• @dumpsterlid@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I desperately wish that somebody would ask Trump in an interview just the stupid question:

      “Mr Trump, can you actually name a single species of whale that exists?”

      I really don’t think he could. I think it would ruffle his feathers though, especially if you prefaced the question by stating most kids know at least 2 whales or something of the like. Set the bar super low, get him defensive about a silly dumb thing and then laugh at him when he can’t even clear it.

      • @frezik@midwest.social
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        49 months ago

        “I’ve seen many whales before. They don’t like windmills. I see them fly away as soon as they see a windmill. They say I’m the best at watching whales fly, did you know that?”

        • AFK BRB Chocolate
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          69 months ago

          We’re taking about a guy who thinks a magnet gets destroyed if you pour water on it. There are a few things I’m pretty confident he knows - the toppings that come on a Big Mac, for instance - but it’s not a big list.

    • Izzgo
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      49 months ago

      Whales? No. But he does care about being king president of America.

    • @silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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      Ever since saying something which is contrary to the evidence about whales became a way to annoy people who care about them.

  • Flying Squid
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    249 months ago

    Thanks for stepping up to the plate there, NYT. Where were you eight years ago?

    • Aniki 🌱🌿
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      109 months ago

      Too busy posting ghost-written opinion pieces on quiet quitting. Or is that the WSJ? I forget. They are all the same now.

    • Subverb
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      79 months ago

      Or ridiculously powerful military and commercial sonar and pingers.

  • @espentan@lemmy.world
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    219 months ago

    Even if it were true, I reckon the whales would rather stay away from wind farms than have the entire planet go to shit.

  • Nougat
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    169 months ago

    What’s actually driving whales crazy is international shipping.

  • @Treczoks@lemm.ee
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    169 months ago

    You misunderstood him. With “Whales” he did not mean Cetaceae, he meant fat donors.

  • @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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    119 months ago

    So are Maga dorks now pro Whales? They gonna protect the whales with new laws? It is such a flimsy argument that goes not further and reveals how stupidly they lie without substance.

    • s0ckpuppet
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      89 months ago

      Why make an effort lying well when your voters are just so fucking stupid?

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    109 months ago

    If by “driving whales crazy” he means “creating habitat for small fishes that make up a lot of their diet” then, yes, they’re crazy for wind farms.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    99 months ago

    Can we just get a single article, maybe weekly, listing the stuff Trump lied about it made up? It’s exhausting getting the constant stream of articles about each individual lie.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      No, because if they waited a whole week to print them all at once, there’d be no room in the paper for the rest of that day’s news.

    • Izzgo
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      69 months ago

      To be fair, 3 lies are examined in this article, not just one.

      • gregorum
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        79 months ago

        In another time in place, this might be funny.

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        39 months ago

        I suppose I should be satisfied, but he can churn out three lies in a sentence, so it just doesn’t feel like progress.

    • Well that is capitalism brought to news. New daily articles gets more clicks, and ads, than an comprehensive list. That’s just the golden rule. Doesn’t matter if a thing is needed or wanted, it will still be made if there is profit to be made as well.

  • @TetraVega
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    If it’s not clear, he just tends to spout whatever pops into his head.