• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      Conservative martyrs never work out because they’re so sociopathic and narcissistic as a group, that nobody really cares that much about anyone else, beyond the political benefit of the initial outrage. A martyr’s power is in inspiring people in the future, but conservatives don’t care enough about anyone to bother to keep their memory alive.

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      A circus act. You may have heard of him from his stage name of The Amazing Gurgling Human Foundation.

      I’ve heard his act was a “once in a lifetime” show. And that it was “to die for”.

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      Wasn’t Kirk the captain of some starship thingy? I seem to recall some sort of kelvin timeline where stuff changed but I don’t recall anyone named “Charlie” being of any importance whatsoever.

      Probably an Extra.

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        No you’re thinking of Captain Kirk. Charlie Kirk was an NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football for Michigan State and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 2012.

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            Nah, they are thinking of Kirk Cameron the leader of the free Christian world who also has a side job as a barista at Einstein Bros throwing coffee and bagels…

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              17 hours ago

              Which of them is the owner of Kirkland Signature brands? That’s the one I was thinking of.

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                I was thinking of…

                I was thinking Charlie meant church, and kirk meant church,

                So,

                Church Church.

                But I looked it up…

                French and English form of Carolus, the Latin form of the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a word meaning “man” (Proto-Germanic *karlaz). However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element *harjaz meaning “army”.

                So,

                Man Church

                Or,

                Army Church.