• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I caught the “if he can get off the couch” joke, but did he actually use the words “couch fucker”?

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      3 months ago

      No, and I kind of hate these recent memes for that reason. His joke was a lot more subtle and could as easily be about the fact that the original meme caught on because these guys are so weird, but it wasn’t an outright accusation, and this meme has “couch fucker” in actual quotes, like he actually said that. It would be moronic of Walz to outright call Vance a couch fucker and now there is this meme floating around making it look like he did.

      I hate to be a downer but this is toxic.

      Edit: to the point where I would seriously question the true intent of the meme.

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        3 months ago

        I’m with you on this one. This sort of thing robs him of the wholesomeness of his persona with a genuine untruth. It’s a big turnoff for some people.

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          I’m not sure who you think is going to be turned off. He mentioned the couch meme in somewhat distant language, so that if you didn’t know what it was then you wouldn’t know what he was talking about. The prudish folk who would be upset at such a meme’s existence didn’t look it up.

          And everyone else recognizes that while the man looks to be wholesome in general, he’s not Mother Teresa and no one wants him to be. He’s supposed to be the vice president, not Santa Claus. He’s not allowed to tell a joke? Come on now. You can find something better to worry about than this.

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            3 months ago

            They’re talking about the meme. Walz’s comment was an “if you know, you know” kind of joke. Totally fine and funny. The meme, however, distilled it down to a “direct” quote that he didn’t even say, calling Vance a “couch fucker”–you don’t need to look that up to take issue with it.

            I’m not sure I have an issue with the meme, but I see their point.

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        3 months ago

        The Harris/Walz ticket deserves better memes. How come so many that I’ve seen look like they were pulled off of ICANHASCHEESBURGER network??