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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 years ago

Oh, I’m gonna have to disagree there.

[–] pbjamm 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile,” Truss told Irish broadcaster RTÉ

It can be both.

[–] zurohki@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

The world's oldest recorded joke, from 1900 BC, was a fart joke.

It's been 4000 years, it's probably time to just admit that we as a species are never going to mature past this.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 29 points 2 years ago

Lettuce everywhere were offended.

[–] reverendsteveii 29 points 2 years ago

just one more thing she's wrong about

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago

Her mini budget wasn't funny either, so I guess it balances out.

[–] Strolleypoley@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lettuce agree to disagree, don't be a prune about it!

[–] reverendsteveii 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Don't blame me, I voted 'romaine'"

[–] dave@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, Cos everyone says that.

[–] Warped@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago

Humour is subjective. Her awful performance and insane budget were not subjective.

[–] jbaert@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

Funniest thing she did

[–] arandomthought@vlemmy.net 21 points 2 years ago

Okay... it was, though.

[–] GraceGH 20 points 2 years ago

Not only was it funny, now it's even funnier.

[–] jinarched@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

I don't agree, it was hilarious.

[–] Floppy 18 points 2 years ago

In the long list of “thing Liz Truss is wrong about”, this is one of the biggest.

[–] HappyMeatbag 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

“I think the level of understanding of economic ideas in the media and the ability to explain them is very poor indeed,” she added.

That can be true, but no amount of honest “explaining” would help objectively bad economic policy seem better. I think she was looking for the word “spin”.

[–] david@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • "Let's go full on right wing, don't hold back, it'll be great for the economy!"
  • Economy crashes hard, fast.
  • "Stupid media didn't understand how great our policy was for the long term," (for the uber rich, in the short term) "and never gave us the chance to see it work" (transfer more, for longer, from poor to rich).
  • Millions and millions of people have their costs spiral even more out of control and have even more desperate hardship than they already had
  • "It's so desperately unfair, they're so mean to me for making me feel bad."
[–] parallax@local106.com 17 points 2 years ago

She made it 4.1 Scaramuccis so we should cut her some slack...

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago

Many Britons say that they can't afford lettuce is not funny. And it's not 'puerile.'

[–] envis10n@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 11 points 2 years ago

… does she still think she did a good job?

[–] TraceLines@dataterm.digital 11 points 2 years ago

I dunno man, I have a hard time giving any sort of give a shit about a world leader of the standing NATO hegemony getting a bit bullied.

[–] Gazumbo 5 points 2 years ago

She's right, it was inromaine

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Well she is correct. Having a non elected PM that compares unfavourably to a lettece. Is definatly not funny. And every MP that supported her accession should be removed ASAP.

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