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Low-trust voters (especially young people of color) are drifting towards the right

“Voters with low levels of trust in society and the political system are shifting rightward. Donald Trump redefined the GOP in the eyes of many, associating the party with a paranoid vision of American life and a populist contempt for the nation’s political system. In response, Democrats rallied to the defense of America’s greatness, norms, and institutions. As the parties polarized on the question of whether America was “already great,” voters with high levels of social trust and confidence in the political system became more Democratic, while those with low social trust and little faith in the government became more Republican.“

This makes sense. Successful Democratic Presidents have couched their arguments for voting for them to make a change to the system, not uphold it. That is the essence of conservativism.

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by Anonymousreply 100May 30, 2024 7:24 PM

Who would have thought that masculine, homophobic young straight men wouldn’t want to be associated with the party that’s quickly affiliated annd aligned itself with Trannies, Folsom Freaks, Fisters & Felchers, and everything Queer?!

by Anonymousreply 1May 28, 2024 12:01 PM

insanity

by Anonymousreply 2May 28, 2024 12:11 PM

▲ R1 is repeating a far right Russian troll talking point.

And 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 the real issue, added to the fact that young people spend a lot more time staring into their smartphones, consuming propaganda on social media.

by Anonymousreply 3May 28, 2024 12:11 PM

And R3 perfectly illustrates the point

Accusing everyone who disagrees with you of being a Russian IS conservatism

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by Anonymousreply 4May 28, 2024 12:15 PM

Dear R1: the gutless, spineless, obese, pervert who is the spiritual leader of your bowel movement, Donald Trump, spends two hours every morning doing his hair and putting on his makeup, spent 4 years sitting his fat white ass on the couch in the Oval Office beating off to the assclowns of Faux News giving him on air verbal blow jobs, and according to his favorite hooker, has a tiny dick.

How much more of a freak show do you want?

by Anonymousreply 5May 28, 2024 12:16 PM

Low-info, low-trust... how many new terms are we going to invent to describe people who simply crave autocratic rule? Every country has them, they're about a third of the population, and they can't be helped.

by Anonymousreply 6May 28, 2024 12:18 PM

Wanting an 82 year old man to serve another four year term isn’t autocratic?

by Anonymousreply 7May 28, 2024 12:21 PM

[quote]R4: Accusing everyone who disagrees with you of being a Russian IS conservatism

No, babe. It's not about 'disagreement.' Far right and Russian 𝑑𝑒𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑦𝑎 have very specific telltale traits, and are being targeted towards various user constituencies on social media. That's a fact, and not open to debate.

And being aware of the information warfare on social media isn't the equivalent of Cold War far right anticommunism. News Flash: the Russians aren't communist anymore.

[quote]R7: Wanting an 82 year old man to serve another four year term isn’t autocratic?

No, it isn't. Wanting a 77 year old man with ambitions to be an autocrat is autocratic.

by Anonymousreply 8May 28, 2024 12:27 PM

No, R7, it isn't.

But wanting a petty, vindictive, overgrown man-child who wipes his ass with the US Constitution and has vowed to set up a dictatorship and banish his critics if he gets reelected sounds quite autocratic to me.

by Anonymousreply 9May 28, 2024 12:27 PM

The Russians were behind this all along?

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by Anonymousreply 10May 28, 2024 12:38 PM

[quote]That's a fact, and not open to debate.

Again this is how conservatives think. A Democratic Party that disavows aspects of liberalism like questioning authority, the establishment and conventional wisdom is a conservative party.

by Anonymousreply 11May 28, 2024 12:38 PM

We live in a country of opulence and excess. Our people don’t starve, they don’t serve, most can get some level of health care, the vast majority don’t even know a homeless person,

And we are bombarded by social media, which we claim to hate but are involved in every day, and it makes us envious upset and full of angst and hate.

