• We should now be fully online following an overnight outage. Apologies for any inconvenience, we do not expect there to be any further issues.

Orange stain second term results thread

Page 51 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
MrSquished

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
26,067
24,397
136
purbeast0 said:
LMAO you don't even know what my "opinion" is and I don't even know what topic you are ever referring to.

This again is another perfect move out of the MAGA playbook.

Oh, and you also don't know what "majority" means. Trump did not win the majority vote.

And I'm not shocked a MAGA wouldn't know that.
Click to expand...
Hey man I wanted to ask you. Now that all this bullshit is coming your way as a federal contractor, what's up with your colleagues that voted for Trump? Are people giving them any shit? What are they saying? I would not be friendly to any of those folks if it wouldn't affect my own job.
 
D

DZero

Golden Member
Jun 20, 2024
1,685
644
96
hal2kilo said:
Isn't that the point with the Crypto bros entrenched in this administration.
Click to expand...
Supposedly... but if Trump himself attacks that road too... seems that he wants the Gold Standard fast since that would be the only path left for near everyone.
 
esquared

esquared

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 8, 2000
25,130
6,225
146
biostud said:
Then how do we get the rumor to get traction in the media/SoMe?
Click to expand...

MrSquished said:
I need one!
Click to expand...



I would get it too but I see the capitalists at work.
A decent sized sticker (12 x 3) is 10.99 plus 5.00 shipping plus tax and some other fee I never heard of, puts the total at 19.00 or so for one sticker.

I would be looking to get 10 or 20 to pass out but not for 200.00 or more.
 
ivwshane

ivwshane

Lifer
May 15, 2000
33,528
17,036
136
esquared said:
I would get it too but I see the capitalists at work.
A decent sized sticker (12 x 3) is 10.99 plus 5.00 shipping plus tax and some other fee I never heard of, puts the total at 19.00 or so for one sticker.

I would be looking to get 10 or 20 to pass out but not for 200.00 or more.
Click to expand...

Do you have a color laser printer? Do you have packing tape? Make your own stickers for free. Your sticker can’t have white in it though.
 
conspireagainst

conspireagainst

Member
May 2, 2024
39
32
51
As @you2 alluded to, here is the actual Executive Order from today: Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias

This is scarily close to actual Nazi shit. Jews, Muslims, atheists, anyone not struck with religious fervor and foaming at the mouth to guzzle Trump's shriveled sack will be purged. I'm legitimately afraid at this point.

There were some great points made on a Reddit thread that I came across: "People who do things like bring guns to health clinics and block medical workers from helping their patients will be pardoned and allowed to act freely, and we will be punished for trying to stop them." - found at r/FundieSnarkUncensored but it seems to have been removed?

That sums it up pretty well.
 
Last edited:
  • Wow
Reactions: hal2kilo
D

DZero

Golden Member
Jun 20, 2024
1,685
644
96
conspireagainst said:
As @you2 alluded to, here is the actual Executive Order from today: Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias

This is scarily close to actual Nazi shit. Jews, Muslims, atheists, anyone not struck with religious fervor and foaming at the mouth to guzzle Trump's shriveled sack will be purged. I'm legitimately afraid at this point.

There were some great points made on a Reddit thread that I came across: "People who do things like bring guns to health clinics and block medical workers from helping their patients will be pardoned and allowed to act freely, and we will be punished for trying to stop them." - found at r/FundieSnarkUncensored but it seems to have been removed?

That sums it up pretty well.
Click to expand...
The issue? Israel, a jew nation unless Nethanyahu is betrayed.... oh wait.
 
  • Like
Reactions: conspireagainst
Jaskalas

Jaskalas

Lifer
Jun 23, 2004
35,799
10,094
136
What happens when Elon's kids reach the Department of Energy. They get to copy and then insert their own code into the nuclear launch systems?
Who needs a President when Elon holds the replacement for The Red Button?
Is Elon really just after the US nuclear stockpile?
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo
Brainonska511

Brainonska511

Lifer
Dec 10, 2005
28,795
13,987
136
bsky.app

Rush Doshi (@rushdoshi.bsky.social)

Disturbing ties between Kash Patel and SHEIN — a PRC company implicated in forced labor in Xinjiang. He has millions in shares and won’t divest. Especially concerning amid reports that DOJ/FBI is going to reduce focus on PRC influence efforts in the US. Full detail below from Roger Sollenberger:
bsky.app bsky.app

Kash Patel, potential head of the FBI and guy who wants to cut back on PRC stuff somehow owns $1-$5 million in stock in Shein in an offshore account and won't divest. If I didn't know any better, foreign governments are just bribing everyone in the Trump administration...
 
