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I dont know what 'the couch' is and they don't explain it. Also they just say 'bed wetting' and don't explain that. Fucking gold!!

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 55 points 8 months ago

"losing to the couch" = people not voting at all instead of voting for Genocide Joe

"Bed-wetting" = ineffectual whining

[-] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago

I had never heard those terms used before but it makes sense now.

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

I’ve had similar experiences with Fox News. All I can say is that their boomer (age cohort or mindset) audience may get these terms more readily than others. For one article I think the headline had something like “100 grand” instead of “$100,000”

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

kids today don't know that 100 grand means 100,000

chomsky-yes-honey

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Yes but unironically

[-] gwysibo@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

100 large

[-] buh@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

100 racks

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bed-wetting is pretty much only used for the dems.

I never heard "losing to the couch". It might be the phrasing of a particular aide who was anonymous but wanted people "in the know" to know they said it.