Americans are often criticized for being self-interested, but you can’t blame the country recently for its preoccupation with the party primaries. With presidential candidates dominating the news, it seemed like no one even noticed that Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry had slipped out of the country to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
We’re used to hearing utter nonsense emanate from Biden, but it’s a bit of a relief to know that other countries have set up the equally wise in positions of power. Much like Hillary Clinton’s web page listing her greatest accomplishments, the World Economic Forum put up its own web page of the 36 best quotes from Davos 2016. We’re not sure why they didn’t go ahead and print a 36-month inspirational calendar and release it straight to the $5 bargain bin at Walmart.
It sounds like The Onion wrote some of these vapid, absurd "36 best quotes from Davos 2016"https://t.co/xCLhkV1erB pic.twitter.com/5q2QJVTyPW
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 26, 2016
The Onion, or maybe Hallmark. We just can’t get over this Hollywood Squares-style collage with will.i.am — “musician and philanthropist” — featured front and center. Yes, the composer of classics such as “My Humps” and “Sumthin’ for that Ass” shared his unique outlook on the 21st century dream.
@BenjaminNorton @Glinner Will I Am continues to be inexplicably ubiquitous in areas you least expect
— Michael E Lewis (@MichaelELewis_) January 26, 2016
Let’s put our optimism goggles on and then discuss mankind’s destruction of the planet.
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So the unemployed shouldn’t fret over that job search, then?
Oh, Canada.
John Kerry forgot to write a speech and just stole lines from “Terminator 2.”
@BenjaminNorton @jeremyneely Jesus, no wonder we're going to Hell in a hand basket.
— Michael Miles (TM) (@_m_miles) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton these are the 'leaders' looking to steer the world? They deserve to board a missile and be shot into the sun. #Davos2016
— blue ghosties (@blueghosties) January 27, 2016
@BenjaminNorton "Statements are only fantasies unless you have buzzwords."
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton @joeperainojr Where's your "optimism goggles"?
— Karen Gadbois (@gadboislensnola) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton stop making fun. Do you realize how unstoppable we'd be if you made the Minister of the Future wear Optimism Goggles?
— . (@t4rdi5_) January 27, 2016
@BenjaminNorton I used to wear optimism goggles after a few pints on a Friday.
— brock cadaver (@brockcadaver) January 27, 2016
@BenjaminNorton @lhfang These sound like office motivational posters.
— Carson Stanwood (@carsonstanwood) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton @iowahawkblog Pretty sure I've seen every one of those quotes on a cat poster.
— Mr. Fabulist (@SouthernNinja) January 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/DiracMan42/status/692054812586827777
@BenjaminNorton @Bro_Pair these all sound like what a CEO says right before they announce layoffs and speed-ups
— Ryan Macri (@RyMaN600) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton these can't be real… can they?
— Jason Steinhauer (@JasonSteinhauer) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton
'My assistant handed me this in the elevator' – all of them— Dissent is Freedom (@samo102us) January 27, 2016
@BenjaminNorton @iowahawkblog If we could only channel the hot air from Davos…
— El Verso (@WesleyPerich) January 26, 2016
@BenjaminNorton @iowahawkblog Those people could vanish from the Earth to no negative effect.
— Bob Parkman (@bpm4532) January 26, 2016
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