  • Wow
Reactions: hal2kilo
purbeast0

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
53,643
6,527
126
MrSquished said:
Hey man I wanted to ask you. Now that all this bullshit is coming your way as a federal contractor, what's up with your colleagues that voted for Trump? Are people giving them any shit? What are they saying? I would not be friendly to any of those folks if it wouldn't affect my own job.
Click to expand...
I don't think any of my colleagues actually voted for him. So far everyone I've talked to at work is basically facepalming about all of this stuff and everyone is really pissed that we may be losing our ability to work remotely. If that happens I am definitely going to see what other private jobs are out there. I'm not saying I will definitely leave but I have adjusted my lifestyle big time since I am now working remotely most of the time, and it's been a life saver because it started with Covid right when my 2nd son was born. Working from home has allowed my wife to go back to work because I can get the kids from school and they can be here while I work. We were planning on her going back full time next year when my youngest is in Kindergarten but if I go back fulltime into the office, that probably won't happen.

I do have one friend who is a republican and voted for Trump, but not like a MAGA and completely gone from reality, who is a federal employee. He is also a Marine who had been deployed years back. He was working remotely and also has a side business that he has been growing doing accounting for businesses over the past few years. Well now he has to go back full time into the office and is pissed about it. He lives like an hour or more total commute time, one way, to his job down in DC. He's in VA and has to drive to the Metro, then ride it for a long time to get to his job. Yesterday he actually decided to take the buyout and focus on his side business and see if he can grow it more and make it his full time job. He even knows it's risky because the money isn't approved yet, and because he doesn't know how his business will grow. He also has 2 kids and a wife.

He's the husband of my wife's best friend and my wife is like "well that is what they get for voting for Trump" and I can't say I disagree.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo, MrSquished, iRONic and 1 other person
K1052

K1052

Elite Member
Aug 21, 2003
52,745
46,518
136
purbeast0 said:
Yesterday he actually decided to take the buyout and focus on his side business and see if he can grow it more and make it his full time job. He even knows it's risky because the money isn't approved yet, and because he doesn't know how his business will grow. He also has 2 kids and a wife.
Click to expand...

I can understand some people near retirement taking the "buyout" gamble but dear god.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo, nakedfrog, [DHT]Osiris and 2 others
D

DZero

Golden Member
Jun 20, 2024
1,685
644
96
Jaskalas said:
What happens when Elon's kids reach the Department of Energy. They get to copy and then insert their own code into the nuclear launch systems?
Who needs a President when Elon holds the replacement for The Red Button?
Is Elon really just after the US nuclear stockpile?
Click to expand...
Actually... that is real. Not only Elon, but the Oligarchy wants a private ammount of nukes to starts their empires to conquer the rest.

This happens when you give the weapons to monkeys who wants blood.
 
  • Like
Reactions: nickqt and hal2kilo
purbeast0

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
53,643
6,527
126
K1052 said:
I can understand some people near retirement taking the "buyout" gamble but dear god.
Click to expand...
He's like a GS13 or something so he's making decent bank from the government.

It sounded like with him having to go into the office daily now, and him working on his side business as well, that he would have like absolutely no time to be home and be with his family, so he's taking this risk.

EDIT:

He hasn't told me this yet, it's just been from his wife texting my wife about it. But we don't talk daily or anything.
 
B

brycejones

Lifer
Oct 18, 2005
29,922
30,752
136
gothuevos said:
Seems like he can't.

Who's going to enforce it though?
Click to expand...
Well the official he attempted to fire basically told him to fuck off. The law is pretty clear so if he persists the TRO will come quickly.

He can get rid of her but he has to name a replacement who is confirmed by the Senate and then she departs as the law requires.
 
E

eelw

Lifer
Dec 4, 1999
10,337
5,489
136
Right, all the money DOGE has “saved” is going to be paid out in lawsuits for the next several years. And better be a Dem POTUS in 2028 so all these traitors will be held accountable for their actions
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo
P

pmv

Lifer
May 30, 2008
15,142
10,040
136
eelw said:
Right, all the money DOGE has “saved” is going to be paid out in lawsuits for the next several years. And better be a Dem POTUS in 2028 so all these traitors will be held accountable for their actions
Click to expand...

I don't think the purpose is to 'save money', so much as just rip random pieces out of the machinery of government, in order to break it.

It's just bizarre. At least the previous version of the process, neo-liberalism, had some rhyme and reason to it, a supposed rationale of "private is better", so you shifted things to the private sector in the name of building a better economy for everyone. Now they seem to have given the pretence of even that figleaf ideology, and are just smashing things up more-or-less at random.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo
K1052

K1052

Elite Member
Aug 21, 2003
52,745
46,518
136
pmv said:
I don't think the purpose is to 'save money', so much as just rip random pieces out of the machinery of government, in order to break it.

It's just bizarre. At least the previous version of the process, neo-liberalism, had some rhyme and reason to it, a supposed rationale of "private is better", so you shifted things to the private sector in the name of building a better economy for everyone. Now they seem to have given the pretence of even that figleaf ideology, and are just smashing things up more-or-less at random.
Click to expand...

We have two different things at play here. 1) reactionary conservatives who want to turn poor people into Soylent Green 2) a ketamine addled maniac who believes the most absurd conspiracy theories on the internet.

I know some people think #2 isn't real and that there must be some nefarious master plan that Musk is hatching because it is so difficult to believe.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Brainonska511
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom