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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until he finds about the big room full of brass pipes feeding oxygen and nutrients to the brain of J Edgar Hoover, from where he is still running absolutely everything.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Elon enters the FBI's inner sanctum and must solve the Vat's riddles three in order to prove he's not a gay communist

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I sure hope we get some crazy satirical video game from this time in history

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago

But we already have Fallout

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If only he had spent some skill points in Charisma, he'd have the dialogue option to talk Hoover into self destructing, but alas

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 295 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha This guy just discredit any future movie involving an FBI agent for the next 75 years. We knew america had a under-education problem, but man you guys are something.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 105 points 1 day ago (28 children)

Germany just had a sweeping far right election, and Argentina has had a libertarian at the helms for a bit now. A ton of south Asian countries have had hardcore conservative views for a while now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Canada shifts right next election. There are basically few corners of the earth where populism/right wing ideology isn’t growing and expanding. This isn’t an American education system problem, it’s world wide. The political elites in your country just have you convinced that it’s America that’s now the problem, which then creates a new wave of populism in your country. It’s a self eating snake.

Not that I’m disagreeing that our slapping of allies isn’t problematic. This is just something that is clearly growing everywhere and the people of Lemmy love saying “America bad” as the same exact shit is happening in your country. If you’re an American expand your news beyond our shores. The grass is unfortunately turning to shit everywhere. We’re in for a rough decade together.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 116 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Germany just had a sweeping far right election

you can't say 20% a 'sweeping'. The situation is worse at other places. And thanks to true multi party democracy, AfD probably won't be in government anyway.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope so for Germanys sake. A 9% increase from the last election, for a party that’s 12 years old… that’s pretty sweeping to me. Not to mention that it’s more so the southern parts of Germany that have an even stronger percentage of AfD support.

Again, I’m not wanting a right shift for these countries, but it’s become clear that things are. We could stick our head in the dirt and say it’s only America, but that wouldn’t be true, and that’s what I was getting at with my comment.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Party is new, ideology is old.

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[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The US is literally in control of fascist now, it's not nearly as bad in Germany, not that it's good but there is a big difference

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[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I guarantee he doesn't actually believe this shit. He's just a grifter grifting just like the rest of the Whitehouse circus cast. The only exception might be Robert F. Kennedy Jr. That freak show might actually believe the shit he spews.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that actually him? Just yesterday I fell for "Kash Patel News" on Twitter, and found his right handle there is Kash_Patel, but this seems to be a different platform.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

seems like the platform is called truthsocial, there are links in here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-fbi-director-kash-patel-vaccine-detox-supplements-rcna182434

I would assume if this account was not real he would have sued them for using his name for commercial purposes

[–] brejela@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

I would assume if this account was not real he would have sued them for using his name for commercial purposes

That's assuming he's informed and self-aware enough to notice it's even happening.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

peak scammer performance

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 59 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't like being alive, I already didn't, but I like it less now. I crave the afterlife.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I also choose that guy's dead wife

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 83 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Warrior Essentials"

"Spike Gangsters"

Do the incels he's trying so hard to market to understand how stupid these names are?

[–] Toofpic@feddit.dk 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Using several of them at once is even funnier - they didn't feel confident enough with just one, and got "Manly man's sigma razor spike gamgster king warrior essential basics"

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy Flamin' Frost-Brand Gronk-Slayin' Vorpal Hammer o' Woundin' an' Returnin' an' Shootin'-Lightnin'-Out-Yer-Bum

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 11 points 1 day ago

He selling measles?

[–] ubergeek 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hopefully, someone adds a touch or arsenic to these pills.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

All natural cherry seed extract

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago

The Alex Jones strategy

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago (15 children)

“you believed my medical lies once. you’ll fall for it again!”

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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 108 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gotta love people who don’t want to take a vaccine that was designed by the absolute top experts in the field and extensively tested, but have no problem popping pills some grifter on the interweb sold them.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 3 points 22 hours ago

They look a lot like the fiber pills I take. Wouldn't be surprised if they're just branded fiber pills, and the massive shit is proof that your body is detoxing the spike proteins.

[–] uberfreeza@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, I read one of their scientific studies on the website. The first one I read was a literature review (no tests were actually done) that said "one study says the supplement does nothing and another two sources say the study was done wrong so it could maybe be beneficial???" Wow. Such strong evidence.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

Barely anyone would go to the same extent as you to seek evidence. The target market are more than happy to see any citations at all.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 40 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Is their logo "uwu" or is it the shrug emoticon?

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay, can I die now? I don't wanna live in this kind of world.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understand this a fairly lot. But, I cannot wait to die. In fact, that is my only wish. This world causes a lot more hurt than I can handle. I am lonely and don't know how to fix that or if I am doomed to be that forever. I cannot stop feeling like a failure. All I can do is keep my emotions regulated, which is hard AF and takes all my effort.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Hey man, I'm sorry you're feeling that way. I can absolutely relate to all of that. The way things are going in the world is certainly making things feel darker than ever.

If these are of any consolation I'd like to share them; they are a few realizations that I've come to over time, and that I try to bring myself back to when I start feeling those feelings:

  • I can't control the world. There are things in motion that I simply won't be able to affect, set that way long before I ever came along, and that ball will keep rolling long after I'm gone.

  • I'm not a failure for not becoming a millionaire, famous musician, successful executive; for not having the relationship I wanted by this point; for not owning a home yet; or whatever high standards I held my future self to. I know more than that person did, and that person, compared to me today, had a very naive outlook on how things will or ought to be.

  • You are up against the most advanced technologies we have ever created; the most conniving of villains; the worst pollutions; the greatest wage gap in human history; inflation is skyrocketing and unemployment is too; we are in a great recession; you have to date through apps, and we are more isolated than at any time in our history. You are not a failure for struggling against these pressures!

  • I'm going to die one day, but I'm here right now. The ride will end; I don't need to get off of it early, and I can experience things like awe and wonder while I'm here. And I can help and love people.

I am not a failure for these things. My only fault was ever thinking that I, the world, my life, should be so perfect; and even then, being wrong is expected of us. We are dreamers. Don't be so hard on yourself, you are doing so great.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

there are much more productive things that can be done than dying, such as [redacted] or [censored]

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're fucked. This guy is now in charge of the FBI and now has the power to investigate and charge people with federal crimes.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 75 points 1 day ago

But more important, the power not to investigate people. Wink wink

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Shedders? Do these people think vaccines are contagious?

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, pay attention to mention of "shedding". They think that vaccination causes the PT in question to shuck it off as though they were Pigpen from Charlie Brown cartoon.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they should wear a mask, so they don't catch it

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not even applicable to most vaccines.

Basically polio spreads through poop, and this is your shedding. Oral Polio Vaccine does this as it's a weakened form of the polio virus and exhibits the same spread and provides vaccination indirectly to others. The US uses E-IPV, which is inactive and harmless and doesn't have this spread.

You'll only find OPV being used in countries with very inadequate medical access as it can be administered orally(hence the name). Only downside is that if you are very immunocompromised, there is a non zero chance you get polio and a chance you suffer from paralysis.

Flu vaccines, covid vaccine, literally anything else doesn't have this "shedding". It's literally one vaccine that isn't even administered in the united states.

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[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Vaccines are evolution at work. So long as they work, you live longer and have a higher chance of reproducing. This is not a difficult concept. My genetic line is going on as long as I can throw it.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago

Seems like something the Ninja Turtles would need.

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