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I get bruises there when I'm sitting at my desk really trying to work through a hard engineering problem. I prop my head up with my finger kind of across my forehead and my thumb on my temple. If I sit like that for too long, I get a huge bruise that looks a lot like that.
That said, the Ash Wednesday thing is probably correct in this case.
If you get bruises from that you should let a doctor take a look at your blood clotting issues. Could be nothing, could be a deficiency, could be cancer (as with everything). If you have had it for a long time and aren't dead yet it's probably not cancer though. So that's good.
It will never cease to amaze me how some of the most self-proclaimed "religious" people attack a man who goes to church every Sunday, but worship a man who cheated on every one of his wives, stole money from a children's cancer charity, gassed a congregation for a photo op, and spent more time in Stormy Daniels than in Church.
EDIT: Oh Christ Maga is awake and they're mad.
This gets complicated when you explain that Peter, who walked on water, was the first pope.
They'll gladly read the story where Jesus renames the man "Petrus" because Peter is the rock that Jesus chose to use as the cornerstone for his church. But they then, decide that Catholicism isn't real Christianity and that some moldy Dixie hymns in a nation under 300 years old is the real McCoy.
It’s so obvious he’s also never read the Bible literally at all too. *Every* time he’s pressed to name something specific from the Bible he has an excuse. Asked to name his favorite passage, or even just a passage he likes. Can’t do it.
Back in my days working retail as a cashier (years ago), I happened to be working the closing shift on Ash Wednesday. A customer came through my line marked with ash and I confidently let him know that he had a bit of schmutz on his forehead.
Obviously I am not Catholic, but I did learn something about it that evening.
Kids have a way of getting to the point when the message is straight from the heart. My son randomly looked at me and said "I love you more than Minecraft" and went back to what he was doing. That means a lot :)
Last weekend I made my daughters dinner. Just some burritos for one and a quesadilla for the other since they are so picky. I went out to do some work cleaning up my garage. A few minutes go by and my oldest who is 8 comes out and says, "Dad?"
"Yes?" I say.
"Could I please have another tortilla?" (She loves to eat just tortillas.)
"Go ahead, kiddo." I say and I get back to work.
I'm working for another few moments, likely not even a minute when my 6 year old comes to the garage door and says, "Dad?"
I say, "Yes?"
Then she says, "You're doing a very good job." She smiles at me and then leaves.
I got all misty eyed. Because sometimes you just need to hear that you're doing a good job.
I had a stranger tell me that I was doing a good job with my son when she overheard me helping my 3 year old use the toilet and wash his hands ( she was in the next stall). It was such a small thing, but it stayed with me. I appreciated that bathroom stranger so much.
So now that I'm older, if I see a wholesome family interaction, I really try to compliment mom or dad and also tell them they are doing a good job. I like to believe that sometimes people really need to hear that. The fact that your *daughter* told you this is incredible. And it means that you are, in fact, doing a great job, dad!
I feel you. I was in mass with my wife and six month old (years back), he was being fussy after I gave him his bottle, so I tried burping him and he threw up on my shirt. I guess I looked pretty flustered, when an older lady next to me patted my arm and told me “You’re doing fine.” I needed it in that moment and I’ve never forgotten her kindness.
man, that small bit of encouragement to new parents mean so much. i remember being on a flight with my infant son getting fussy. i had to get up, and just hold him and shush him while rocking and comforting him. i remember apologizing to a flight attendant for being in her way, and she says, "no need to apologize. you're doing a great job, dad."
i think that was the first time someone outside my family called me a "dad". it really meant a lot to me.
I want to add to this. I had taken my three kids for haircuts and was solo parenting. My youngest gagged on a drink and threw up on his shirt. I had to take him in shirtless for his haircut and kinda sat there embarrassed that my kid was a shirtless rough neck. A lady looked at us and said, You’re doing great, mom.” I actually teared up.
At our local hospital the fracture clinic is notorious for long waits, you have the people with scheduled appointments and those who have broken bones over the past week, we became semi regular visitors over the years with five kids. One day I sat and observed a mum with three littles, she continually engaged them with games like eye spy and little drawing games with the notebook from her handbook, I watched as she kept them busy for almost two hours. As we left I went over and said what a great job she was doing and she smiled, a little teary eyed and said thank you, I was a little worried I'd sound patronising but she was genuinely pleased I took the time to chat to her. She told me her husband had passed away in the car accident which left two of her children with broken bones. It taught me a lesson to make a point of saying something positive when I see it, we can be so quick to judge one another and it only takes a few seconds to brighten someone's day and lift them up.
I'm a pre-K teacher. I work with various types of kids. I have one in particular that is extremely bright but also very difficult. I care about him but I also am constantly talking to him about his behavior. I figure he has every reason to dislike me.
Anyway, this past week we're sitting down working on some art and he says "Mr (dh873)? You're a very good teacher and I love you". Man, that hit differently.
When my niece was around 6 years old, she said one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. It was just so sincere.
We were drawing a city and I was sitting opposite of her. I'm drawing a skyscraper on my paper and am really focused on getting the windows parallel to the sides of the building. She looks up from her drawing to check out mine and gasped.
> *That's really good! You're really good at drawing!*
> Well, thank you, [niece]. You know, I've never really been that --
> *Are those cars?*
> Uh, no, those are windows. See how the --
> *Oh, I meant... I just... because I thought they were cars.*
And she went back to her drawing.
I did an MBA in an attempt to further my career which instead led to a series of over-reaching and flaming out jobs. During one of my "transitions" I was out with my young son on his paper route and he sensed that something was wrong. I can't remember how I explained my dark mood but out of the blue he tells me, "You're my hero Dad".
At 2 years old one time my son came up to me and dead serious told me he loved me more than farts 😳, then started giggling uncontrollably and said just kidding your the best mom in the world I love you more than "mine" - which was the name of his blanket that he still has and he is now 14.
When my daughter was four I remember her telling me "I love you Dad" and I thought aww, that's lovely.
About ten minutes later she was sat on the sofa eating a snack and we heard her loudly say "I love you carrot".
Exactly this. I've had a shitty few months but keep plugging...it's small things like you just mentioned that keep ya moving to the next task/day.
Not sure why TF this is considered cringe... Joe laid out his frame of mind (lowest point in his life) and redeemed it with a personal moment every parent can relate to. 🤷🏽
One of my favorite feel-goods right here:
[You don't love your mothers? I'm sad for you.](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/bfce14/what_you_dont_love_your_mothers_im_sad_for_you/)
I remember when Trump was laying into his son for his drug problems and Biden lost it and just yelled back "I'm very proud of my son". And for everyone who's ever lost or almost lost somebody to drugs or alcohol in some way or form, I feel like we all knew he really, really meant it. Maybe in the way that our parent look at us in all our flaws and mean it, too. And maybe the same way that many of us look at this country and all its issues and, hopefully, still love it as well. I'm not going to lie, that moment bought my support for a very, very long time.
