• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Between:

    “The head of Sharpie gets a call. I don’t even know who the hell he is,” Trump said. “He said, ‘Is this really the president?’”

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    Sharpie’s parent company, Atlanta‑based Newell Brands, said in a statement that it had no information about the specific conversation Trump described.

    There’s a very real chance he just called a local Staples and placed a normal order for custom designed sharpie and laid the same price anyone else would have…

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        17 days ago

        It was 99.9% a “four seasons landscapers” type deal.

        He shouted at someone to get “sharpie” on the phone to order these.

        Some boomer searched “how to order custom sharpies” without realizing how easy of a thing that is in 2026, called the first number, and hand the phone to the president of the United States, who likely got some $11/HR manager at a stationary supply store 5 blocks away from Marlago who thought it was a prank call.

        The dumbest explanation is often the correct one these day

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    17 days ago

    “Is this President Sharpie? Because this is President Trump, and I really need to speak to President Sharpie about a custom designed sharpie.”

    “Ummm, I’m just the support guy currently on duty. But sure, you can call me President Sharpie if you want. I guess.”

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    If you want expensive writing tools fountain pens are where the gold is at. You can’t be dumbfuck stupid and write with a fountain pen though. Signing everything with a cheap sharpie is one step above using crayons or a finger he just wiped between his ass cheeks.

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    14 days ago

    Is the case of that Sharpie strong enough to withstand being driven through Trump’s temple?

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    17 days ago

    Watch the video. PeePop just rambles. Reminds me of waiting on my grandmother to finish winding on with one of her dementia rants before I can quietly duck out of the nursing home.