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[–] choab@discuss.online 26 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] turdburglar@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] choab@discuss.online 4 points 14 hours ago

hit mike jones up on the low

[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He is said to have used the name “PeteHegseth” to sign onto Sleeper.com, a fantasy football and sports betting site, last August

The man in charge of the US Military, everyone.

[–] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Well, at least I can find this user. Should I send him a message? :-D

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Is the combo on his luggage 12345?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

.... How did you guess that? Now I'll have to change the combinations on all my luggage ...

(That joke isn't relevant anymore, though, now that you can't use locks on your luggage that the government doesn't have the key for. That was too absurd even for Mel Brooks.)

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 12 points 21 hours ago

Tell him your name is Donald and need an invite to his discord.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Who's got Hegseth linked to child porn, sex trafficking, or other dark shit through Signal on their bingo card?

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I think that's a prerequesite for being employed by the Trump regime

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like that's the free space at the center of the card

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

When we filled out our bingo card, we just put 'Trump' in the centre.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trump: "Putin May Be Just Tapping Me Along”

Germany Is Now the World’s Leading Democracy

Blue man suit

I gotta make all new cards now.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean he has something in his psyche driving him to alcoholism. I don't know what it is, but something is eating him from the inside.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago
[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Well at least it isn't "petehegseth1488"

Shrug

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

"All over the Internet" yet I can't fucking find it.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 19 points 16 hours ago

Why does your Lemmy app have banner ads?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That returns Mike Jones

Also, that was a 3-4 hours after I posted, so

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 21 hours ago

He finds you. Just wait, eventually he will send you some security secrets - he can't help himself.

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 23 points 1 day ago

Trump: Hilary Clinton!

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Almost enough to make me wish I was putting together an "Internet Safety for DODummies" slideshow this year. There's a whole art to calling senior leadership dumbasses without it being so overt that you get paperwork for it and this fucking guy can't stop feeding me the ingredients for some great material.

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 5 points 19 hours ago

DODumbfucks

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You could put such a thing together. It's not too late. If you did, where might one find it?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Nowhere accessible, unfortunately. Gave up access to my shared drive at the end of the contract, decided to smoke weed and get fat instead.

It was the right choice.

[–] array@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody should eat a ban to save you a search. If you really want it, the information is out there.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is it doxing if it’s basically public information? /s

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

On Reddit at least, it seems like the answer to that depends on the political conveniences of the situation at hand

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

This question but non-sarcastically

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I tried and it was just some chick named Jenny

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I got it (I got it), I got it I got your number on the wall I got it (I got it), I got it

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Impressive to pull that off without a country or area code!

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I actually remember when you didn't need an area code unless you were calling long distance lol

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

still don't with landlines, but when's the last time you used one of those?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like a Rice Krispies commercial

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What's your pain med of choice? I like children's chewable ibuprofen because I already have too many pills to swallow.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I usually just take an Aleve with my fiber in the morning and a second at lunch

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Fun fact: To get a discount at the retail checkout without giving your personal info, you could use Jenny‘s number with your local area code. More times than not it would be accepted. ‘Haven’t tried this in a while though.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 22 hours ago

I did that last month at a new-to-me grocery store. Saved $5! Jenny needs to use her gas points, though. She has a ton.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(944) 753 - 9547 [WHISKEYLIQ]

/s

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pete has looked so stupid.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only because he is though.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You can tell he's stupid cause of the way he is. That's pretty neat.

[–] Altrex@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

You can, apparently a decent portion of the population can't.

This is the way.