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davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled

It’s worth it for the capitalist class that is buying the country’s commons at fire sale prices.

davel , 7 months ago to programmerhumor in A great job description

Nothing ever gets done in the second half of December.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to programmerhumor in A great job description

That’s the most generous reading. The alternate reading I’ll leave for OP to deduce.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to fediverse in A Standalone Instance That Is Not Like The Rest Of Lemmy: Open Sign-ups

you should join our Instance if you feel your values align with ours.

Nobody knows what your values are, and I very much doubt even you have a coherent manifesto of what they are.

• We don’t have a desire to be, we’ll, tyrants. People disagree, and we get that. Not everyone thinks the same or believes the same things.
• We’re just regular people like anybody else and want a place where we can actually be ourselves and not walk on eggshells.

This will devolve into a complete shit show. Please learn about the paradox of tolerance.

davel , 7 months ago to programmerhumor in A great job description

?? Not in 30 years have I run into such a thing.

davel , 7 months ago to linux in My First Regular Expressions

“regex” means “regular expression”, so “regex expression” means “regular expression expression”.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to asklemmy in "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

That’s not at all what it means in American politics

Two red scares and a cold war created an Orwellian memory hole such that Americans don’t even have the words anymore. It’s double-plus ungood.

davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in Britain to send patrol ship to Guyana amid Venezuela border dispute

It’s, like, a counter-piracy boat 😆 I’m sure Venezuela is quaking in its boots. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Trent_(P224)

davel , 7 months ago to asklemmy in What is the European equivalent to a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator officiating the marriage heavily inebrieated strangers?

Sometimes there’s no European equivalent to American depravity.

In the mid-20th century, America was considered so culturally bankrupt that the CIA thought it should create some.
BBC: Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?

davel , 7 months ago to asklemmy in "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them. — Julius Nyerere

Liberal democracy is the dictatorship of the capitalist class.

davel , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to fediverse in 60% of Lemmy-instances blocks Threads.net

First as tragedy, then as farce kbin.social

davel , 7 months ago to asklemmy in "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

You are clearly a republican.

Liberals realizing that socialists exist. Challenge: impossible.

davel , 7 months ago to asklemmy in "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink.

“I have to admit, I’m always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up,” the CIA agent says.

“Thank you,” the KGB says. “We do our best but truly, it’s nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them.”

The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. “Thank you friend, but you must be confused… There’s no propaganda in America.”

davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in A Spanish company and the CIA found guilty of violating rights of Julian Assange’s visitors

I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re as unhinged, but they’ll blame anyone for their failures—even if they have to invent them—than ever look in the mirror.

davel , 7 months ago to worldnews in A Spanish company and the CIA found guilty of violating rights of Julian Assange’s visitors

#BlueAnon