• CrowTankieRobot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    So many cultural minefields to cross…anyone remember the George HW Bush incident with the grocery scanner? That was blamed in part for his loss to Clinton.

    • Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      During a visit to Tokyo in 1992, George H.W. Bush became violently ill while dining at the home of then Japanese PM Kiichi Miyazawa, vomitting on his host’s lap before fainting in his chair.