r/facepalm Sep 03 '24

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ *Grabs popcorn

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u/cartman-unplugged Sep 03 '24

Even South Africa, where he came from. Thatโ€™s not the same place anymore and no apartheid there either.

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u/Katsurazeroone Sep 03 '24

Even in South Africa during this time. Take Daddys Diamond Mine away from him and just throw him in with all the other People that have nothing and i doubt he will make it.

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u/SvenSvenkill3 Sep 03 '24

Not just that, he went to private schools and so received an education the vast majority of South Africans don't get. But sure, he thinks he a "self-made man".

โ€œThis is so important for you to understand. I didnโ€™t make it that far on my own. I mean, to accept that credit or that mantle would discount every single person that has helped me to get here today โ€” that gave me advice, that made an effort, that gave me time, that lifted me when I fell. It gives the wrong impression that we can do it alone. None of us can. The whole concept of self-made man, or woman, is a myth.โ€ Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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u/zumbr Sep 03 '24

Love that he said that.

And with this I can understand from outside (I'm from Brazil) why he got elected in California even though he was a republican.

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u/JoeMax93 Sep 03 '24

Californian here.

Governor Schwarzenegger turned out surprisingly centrist, and downright liberal on environmentalism and climate change. Of course, he's considered a RINO now by the MAGA heads. He recorded several PSA ads denouncing TFG.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse Sep 03 '24

Too many acronyms. What do RINO and TFG stand for?

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u/Zenfudo Sep 03 '24

Rino : republican in name only

The other one i donโ€™t know

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u/Zakabdi12 Sep 03 '24

TFG stands for โ€œThe Former Guyโ€, aka Trump as the former prez

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u/jgpitre Sep 03 '24

Or That Fucking Guy

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u/MissTakenID Sep 04 '24

The Felonious Goombah

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u/jgpitre Sep 04 '24

Trumps, Felonious Gangsters.

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u/Wilackan Sep 04 '24

RINO : Reap Ia A New One

Wait, wrong sub.

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u/MusicIsTheRealMagic Sep 04 '24

Sometimes i dream of an upvote boycott of comments using acronyms like the one you responded to.

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u/alvinm Sep 04 '24

Yeah, I especially like how he DCOโ€™d the OKFDURMs during the PODGL run.

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u/Jazzeki Sep 03 '24

i find it inspireing that he out of everyone says that. this is man who when he reach the top of bodybuilding decided "i have peaked here no worth wasteing more time here, time to become an actor" and then did the same again and became a politican next.