"How does a balloon stay in the air? Nobody knows." -- SATIRE

[HAB911]

Last edited Sun Jul 23, 2017, 03:57 PM - Edit history (2)

THIS TWEET HAS BEEN DELETED, fake anyway.

Link to tweet

DAMN IT

[bitterross]

1. Holy Crap!

He proves just how ignorant he is every time he opens his mouth. I guess the phrase "lighter than air" must not be one with which he is familiar.

Does he know we understand why planes fly too? Probably not.

ON EDIT: You will have to forgive me for believing this and not realizing it is satire. It is just far too tough to tell satire from reality with Trump. I have to double-check every quote to see if it's real or not because they are all so outlandish.

[Docreed2003]

3. I'm sure he'd say "nobody knows"....

[tblue37]

18. Poe's Law. nt

[Docreed2003]

2. Oh dear God...please, PLEASE tell me this is satire...

[Agschmid]

5. It is satire.

[Docreed2003]

8. I mean...to quote our dear Ferret....shit be cray...

So cray that sometimes it's impossible to tell satire from reality.....especially when one hasn't had their morning allotment of coffee!

[Freethinker65]

12. I had the same reaction

[exboyfil]

4. Fake News

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/leavingfundamentalism/2017/07/22/no-trump-didnt-ask-balloons-fly-stop-making-fake-memes-lefties/


A quote from the writer:

I know you know all this, but please, please factcheck all the images you share online. Even when they look like they’re from a reputable source, even when they are not visibly doctored, even when they’ve been shared by someone smart. Even when they’re about Donald Trump.

[dalton99a]

6. Does Trump float or sink in water?

[Achilleaze]

7. republicans value ignorance

that is why they are so busy screwing over the American education system.

Dumb people support FatCat KGOP Tax Breaks for the Rich.

[Brainstormy]

9. The tides go in, the tides go out. Bill O'Reilly. n/t

[rusty quoin]

15. Yep

[jimlup]

10. The intelligence of a 6 year old...

Sorry 6 year old's. I've offended you. I know many of you are far more intelligent than the orange child king.

[DemoTex]

11. Globe Arostatique

So, may I assume that tRump has no clue who the Montgolfier brothers were?

[rpannier]

14. It appears he can't count

I'd be shocked if he knew who the Wright Brothers were
Though he'd probably guess they did something with Frederick Douglas and Andrew Jackson -- pinochle club maybe

[rpannier]

13. Too many for a person to count?

WTF is that?
No wonder he thinks 1000000 or more people were at his inauguration?

[yonder]

16. Satire or not,

from balloon to buffoon in One Swell Foop

[tblue37]

17. The tides go in, the tides go out. How does that happen? Nobody knows. Bill O'Reilly once offered

that as evidence for the existence of God! That is why it is so hard to recognize satire these days. It's Poe's Law on steroids.

[Nevernose]

19. It's true that Bastille Day is awesome

I can confirm that part's accurate.

[LongTomH]

20. Don't feel too bad, I've bit on fake news / satire stories myself.

As someone already pointed out, it's harder and harder to tell the difference anymore.

One clue -- reality is stranger!!!!

[HAB911]

21. For a very long time

it has been fact that you could not believe any still photo, now you can't believe any video either, and I just read somewhere that audio of well know voices is very close technically to being untrustworthy

[Stonepounder]

22. Yeah, but I can just about guarantee that he has never even thought about how

Air Force One stays in the air. And AF1 weights a whole hell of a lot more than a balloon.

[Skittles]

23. I don't see a tweet

?

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. Me neither n/t

[Skittles]

25. thank you

always a relief to find I am not the only one