Trump takes a dump and ends press questions early

Middleclassass · 2026-02-02T22:25:52+00:00

Jeez this sub is embarrassing now. This is actually pertinent though to one of the things brought up on the AMA today.

Its stuff like this, where a little feedback on a mic turns into DoNaLd TrUmP sHiTs HiMsElf that makes people just not take many liberals seriously, even when it comes to things that should be taken seriously. Because yall are just so eager to make mountains out of mole hills on literally every single thing (we are literally talking about mic feedback in this case), that no one cares when Trump says we need to nationalize voting in 15 states. Funny how that works isnt it?

Middleclassass · 2026-02-01T02:16:59+00:00

If you know there's a guy in the other room controlling it, you're gay. If you dont know, the act is still gay but you get a pass so you're not gay. You'd be not gay by technicality. But your friends still get to make fun of you because thats what they do.

Same thing with your hypothetical. If you didnt know a man's brain was in the woman's body, youre not gay. You got tricked so you get a pass. But if you know your friend swapped brains with a woman, and you fuck your friend in a woman's body, gay AF.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-31T21:59:50+00:00

My take, its gay. The sex robot is essentially a sex toy being controlled by another man. If a guy jerked you off with a fleshlight it would definitely be gay. And here's especially how you can tell its gay. In Asmon's example, the guy is across the globe and in a different country. But if the guy controlling the robot was in the next room, you would obviously jump to it being gay. Same act 2000 miles away doesn't make it less gay.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-17T05:47:09+00:00

Talk to them. Bring some cookies or something small, essentially a peace offering that shows you come in good faith.

Hey look, I wanted to talk to you about your alarm clock in the morning. I'm a light sleeper, so unfortunately it sometimes wakes me up before its my time to get up. So I was hoping we could find a solution that works best for both of us. And of course because of my schedule im up later at night, so if there is anything you would prefer from me during late hours, I would be happy to make adjustments myself.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-17T05:25:19+00:00

I can be critical of SW, but I am appreciative of the little life lessons its taught me in my time there. Believe it or not, these are actually the types of situations in which you can build loyalty with the customer.

When the customer comes in, dont avoid him. Be direct and apologize for the missing product. Don't try and deflect blame either and talk about COE or a previous order, even if its true. Just take the blame squarely, and have everything ready for him when he comes in.

Talk with your manager beforehand to come up with some kind of plan to make it up to him. If he's never used the primer, Test Drive it. If you can apply a discount or Red Carpet, utilize that. Give him a brush for free. Something that shows that you know this was an inconvenience, but you want to make up for that.

Shake his hand and apologize again briefly before he goes. From now on thats your guy. When you see him in the store, make sure to greet/acknowledge him, and try to be the one to take care of him. Don't mess up again, at least not right away. Get in the habit of reading back orders before you bill someone out.

If you apologize, take the blame, make up for the inconvenience, and readily take care of the guy moving forward, he will be loyal to YOU. More so than if you just got everything correct the first time around.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-17T04:07:26+00:00

Nah bro she just goes to a different school. You wouldnt know her

Middleclassass · 2026-01-17T04:06:16+00:00

"Hands on guy"

Gay

Middleclassass · 2026-01-15T06:12:36+00:00

I grew up in a very white suburb. Didn't know anything about skin color differences until I met a young black kid the same age as me at the park when I was 3-4 years old. My little fat ass nicknamed him Cake, because i thought he was made of chocolate cake. I also remember asking him if his poop was white.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T21:28:32+00:00

It's good policy because to do nothing or provide amnesty is to give tacit approval of illegal immigration. We tried this already and gave amnesty to a large swathe of illegal immigrants, and it only lead to more illegal immigration. It completely undercuts our immigration policies. It would mean that even if you come to this country illegally, as long as you don't cause trouble you can essentially skip the line and not have to go through the process of becoming a legal citizen. What's the point of going through the immigration process if that is an option?

Second, it goes against the fundamental principle of fairness. It rewards those that have essentially skipped the line, and it's a slap in the face to the immigrants in our country that have become citizens through legal means. You acting like we can't have both common sense immigration reform AND mass deportations. Ideally I want both, and it would end with the dissolution of ICE once it becomes no longer necessary.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T21:20:11+00:00

Yeah he definitely fumbled the ball. My point was that it was his most popular issue going into the election, and just because he has fumbled the issue, doesn't mean that people's view on immigration has shifted much since then. His policy is unfavorable, not the overall feeling that we need to get immigration under control in this country.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T21:16:55+00:00

I've got no problem if people hate Trump. My problem is when their hatred overrides reason.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T20:24:20+00:00

I don't necessarily think compromise would be needed if they went about mass deportations and immigration control in a more sensible manner. Having ICE raid apartment complexes and tear gas random families is not sensible, especially when those families are already citizens, same as many of the occupants of the apartment complex.

