Print photos of different couches and mail them to any or all of these locations:
https://www.vance.senate.gov/office-locations/
Don’t forget to add little love notes. e.g., “Thinking of you 💋”
While I appreciate the effort, mods are probably gonna get mad if you keep commenting this on every post. Some of the ones you commented on don’t seem like they’re totally about Vance
Edit: actually, the posts are all about Vance. Still, not a great look to post the same comment too many times.
Spammy commenting aside though, I do think it’s a great idea
Mmmm, spammy
It’s a funny idea, but I doubt anyone will do it. Printer ink ain’t cheap.
That’s why you fax it to them through an email gateway.
Plus, a huge number of printers (color laser printers, at least) include a hidden code in all your printouts that includes the serial number of your printer. That serial number can be used to find out what store sold the printer and to whom it was sold to. Odds are, with so many printers being on line now, they can probably track the printer down to what network/WiFi it’s connected to.
Ostensibly, this is supposed to be used to catch counterfeiters and other criminals. But if you think our government is above using it to squelch public political protest then I have a bridge to sell you. If you print one of these up and send it to a JD Vance office, you might just as well be signing it, if you use your own printer. If they want to make a list of senders, they probably can.
I would recommend going to a store that makes black and white copies and send a copy. A black and white copy would not include the yellow dots in which the serial number is encoded.
/Yes, I’m paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
Duh buy it at a garage sale then keep it disconnected and print away, or buy used from overseas. Lots of options.
I buy old retro tech maybe ill do it as a bit of a test. Ill set the return address to a McDonald’s or something.
Geez, this is the 25th time they’ve posted this.
I thought it was a funny idea the first time I saw it, but this is absolutely not a friendly way to use Lemmy.
It’s just kind of sad at this point.
What’s sad is that I, and many others, sit here on Lemmy ingesting such horrible and depressing news about our world today — be it housing crisis, food availability, or any number of other topics — and feeling powerless to do anything about it. It’s maddening.
I decided that in my small way I’d make an attempt to do something about it. So, on every post about Vance, I would simply post a call to action. It’s nothing big or earth shattering. Just a simple political statement.
I am pleasantly surprised at the positive reception I have gotten (the upvotes and people expressing their approval through comments). But it’s ok if you don’t like them. I guess in a way it’s like the tide of beans memes that went around for a while — I didn’t like them myself, so I ignored them.
I’ll offer you this picture of beans as a peace offering. No hard feelings. 😊
I’m personally grateful to see this comment repeated and reposted a lot and hope the mods understand that spreading things like this is one of the most important reason to have an interwebs.
Keep up the great work @[email protected] !
This.
Except peeps at lemmy get upset and say, “I thought we agreed you couldn’t post just, “This.”!!!”
So, there’s that.I’ll do you one better: thank you. 😊
Thank you. I do appreciate the support.
spreading things like this is one of the most important reason to have an interwebs
Spreading unsubstantiated rumours?
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/07/jd-vance-couch-memes-associated-press
Vance is a complete and utter piece of shit. There are lots of things to attack him for, actual things he believes or has done. Making things up to discredit him isn’t needed, and it’s definitely not an important reason to have the internet.
Making the powerful and evil into objects of ridicule is a non-violent way to rob them of some of their power. The less social capital this noted cushion enthusiast can command, the better.
Since our democracy lacks a formal process of ostracism to deal with people like this, saying “pfft, whatever you useless couchfucker” is the next best thing.
Then ridicule him for things he’s actually done. There are lots of them. By making things up you’re no better than the people spreading lies about Hillary or Obama. This isn’t the road you want to go down.
no better than the people spreading lies about Hillary or Obama
I don’t think that people with different skin color, or sexuality should be made to suffer for it, so I would suggest I’m better than most of them in that regard.
I also don’t have any problem with people ridiculing obama or hillary. That’s obviously fine. All politicians deserve ridicule and our society is improved when the powerful are regularly insulted.
As long as it isn’t being used to reinforce dangerous hatreds like racism, sexism, homophobia etc. - which increases the danger to the already marginalized - why would anyone care?
