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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

when tankies pick one of the small handful of countries which the US is not likely to become as bad as or worse than in the near-future to lionize

COUNTRIES WE MAY BECOME AS BAD AS IN THE NEAR-FUTURE:

  • Venezuela
  • Conversely, Argentina
  • The PRC
  • Russia

COUNTRIES WHO WE WILL LIKELY NOT MATCH THE DEPRAVITY OF IN ANY NEAR-FUTURE SCENARIO:

  • DPRK
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iran
  • Afghanistan under the Taliban

... God, I hope I didn't fucking jinx us by saying that.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO turn off caps lock?

Edit: I found it

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

COUNTRIES WHO WE WILL LIKELY NOT MATCH THE DEPRAVITY OF IN ANY NEAR-FUTURE SCENARIO:

Saudi Arabia

Bet, i'll bring all my friends over to america and we'll start a change.org campaign to create Al-Khaliffiyah al Trumpiyyah (the trump caliphate).

Your days are numbered, yankee 😎

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still better than the libertarian party lol

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

there's only like 1,000 people in the U.S. Libertarian Party.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I meant if they ever win :) and I thought they had a membership of ~740,000 no?

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that number counts anyone who ever signed "the pledge" (or in the last 20 years clicked NEXT on a website that had a pre-checked box for "I oppose the initiation of force for political or social goals"

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Damn, really? I didn't know that, thanks.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

With tankies like this, who needs shoe cleaners?

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

What the fuck even is this

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't Rubio the one with his nose all the way up Trump's ass?

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes Rubio is a shart, but even a shart can tell that North Korea is a shitty dictatorship.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idk man, Rubio and the entire US state department can get roasted by just about anyone on the planet and I wouldn't bat an eye.

If someone runs up and kicks that man in the nards, i'm gonna laugh - doesn't matter who's doing the kicking.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't give a fuck about Rubio being roasted either. What disgusts me is the level of bootlicking I see for Kim Jong Un and North Korea.