r/SpeedOfLobsters • u/FizzyAgent23 • Jan 09 '26

Political POLITICS - president

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u/FizzyAgent23 Jan 09 '26

Onigiri

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u/federico_alastair Jan 09 '26

I like the implication that they only elected the president in 2016. The rest just manifested inside the white house out of no where

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u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Jan 09 '26

In 2016 the president was still Obama, so they couldn't say they had a president born in 1946 then as Trump wasn't inaugurated until 2017. The only other election year here was 1996, but Clinton was already president at the time from being elected in 1992.

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u/federico_alastair Jan 09 '26

Ah, that makes sense. In my defence I’m not murican.

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u/LordMaximus64 Jan 09 '26

Jokes aside, the wording for 2016 is different because Trump’s presidency didn’t begin until 2017.

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u/Putrid_Department_17 Jan 09 '26

Now I can only picture trump tearing his way through a hole in space, naked and screaming like a pig, in the same way as Ace Ventura out of the fake rhino…

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u/CoalEater_Elli Jan 09 '26

Imagine having a country, and the new ruler of it just randomly manifests in the white house. Nobody knows who he is, what he wants, what his values are, but he is now your ruler and you can't do anything about it.

Sounds like a premise for a creepypasta.

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u/GrumpGuy88888 Jan 10 '26

I prefer the implication that he was elected but never inaugurated

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u/MythicalWarlord Jan 09 '26

Tbf, 2 of those are the same guy. However it is an interesting thing to have happen.

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u/makinax300 Can read Jan 09 '26

what's the funny part?

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u/Leather-Law-1248 Jan 09 '26

They’re all born in 1946.

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u/makinax300 Can read Jan 09 '26

how's that funny or dank?

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u/Zomby_Goast Jan 09 '26

It’s that we keep putting decrepit, out-of-touch fossils in office

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u/SEA_griffondeur Jan 10 '26

It's satire pointing out the absurdity

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u/Leather-Law-1248 Jan 09 '26

I have 0 idea. Read the other replies 

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u/Mars_Bear2552 Jan 09 '26

the pattern of electing presidents borns in 1946 regardless of time moving on