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Ol Janx Spirit

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4. I know, right? It makes him sound like an angry HOA president scolding someone for...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 09:51 AM

May 23

...the noncompliance of the height of their new fence or the color of their mailbox. It is probably how every notice from one of their properties to a tenant ends.

It is kind of fun to just throw it onto the end of historical speeches and feel their impact dwindle. Like if the Gettysburg Address ended like, "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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When Trump bellows "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER" on Truth Social, who is he addressing? [View all] Miles Archer May 23 OP

Putin Johonny May 23 #1

I think it's corporate privilege memo speech for "You better do what I say" bucolic_frolic May 23 #2

Yeah. I remember the good old days of working in the private sector and getting emails that ended with... Miles Archer May 23 #6

"The king has spoken" orangecrush May 23 #3

I know, right? It makes him sound like an angry HOA president scolding someone for... Ol Janx Spirit May 23 #4

This made me lol. yardwork May 23 #5

Me too, I'm still chuckling. n/t SheilaAnn May 23 #14

That stupid exclamation point he always uses. NCDem47 May 23 #9

It's Karen demanding to speak to the manager . . . hatrack May 23 #7

Somebody. Anybody. Nobody. NCDem47 May 23 #8

He's used to getting lawsuit letters that close with "Thank you for your attention." Silent Type May 23 #10

It's corporatespeak, the sort of Karen-ish thing you'd see in an email from your manager Ocelot II May 23 #11

He must like the sound of it stillcool May 23 #12

I think that is the first time I have heard him explicitly acknowledge that tariffs are paid by the US. n/t Ms. Toad May 23 #13