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The only noteworthy thing he did was pardoning Nixon, which contributed to the nation's increasing pessimism. But the nation's pessimism had much bigger and more important reasons (JFK's death, Vietnam, negative reactions to civil rights gains from both the left and the right, stagflation, Watergate, etc) than Nixon's pardon, so even the pardon is relatively unimportant. Besides that, what else did Ford do? Implementing austerity? Sure, but that didn't really fix the issue of stagflation. So his presidency was kind of a nothing burger in terms of impact.

Everyone else was more important: McKinley's imperialism gave the U.S. territories that it still has to this day, TR is self explanatory, Taft oversaw the creation of the federal income tax, Wilson is self explanatory, Harding and Coolidge's economic policies laid the groundwork for the great depression, Hoover shitting the bed so badly gave rise to FDR and the New Deal, everyone from FDR to Nixon is self explanatory, Carter's mediocre leadership gave rise to Reagan, Reagan is self explanatory, Bush oversaw the end of the Cold War, and Clinton signing NAFTA was a very consequential action that we are still feeling the effects of decades later.

With that being said, I can confidently say that Ford was the most filler president of the 20th century.

People aged 65+ are considered senior citizens. The oldest Boomers who were born in 1946 (ex: Trump) turned 65 in 2011, while Baby was released in 2010.

Since today is Bush's 80th birthday, he's probably reflecting on his life and decisions right now. What if, later today, he decides to issue a public apology and says something along the lines of:

"My fellow Americans, today is my birthday, but I am not happy. Because I think I have to set one thing straight: I failed you. It wasn't the Iraqis, it wasn't Saddam, it was me. I caused the deaths of your fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. In the wake of this nation's tragedy (9/11) 25 short years ago, I sought to make things right. But I let myself be influenced by bad voices instead of following my own heart, the heart that you all voted for. So today, on my 80th birthday, I must solemnly apologize to you, the American people, for abusing your trust in me; for wasting your hard earned money; for making you believe in me. Nothing can change what happened in the past, the choices I made. But you all deserve to know that I am deeply inebted to every single one of you. And I fight to repay as much of it as I can every single day. May God bless you all, may God have mercy on my soul, and may God bless America."

This would certainly be an unexpected moment, as presidents rarely if ever straight up apologize for their actions directly to the American people. It wouldn't change what happened in the past, and yes, it would be better if he didn't wait 20+ years to say this. However, I think this would be looked on favorably by historians in the future as a rare moment of extreme humility and honesty from a president, and world leader in general. I would feel the same way, though I would also recognize that its far from instant redemption. How would you all feel?

Just a little over five years ago, in early 2021, Ford was the only one who had already passed away, having done so 15 years prior in 2006. Carter, Dole, and Mondale were all still alive. Dole and Mondale both proceeded to die later that year, and Carter followed 3 years later and died at the age of 100 in December of 2024.

I don't know a whole lot about what each and every vice president did, since a lot of them are incredibly obscure, but based on what I do know, I'd say Joe Biden is a strong contender. He possessed much more political experience, particularly legislative experience, than Obama. This allowed him to perform a very active role in working with Congress to aid Obama's agenda as well as mentoring Obama as he entered a role that was monumentally more complex and important than anything else in his life up to that point. He also held a degree of influence on his president not seen by most VPs, as seen by his decision to publicly support same sex marriage before Obama and the administration as a whole fully came around to doing so, essentially forcing Obama's hand, causing him to announce his support just 3 days after Biden. In doing this, Biden showed that he had the power and will to significantly influence and manipulate his president, because if not for his early approval of same sex marriage, Obama likely would've postponed the issue until after the 2012 election, but because of Biden, Obama was forced to deviate from his original plan. Obama himself has claimed that Biden was always the last person he would consult before making major decisions, further showing Biden's influence on his president's actions. Therefore, I'd say he could very well be up there below Cheney in terms of power and influence as a VP.

Her body is decent, I guess? But I don't really like her face. I've never found her to be that attractive personally. I'm not saying she's objectively bad looking or anything, which would be false. But I don't feel the level of physical/sexual attraction towards her that I have with others. Does anyone else feel the same way or am I just crazy?

Sure, he wasn't conventionally attractive, but it would be kind of a stretch to call him downright ugly imo. I would even go as far as to say he was kinda handsome when he was younger (pic 2 and also 3 to a lesser extent) before the stress and depression got to him. And even after those effects, he just looks like an aged man who didn't take the best care of himself, sure, but nothing that would make me gawk at how ugly he was or anything.

He also had excellent height, which while perhaps not as important back then as it is now, must've counted for something right? Just look at the last pic and you'll see that he brutally towered over all of his soldiers, that would make him stand out in a positive way. Combine that with a good fashion style (top hat goes hard) and you've got yourself a pretty alright looking guy imo.

