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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man I might be imagining things, but I'm pretty sure he played it back in the 00s. I remember him saying something about 40-man raids and leadership when he was talking to a group of high school seniors about voting.

This was right at the time he was campaigning for his first term in Congress, and I doubt it was recorded anywhere. It still makes me chuckle thinking this guy is running for VP.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Mr. Walz what is your position on student loan forgiveness?"

"Stop DOTs"

"Interesting. What do you think the escalating border issues?"

"Many whelps. Handle it."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As someone who swore off WoW not for gameplay reasons, but due to appalling behavior by Blizzard management, I'm not sure I think associating your political campaign with the game is a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I get what you're saying, but I also can't fault a political campaign for defaulting to the most "basic-bitch" MMO they can find for this sort of stunt. A VP who's opinionated enough about Blizzard v. BNETD to eschew WoW is, frankly, too much to hope for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

What makes wow a basic bitch?

Also, I think they went with it because it's popular and apparently walz has a history with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Drag would vote for a politician who streams Warframe

[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I realized today that Trump also has a Twitch (because it was recommended to me???) that basically just (re)streams his rallies.

Reported that shit for Hateful Conduct.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even "better", from what I recall he had what was listed as a permanent suspension after the whole "mildly incited a tiny bit of light insurrection (/s)" thing. They unbanned him specifically for this election season.

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