• @TheLurker@lemmy.world
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        -110 months ago

        Ah yes, of course. Make a comment against tankies and the inevitable lowbrow ad hominem reply of “hurr durr tankie live rent free in head” will appear somewhere.

        Let me give you a slow golf clap. 👏

        • @Asafum@feddit.nl
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          510 months ago

          “they’re rapists, they’re murderers, but some I imagine are good people.”

          -Orange Turd

          • Dr. Coomer
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            210 months ago

            That applies to every country, not just America. I also never meant that to be rude, but as a joke. Yes there are bad people, yes there are rapists, but there are genuinely good people in this world.

            • @Asafum@feddit.nl
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              Oh absolutely, I was just making a joke that played off of your joke! Sorry if it seemed like a criticism. I took Trumps line about Mexicans and just applied it to Americans :P

    • @ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world
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      Because early bird gets the worm (monopoly over houses) and then beggars can’t be choosers

      As a landlord, can I ask you what are you doing online? You still have money to pay your Internet bill? That’s it! From next month I’m rising the month y’all don’t need all this luxuries

    • @foggy@lemmy.world
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      Idk maybe you’re misinterpreting it

      People are paycheck to paycheck. We have no recourse.

      Landlords are month to month. They’ll consume us if they need to make things work.

      The banks live bailout to bailout at this point. They’ll consume landlords if they need to make things work.

      The government lives war to war. They’ll consume banks die if they can’t find other people that they’re stronger than who are playing a similar game with their banks, landlords, and people.

      This is why we must consume the rich.

        • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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          610 months ago

          Rejoice! Saturnalia is approaching! The eve of the inversion is near! Peasants shall dine as king’s on the flesh of the once-royal!

        • Semperverus
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          You know, I see this phrase a lot, but not one of you mfers have actually tried. I wanna see you actually do it.

    • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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      The point is that either way, the US government has the corporations “life” in its hands. If they go down, the Fortune 500 bailouts stop. That’s when the gun goes off.

  • izzent
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    910 months ago

    I like this meme format, Triangle was a great movie.

    • slazer2au
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      The meme is from person of Interest. A good police procedural from the point of view of a vigilante and his hacker boss.

      • izzent
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        Oh sorry, the scene is very similar to one in Triangle.

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              I love that movie. And it’s so under the radar. I’ve never seen anyone talk about it until recently.

              • izzent
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                I love the hidden references to Sisyphus’ myth as well.

    • zoe OP
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      110 months ago

      chess logic. makes all the sense of the world

  • @black_mouflon@beehaw.org
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    610 months ago

    So a system that relies on endless growth thought the utiization of finite resources is not sustainable? Who would have thought?

    • Kichae
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      What a weird way to spell “compulsively sticking its nose and guns in everyone else’s shit”.

      • Lmaoooooo yeah Ukraine is just screaming out for help every day from the oppression the US is inflicting on them.

        “Please, stop sending us weapons and being the reason we aren’t Russia right now!”

        Absolutely delusional stuff.

        • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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          Ahh yes, cherrypick an unrelated limited example where the US isn’t doing basic imperialism…

          Congratulations on being a fucking moron.

          • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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            I mean, it’s still not an invalid example… Let’s be real, without the United States’s aid Ukraine would likely be a part of Russia right now. And the going theory is that Russia wouldn’t have stopped there.

            The US government has done a lot of horrible things, but it’s also stepped in at key times when the world needed help.

            Per capita, Americans also voluntarily donate about seven times as much to charity as continental Europeans.

            America may very well be fucked up, but it is getting tiring seeing the dogpiles here on Lemmy… Like, get real, there are far worse countries out there that deserve this treatment. America does deserve to be held accountable, but it’s far from the worst on the list, and it’s constantly, regularly harped on. It’s just weird… Like, can we start to spread the hate a bit more so it’s not just an anti-american circle jerk here?