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Chemisse

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1. When people post memes about Trump on Facebook, which are always ghastly, ludicrous, and hateful,

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 07:13 AM

Jun 2018

Because that is just how he is, I never know whether to click 'like' (because I like that it was posted), laugh, angry or sad, because I feel all those things.

And if enough people responded, all four have been used.

Laughter is great for enabling us to survive this emotionally, but we can't just block out the anger and the pain and live in a happy bubble when the world is crumbling around us.

These are hard times.

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Michelle Wolf: 'It's weird that Trump doesn't have a sense of humour' - good read [View all] malaise Jun 2018 OP

When people post memes about Trump on Facebook, which are always ghastly, ludicrous, and hateful, Chemisse Jun 2018 #1

Very hard times malaise Jun 2018 #3

republican family-values role model Dirty Donny* is a sad & dangerous clown Achilleaze Jun 2018 #2

SPARKLES the CLOWN. tavernier Jun 2018 #10

courageous and outrageous heaven05 Jun 2018 #4

periodically I return to 'the dinner' heaven05 Jun 2018 #5

Narcissistic personality have a sense of humor?....not a chance beachbum bob Jun 2018 #6

They laugh at other lots; not so much with others; never at themselves. No introspection or empathy. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #9

Not just dour and humorless. He is abhorrent and evil. dalton99a Jun 2018 #7

his reaction at the Obama/Seth Myers Correspondents Dinner was kind of scary for JI7 Jun 2018 #8

+1,000 malaise Jun 2018 #16

Trump appeals to the poorly educated The Wizard Jun 2018 #11

Trump tells it like it is... He doesn't want to hear it like it is ck4829 Jun 2018 #12

Trump Roast - A Blast From The Past Marcuse Jun 2018 #13

I have never met billh58 Jun 2018 #14

"Republicans don't have a sense of humor... alterfurz Jun 2018 #19

You have to be intelligent to have a sense of humor... CatMor Jun 2018 #15

Oh, cretins like tRump think they're hilarious. Texin Jun 2018 #17

Trump is too stupid to have a sense of humor Gothmog Jun 2018 #18

Two pillars of humor, sarcasm & irony, are lost on most Republicans I have met in my life. TeamPooka Jun 2018 #20

I'm looking forward to the day Totally Tunsie Jun 2018 #21

Why Republicans suck at humor ThoughtCriminal Jun 2018 #22

I think something about Trump's personality is disordered jimlup Jun 2018 #23

I'm no expert on medical stuff malaise Jun 2018 #24

Yes exactly my point... jimlup Jun 2018 #25

Thanks malaise Jun 2018 #26

No. He is not at all like anyone on the spectrum. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #32

being a joke is as good as he gets. sadly he is a bad joke. pansypoo53219 Jun 2018 #27

In February, he joked about his partial baldness and his efforts to hide it. John1956PA Jun 2018 #28

No - that was yet another cover up because malaise Jun 2018 #29

Right-wing "humor" is lowbrow; it's limited to racism, sexism, and making fun of the less fortunate. VOX Jun 2018 #30

Well said malaise Jun 2018 #31

Right. To me, another litmus test of a right-winger is if s/he finds it raccoon Jun 2018 #34

... because his hair stylist and tailor sure do. Mc Mike Jun 2018 #33

That was a good read ismnotwasm Jun 2018 #35