The House speaker seemed ill-equipped for a tech problem during the Republican National Convention.
    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      612·
      4 months ago

      Well, with the exception of how much shit they give Biden for not being able to speak without a teleprompter, yeah it would be nothingburger.
      But there’s at least something when it’s pointing out the hypocrisy of the right.
      And just because they don’t care about the hypocrisy doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t point it out.

    • clearedtoland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      824·
      4 months ago

      Right? I want my 30 secs back. They would’ve been better spent on Prime Day.

      Edit: serves me right for not using a /s but damn y’all. I thought it was obvious I wasn’t even remotely serious about Prime day.

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1421·
    4 months ago

    It’s incredible to me how journalists bloggers turn so much nothing into a news story and then people feel the need to share it.

    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
      583·
      4 months ago

      The Speaker of the House couldn’t make a speech due to a teleprompter breakdown. It’s not a minor thing. If it happened to the President it would be in the news for weeks.

      • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
        391·
        4 months ago

        This begs the question: can Mike Johnson function without someone telling him what to say? And who’s telling him what to say anyway? The oil industry? The Chinese? Obama?

        Mike needs to answer voters’ questions about why he can’t function without someone feeding him the words. It’s either that or step down. More and more people are asking that recently.

      • EvilBit@lemmy.world
        151·
        4 months ago

        Refinement to your claim: if it happened to President Biden, it would be in the news for weeks. If it happened to Trump as president or any other Republican for that matter, nothing. They could all fall into a trance of aphasic racist gibberish and the reporting would be on how big the crowd was.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
        91·
        4 months ago

        Well then that settles it, replace him with AI with speech synthesis. Probably would have less hallucinations too.

        Edit: the SotH I mean

        • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
          21·
          4 months ago

          I vote for either Glados or Shodan, as I think the country needs strong leadership that can adapt to an ever changing situation.

          • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            4 months ago

            This next test is to determine the US public’s voting skills. Option 1 is a companion cube. Option 2 is a tank of deadly neurotoxin.

      • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
        26·
        4 months ago

        I can not think of anything that means nothing more than this.

        He’s there to read some words, the words disappeared, he was unable to read them. How in the world are you imagining this to be anything at all?

        It shouldn’t be news if this happens to anyone, including the president. This is not news. This is a tech malfunction.

          • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            4 months ago

            He was simply introducing the next speaker. What “far-reaching consequences” might this have?

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
              11·
              4 months ago

              I dunno, stuff? And junk like that? 🤷

              Your original comment made it sound like words are inherently inconsequential, which couldn’t be further from the truth.

              • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                11·
                4 months ago

                Gotcha. I am not sharing the same reality or maybe not discussing the same story as you. Understood.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      341·
      4 months ago

      Nobody would care if Republicans hadn’t spent over a decade talking about how assorted Democrats couldn’t function without a teleprompter.

      • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
        14·
        4 months ago

        I certainly don’t care. What I do care about is the dimwits who think this means anything at all. You’re so distressed over nothing that everything becomes headline news. This is what news organizations and social media outlets are using to manipulate the narrative and show you more ads. Because you’re gullible.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Jesus Christ dude, nobody thinks this is a career ending scandal. It’s a video on huff po of the the guy looking kind of dumb. Downvote it and move on with your life if you don’t care; there’s no reason to be a huge dick about it.