Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[Death]

So D, I'm seeing a lot of "Well Trump is (insert character deficiency) but so is (insert Democratic politician) and it's simplistic logic that I admit works quite well because;

1. It's a coherent sentence
2. It usually has some truth in it
3. Pulling it apart every time would take too long and derail the thread.

The first and third components of this logic hold up in every circumstance, but it's the second point that warrants closer inspection, as just because it is somewhat true doesn't really tell the whole story. So I have formulated the Cuco Equation which I hope explains what I mean more clearly.

The Cuco Equation
Here are our two subjects:

1. On the left is Cuco Martina, Everton right-back and possibly the worst professional footballer I can think of.
2. To his right is Jimmy, a boy born with a rare congenital defect that means he has cucumbers for legs

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Now, Jimmy doesn't let his disability deter him and his love of football. He plays football all the time and, within the very small sample group of children who have cucumbers for legs, he might even be considered pretty good. But overall, he has worse control than Lukaku, no upper body strength, no accuracy, no pace and any small successes he has on the field are usually facilitated by his loving and supportive friends.

Now at this point, there are two true statements we could make about both Cuco and Jimmy:

• They both play football
• They are both terrible at football

The Scenario
So let's say, hypothetically, we're debating who should line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and these were your only two choices for right-back, you could say this to argue Jimmy's case:
"Yeah Jimmy's bad at football, but so is Cuco Martina." This is a true statement

And if you wanted to indicate that you were just taking the middle ground and not overlooking Jimmy's severe defects as a footballer, you could say something like "Our scouting policy is terrible if these are our only two choices", to further shift the conversation elsewhere.

But all joking aside about Cuco's relative merits as a footballer, if we were to line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and give ourselves the best chance of beating them, you would absolutely have to go with Cuco. He's a terrible footballer in the context of professional football, but would still probably be the best player in a league 1 or non-league side. Regardless of what you think of him, he is overwhelmingly more likely to contribute to the game than Jimmy, the boy with cucumbers for legs.

Conclusion
So when you read a sentence like "Yeah, well Trump says stupid things, but so does Joe Biden"; it's true, but severely under-reflects the weighting of how that truth applies to both men. One man is doddery and trips over his words, one tells a population of people to inject themselves with bleach, and it's not even the dumbest thing he has ever said.

Just to be clear, Trump is the boy with cucumbers for legs

I heard cucumber legs hasn’t lost his locker since he started school.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

So D, I'm seeing a lot of "Well Trump is (insert character deficiency) but so is (insert Democratic politician) and it's simplistic logic that I admit works quite well because;

1. It's a coherent sentence
2. It usually has some truth in it
3. Pulling it apart every time would take too long and derail the thread.

The first and third components of this logic hold up in every circumstance, but it's the second point that warrants closer inspection, as just because it is somewhat true doesn't really tell the whole story. So I have formulated the Cuco Equation which I hope explains what I mean more clearly.

The Cuco Equation
Here are our two subjects:

1. On the left is Cuco Martina, Everton right-back and possibly the worst professional footballer I can think of.
2. To his right is Jimmy, a boy born with a rare congenital defect that means he has cucumbers for legs

View attachment 84707


Now, Jimmy doesn't let his disability deter him and his love of football. He plays football all the time and, within the very small sample group of children who have cucumbers for legs, he might even be considered pretty good. But overall, he has worse control than Lukaku, no upper body strength, no accuracy, no pace and any small successes he has on the field are usually facilitated by his loving and supportive friends.

Now at this point, there are two true statements we could make about both Cuco and Jimmy:

• They both play football
• They are both terrible at football

The Scenario
So let's say, hypothetically, we're debating who should line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and these were your only two choices for right-back, you could say this to argue Jimmy's case:
"Yeah Jimmy's bad at football, but so is Cuco Martina." This is a true statement

And if you wanted to indicate that you were just taking the middle ground and not overlooking Jimmy's severe defects as a footballer, you could say something like "Our scouting policy is terrible if these are our only two choices", to further shift the conversation elsewhere.

But all joking aside about Cuco's relative merits as a footballer, if we were to line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and give ourselves the best chance of beating them, you would absolutely have to go with Cuco. He's a terrible footballer in the context of professional football, but would still probably be the best player in a league 1 or non-league side. Regardless of what you think of him, he is overwhelmingly more likely to contribute to the game than Jimmy, the boy with cucumbers for legs.