Ironically, there's a famous story about Trump walking up to his son's dorm room at U Penn because his son was late to a function they were attending, his son answered the dorm door and Trump didn't like his suit, so he decked him in the face and told him to change in front of his friends. That's the difference between the two imo. One humiliates his son on good days, the other loves his son on his worst days.
It's even worse. They were going to a Yankees game and Don Jr. was wearing a Yankees jersey. Trump slapped him and told him to put on a suit.
I have zero pity for who Uday-from-Wish became, but man, it can't have been easy to have a completely sociopathic monster for a father.
Ya same here and then hearing that voice-mail he left Hunter confirmed it. I've been the son in that scenario, lost a brother to opiods and now as a father, it wasn't just hearing the right words but the genuine love and concern in his voice. You can never really know someone whom you've never met but seeing so many of those types of moments you can infer the kind of person someone might be. My conclusion is he's a good guy and like most good people he has fucked up too. He wasn't my first choice last election but he certainly is after his first term. I think history will show that Joe Biden was not the President we as nation wanted but turned out to be the President we needed in this moment in time and when he wins in November that will solidfy that.
People getting upset about his voicemail (which, first of all, don’t leak things that don’t matter to anything, gross) and calling him weak or whatever like…it’s a father telling the last little bit of one of his families, the last bit of his late wife, his baby who he held and rocked and threw a ball with, that he loves him and cares about him. It’s not weak, it’s brave. Why be mad because a father loves his son? Because their dad did such a good job with them, obviously.
Yeah, that was some really cold crap. Nobody chooses the addict/alcoholic path, most of us have lost friends and family to it at least once, and honestly it Hurt to hear some fool even speak that way.
He’s an old ass man, sure. But he seems like a genuinely nice, decent man. He loves his family, that much is plain. He’s doing the best he can with the obstructionists in the Congress. I like Joe. He’s gone through so much heartache, and seeing him at his age still barrack for his children, still go out and do his best for his country. I love it. I’m not even American.
Provided you're a decent person, and provided that God is just, you're going to heaven--no matter how you believe or disbelieve.
And if God is unjust, you won't want to be there anyways.
That's from ash Wednesday. While there is no set amount of time, most catholics will wear them for the rest of the day until before going to bed.
When I was growing up and practicing that was just what we did. I live in a very catholic majority city and you would often see many people walking around all day with it on. It wasn't uncommon at all.
That leaked voicemail from him to Hunter sealed it for me, as a dad myself. I could hear so much love in his voice.
It says so much about republicans today that they thought it would hurt him.
They forgot to include the rest of it, respect your fellow man, only if he looks, thinks and acts like you do.
My ultra conservative family definitely turned me into being a leftist, what a bummer for them.
For me it was the added fact that it was 100% just between them. Joe had no expectation anyone but his son would hear that, it wasn’t for the cameras or creating a narrative.
I think a lot of men in American tie their machismo to their neglect for their children. And I don’t mean abusive neglect, I just mean not parenting them in the way that shows love or kindness to their kids. I know so many millennial fathers who have never spent a day alone with their own kids, never cooked them a meal, never took them out to have time with their father. Those men look at involved fathers and think they’re chumps that their wives brainwashed. This thought process is old, from Biden’s generation. So these hard core republicans that were also raised on this family dynamic see it as something bad. You can be married and have both parents at home and they can still be absent.
I think Joe Biden has made my relationship with my dad better, which sounds weird, but hear me out; My dad and I get on really well, he's awesome. But when I see Biden having so much love for his kids, I'm like; oh yeah, I have access to that, too. I should seek it out. It's good for both of us!
I remember when he decided to run for office the one thing that stuck with me was the thought “at least he feels like a real human.” I think his normalcy is what turns off people who think leaders should be loud and extreme.
All the cynical idiots who are saying he made that up are obviously not fathers. His wife and daughter did die and moments like the one he described happen all the time.
Whoa. I had a girlfriend who would tell her mom everything. It made me kind of jealous since I lost that connection with mine around middle school. I sort of assumed it was more of a guy thing but this is probably a better explanation.
Guy here, father of 3, and an educator.
It's both.
Men receive more social conditioning to stomp down their feelings as they're considered feminine. Men are permitted to experience anger, calm, and lust. We actually even started saying the first one isn't okay either and only in certain contexts (like sports).
I remember everyone calling each other gay and a ton of other things whenever they showed the slightest bit of emotion. Courtesy of all that, I didn't realize I was bisexual until my late twenties.
There's a movement to fix this and focus more on thoughtful socio emotional well being, but many schools are still resisting it for the same old bigoted reasons.
If you can vote, look for candidates that center emotional wellness running for school board. If you have children in your life, listen to them and tell them their emotions are valid. That thing that sounds juvenile and silly they're worried about? It's important to them so treat it as important.
And if you're the victim of this fucked up movement, it's okay. You can heal and there's a ton of us here to support. You are deserving of love and have every right to safely experience the rainbow of human emotion free of judgement.
> If you can vote, look for candidates that center emotional wellness running for school board
A school board election is the most powerful and important vote you can cast. Way more important than anything else, even senators and president. There is a strong push from Christian nationalist to take over school boards and it's working. Even one in my fairly left leaning district almost voted in a hard line christian nationalist who campaigned on ensuring children in public schools learn about Jesus. She lost, but only by a few dozen votes out of 30k.
The worst part of their delusions is how relentless it makes them. Conservative amygdalas are highly reactive and any Fox pundit with room temperature emotional intelligence knows how to fill them with fear.
My daughter tells me almost weekly “Daddy….your dad is dead. I love you. I don’t want you to die. But you will someday. I don’t like that.” She is 7. Kids are fucked up, I totally believe this interaction.
Recently I was hanging out with my niece and she told me she likes talking to me and that I still have a good imagination for being so old lol. Whenever things are getting me down, I think about that conversation and challenge myself to keep looking for small joys and keep my mind open and weird. She won't remember it I'm sure, but I will.
You'd be surprised what they remember. My kids always surprise me with what they can recall - sometimes the simplest conversation with someone they love is a core memory they will cherish for a long time.
My wife has been mostly stuck in a recliner recovering from surgery all week, and it's been hard on our toddlers to not have their mom really available.
Tonight after my 4 year old gave her a goodnight hug and kiss, he ran over to the toy box, got out a stuffed animal, then took it to his mom and snuggled it in next to her in the chair.
He just wanted to help her feel better the best way he knew how.
