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[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To spell it out for y'all, it's a joke number.

86 means to stop, get rid of, or kill.

47 is the trump president number.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you. I am one of those thick individuals that did not see the code hahaha.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I didn't get it till someone else commented about it either.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

It's worth mentioning that the entire DC Metro area is roughly 6 Million people. Calling this a small turnout for a city that size, let alone the whole country, is an understatement.

I told my partner, and she asked "Does that include the band?"

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 6 days ago

Jesus. That's way lower than the generous estimate I considered credible enough from /r/theydidthemath yesterday.

[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

So, according to Trump after he's told that number, "millions and millions and millions, a parade like you've never seen! Streets overflowing! Yuge! Tremendous! The biggest and bestest parade of all time, I'd say! Putin and Kim were seeing it on their big screens, they called me just to tell me how beautiful of a parade mine was, and asked for advice on how to improve theirs! - I just know they must've had tears in their eyes seeing my big beautiful parade".

All while frantically playing his imaginary accordion. 🤡

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I'm sure he was playing with something while talking to Putin but I doubt it was an accordion.

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 days ago

Lmao yall are still angry at Trump for being insufficiently hostile to North Korea.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[Citation Needed]

Where is the 8,647 number coming from? I don't believe it was 250k, but I don't believe 8,647 either.

[–] BingoBongoBang@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately, there after a lot of photoshopped/ generated / cut images so it is really hard to tell if there were many people on trump's show. I wished people would post the real photos instead of such obviously fake shit.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 239 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

Bernie was there!?!? See him there? In the front row? He may be hard to spot. He looks grumpy in this totally real and unedited photo.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 147 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn't realize he had to sit across from empty seats, that's fucking glorious

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 167 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Fyi: here’s the unaltered image

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Why did you Photoshop a massive asshole in the middle of the pic?

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 108 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This pic is cropped so you can't see the empty lawn just passed the people by the fence they couldn't see over.

Edit - Here is newsweeks slightly less cropped version and all the empty space is clearly visible.

Edit 2 - Here is a NYT photo that really shows how few people really showed up.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

He looks so pathetic standing there saluting while everybody else is seated around him.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Especially since those troops are representing the Vietnam War. You know, the know he dodged the draft for.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Zoom in for details, its funny (and photoshopped)

[–] Soulg@ani.social 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well now I see it, oh well I'll leave the comment up to be mocked

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 week ago

Did you completely miss Bernie photoshopped in?

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago

I love the Bernie photoshop inclusion, classy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 103 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

My home town has an annual 4th of july parade. They feature the High School's marching band, about a dozen firetrucks from nearby cities, and about 160 vehicles total. The local flight school flies a loose formation of 5 Cessna 150s over the route.

Attendance is usually between 10,000 and 12,000.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago

What a fucking loser.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

This comment section is perfect proof that most people literally don't read news, and have the memory and attention span of a golden retirever puppy.

https://time.com/7285796/james-comey-86-47-trump-threat-investigation-instagram-post-fbi/

Love how MTG points out how bad democrats are by pointing out DT had two assassination attempts. Fails to mention both were by registered and very openly loud repubs.

[–] Nelots@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

I'm sure I've also seen some news articles you haven't, its kinda hard to keep up with literally every single piece of news, especially something as inconsequential as that.

Hell, I had never even heard of the term 86 before today, and I know I'm not the only one in the comments that hadn't.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Ok that makes this way funnier

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[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pathetic.

Nice job on our military for following orders but making it very obvious they don't give a flying fuck about drumpf's lousy birthday. Now that is exactly what I wanted to see-- out of step marching (they absolutely know how to march perfectly, it's literally drilled into them), old ass machinery, and never once saying HB to that ass-clown, they made it about the army instead. Niiice

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[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 57 points 1 week ago

This is the sphere in Las Vegas it holds a standing room capacity of 20,000 people or about 2.3x more people than attended Donny’s birthday flop parade.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Bro, the protest in fucking wichita had ~5k

That is saaad

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[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago

Doesn't matter. Hell just lie and say 800 million people attended.

[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the mainstream media is reporting 250,000 because some trump official Xcreated that. Maybe if you include the No Kings protests going on around the parade it's 250k

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 31 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Is that for people in the parade? Or forced to watch it in person?

[–] scott@lemmy.org 82 points 1 week ago (4 children)

OK I had to look it up but the joke is "86" as in "get rid of" and 47, that is, Trump

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 31 points 1 week ago

Aaaahhh, I totally missed that. The comma threw me off thinking it was a real number.

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