By David Futrelle
Good news everyone! A day after scaring the shit out of everyone in the world, particularly those living on the Korean peninsula or in Guam, our dear illegitimate president managed to work a game of golf into his otherwise busy empty schedule.
That story leads our Twitter roundup today. There are also some cute animals, but they come later.
Photo of Trump on golf course posted on Instagram. User says he golfed with Trump today. https://t.co/BJNSCXfige pic.twitter.com/3i7PSIS2Wd
— Dan Merica (@merica) August 9, 2017
Trump also found time today to post a “video” of the song “God Bless the USA” that was basically nothing more than a series of pictures of … himself.
#GodBlessTheUSA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Fkq2gJQOKk
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 9, 2017
I wonder if this is what the “good news about Trump” packets he reportedly gets delivered to him twice a day look like.
Trump may have been able to move on from the whole North Korea/possible nuclear Armageddon thing but not everyone else has. Luckily this alt-right icon shithead has a solution!
— Gourmet Hot Takes (@NuclearTakes) August 9, 2017
If Trump really wants to destroy North Korea he should run it as one of his businesses.
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) August 8, 2017
I hope Kim Jong Un doesn't say anything about Hillary winning the popular vote.
— Qwerty Jones (@QwertyJones3) August 9, 2017
"am i comfortable dying with these assholes?"
— how i enter every room in 2017— ziwe (@ziwe) August 9, 2017
I haven't worked out the details but I'm pretty sure we can fix this mess with closed-circuit TV and a replica of the Fox & Friends set.
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 9, 2017
In other news:
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/895358655905792001
https://twitter.com/blippoblappo/status/895301203483136000
Holy shit, WalMart. pic.twitter.com/FiMdAms0c3
— jordan (@JordanUhl) August 9, 2017
Lego Town Police State is some serious shit pic.twitter.com/jk7JBg1oaa
— The Other Justin (@JustinHowe) August 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/classiclib3ral/status/895118877457350656
can't wait for conservatives to start their google boycott and spend the next five years clumsily trying to use askjeeves
— america's lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) August 9, 2017
Behold, the majestic roar of a Lynxhttps://t.co/k9z4WgGlMb pic.twitter.com/cKkHqXiq4X
— The Poke (@ThePoke) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/zboah/status/895101519560925184
i must go, my planet needs me pic.twitter.com/GujTFlSA5K
— Cates Holderness (@catesish) August 8, 2017
Jesus Christ, I fucking hate my country so much.
I’d say a lot more of what I wish on Trump, his enablers, & every rat who voted for him– but it would violate this site’s milquetoast TOS.
Fuck humanity.
Well somebody at Walmart is being hauled into the Merchandising office with questions…. so many questions.
It’s funny ’cause we’re all gonna die.
It’s the end of the world as we know it
I don’t feel fine
What the fuck, Walmart?!?
Also, I saw that trampoline gif earlier, and I envy it.
I NEED THAT LYNX IN MY LIFE~!!!!!
*hedsplort*
Too soon, Walmart. Forever too soon.
That Trump chicken would make a much better POTUS. It only needs to be pumped up once a day.
I think these people might be a little too much into post-apocalyptical scenarios. Soon enough they’re going to find out survival isn’t a game.
I broke my phone so i didn’t go on twitter for some time – looks like i didn’t miss anything.
A motivating instinct of mine is to tear their language apart and find ways of rendering it harmless. There are social tools.
*Snerk*
I actually broke down crying in bed last night imagining that my family (who all live on the west coast) might very well die from being hit with a fucking nuke, if not having to deal with the fallout.
And some people are crowing for this to happen, under the impression that they’re “liberals” because they live in California, and thus must have voted for Hillary and deserve it for some fucked-up reason.
Joke’s on them, most of my family’s republican and was stupid enough to vote for the Golfing Cheeto.
Monster-teeth- “fuck humanity”
Most of humanity did not vote for Trump. Why should the rest of the world pay for America’s mistakes? And besides, it looks like humanity is ‘fucked’ anyway.
Sorry. I’m just so sick of misanthropy on the internet (and misanthropy in general). It’s everywhere! I thought WHTM would be one of the few sites that is free of it.
So, along with the usual back-to-school supplies like binders, pens, and notebook paper, I can’t forget a rifle or two? Good God.
This is minor, but it’s sad to see those Legos. I mean, above and beyond the Police State theme. There really isn’t much room for children to be creative with them. They fit together one way, and ONLY one way. Oh well, I suppose not everyone sees inventiveness, imagination, and creativity as good things.
The second time the lynx (in the original post) squeaks, it sounds like it’s saying “oh hi” 😀
Thanks for sharing those, Makroth! We all need the brain bleach. The baby lynx is so adorable and By the River is a beautiful song. 😀
I suppose the existential dismay over the nuke business is mostly downplayed for me because I’m still coming to grips with my dad dying Monday night. It was swift and sudden and… kind of a relief after the protracted illness he’d been dealing with. In a kind of cosmic irony, on Tuesday he was going to confirm end-of-life plans.
As for the LEGO sets these days, 1) I’m not so sure they’re actually being marketed to kids as opposed to adult collectors and 2) once companies like Mega Blox and such got in on doing successful copies of generic bricks, LEGO generally went to specialty– and IP-controllable– items.
@Paradoxical Intention
So sorry for what you are going through right now. Accidental deaths are already tragic enough. Deaths caused by harmful policies enacted through malice and ignorance alone are unforgivable.
Yikes @Nequam, sorry to hear that; know what you mean about “kind of a relief” being able to coexist with “tragic upheaval”. All the best…
@Paradoxical Intention – Leader of the Deathclaw Damsels
*Hugs
We’re in the same boat huh, we’ll survive this somehow.
I am far enough west at this point that I am legitimately concerned. I just moved here. I like it here. It makes me sick to think about the effect that a nuclear strike would have.
Lately I’ve been asking my dad about his time growing up in the world war. To help me deal with the new pissing match between two man children with penis envy. It’s kind of helping.
Also holy shit, that’s the most unfortunate wallmart display I’ve ever seen!
Who the hell set that up!?
Why not say, “Own the School year like Dylon Roof or those assholes from Columbine!”
I’m honestly not that worried about a nuclear strike on the West Coast (I’ve explained my reasoning elsewhere; FWIW I live here too). That said, a nuclear attack on NK is gonna fuck us pretty bad anyway, because we’re gonna catch a ton of fallout on the westerly winds.