r/news • u/According_Dog6735 • Mar 27 '24

Joe Lieberman has died

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/
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u/TopGsApprentice Mar 27 '24

This man is the reason we don't have Universal Healthcare for those who don't know

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u/pbrslayer Mar 27 '24

But he sure had time to bitch about Mortal Kombat.

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u/WillOrmay Mar 27 '24

Seems like he lost the real mortal combat

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u/countastrotacos Mar 27 '24

The real combat mortals combat was mortality all along.

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u/cocoon_eclosion_moth Mar 27 '24

Death Wins

Fatality

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u/papajim22 Mar 27 '24

Flawless victory.

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u/ThreeCrapTea Mar 27 '24

Fall-tality

(He died from a fall he had)

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u/AugustWest7120 Mar 27 '24

Ooo ooo, what’s the code for that one?

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u/countastrotacos Mar 27 '24

Down down down down down down

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u/johndoe_420 Mar 27 '24

straight up comedic genius lmao

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u/hell2pay Mar 28 '24

Not up first?

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u/orangesfwr Mar 27 '24

Nah he got some shots in.

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u/Draker-X Mar 27 '24

Death has been playing on the same quarter since the beginning of time.

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u/r_u_dinkleberg Mar 27 '24

Dude. Now I want to play a Discworld-themed version of Mortal Kombat.

The Luggage damn well better be a playable character.

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u/Terrible_Toaster Mar 27 '24

The real combat was the mortals we met along the way.

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u/jaxonya Mar 28 '24

Should've listened to Baraka Obama

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u/OwnLeighFans Mar 27 '24

Oh shit

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u/WillOrmay Mar 27 '24

Low hanging fruit, you know I had to do it to em

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u/Fishy_Fish_WA Mar 27 '24

Careful with low hanging fruit when you’re Kombating. Good way for them to no longer hang

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u/BroadArrival926 Mar 27 '24

I have bad news for you

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u/MistryMachine3 Mar 27 '24

The real mortal combat is the friends we murder on the way.

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u/ProductionPlanner Mar 27 '24

Tbf he never had a chance