Despite having lived in a well off stable country, not perfect but well off and stable, those on the left and right see nothing but potential doom and gloom and heartbreak coming,

We are ripe for a right wing win, Then in time the winds will shift and a generation will come along in time that will fight to make things better again.

We today will bitch and moan and complain and express hate for those that disagree with us and hate many who agree with us but are not as pure as they should be. We are the dead generations. Fat lazy triggered and worried. In time stronger generations will replace us and the fight will go on.

by Anonymousreply 12May 28, 2024 12:55 PM

Unbelievable? Not really. What are Democrats doing or saying to attract voters? The Republicans looked at the shitty state of our country and started blaming everyone else. Oldest game in the political playbook. It seems like they are fine with a turd in chief as long as someone does something to make the country appear better. People only care about their lack of money, perceived increase in crime and illegal immigration. Abortion? Gender? Israel? Not as important to them. Democratic Party leadership didn't read the room and now it's too late.

by Anonymousreply 13May 28, 2024 1:02 PM

Troll, troll, troll your crap everywhere you go...

Be better or it's off to Ukraine to be cannon fodder 😠

by Anonymousreply 14May 28, 2024 1:09 PM

People, especially the less educated, are sick of the uncontrolled aspects of this society and will gravitate toward an authoritarian figure who will make all of their decisions for them. If one appears to be a control person, they will vote for that person. If a candidate, no matter how correct or honorable he might be, seems directionless, they will not vote for him.

by Anonymousreply 15May 28, 2024 1:10 PM

Yeah, sure. That's why dems have overwhelmingly won almost every special election since Roe was repealed.

by Anonymousreply 16May 28, 2024 1:18 PM

I still think it comes back to: Religion poisons everything. A supposedly first-world country in the thrall of brainwashed iron age mythicists.

by Anonymousreply 17May 28, 2024 1:25 PM

@r15, Just come out and say what you'd like the future to look like 🤨

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by Anonymousreply 18May 28, 2024 1:25 PM

You can always depend on some dip proving Godwin's law

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by Anonymousreply 19May 28, 2024 1:37 PM

Godwin's Law is pretty much a dead letter now that Republican leaders are openly repeating Nazi talking points and consorting with neo-Nazis.

by Anonymousreply 20May 28, 2024 1:46 PM

You can always depend on some asshole like R19 to make stupid "observations" rather than add anything substantive to a thread.

by Anonymousreply 21May 28, 2024 2:17 PM

[quote] the fact that young people spend a lot more time staring into their smartphones, consuming propaganda on social media.

A large part of that propaganda consumed by young people on social media is antisemitic, anti-Israel, and pro-Palestinian. It’s pretty scary.

by Anonymousreply 22May 28, 2024 2:42 PM

[quote] The Republicans looked at the shitty state of our country and started blaming everyone else.

When you state “blaming everyone else”, you mean blaming the people in charge of the White House and executive branch, which in that situation would be the appropriate target.

by Anonymousreply 23May 28, 2024 2:46 PM

You mean like blaming the "people" in the White House and executive branch in 2020 when they decided to turn up the government printing presses to high and handing out trillions of dollars in free money so people would vote for the ass clown who mishandled the COVID crisis from the get go, i.e. it was a Chinese plot to destabilize America, then it was the virus will disappear in the heat of summer, then drink bleach and all the other misinformation and pure bullshit Donald Trump is capable of?

by Anonymousreply 24May 28, 2024 3:06 PM

[quote] they decided to turn up the government printing presses to high and handing out trillions of dollars in free money so people would vote for the ass clown

Biden turning up the government printing presses to high and handing out trillions of dollars in free money seemed to help in the 2022 elections, but the resulting huge increase in inflation may hurt him in the 2024 election. However, he may get some support from the billions in free money he handed out to student loan debtors.

by Anonymousreply 25May 28, 2024 3:22 PM

Biden didn't initiate the PPP, R25. That occurred on Trump's watch. Trillions of dollars were handed out to people and businesses and only a small portion of it has actually been recovered or accounted for.

