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"The MAGA party is the last breath of the confederacy and I’ll be happy to see Millennials and GenZ bury you all": Fiery speech about Trump's desperate attempt to steal the upcoming elections (clip.place)
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[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

But they do though. The problem is the timeframe isn't fixed. Could be tomorrow could be 20 years. That's the monkeys paw in action.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

The imaginary forces of good are always just over the horizon for some reason.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Sorry, I'm not a big fan of comic books or Disney.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago

?

"Monkeys paw" is a reference to an old short story, and in this context it boils down to "be careful what you wish for"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw

[-] PyroNeurosis 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think he was going for the "and everyone lived happily ever after" business common to tgose stories. Reality tends not to wrap up so neatly.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

Nah I was more going for things never happen as we expect or hope.

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