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In Front of Our Noses

Sure, this is normal.

Steven L. Taylor
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With a bit of Dumbest Timeline and Meanwhile in North Korea thrown in for good measure.

From the other day.

https://bsky.app/profile/patriottakes.bsky.social/post/3mpbybalwms2y

This is not normal. Not one bit.

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12 responses to “In Front of Our Noses”

  1. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    Not sure how patriotic it is to show the flag crumpled up and touching the ground. Maybe the AI could have enforced the flag code in its rendering of this nonsense? At any rate, LOL.

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    1. Tony W Avatar
      Tony W

      The flag also looks excessively long – like the dimensions are 3′ x 10′ or something weird.

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      1. CSK Avatar
        CSK

        It mimics his tie.

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  2. Jay L. Gischer Avatar
    Jay L. Gischer

    I didn’t think of this, but I have seen it mentioned that Atlas was a loser, who was given the task of holding up the sky as a punishment for his part in the rebellion.

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    1. Jen Avatar
      Jen

      Huh, I figured it was Sisyphus. After all, he’s the one who was punished by the Gods for excessive hubris.

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    2. gVOR10 Avatar
      gVOR10

      WIKI confirms. Atlas sided with the Titans against the Olympians.

      Atlas was said to have been skilled in philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. In antiquity, he was credited with inventing the first celestial sphere. In some texts, he is even credited with the invention of astronomy itself.[3]
      …
      Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator characterized Atlas as the founder of geography, leading to the modern sense of the term “atlas” for a collection of maps after Mercator published his own work in honor of the Titan.

      WIKI also has a pic of the “Farnese Atlas” sculpture, 2nd century CE, of Atlas holding up a globe. So much for a flat earth.

  3. Kylopod Avatar
    Kylopod

    I just did my own Trump meme a few days ago using a mix of AI and traditional image-editing software.

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    1. Mr. Prosser Avatar
      Mr. Prosser

      Good job on your meme. I’m not much of a card player, does the deuce of diamonds and seven of clubs mean anything or the fact they add up to nine?

      1. Kylopod Avatar
        Kylopod

        A 7 and 2 of different suits is considered the absolute worst card pair you can get in Texas hold ’em poker.

        I’m not much of a card-player myself, and I know next to nothing about casino games. I just did a little research in the course of creating the meme. I did know enough to realize that announcing you have all the cards is an absolutely terrible way to play poker (or anything else for that matter), which is what inspired the meme in the first place.

        But then, I suspect Trump couldn’t correctly define the term “pokerface” other than insisting he has one. (“I’ve got the greatest pokerface anyone’s ever seen. The casino owners came up to me with tears in their eyes and said, ‘Sir, I’ve never seen such a pokerface.’”)

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      2. Kathy Avatar
        Kathy

        I’m not a good poker player, and less so in Hold ’em. Still, the cards are low rank, not a pair, and not suited. It still depends on what the communal cards are. If three deuces come up, you’ve got a great shot at winning. Far more likely you’d fold in the initial round if anyone bets just about anything.

        In videopoker, which I’m better at, you’d drop them. Unless you’re playing deuces wild, in which case you keep the deuce.

        In blackjack, you’d hit or double depending on what the dealer has. You can’t bust on one hit, and a 10 or ace makes a good hand.

  4. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    That fat fuck couldn’t hold up a ball of styrofoam.

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  5. Ken_L Avatar
    Ken_L

    I remember singing about him in Sunday School!

    “♪♪ He’s got the whole world ♪♫ in his hands ♫♫ …”

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