Just this past week, a local restaurant owner was convicted of taking over $1 million in PPP loans, and the bitch stay closed even after the government mandates had been lifted, all the while collecting government money to pay her employees (who never got a dime).

by Anonymousreply 26May 28, 2024 3:29 PM

^ I blocked r25 a long time ago, because he's a dumbass. I see it was a wise decision

by Anonymousreply 27May 28, 2024 3:33 PM

Hey, r19, if it walks like a Nazi and talks like a Nazi it's a duck... Asshole

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by Anonymousreply 28May 28, 2024 3:38 PM

…and r28, the people are defecting toward the duck. No amount of “He’s a Nazi” is helping.

by Anonymousreply 29May 28, 2024 3:40 PM

^ Boris, time for your potato and vodka break

by Anonymousreply 30May 28, 2024 3:42 PM

"the people are defecting toward the duck."

Which just shows you how stupid the average American voter is.

The lard assed, entitled blowhard didn't do jack shit for the working middle class while he was in office. The only people who did better under Trump were his con artist/grifting family and his equally con artist/grifting golf buddies.

What makes these idiots think Trump is going to give a rat's ass about the welfare of the average American the second time around?

by Anonymousreply 31May 28, 2024 4:44 PM

Keep trolling, OP...yawn.

by Anonymousreply 32May 28, 2024 4:47 PM

The Democratic Party is experiencing significant anxiety about President Joe Biden's reelection prospects. Despite earlier confidence, concerns have intensified due to Biden's poor polling, fundraising shortfalls compared to Donald Trump, and the political landscape. This unease is compounded by Trump's unexpected success in traditionally Democratic areas and his substantial fundraising efforts. Key issues like high inflation, Biden's age, and the unpopularity of Vice President Kamala Harris contribute to the worry. While Biden's team remains focused on key battleground strategies and emphasizes successes, many Democrats fear the stakes of the election, particularly regarding the threat posed by Trump to democracy.

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by Anonymousreply 33May 28, 2024 5:01 PM

^ "Trump's unexpected success in traditionally Democratic areas "

Like the Bronx? 😂

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by Anonymousreply 34May 28, 2024 5:08 PM

The Libertarians sure love him 😂

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by Anonymousreply 35May 28, 2024 5:12 PM

Redneck MAGA NASCAR loves him... 😂

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by Anonymousreply 36May 28, 2024 5:14 PM

I don't know how much more winning we can take

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by Anonymousreply 37May 28, 2024 5:18 PM

You can always tell a Russian troll, they only speak in absolutes. Trump WILL win, Democrats WILL fail. It always reminds me of this classy Russian guy

Russians are the dumbest fucking morons on the planet 😂

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by Anonymousreply 38May 28, 2024 5:23 PM

Trump is not the issue. His time as a clown , a fool, a criminal, and a drain on his own party will come to a close now or in a few years. If you think this is about trump you are sadly wrong.

The right the far right those that want to see the US and Russian as partners will be an issue for decades to come. And they only have to have one big win. WH, Senate, House, And the US will head down a dark path for years.

Scott and Johnson and those a lot worse will be the issue. Smarter than trump more vicious than trump more competent than trump. They not trump will be the big issue and for many of you, this will last for the rest of your life.

by Anonymousreply 39May 28, 2024 5:24 PM

^ My God, you even write with a Russian accent 🤦‍♂️

That's it, Putin is getting a stern letter from me on the quality of his trolls, they're a lot like his army in Ukraine, abysmal losers

by Anonymousreply 40May 28, 2024 5:28 PM

And yet young voters and black voters supported Dems in 2022 and 2023. You're saying they magically turned right-wing in a year?

🤣 😂

by Anonymousreply 41May 28, 2024 5:28 PM

[quote] You can always tell a Russian troll, they only speak in absolutes. Trump WILL win, Democrats WILL fail.

