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    Both too proud to de-escalate the situation. What the hell are they even arguing about? They’re both children in suits.

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          I dunno, I’ve seen children with a lot more self-awareness.

          Unless by “children” you mean babies. Because those fuckers have no self-control.

          Edit: And by “those fuckers” I mean babies.

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            Why are people digging into the semantics of the word “child” in this thread?

            The point is that they are acting IMMATURELY. 👌

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              Semantic debates are easy to feel like you’ve won, they’re the low hanging fruit of the debate world. Sometimes people (including myself, I’m guilty of it too sometimes) just want an easy win.

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                I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that they were doing the whole “that’s an insult to children’s intelligence” bit. Still just a variation on what I already said lol.

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      Trump was mentored by Roy Cohn. Cohn was Joe McCarthy’s attack dog and had a reputation as the most vicious lawyers in New York. Cohn was the guy who taught Donny to make contracts with mid level businesses and then stiff them.

      Trump repaid these lessons by abandoning Cohn when he found out Cohn had AIDS

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          Epstein said that he was D’s best friend for 10 years. Said he was charming and could sell anything. Then said he used that for evil as he trashed all his friends and wives in a pattern: build trust, draw people in, and pop a nasty betrayal.

          The recording is doing the rounds on social media again.

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            Then said he used that for evil as he trashed all his friends and wives in a patty

            That would mean that Epstein had nothing on Trump. Would Trump betray Epstein’s friends if Epstein could destroy him?

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          I remember an old black and white movie where one pirate saves another’s life.

          I can’t recall the exact line, but it was something like “I had to save you; you’re the only other person I’ve ever met who is as evil as I am.”

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            Courtesy of LLM:

            Could be the 2003 Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl? Not black & white though.

            It’s spoken by Captain Hector Barbossa (played by Geoffrey Rush) to Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) during a tense moment on the island. The full exchange is:

            Barbossa: “You’re a cruel one, Jack Sparrow. You’ve doomed us all!”
            Jack Sparrow: “Not all of us.”
            (Elizabeth then shoots Barbossa with a pistol.)
            Barbossa: “I had to shoot you, darling. It’s nothing personal. You’re just the only person I’ve ever met who is as evil as I am.”

            Could be the 1940 pirate film “The Sea Hawk”, starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains.

            In one scene, the villainous Captain Thorpe (played by Claude Rains) says to the protagonist, Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn), something along the lines of:

            “I had to save you—you’re the only man I’ve ever met who’s as big a scoundrel as I am!”

            Another possibility is “Captain Blood” (1935), also starring Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, where rival pirates exchange similar banter.

            Other options are:

            • “The Black Swan” (1942) (with Tyrone Power)
            • “The Buccaneer” (1938) (with Fredric March)
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        I don’t know any of these names but I bet this was a smart comment. I just know too little.