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   Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 11:18:53 JST Ericka Simone

   I used to wonder how Lex Luthor got such a stupid name growing up. Always wondered if the stupid name drove him into supervillainy.

   Then “Elon Musk” came along…. and everything I ever wondered was confirmed.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 11:20:08 JST Paul Cantrell

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     I always thought it was just completely ridiculous and far-fetched that the public would buy into Lex Luthor’s schemes and elect him president or whatever. WOW was I off.

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     Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 04:03:58 JST Ericka Simone

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     @singedgoose @inthehands I don’t know. All it took was for biff to get knocked out one time for him to stop. It might take more for Elon. lol.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 04:03:58 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @ErickaSimone @singedgoose
     Yeah, Trump and Musk both are like some kind of chronic fungal skin infection: they keep coming back.

     But one thing that BTTF got right about Biff Tannen is that bullies are weak. They crumble. They crash. They can’t handle even mild challenges. Their power mostly comes from other people’s fear, from complying in advance, from people shrinking away before the confrontation happens.

     It may take more than once, but: do punch Biff. Do poke the bear. Repeatedly. Incessantly.

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     singed goose (singedgoose@urbanists.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 04:03:59 JST singed goose

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     @inthehands seemed obvious to me that Biff Tannen was the baddie, but clearly not for some people @ErickaSimone

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     Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 05:18:21 JST Ericka Simone

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     • singed goose

     @inthehands @singedgoose I’m the queen of “most bullies collapse when you give them the same energy.” Also huge fan of repeated punching. lol.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 05:18:21 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @ErickaSimone @singedgoose
     If I were wearing a hat, I would tip it dramatically in your direction. More power.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 06:05:34 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @hasani @ErickaSimone @singedgoose
     OMG, that is beautiful, thank you

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     Ericka Simone (erickasimone@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 06:05:37 JST Ericka Simone

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     @hasani @inthehands @singedgoose or gaining power through violence. Which also was never an intimidation factor for me. But I had parents teaching and prepping me for that behavior in advance. Not everyone has that prepping.

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 06:05:37 JST Hasani Hunter

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     @ErickaSimone @inthehands @singedgoose Reminds me of the nazi that got pressed and immediately put up his hands as if to say “Come on bro, lets not be hasty”, and proceeded to get knocked tf out

     https://www.bet.com/article/x7v52n/seattle-man-records-video-of-a-neo-nazi-getting-knocked-out

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     Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 06:05:39 JST Hasani Hunter

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     @ErickaSimone @inthehands @singedgoose Most bullies aren’t built like that. They derive their power from others just giving it to them with no resistance