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[–] JoshsJunkDrawer@lemmy.ml 23 points 6 days ago (8 children)

The problem is that he is appatently comfortable making these "jokes" in the first place.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I mean, if he said it completely seriously, and the article was published saying he had, then he later came out and said "It was just a joke guys! Jeez, so uptight!", I'd agree with you, but it was apparently clear from the outset that it was a joke and the headline is likely intentionally written to sensationalize it. The only problem I see here is that someone at rawstory thought this was newsworthy.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They've been doing this since the beginning of the year.

It starts with jokes...

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

I'm not that concerned. There's a famous Reagan joke that he did during a sound test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kifJ_mQdpZA

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