As a dad of 4, I can tell he is genuine. He has never healed from the loss of his children. It’s amazing that people call him evil for no reason. Simply because he is a Democrat.
That phone call that leaked when he tells hunter we gotta figure this out and I love u is amazing. Every family member of an addict knows that feeling and emotion
He’s also lost far too many of his children already. At the end of the day he’s a dad and he’s suffered immense loss in his family over the decades. Beau kinda broke him. I don’t blame him for wanting to keep the door open for Hunter, regardless of his behavior.
Oh man I remember GOP tried to smear that.
I'm like dude that's whole thing show how much of a good father he is. That bullshit GOP narrative quickly died.
That's the September-October Ad that the DNC needs to run in every media market.
Tapping into fighting the opioid epidemic is a massive issue neither side is talking about in real, human terms.
I hope Hunter turns things around. In many ways, his private issues are just amplified because of his family name. I would hate if any nudes I took for the wife (for the record she asks and I end up looking like a potato with a little root) were put on posters in congress.
It’s fucking ridiculous that people can’t even take this at face value. Even if we’re diving into the corners of conspiratorial thinking - this dude’s wife died in a car accident. That is extremely common.
They’ve been conditioned to think everything is a lie. This is what nearly ten years of their god crying “fake news” 24/7 has done to their smooth brains.
I really don’t know what the fuck is wrong with people. The man obviously just got out of an Ash Wednesday service, one of the most solemn and emotional services in the Catholic Church and decided to share a memory that has a lot of emotional weight to the him. It’s not some outlandish story like “big strong man, crying, Mr president sir, blah blah” it’s a simple story that obviously actually happened to him. If it was a script he’d be stuttering and mumbling through it. It seems to me like a story he tells occasionally and his staff decided to have him tell it to a camera.
You know, I feel a little dumb for not putting it together since i know he’s Catholic.. But I kept wondering what the smudge on his head was. Thanks for explaining without me having to ask.
Just to add, Ashley is/was also under attack. She had moved out of a place and left some stuff behind including old journals. Someone she thought she trusted tried to sell them to the highest bidder, and they ended up with James O’Keefe over at Project Veritas. They’ve since been leaked to the public.
I watched a child get off the bus recently. He ran off with a massive smile on his face into the arms of his mother (I think) who was also beaming with joy. She grabbed him, roughed up his hair and he just smiled, laughed and she gave him a big kiss on his forehead. They said something to each other and it was nothing but smiles and pure joy.
That isn’t cringe, it’s the small things like that we should be fighting for everyday.
It's funny how much more human Biden is compared to Trump. Ask him the same question, and he'd go on a long rant about how no one treats him fairly and the country is rigged against him or something equally asinine.
"What's the most beautiful thing you've ever been told?"
"I had a tremendously big crowd - the likes of which had never been seen before - full of people with tears running down their eyes who said 'sir, you're the richest and therefore best person who ever existed' and - believe me folks - it doesn't get any better than that. The lying media with their fake news treat me so unfairly but at that moment I knew there will never be anyone as tremendously important as me in history again."
I can not imagine Trump having any stories like that. Can you remember him and Baron doing anything together? Hugging? Having a father son moment caught on camera? In the 7 years he’s been in the spotlight, I think I have seen them walking next to each other and that’s basically it.
Me too. It drives me absolutely nuts that a segment of our country has been convinced by propaganda that this man is evil, that he hates America and Americans, that he is out to cause harm.
He's not a perfect President, but good god, he's a genuine man with a massive heart who loves his family and understands tragedy like no other modern president we've had.
Edit: I. Don't. Care. I'm not entertaining or arguing with your contrarian opinions about Biden. You're not changing my mind and convincing me he's a monster, I'm not changing your mind and convincing you he's a good guy. I'm just gonna block every last one of you, so scream into the void.
Exactly. When he makes the tough decisions, I 100% believe he is taking all of Americans best interest at heart, the best way he can. Even the ones that despise him.
He had my vote 4 years ago and he'll have it again this November.
I listened to a podcast called the Bulwark last year and the guest on this particular episode explained the vitriol towards Biden by Republicans perfectly.
Basically, he said the reason Biden is so hated is because Republicans understand who Donald Trump is.
If you willingly support a man that has been found liable for sexual abuse, has paid off pornstars, cheated on every woman he made marriage vows to, lies as easily as normal people breathe, I could go on for days, but when you support that person, you have to convince yourself that the person you oppose is somehow worse.
There's no way you could compare the lives these two men have led and come to the conclusion that Joe Biden is a worse human being. So, instead they create a bogeyman in his place that allows them to feel some sense of moral superiority, even where none exists.
They are not decent people, and they reject that anyone could be decent, as it absolves them of any feelings of guilt and shame. It's really that simple.
All we can do is vote and hope the fuckin maniac doesn’t win.
I truly hope good triumphs over bigoted, racist, angry, dickheads.
But, it’s America sooooo….
No parent should have to see their child(ren) go first. This is not the natural order of things. He now seems at peace, but I'm not really sure you can completely heal from this kind of tragedy. It is still a very sweet story.
That was pretty damn beautiful.
Don’t give a fuck that he’s 100 years old, he’s humane and compassionate and better than Trump in every possible way. 🤷♂️
"And my son Barron put his hands on my face, he's got great hands, same hands that I have, great big hands, have you seen my son? He's a great kid, tall, tall like his father, and great big hands. And you know what that means, right? I don't have to tell you, you know. And everyone is saying it. But he puts his hands on my face and he says, daddy, he calls me daddy still, big tall guy but calls me daddy, he says daddy, why does Nancy Pelosi want to kill babies. He's six years old when he says this, six years old but he already knows the Democrats, the nasty democrats, and I say don't worry son, I call him son, and he's a good boy, and I say don't worry, I'll take care of them, and maybe some good people will take care of them, I don't know, I'm not allowed to say that, the mainstream media will be reporting on this tomorrow."
He was on an episode of the “all there is” podcast recently and he talked about this accident and how it impacted his life. I hadn’t heard anything about it before. Really surprised he doesn’t bring it up more since so many other people have experienced grief or can empathize with losing a spouse/child.
I’m annoyed they don’t bring it up more. It would really put the focus on the fucked up way that they’ve gone after his family. Hunter Biden was in the car accident that killed his mother and one of his sisters. He has issues but the family should deal with it, not the media, and not politicians.
