QuarantinedCrank

Contemplating the end of the world. $E1R5.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@krystalball Apparently living in his house leaves you with a permanent scowl.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. Hunter Biden, who knew Lindsey Graham for decades as a close family friend, not only outs him as gay - but says Washington is ran by a “mafia” of closeted gay Republicans. This tracks.

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

Animals should not be used for radical transgender experiments.

This is not science. This is ideological cruelty paid for by the American taxpayers.

Our TRANS MICE Act ends it. No federal funds may be used to conduct, support, or fund research aimed at altering an animal's biological sex.

No hormones. No surgeries. No taxpayer dollars spent mutilating animals in the name of transgender ideology.

This legislation brings accountability, ends taxpayer-funded cruelty, and ensures science serves the public, not ideology.

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@PCLOfficialX 15 forever

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

Idiocracy is here.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Is this real…are they seriously doing this shit at the White House right now?

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

Shaquille O'Neal explains why he agreed with his ex-wife when she said she never loved him

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@PCLOfficialX

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

Noo

https://t.co/RX0Zqdqr9b

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Retired and beloved YouTuber Luke Nichols from Outdoor Boys was a guest speaker at George Mason Law School’s commencement and gave an incredible speech that’s genuinely worth the watch

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Bro gets off the bus after the last day of school and immediately delivers the greatest Stone Cold Steve Austin reenactment

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Harrison Ford: “Humanity is a part of nature, not above it. We need cultural change. We need to extend social justice. We need to respect and elevate the indigenous people that are being marginalized, and in many cases, killed in cold blood. The world you’re stepping into, the world my generation left you, is a real mess”

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

The older I get, the more I believe happiness lives in the ordinary. Pets. Plants. A quiet morning coffee. Blue sky. Cotton clouds. Birds singing. The gentle breeze through the trees. A clean, cosy house. Good food. Good hearted simple poeple. So much of life’s beauty is quiet, gentle, and already here. And somehow, one of the sweetest feelings is knowing I get to wake up and meet it all again tomorrow.

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@PCLOfficialX 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

A 2,000-pound sea lion arrived at Pier 39—and became San Francisco’s newest celebrity.

🔗: https://t.co/KrtHGpoTlT

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@PCLOfficialX Block his porno sites.

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@AmiriKing @AEIOwnedU707 He repeats the same slurs over and over. If you think he is intelligent you are a moron. Degenerates with no vocabulary use slurs. I hope he loses his kids.

[QuarantinedCrank @dystopiapath]

@Sam38G Get one of them fruit cocktail trees, 3 in 1 grafted.