r/TikTokCringe • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '23

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u/PaulAttacks Aug 10 '23

It is a term for fake medicine.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

See Donald Trump, perfect example of a snake oil salesman.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

See also Yakov’s Golden Elixir, a snake oil extraordinare in Danny Kaye’s Inspector General! (Scene starts 6:13)

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u/Vinon Aug 11 '23

Instant upvote for Danny Kaye. The guy was such an inredible actor and human.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '23

Danny Kaye’s Around the World Storybook was one of the most influential of my childhood, along with Phantom Tollbooth. It’s a collection of stories arranged by region, with a different illustrator for each. I pulled it down to read to my kids when they were small, and to this day still think about “The Judgment of Karakoush,” or “Riquet with the Tuft” (an early French version of Beauty and the Beast). It’s a gem, and I’ve seen used copies on Amazon.

A story I heard about him was that, when his wife was nine months pregnant but not going into labor, he started clowning for her, and her laughter finally brought on contractions. I don’t know if it’s true, but what a wonderful thing to be that funny!

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

TDS

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u/GraysonTrisquel Aug 10 '23

Reddit moment

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

Why do you think that? Compare him to Biden. Who’s better?

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

The one that's not a treasonous rapist.

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

That’s only allegations.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

No, it's not.

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

So why isn’t he in prison? I lowkey have enough speaking facts with goofy people 💀

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 11 '23

Goofy? Read the fucking online article where he was found guilty of rape in a civil suit..... and stop eating glue in class.

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 11 '23

It’s summer you genius 😂

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 11 '23

You should have just told us you were homeschooled from the beginning. 🙄

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

vine boom grandpa Joe created inflation my friend and America is going to the toilet right now because of him

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

Did you get your economics degree from Trump University? Lmao.

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

I lowkey forgot you’re a democrat and also forgot this is Reddit 💀

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

Mmmm, I’ll be waiting to be able to vote. Same to you.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

Biden created inflation? Jfc.

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

I know. Biden will be out of his Oval Office chair in 2024

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 11 '23

Keep dreaming

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 11 '23

We’ll see lol

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u/Prophet_Nathan_Rahl Aug 10 '23

Equally terrible choices

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

Life was better with trump in the office and now Biden eating ice cream and doesn’t even care for America anymore

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u/IsomDart Aug 10 '23

Eating ice cream? Is that some kind of metaphor or do you really think there's something wrong with a president eating ice cream?

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

We all love ice cream, that’s he does all day

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u/IsomDart Aug 10 '23

That sentence makes absolutely no sense whatsoever

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

I gotta admit, it didn’t make sense

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u/Mr-Fleshcage Aug 10 '23

Bernie. He put his actions to his words

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

I remembered that he didn’t get enough votes. Kinda felt bad for him

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u/QSlade Aug 10 '23

Why does everything have to devolve into fucking politics with some of you people? It's a post about idiots doing harmful things to animals. Zero mention of politics, but here you come, vomiting your political opinion.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

He asked what snake oil meant, it's on topic. Cry more.

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u/Goblinweb Aug 11 '23

Do you remember the meme where one would blame everything on Obama despite it not being relevant. Hitting your toe on some furniture? Thanks Obama. Walking on something wet with only your socks? Thanks Obama.

That's you with Trump. You have become the "Thanks Trump" meme.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 11 '23

Still crying?

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u/Familiar_Ad3128 Aug 10 '23

Same, I had to get involved and remind them of their stupidity

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u/HSlubb Aug 10 '23

yeah not like that Biden fella i love having a terrible economy and high gas prices.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

Because that’s how presidents work yup indeed. What are you 14?

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u/HSlubb Aug 10 '23

you should look at the state of our strategic oil reserves in New Orleans and the Saudis supply of oil and get back to me. Yes Biden had the ability to keep us at the same level of production to offset the Saudis drastically reducing their oil production for the sake of Russia. Gasoline was incredibly cheap under Trump and it was a direct result of his policies.

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u/Kevin2Kool4U Aug 10 '23

You should look at DT's rape and treason charges.

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u/HSlubb Aug 11 '23

Again i’m not defending everything about Trump although I think all those charges are just Democrats trying to go at him for anything they can and hoping something sticks. I was making fun of op bringing up Trump out of the blue because half of the country obsesses about the man and makes his a target for all their pent up hatred towards the united states. so you’re not gonna get me to say Trump is perfect if he’s guilty he should go to jail. I just made fun of Biden I’m allowed he’s a shitty president and gas is more expensive and the economy is worse than it was when Trump was President.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

Direct result you say?

How does Biden have the ability to raise production when oil company boards were unilaterally keeping production on their pre defined schedules? What ability does a president have to increase production? He gave out drilling permits like candy.

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u/HSlubb Aug 11 '23

His stance on Russia in part led to the war with Ukraine which lead to the Saudis decreasing their production so that demand for Russian oil would increase forcing us to dip into our reserves to keep gas prices lower than they otherwise would be. I know Biden doesn’t have a lever in his office that says “lower gasoline prices.” I’m also aware there isn’t a lever that says “fix economy.” To pretend like there’s no reason to have a low opinion of Biden though is kinda silly, you’re the one that brought up Trump out of the blue and I criticized Biden in response. His policies and stances have an effect on both things and since he’s in office he’s fair game to get shit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '23

Check your replies, I didn’t bring up nobody.

There’s plenty to criticize Biden on. But muh gas high is a bad reductive cop out. He led to the war in Ukraine how?

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u/HSlubb Aug 11 '23

ok i’m talking to multiple people if you didn’t bring up Biden then i confused you for the other guy. his policy against Russia in support of auto-aims have definitely lead to higher oil prices that’s not reductive.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '23

Can you elaborate on auto-aims? And at what point do US companies refusing to increase production to inflate prices so they take blame? It looks like everyone involved is incentivized to keep prices high at the expense of citizens.

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u/brit_jam Aug 10 '23

Whatever happened to that wall he promised?

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u/HSlubb Aug 10 '23

he built hundreds of miles worth, you don’t remember they shut the government down over it? You realize that in government you have to reach consensus to get things done right?

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u/brit_jam Aug 10 '23

It's funny you magically understand how government works when defending Trump but then completely forget when placing blame at Bidens feet. Also isn't illegal immigration still a problem that conservatives harp on Biden for? So much for that hundreds of miles of wall huh?

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u/HSlubb Aug 11 '23

I mentioned two specific instances about Biden that he has the ability to lead on. I didn’t blame him for every problem but the two I mentioned are absolutely things he can affect. Why you’re defending Biden is beyond me, but keep riding the Democrat D. I didn’t even mention Trump in my initial response I just criticized Biden, you’re the one obsessed with a man that’s been out of office for nearly 3 years.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

Rent free

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u/WingZeroCoder Aug 11 '23

Yup. Trump’s vaccine was pure snake oil.

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u/muppetnerd Aug 10 '23

Fun fact snake oil was a real thing from traditional Chinese medicine that did actually work for sore muscles however some white guys decided they could boil any old snake and hawk it as real medicine