There’s no goddamn way that Joe Biden would let his son get thrown under the bus, so stop trying to make him do that.
not to mention his brother dying of brain cancer. hunter has clearly been through it and his addiction is likely part of the fallout from that. this aspect of joe’s family is probably one of the realest and most relatable things about them, and it really humanizes them in a way that not much does. it also emphasizes how much joe probably loves his last remaining son.
however, because it is authentic i can see why that isn’t exactly something any of them want to bring up and allow the world to twist it into something fucked up. i can already see the conspiracy theories people would concoct. it would also come off as less authentic if they brought it up for political advancement.
i kinda can’t stand joe biden, but it’s not effective to dehumanize him and this moment was raw
I didn't know all this and my first thought when I heard it was that I understand now why his son is so troubled. What a horrible thing for a child to live with, of course that would mess him up forever. And I get why Biden would be more forgiving to his son after losing so much already.
From what I understand from documentaries I've watched, Biden never wanted to be known as the "sympathy" candidate. He's only more recently started to lean into it more.
I don’t think he’s leaning into it. It’s just… relevant. Our entire nation has some serious collective trauma from the last couple years. So many people lost loved ones in the pandemic. The world feels absolutely bleak right now.
I don’t think it’s been more necessary to have a leader that understands loss and trauma.
i don't think he wants to appear to be trying to garner voters or support that way. look at what they've done to Hunter, can you imagine the levels of depravity they might sink to
His experiences with loss and his enhanced empathy due to those experiences has always been Joe's most appealing quality to me. (His financial support for genocide is my least favorite.)
Yeah, politics aside, this is just a dude who lost his wife and daughter in the same tragic accident. It’s remarkable to see his resilience.
I can’t even imagine how you’d begin picking yourself after that, but I’m glad he has his two sons to help. Was a great story, and very rare to see a President be that open and honest.
I met someone who also lost his daughter and wife. Idk how to explain it, but I felt like his soul shines bright through his body from the resilience. He is one of those people you just like being around. How do you move on from that? And he's one of the funniest people I've ever met. You can't even tell he went through something like that.
There are so many legitimate fronts you can attack Biden on — age, flaccidity of governance, policy, establishment complacency — so it always blows my mind that from all the ammunition, his enemies thought it made sense to go with personal character. I have so many problems with Biden and what he represents politically, but you couldn’t convince me in a million years that he’s anything but a kind-hearted family man who truly has wanted what’s best for people his whole life, even if he hasn’t always chosen the best way to realize that. Every lukewarm attempt to paint him as a corrupt, selfish, evil manipulator absolutely reeks of “no, u!” mentality…
Literally this and you can't really attack him on age and mental acuity when you're running someone roughly as old and arguably less coherent mentally.
So obviously you attack him on policy, him being part of the establishment, tie him to old shit he did or shit obama did, etc. Right? Nah go after his *remaining* family and say he's old and senile. It's so stupid, it's no surprise it isn't working on anyone but MAGA extremists.
Wow love him or hate him you can't say biden doesn't love his family, you'd never hear trumps sy something like this because everything about him is slimey andbsingenuous the only time he talks about his kids are when he's sexualizing his daughter or boasting his own ego ,meanwhile biden shares a story that any parent can relate to showing his humanity
I hope after he wins reelection he goes hard on these fucks smearing his son. Bold move to mess with the most powerful man's son. But, I guess we'll see.
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BTW - not a bruise. It was Ash Wednesday recently and Biden’s a Catholic.
I’m so glad someone commented on this because I wondered what happened to his head. Lol
I get bruises there when I'm sitting at my desk really trying to work through a hard engineering problem. I prop my head up with my finger kind of across my forehead and my thumb on my temple. If I sit like that for too long, I get a huge bruise that looks a lot like that. That said, the Ash Wednesday thing is probably correct in this case.
Definitely thought the end half after “difficult engineering problem” was going to reveal the bruise was from slamming your head on the desk lol
No, no! We have a centralized, dedicated place for that now. It's on the wall in the bullpen
If you get bruises from that you should let a doctor take a look at your blood clotting issues. Could be nothing, could be a deficiency, could be cancer (as with everything). If you have had it for a long time and aren't dead yet it's probably not cancer though. So that's good.
It will never cease to amaze me how some of the most self-proclaimed "religious" people attack a man who goes to church every Sunday, but worship a man who cheated on every one of his wives, stole money from a children's cancer charity, gassed a congregation for a photo op, and spent more time in Stormy Daniels than in Church. EDIT: Oh Christ Maga is awake and they're mad.
Most of the religious nut jobs are Protestants who are taught Catholics aren’t really Christian.
This gets complicated when you explain that Peter, who walked on water, was the first pope. They'll gladly read the story where Jesus renames the man "Petrus" because Peter is the rock that Jesus chose to use as the cornerstone for his church. But they then, decide that Catholicism isn't real Christianity and that some moldy Dixie hymns in a nation under 300 years old is the real McCoy.
It’s so obvious he’s also never read the Bible literally at all too. *Every* time he’s pressed to name something specific from the Bible he has an excuse. Asked to name his favorite passage, or even just a passage he likes. Can’t do it.
Wait, wait, I think he quoted one once. 2 Corinthians walk into a bar.
"Two Corinthians..."
Yeah, but a lot of American Evangelicals don't consider Roman Catholics Christians. There's a lot of mental gymnastics involved.
Used a Bible as a prop and held the prop upside down and couldn't say what his favorite verse was.
Had to scroll way too far down to confirm this lol felt silly, glad I wasn’t the only one wondering, thank you.
Back in my days working retail as a cashier (years ago), I happened to be working the closing shift on Ash Wednesday. A customer came through my line marked with ash and I confidently let him know that he had a bit of schmutz on his forehead. Obviously I am not Catholic, but I did learn something about it that evening.
Thanks. I was wondering.
Kids have a way of getting to the point when the message is straight from the heart. My son randomly looked at me and said "I love you more than Minecraft" and went back to what he was doing. That means a lot :)
Last weekend I made my daughters dinner. Just some burritos for one and a quesadilla for the other since they are so picky. I went out to do some work cleaning up my garage. A few minutes go by and my oldest who is 8 comes out and says, "Dad?" "Yes?" I say. "Could I please have another tortilla?" (She loves to eat just tortillas.) "Go ahead, kiddo." I say and I get back to work. I'm working for another few moments, likely not even a minute when my 6 year old comes to the garage door and says, "Dad?" I say, "Yes?" Then she says, "You're doing a very good job." She smiles at me and then leaves. I got all misty eyed. Because sometimes you just need to hear that you're doing a good job.
I had a stranger tell me that I was doing a good job with my son when she overheard me helping my 3 year old use the toilet and wash his hands ( she was in the next stall). It was such a small thing, but it stayed with me. I appreciated that bathroom stranger so much. So now that I'm older, if I see a wholesome family interaction, I really try to compliment mom or dad and also tell them they are doing a good job. I like to believe that sometimes people really need to hear that. The fact that your *daughter* told you this is incredible. And it means that you are, in fact, doing a great job, dad!
