silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBiden calls for broad new social programs, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthywapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10
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minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·8 months ago“Don’t ever try to do anything positive because it might not work out” is a terrible attitude.
minus-squarego_go_gadget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·edit-28 months agoThat’s precisely the attitude people had when they voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries over all the other decent options.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·8 months agoThat “might” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. How about this: I will eat my own foot shavings if half of this gets passed.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoHow much do you shave your foot? If you’re going to say this, you need to state a measurable amount
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·8 months agoI will save my foot shavings from now on and will eat at most 250 mL (~1 cup) of them if Biden manages to get half of the things he’s proposing here passed. And I won’t even sprinkle them on pasta. Just straight up with a spoon. That’s how little faith I have in our government.
minus-squareTopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago And I won’t even sprinkle them on pasta. The forbidden Parmesan.
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI’m saving this in the event: 1.) I remember. 2.) Any of it passes.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoThanks for helping me stay honest
“Don’t ever try to do anything positive because it might not work out” is a terrible attitude.
That’s precisely the attitude people had when they voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries over all the other decent options.
That “might” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
How about this: I will eat my own foot shavings if half of this gets passed.
How much do you shave your foot? If you’re going to say this, you need to state a measurable amount
I will save my foot shavings from now on and will eat at most 250 mL (~1 cup) of them if Biden manages to get half of the things he’s proposing here passed.
And I won’t even sprinkle them on pasta. Just straight up with a spoon.
That’s how little faith I have in our government.
The forbidden Parmesan.
I’m saving this in the event:
1.) I remember.
2.) Any of it passes.
Thanks for helping me stay honest