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I'll note that heat stroke victims in Phoenix are more likely to survive this year than in the past due to ambulances stocking body bags full of ice.

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[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 21 points 4 months ago

I'm indifferent to their suffering, not because of their political opinions, but they aren't the frogs slowly heated in a pot, they're the ones who threw themselves on the hot skillet even as they felt the heat to know the danger beforehand.

I pity the homeless, who can't find safety in this heat, not the ones who had the means to avoid it and succumbed to it when they knew the danger

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's fun to watch them suffer. They've all earned it.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

Why? Not that they'll change their minds after this

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If there was any truth to the whole anti christ thing then trump ticks off all the boxes.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

I say that about every republican

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, this would have been too implausible to be an Onion story.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Fact is oft stranger than fiction.

[–] Cognitive_Dissident@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So far as a motherfucking criminal like Trump is concerned, we 99% are worthless peasants and we can all just die, so long as the 1% get their billions and live in comfort and safety.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

Pretty much the plan for billionaires, yeah.