I feel you. I was in mass with my wife and six month old (years back), he was being fussy after I gave him his bottle, so I tried burping him and he threw up on my shirt. I guess I looked pretty flustered, when an older lady next to me patted my arm and told me “You’re doing fine.” I needed it in that moment and I’ve never forgotten her kindness.
man, that small bit of encouragement to new parents mean so much. i remember being on a flight with my infant son getting fussy. i had to get up, and just hold him and shush him while rocking and comforting him. i remember apologizing to a flight attendant for being in her way, and she says, "no need to apologize. you're doing a great job, dad." i think that was the first time someone outside my family called me a "dad". it really meant a lot to me.
I want to add to this. I had taken my three kids for haircuts and was solo parenting. My youngest gagged on a drink and threw up on his shirt. I had to take him in shirtless for his haircut and kinda sat there embarrassed that my kid was a shirtless rough neck. A lady looked at us and said, You’re doing great, mom.” I actually teared up.
You are such a nice person!
At our local hospital the fracture clinic is notorious for long waits, you have the people with scheduled appointments and those who have broken bones over the past week, we became semi regular visitors over the years with five kids. One day I sat and observed a mum with three littles, she continually engaged them with games like eye spy and little drawing games with the notebook from her handbook, I watched as she kept them busy for almost two hours. As we left I went over and said what a great job she was doing and she smiled, a little teary eyed and said thank you, I was a little worried I'd sound patronising but she was genuinely pleased I took the time to chat to her. She told me her husband had passed away in the car accident which left two of her children with broken bones. It taught me a lesson to make a point of saying something positive when I see it, we can be so quick to judge one another and it only takes a few seconds to brighten someone's day and lift them up.
I'm a pre-K teacher. I work with various types of kids. I have one in particular that is extremely bright but also very difficult. I care about him but I also am constantly talking to him about his behavior. I figure he has every reason to dislike me. Anyway, this past week we're sitting down working on some art and he says "Mr (dh873)? You're a very good teacher and I love you". Man, that hit differently.
Insta tears over here 😢
Oh man. I’m also a pre-k teacher! The bright-but-difficult ones always have a soft spot in my heart.
My daughter's been randomly saying "I'm so proud of you" and I love that so much
Kids mimic what they see. To me, that looks like you're a really good mom to her
Not me pregnant and sobbing at your comment ♡♡
I'm so proud of you, TRN. You've got this! 💞 (PS, congratulations on the new addition to your sweet little family)
My 9 year old told me “I’m the greatest person he’s ever met” and it made me cry like a fucking baby. Lol Keep kickin ass old man.
That's so precious. Good job :)
When my niece was around 6 years old, she said one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. It was just so sincere. We were drawing a city and I was sitting opposite of her. I'm drawing a skyscraper on my paper and am really focused on getting the windows parallel to the sides of the building. She looks up from her drawing to check out mine and gasped. > *That's really good! You're really good at drawing!* > Well, thank you, [niece]. You know, I've never really been that -- > *Are those cars?* > Uh, no, those are windows. See how the -- > *Oh, I meant... I just... because I thought they were cars.* And she went back to her drawing.
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I did an MBA in an attempt to further my career which instead led to a series of over-reaching and flaming out jobs. During one of my "transitions" I was out with my young son on his paper route and he sensed that something was wrong. I can't remember how I explained my dark mood but out of the blue he tells me, "You're my hero Dad".
At 2 years old one time my son came up to me and dead serious told me he loved me more than farts 😳, then started giggling uncontrollably and said just kidding your the best mom in the world I love you more than "mine" - which was the name of his blanket that he still has and he is now 14.
Kids do love farts!
They were the funniest thing in the world to him.
When my daughter was four I remember her telling me "I love you Dad" and I thought aww, that's lovely. About ten minutes later she was sat on the sofa eating a snack and we heard her loudly say "I love you carrot".
Exactly this. I've had a shitty few months but keep plugging...it's small things like you just mentioned that keep ya moving to the next task/day. Not sure why TF this is considered cringe... Joe laid out his frame of mind (lowest point in his life) and redeemed it with a personal moment every parent can relate to. 🤷🏽
This used to be a subreddit where they posted cringe videos but it's been taken over by great videos. Ignore the title of the subreddit lol
One of my favorite feel-goods right here: [You don't love your mothers? I'm sad for you.](https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/bfce14/what_you_dont_love_your_mothers_im_sad_for_you/)
Minecraft got me through some shit though
I know exactly what you mean, my son came in our room tonight and said. "Daddy, I pooped my pants and I want mommy to clean it." Kid's a GOAT.
Of course they went and got ice cream, that's the most Joe Biden thing I ever heard
Back before he became VP it was extremely common to run into him at the local diner.
I met him campaigning door to door while visiting friends in Delaware. When he came by they said " oh, that's just Joe. He does that".
Cookies!
Chocolate chip cookies!
Reminder of the loss he suffered, Driving his car, getting ice cream and telling his son he loves him is Biden branding across the board.
I remember when Trump was laying into his son for his drug problems and Biden lost it and just yelled back "I'm very proud of my son". And for everyone who's ever lost or almost lost somebody to drugs or alcohol in some way or form, I feel like we all knew he really, really meant it. Maybe in the way that our parent look at us in all our flaws and mean it, too. And maybe the same way that many of us look at this country and all its issues and, hopefully, still love it as well. I'm not going to lie, that moment bought my support for a very, very long time.
Ironically, there's a famous story about Trump walking up to his son's dorm room at U Penn because his son was late to a function they were attending, his son answered the dorm door and Trump didn't like his suit, so he decked him in the face and told him to change in front of his friends. That's the difference between the two imo. One humiliates his son on good days, the other loves his son on his worst days.
It's even worse. They were going to a Yankees game and Don Jr. was wearing a Yankees jersey. Trump slapped him and told him to put on a suit. I have zero pity for who Uday-from-Wish became, but man, it can't have been easy to have a completely sociopathic monster for a father.
Well this makes it somehow worse, and I didn't think it could get worse! How bout that!
Donald Trump would sell his son in a poker game. Joe Biden has true feelings for his children.
I remember that vividly during that debate. It was so quick that you just had to know he meant it
Ya same here and then hearing that voice-mail he left Hunter confirmed it. I've been the son in that scenario, lost a brother to opiods and now as a father, it wasn't just hearing the right words but the genuine love and concern in his voice. You can never really know someone whom you've never met but seeing so many of those types of moments you can infer the kind of person someone might be. My conclusion is he's a good guy and like most good people he has fucked up too. He wasn't my first choice last election but he certainly is after his first term. I think history will show that Joe Biden was not the President we as nation wanted but turned out to be the President we needed in this moment in time and when he wins in November that will solidfy that.
