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In reply to the discussion: Deep red tiny NV town is in shock. ENTIRELY 100% dependent on national park that just lost 20% of staff in Elon's purge [View all]
allegorical oracle
(5,506 posts)20. The only good thing about this chaos is the basic MAGAt temperament. It's been my empirical
observation, as I'm surrounded by them, that they don't cope well with inconvenience. They have the shortest fuses in the world and will cuss out anybody near them.
Made a rare visit to Walmart a few weeks ago. It wasn't possible to check out because cash register computers had crashed. One self-serve register was open, with a long line of folks in red hats. The woman who bagged my items looked at me and I saw she was near tears. Asked her if she was okay, and she replied, "I've been called every name in the book, today -- like we did this on purpose."
Trumpsters are not going to tolerate their loss of services with grace. A price will be paid.
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Deep red tiny NV town is in shock. ENTIRELY 100% dependent on national park that just lost 20% of staff in Elon's purge [View all]
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Mar 2025
OP
I've heard the FE Leopards are taking a pass on this... It's like hunting jackrabbits.
Hugin
Mar 2025
#7
TOO MANY FACES! The leopards are outsourcing this to other Carnivora Felidae.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2025
#16
Oh, for sure. Try to get in their heads -- search to understand them and how they, and we,
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#87
The hotel/end in the town just has seven rooms for guests. Not much trafic to that nat'l park I guess.
brush
Mar 2025
#11
The only good thing about this chaos is the basic MAGAt temperament. It's been my empirical
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#20
Calling it Elons Purge is wrong. It belongs to trump and his republican enablers.
bullimiami
Mar 2025
#42
There will be thousands of little stories like this. But we won't move the needle until the enormous effects of attacks
Martin68
Mar 2025
#68
It's all well and good to damn them for the predicament we're getting into, but the fact is
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#100
As a decent human being, I know I shouldn't be laughing, but OMG. ROFLMAO
mucholderthandirt
Mar 2025
#105
Interesting. Honestly, it seems like many towns (even far larger than this one)
Mike 03
Mar 2025
#106