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This is the thing that constantly amazes me about Trump et al.
They are idiots. If Trump had just sat back and let the GOP operatives like his first Cheif of Staff Reince Priebus run things he'd have sailed into a second term. Instead he try to run things himself when he had no idea what he was doing.
If Musk had run this DOGE nonsense past a team of lawyers he could have done everything without raising an eyebrow.
They both need to be seen as geniuses, when real geniuses are content to let the work speak for itself.
They aren’t stupid. Stupid people cannot take over an entire government of a country with 350+ million people.
They are just narcissists and think the world revolves around them. And in the USA, apparently it does. That’s why they can just freely do whatever they want.
Where are the protests? And no, 10 people standing next to a Tesla dealership with cardboard signs are not a protest. They’re a joke.
Hitler could have won WW2 at Dunkirk. He didn't want the army to get all the credit, so he held them back so the air force could finish the job.
Lyndon Johnson was one of the best political minds of his time; he decided that he could win in Vietnam with one major push.
You can be really smart and incredibly dumb at the same time.
Well yeah I guess you’re not wrong? Now that I think about it, buying twitter with his own Tesla shares was probably probably the dumbest thing he did so far. Hope he pays for it. With his 🧠🔫.
The original novel and movie MASH are worth a look, even if you've seen the show.
In the original version, Frank Burns is a decent surgeon, not a stooge like on TV. What makes him hated is his arrogance. If a patient lives it's because Frank is a great doctor, and if they die it's God's will.
I see that a lot in MAGoo circles.
Sorry, maybe I’m stupid. But could you send me the name of the movie in DM? I know you only left out a *. But I can’t find anything. I’m an actual idiot tbh.
I'm not the guy, and this isn't a PM. But the movie/book/tv show is called MAS*H.
Edit: Lemmy doesn't seem to like the proper spelling and autocorrects it. It's called MASH, with asterisks between the letters. (Acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital)
Oh thank you so much, I was confused by the asterisk but apparently it wasn’t even necessary. Most confusing asterisk ever tho haha.
I wish I could tip you. Have a nice day!
Asterisks are used in markdown.
One at each end of a letter, word or phrase does italics. Two does bold, three does bold italaics.
Hence, m * a * s * h treats the A as italics, (MAS*H)and the single one after s as an individual *
If you want to do it where it visually works, you have to use the \ to escape the asterisk
Iirc, to get m*a*s*h you slap the backspace in front of each asterisk, but I can't be sure, so I may need to edit this a few times until I get it right, then edit in the correct process
Edit: yup! \ in front of each asterisk does it.
OP here. The interwebs is weird
It really is. But don’t stress it. I found it. And it was a good suggestion. Don’t beat yourself up over that.
I'm glad you like the suggestion.
OP here.
Funny thing. When I posted I saw it as I wrote it [three asterisks]. When I went back to view it it was MAS asterisk H. When I went to edit it I saw the original three asterisks.
Who knows how this stuff works?
Asterisks are used in markdown.
One at each end of a letter, word or phrase does italics. Two does bold, three does bold italaics.
Hence, m * a * s * h treats the A as italics, (MAS*H)and the single one after s as an individual *
If you want to do it where it visually works, you have to use the \ to escape the asterisk
Iirc, to get m*a*s*h you slap the backspace in front of each asterisk, but I can't be sure, so I may need to edit this a few times until I get it right, then edit in the correct process
Edit: yup! \ in front of each asterisk does it.
Nice explanation, thanks.