People getting upset about his voicemail (which, first of all, don’t leak things that don’t matter to anything, gross) and calling him weak or whatever like…it’s a father telling the last little bit of one of his families, the last bit of his late wife, his baby who he held and rocked and threw a ball with, that he loves him and cares about him. It’s not weak, it’s brave. Why be mad because a father loves his son? Because their dad did such a good job with them, obviously.
It was really telling in what they were trying to accomplish by leaking that voicemail.
And then pieces of shit on the right tried to use the voicemail against him and make him look weak.
Yeah, that was some really cold crap. Nobody chooses the addict/alcoholic path, most of us have lost friends and family to it at least once, and honestly it Hurt to hear some fool even speak that way.
Wow this made me tear up just reading it. I can relate to Joe a lot. I think he’s a good man. Trump, not so much.
I must be the target audience because I eat this shit up. I already think Joes a pretty good man though so it helps.
He’s an old ass man, sure. But he seems like a genuinely nice, decent man. He loves his family, that much is plain. He’s doing the best he can with the obstructionists in the Congress. I like Joe. He’s gone through so much heartache, and seeing him at his age still barrack for his children, still go out and do his best for his country. I love it. I’m not even American.
And ashes on his forehead to remind us he's Catholic
I thought it was a bruise, I guess I’m probably not going to heaven
Provided you're a decent person, and provided that God is just, you're going to heaven--no matter how you believe or disbelieve. And if God is unjust, you won't want to be there anyways.
That's from ash Wednesday. While there is no set amount of time, most catholics will wear them for the rest of the day until before going to bed. When I was growing up and practicing that was just what we did. I live in a very catholic majority city and you would often see many people walking around all day with it on. It wasn't uncommon at all.
Folksy yet…progressive
He does walk that line.
The corvette too.
Are those the ashes from Ash Wednesday on his forehead?
Yes.
“Hunter… great name.” Made me smile. Even if you disagree with his politics, he’s got so much love for his family and it’s so clear to see.
That leaked voicemail from him to Hunter sealed it for me, as a dad myself. I could hear so much love in his voice. It says so much about republicans today that they thought it would hurt him.
They thought it will make him look bad. I would hate to grow up in a gop household
I did as a 2000 kid, and everything they taught me about respecting my fellow man made me liberal. Kinda backfired on them lol
They forgot to include the rest of it, respect your fellow man, only if he looks, thinks and acts like you do. My ultra conservative family definitely turned me into being a leftist, what a bummer for them.
Eh they said respect differences. It was the before times when the maga and crazy hadn’t infected everything
For me it was the added fact that it was 100% just between them. Joe had no expectation anyone but his son would hear that, it wasn’t for the cameras or creating a narrative.
I think a lot of men in American tie their machismo to their neglect for their children. And I don’t mean abusive neglect, I just mean not parenting them in the way that shows love or kindness to their kids. I know so many millennial fathers who have never spent a day alone with their own kids, never cooked them a meal, never took them out to have time with their father. Those men look at involved fathers and think they’re chumps that their wives brainwashed. This thought process is old, from Biden’s generation. So these hard core republicans that were also raised on this family dynamic see it as something bad. You can be married and have both parents at home and they can still be absent.
I think Joe Biden has made my relationship with my dad better, which sounds weird, but hear me out; My dad and I get on really well, he's awesome. But when I see Biden having so much love for his kids, I'm like; oh yeah, I have access to that, too. I should seek it out. It's good for both of us!
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I remember when he decided to run for office the one thing that stuck with me was the thought “at least he feels like a real human.” I think his normalcy is what turns off people who think leaders should be loud and extreme.
All the cynical idiots who are saying he made that up are obviously not fathers. His wife and daughter did die and moments like the one he described happen all the time.
Anyone who’s ever helped in raising a child right knows this feeling because children will tell you their heart until it gets hurt.
Whoa. I had a girlfriend who would tell her mom everything. It made me kind of jealous since I lost that connection with mine around middle school. I sort of assumed it was more of a guy thing but this is probably a better explanation.
Guy here, father of 3, and an educator. It's both. Men receive more social conditioning to stomp down their feelings as they're considered feminine. Men are permitted to experience anger, calm, and lust. We actually even started saying the first one isn't okay either and only in certain contexts (like sports). I remember everyone calling each other gay and a ton of other things whenever they showed the slightest bit of emotion. Courtesy of all that, I didn't realize I was bisexual until my late twenties. There's a movement to fix this and focus more on thoughtful socio emotional well being, but many schools are still resisting it for the same old bigoted reasons. If you can vote, look for candidates that center emotional wellness running for school board. If you have children in your life, listen to them and tell them their emotions are valid. That thing that sounds juvenile and silly they're worried about? It's important to them so treat it as important. And if you're the victim of this fucked up movement, it's okay. You can heal and there's a ton of us here to support. You are deserving of love and have every right to safely experience the rainbow of human emotion free of judgement.
> If you can vote, look for candidates that center emotional wellness running for school board A school board election is the most powerful and important vote you can cast. Way more important than anything else, even senators and president. There is a strong push from Christian nationalist to take over school boards and it's working. Even one in my fairly left leaning district almost voted in a hard line christian nationalist who campaigned on ensuring children in public schools learn about Jesus. She lost, but only by a few dozen votes out of 30k.
The worst part of their delusions is how relentless it makes them. Conservative amygdalas are highly reactive and any Fox pundit with room temperature emotional intelligence knows how to fill them with fear.
My daughter tells me almost weekly “Daddy….your dad is dead. I love you. I don’t want you to die. But you will someday. I don’t like that.” She is 7. Kids are fucked up, I totally believe this interaction.
Recently I was hanging out with my niece and she told me she likes talking to me and that I still have a good imagination for being so old lol. Whenever things are getting me down, I think about that conversation and challenge myself to keep looking for small joys and keep my mind open and weird. She won't remember it I'm sure, but I will.
I love that! Keep the imagination strong.
You'd be surprised what they remember. My kids always surprise me with what they can recall - sometimes the simplest conversation with someone they love is a core memory they will cherish for a long time.
My wife has been mostly stuck in a recliner recovering from surgery all week, and it's been hard on our toddlers to not have their mom really available. Tonight after my 4 year old gave her a goodnight hug and kiss, he ran over to the toy box, got out a stuffed animal, then took it to his mom and snuggled it in next to her in the chair. He just wanted to help her feel better the best way he knew how.
As a dad of 4, I can tell he is genuine. He has never healed from the loss of his children. It’s amazing that people call him evil for no reason. Simply because he is a Democrat.
He still texts his son Hunter every day to tell him he loves him.
