▲ 211 ▼ Infamous fiasco Fyre Festival relaunches — and is already sold out (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments Here's what we know about Fyre Festival II so far: Line-up? Unknown. Date? Unclear. Location? Somewhere in the Caribbean. Price? $500 to $8,000.
[+] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 153 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (3 children) Somehow we elected that fool twice and then elected someone so bad it made him look good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first time, the Conservatives on the Supreme Court stopped the vote counting when it looked like Bush would lose Florida. The legal justification used was "because we want Bush to win". The second time was a combination of Swift Boating and the man who oversaw the Ohio part of the election, literally worked for the Bush Campaign. Which turned out like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] norbert@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago* It's why the GOP keeps insisting there's cheating during elections, because they do it. It's also why they insist any leftist with any platform is "funded by Soros" because they're all funded by shady billionaires. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago You're just stuck with your undemocratic electoral process 🤷 I would gladly see the US split in four or five countries just to grab a bowl of popcorn and watch the republican parts become the third world country they so dearly wish to become. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago I really don't think that the human race has evolved as much as we thing it has. We're still throwing poop at each other. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auduras@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard that he didn't complete the sentence because he didn't want a record of him saying "shame on me". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) And yet what he DID say got memed WAY harder than "shame on me" ever would have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah but it got memed a decade after he left office. Flubbing up one quote is much better than giving the press a sound clip of you saying "shame on me" while running for reelection after one of the most controversial presidencies. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ya but better than videos showing thousands of innocent dead Iraqi civilians followed by a clip of him saying shame on me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dezmd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (3 children) Somehow we elected that fool twice and then elected someone so bad it made him look good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first time, the Conservatives on the Supreme Court stopped the vote counting when it looked like Bush would lose Florida. The legal justification used was "because we want Bush to win". The second time was a combination of Swift Boating and the man who oversaw the Ohio part of the election, literally worked for the Bush Campaign. Which turned out like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] norbert@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago* It's why the GOP keeps insisting there's cheating during elections, because they do it. It's also why they insist any leftist with any platform is "funded by Soros" because they're all funded by shady billionaires. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago You're just stuck with your undemocratic electoral process 🤷 I would gladly see the US split in four or five countries just to grab a bowl of popcorn and watch the republican parts become the third world country they so dearly wish to become. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago I really don't think that the human race has evolved as much as we thing it has. We're still throwing poop at each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first time, the Conservatives on the Supreme Court stopped the vote counting when it looked like Bush would lose Florida. The legal justification used was "because we want Bush to win". The second time was a combination of Swift Boating and the man who oversaw the Ohio part of the election, literally worked for the Bush Campaign. Which turned out like this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] norbert@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago* It's why the GOP keeps insisting there's cheating during elections, because they do it. It's also why they insist any leftist with any platform is "funded by Soros" because they're all funded by shady billionaires. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] norbert@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago* It's why the GOP keeps insisting there's cheating during elections, because they do it. It's also why they insist any leftist with any platform is "funded by Soros" because they're all funded by shady billionaires. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago You're just stuck with your undemocratic electoral process 🤷 I would gladly see the US split in four or five countries just to grab a bowl of popcorn and watch the republican parts become the third world country they so dearly wish to become. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago You're just stuck with your undemocratic electoral process 🤷 I would gladly see the US split in four or five countries just to grab a bowl of popcorn and watch the republican parts become the third world country they so dearly wish to become. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago I really don't think that the human race has evolved as much as we thing it has. We're still throwing poop at each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auduras@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard that he didn't complete the sentence because he didn't want a record of him saying "shame on me". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) And yet what he DID say got memed WAY harder than "shame on me" ever would have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah but it got memed a decade after he left office. Flubbing up one quote is much better than giving the press a sound clip of you saying "shame on me" while running for reelection after one of the most controversial presidencies. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ya but better than videos showing thousands of innocent dead Iraqi civilians followed by a clip of him saying shame on me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) And yet what he DID say got memed WAY harder than "shame on me" ever would have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah but it got memed a decade after he left office. Flubbing up one quote is much better than giving the press a sound clip of you saying "shame on me" while running for reelection after one of the most controversial presidencies. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ya but better than videos showing thousands of innocent dead Iraqi civilians followed by a clip of him saying shame on me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah but it got memed a decade after he left office. Flubbing up one quote is much better than giving the press a sound clip of you saying "shame on me" while running for reelection after one of the most controversial presidencies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Ya but better than videos showing thousands of innocent dead Iraqi civilians followed by a clip of him saying shame on me. permalink fedilink source parent