There are people on DL who post absolutes, like Trump WILL lose and Biden WILL win, but I would just call them political fanatics.

by Anonymousreply 42May 28, 2024 5:36 PM

How does Russia feel about their Gay leadership? 😂

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by Anonymousreply 43May 28, 2024 5:38 PM

The latest person to betray Biden to Russia?

Volodymyr Zelenskyy!

How do you like that? He was working for Putin the whole time.

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by Anonymousreply 44May 28, 2024 5:41 PM

R40

Please tell me you never graduated college. I would hate to think that universities are turning out dumb shits like yourself.

I’d say I would hope you are a MAGA troll but sadly I am sure you are not.

by Anonymousreply 45May 28, 2024 5:43 PM

^ Was that a nerve, Boris? Calm down and have a vodka, it will help you forget your miserable life in your miserable country full of miserable losers 😂

by Anonymousreply 46May 28, 2024 6:09 PM

I'm starting gmto get convinced that all the weed this nation smokes is giving people a low grade schizophrenia making them extra susceptible to propaganda/conspiracies

by Anonymousreply 47May 28, 2024 6:13 PM

"Real Russians have no proverbs, we have Vodka and misery"

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by Anonymousreply 48May 28, 2024 6:14 PM

The good life in Russia...

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by Anonymousreply 49May 28, 2024 6:16 PM

Vodka and meth, Russian style

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by Anonymousreply 50May 28, 2024 6:22 PM

Love this guy, Russia should have such great leadership 😍

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by Anonymousreply 51May 28, 2024 6:26 PM

[quote]Which just shows you how stupid the average American voter is. The lard assed, entitled blowhard didn't do jack shit for the working middle class while he was in office. The only people who did better under Trump were his con artist/grifting family and his equally con artist/grifting golf buddies. What makes these idiots think Trump is going to give a rat's ass about the welfare of the average American the second time around?

You’re the one who claims to love democracy so much. This is what you have to deal with. We choose our leadership based on perception and emotion. Trump appears to have the upper hand.

Calling people names and blaming everyone else only reinforces a narrative of weakness, like Hitler lashing out at people in the bunker.

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by Anonymousreply 52May 28, 2024 6:26 PM

This guy is going to beat Putin's ass

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by Anonymousreply 53May 28, 2024 6:40 PM

"We choose our leadership based on perception and emotion."

Which is why we have a murderous jack ass like Donald Trump running for office, because he's the king of perception (superb yet bankrupt businessman, strong and successful yet being a petty, vindictive, first class bitch.

"Calling people names and blaming everyone else only reinforces a narrative of weakness."

Because Donald Trump never, ever calls anybody names and never, ever blames anybody else for his predicaments.

Donald Trump is a first class, lying, cheating, scheming, nasty, egotistical, lazy, rash, compulsive and unable to control basic impulses, dangerously stupid jack ass. He must not be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office again..

by Anonymousreply 54May 28, 2024 6:44 PM

R54

Fucking A what strong accurate words. I can feel a shift toward Biden starting to build already.

by Anonymousreply 55May 28, 2024 6:54 PM

Think again, R55.

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by Anonymousreply 56May 28, 2024 6:57 PM

Pretty sure r55 was sarcasm

by Anonymousreply 57May 28, 2024 7:00 PM

Russians are stupid they don't understand sarcasm

by Anonymousreply 58May 28, 2024 7:02 PM

[quote] This guy is going to beat Putin's ass

Yes if victory depends on memes

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by Anonymousreply 59May 28, 2024 7:05 PM

Like I said, Russia is STUPID 🤪

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by Anonymousreply 60May 28, 2024 7:11 PM

LOL one-third of this thread is from the Russia-obsessed autistic person

by Anonymousreply 61May 28, 2024 7:16 PM

"LOL one-third of this thread is from the Russian autistic person "