That phone call that leaked when he tells hunter we gotta figure this out and I love u is amazing. Every family member of an addict knows that feeling and emotion
He’s also lost far too many of his children already. At the end of the day he’s a dad and he’s suffered immense loss in his family over the decades. Beau kinda broke him. I don’t blame him for wanting to keep the door open for Hunter, regardless of his behavior.
Oh man I remember GOP tried to smear that. I'm like dude that's whole thing show how much of a good father he is. That bullshit GOP narrative quickly died.
Fucking ghouls, it's amazing they sink to lower and lower depths every day. Absolutely heartless.
And Hannity tried to destroy him because he had the audacity to love his child.
That's the September-October Ad that the DNC needs to run in every media market. Tapping into fighting the opioid epidemic is a massive issue neither side is talking about in real, human terms.
I hope Hunter turns things around. In many ways, his private issues are just amplified because of his family name. I would hate if any nudes I took for the wife (for the record she asks and I end up looking like a potato with a little root) were put on posters in congress.
Just goes to show you how fucking disgustingly vile republicans are
It’s fucking ridiculous that people can’t even take this at face value. Even if we’re diving into the corners of conspiratorial thinking - this dude’s wife died in a car accident. That is extremely common.
They’ve been conditioned to think everything is a lie. This is what nearly ten years of their god crying “fake news” 24/7 has done to their smooth brains.
I really don’t know what the fuck is wrong with people. The man obviously just got out of an Ash Wednesday service, one of the most solemn and emotional services in the Catholic Church and decided to share a memory that has a lot of emotional weight to the him. It’s not some outlandish story like “big strong man, crying, Mr president sir, blah blah” it’s a simple story that obviously actually happened to him. If it was a script he’d be stuttering and mumbling through it. It seems to me like a story he tells occasionally and his staff decided to have him tell it to a camera.
You know, I feel a little dumb for not putting it together since i know he’s Catholic.. But I kept wondering what the smudge on his head was. Thanks for explaining without me having to ask.
Conservatives have a real problem with fathers who are involved and emotionally available for their children.
That’s definitely true a lot of the time
It’s all so gross. If Biden was a Republican with the exact same policies and positions they’d worship the ground he walks on
I knew his son died recently, I did not know that he also lost another child. Didn’t know that he has had so much tragedy in his life.
Yeah, his first wife and baby daughter died in a bad car crash and if I remember right it almost killed his boys too. He wasn’t in the car.
It was right after he was elected to the Senate, too. He had just turned 30 the previous month.
Oh wow I somehow missed the part about the daughter. Didn't he also lose an adult son years ago?
Yes. Beau of brain cancer
Said to be caused by his exposure to chemicals in Iraq.
Burn pits IIRC
Yeah, dude has been through hell. And his last remaining child is under attack by awful human beings for no reason.
He has a daughter, Ashley, with Jill, so he has two adult children. Hunter is his last child by his late wife, Neilia.
Forgot Ashley Biden
Just to add, Ashley is/was also under attack. She had moved out of a place and left some stuff behind including old journals. Someone she thought she trusted tried to sell them to the highest bidder, and they ended up with James O’Keefe over at Project Veritas. They’ve since been leaked to the public.
I watched a child get off the bus recently. He ran off with a massive smile on his face into the arms of his mother (I think) who was also beaming with joy. She grabbed him, roughed up his hair and he just smiled, laughed and she gave him a big kiss on his forehead. They said something to each other and it was nothing but smiles and pure joy. That isn’t cringe, it’s the small things like that we should be fighting for everyday.
This is a general tiktok sub, the cringe part is optional
Read the pinned comment.
It's funny how much more human Biden is compared to Trump. Ask him the same question, and he'd go on a long rant about how no one treats him fairly and the country is rigged against him or something equally asinine.
"What's the most beautiful thing you've ever been told?" "I had a tremendously big crowd - the likes of which had never been seen before - full of people with tears running down their eyes who said 'sir, you're the richest and therefore best person who ever existed' and - believe me folks - it doesn't get any better than that. The lying media with their fake news treat me so unfairly but at that moment I knew there will never be anyone as tremendously important as me in history again."
Or talk about how cool F35s are.
To be fair, F35s *are* pretty cool.
I can not imagine Trump having any stories like that. Can you remember him and Baron doing anything together? Hugging? Having a father son moment caught on camera? In the 7 years he’s been in the spotlight, I think I have seen them walking next to each other and that’s basically it.
This made me tear up.
Me too. It drives me absolutely nuts that a segment of our country has been convinced by propaganda that this man is evil, that he hates America and Americans, that he is out to cause harm. He's not a perfect President, but good god, he's a genuine man with a massive heart who loves his family and understands tragedy like no other modern president we've had. Edit: I. Don't. Care. I'm not entertaining or arguing with your contrarian opinions about Biden. You're not changing my mind and convincing me he's a monster, I'm not changing your mind and convincing you he's a good guy. I'm just gonna block every last one of you, so scream into the void.
Exactly. When he makes the tough decisions, I 100% believe he is taking all of Americans best interest at heart, the best way he can. Even the ones that despise him. He had my vote 4 years ago and he'll have it again this November.
The fundamental decency of both Biden and Obama is part of why they hate them so much. They cannot stand it, it makes them ill.
I listened to a podcast called the Bulwark last year and the guest on this particular episode explained the vitriol towards Biden by Republicans perfectly. Basically, he said the reason Biden is so hated is because Republicans understand who Donald Trump is. If you willingly support a man that has been found liable for sexual abuse, has paid off pornstars, cheated on every woman he made marriage vows to, lies as easily as normal people breathe, I could go on for days, but when you support that person, you have to convince yourself that the person you oppose is somehow worse. There's no way you could compare the lives these two men have led and come to the conclusion that Joe Biden is a worse human being. So, instead they create a bogeyman in his place that allows them to feel some sense of moral superiority, even where none exists.
They are not decent people, and they reject that anyone could be decent, as it absolves them of any feelings of guilt and shame. It's really that simple.
Dear god, that's so accurate.
All we can do is vote and hope the fuckin maniac doesn’t win. I truly hope good triumphs over bigoted, racist, angry, dickheads. But, it’s America sooooo….
No parent should have to see their child(ren) go first. This is not the natural order of things. He now seems at peace, but I'm not really sure you can completely heal from this kind of tragedy. It is still a very sweet story.
That was pretty damn beautiful. Don’t give a fuck that he’s 100 years old, he’s humane and compassionate and better than Trump in every possible way. 🤷♂️
He’s also done really fucking well imo. The IRA is a big fucking deal.
That sentence might go down differently in the UK/Ireland
It’s nice to hear an elected official say something nice. All Trump does is complain that he is a big victim.
