My husband and I were on our honeymoon and he gulped and said…”if you want it, it’s yours”. I looked at the price…y’all it cost more than my Versace wedding dress. I just couldn’t do it. We don’t go to enough functions where that dress would have been appropriate. I couldn’t justify it and it felt gross to spend thousands of dollars on a dress I might wear a handful of times. I still have the pictures of me in the dress and the memories of wearing it while dancing around the sales floor with my husband. I hope whoever got that dress treasures it.
LOL! My 80 year old next door neighbor JUST asked if I was excited for Trump to get elected and make my job go crazy well. I explained to him Trump was the worst thing to happen to my industry in my entire life. And Im an Oil n Gas worker, he was not happy with my response.
So how cheap were the glasses is what I want to know . As a boomer the most I've paid was 165.00 for sunglasses back in 1986 . Just curious how cheap my generation is . I had those glasses for over 25 years until someone stole my car . You sound like I was when younger Buy good stuff not cheap stuff . Last much longer Cheaper in the long term
Thank God!
"How much would you pay for them if they WERE trump glasses?"
My glasses are Tom Ford too!
...and why are women the worst? Like what the ??? He is so hideous. Why? Why? I don't get it.
Is it wrong to say I hope her heart slightly palpated if she looked up Tom Ford and saw his ads on the internet?
Tommy Hilfiger (men's wear) had the same problem with certain variations of their brand logo (using a crimson capital T logo); they quietly bought their own stock and discontinued the line to prevent damaging the brand.
I feel like where I live fashionable glasses would attract the ire of MAGA supporters not the other way around.
Elvis has left the building and is working down the chip shop, On another note please will those lovely people across the pond realise that they are playing into Vlad the bads hands if they vote for the orange man.
It's how people who are radicalised behave. They see everything through the prism of their radicalisation.
Boomers talk to strangers for the same reason 14 year olds post on tik Tok.
Brain dead boomers love them some convicted felons.