FIFY

by Anonymousreply 62May 28, 2024 7:23 PM

^ Actually Russia doesn't do autistic, they're just plain, old-fashioned retarded 🤓

by Anonymousreply 63May 28, 2024 7:25 PM

R63 Russia-obsessed autistic person,

The reason you have spammed this thread with images is because you are autistic and think in images. That is why you cannot respond with written arguments, because you do not have the capability.

by Anonymousreply 64May 28, 2024 7:33 PM

^ Argument? Arguing with a Russian is like dueling with an unarmed man

by Anonymousreply 65May 28, 2024 7:45 PM

Except for their brain is missing or is programmed to oblivion.

by Anonymousreply 66May 28, 2024 7:48 PM

This isn't a thread it's Russian propaganda. You are the spam

You Russian peasants are such chumps, while you spend your days spamming American social media to pay for your potato and vodka your Czar Putin lives here. God, are you people a bunch of suckers or what? 😂

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by Anonymousreply 67May 28, 2024 7:59 PM

Russian trolls have very clear, very obvious propaganda points.

by Anonymousreply 68May 28, 2024 8:13 PM

^ They are so obvious and think they're so clever. The best part is the write like Melania talks and think we don't notice 😂

by Anonymousreply 69May 28, 2024 8:18 PM

"Low Trust Voters" have another name, "Non-Voters".

Young people NEVER turn out to vote in big percentages. If they're dumb enough to vote for Trump, fuck 'em, let them lose the rest of their rights and pay their student loans forever. Keeping women from ever being able to access an abortion will honor their permanent victim status, so it's turning out to be a smaller issue than anticipated! Hey, if they don't care, I certainly don't!

by Anonymousreply 70May 28, 2024 8:29 PM

^ Calm down this thread is total Russian bullshit

by Anonymousreply 71May 28, 2024 8:38 PM

In a head-to-head match up with Trump, Biden and Trump are in a statistical tie, with Biden narrowly ahead 50%-48%. He leads by just 4 points with voters under 45 and by 6 with Gen Z/Millennials.

But when independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, as well as Green Party candidate Jill Stein are introduced, Biden trails Trump by 4 points. Trump leads by 6 with Gen Z/Millennials and by 8 with the under 45 group in this scenario.

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by Anonymousreply 72May 30, 2024 10:13 AM

^ Fuck those bullshit polls, Biden still wins in a landslide

by Anonymousreply 73May 30, 2024 12:11 PM
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by Anonymousreply 74May 30, 2024 12:21 PM

Lmao at people screaming at each other over Russia. Everyone knows it's Israel that has America wrapped around it's finger.

by Anonymousreply 75May 30, 2024 12:38 PM

Everyone knows that Putin owns Trump and should be very concerned

by Anonymousreply 76May 30, 2024 12:52 PM

Hamas funding can be traced directly to Iran and Putin. Putin is happy with the chaos in the Middle East.

by Anonymousreply 77May 30, 2024 2:17 PM

Democracy is the worst form of government ever devised by the mind of man, except for all of the others.

by Anonymousreply 78May 30, 2024 2:21 PM

Kind of think the problems in Gaza predate Putin.

by Anonymousreply 79May 30, 2024 2:28 PM

Problems in the middle-east have been going on for 2000 years and they'll keep going on for another 2000 years and no one is going to stop it

by Anonymousreply 80May 30, 2024 2:42 PM

Perhaps not stop it, but Putin can continue to fund it by funding Hamas. His goal is to make things worse there, and the consequences Biden faces because of it. Putin will happily fund it. Remember, at the same time Trump was negotiating to have five thousand Taliban prisoners released in Afghanistan, Putin put a $10,000 bounty on US troops heads. It's what he does.

by Anonymousreply 81May 30, 2024 2:49 PM

[quote]His goal is to make things worse there, and the consequences Biden faces because of it.

