https://xkcd.com/2875/

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It wasn’t originally constitutionally required, but presidents who served two terms have traditionally followed George Washington’s example and gotten false teeth.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Imagine being alive from 2009 to 2017 and thinking to yourself “Wow, Obama did such a great job, I want that guy back here running things again.”

    God damn, I thought Randall Munroe was supposed to be smart.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I think it was more like the guy before him drug us into multiple, decades long wars - then the guy after him tried to overthrow our democracy and instill himself as president after losing an election. So having an 8 year break of semi-normalcy was refreshing.