druthers
(US, informal, often, _, jocular) Wishes, preferences.
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Somehow? It’s easy. Vlad is the real thing that Donald the poseur wishes he could be. Put another way; if Donnie had his druthers…..a lot of American journalists and comedians would be falling out of windows.
I mean if I had my druthers I would be filling in the bathtub portion and terminating it at Main St or earlier, but yeah narrower lanes would be a good start.
If I had my druthers it would be “no chatbots, which means no need for new data centers.” If you can’t discern the difference between “I don’t want a new jail built, I want criminal justice reform” and “I want a new…
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(US, informal, often, _, jocular) Wishes, preferences.
“Somehow? It’s easy. Vlad is the real thing that Donald the poseur wishes he could be. Put another way; if Donnie had his druthers…..a lot of American journalists and comedians would be falling out of windows.”
“I mean if I had my druthers I would be filling in the bathtub portion and terminating it at Main St or earlier, but yeah narrower lanes would be a good start.”
“If I had my druthers it would be “no chatbots, which means no need for new data centers.” If you can’t discern the difference between “I don’t want a new jail built, I want criminal justice reform” and “I want a new jail just not near me”, I don’t know what to tell you.”
"If you had your druthers—" Old Lew was always saying, "If I had my druthers, gimme one of them there Shevrolics."
“Somehow? It’s easy. Vlad is the real thing that Donald the poseur wishes he could be. Put another way; if Donnie had his druthers…..a lot of American journalists and comedians would be falling out of windows.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I mean if I had my druthers I would be filling in the bathtub portion and terminating it at Main St or earlier, but yeah narrower lanes would be a good start.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If I had my druthers it would be “no chatbots, which means no need for new data centers.” If you can’t discern the difference between “I don’t want a new jail built, I want criminal justice reform” and “I want a new jail just not near me”, I don’t know what to tell you.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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