That sounds suspiciously like vaccine herd immunity; be careful or the Department of Health & Human Services will come for you…

Never mind that they’ve been seeing a sales decline for longer than just the past 100 days, and their sales declines aren’t limited to just the US.

Here in Australia their burgers have gotten so expensive, and so small - you’d be forgiven for confusing it with one of those gummy burger packets!

At least Hungry Jacks (our version of Burger King) has largely still maintained the same size; the Whopper offers infinitely more value and the Angry variant (spicy fried onions and jalapeños) kicks ass!

I’ve still got Twitter installed on my iPhone, despite rarely ever using it in the past and having not even launched it in well over a year.

But out of principle alone, as a form of silent protest I refuse to update it to X.

It has Metastasised.

He has also already filed to run again in 2028; https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3740578-grassley-has-already-filed-for-reelection-bid-in-2028/

Part of me thinks that Grassley might just be holding on to try and unseat Strom Thurman as the oldest ever sitting senator (Thurman made it to 100 years, 29 days).

Chuck Grassley last won his Senate election in 2022, and is not due for re-election until 2028.

The margin was 56.0% to 43.8%; so I’m pretty sure he’s expecting to weather the current storm of protest and wait for it to die down - and see what’s going to happen come the 2028 Presidential election cycle, namely if Trump is going to try and run again somehow.

If he were to go against Trump’s policies now, it just puts him in the crosshairs of the MAGA crowd and Elon’s dark-money.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

As much as I despise this clown, I am willing to agree with the point that he’s making here.

As an aside, you need to hear what your opposition is saying, even when you know it’s false, in order to be able to counter them.

I’m hoping (praying) that since this is a shitposting sub, you and I both are just particularly gullible and this is not an actual thing.

Can you imagine what your performance would be like if your boss only checked in on you every 2-4 years and gave you a pass/fail grade on a curve?!

Career politicians rely on voter apathy to take advantage of the position in order to enrich themselves and their friends at the cost of the people they are supposed to serve.

The solution is to have a more politically informed and engaged populace, who participate in local meetings, town halls, run to represent their communities and participate in elections up and down the ballot - including primaries.

Let’s not forget that AOC went from a bartending activist, to a representative in the US congress. She’s not the only one, either.

If every congressional district had an equally earnest candidate - regardless of political affiliation - then the US wouldn’t be the absolute shit show it currently is.

If you ever want to retry Parks and Rec, I highly suggest starting at second last episode of the second season (S02E23) - which is the episode where Rob Lowe and Adam Scott join and round out the cast.

If the show still doesn’t click for you then, then it’s definitely not going to - and you can ignore it forever more without any niggling doubts!

Having just completed rewatching the series, I completely understand.

It really requires binging an entire season over a few days in order to properly track, especially given that the story is told across a number of different periods of time - and it doesn’t truly become apparent until the last few episodes what is meant to have occurred when.

I can’t even figure out how I was able to keep up with it when it was coming out episodically! I probably didn’t… 😬

Employers*?

Yes, that’s what happened: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-purchased-x-formerly-known-as-twitter-for-33-billion/

For what it’s worth, xAI is still a private company - so at least it’s not retail investors on the hook, just venture capital.

I had a TV as part of my ‘06 BMWs iDrive…

…it was absolute crap at the best of times, it and would only work when in Park for safety reasons (obviously).

Oh, no doubt - but he’s no longer personally on the hook for Twitter’s $44b debt-loan!

So when it eventually fails, it’ll be a corporate write-off and Elon’s wealth across Tesla and SpaceX are protected.

He’s already sold Twitter/X to xAI; he’s got his arse covered when the bottom eventually falls out.

Oh, they’ll be made an example* of - don’t you worry about that.

I hear there’s a good chance for an impromptu vacation to El Salvador for any of those administrators who can’t trace their full lineage back to the Mayflower.

My callous disregard for the loss of life was the sarcastic bit. 😞

Their crime was daring to aid Palestinians, d’uh?

ETA: /s — because this is the internet and sometimes intentional sarcasm needs to be pointed out.

So this is what he chose to do, instead of attending the ceremony for dead soldiers in Lithuania?