• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    In highschool I once ran for the position of student council treasurer more as a lark than anything else. I ran a campaign of complete honesty and assured my fellow students that I would lie and steal and basically wallow in corruption, however, there would always be money when they needed it and I would keep my skimming within reasonable limits.

    I lost that election.

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      2 days ago

      You didn’t lie about lying, that’s where you failed. You should’ve lied harder and actually held it for yourself, then you’d have been believable, smh.

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      The guy that won highschool president for my grade ran on “This position is a joke and you should vote for me as a protest candidate.”

      His campaign consisted of bribing people to vote for him with donuts and making outlandish, joking claims like “eliminating homework and finals week.” He also told everyone he “100% wasn’t going to do anything expected or required of the position.”