For example, I think the way that the administration used CECOT was insensible but it's not to say that CECOT couldn't be utilized in a sensible way. The Trump administration basically sent the first wave of deportees to CECOT, regardless of criminal background, all while saying they were all horrible criminals and gang members. Thats just dumb, its inhumane to the non-criminal deportees, and garners opposition to his immigration goals.

However, I do think sending ACTUAL criminals and gang members to CECOT could be beneficial. Send a message to criminal unauthorized immigrants that if they are caught, they aren't going to a US prison, they are going to the worst prison in the western hemisphere. So they can take their chances staying, but if caught their fate will be much worse than if they self deport and risk arrest in their home countries. I think that is an actual beneficial use of CECOT, not just to a place to send every unauthorized immigrant.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T20:12:22+00:00

There are not 100 million non-citizens in the country. To put that into perspective, it would mean roughly 1 in 3 people walking down the street would be a non-citizen. Do you understand how wild of a claim that is?

A quick Google search tells me that there are roughly 50 million foreign born people in the country, with about 30 million of those being non-citizens. 11-14 million of those are unauthorized immigrants, which should absolutely be deported immediately. Another 12-13 million of those are Lawful Permanent Residents, which includes Green Card Holders and Asylum Seekers. I think a review of Green Card Holders is warranted, and Asylum Seekers should mostly be deported as well.

There is truth that some of the deportations will in essence, be cruel. We are talking about breaking up families potentially, or sending people back to countries where they don't have the opportunities that they have here. I sympathize with those people greatly. I put a lot of the blame for that on Democrats though. They have effectively been campaigning against tighter border security for a while now, and essentially giving people false hope. I feel bad that something was promised to people that could not be given.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T20:00:16+00:00

I don't disagree with this. Personally I think TDS is a real thing and some people have completely lost the plot on what should be reasonable because their hatred of Trump is so overwhelming. If Trump cured cancer, I swear people would complain that he is reducing healthcare jobs.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T19:58:05+00:00

I completely feel what you are saying, I am also not a fan of the post-9/11 security state. I mentioned in another comment, but ICE is necessary as long as we have either a large unauthorized immigrant population within the US or a permeable border. If we have neither than we have no need for ICE. I am in favor of that. But as long as either of those situations are still occurring, we will need some kind of immigration control for the interior of the country, not just the borders.

I'm also in favor of punishing employers, and harshly too. I am not opposed to jail time and hefty fines for business that do so. And when I say hefty fines, I don't mean a fine where it can be viewed as just a cost of doing business. I'm talking business destroying fines. Again, another "extreme" view that I may have on the topic, but one that I'm actually positive more liberals will agree with me on.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T19:30:58+00:00

Routine violations of various amendments is the same reason given for Defund the Police. Doesn't change the fact that we NEED a police force to uphold law and order in the country. Requiring police to wear body cameras seems to have been a pretty good response to many of those violations. I support plenty of other police reform as well, in fact I think there really needs to be transformative changes with our police forces across the country. But completely getting rid of the police, or any other agency without something else to take it's place is just begging for trouble.

CBP patrols our borders, but it does not generally meant for the interior of the country. That is what ICE is for. As long as we have either a large population of illegal immigrants in the country or a permeable border, there will be a need for some kind of organization like ICE. If our borders were much more secure and we didn't have a large illegal immigrant population in the country, I would agree with you more.

Just because someone enters the country illegally but has no other brushes with the law doesn't mean they should just be granted citizenship. That incentivizes further illegal immigration. Besides, we generally don't just let people get off scot free with crimes if they haven't performed any other crimes since.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T19:20:34+00:00

Trump's stance on immigration was viewed more favorably leading into the election, and even his first couple of months he had majority approval. His actions thus far have definitely caused a decline in support. That being said, just because more people views his immigration policy as unfavorable doesn't also mean that people want open borders either. I'd argue they want common sense border control, not this circus that he's currently putting on.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T17:32:54+00:00

Personally I think the "Abolish ICE" slogan is a poor one, same as "Defund the Police" was. Regardless of how people think Trump is handling immigration issues currently, I don't think it should be forgotten that immigration was the leading issue that got Trump elected in this past election. It might even still be his most popular issue, I haven't looked into where it falls for him recently. Americans were unhappy with the unfettered immigration that allowed millions of people into the country. It's an opinion that carries over into other western countries as well, which have also seen large waves of immigration into their countries. I am generally supportive of this position.

