• mountainriver@awful.systems
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    4 months ago

    I think it is a combination of:

    1. Governor of major state.
    2. Has nice hair. Real generic politician look.
    3. Polls showing “generic democrat” beating Trump.
    4. Not super old.
    5. Have I mentioned the hair?
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      4 months ago

      It’s the same symptoms among the pundits that convinced them that Ron DeSantis had a chance against Trump.

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      4 months ago

      Ya really think his hair is nice?

      I’ve felt that it falls into that Generative AI/Thomas Kinkade uncanny valley zone because it looks kind of glazed – as if embedded in a thin layer of ice – while also inhabiting a strange dimension of omnipresent ambient lighting.

      Please note: I am not in any way implying that Gavin Newsom isn’t real.