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kim_harding ✅May you live in interesting times... https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian Three weeks into the Iran war, reality has passed through the looking glass, out the other side, and is now selling tickets to the gift shop. What follows is not satire. Satire requires exaggeration, and you cannot exaggerate something that is already operating at maximum absurdity. This is simply the news, and nothing but the news. Told straight, in a universe that has clearly stopped taking its medication.
Hans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜@kim_harding confirmed by CENTCOM, which used the phrase “emergency landing” in the way that a funeral director might describe death as “a permanent change of address”.
FinchHaven sfbaWait, wait, wait
I thought that some brilliant retired US Senator said the US was going to carve a canal across Saudi Arabia specifically for US amphibious assaults using dozens of nuclear bombs
Did I get something wrong here?
It was all over the "news"...
Dealiah@kim_harding Well written and the title had me thinking of these lyrics from Blasphemous Rumors by Depeche Mode:
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing.
xaxat@kim_harding The ending of that is so right - It is a well-established fact that the universe has a sense of humour.
It is an equally well-established fact that the best response to the universe's sense of humour is a stiff drink, a comfortable chair, and the quiet confidence that eventually, even the universe runs out of material.
It is an equally well-established fact that the best response to the universe's sense of humour is a stiff drink, a comfortable chair, and the quiet confidence that eventually, even the universe runs out of material.
Tubemeister@kim_harding “and is now selling tickets to the gift shop.”
I first read that as “grift shop”, and, yeah, that works.
tootbruteFriday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran.
If I read the in a novel, I would laugh at the authors incredulous, non-sensical plot
Pēteris Krišjānis@kim_harding as I am trying to keep my mind not constantly bombarded (ok, interesting choice of word by me), I did not know 80% of this.
This is very dangerous and very tragic and very very darkly funny.
Fact is that lots of serious guys with lots of billions backed this farce (unwittingly but dear lord they are fucking dumb) is icing on cake.
This is very dangerous and very tragic and very very darkly funny.
Fact is that lots of serious guys with lots of billions backed this farce (unwittingly but dear lord they are fucking dumb) is icing on cake.