But then again, him dying didn’t in any real way stop FN, so there’s that…

He strikes me as the one genuine example of doing edgy jokes because he actually likes edgy jokes.

What was that quote? “God made man, Samuel Colt made him equal”?

“If only the Tzar knew!”

Well, Putin seems to be…

That seems…exploitable.

Like, how hard could it be to make the bet and just throw it yourself?

Funny thing: that murder is also a case of the newspapers openly lying about what happened, rather than some proof of human callousness.

Trumpet chorus playing faintly in the distance

Preemptive land acknowledgement.

Funny how it’s the only one that makes the headline, but only just now, when Obama announced he agrees.

There’s a fun short video of the BBC’s coverage of the royal funeral that someone dubbed over with the audio of the BBC’s coverage of the Kim funeral.

How exactly does the private vote thing work? I thought votes being federated was inherent to the way the fediverse is designed.

It’s honestly incredible how on point that whole meme was.

It’s the bog-standard “how to dismantle a liberal society” approach, outlined by, Carl Schmitt. It was already used once in Germany, I imagine the AFD wouldn’t need to go to Russia to learn about it.

It’s a joke on a tweet about a guy spending a multi-hour flight just staring straight ahead.

It’s probably the result of a taboo. It’s why people say “bear” (the brown one) or “medved” (the honey knower) instead of “arth” or “ursus”.

The fact that you think the constant whining and blamecasting at nobody in particular constitutes a callout speaks volumes. And the fact that your first resort on being challenged is a barrage of insults speaks even more. Someone more intellectually minded might even use it as a jumping off point for some introspection, or see the parallel with US politics in general and foreign policy in particular - but, of course, that would risk recognizing the nose and rainbow hair as the reflection in the window pane that they are.

Honk-honk, Buttons. Honk-honk.

Man, you Americans really do think everything is some foreigner’s fault?

…Here’s a thought exercise for you: The year is 2028, Trump is running for a third term, and the Dem ticket is… IDK, Newsom/Buttigieg or whatever, and the big thinkers of the DNC have come up with a foolproof plan to steal away MAGA voters: they will agree with exterminating trans people, but! BUT! will firmly, and I mean FIRMLY stand behind gay marriage. And you’re trying to explain that both of those choices are unacceptable to you, and in response are met with an avalanche of mockery because “sure, yeah, one side wants gay marriage banned, but they’re both the exact same amirite?”

Seriously, though, best of luck. Not to assume stuff about your situation, but getting out sooner rather than later sounds like a good move.

You may think that now, but I distinctly remember the then-prime minister of Estonia and current vice-president of the EC honouring a summit where the participants were carrying around a blow-up shark. Why a shark? Well, a random Russian tourist got killed in a shark attack some time earlier, and, well, dead Russian, ha-ha.

It’s good to see the sentiment has receded somewhat, but it is concerning that it literally took the tables turning to get people to self-reflect.