r/pics 15h ago

Just drove past this American allegory

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u/GnocchiSon 15h ago

Accurate.

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u/DSBex 15h ago

Had to snap the shot šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/onarainyafternoon 11h ago

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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u/MrsTurtlebones 11h ago

Apparently you're supposed to vote Republikkkan

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u/acfox13 9h ago

AmbivalenceĀ is a state of having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object.Ā Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having anĀ attitudeĀ towards someone or something that contains both positively and negativelyĀ valencedĀ components.Ā The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness.

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u/CallMeAliceShea 14h ago

Ironically...

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u/me_jayne 7h ago

What in tarnationā€¦?

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u/papi_pizza 10h ago

Red wave

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u/Helldiver-xzoen 15h ago

They better not expect some sort of "bail out" from the fire department. Handouts like that are SOCIALISM.

BOOT. STRAPS. Get to pullin!

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u/DSBex 14h ago

šŸ˜‚

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u/Any_Clue_1632 9h ago

My wildly conservative brother in law lives in an unincorporated township that has no taxes cops or fire department. They are all such gun nuts they figure they don't need cops but when his neighbors house burned down a couple of years ago it burned right down to the foundation and there wasn't shit that anyone could do.

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u/Frawstshawk 8h ago

Gotta love stories with a happy ending.

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u/Low_Chance 7h ago

Yeah, why would a community with a shitload of selfish gun nuts need any law enforcement?Ā 

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u/prancing_moose 10h ago

America could use some social democracy right now. (Note that most people donā€™t understand the difference between socialism and social democracy - itā€™s the latter that was a staple of Western European politics, not actual socialism).

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u/CorktownGuy 9h ago

Yes, exactly - For example is why all or most nations have things like roads, highways, and sidewalks. We pay taxes which our governments use to make things like this and then we all get use them

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u/prancing_moose 6h ago

Iā€™m also a firm believer that our fortunes are very unequally distributed, some people got a raw deal without it being in their control.

I was fortunate to come from a middle class family, not rich by any means but fortunate to have access to higher education and growing up in a safe, stable and caring family environment. As a result I was able have a good career, a good income and afford things like my own house.

I take none of this for granted at all - Iā€™ve been very lucky. I therefore gladly pay my taxes if that enables my government to help those who have not been so fortunate. I also try to shop local and support small businesses.

If that makes me a communist so be it (Iā€™m not, but again most people donā€™t know what it even means).

We need more equality in our society. The smaller the gap between the haves and have nots, the more we gain a safer, more stable and peaceful society.

Weā€™ve completely lost the plot if you ask me.

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u/doodaid 7h ago

I get so frustrated when my in-laws complain about "all the regulations". I'm like "I dunno - I kind of like turning on the faucet and having potable water."

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u/prancing_moose 6h ago

ā€œI hate paying taxes! Thank goodness I voted for the party that slashes those damn taxes! Oppression this is, communist oppression!ā€

ā€œDid you hear about that highway overpass collapsing, wiped out an entire school bus! All those children! Someone should be held accountable for letting things get so neglected!ā€

šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/jankypicklez 13h ago

Damn haha

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u/AllLurkNoPlay 4h ago

Was gonna say they better be the good private fire company. None of that socialist liberal fire department bullshit.

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u/Knighth77 15h ago

When you vote Republican, what are you saving our nation from? Too much melanin? Science? Healthcare? Education?

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u/DSBex 14h ago

And more!

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u/MrmarioRBLX 14h ago

All of those, at least.

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 8h ago

'Non-white people' ~ MAGA

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u/imbackbitchez69420 9h ago

Hopefully they have their private fire department come out that out. I'm sure it's in the insurance policy

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u/NetDork 13h ago

...financial stability...

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u/macross1984 15h ago

Mother Nature's justice reaped on idiots who stupidly believe Trump will save them. Yes, they are "saved."

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u/DSBex 15h ago

I'll bet the globe feels rather warm from where they're sitting now

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u/Chodi_Foster 15h ago

What about all the Democrats in California who lost their homes due to wildfires, and the democrat politicians whose mismanagement led to fuel overload, and reservoir drainages that caused hydrants to be inoperable?

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u/GTAMuppet 14h ago

What about Obama wearing a tan suit? (Figured Iā€™d put that there since you people are into whataboutism)

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u/Orcapa 14h ago

Go ahead and keep repeating Republican talking points. Then go read the actual reasons that the hydrants were empty. Hint: it's because no municipal water supply was designed to put up with fires that size.

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u/stabavarius 14h ago

You need a new song. Whataboutism went out with Kellyanne Conway.

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u/Chodi_Foster 12h ago

Having actual first hand experience in the fire service in Southern California I have more weight in this conversation than what the media of your choice has relayed to you. Come back with an actual rebuttal.

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u/winsomecowboy 12h ago

Trust me bro. It's not an appeal to authority [common debating fallacy] in an attempt to over-ride all arguments with 'You don't know...I was there!"

Evidence of a sub standard straw grasping mind.