So I don't understand why people in his day thought he was so unusually ugly. He was definitely distinctive, likely to a fault, but ugly is not a word I would use to describe him. Is there something I'm not seeing? Cuz from what it looks like to me, this guy probably mogged at least a decent amount of guys back in his day, especially in his youth.

I'll go with 1996. It was around that time that interracial marriage began to recieve majority support among Americans, and Colin Powell, a Black man, was being seriously touted as a potential Republican candidate by multiple sources and people. I believe that if the circumstances were right and the right Black man came along, it could've possibly been done in 1996. However, since I wasn't alive back then, I'll admit that I could very well be underestimating the racism of 1996 America.

She claims to be 5'0" but she's believed to be 4'11" 3/4 (or at least according to celebheights she is) so just very slightly below 5'0". Are there any other women under 5'0" who you would consider more attractive than her? Women that short, particularly famous women, obviously aren't that common so Sabrina is the only one that I know of at the moment.

Or at least, that's what he claimed in the video. Which is insane because he literally looks like he could be 78.

Since this is reddit, most people here probably didn't vote for Bush if they were old enough to do so back then, and even less of them voted for him both times. But I know some of you loyal Bush voters have got to be on this sub, and I want to ask you guys some questions.

1. What was appealing to you about Bush in 2000 and 2004?

2. What did you do in the 2008 election? Did you stick with the Republicans or did the results of Bush's presidency make you act differently?

3. How have your political views and/or party affiliation changed since then? Do your views still align with what Bush preached or have you shifted to the left (or even further right?)

4. How would you rank Bush among the presidents?

Since Bush is the most recent Republican president we can talk about, I thought this would be a good way to possibly get more right-wing people talking. Also it would provide a different perspective than the usual "I totally knew WMDs were fake all along bro" thing that I think some people are probably lying to themselves about to feel smarter than they are.

The first medicalized circumcision in the U.S. took place in 1870. In the following decades, it would gain popularity and eventually become dominant. Though there were multiple presidents born in the 1870s-1890s who could've been circumcised at birth, circumcision was not yet as prominent. By LBJ's birth in 1908, however, I'd imagine there would've been a decent amount of circumcisions being performed yearly. Therefore, I'd say LBJ has a decent chance of being the first president to be circumcised at birth.

David Corenswet is an actor who currently plays Superman in the DCU and Braden Peters aka Clavicular is an internet personality who has gained infamy over the course of the past 5-6 months due to advocating for extreme methods to improve your looks (aka looksmaxxing) such as smashing the bones in your jaw in order for them to regrow and become more defined, as well as other antics.

I saw this comparison mentioned a while back and honestly I completely agree, they do look somewhat alike.

This way, Messi would never go on to play football/soccer competitively. In this universe, I'd imagine Ronaldo would be the undisputed GOAT of the modern era, though the answer as to who the all-time GOAT is would be less clear than in OTL as Ronaldo is not as good as Messi imo so there would be more people arguing that Pele, Maradona, etc are the best player of all time. In OTL Messi is widely considered the best player of all time by many people, I can't see the same being done for Ronaldo.

I wonder if, as a result of Ronaldo's likely increased fame and prominence in this universe, his rape allegations would've recieved a more attention than in otl eventually, particularly during the late 2010s as a result of the MeToo movement. So his reputation may not have been as good. Also how his increased fame would affect the image of Portugal given that it would now be the home of the undisputed current-day GOAT. Would Portuguese be a more popular language to learn? Would Portugal itself be a more popular tourist destination for sports fans across the world?

Also, Ronaldo being the undisputed GOAT would perhaps make football discussions in the modern period a bit less interesting. Everyone loves a good rivalry, audiences and promoters alike. But without Messi, that appeal would be gone, as no one else would be able to effectively challenge Ronaldo for the top spot. The reign of Ronaldo alone would be more bland than the reign of Ronaldo AND Messi. Plus, not being able to see Messi play in and of itself would be a travesty.

Overall, I'd say Messi never recieving HGH may have slightly negative effects on football and Ronaldo's image, but would possibly have positive effects on Portugal's popularity.

Imo she's easily one of the hottest celebs in the world. She absolutely deserves to be a much bigger sex symbol than she is, she's WAY hotter than Zendaya and is better than Sydney Sweeney in every way except breasts, she's also more hotter than a decent amount of top supermodels imo. I'd say she's a valid 10/10 even if she may not technically be perfect (realistically more like 9-9.5 due to some small factors like her face and/or breasts perhaps not being quite as strong as the rest of her body but its not a big issue for me imo).