• Omega@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I hate to say it, but Dems should be trying to reclaim the word “freedom”. It makes absolutely no sense for Cons to be attached to it so strongly. We need more freedom fries and liberty toast.

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        I think they do, it’s just not repeated ad-nauseam and attached to everything like the Cons do. Free to be LGBTQ, free to read the books you want, free to organize labor, etc… Real, tangible, life-improving freedoms. Cons? All they want is freedom to take everyone else’s rights away. That’s their “freedom”.

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          But that’s the thing. The Dems want to campaign like they have for the past century, going out and making sensible campaign stops every so often. Obama was trying to change this, and honestly had the right of it - you blast your message everywhere, all at once, KEEP REPEATING IT, and shorten the general gist until it can fit in a meme.

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      I liked it better when W.C. Fields was attributed to have said it (although it isn’t definite that he did).

      He did say some fun things in about booze in films though:

      I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That’s the one thing I’m indebted to her for.

      I exercise extreme self-control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

      Whilst traveling through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Had to live on food and water for several days.

      He also once said something serious which is also my own policy:

      Hell, I never vote for anybody. I always vote against.

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    Sometimes, I wish I lacked a sense of guilt. I could make so much money conning these people…

    But then if I lacked a sense of guilt, I’d be one of them.

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      It looks so easy 😭 I wish I had the starting capital and lack of morals to start one of these grifts.

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        Just print out the word “freedom” in size 72 times new roman on your printer (doesn’t matter if it won’t fit on one line) and tape it to some blank t-shirts. Go to a Republican event and sell them

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        She doesn’t use the word “woke” in it even once. I also don’t think the person posting it has anything to do with the company.

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          You’re going to ignore the entire thrust of the marketing because of the absence of one word?

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            The title of the article is intentionally misleading readers for clicks and rage bait. They’re not calling it “anti-woke water”, thedailybeast is. The name of the brand is Freedom2o. Is freedom anti-woke?

            They’re even talking about how their water is good for the environment.

            Support environmental sustainability by choosing reverse osmosis water. Our water bottles are crafted with a reduced environmental footprint, ensuring that your commitment to clean water aligns with a broader dedication to preserving our planet.

            Sounds pretty woke to me!

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              Are you on the spectrum? I ask because your “but it isn’t 100% literally this thing” is the sort of overly pedantic and literalist thing I would do myself.

              Would it make you feel better if you noted that the scrolling red banner at the top of the website does in fact have “this water ain’t woke” among other similar sayings? And there is a “This drink ain’t woke” Yeti cooler.

              Does that help?

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    she got the idea for the brand while watching the Republican debates, where she noticed audience members drinking water that had “no connection to the people drinking it.”

    They could have been drinking the same water as the blue team. Disgusting.

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    This sincerely might be the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen, I don’t even have words anymore

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      That’s just what I was thinking. It should contain added microplastics and industrial waste. And it should come in bottles made of plastic that cant’ be recycled and never breaks down. That would be the proper way to support right wing environmental policies. It would also be another “don’t get vaccinated” way for them to kill their own supporters.