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Klarkashton

(3,237 posts) Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:55 PM Jan 10

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"godspeed" WTF is this bullshit?

More like "Satan's speed"

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"godspeed" WTF is this bullshit? (Original Post) Klarkashton Jan 10 OP

? H2O Man Jan 10 #1

Thats what judge Merchan said to Trump drray23 Jan 10 #2

Thanks! H2O Man Jan 10 #7

Maybe it was meant as hurry up and meet your maker... surfered Jan 10 #3

best answer IA8IT Jan 10 #6

The only two times I remember hearing that phrase Glorfindel Jan 10 #4

Yes today at trumps sentencing farce. Klarkashton Jan 10 #5

Same thing I brought up. StarryNite Jan 10 #8

It sometimes is used sarcastically...like you're wishing a total loser "best of luck." nt allegorical oracle Jan 10 #9

I have the feeling it was meant to be sarcastic choie Jan 10 #10

Yes. Sorta like southernors saying "bless his heart." brush Jan 10 #16

meh... meaningless platitude. Much like RW fundies getting upset over the performance of "Imagine" hlthe2b Jan 10 #11

I would have been happier had he said, "Well bless your heart." StarryNite Jan 10 #12

I would have been happier if he said,"FIFTEEN YEARS!" Conjuay Jan 10 #13

I agree! StarryNite Jan 10 #19

I'm surprised that judge didn't follow it up with a chorus Klarkashton Jan 10 #15

Or Hail to the Chief StarryNite Jan 10 #20

Similar. Altho' as a southerner, I've actually meant it when I said it. Like when a allegorical oracle Jan 10 #17

Yes, it can be meant sincerely as well. StarryNite Jan 10 #21

I think it means "No harm, no foul." dchill Jan 10 #14

maybe be should check the judge's bank accounts every now and then... nt msongs Jan 10 #18

H2O Man

(76,497 posts)

1. ?

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:56 PM

Jan 10

drray23

(8,187 posts)

2. Thats what judge Merchan said to Trump

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:58 PM

Jan 10

During sentencing.

H2O Man

(76,497 posts)

7. Thanks!

Reply to drray23 (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:06 PM

Jan 10

Now that I have my daily chores done, I may turn on the television.

surfered

(5,895 posts)

3. Maybe it was meant as hurry up and meet your maker...

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:59 PM

Jan 10

IA8IT

(6,112 posts)

6. best answer

Reply to surfered (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:05 PM

Jan 10

Glorfindel

(10,092 posts)

4. The only two times I remember hearing that phrase

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:01 PM

Jan 10

were the two times John Glenn went into space: "Godspeed, John Glenn." I guess you have heard it more recently.

Klarkashton

(3,237 posts)

5. Yes today at trumps sentencing farce.

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:03 PM

Jan 10

StarryNite

(11,456 posts)

8. Same thing I brought up.

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:07 PM

Jan 10

Does he say that to every felon he sentences? Or is trump just so damn special that he wishes him success in destroying our democracy?

allegorical oracle

(4,456 posts)

9. It sometimes is used sarcastically...like you're wishing a total loser "best of luck." nt

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:07 PM

Jan 10

choie

(5,294 posts)

10. I have the feeling it was meant to be sarcastic

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:09 PM

Jan 10

Sort of like a "good luck to you, asshole"

brush

(59,420 posts)

16. Yes. Sorta like southernors saying "bless his heart."

Reply to choie (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:51 PM

Jan 10

God I'm so sick of this demented asshole taking up all the oxygen in the room. Four more years of this, God help us.

And if he croaks, we get JD fucking Vance. God help us again.

hlthe2b

(108,954 posts)

11. meh... meaningless platitude. Much like RW fundies getting upset over the performance of "Imagine"

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:11 PM

Jan 10

in the National Cathedral for Pres. Carter's funeral. Sometimes words (or lyrics) have dual meanings and they are not always something to get bent out of shape about.

Still, if I had my druthers about any use of "God" in what Merchan ended with, it might have been "may God have mercy on your soul!"

StarryNite

(11,456 posts)

12. I would have been happier had he said, "Well bless your heart."

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:38 PM

Jan 10

Conjuay

(2,337 posts)

13. I would have been happier if he said,"FIFTEEN YEARS!"

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:43 PM

Jan 10

StarryNite

(11,456 posts)

19. I agree!

Reply to Conjuay (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:28 PM

Jan 10

Klarkashton

(3,237 posts)

15. I'm surprised that judge didn't follow it up with a chorus

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:45 PM

Jan 10

Of "Johnny I hardly knew ye"

StarryNite

(11,456 posts)

20. Or Hail to the Chief

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #15)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:29 PM

Jan 10

allegorical oracle

(4,456 posts)

17. Similar. Altho' as a southerner, I've actually meant it when I said it. Like when a

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:52 PM

Jan 10

friend has just lost a child and I can't think of anything else to say as I hug her.

StarryNite

(11,456 posts)

21. Yes, it can be meant sincerely as well.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #17)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:30 PM

Jan 10

That's kind of the beauty of it when saying it sarcastically.

dchill

(41,806 posts)

14. I think it means "No harm, no foul."

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:44 PM

Jan 10

"We don't really take that 'jury of peers' crap seriously. Clearly you have no peers!"

God Speed my ass.

msongs

(70,993 posts)

18. maybe be should check the judge's bank accounts every now and then... nt

Reply to Klarkashton (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:54 PM

Jan 10

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