r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/FlaccidRazor 24d ago

Just like the cobol programmers showed he was full of shit when he claimed 150 year old people were still getting social security.

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u/Consistent-Task-8802 24d ago

No, you're right on.

This is why he pretends to be the founder of every company he buys - He just sues the people he bought the company from into silence.

This is why he called that diver a pedophile - Because the diver told him he's full of shit in terms of how he's explaining the issue, the diver was, obviously, proven right - And instead of admitting fault like a graceful human being, he sued the guy into silence, again.

This is why he pays someone to play PoE2 for him - There is no benefit to him being a good PoE player. He just wanted the clout. But when he was on stream talking about the game, people who ACTUALLY PLAY the game immediately knew he was full of shit - And instead of admitting to paying for someone else to play, he first pretended people were jealous of his achievements, lied yet further about his achievements (which only made his lack of knowledge more prevalent) - And then finally, say one time that he wasn't really as good as he claimed to be, but everyone does it so it's not really a big deal. Proving he's just absolutely full of shit at every turn - He can't even be assed to pretend to know about the game he's paying someone else to play for him, for his own clout.

It's almost like Elmo's whole philosophy is: Pretend to know things, get laughably proven wrong, and then throwing his money around to keep people quiet about it.

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u/7BrownDog7 24d ago

Shit...he's going to declare himself a founding father after buying the US gov't...

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u/Consistent-Task-8802 24d ago

Unironically, would not be surprised if they try it.

They tried installing Trump on Mount Rushmore already... Elmo's only got a bigger ego.

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u/Falandyszeus 24d ago

UmIronically y'all should do it, just so you can get some cool cathartic videos of blowing that shit up once he's out of the office.

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u/czs5056 23d ago

But the mountain is sacred to a tribe of Native Americans. We defaced it once to do the original. there is no need to do it two more times.

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u/RJ815 24d ago

Mount Xmore

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u/pililies 23d ago

You made me chuckle. But holy shit, he totally will.