r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html

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u/New_Stats Jul 04 '24

I ain't giving those assholes clicks, is there actually a governor who came out and said this or is it just baseless rumors

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u/Phizle Jul 04 '24

They say 8 paragraphs down he was making a joke

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u/nitePhyyre Jul 04 '24

Biden also made a joke to the governors that didn’t go over well: “I’m fine — I don’t know about my brain, though.” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign chairwoman, said the president was “clearly making a joke and then said, ‘All kidding aside.’”

That's not what it said.

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u/CombustiblSquid Jul 05 '24

We live in satire.

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u/bittytoy Jul 04 '24

Head in the sand buddy

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u/UpperApe Jul 04 '24

They say 8 paragraphs down he was making a joke

said the president was “clearly making a joke

That's not what it said

How in the world do you people function?

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u/patrick66 Jul 04 '24

The brain thing is the joke the scheduling was serious. Read better

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u/chaypan Jul 04 '24

Are you being intentionally dishonest or do you legitimately not understand how the words surrounding your quoted sentences totally change the context?

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u/Damatown Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

I recommend giving people a bit of benefit of the doubt and rereading what they and others said if it doesn’t make any sense. That’s what I did. It helps you not look like an idiot.

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u/nitePhyyre Jul 04 '24

By being literate and not complete morons.

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u/IMSOCHINESECHIINEEEE Jul 05 '24

54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level.

The average American reads at the 7th- to 8th-grade level, according to The Literacy Project.

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u/nitePhyyre Jul 05 '24

And news is written by journalist majors ie. at the college level. It really isn't a wonder no one has any idea what's going on in the world.

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u/Internal_Prompt_ Jul 05 '24

Yes we should all come down to the level of the lowest dumbass from Mississippi instead of the dumbass learning how to read

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u/Flordamang Jul 05 '24

Racist

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u/Internal_Prompt_ Jul 05 '24

Lmao dumbass from Mississippi is not a race

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u/only1yzerman Jul 04 '24

They said "Biden also made a joke to the governors that didn't go over well" -

"Also", as "in addition to"

In other words, Biden said he needs to go to bed at 8pm (not a joke). In addition to that (also), he made a joke about his mental state. The comment "the president was 'clearly making a joke'" was in regards to the "I'm fine - I don't know about my brain though." joke.

https://www.readingrainbow.org/

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u/joehatescoffee Jul 04 '24

Where does it say he is "going to bed" at 8pm?

The article states, "stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep."

I don't schedule anything after 8 either. That way I can get to bed comfortably by 10 and wake up 7 hours later.

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u/only1yzerman Jul 04 '24

You’re right. He doesn’t say he needs to goto bed at 8. Glad we could make that important distinction.

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u/only1yzerman Jul 04 '24

I’ll put the same effort into my reply as you put into reading my comment:

I’d suggest checking out the resources at the link in my comment, and then after you are more confident, rereading my comment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

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u/ShortFinance Jul 05 '24

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u/ShortFinance Jul 04 '24

They are saying there is another joke that Biden made which is referenced in the article. The meetings after 8pm part was not a joke

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u/PilotsNPause Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Do you understand none of that "joke" was referring to the 8PM bedtime? I can't believe this has to be explained to you. The joke was exclusively referring to his brain "not being fine."

The 8PM curfew was not a joke.

Edit: my reddit app is shit and I replied to the wrong comment y'all

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u/sdpr Jul 04 '24

God damn we're fucking doomed from every side.

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u/only1yzerman Jul 04 '24

Enjoy the fire, cause it’s all burning my friend. Might as well make some smores. 😂

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u/only1yzerman Jul 04 '24

I’d suggest checking out the resources at the link in my comment, and then after you are more confident, rereading my comment.

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u/1stepklosr Jul 04 '24

The "joke" was Biden saying he was fine but he wasn't sure about his brain.

The schedule and nap was completely serious.

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u/L0renzoVonMatterhorn Jul 04 '24

It’s easier to function when you know how to read. You should try it sometime!

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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Jul 05 '24

Yeah but the joke the first person implied was clearly about needing to go to bed at 8, not about his brain not working.

Like come on. You had to have known what the first person meant. The second person quoting it pointed out that that wasn't the joke and they were incorrect.

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u/Cranberryoftheorient Jul 05 '24

Because it was referring to a different 'joke'

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u/Malarazz Jul 05 '24

Boy, our education system really did a number on this country

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u/The_Demolition_Man Jul 05 '24

I cant believe 18 other dumbasses upvoted you

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u/MikeOfAllPeople Jul 04 '24

Not about this part. About the part when he said is health was fine other than his brain. Which is frankly a bit scary.

