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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just another reminder how stupid the people elected in US really are…

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but some of them weren't elected. America is due for a civil war

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I still have hope for non-violent fix.
But that hope is melting fast…

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed, it might be done."

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Bold of you to assume they believe in controversial hypotheses like "latitude".

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 148 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

I fucking hate that I need to defend this guy, but like, have you guys seen the video? It was very clearly a joke. A joke. There are so, so many things to get pissed off about when it comes to him alone, focusing on a dumb joke is embarrassing. If a democrat said the same thing nobody here would bat an eye.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

No, we should clearly take things out of context so that the right has plenty of examples of liberals being overreacting idiots. That way they can use those examples to ignore actual, valid criticism. I mean after all, why would they believe someone on the left telling them that America is turning into a fascist state if that person is too stupid to recognize an obvious joke?

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. With these kind of focuses, the GOP doesn't have to make conscientious efforts of distraction. People make dumb jokes. People have small hands. People have combovers, bad skin, weird voices and big bellies. Bringing up these things will just start unimportant conversations in field of politics. Instead focus on actual policies which are fucking over people.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Lemmy doesn't get jokes.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Very clearly a joke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOl7Z_dYDM

Thanks for pointing that out, had a hard time believing he said that seriously.

[–] 2xar@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, he was joking. But JFC, what a self important, egotistical prick! He manages to brag about him being the VP twice in under 30 seconds.

Even he can't believe it happened.

[–] imetators@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Thank you! There are many reasons to hate on current US government but this ain't one.

[–] rice@lemmy.org 4 points 1 day ago

Well people do get it, which is why the video wasn't linked, so they can't get it.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Its 2025 you don't need to lie to make republicans look stupid, just read the news smh

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[–] crazyhotpasta@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

USA education in a nutshell

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Bro never seen a world map

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If it’s all ice then why is it called Green?

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

And you don't see them pulling the same shit with Iceland. I guess the name trick worked in the end.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

If Iceland is all green then why is it called Ice?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 144 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Vance is such a smoothbrain, he probably thought it's called Greenland because of how lush it is.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Calling it Greenland was always a branding exercise.

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Vance in Las Vegas " Where the fuck are all the meadows?!?"

[–] frezik@midwest.social 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL what Las Vegas means. But apparently, there was originally some meadows there?

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Las Vegas was lush and green when it was settled. As more people arrived, the spring water that kept it that way dried up

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

No, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Nobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Geography has never been my strong point, but even I know Greenland is the cold one and Iceland is the green one.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Hey Donald, I've got new information, we should reevaluate this Greenland thing"

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 63 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

... The Bush era joke is still holding up:

Americans learn geography via which countries they (threaten to) invade.

... I guess it is just fully beyond a joke and is now just completely literally true.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people, but they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad."

  • Frankie Boyle
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[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Actually, he might be from Appalachia after all guys. He’s so rugged.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 70 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this.. is this like, for real? Sorry I can't tell anymore..

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes but he was obviously joking. Still a dumb joke.

You can see it in context here.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you telling me Lemmy has missed an obvious joke?

That's unheard of.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It is legitimately harder to tell in recent days what is real, what is fiction, what is sarcastic, what is satire. Such is the pathetic state of the world.

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[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 48 points 2 days ago

Leif Erikson's trolling continues to claim victims

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 20 points 2 days ago

It's named Greenland to fool the Americans out of invading Iceland.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And it's not even all that green either.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

It was ironically named. Greenland is not green and Iceland is actually quite green.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Every day my mind is blown how actually stupid these people are. I wake up tead the news and wonder if it's The Onion or what

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

He was clearly joking when he said that. Like, there are a million legitimate things to pick on him about. Let's not invent them.

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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

For Greenland is a hell of a place

It's a place that's never green

Where there's ice and there's snow and the whalefishes blow

And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

The daylight's seldom seen

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And people think they're immune to propaganda. Probably the majority read this meme and think Vance is just that stupid.

I mean he probably is that stupid, but not because of this particular instance of making a joke about the cold.

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[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey Boss, did you know that Greenland is mostly covered with ice? Why we want it anyway? - JD Vance

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Cold? Lol, they should live in russia, the regime they are loyal to. Experience the actual coldness.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I will bet money that both Vance and Trump confused Greenland for Iceland.

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