• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    This sounds exactly like what a mexican american friend of mine said about mexican americans voting for trump hoping he’d crack down on immigration, which he said was basically an “i got mine” mentality.

  • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    I had a Mexican coworker who is like this bitch. He described to me in detail how he illegally immigrated and crossed the borders. How his carrier straight left them in a shed for 2 days without food but eventually came back. How the desert felt on his back. How his older brother got caught and had to do the trip a second time.

    When he first told me this story, I cried. He was only 8 years old.

    Then Trump started getting popular… And dude jumped on that bandwagon. I reminded him about his struggles and I said what about the people that went through your journey. What about them?

    “I got my papers, fuck them immigrants”

    This was about the time I deleted Facebook and all social media.

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        19 days ago

        She is trying her very best to play the current right wing favorite song of “others bad” while being clearly less fair than any of her voters.

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    18 days ago

    My father exactly. He’s Asian, so I think he feels more removed from the situation, but he worked in the US for over a decade before retiring back here. He’s still 100% pro-Trump, even though we are feeling the negative effects of his tariffs (“He has to put tariffs, he had no choice, look at their economy”), and he even admits things like Good thing I retired before Trump became president otherwise I probably couldn’t get a work visa now. My dad would vote Trump if he could vote.

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    19 days ago

    I’m really happy I saw new posts from you this morning, Miisha <3 I love seeing your username pop up

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        19 days ago

        I saw your name and thought you were another user named Miisha - I don’t usually delete comments because I stand by what I say, but this was a case of mistaken identity lol

        For what it’s worth, I think I make it pretty obvious I’m not a bot. Just chronically online haha

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            19 days ago

            @Miisha @velma

            I am relieved, disappointed and honoured.

            Relieved that you’re not a bot.

            Disappointed that your excitement was not meant for me.

            Honoured to be mistaken for such a great person.

            • Miisha@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creator
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              19 days ago

              Okay, first of all 😂
              Welcome to Lemmy! :D

              Second of all…
              Holy shit, that feels good, you have no idea 😭

              And lastly, you can have such excitement for yourself, too! All it takes is some hornyposting, I believe in you :3
              I’ll see you around…rival 😉

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            19 days ago

            There’s dozens of you! DOZENS!

            Arrested development reference for those that know

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            19 days ago

            That was quite literally the problem, I was browsing on my phone in bed before I put my glasses on hahaha

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              19 days ago

              That’s literally what I am doing right now. I cannot see well with out my glasses at all but there is something about the day not starting until I put them in that leaves me laying here.

        • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldM
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          19 days ago

          Sorry, Velma, it’s time you knew the truth.

          You’re really that one Velma inside a video game from Scooby-Doo! Cyber Chase.

          Scene from Scooby-Doo! Cyber Chase where the real gang meet their digital counterpart.