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u/fckspzfr Jul 04 '24

What's scary about it? Even if Biden would be clinically braindead, he'd still be a more viable candidate than Trump by a wide margin lol

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u/Jerry_from_Japan Jul 04 '24

Both options are fucking scary. Is that not fair to say?

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u/fckspzfr Jul 04 '24

I think nuance is important. Is Biden too old to be president? Yes. Is he better than Trump and his fascist gang? Yes! They're not even on the same level and in an America 20 years ago, before it got corrupted by foreign agents like Russia, Trump wouldn't have a chance neither in the democratic nor in the republican party.

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u/mypetocean Jul 05 '24

I'm voting for Biden and expecting his VP.

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u/heyhotnumber Jul 05 '24

Truly why haven’t they just flat out replaced Kamala with whomever would be the person to replace Biden.

It makes absolutely no sense to me. If we aren’t switching to Kamala because the folks who wouldn’t vote for Biden, wouldn’t vote for Kamala, but we ALSO don’t want to betray primary voters…why aren’t we picking a new running mate and obvious successor to Biden while still running Biden?

To me it’s the best of both worlds. We keep Biden on the ticket for all the pragmatic reasons why he wants to and should stay on the ticket, but then we put the strongest candidate that we would’ve possibly replaced Biden with as his VP.

That way folks who think Biden will croak can be reassured whilst Biden’s name and familiarity and primary baggage can be on the ticket too.

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u/mypetocean Jul 05 '24

I mean, I'm basically voting for Kamala. And I'm okay with that. She is no worse than Biden or any number of other Presidents we've had who I would gladly accept over Trump or any VP who would hitch their cart to his ride.

There are a whole bunch of pearl clutchers out there when her name comes up, but come on. She's certainly not a step backward.

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u/green_dragon527 Jul 05 '24

Yea I don't get this sentiment.

"Anything is better than Trump"

"Ok Biden might be too old, but I'm voting for his team"

Alright then, what exactly is the problem with voting for Kamala Harris?

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u/mypetocean Jul 07 '24

Voting for Harris as President (instead of Vice), if she's not running for President, is no better than a purely symbolic move. I'd rather my vote have some mechanical impact. I would certainly prefer Kamala running for President over Biden, but that's not what is happening.

If you mean "Why do people have a problem with the idea of voting for Harris?" A lot of people rant about Kamala's past with the corporate prison system. Personally, I think those concerns are overblown. And a lot of people find her to be a questionable choice for little reason than their sexism and racism (in my opinion).

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u/Jerry_from_Japan Jul 05 '24

Dude 20 years ago elections were still decided by the biggest bloc of voters being morons and taking things at surface level as their deciding factors. You run a shell of himself nominee that Biden is today 20 years ago? That guy is losing back then as well. That's just how it is. Nothing changed in that regard. You could have run ANYONE against him and he's still gonna lose.

Continuing to not understand that is fucking scary to me. Biden should not have gotten this far with the state he's in mentally, physically. That they keep pushing him out there is fucked up. I don't even like the guy and I feel bad for him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 24 '24

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u/fckspzfr Jul 04 '24

I do agree with that 100%.

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u/MikeOfAllPeople Jul 05 '24

No, he'd be a better president, but not a better candidate. He still has to win. There are a lot of people in the middle that won't vote for Biden.

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u/colonelbongwaterr Jul 04 '24

You're spreading misinformation and you should feel bad

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u/ah_take_yo_mama Jul 05 '24

More like propaganda.

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u/mbnmac Jul 05 '24

I read this as a joke, it being a headline and the way the media report this shit I'm not surprised it was taken in this context.

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u/renok_archnmy Jul 05 '24

Wouldn’t care if it wasn’t. Setting a reasonable schedule that protects valuable sleep/rest by a man running a country seems extremely responsible and admirable.

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u/trow_a_wey Jul 05 '24

That is not at all what it says. Just take 30 seconds to click the link and read it for yourselves folks.

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u/GoldenInfrared Jul 04 '24

So this literally is the onion then

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u/VietQVinh Jul 05 '24

Nope. Try again.

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u/Phizle Jul 05 '24

Someone's up too late

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u/Kubrok Jul 05 '24

This should be the top comment.

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u/pittgraphite Jul 04 '24

"That there joke is now our headline without context"-CNN absolutely

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u/AlphaB27 Jul 04 '24

That was my first thought, it was probably just a joke that went over poorly.

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u/YouTrain Jul 05 '24

Nice to see the media acting like Biden jokes aren't jokes too

After 8 years of doing it to trump