Posted on 03/16/2024 10:05:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
During the closing monologue of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that while “inflation persists for a lot of things,” “Biden’s ratings are in the toilet, not because he’s doing such a bad job, but because a lot of Americans like to live with their head in the toilet” of poor perceptions about mental health.
Maher began by saying, “[N]ew rule: Being obsessed with your mental health is bad for your mental health.”
He continued, “I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a puzzle many are struggling with, why are Biden’s approval ratings so low when things are generally pretty good? Of course, there are problems, America’s a big place, but wages are rising, unemployment is negligible, the stock market is soaring, we somehow brushed off both a Trump presidency and a pandemic. Yes, inflation persists for a lot of things, but an actual good, nice-sized TV now costs $60. Who gets credit for that? We’ve got next-day shipping, stuffed-crust pizza, legal weed, GPS, and porn on the phone, cheer the f*ck up, stop acting like life in America in 2024 is unbearable. Biden’s ratings are in the toilet, not because he’s doing such a bad job, but because a lot of Americans like to live with their head in the toilet.”
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Well, THAT is where our money is spinning....
He plays both sides but it’s his own head in the toilet. He deserves not even the time of day.
Head in the toilet? Looks more like an oven to me.
Proving once again that he is an idiot.
“Things are generally pretty good”...What?!
Ann's boyfriend is a Hate America First commie who will on rare occasion say something that is slightly less insane then the rest of the pack of hyenas he runs with.
When this happens republican simps and cucks show up in droves to throw themselves at his crotch with candy and flowers. "He changed! We can save him!" And after screwing them he continues being a Hate America First commie. And they limp back with their underwear in their pocket and raging case of VD moaning how it is all the fault of the people who warned them.
Look up cognitive dissonance in the dictionary and you’ll see a picture of Bill Mahr.
Yes, inflation persists for a lot of things, but an actual good, nice-sized TV now costs $60. Who gets credit for that?
On the other hand filling up my truck with gasoline costs about $60 as does a meal with my wife at a decent but not expensive Mexican restaurant. And then there’s groceries. Need groceries all the time. Everything costs a lot more at the store. And when I take the time to pull my head out of my toilet, I blame FJB.
Meanwhile insurance companies are flush with cash:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/business/inflation-car-insurance-rate-increases/index.html
He wants to be invited to the prestige Hollywood parties again.
Think Maher is the one with his head in the toilet.
And while depression is, of course, a very real thing, it’s also true that earlier generations never suffered from the expectation that you’re supposed to feel good all the time. … And the kids? The newest TikTok challenge is self-diagnosis of mental problems, because what’s more of a hotbed of mental health than TikTok? … Now, without a doubt, antidepressants can be life-saving for those who need them, but here’s the thing, about three-quarters of Americans who are on them haven’t been diagnosed with depression at all, they just want a magic pill. … [T]he people who really shouldn’t be that bummed out, but are acting like it anyway, are exactly who you think, white women.”
[E]very bad feeling isn’t a disease, and Americans really need to stop pathologizing everything. No one’s just sad anymore, they’re clinically depressed. They don’t really worry, they have chronic anxiety. Do you like things neat and organized? That’s OCD. You’re bummed when it’s cold out? Seasonal depression. Hate being alone? Separation anxiety. Bored? That’s ADHD. Shy? Social Anxiety Disorder. Why, because you don’t want to go to the office party? Nobody does. … Are you moody? No, you’re bipolar. And some people are bipolar and some people are on the spectrum. But sometimes, on the spectrum is just a hall pass for being a jerk. … Yes, you are on the spectrum, but so is everyone else alive. That’s why they call it a spectrum. And it’s not noble to glom on to the soft end of it. PTSD is for people who fought in Iraq, not for people who want to bring their dog on a plane. There are people in America with real problems who deserve to feel sad. But sometimes a bad day is just a bad day. When you constantly reinforce this message that no one’s just a normal human with normal struggles, but we’re all permanently f*cked in the head, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Maybe the solution is much simpler, and you just went a week without sleep or sunlight, maybe you have problems that could be solved with vegetables or exercise. (Maher)
That fine line between controversy and exposure of one’s true self.
I think Maher is correct, if the Dims took their heads out of the toilet Brandon’s ratings would be much lower. ;D
Just when Maher starts to make sense.....they pulllll him back.
Yes true colors never fade
Not getting invited to one big liberal cocktail party was enough to get him back onto the liberal plantation.
PS: liberals do all love to live in their toilets.
but an actual good, nice-sized TV now costs $60. Who gets credit for that? We’ve got next-day shipping, stuffed-crust pizza, legal weed, GPS, and porn on the phone, cheer the f*ck up, stop acting like life in America in 2024 is unbearable.
all things that FJB had nothing to do with...
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