Oh, if only someone had warned Biden that being President means accepting the consequences of geopolitics tensions out of your control!

by Anonymousreply 82May 30, 2024 2:54 PM

If you were a low-trust voter, why would you gravitate right?

I don't get that.

Is it because shouting and constant repetitiion of stupidity makes them sound more confident, and thus, more believable?

by Anonymousreply 83May 30, 2024 3:13 PM

Biden knows all about accepting the consequences, and more and more Americans are accepting the consequences, because they're understanding the conflict is fueled by outsiders (Russia and Iran) and even Republicans in the US are piling on...just to harm him politically. Americans are understanding now the troll farms are working against us, spreading divisive lies, to bolster Trump's chances. R82 is a fine example.

by Anonymousreply 84May 30, 2024 3:15 PM

[quote]because they're understanding the conflict is fueled by outsiders (Russia and Iran)

…that’s how global affairs work. Other countries meddle in wars for their own benefit. It’s called a proxy war.

What are you failing to understand? Where are the synapses failing to connect? You seem limited.

by Anonymousreply 85May 30, 2024 3:20 PM

^ You seem like an unlimited asshole

by Anonymousreply 86May 30, 2024 4:08 PM

What you're failing to understand, r85, is that the gig is almost up. Putin's Hamas funding, the troll farms, the MAGAs all lapping it up, it's all revealed now. The gullibles who fall for the grift are dwindling, and the cons and lies are more blatant. It's no longer the drag it was on Biden, and it's becoming a tool for calling out the trolls.

by Anonymousreply 87May 30, 2024 4:10 PM

Ow wow r87. You sure showed Putin! Thank you for saving democracy!

The Bidens are sure the grant you that duchy now!

by Anonymousreply 88May 30, 2024 4:15 PM

^ "The Bidens are sure the grant you that duchy now! "

Russian troll with a translator on the fritz... Obvious non-American, non-English speaking troll is obvious 🤨

by Anonymousreply 89May 30, 2024 4:44 PM

Omg you don’t know what a duchy is

Lol

by Anonymousreply 90May 30, 2024 6:01 PM

^ OMG You don't know there are no duchies in America and Biden can't create any to give away, you stupid Russian moron

by Anonymousreply 91May 30, 2024 6:13 PM

[quote] You don't know there are no duchies in America

Omg he doesn’t understand sarcasm!

How autistic are you?

by Anonymousreply 92May 30, 2024 6:23 PM

Just saw some fatty's FB where he whines about how "traumatic" it will be to vote for Biden.

He's a gay disabled fattie.....the first group Trump will send in front of the firing squad, and he can't be bothered to vote for Biden? Fuck THAT noise.

by Anonymousreply 93May 30, 2024 6:24 PM

@r92, "Omg he doesn’t understand sarcasm! "

OMG he sure does and that wasn't it you retarded Russki

by Anonymousreply 94May 30, 2024 6:44 PM

R94 no you don’t

You take things extremely literally

It’s one of the signs of autism

by Anonymousreply 95May 30, 2024 6:45 PM

^ Yes I do and I also know improper sentence structure that Russian peasants with crappy translators use on here all the time you vodka soaked potato eater

by Anonymousreply 96May 30, 2024 6:50 PM

It's so depressing to me that insane chatter like the right-wing loonies on this thread show us is so mainstream.

by Anonymousreply 97May 30, 2024 6:54 PM

R95 = Greg02106/Defucktardo, using a new IP address.

Muriel: red tag this uber Trump ass licker wannabe/reich wing mother fucker STAT!

by Anonymousreply 98May 30, 2024 6:54 PM

See he uses idiosyncratic language like autistic people do

R98 other people don’t understand the terms you create in your head!

by Anonymousreply 99May 30, 2024 7:02 PM

^ That's not me vodka boy, that's someone else who's onto you. Better call it a day, collect your potato and drink yourself into a stupor

by Anonymousreply 100May 30, 2024 7:24 PM
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