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Print photos of different couches and mail them to any or all of these locations:
https://www.vance.senate.gov/office-locations/
Don’t forget to add little love notes. e.g., “Thinking of you 💋”
While I appreciate the effort, mods are probably gonna get mad if you keep commenting this on every post. Some of the ones you commented on don’t seem like they’re totally about Vance
Edit: actually, the posts are all about Vance. Still, not a great look to post the same comment too many times.
Spammy commenting aside though, I do think it’s a great idea
Mmmm, spammy
It's a funny idea, but I doubt anyone will do it. Printer ink ain't cheap.
That's why you fax it to them through an email gateway.
I buy old retro tech maybe ill do it as a bit of a test. Ill set the return address to a McDonald's or something.
Plus, a huge number of printers (color laser printers, at least) include a hidden code in all your printouts that includes the serial number of your printer. That serial number can be used to find out what store sold the printer and to whom it was sold to. Odds are, with so many printers being on line now, they can probably track the printer down to what network/WiFi it's connected to.
Ostensibly, this is supposed to be used to catch counterfeiters and other criminals. But if you think our government is above using it to squelch public political protest then I have a bridge to sell you. If you print one of these up and send it to a JD Vance office, you might just as well be signing it, if you use your own printer. If they want to make a list of senders, they probably can.
I would recommend going to a store that makes black and white copies and send a copy. A black and white copy would not include the yellow dots in which the serial number is encoded.
/Yes, I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
Duh buy it at a garage sale then keep it disconnected and print away, or buy used from overseas. Lots of options.
Geez, this is the 25th time they've posted this.
I thought it was a funny idea the first time I saw it, but this is absolutely not a friendly way to use Lemmy.
It's just kind of sad at this point.
What’s sad is that I, and many others, sit here on Lemmy ingesting such horrible and depressing news about our world today — be it housing crisis, food availability, or any number of other topics — and feeling powerless to do anything about it. It’s maddening.
I decided that in my small way I’d make an attempt to do something about it. So, on every post about Vance, I would simply post a call to action. It’s nothing big or earth shattering. Just a simple political statement.
I am pleasantly surprised at the positive reception I have gotten (the upvotes and people expressing their approval through comments). But it’s ok if you don’t like them. I guess in a way it’s like the tide of beans memes that went around for a while — I didn’t like them myself, so I ignored them.
I’ll offer you this picture of beans as a peace offering. No hard feelings. 😊
I'm personally grateful to see this comment repeated and reposted a lot and hope the mods understand that spreading things like this is one of the most important reason to have an interwebs.
Keep up the great work @dohpaz42@lemmy.world !
This.
Except peeps at lemmy get upset and say, "I thought we agreed you couldn't post just, "This."!!!"
So, there's that.
I’ll do you one better: thank you. 😊
Thank you. I do appreciate the support.
Spreading unsubstantiated rumours?
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/07/jd-vance-couch-memes-associated-press
Vance is a complete and utter piece of shit. There are lots of things to attack him for, actual things he believes or has done. Making things up to discredit him isn't needed, and it's definitely not an important reason to have the internet.
Making the powerful and evil into objects of ridicule is a non-violent way to rob them of some of their power. The less social capital this noted cushion enthusiast can command, the better.
Since our democracy lacks a formal process of ostracism to deal with people like this, saying "pfft, whatever you useless couchfucker" is the next best thing.
Then ridicule him for things he's actually done. There are lots of them. By making things up you're no better than the people spreading lies about Hillary or Obama. This isn't the road you want to go down.
I don't think that people with different skin color, or sexuality should be made to suffer for it, so I would suggest I'm better than most of them in that regard.
I also don't have any problem with people ridiculing obama or hillary. That's obviously fine. All politicians deserve ridicule and our society is improved when the powerful are regularly insulted.
As long as it isn't being used to reinforce dangerous hatreds like racism, sexism, homophobia etc. - which increases the danger to the already marginalized - why would anyone care?
It’s not about spreading unsubstantiated rumors or discrediting him (he’s doing a fine enough job of that on his own). It’s about using humor to make a peaceful political statement. It’s my humble call to action for those who are tired of this man’s bullshit, and letting him know that we are tired of his bullshit. Do I believe he fucked a couch? No. And even if he did, it wouldn’t change how I feel about him.
hear, hear
If that’s the case, I apologize. I’ll have to go back and check the ones I’ve posted on. Thanks for the heads up.
....but it is hilarious.