Former President Trump’s rally in Milwaukee on Friday was derailed by technical difficulties as he seethed over microphone issues during his final planned stop in the swing state of Wisconsin…
  • djsoren19@yiffit.net
    92·
    10 days ago

    I see, so the only two options for a faulty mic are; A. Give it a blowjob or B. Inflict violence on the techs.

    Certainly the actions of a sane and normal man.

    • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
      20·
      10 days ago

      Guy can barely walk or even bring his sippy cup to his weird lips— and that’s using both little hands.

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        Almost fell over trying to open a truck door. You’d win a fight with him by ducking a haymaker.

        • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
          1·
          9 days ago

          That awkward rebalancing back leg kick out when he missed the door handle 🤣 Woah Pops!

  • Minarble@aussie.zone
    51·
    10 days ago

    “I get so angry. I’m up here seething. I’m seething. I’m working my ass off with this stupid mic. I’m blowing out my left arm, now I’m going to blow out my right arm, and I’m blowing out my damn throat too, because these stupid people.”

    Old angry fat man is to old and weak to hold onto a microphone. Sad!

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 days ago

        Unless you’re designing the speakers’ circuitry, testing mic element response curves, designing the mic housing, etc, you’re not an engineer. You’re just a technician. This is like saying IT Help Desk is staffed by software engineers. They may have one or two actual engineers available, but you’re definitely not going to be talking to them for the daily “I don’t know the difference between rebooting and turning my monitor off and back on again” issues. IT Help Desk has techs who deal with the actual operation.

        The only boots-on-the-ground position that might qualify for an actual engineering title would be the system designer, who did the math (or at least plugged all the numbers into their program) to determine where/how to set up the line arrays for adequate and even coverage throughout the room. At least they dip their toes into acousticians’ territory, so they may qualify as an engineer if you stretch the definition a little bit.

        Source: Am an audio tech; Not an engineer.

        I also have issues with the fact that staging refers to lighting electricians as… Well… Electricians. In other industries, an electrician will have a journeyman’s license at least. They’ll have several years of experience under their belt, and will have done a full apprenticeship under a master electrician. But in staging, an electrician is just someone who plugs lights in.

        • towerful@programming.dev
          1·
          9 days ago

          I know a lot of FOH engineer that can design an array hang, dial in delays, do crazy sub array stuff, manage a Dante network, AND make a band sound good.
          They are quite comfortable as FOH, systems, monitors RF or even just a patch monkey.

          Just because a lot of people that call themselves sound engineers can’t do that, doesn’t mean nobody is a sound engineer.
          I get that engineer is a protected term, but the majority of those apply to disciplines that have been around for centuries not 70 decades.

          Original sound engineer would make their own kit. So they were probably electrical engineers, applying their knowledge to sound.

          Be an audio tech. That’s cool. I’d rather be on a gig with someone I consider a sound engineer tho.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    36·
    10 days ago

    yes, i’d love to witness you committing multiple state felonies (the verbal threat itself may also have been one in wisconsin).

  • Minarble@aussie.zone
    29·
    10 days ago

    I’m not sure how but they missed the bit where he gave the microphone a hand job then followed up with a quick head job.

    You know… normal campaign stuff just before the election…

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 days ago

    Hahahaha oh man I’d love to see that geriatric even TRY to hit someone, holy shit. Dude would go down so fast.

  • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
    16·
    10 days ago

    I’m trying to imagine being one of those backstage people. How do you not feel sudden and intense fear when this guy says that to a huge crowd of morons? Do I already have to be one of those morons in order to agree to do setup for this guy’s rally?

    And what about whoever’s doing setup for the next show? I would probably stop showing up for work…

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      4·
      9 days ago

      There was a mic problem at another rally. I suspect that the union folks have been looking at Project 2025 and have figured out where they really stand.

    • vxx@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 days ago

      He demanded the mics to be so loud that he got feedback from the speakers. Then he got feedback from the speakers.

  • Clent@lemmy.world
    12·
    10 days ago

    The only way he could knock someone out is by sitting his fat stinky ass on their chest for a couple minutes.

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
    12·
    10 days ago

    Yes, please, add assault to his list of crimes! Preferably on camera, in front of plenty of witnesses, and unprovoked so he has zero chance of talking his way out of it!

  • auzy@lemmy.world
    121·
    9 days ago

    For starters, he probably didn’t pay them. My friend is an audio engineer and they literally started packing up equipment twice before . It’s a miracle he hasn’t had them seize the equipment whilst he’s on stage

    Secondly, there is no incentive for any decent audio engineers to work for him. He threatened to sue them personally last time it dropped out

    Finally, he could have his own crew. But I’m guessing he doesn’t because nobody would want to work for him, since he has a temper tantrum when anything happens

    It’s funny how Harris’s equipment always works… That’s what happens when you treat people with respect