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MAGA's gonna party like it's 2020!

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 hours ago

Let's see how long they can survive on thoughts and prayers.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like these articles might not be true and then we all act like the sky is falling and then it doesn't. Like yesterday I saw posts about Trump wearing blue. But lots of people wore blue. I think there's bait going around

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Everyone ready to start intermittent fasting without choice?

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Grateful at this moment for my wife who grew up food insecure who stocked up several months of food. That will run out though eventually.

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I've been seeing a lot of tiktoks about raising meat rabbits lately

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

AI Answer to how many you'd need

To sustainably feed yourself with rabbits, you'd likely need a small breeding colony of rabbits. A few does (female rabbits) and a buck (male rabbit) could produce enough meat for one person. A guideline is one doe and a buck can produce about 2-3 dozen meat rabbits per year, says Polyculture Farming. More Details:

Breeding:

A small breeding colony of rabbits, like 2 does and a buck, could potentially produce 40-50 rabbits per year, enough for a small family, according to Mother Earth News.

Meat Yield:

A rabbit can yield a significant amount of meat. One rabbit can easily feed a family of four, and they are generally sold whole, weighing just under three pounds, says Countryside Magazine and FoodPrint.

Sustainability:

Rabbits can be a sustainable meat source due to their relatively efficient conversion of feed to meat compared to other livestock. Individual Needs:

The number of rabbits needed would depend on your individual meat consumption and preferences.

rabbit stew 🤤

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

As someone who doesn't live in the US, I'm looking forward to watching this unfold.

It's going to hurt Trump. I'm sorry a lot of Dem voters will be collateral damage but honestly, an economic shit storm of biblical magnitude is pretty much the only thing that can save you IMO.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 24 points 16 hours ago

It's unclear if it's going to save america, considering it's 1:1 out of hitler's playbook. He crashed the economy with tarrifs before going all in.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 38 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

As an American I agree, though I have to point out something those of us living this shit nightmare know...

This won't hurt him. At all. His supporters by and large are what you'd expect from full on Stockholm syndrome victims.

They excuse, Sanewash, and pretend it's part of some plan to make them great.

His supporters? They can soak in their own bloodbaths and say it was Obama's fault or some Hillary conspiracy.

The one issue voters who sat out last time, the middle of the ground twats who thought their vote didn't matter, the Palestinians who thought Kamala's stance on Israel wasn't strong enough... Those are the people who have to suffer enough to motivate them to not be so fucking indifferent to things they don't fully understand.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a lot of folks who are either.:

Vote republican by default, but a shock could change them.

People who vote for or against the status quo based on how the feel things are going. Trump lost in 2020 in part due to people voting against whoever was in office. Hilary Clinton probably would have lost in 2020 had she won in 2016. Trump won in 2024 in part due to similar sentiment to vote out the current party after the inflation that was likely unavoidable consequence of not collapsing from COVID.

Yes the MAGA cult is unwavering, and they are a huge factor in the GOP primaries and certainly an asset in the general election, but they are not enough to assure an election.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 7 hours ago

...presuming that quasi-representative elections happen in 2026 and 2028, which are by no means assured...

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Agreed. After watching videos of people literally dying in the ICU being told they are passing away soon specifically because they got COVID and didn’t take the vaccine or wear masks and drank horse dewormer or whatever else, and when asked if they were regretful, they all say “no,” I knew we were screwed.

Hell, I had that same thought happen again when I watched parents whose little children died from Measles were asked “do you regret not vaccinating your now dead children?” And they immediately without hesitation said “no.”

It is a cult, and they are locked in until they are all burned away like a literal fever.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

They are supremely loyal but relatively few enough to be outvoted by the other voters that more casually voted for him. It's harder for me to grasp, but there are folks that voted for him that wouldn't be going to his rallies or anything.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

It is a cult, and they are locked in until they are all burned away like a literal fever.

Yes but, as with any cult, blind faith won't save them. They'll go destitute, get sick and die all the same.

It's a shame it had to come to that but the world will eventually be rid of them anyway. People wishing MAGAtards redeem themselves are focusing on the wrong thing

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 14 hours ago

IMO it's not really the MAGA idiots you need to worry about. It's the influential people in the republican party who are supporting Trump.

You're right that the stereotypical trump supporter can't be dissuaded by economic hardship.

However, the people that thought Trump was going to deliver them never before seen profits through de-regulation can very easily be dissuaded be economic hardship.

An economic hole is forming, and if it's deep enough and wide enough Trump will be unseated.

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[–] AsslessChaps@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Any society is three meals from revolution

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

This probably won't be a starvation situation. This will be a supply crunch for all the cheap shit at Walmart and Target that Americans love.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

All the sugar addicts are going to flip.

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

That’s all it will take.

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[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 209 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] Blubber28@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

They really want to pick up where they left off huh

[–] Mavytan@feddit.nl 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The article is behind a paywall. Do you have other sources?

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 112 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Who CARES? I'm a Jesus Loving Church Going American and I FULLY Support this AS LONG as I still get to Bully GAY KIDS!

-LITERALLY Everyone who Voted for Trump since he LITERALLY CAMPAIGNED ON THIS!

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[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 26 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Let me put it this way. Today I spent over $700 on a massive amount of groceries and various toiletries.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (11 children)

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?

Like I know you said groceries and various toiletries but the curiosity is tickling me.

[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

As an individual I spend about 100 a week on groceries. My guess is stocking up for weeks of food which I've been slowly stockpiling myself. Or a large family 4-5+

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Wild. Our house has six and I'd feed us all for the week for about 180 euro / 200 USD. We cook all our meals though, with some exceptions like occasional frozen pizza or chicken nuggets for convenience.

I spent a summer in the US in the late 90s and I remember basically everything being cheaper there at the time but we have lots of discount supermarkets here now that we didn't then.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?

Eggs.

[–] celeryfc@lemm.ee 14 points 18 hours ago

4 of them to be precise.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 21 hours ago

A few dozen eggs?

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

I'm living the dream with individually wrapped quilted 3-ply tp rolls and $1.75/doz eggs. Current version of the us sucks balls.

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