Conclusion
So when you read a sentence like "Yeah, well Trump says stupid things, but so does Joe Biden"; it's true, but severely under-reflects the weighting of how that truth applies to both men. One man is doddery and trips over his words, one tells a population of people to inject themselves with bleach, and it's not even the dumbest thing he has ever said.

Just to be clear, Trump is the boy with cucumbers for legs

Jimmy also hates immigrants. I’d go in two footed on him first. Chop him into a fine salad

 

[Prevenger17]

So D, I'm seeing a lot of "Well Trump is (insert character deficiency) but so is (insert Democratic politician) and it's simplistic logic that I admit works quite well because;

1. It's a coherent sentence
2. It usually has some truth in it
3. Pulling it apart every time would take too long and derail the thread.

The first and third components of this logic hold up in every circumstance, but it's the second point that warrants closer inspection, as just because it is somewhat true doesn't really tell the whole story. So I have formulated the Cuco Equation which I hope explains what I mean more clearly.

The Cuco Equation
Here are our two subjects:

1. On the left is Cuco Martina, Everton right-back and possibly the worst professional footballer I can think of.
2. To his right is Jimmy, a boy born with a rare congenital defect that means he has cucumbers for legs

View attachment 84707


Now, Jimmy doesn't let his disability deter him and his love of football. He plays football all the time and, within the very small sample group of children who have cucumbers for legs, he might even be considered pretty good. But overall, he has worse control than Lukaku, no upper body strength, no accuracy, no pace and any small successes he has on the field are usually facilitated by his loving and supportive friends.

Now at this point, there are two true statements we could make about both Cuco and Jimmy:

• They both play football
• They are both terrible at football

The Scenario
So let's say, hypothetically, we're debating who should line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and these were your only two choices for right-back, you could say this to argue Jimmy's case:
"Yeah Jimmy's bad at football, but so is Cuco Martina." This is a true statement

And if you wanted to indicate that you were just taking the middle ground and not overlooking Jimmy's severe defects as a footballer, you could say something like "Our scouting policy is terrible if these are our only two choices", to further shift the conversation elsewhere.

But all joking aside about Cuco's relative merits as a footballer, if we were to line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and give ourselves the best chance of beating them, you would absolutely have to go with Cuco. He's a terrible footballer in the context of professional football, but would still probably be the best player in a league 1 or non-league side. Regardless of what you think of him, he is overwhelmingly more likely to contribute to the game than Jimmy, the boy with cucumbers for legs.

Conclusion
So when you read a sentence like "Yeah, well Trump says stupid things, but so does Joe Biden"; it's true, but severely under-reflects the weighting of how that truth applies to both men. One man is doddery and trips over his words, one tells a population of people to inject themselves with bleach, and it's not even the dumbest thing he has ever said.

Just to be clear, Trump is the boy with cucumbers for legs

And to avoid any other obfuscation. In this hypothetical universe, they both have unsavoury accusations levelled at them.

• Cuco has an allegation of sexual harassment dating back 27 years and is a bit touchy feely
• Jimmy is on record as saying that he grabs women by the [Poor language removed] and has something in the region of 14 sexual assault accusers that he has bought off using a warchest of money he won after suing the state over his cucumber legs

We still have to pick one of them

 

[ilikecheese]

Trump refusing to give his daily brief, due to hostile questions by the media, what a coward, maybe they should just ask him about the weather.

He was damaging himself daily and his people told him to stop.

 

[tsubaki]

He was damaging himself daily and his people told him to stop.

probably with that clip from Tropic Thunder where a blacked-up Robert Downey Jr warns of the dangers of going “full retard”

 

[ilikecheese]

Americans have truly lost thier Democratic freedom if they feel they are forced to vote against their own believes and ideology.

Say what?

 

[Death]

Say what?

If you don’t hold any ideals of Trump or Biden don’t vote for neither. Don’t give up your democratic freedom giving into a faux binary choice when really you have more than two options. Don’t let anyone pressure you with fear mongering by saying vote Biden regardless if you don’t like him because Trump is much worse. Or vice versa. Ye know that Democratic freedom lark.

Im sure you agree.

 

[mahermi1]

It's a crying shame they can not just bring Obama back..