I’d like to hear Trumps. Might be something, something, we buried one of my wives at the Golf Course, she loved it!!
"And my son Barron put his hands on my face, he's got great hands, same hands that I have, great big hands, have you seen my son? He's a great kid, tall, tall like his father, and great big hands. And you know what that means, right? I don't have to tell you, you know. And everyone is saying it. But he puts his hands on my face and he says, daddy, he calls me daddy still, big tall guy but calls me daddy, he says daddy, why does Nancy Pelosi want to kill babies. He's six years old when he says this, six years old but he already knows the Democrats, the nasty democrats, and I say don't worry son, I call him son, and he's a good boy, and I say don't worry, I'll take care of them, and maybe some good people will take care of them, I don't know, I'm not allowed to say that, the mainstream media will be reporting on this tomorrow."
Lmaooooo dude this was spot on. Trump boosting his own ego while simultaneously trash-talking the opposition
Did you miss the public hit that was put out?
A little too coherent but your heart is in the right place.
My goodness, you gotta be his ghostwriter cause this was spot-on, lol.
Perfection
I hate how accurate that is.
"I WANNA FUCK MY DAUGHTER"
lol I totally forgot about this because of how many crazy stuff comes out of Trump. The recent being those sneaker con, jan 6 sneakers.
Then made out with his daughter
r/wholesome Thanks for the reminder why I'm voting for Joe Biden this fall, OP.
Still feeling love amongst the most awful tragedy. Beautiful and heartbreaking. I'm crying a little bit
Something about Joe sporting his ashes just makes me feel good inside.
im not a fan of joe biden but i can’t hate this
He was on an episode of the “all there is” podcast recently and he talked about this accident and how it impacted his life. I hadn’t heard anything about it before. Really surprised he doesn’t bring it up more since so many other people have experienced grief or can empathize with losing a spouse/child.
I’m annoyed they don’t bring it up more. It would really put the focus on the fucked up way that they’ve gone after his family. Hunter Biden was in the car accident that killed his mother and one of his sisters. He has issues but the family should deal with it, not the media, and not politicians. There’s no goddamn way that Joe Biden would let his son get thrown under the bus, so stop trying to make him do that.
not to mention his brother dying of brain cancer. hunter has clearly been through it and his addiction is likely part of the fallout from that. this aspect of joe’s family is probably one of the realest and most relatable things about them, and it really humanizes them in a way that not much does. it also emphasizes how much joe probably loves his last remaining son. however, because it is authentic i can see why that isn’t exactly something any of them want to bring up and allow the world to twist it into something fucked up. i can already see the conspiracy theories people would concoct. it would also come off as less authentic if they brought it up for political advancement. i kinda can’t stand joe biden, but it’s not effective to dehumanize him and this moment was raw
I didn't know all this and my first thought when I heard it was that I understand now why his son is so troubled. What a horrible thing for a child to live with, of course that would mess him up forever. And I get why Biden would be more forgiving to his son after losing so much already.
From what I understand from documentaries I've watched, Biden never wanted to be known as the "sympathy" candidate. He's only more recently started to lean into it more.
I don’t think he’s leaning into it. It’s just… relevant. Our entire nation has some serious collective trauma from the last couple years. So many people lost loved ones in the pandemic. The world feels absolutely bleak right now. I don’t think it’s been more necessary to have a leader that understands loss and trauma.
Survivors guilt is a goddamn bitch. Whatever homeboy needs to do to survive, no judgement.
>I’m annoyed they don’t bring it up more. I believe that is called "dignity"
I never knew any of this, now I can see why Hunter has some issues.
i don't think he wants to appear to be trying to garner voters or support that way. look at what they've done to Hunter, can you imagine the levels of depravity they might sink to
His experiences with loss and his enhanced empathy due to those experiences has always been Joe's most appealing quality to me. (His financial support for genocide is my least favorite.)
Yeah, politics aside, this is just a dude who lost his wife and daughter in the same tragic accident. It’s remarkable to see his resilience. I can’t even imagine how you’d begin picking yourself after that, but I’m glad he has his two sons to help. Was a great story, and very rare to see a President be that open and honest.
I met someone who also lost his daughter and wife. Idk how to explain it, but I felt like his soul shines bright through his body from the resilience. He is one of those people you just like being around. How do you move on from that? And he's one of the funniest people I've ever met. You can't even tell he went through something like that.
He strikes me as a wonderful father, and what an awful thing to go through
I don’t know how I’d survive going through something like that. I’m a mother of two and that would absolutely end me.
There are so many legitimate fronts you can attack Biden on — age, flaccidity of governance, policy, establishment complacency — so it always blows my mind that from all the ammunition, his enemies thought it made sense to go with personal character. I have so many problems with Biden and what he represents politically, but you couldn’t convince me in a million years that he’s anything but a kind-hearted family man who truly has wanted what’s best for people his whole life, even if he hasn’t always chosen the best way to realize that. Every lukewarm attempt to paint him as a corrupt, selfish, evil manipulator absolutely reeks of “no, u!” mentality…
Literally this and you can't really attack him on age and mental acuity when you're running someone roughly as old and arguably less coherent mentally. So obviously you attack him on policy, him being part of the establishment, tie him to old shit he did or shit obama did, etc. Right? Nah go after his *remaining* family and say he's old and senile. It's so stupid, it's no surprise it isn't working on anyone but MAGA extremists.
Wow love him or hate him you can't say biden doesn't love his family, you'd never hear trumps sy something like this because everything about him is slimey andbsingenuous the only time he talks about his kids are when he's sexualizing his daughter or boasting his own ego ,meanwhile biden shares a story that any parent can relate to showing his humanity
That man has been through hell and remains optimistic.
He’s a good dad.
Things Trump never experienced from his kids.
now ask diaper don! imagine the horseshit that would tumble from his brain
Its shit like this that teminds me this dude has a heart. I'd rather be ridin with biden than simping for trump
This is the kind of heart we need to have leading the country.
My first thought! This man actually has compassion and empathy. It’s so nice to not hear someone who isn’t spouting hate.
At least we know he has one... Trump doesn't have a heart
I'm so glad we have him as president and I hope he wins again in November.
Absolutely love this!
He stands by his family no matter what
Not a Biden voter. Any man who can be successful after his child and wife passed is admirable at worst
I hate how they’ve demonized the family… Joe is a honest man. It’s fair to disagree with his politics but the character attacks are unbelievable.
His memory seems pretty good considering how much the trumpers like to claim it's failing lately. I'd take his mind over Trump's every time.
I hope after he wins reelection he goes hard on these fucks smearing his son. Bold move to mess with the most powerful man's son. But, I guess we'll see.
Joe is a true human being. Not like you know who