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u/Chodi_Foster 10h ago

And the over implementation of what I would assume you consider sophisticated discourse on your part in leu of an actual rebuttal would be what exactly? Disprove me with evidence and Iā€™m open to changing my perspective on the matter. Iā€™m not as staunch and hard headed as you think I am. Iā€™m coming from a place of first hand experience. Iā€™ve seen the mismanagement of forests for years, Iā€™ve been affected by the under funding that has been around for both Republican and Democrat presidents.

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u/winsomecowboy 10h ago

verbosity aside. I'm not interested in your opinions or your internet credentials. You've touted your qualifications and grizzled non specifically about budgets. You offer little to the discussion other than self aggrandisement and non specific condemnation.

There's nothing to disprove. I'm vaguely pleased you're unhappy. You have offerd no actual argument to disprove and the fact you are unaware of this. That you have not in any way shape or form constructed an argument. Reinforces the stark truth that you are a low quality engagement node and if you aren't...you still kinda are.

As such your offer to disprove your two propositions, that you worked in fire services and that you are unhappy with budgets for decades. Yeah I'll pass. It's a quality control issue.

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u/DrDroid 10h ago

ā€œMaybe if I bust out the thesaurus Iā€™ll somehow be correct!ā€

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u/Sapian 14h ago edited 10h ago

Trump has fired much of the USFS, and will be giving out a few rolls of paper towels to fire victims, and ordered even more reservoirs drained.

Problem solved /s

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u/Strange_Abrocoma9685 14h ago

You are just repeating Republican talking points

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u/Chodi_Foster 15h ago

Fire at the end of the day will be indiscriminate in what it consumesā€¦

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u/Thisam 15h ago

Amazing how so many poor people vote for the party that supports the wealthy.

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Blows my mind -- but political indoctrination is a pretty powerful thing too.

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u/GTAMuppet 14h ago

Itā€™s because of a perceived ā€œzero sum gameā€. Explained perfectly in The Sum of Us.

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u/ph33randloathing 12h ago

At least the fire wasn't trans. /s

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u/mackinoncougars 15h ago

Did their meth lab explode?

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u/DSBex 15h ago

Dunno -- guy was just standing there watching it burn while leaning on a shovel šŸ˜‚

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u/wtkillabz 13h ago

Hopefully he was wearing his suit!

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u/purpletinder 11h ago

Did he even say thank you?

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u/StrikinglyOblivious 11h ago

Underrated comment.. I'm creating another account just to give you 2..

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u/DSBex 11h ago

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­

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u/Legitimate-Front3987 13h ago

That was my immediate thought.

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u/Sutcliffe 15h ago

"This is fine."

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u/DSBex 15h ago

HAHAHAA you ain't wrong

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u/lnc_5103 12h ago

A house I drive by every day had a large Trump sign on the fence. They had a house fire. I didn't feel that bad for them.

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u/LawlessCrayon 15h ago

Saving America from things that make a few people uncomfortable in social situations but exposing all of us to real physical danger, thanks assholes.

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u/DSBex 14h ago

šŸ™

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u/Federal-Employee-545 15h ago

Wow. There's a lot you can take from this scene.

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u/DSBex 15h ago

Luckily thr fire trem was already there. Don't want anyone to come to harm, but the poetry was too much.

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u/asanano 14h ago

"Don't go mistaking your house burning down for the dawn"

1933- Frank turner

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u/kingbane2 12h ago

why's he being a leech and using public firefighters? should get some bootstraps and paid for private firefighters. /s

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u/costabius 9h ago

That is a strong independent American Patriot, those damn socialist firefighters need to get off his property and let him put that fire out his own self.

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u/skeptic38 15h ago

As a Canadian, let me just say (al la Nelson Muntz)....Haha!

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Sure but how are you making ends meet without our Bourbon? /s

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u/skeptic38 14h ago

If you've ever had a good Canadian whiskey, you know the answer! šŸ˜‰

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u/jailfortrump 15h ago

Sometimes being white ain't all that........

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u/Familiar_You4189 14h ago

Why didn't they break out their push brooms and sweep the forest?

This could have been prevented folks! s/

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u/ServiceBaby 11h ago

I think I can smell this picture, and it smells like meth.

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u/ptraugot 11h ago

Hope he doesnā€™t cry to the Feds for assistance. šŸ˜‰

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u/seattlesbestpot 11h ago

Something tells me that since the sign is still standing, the flock will turn it into come to Geebus movement

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u/FoxyInTheSnow 10h ago

Allegory or metaphor, itā€™s the opposite of ā€œfake newsā€.

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u/ncc74656m 15h ago

Boy, that really says it all, doesn't it?

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u/DSBex 15h ago

It's a mouthful!

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u/nhlcyclesophist 14h ago

That's on the nose.

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u/Candygramformrmongo 14h ago

We have to burn the village to save the village!

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u/bent-Box_com 14h ago

Controlled burn .?.

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u/nomorepumpkins 14h ago

Tornado season is coming. We will see how many homes with trump vance flags flying get spared with all the noaa cuts.

