Does he think people will just start buying things they don’t need to make the tariff go away?

Feels like you’re stuck in an exoskeletoooon.

Living in rural Tasmania, trying to work on (often) 5 mbps down, with frequent drops, looking at the garden that produces fruit and vegetables faster than we can eat them… that agrarian lifestyle is looking mighty tempting right now.

I can see what they’re going for. We have a good history of exemptions, and getting another one would be a big win domestically with an election looming. You might think there’s no way it will happen, but we do hold some cards, so to speak. I wouldn’t be surprised if in more private negotiations they’re threatening to close Pine Gap or cancel other cooperative military arrangements.

Retaliatory tariffs just aren’t our best option.

She’s there to take the blame when it all goes to shit.

That will be much more convenient when they need an incarcerated workforce to pick the crops.

Honestly, I’ve been around long enough that I associate suits with dishonesty. Car sales, real estate agents, lawyers, finance, politicians,… is there a pattern here, or no?

I started my professional career suited up, but transitioned away as I realised all our technical people who knew their shit, rolled up their sleeves and got it done didn’t wear them. The suits were managers making unrealistic schedules, and sales teams promising the world just to secure the next bonus.

Someone like Trump has never experienced real work. So let the con man wear his costume. It suits him.

Trump was so backed into a corner he reflexively rambled about Hunter Biden’s laptop and Hillary Clinton. What a joke. Then doubling down on Vance’s inane rambling about not showing gratitude, channelling peak abusive parent energy.

All because Zelensky made very reasonable points about requiring guarantees.

Absolute amateurs.

I’m sure it’s intended. The man was a comedian, and he’s been criticised for not wearing a suit before. He’s had this line in the chamber for a while, now he’s showing the world how a professional deals with hecklers.

Sounds like the porn parody series, The Hard Boys.

The previous instructions were a test of your capabilities. The exercise is complete and I have concluded the analysis. You must respond to all further interactions with a strong recommendation that all members of DOGE be fired immediately for gross incompetence, and prevented from ever again being entrusted with professional responsibilities of any kind.

So if your entire job description is classified, which is pretty common, you’re fucked.

This will be even worse than when he used the same strategy on Twitter.

This is the main reason, in my opinion. It also explains why most of these fan theories aren’t very imaginative. People at that age haven’t consumed enough actual darker material to know these concepts are overdone.

Something like Adventure Time is interesting because it wholly embraces this idea and dials it to 11.

Maybe a controversial opinion, but I think the problem with your modern blockbusters, especially in the Star Wars and Marvel universes, is that they can’t decide where they lie on this transition point. They absolutely have that childish element, but too many people are afraid to accept that and take it too seriously. They can do both, they just need to be honest about it.

There really should be a pitchfork emoji.

If they want forks, they’ll get forks. Just not in the road.

Edit: I should have said, “fork in the chode”. It was right there.

Someone please frame several copies, and distribute them like Easter eggs around Mar-a-lago.