 

[sdk]

If you don’t hold any ideals of Trump or Biden don’t vote for neither. Don’t give up your democratic freedom giving into a faux binary choice when really you have more than two options. Don’t let anyone pressure you with fear mongering by saying vote Biden regardless if you don’t like him because Trump is much worse. Or vice versa. Ye know that Democratic freedom lark.

Im sure you agree.

This is more of your celebrated wit no doubt. I've read about it on this forum several times now.

I'm a bit slow but I'm sure I'll spot the punchline eventually. No spoilers please.

 

[tsubaki]

It's a crying shame they can not just bring Obama back..

Reagan even in his current state would be an improvement.

 

[Death]

This is more of your celebrated wit no doubt. I've read about it on this forum several times now.

I'm a bit slow but I'm sure I'll spot the punchline eventually. No spoilers please.

Vote for what you want.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

So D, I'm seeing a lot of "Well Trump is (insert character deficiency) but so is (insert Democratic politician) and it's simplistic logic that I admit works quite well because;

1. It's a coherent sentence
2. It usually has some truth in it
3. Pulling it apart every time would take too long and derail the thread.

The first and third components of this logic hold up in every circumstance, but it's the second point that warrants closer inspection, as just because it is somewhat true doesn't really tell the whole story. So I have formulated the Cuco Equation which I hope explains what I mean more clearly.

The Cuco Equation
Here are our two subjects:

1. On the left is Cuco Martina, Everton right-back and possibly the worst professional footballer I can think of.
2. To his right is Jimmy, a boy born with a rare congenital defect that means he has cucumbers for legs

View attachment 84707


Now, Jimmy doesn't let his disability deter him and his love of football. He plays football all the time and, within the very small sample group of children who have cucumbers for legs, he might even be considered pretty good. But overall, he has worse control than Lukaku, no upper body strength, no accuracy, no pace and any small successes he has on the field are usually facilitated by his loving and supportive friends.

Now at this point, there are two true statements we could make about both Cuco and Jimmy:

• They both play football
• They are both terrible at football

The Scenario
So let's say, hypothetically, we're debating who should line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and these were your only two choices for right-back, you could say this to argue Jimmy's case:
"Yeah Jimmy's bad at football, but so is Cuco Martina." This is a true statement

And if you wanted to indicate that you were just taking the middle ground and not overlooking Jimmy's severe defects as a footballer, you could say something like "Our scouting policy is terrible if these are our only two choices", to further shift the conversation elsewhere.

But all joking aside about Cuco's relative merits as a footballer, if we were to line out against Manchester United tomorrow, and give ourselves the best chance of beating them, you would absolutely have to go with Cuco. He's a terrible footballer in the context of professional football, but would still probably be the best player in a league 1 or non-league side. Regardless of what you think of him, he is overwhelmingly more likely to contribute to the game than Jimmy, the boy with cucumbers for legs.

Conclusion
So when you read a sentence like "Yeah, well Trump says stupid things, but so does Joe Biden"; it's true, but severely under-reflects the weighting of how that truth applies to both men. One man is doddery and trips over his words, one tells a population of people to inject themselves with bleach, and it's not even the dumbest thing he has ever said.

Just to be clear, Trump is the boy with cucumbers for legs

And to avoid any other obfuscation. In this hypothetical universe, they both have unsavoury accusations levelled at them.

• Cuco has an allegation of sexual harassment dating back 27 years and is a bit touchy feely
• Jimmy is on record as saying that he grabs women by the [Poor language removed] and has something in the region of 14 sexual assault accusers that he has bought off using a warchest of money he won after suing the state over his cucumber legs

We still have to pick one of them

This.... this might be the closest thing to genius I’ve ever seen on GOT.

 

[sdk]

Vote for what you want.
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Ah, I see, the joke's about pretending to be someone with a childlike misapprehension that politics is a realm of ideal and abstraction rather than a fundamentally practical matter regarding the distribution of power and resources.

Good one!

 

[Death]

Ah, I see, the joke's about pretending to be someone with a childlike misapprehension that politics is a realm of ideal and abstraction rather than a fundamentally practical matter regarding the distribution of power and resources.

Good one!

You got that from vote for what you want? You’re out there man. I love it.

 

[LinekersLegs]

The “injecting disinfectants” comments are obvious things that are easy to focus on but the basic incompetence and lack of forethought throughout the administration, with people picked because they are sycophants rather than their expertise, is extremely damaging.

You saw it with the testing debacle and now this