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ShazzieB

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39. The limited vocabulary is definitely key, imo.

Sun Apr 14, 2024, 03:43 PM

Apr 14

Like you said, he uses a word like beautiful over and over again, because he doesn't know that many others.

I think it also accounts for some of the weird adverbs, like strongly (which I don't believe I have ever encountered anywhere outside of the utterances of TSF). I strongly suspect that he just stuck -ly onto strong one day to convey something he didn't have an actual word for, and he liked it so much that it became a word he uses habitually (like beautiful).

It would drive me crazy to have such a limited vocabulary, but it doesn't bother him. Thanks to his narcissism, he believes he has the "best words," and will always disregard any evidence to the contrary!

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Doonesbury: "People come to me and say: Sir? you normalized rape so beautifully..." [View all] kpete Apr 14 OP

Demented Donnie Kid Berwyn Apr 14 #1

A new classic! enough Apr 14 #2

Indeed! It's brillig and brimly with truthy mousels, morses, bits! . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 14 #20

r mdmc Apr 14 #3

When truth is humor and poignant all in the same throw bucolic_frolic Apr 14 #4

OUCH !!!!!! essaynnc Apr 14 #5

I used to think "it's funny because it's true." hay rick Apr 14 #6

Yes, Trump is hardly funny PatSeg Apr 14 #18

In his dreams, you can bet the TSF has a special prison Submariner Apr 14 #7

Perfect. dalton99a Apr 14 #8

Perfect jabberwocky erronis Apr 14 #9

The Doonesbury Strips mentioning FreeForm73 Apr 14 #10

Unbelievable. SergeStorms Apr 14 #11

Damn dalton99a Apr 14 #13

They can do ballot! SergeStorms Apr 14 #12

The Seattle Times leftieNanner Apr 14 #14

I noticed that pfitz59 Apr 15 #48

Trump forgot to say: "I'm a genus" chouchou Apr 14 #15

Genie! He's a Genie! That's how librechik Apr 14 #23

LOL! chouchou Apr 14 #32

LOL! chouchou Apr 14 #33

Brilliant malaise Apr 14 #16

Whoa, he really nailed Donald PatSeg Apr 14 #17

And quickly Easterncedar Apr 14 #29

Possibly an attempt to sound PatSeg Apr 14 #31

Don't forget "perfect". LudwigPastorius Apr 14 #34

Oh yes! PatSeg Apr 14 #35

The limited vocabulary is definitely key, imo. ShazzieB Apr 14 #39

Of course PatSeg Apr 14 #43

Trump has normalized so many psychopathies. sop Apr 14 #19

+1. Trump has also normalized TREASON. dalton99a Apr 14 #21

And he's also normalized not being punished for treason. stage left Apr 14 #38

All hail Doonesbury, as Trump slip-slides into another dimension Hekate Apr 14 #22

"Cognishly umpired" tanyev Apr 14 #24

Nailed it. republianmushroom Apr 14 #25

One of Doonesbury's BEST Wild blueberry Apr 14 #26

The Boston Globe left off the first two panels. So, thanks for posting this! FailureToCommunicate Apr 14 #27

Many newspapers do this -- it is done to save space. LuckyLib Apr 15 #46

Yes, I knew that was a thing they do. But in this example, those missing panels were essential. FailureToCommunicate Apr 15 #49

I want this to be funny. progressoid Apr 14 #28

They let him say that? catrose Apr 14 #30

Ouch!!! Sadly true! niyad Apr 14 #36

Let Doonesbury be kicked. Perfectly. planetc Apr 14 #37

That's always his MO when he misspeaks, "Bail and Reload" JoseBalow Apr 14 #40

This is a great Doonesbury strip LetMyPeopleVote Apr 14 #41

Yep! calimary Apr 14 #42

Spot on!! 58Sunliner Apr 14 #44

K&R Blue Owl Apr 14 #45

Bullseye democrank Apr 15 #47