It’s not about spreading unsubstantiated rumors or discrediting him (he’s doing a fine enough job of that on his own). It’s about using humor to make a peaceful political statement. It’s my humble call to action for those who are tired of this man’s bullshit, and letting him know that we are tired of his bullshit. Do I believe he fucked a couch? No. And even if he did, it wouldn’t change how I feel about him.
hear, hear
If that’s the case, I apologize. I’ll have to go back and check the ones I’ve posted on. Thanks for the heads up.
…but it is hilarious.
All I know is that a lot of important people and news organizations are asking questions about this man banging his couch.
This is one of the oldest and most effective tricks in politics. Every hack in the business has used it in times of trouble, and it has even been elevated to the level of political mythology in a story about one of Lyndon Johnson’s early campaigns in Texas.
The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumour campaign about his opponent’s life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his barnyard sows.
“Christ, we can’t get away with calling him a pig-f****r,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody’s going to believe a thing like that.”
“I know,” Johnson replied. “But let’s make the sonofab****h deny it.”
Hunter S. Thompson, 1972. Politics never changes.
Didn’t this guy fuck a couch? I’m just asking.
When you’re rich the couches let you whatever you want. Grab em by the cushion.
Cussy
I heard he goes for large expensive couches. More cushion for the pushin’.
Many people are saying he did, but then some others have come forward to say he didn’t, but those of us are just asking questions and want to know: “I don’t know, were you actually there? How can you tell me he didn’t fuck a couch”?
My guess is that Pedo Donnie will use Vance as a scapegoat when his campaign fails miserably.
Doesn’t matter, people who can should go vote.
He’ll probably blame rigged elections for his loss. In his mind, he wants to avoid the idea he ever made a bad choice.
The man has never recognized an election loss, even in primaries where the result didn’t really matter. What makes you think he’ll recognize the next one?
The New York Times is so bad on politics. Obviously Vance said some terrible things and has some terrible views, but that doesn’t matter to his hardcore followers, and it doesn’t even matter much to people who are thinking of staying home. Nobody is going to listen to Democrats trash the man and all of a sudden decide that he’s worthless, because of course the Democrats would portray him that way. It happens to be true, but one would naturally be skeptical of such a portrayal.
But hey, the Times really wants to ride that centrist bandwagon, that mythical position where they aren’t pushing for anything except we all know they are, and all they want is more attention. I’m just happy that they put themselves behind a pay wall. Now there’s no chance I’m going to read their articles.
It seems like it is useful to try to speak to the median voter and (supposed) undecideds who would be affected by this. There are lots of other publications with different perspectives. Is it bad necessarily that this one exists and operates this way?
He’s not polling very well. The more the low-info voter types learn about this guy, the less they like him, too. He just comes off like a very creepy weirdo.
“Wrong-pick Mini-Hitler Tries Hard As Obama 2.0 Makes Her Debut Unto Gushing Support and Praise”
Obama 2.0?
Man, this Steven Cheoung has some serious “you sure you’re on the right team?”-vibes.
He said this about the democrats: “We’re going to beat the brakes off them, and there is nothing they can do about it.”
Does anybody else read this as “were going to make the democrats unstoppable”?
Let’s face it: JD is just plain weird and creepy and comes off like a total freak. Like something out of a movie (or a book/show like Handmaid’s Tale) kind of freak.
In addition - he looks like a total spineless jackass when it comes to him saying the convicted felon was America’s Hitler, and now he’s Hitler’s VP. Imagine that…
Let’s face it: JD is just plain weird and creepy and comes off like a total freak. Like something out of a movie (or a book/show like Handmaid’s Tale) kind of freak.
So, right down the Republican alley…
Maybe for their magabrained ones. Not too sure about even their normie set, never mind the low-info “undecided” voters that decide so many elections.
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Trump.
Trump, Putin, Kim, Xi, Musk, Thomas, Stone, Cannon, Murdoch etc
I don’t recognize every name here but yeah you nailed quite a few. Roger Stone for example. That guy makes me want hell to be a thing.
That’s not even his name either 🤣
Stumble? He didn’t get off the metaphorical sofa. He didn’t get out of the literal sofa.