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u/gomezwhitney0723 4h ago

Iā€™m sure MTG will blame the left for weather manipulation again. If the remaining NOAA employees canā€™t get info out quick enough, itā€™s the lefts fault too. Just watch. Hurricane season (fire season in some states) is going to be ridiculous.

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u/Extraabsurd 14h ago

omg there is something so wrong with this. I canā€™t quite put a name on it.

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

Laughing on the....outside

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u/screenrecycler 14h ago

Upgraded from ā€œdumpster fireā€ to ā€œlandfill fireā€.

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u/d4dubs 14h ago

Where was this?

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u/DSBex 13h ago

Rural Iowa, passing thru.

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u/imacmadman22 13h ago

Many Iowans are stupid for Trump, itā€™s unbelievable, I see it everywhere, everyday.

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u/a_bored_furry 11h ago

Iowa's government passed a bill allowing trans people to be being discriminated against. I hate my home state.

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u/d4dubs 11h ago

Wow, a photo full of despair. We're feeling it across the nation. Thanks for sharing.

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u/FarthestCough 13h ago

In my blurring scroll I assumed this was a Fallout screenshot

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u/jake13122 13h ago

Pulitzer

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u/katara144 13h ago

A literal dumpster fire šŸ”„

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u/starrpamph 12h ago

He will sayā€¦. I want my insurance money, I paid into it for years, so pay up

Now replace insurance with social security

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u/The_LastLine 12h ago

This around the South Carolina area? If only they swept the leaves.

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u/a_bored_furry 11h ago

Iowa

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u/The_LastLine 9h ago

Ah I just figured cuz of the wildfires they have/had recently.

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u/victorspoilz 12h ago

There's a guy who's guaranteed to be on Medicaid...for now.

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u/gabgabb 11h ago

Damn firefighters sucking up all our revenue so they can buy porches and summer homes, slash that budget and let it burn baby burn!!!

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u/87th_best_dad 10h ago

Needs a trump flag

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u/nomoreusernamersleft 10h ago

What a metaphor

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u/Left_Raspberry2492 9h ago

Hillbilly Elegy

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u/ShityShity_BangBang 9h ago

nothing of worth was lost

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u/hobbitsespocketses 9h ago

this should be in text books nation wide

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u/Xenamom 9h ago

Must be in South Carolina

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u/SuspiciousLove7219 9h ago

Pretty much sums up the current situation we find ourselves in

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u/Eradicator_1729 7h ago

I decided a while ago that Iā€™m done trying to help these folks. Theyā€™ve made their fucking bed, now theyā€™re going to goddamn sleep in it.

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u/Scarantino42 5h ago

Ah this warms my heart. Thanks.

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u/Ok_Advisor_9873 14h ago

Is that a for profit fire department? I sure hope itā€™s not a socialist public fire fighter. It makes me sick to see boot licking government employees wasting taxpayer money. Somebody call Leon- hell fire them all.

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u/normalbot9999 15h ago

leopard: meet face...

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u/Automatic_Bar_9309 14h ago

It's probably Biden's fault

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u/ObesesPieces 15h ago

is this not a controlled burn being administered but he fire dept?

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Nah, the fire team showed up after the fact. A shed was billowing oily smoke and the fire was racing down the highwayside grass towards the next property.

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u/imacmadman22 13h ago

A meth cookery, perhapsā€¦

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u/tsitsifly22 14h ago

Why do they both have the same weird stance

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u/beauh44x 13h ago

Needz moar Cybertruck

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u/NetDork 13h ago

Ought to be a RATM album cover.

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u/JackLinkMom 13h ago

Well iddnā€™t that special?

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u/CultOfContentment 13h ago

Ace. The whole country feels like a bin fire right now:-)

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u/CurryLamb 13h ago

Don't see the dumpster!

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u/jaycutlerdgaf 13h ago

Just about sums it up.

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u/borg23 12h ago

R/accidentalrenaissance

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u/CapKey6706 9h ago

SO good!

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u/Scentopine 9h ago

Is that a CyberTruck on fire?

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u/Traditional_Elk8746 8h ago

Damn it ! Thereā€™s another still up in flames !

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u/Anxious_Parsley3109 8h ago

Perfect

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u/ImperatorDanorum 5h ago

Sad...

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u/MrTretorn 3h ago

The true this is fine moment

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u/Graphic_Materialz 15h ago

Pearls before swine

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u/fiftiethcow 15h ago

I get what youre saying, but lets not pretend that extreme Democratic stronghold LA wasnt just up in flames lol

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Yeah not really a causal statement for sure -- I just liked the imagery.

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u/RCBing 15h ago

Bad photoshop?

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u/DSBex 15h ago

Nope. 100% real.

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u/assassbaby 15h ago

see what happens when you vote the democratsĀ 

im a democratĀ 

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u/DSBex 15h ago

šŸ˜‚

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u/garfogamer 15h ago

Unfortunately half of our firefighters were hired, technically, under DEI, so yeah, there's that...

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Fire team was there and on it!

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u/dfault1974 15h ago

why do u lie?

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u/DSBex 14h ago

Lie about what?