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stumu415@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.world · 21 天前

Stadium construction begins at White House for UFC Freedom 250

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Stadium construction begins at White House for UFC Freedom 250

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stumu415@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.world · 21 天前
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Construction is underway at the White House to build a temporary structure for next month's UFC fight.
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  • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 天前

    I used to watch UFC but the whole mAGA thing killed it for me. That and they have hardly any stars left, its just the same guys fighting eachother over and over.

    This whole thing is absurd, I’m done for good now.

  • ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl
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    21 天前

    What a fucking disgrace. The exact type of spectacle you’d expect from the magats. Obsessed with being alpha while simultaneously the biggest fucking losers you’ve ever seen.

  • (des)mosthenes@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    sheer stupidity

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    20 天前

    Can’t decide if UFC is more cringe than a WWE event would be.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      20 天前

      Kid Rock will be shirtless with RFK, so it’s all cringe.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      20 天前

      More cringe. At least Trump is a WWE hall of famer.

  • kylie_kraft@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    we are living the Idiocracy prequel

    • ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works
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      21 天前

      • AeronMelon@lemmy.world
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        21 天前

        Kash Patel can’t not ever look like he just got pulled over while high.

        • Ænima@lemmy.zip
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          21 天前

          Like he trusted the wrong fart!

          • osanna@lemmy.vg
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            21 天前

            We’ve all done that D:

            • Ænima@lemmy.zip
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              20 天前

              It really is the one unifying trait we all share!

            • seathru@quokk.au
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              21 天前

              True, But I manage to only make that face once or twice a week. My man needs to cut back on the Olestra.

  • watson@sopuli.xyz
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    21 天前

    Travesty

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 天前

    I really wish that time travel existed just so we could see the reactions of the founding fathers to what US politics have become

    • grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one
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      21 天前

      those good old floundering fathers to us all

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      21 天前

      Washington: “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

      I assume he’d say “I warned you.”

      • MrKoyun@lemmy.world
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        19 天前

        Damn. He called it exactly.

    • radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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      21 天前

      American politics reflect the American people. Trump isn’t the hero American needs…but he’s the one they deserve.

  • VeryVito@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    No worse than LBJ’s demolition derby arena or Carter’s Tractor-Pull-a-Palooza, except for the fact that those are totally made up and never occurred because why the hell would they ever have???

    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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      21 天前

      At least tractor pulls have cool physics behind them: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VZ6_8WJ3mh8

    • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
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      21 天前

      LBJ didn’t have to resort to tough guy tropes and ritualized masculinity displays to convince people he had the biggest dick in the room.

      • FilesForWallabies@piefed.social
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        I mean he literally whipped it out in front of journalists and diplomats as a ritualistic display. Let’s not gloss over the shitty aspects of former presidents just to compare them to this president full of shitty aspects.

        https://people.com/lyndon-b-johnson-nsfw-president-11830816

        Things I learned from Red White and Royal Blue.

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          21 天前

          I don’t disagree with you in any way, however, I would pay more money than I’m willing to admit to watch a literal presidential dick measuring contest. I think we all know who would likely place last, but even if he didn’t, I would enjoy his reaction to losing for the rest of my days with great relish because he couldn’t possibly be first and that’s he would care about.

          And I’m pretty much only able to confidently hope this because we all know that apparently LBJ had a hog, and I appreciates that about him, even though yeah fuck him for the war crimes.

        • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
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          21 天前

          You’re telling me the guy that escalated the Vietnam War was a piece of shit?!?

          • nomy@lemmy.zip
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            21 天前

            The kind of guy that names his dick “Jumbo”

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        21 天前

        His masculinity displays were very, very literal!

    • cmbabul@slrpnk.net
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      21 天前

      To be honest, neither of those sound nearly as tacky or gauche as this does to me, something about it being UFC/MMA or if it were boxing during it’s peak or even pro wrestling make it this gross mix of gladiatorial combat, organized crime, and carny shit that really shouldn’t be anywhere near the President. Its not wrong to enjoy any of those as entertainment even if someone is currently the President, hell I love pro wrestling when there good storylines and characters, I’m not what you would normally call a classy person. But this gives me a very particular ‘ick’ and I’m not quite sure how to describe it.

      • Auli@lemmy.ca
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        19 天前

        I can’t believe UFC is still a thing. I stopped watching when every fight was a title bout. And here we have interim intermingled heavy weight title bout. It was all meaningless at that point who has the title. And they want every fight to be a title bout cause it sells more ppv.

    • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 天前

      I went to Jimmy Carter’s Tactor-Pull-a-Palooza and all I got was this stupid shirt.

      • reddig33@lemmy.world
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        21 天前

        I heard they gave away Billy Beer for free!!!

        • Astronut@lemmy.zip
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          21 天前

          No, They gave Billy away! They charged for the beer.

      • WesternInfidels@feddit.online
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        21 天前

        I went to Carter’s Pull-a-Palooza but I had to sell my peanut farm

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    21 天前

    I had to check three times - this is not The Onion. This is real, and humor is dead.

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      19 天前

      I still think it’s The Onion.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    Clown country

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    So embarrassing…

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    21 天前

    I wonder about the streaming rights to this. Will this be publicly broadcast?

    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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      21 天前

      Of course. UFC is more a TV show than anything else.

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        Nah, it’ll be pay-per-view with at least half going directly to Trump

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          21 天前

          Which is a broadcast to the public

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            That’s not broadcast to the public. That would be broadcast to a select few that paid for the rights to view it. Public broadcast television is exactly that, publicly broadcast to everyone for free.

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              Public broadcasting and broadcasting publicly are not the same thing.

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      21 天前

      Does it matter? Only idiot maga will watch this and I don’t give a shit if they have to pay.

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        I’d rather UFC and paramount not get money for this.

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    I actually thought this was an onion article at first glance, what the fuck

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    • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Pedo in the meme to fit the pedo in chief.

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      Seinfeld is the worst part of Seinfeld. I always thought he was so annoying and was just constantly complaining. Like dude shut up and suck it up. Also, body positivity is a good thing, so yeah go stand on the wrong side of history, Jerry.

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        IMO Larry David made Seinfeld good in spite of Seinfeld.

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        I think that’s the point. Jewish humour is usually self deprecating. Jerry was a miserable ass that made himself the butt of the joke

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    With every day that passes we lean harder into Idiocracy.

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