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[-] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unrelated, but boy howdy do I love a plural postpositive adjective

Edit: thank you for all the fun examples and discussion. Did not expect to wake up and see this many responses to a comment I put almost no thought into, I love this website

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

indeed. i hope they bring in several attorneys general and enforce this with all the sergeants major.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

I did some googling. My favorite one is musicians extraordinaire. The runner-up is eggs Benedict.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago
[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Carne Asadas Burrito Supreme

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Um it's Burritai, sweaty

I think

[-] context@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

as far as runners up go it's a good one

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Had to Google this cause my English isn't that good, and now I know something new that my brain is filing under 'why does anyone know this?'

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

It's pretty useless tbf, one of those things that native english speakers wouldn't even notice if you got it "wrong"

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

There are very few common words/expressions that use plural postpositive adjective. To add to what NephewAlphaBravo said - "wrong" will sound right to most Americans. The average American reads at a sixth grade level.

A correct form is "attorneys general" but that's rare. The average American would say "attorney generals".

[-] Feline@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

A correct form is "attorneys general" but that's rare.

Not "correct", just formal/academic. Down with proscriptive grammar!

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[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

I just do it randomly for fun if the singular is a double noun. Suns day. Generals Store. It's very silly. I giggle inside.

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[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

Hegseth calls the withdrawal a “humiliating retreat” and says leaders at the Pentagon were not held accountable for the deadly attack at Abbey Gate, which killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians. Nor were they held accountable for a subsequent U.S. airstrike in Kabul that officials thought would kill the Islamic State group leader behind the suicide attack but instead killed 10 innocent Afghans, including seven children, he wrote.

lol it's literally Benghazi all over again.

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Abbey Gategate

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 57 points 2 months ago

Nominally it's about Afghanistan but - of course - Trump couldn't give less of a shit about that. This power move is entirely about Trump seeing how much he can push the envelop.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

I mean he can't serve any further terms so if ever, now's the time to really go nuts and see how crazy this ride gets

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He hasn't even been sworn in yet and it's clear he's going to try to break every norm, rule, and law. There really is no incentive for him not to go nuts. The only thing that could stop him - and it's only in theory - is the republican party. And they aren't going to try to stop the the no brakesTrump Train. He knows that they know he would destroy them.

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[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 47 points 2 months ago

An annoying editor at some point before this article was published. nerd "Uhh ackshually it's courts-martial."

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago

So are they going to throw officers in the brig because they made tactical mistakes? I'm getting a feeling (maybe it's hopium) that these people are like a dog catching a car.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago

a dog catching a car

The Trump Train is going at ramming speed. But even if the 2026 elections are a gimmie for the dems - never underestimate their fantastical abilities in fucking up. My wild guesses are that "patriotism" or some other loser concept will be the dem party's quasi-official motto for 2026 and that they'll have another big loser in that they'll continue to try to get "reasonable" republicans to vote for them.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

I have a feeling that turnout will be in the shitter again for 2026

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

entirely possible. Their campaign for nearly a decade now has been "We're not Trump. Vote for us!" Their campaign money scarecow can't run for reelection anymore and be used to terrify voters into the voting lines. I'm rather curious in what way will they redesign themselves over the next four years.

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[-] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago

Critical support for the empire hurting itself.

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 2 months ago

Wow, this presidency might actually be the next phase. I predict that he will attempt to convince Congress to remove term limits from the presidency.

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

What would even be the point, the man is term limited by life

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 months ago

I used to think the funniest outcome would be that Trump wins 2024 and then dies before he takes office.

But this raises a new, even funnier idea: Trump wins 2028 and then dies before he starts his third term.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Trump will start WWIII (put unacceptable sanctions on China, causing China to retaliate). And since war is so presidential, and really that would not be the time to change presidents, Democrats and Republicans decide its fine if he runs again.

:fdr-shining:

[-] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think the most unrealistic part of this is that China retaliates with military force to sanctions. The rest is much more believable lol

[-] Feline@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Exactly. Pretty sure China's plan is either cooperate and build prosperity together, or... sit-back-and-enjoy

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Thing is US is broke. China has a US sized population which they are signing deal after deal with in Indonesia. We're becoming irrelevant. Which is smart for China.

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[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 months ago

The silliest point would be to die of old age and have Vance take over, now without limits. But the broader point would be setting the conditions for a future evolution of the program.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

who cares, it's not a democracy anyway

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

they would have to amend the constitution, which requires two thirds of Congress to even propose it, and three fourths of the states to ratify it. So that's pretty unlikely.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

or just have the Supreme Court reinterpret that part of the constitution.

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

“Congress had less people in it then, so judging by the original intent it actually should only be two thirds of the congress as it existed back then.” See? I can be a SCOTUS justice too!

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[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

Attempt? You act as though they'll provide any pushback

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Democrats are stupid, but "let him remove term limits" stupid? Doubt.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

unless he starts WWIII and it would hurt the sense of unity to not let Trump run again.

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

term limits

I predict Trump will succeed. Trump has to get through SCOTUS too. But what I think is funny is that the GOP SCOTUS justices turned Trump into Godzilla without even something limiting like control collar. How can you say "no" to Godzilla? He does whatever he wants. The GOP justices gave Trump the powers of a king. Criminal law doesn't apply to him. He can imprison, torture, or kill anybody. Even members of congress and their families or the justices themselves or their families.

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Trump could just keep killing members of congress until the next one votes as he wants them to. I’d estimate about two or three dead predecessors before the next one gets the message.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Killing might not even be needed. Just a few minutes of waterboarding - with threats of doing it to their families - and any of them will be 100% broken and they'll do whatever he wants them to do.

[-] Lemmykoopa@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

This would benefit dems longterm. Shit gets worse domestically marginally faster under republicans and they struggle to get reelected as a result. People meanwhile really really would have voted for Obama a third time and he'd definitely be on his way to his fifth term rn

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

This is so fucking funny lmao

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

anakin-padme-2 They are for war crimes and enabling a genocide right?

angry-place .....

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

Transitionm trans-uno

[-] Snackuleata@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

Surely this will help the military with their recruitment woes.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

The failson general's plot

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