140 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
reply
66 points

It could simply be that you just don’t like the name

permalink
report
parent
reply
-13 points

Omg a bunch of people were named by Boomers and then had their genitals mutilated! Pour one out for circumcised American Millennials.

permalink
report
parent
reply
20 points

I’m confused.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

I’d say that most circumcised people, even the ones who really angry about it, don’t change their names over it.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points
*

Yeah, I used to be one of those “meh who cares” about being circumcised, but as I’ve gotten older and thought more about the practice, it disgusts me. I have zero plans of having children, but if I ever had a son, the idea of almost immediately cutting off a piece of his fucking penis because their psychotic god has a fetish for children’s foreskins, is nauseating, horrific, and barbaric.

Like what the fuck people?

Was listening to NPR the other day where they were talking about some female genital mutilation in some African nation. It’s so goddamn horrifying, and the statistics they gave for how many women in that country had received FGM were deeply depressing.

I know that male circumcision isn’t at the level of barbarism that most ritual FGM seems to be, but it did make me think about the double standard.

Every day, in the US at least, x thousands of newborns/infants are having their genitals mutilated without second thought.

That’s… really fucked up.

permalink
report
parent
reply
22 points

One of my close friends goes by his middle name because he shared a first name with the man who mercilessly beat him at every opportunity. I go by a nickname because I share a name with a meth addict rodeo cowboy who was never a part of my life.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points
*

Adding to that, the opposition to using “they/them” pronouns seems ridiculous too. There are entire countries where using singular pronouns while talking to/about someone is considered extremely offensive and referring to individuals by using plural pronouns is the norm.

If billions of people can manage without getting confused about whether or not you’re talking about an individual or group of people, I’m sure that even the English speakers who are opposed to this because of the “confusion” it causes can do it with very little effort - especially since third person gender neutral pronouns are already a thing in English!

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Hell,l it’s even the norm in US English. People use “they/them” instead of “he” or “she” all of the time depending on the context. And nobody bats a fucking eye.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

That’s not a reason many Republicans would accept though. They think being beaten by a relative is a good thing. Especially if the person being beaten is a child.

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

No no, you got that wrong: it’s only good if the man beats his wife and children

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points
*

I go by nickname because so many other people have my name, and it gets annoying. It was a little empowering at a young age as well.

permalink
report
parent
reply

There’s plenty of reasons to go by a different name!

Like participating in online discussion. I find it crazy that so many people just use their real name as their online handle.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Yeah I’m trans and my wife is a cis lady and neither of our current legal names are our birth name. No one’s used my birth name for at least a decade but when we visit my in-laws I’m the only one who doesn’t call her by hers. Always amuses me when I stop to think about it.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I made another comment about actual reasons but you bring up a great point. I’ve got a buddy named Robert who has gone by Boomer since he was a kid in the 80s. I don’t think he remembers his real name is Robert.

permalink
report
parent
reply
91 points

Hulk Hogan is a Republican?

Why is it always washed up actors or once-famous-but-not-so-much-now people that are Republicans?

permalink
report
reply
102 points

Not just a Republican, but was on stage with Trump at the RNC.

Also, he’s a racist. He literally called himself a racist and then used the N-word. He just didn’t know he was being recorded at the time.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

It’s a little repetitive to call a republikkklown a racist. They all are, it comes with red dunce cap.

permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points

Because when no one seems to care about you like you’re accustomed to, it’s far more reliable to jump on someone else’s bandwagon of sycophantic rubes that will cheer you on as you suck off a fashist.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

Because it’s a way to stay relevant. They miss the attention.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points
2 points
*

Tbh, didn’t click into either of your links here, but enough to state the following…


Gonna leave this here. [“I’m a professional liar, and you, personally, are stupid for listening to anything I say”]

Tangentially, the same author, [“Buy my book, I’m now going to tell you the truth”]

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

The second book is about how the news cycle is broken. A lot about write-first, verify later. Or manufactured outrage. Or straight up falsehoods.

It’s a good book, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The first book is almost a specific case of it…Hulk Hogans sex tape scandal, and the people who bankrolled his lawsuit against Gawker because of a completely unrelated personal grudge.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

All shit-sloshing gutters eventually end at the RNC. It’s like the famous section of that classic poem from the old gop poet, No-wokeius Bartholomew Pussyhound III:

“Give me your washed up, your publicly disgraced and purposefully-undereducated, your convicted masses yearning to molest underage boys in churches and motels while wearing flag shirts… I’m gonna scare those goofy fuckers into giving me money by talking almost exclusively in acronyms that they don’t understand, but are terrified of!”

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points
*

Hulk Hogan has always been a piece of shit. Always. Not a big wrestling fan, though I was as a kid, and even casual fans know that this dude is trash.

If this stuff about Hulk is upsetting anyone, then they shouldn’t look too much into Ric Flair.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Free money from idiots would be my first guess.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points
*

Throwing foam rocks is a prerequisite, I think. Art least, that explains Sorbo and Cain.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

He’s a decrepit, mysogonistic racist scrounging off his former glory… he’s the stereotypical Republican!

permalink
report
parent
reply
61 points

Why is Marjorie going by “Hulk” now?

permalink
report
reply
-49 points

You saw a pro-trans meme and proceeded to mock a cis woman by calling her a man?

Oof.

permalink
report
parent
reply
45 points

“Hulk” isn’t exclusively male, why are you assuming an implied gender?

permalink
report
parent
reply
-23 points

Her name is literally She-Hulk. You serious?

permalink
report
parent
reply
22 points

I hate to do this to you but we apparently have to whip out the dictionary.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-27 points

Names have origins. What’s your point?

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points
*

They aren’t saying she looks like a man, it’s a reference to a pretty specific insult she was called in the house recently. Though I guess someone could argue that insult was transphobic, I’d have to think about it but I certainly wouldn’t push back

permalink
report
parent
reply
-8 points

Youre right that they didnt say she looked like “a” man. They said she looked like the specific man in this photo - Hulk Hogan.

I understood the reference. It’s still not a great look for people to ‘dunk’ on butch women for being butch, no matter how badly built their bodies are.

permalink
report
parent
reply
31 points

He even went by Hollywood at one point in time.

permalink
report
reply
18 points

Ugh. I forgot about that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points
*

Awww man that was the best form of Hogan

Edit: from an entertainment perspective I mean, he’s still an asshole

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

It was a New World Order back then.

permalink
report
parent
reply
24 points
*

Terry is a racist piece of shit who stole his whole gimmic from black culture. On top of that he’s been disowned by the wrestling community for a very long time and that serial rapist Vince McMahon kept trying to bring him back…

https://youtu.be/P1oZ4iZHMZQ?si=VZ811XCOTrOOLnNy

permalink
report
reply
8 points

And when someone says they’re a racist, believe them.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Political Memes

!politicalmemes@lemmy.world

Create post

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civil

Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformation

Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memes

Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotion

Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

Community stats

  • 13K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.1K

    Posts

  • 61K

    Comments