At my last job, me and a colleague would drop inappropriate Obama references as a running gag.
“We’re out of printer paper.”
“Welcome to Obama’s America.”
It’s one of those things that got harder to parody as the years went on.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Which almost no one (not even the NRA) does.
Better give the CC&Rs a close re-read. There might be a clause in there requiring your allegiance to the A-HFS.
Good rule of thumb for me… if someone mentions Obama in the first 5 minutes of meeting them, throw smoke and run away as fast as possible.
“Presidential Derangement Syndrome”, in other words. (My grandfather was like that with Reagan. I didn’t like the guy either, but my god, he could get tiresome)
Of course, you get some pretty good memes out of them. (“Thanks Obama”, remember?)
Not related to Obama, but some time last year I was getting a haircut, and the stylist working at the chair next to the one I was in was on a general rant about political correctness and SJWs and that sort of thing. In the middle of this she turned to me and said, without any hint of irony whatsoever, “It must be so hard for you being a white man.” I really had no idea how to respond to that, and I probably muttered something incoherent. I really didn’t want any part in that conversation.
I always stay away from political engagement when my antagonist has scissors, knives, or needles in hand.
I was walking in the woods, minding my own business when this guy and his “leashed” dog came towards me. TECHNICALLY the dog was leashed, but when it’s 20 feet long and slack, it’s not really under your immediate control. I didn’t want dog hair all over me so I made a face and moved over and the guy lost his damn mind. I didn’t say a word to him or even make my face at him directly. But that didn’t stop captain crazy pants from immediately screaming about “IT’S JUST A DOG!” While I am not afraid nor do I have allergies, he didn’t know that so it’s not really a good excuse. And again, I didn’t say a damn word to him. Whatever, crazy guy in the woods, I’m just gonna keep walking. But no, he continues to scream at me and one of the best insults this loser could come up with was screeching “DEMOCRAT!” at the top of his lungs.
Which, to be fair, I am, but as it’s urban Massachusetts, that’s like shooting fish in a barrel. I don’t know what about me other than breathing in Boston air indicated that I am a Democrat or what about not wanting some strangers fugly dog shedding and slobbering all over me indicated my political party, but I guess he nailed it pretty well.
He was wrong on the “LESBIAN!” part though.
Or my food.
Yeah, I remember the constant litany of “Thanks, Obama!” any time somebody encountered any type of difficulty in everyday life. It ended up being used more as parody, but it’s amazing how many people were really serious in directly attributing so many problems to Obama.
Aren’t they synonyms to some people? :rolleyes:
There’s a homonym joke in there but I’m not making it.
This should be a T-shirt.
As should this.
I did see a bumper sticker the other day. I never thought I’d miss George Bush.
I was posting on a fried’s FB page…lamenting with her the results of the presidential election. An old high school acquaintance butts in and says, “You two need to shut up! I suffered through 8 years of Obama and didn’t say a word.”
I responded: “What you ‘suffered through’ was eight years of having a black president.”
Our running gag escalated, as they do. Eventually, we were saying things like, “my brother’s wife is a cancer survivor and couldn’t get health insurance before ACA.”
“Thanks Obama!” said with exasperated sarcasm.
Or, “GM is alive and bin Laden is dead,”
“Thanks, Obama!”
I can’t wait to see the movie’s origin story, where carpenters bully young Obama, setting off his lifelong vendetta.
Yeah, it means people keep mistaking me for some sort of racist sexist jerk.
I truly feel that the left’s embrace of sarcasm does great harm to their own interests.