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edisdead

(3,396 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:05 PM Oct 2024

Ya know whats weird?

Well and kinda fucked up?

I can remember going into auto shops, biker shops, and recently the guy that worked on my fishing boats shop and seeing posters and portraits of women in skimpy outfits (and sometimes not even skimpy outfits) but lately I see much less of that and i their place I see pictures of Donny Dipshit, or his flag and all of his other paraphernalia.

That’s fuckin weird!

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Ya know whats weird? (Original Post) edisdead Oct 2024 OP
That is WEIRD! ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2024 #1
Kinda implies they are no longer concerned with their own applegrove Oct 2024 #2
Not really. Customers are male and female. Shop owners get this and don't want to create a hostile environment OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2024 #3
In Dandy Donny's own words.... Blue Owl Oct 2024 #4
I thought he was joking abd then I remembered leftyladyfrommo Oct 2024 #20
The night before my first day at a real paying job.. underpants Oct 2024 #5
I heartily disagree with that idea NoRethugFriends Oct 2024 #8
I once saw a guy wearing an "I'd go gay for Trump" t-shirt Polybius Oct 2024 #6
And who knew "incel" was contagious? rubbersole Oct 2024 #9
It really is weird. For a shop owner to publically post a political poster of any kind is weird to me. walkingman Oct 2024 #7
Countless waiting rooms, barber shops, bars and even military bases... rubbersole Oct 2024 #10
Just shows ya what shitty "taste" they have. calimary Oct 2024 #11
What would be really weird, is if you still left Any of your toys there. MerryBlooms Oct 2024 #12
I hope it's not the case down at Strickland Propane BaronChocula Oct 2024 #13
Omg, I love that show! 😂 MerryBlooms Oct 2024 #15
So much realness amid the cartoonishness BaronChocula Oct 2024 #17
Pretty sad Old Crank Oct 2024 #14
Exploited gals were okay, but gotta draw the line at trump pics? 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ MerryBlooms Oct 2024 #16
Not exactly what I meant. Old Crank Oct 2024 #18
Why weird? Any business displaying soft porn is fucked up and obviously doesn't care about customers. betsuni Oct 2024 #19
I get where you're coming from on the rapey-sexual angle. bluesbassman Oct 2024 #21

applegrove

(131,035 posts)
2. Kinda implies they are no longer concerned with their own
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:11 PM
Oct 2024

needs and fantasies. Trump love and following Trump's dreams & fantacies takes that place. Perceptive of you.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,731 posts)
3. Not really. Customers are male and female. Shop owners get this and don't want to create a hostile environment
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:12 PM
Oct 2024

for likely 1/2 their customers.

underpants

(195,550 posts)
5. The night before my first day at a real paying job..
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:13 PM
Oct 2024

My stepfather sat me down (he’s a Sears retiree) and told me - there are two things you don’t talk about at work politics and religion.

walkingman

(10,486 posts)
7. It really is weird. For a shop owner to publically post a political poster of any kind is weird to me.
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:36 PM
Oct 2024

I see it frequently in rural Texas (all Trump) and it makes a statement to me about the owners of these establishments.

A good example to me is Elon Musk/Tesla - I think it influences buyers when otherwise it would not me a issue.

rubbersole

(11,111 posts)
10. Countless waiting rooms, barber shops, bars and even military bases...
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 12:42 AM
Oct 2024

...all have TVs turned to Faux. They've done as much as anyone in dividing Americans.

MerryBlooms

(12,176 posts)
12. What would be really weird, is if you still left Any of your toys there.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 12:55 AM
Oct 2024

After being so offended?
Had my car body work done all week, by Not a fn trump ass kisser. Not tough to find, even in rural OreGun. As those assholes proudly display on the back of their trucks around here. Left southern Oregon rw shithole 3 times, yet, full circle once again in the shithole southern Oregon town I was born. Can't wait to get to get the fuck outta here again.

BaronChocula

(4,180 posts)
17. So much realness amid the cartoonishness
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 01:12 AM
Oct 2024

of the characters. I could totally relate to the uniqueness of Bobby's character and how he didn't exactly fit the perfect son mold. Hank's anxiety over orthodoxy was so relatable. But I think Buck was my favorite character. And Cotton... don't get me started.

Old Crank

(6,765 posts)
18. Not exactly what I meant.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 01:31 AM
Oct 2024

The pinups always made me a bit uncomfortable.
Sad that it was the male way of claiming their space.

betsuni

(28,888 posts)
19. Why weird? Any business displaying soft porn is fucked up and obviously doesn't care about customers.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 05:16 AM
Oct 2024

At least Trump crap isn't rapey-sexual.

bluesbassman

(20,375 posts)
21. I get where you're coming from on the rapey-sexual angle.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 07:57 AM
Oct 2024

But do fascists really care about their customers either?

My observation over the past nine years is there are really only two types of MAGA. The “moron” be they barely literate enough to read a ballot and vote, or in possession of some education but so devoid of critical thinking that the right wing message of grievance and victim politics has overwhelmed their ability to think for themselves.

The second type of MAGA is where many business owners and professionals fall. These people are fascists and authoritarians who care primarily about two things: preserving the white male dominated status quo and their own bottom line. They believe Trump gets them closer to those goals and that’s why they support and promote him. Most of them don’t even really like him much, but that doesn’t matter.

So, girl in bikini is bad. Agreed. Old white dude who wants to be the dictator of America? That’s pretty bad too, and I posit the business owners who display either don’t care about their customers in any way other than how they can separate them from their money.

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