Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[gondrin]

You know, I've seen enough of his blunders and gaffes that I legitimately believed I'd never think "there's no way he's that fucking stupid" ever again. I thought it couldn't go lower.

And lo, I've had to think "there's no way he's that fucking stupid" twice in one day. I'm... honestly kind of impressed by his ability to keep pushing the bar deeper underground.

Just remember, if you think the floor of your house is the lowest point you can find, you have plenty more space below that. That is exactly what we will see with the Trump Administration from here on out. It might get so low that a black hole will form.

[Gestopft]

Of course if history classes weren't underfunded everyone would know the importance of birthright citizenship.

It's not even that it's underfunded; history is shit in this country for a variety of reasons that have nothing to do with funding (largely, publishers acquiescing to red states that don't want anything "controversial" or "uncomfortable" taught in US history).

Sorry, just finished reading "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

[zorkuus]

The raids have already started - without warrants naturally. Those rounded up included us citizens, including one military vet who had the authenticity of his military identification questioned.

Who could've seen they'd just go after random brown and black people who were reported by some racist...

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I'm actually getting kind of hopeful that Trump tries to ram so much shit through that most of it gets gummed up in the courts forever. Let his own bloated ego shut himself down.

It won't though. With high volume there's a good chance atleast some of it will be approved by the maga supreme court. Which might be their plan to begin with.

[Adamas102]

To that I say - gitgud. Literally.

The most qualified person should be the one to get the job and that's the end of the story. What you have between your legs, and what color your skin is should have absolutely no consideration whatsoever in a hiring process, unless the position actually demands that for objective operational reasons.

There's almost never such thing as "the most qualified person". Pretty much every job posting gets a gaggle of qualified candidates and typically hiring managers parse things down to who they FEEL might be a better fit for the position/team. You obviously have no fucking idea what DEI actually means, but I guarantee you that it doesn't mean "hire unqualified people". The issue that DEI is designed to address is the FACT that historically when it came time to determine who FELT like the best pick from all the ones that were qualified, certain groups of people were more likely to be passed up due to biases (both implicit and explicit).

What you have between your legs, the color of your skin, whether your name sounds "foreign", whether you have a disability of some sort will ALWAYS be taken into consideration in some respect because ultimately hiring is done by people and people are biased. Demonizing and getting rid of DEI initiatives basically guarantees that minorities will be negatively impacted due to bias. Period.

[Azadina]

My interpretation of God King Trump's strict definition disqualifies you all from the matriarchy, too, on the grounds that by the criteria set forth everyone is actually non-binary.

You'd be correct, except luckily his definition doesn't extend beyond Americans! I get to hold on to my matriarchy club card a little while longer

[Gabriel]

The only reason you think they're "less qualified" is that they're minorities or women. DEI isn't about hiring less-qualified people.

I'm not trying to argue with you, or argue on the side of Gaidax, but could you describe what DEI means to you in hiring people? At what level of the hiring process does DEI come into play?

[Flarelaine]

A non-binary friend posted this on FB some hours ago.



Of course it could be rumours, of course it could be just a scare... but ask yourself, would it stand out of the petty, vindictive and performative first week of the new Trump administration?

[Shadowferal]

Hmf...Trump just threatened every country, including allies. His dementia is becoming more obvious every day.

[zorkuus]

Hmf...Trump just threatened every country, including allies. His dementia is becoming more obvious every day.

AHAHAHA

I just don't understand why the gop keep coddling this demented old catastrophe grandpa.
Can't anyone get through to him and explain how a tariff works?

[Gestopft]

Hmf...Trump just threatened every country, including allies. His dementia is becoming more obvious every day.

For good or ill, $5 per egg will launch Democrats back into relevance, perhaps sooner than we expect...

[Bwgmon]

Hmf...Trump just threatened every country, including allies. His dementia is becoming more obvious every day.

He's an embarrassment's embarrassment.

[Dontrike]

Companies should hire based on merit and operational need

Sure, in a perfect world, but you damn well know that is not what will happen. What will happen is a highly experienced minority/woman/gay will be rejected while the underperforming white guy will be chosen. How do I know this will happen? Cause it's happened before and it will happen again because you fragile little "men" are upset that minorities are on equal footing in any regard.

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More like I worked hard for mine, you can work hard for yours too. I'm all for opportunities, but not for free meals for the day.

"I don't want someone else to get a free meal." *Is a-okay with the rich being given free meals constantly.* Yay consistency!

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So, Trump is DEMANDING interest rates to drop immediately. DEMANDING.

Yeah, good luck with that. The banks themselves set the interest rates. The fed only sets the baseline.

Oh, and he is going to go DEMAND the Saudis to cut oil prices. I thought that it would be because of "Drill Baby Drill".

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...d=BingNewsSerp

Wait....what's his logic that if oil prices go down the Ukraine war will end? I'm either too stupid or too smart to get it.

[zorkuus]

More like I worked hard for mine, you can work hard for yours too. I'm all for opportunities, but not for free meals for the day.

So you're saying cut ALL government subsidies from big business? Will you be taking your idea personally to the likes of Musk etc.?

[Dontrike]

Hmf...Trump just threatened every country, including allies. His dementia is becoming more obvious every day.

He lost the first one so that means he learned what his mistakes were and will win this one, right?............Right?

[Bwgmon]

Wait....what's his logic that if oil prices go down the Ukraine war will end? I'm either too stupid or too smart to get it.

I'm thinking Trump's brain has melted to the point where he genuinely believes he can just... "Harold and the Purple Crayon" the world into his ideal state. That he can write something like "inflation is over" or "no more war" on a piece of paper and it'll just... be fixed and he'll be a hero.

[Dontrike]

So you're saying cut ALL government subsidies from big business? Will you be taking your idea personally to the likes of Musk etc.?

No, you see, Musk is a hard worker and good at video games and he deserves a meal of nuggies while he's #1 in the world at Nazi'ing and gaming.

[zorkuus]

I'm thinking Trump's brain has melted to the point where he genuinely believes he can just... "Harold and the Purple Crayon" the world into his ideal state. That he can write something like "inflation is over" or "no more war" on a piece of paper and it'll just... be fixed and he'll be a hero.

His big "plan" to stop the war in Ukraine was to say to Zelensky and Pootin: "you've gotta settle" in a raspy voice. This is what he was holding from us all these years.

And Pootin and his state media machine are just openly mocking this clown in russia.

[Corvus]

Given how notoriously thin skinned he is, mocking him may not be the smartest move, especially given Zelensky has been buttering him up with flattery.

[zorkuus]

Given how notoriously thin skinned he is, mocking him may not be the smartest move, especially given Zelensky has been buttering him up with flattery.

But they are mocking him.
1. because he's an idiot
2. because they're not interested in settling

[Azadina]

Wait....what's his logic that if oil prices go down the Ukraine war will end? I'm either too stupid or too smart to get it.

RuZZia gets much of it's export money from oil sales. So, to simplify the "logic" a bit: if you tank the oil prices, RuZZia gets far less money coming in, and the idea seems to be, that Putler would be willing to end the war in exchange of having the cash flow reinstated. In any sane world, this could work, but not with insane tin pot dictators. Putler has already chosen to go all in, regardless of cost. Some more cost won't deter him.