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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/43965177

An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.

Somehow the dumbest timeline just upped the ante

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[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 3 points 24 minutes ago

Calling it now; 3 middle-schoolers are gonna beat the shit out of him and steal the medal, and that's how the bill of rights will be repealed.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.

The medal's reputation has already been tarnished, then, might as well add him.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Of course. These people would give literal Hitler the presidential medal of freedom if he were around to give it to. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they award him something posthumously

[-] Laser@feddit.org 17 points 8 hours ago

Why stop there? Shell out a purple heart! Hell, make it two! Make him look like one of these old officers from dictatorships!

Ughh, I mean we are just handing military rank over to Palantir employees, so why not?

General Big Balls🎖️got his ass kicked by high schoolers while betraying his country.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Anything Epstein's best buddy hands out will be noted as a total farce and those receiving them should be ridiculed relentlessly. Cue South Park.

[-] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 minutes ago

That's exactly it. He will forever have to say, it was awarded by Donald Trump, instantly loses all meaning. People will probably think he bought or bribed it from, DT.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

if someone were to shoot him will they give him a posthumous promotion? that would be cool

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 158 points 23 hours ago

This timeline is so fucking stupid I have difficulty believing it sometimes

[-] paper_moon@lemmy.world 54 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

If we do live in a simulation, can I be taken out by a corrupt memory allocation, please?

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 18 points 23 hours ago

Earth.exe is causing excessive crashes, please save your work and restart.

[-] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago

I knew it was somehow windows fault. We should obviously be running Debian.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 9 points 22 hours ago

I'd like to load a backup save please

[-] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Sometimes I like to imagine that we are in a reincarnation simulation and by the laws of quantum mechanics even if I was reborn exactly the same to relive this life again or even if the universe was started over, it would be completely different even if all variables where exactly the same. It gives me a strange hope.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 6 points 21 hours ago

Best we can do is unplug it.
Then plug it back in again.

[-] limer@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago

Plug.exe is not working. Check for a working internet connection

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

internet connection not found. please reinstall aol
internet connection not found. please reinstall aol

[-] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 6 points 21 hours ago

Sorry, this is a hardcore run. No save scumming.

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Hmm, well when is the last time you tested those backups to ensure they aren't corrupt?

[-] Tower@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

COSMIC BIT FLIP 2028!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

well someone crapped my pants i would like a reinstall please

[-] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

It's just them feeding the constant news cycle with bullshit and nonsense. I say JUST but...idk I'm getting to the point where the psy-op has worked and I don't want to pay attention to the news anymore. I might make myself a old RSS style feed for like Reuters or something but getting my news from social media has been nothing but devastating. It's gotta be somewhat intentional. Not that it's not happening, but that it's always some new stupid thing that is just the right amount of outrageous that it diluted the important stuff. I don't care about some kid called big balls. That's just a symptom. The keys they jingle to keep it so the doctor with the needle is half-forgotten. Maybe they won but at least I'll be happier.

I kinda get why the guy at the end of 1984 didn't give a shit anymore by the end.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 75 points 23 hours ago

What a ridiculous country you have going on over there

[-] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 35 points 22 hours ago

Thanks, we all love it and want this to be happening.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago

Well if you don't drop everything and singlehandedly bring it all to a screeching halt i won't respect you and even if you try I'll find other reasons to criticize you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 15 points 18 hours ago

holy shit nobody cares. stop being caught off guard by low effort outrage sideshows. next one drops in 12 hours or so, can we grow up enough to handle it?

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 38 points 21 hours ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[-] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 44 points 23 hours ago

placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa

One of these persons is not like the others...

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 6 points 22 hours ago

Even so, Christopher Hitchens is not rolling in his grave.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 32 points 23 hours ago

George Tenet got one for roping us into an illegal war in Iraq.

The PMoF is meaningless.

[-] Figlizard@thelemmy.club 6 points 22 hours ago
[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

It has been for 20 years. At least.

This is not unprecedented.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Is this the same award that Kissinger received?

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Yep. Ford gave him one.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Probably. I don't know offhand.

[-] Figlizard@thelemmy.club 3 points 22 hours ago

Not gonna say it hasn't been a parade of celebrity and yah yah bs, but, Jose' Andre's. I'm good with that.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 20 hours ago
[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 16 points 22 hours ago

Imagine being the person who has to inscribe a medal of freedom to “big balls”

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 6 points 22 hours ago

Can I kick his ass too so he can get a second medal?

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Most medals won by a puddle of bruises

[-] AlecSadler 6 points 23 hours ago

Balls not so big if a gun is pointed in his stupid face.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 22 hours ago

While I typically frown on violence, it'd be a just world if after receiving said medal, BB got his ass beat on a weekly basis.

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
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