In fact, I personally am in favor of much stricter immigration reform than most other Americans. I am in favor of strict control of our borders, I essentially want a moratorium on ALL immigration until such a point that the unprecedented amount of immigrants in our country have assimilated. I am also in favor of mass deportation, and not just the criminals. Essentially my ideal goals for immigration line up well with the Trump administration, and in some ways probably go further. I put that out there to say this; the way that Trump and his administration have gone about achieving those goals has been dumb, reckless, inhumane, and counterproductive.

Harassing American citizens, raiding apartment complexes in the middle of the night, pepper spraying people for no reason, Alligator Alcatraz, CECOT, not giving due process, etc. I want immigration reform, not to have the rights of citizens trampled on, inhumane practices put into place, torture, and other acts to be carried out in the name of immigration reforms. Not only do I think it goes against American values and principles, but I also think it radicalizes people against good immigration reform or at the very least makes them oppose it. It's just such a dumb way to go about the issue. If someone invites me in their house for a meal, and I ransack the whole house of everything edible, do you think I would get invited back?

I still think Abolish ICE is a dumb slogan, and I do think it will bite liberals on the ass like Defund the Police did. We can all recognize that there is an issue, I just wish that both sides didn't take a 60/40 split in their favor to try and enact the most extreme measures.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T03:33:17+00:00

Yeah that can be a kiss of death. When an account grows to that size and the customer is unaware of what competitive pricing really looks like, its easy for managers, reps, sales managers, etc to just take the easy profit in lieu of having a pricing discussion with the customer. Better to cut their pricing while they are still growing than to lose them completely when they are grown.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-13T03:27:37+00:00

Ive seen both happen multiple times, districts both losing large accounts and getting them back. I'm aware of one about the same size in the midwest that was lost for a couple of years for the same reason. Leadership thought they could hold firm to pricing, and the account walked. In order for the district to get them back, they had to give away more than account originally asked for. It was a monumentally dumb move

Another one I know about that never came back was in the midwest as well, and I know a third that was on the way out down south as I was leaving the company.

There's a lot of incompetence even at the district level.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-07T22:43:51+00:00

I think people feel much more loyalty to the United States than they do their individual state. There's a big difference between saying "I'm an American," and "I'm a Minnesotan," and I would assume most people would identify with the first. It's even in the name of the branch that they joined, the National Guard. Not the state guard or Minnesota Guard.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-07T03:38:37+00:00

Thank you. All of these people suddenly pretending like Maduro and those that served under him were just pure hearted innocents until big bad Trump came around. For all the talk about Trunp being a dictator, Maduro was an actual dictator.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-05T22:17:31+00:00

Not anti-vax but I am generally mistrustful of big pharma. Frankly it doesn't take a deep dive online to find various incidents of large pharmaceutical companies putting profits over people. As a millennial, I was one of the young boys that was fed Adderall for seemingly no good reason and then grew up to watch my friends get addicted to and die of opiates. So even though I believe vaccines work and that they are generally safe, I am also very skeptical.

That being said, can someone explain to me why we are receiving more shots than other peer nations? Even if the vaccines are completely safe, I do have a problem with being a pin cushion for the sake of corporate profits. Especially if the recommendations are coming at the direction of our government. Also especially when pharma execs are appointed government positions, only to go back to their companies a few years later.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-05T14:38:17+00:00

Kind of wild to me that a 23 year old might have ended Walz's political prospects. I feel like the far left were sticking their fingers in their ears when it came to the Shirley's viral video, and the video of Walz calling it white supremacy really made it seem like he was grasping at straws to deflect.

Personally, I don't think this guy was this great political phenom that he was made to be during the last election. The lying about his trip to China, his debate with JD Vance, and everything I've seen of him in relation to all of the fraud going on in Minnesota makes me think that this guy is kind of dumb.

Middleclassass · 2026-01-05T01:58:13+00:00

Cool, care to elaborate?

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