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So much penis envy in one photo (Original Post) ehrnst Aug 2016 OP
I have such a visceral reaction to his image. sarae Aug 2016 #1
Nothing like promoting an obsolete space delivery system, to match his campaign #AskRussiaChina TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #9
good point... sarae Aug 2016 #10
Almost as bad as his "doctor's" office full of obsolete electronics. Sad. Hekate Aug 2016 #19
"Great" PatSeg Aug 2016 #2
and "tremendous!" sarae Aug 2016 #11
I don't think I've ever PatSeg Aug 2016 #14
A true simpleton. sarae Aug 2016 #17
Oh one hand, PatSeg Aug 2016 #18
It's horrifying when someone can make you nostalgic for Dubya Bush's speechifyin' Hekate Aug 2016 #20
Oh my god PatSeg Aug 2016 #24
Just like *'s "Mission Accomplished" photo op, this is a sign of male insecurity. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #3
His supporters won't understand what Happyhippychick Aug 2016 #4
Amateur hour kerning (or lack thereof) between the A and S of ASPIRE alcibiades_mystery Aug 2016 #5
Actual proofreaders and editors are pretty much obsolete Hekate Aug 2016 #21
Well, it's a graphic design issue, so alcibiades_mystery Aug 2016 #22
That too. We were a small diverse shop; everything from graphics like that to medical journals.... Hekate Aug 2016 #23
The problem is in the font choice. herding cats Sep 2016 #27
He needed to REALLY stretch out the spacing between the letters jmowreader Sep 2016 #30
Didn't anyone tell him the shuttle is no longer flying.... Historic NY Aug 2016 #6
Nov. 8 GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #7
I'm a bit late Younemeen Aug 2016 #15
The creative impetus for the movie, "Sausage Party." TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #8
WTF Trump! The shuttle program is shut down because of conservatives like you. apnu Aug 2016 #12
Subliminal message is..... Skidmore Aug 2016 #13
Can't see the size of his hands either workinclasszero Aug 2016 #16
Did Manafort pick that font? and language? JOIN TEAM Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #25
lol! nt ecstatic Sep 2016 #28
Wally George had that picture behind him on his stupid show 30 years ago. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2016 #26
Was hoping that was his one way ticket to outer space. ScepticD Sep 2016 #29
Join Team....Rocket? JHB Sep 2016 #31

PatSeg

(47,429 posts)
14. I don't think I've ever
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 01:36 PM
Aug 2016

witnessed a public figure with such a limited vocabulary.


Donald Trump isn’t a simpleton, he just talks like one. If you were to market Donald Trump’s vocabulary as a toy, it would resemble a small box of Lincoln Logs. Trump resists multisyllabic words and complex, writerly sentence constructions when speaking extemporaneously in a debate, at a news conference or in an interview. He prefers to link short, blocky words into other short, blocky words to create short, blocky sentences that he then stacks into short, blocky paragraphs.

Flattening the English language whenever he speaks without a script, Trump relies heavily on words such as “very” and “great,” and the pronouns “we” and “I,” which is his favorite word. As any news observer can observe, he lives to diminish his foes by calling them “losers,” “total losers,” “haters,” “dumb,” “idiots,” “morons,” “stupid,” “dummy” and “ disgusting.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-third-grader-121340#ixzz4IvrKrixt
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I think you could take his vocabulary and fit it into one of those boxes of word magnets that they sell. You'd have to make a lot duplicates if you wanted to make an entire sentence though. "I am very, very, very rich. Very rich, believe me folks."

sarae

(3,284 posts)
17. A true simpleton.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:18 PM
Aug 2016

That last sentence you wrote sounds exactly like him. In fact, I'm almost positive I've heard him say it verbatim.

Sad!

PatSeg

(47,429 posts)
18. Oh one hand,
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:32 PM
Aug 2016

I can't stand listening to him, but on the other, I am fascinated by how little he ever says with a mere handful of words. I understand the appeal of some con-artists and grifters, but Trump lacks the skills that usually come with such people. Harold Hill in The Music Man was charming, articulate, and good looking. Even though he lied, he actually said something.

PatSeg

(47,429 posts)
24. Oh my god
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:37 PM
Aug 2016

I was thinking the same thing. No one could butcher the English language quite like Bush, but he had a bigger vocabulary than Trump, even if you discount his made-up words. Is this what Idiocracy looks like in real life?

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
3. Just like *'s "Mission Accomplished" photo op, this is a sign of male insecurity.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:58 AM
Aug 2016

Tiny Whatever is trying to over compensate!

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
5. Amateur hour kerning (or lack thereof) between the A and S of ASPIRE
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 10:05 AM
Aug 2016

He's paying these people?

Good God.

Hekate

(90,679 posts)
21. Actual proofreaders and editors are pretty much obsolete
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:11 PM
Aug 2016

Back in the olden days I was a proofreader in a print shop. Now everybody thinks they can do that with Spell Checker.

Hekate

(90,679 posts)
23. That too. We were a small diverse shop; everything from graphics like that to medical journals....
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:21 PM
Aug 2016

It was the first cold-type print shop in Honolulu (told you it was a long time ago) so that made the news. We had a couple of word-processor people, some layout and graphic designers, and a half-dozen human proofreaders going over the galley sheets with blue pencil in hand and spec sheet on the side. Still have my steel ruler.

Standards. >sigh< Had to turn off the auto-correct function on my iPad mini because it was pathologically useless.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
27. The problem is in the font choice.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 02:14 AM
Sep 2016

It just cannot be spaced correctly and look proper. Which shows a lack of professionalism, and leaves the whole image looking like it was created for social newsletter.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
30. He needed to REALLY stretch out the spacing between the letters
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 04:33 AM
Sep 2016

All-caps settings all suck. There's no getting around it. The solution is to either drop the point size, go to a condensed font or both, and put a lot of space between the letters; a +250 to +400 track would be about right.

apnu

(8,756 posts)
12. WTF Trump! The shuttle program is shut down because of conservatives like you.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 01:08 PM
Aug 2016

NASA's budget is a thin dime of what it should be, again thanks to fucking anti-science and cheapskate conservatives like you.

What a dick.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
13. Subliminal message is.....
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 01:11 PM
Aug 2016

hardening, not softening.

Please note, his tiny little hand are not in the picture so that there is no doubt.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
26. Wally George had that picture behind him on his stupid show 30 years ago.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 02:04 AM
Sep 2016

George's audience is the same bunch that supports that asshole.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
31. Join Team....Rocket?
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 05:55 AM
Sep 2016

Aspire to Geatness! Be a world-renowned bumbling cartoon villain team member!

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