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[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago

⚠️Anyone coming in to “well, actually” the thread will be required to post their Skyrim modlist

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

This aggravates me.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm glad you had those on hand

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

The other hand was busy.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The first pic reminds me of Dagoth Ur.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I'd be down to some looking at the Heart and chill

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I could only see the first two and upvoted. Then I saw the others and considered reversing my decision. But I’ll leave it.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Next time I'll leave a referral link for 10% off ...

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am sorry I accidentally the train

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But who was phone?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why communists love trains so much. That whole thing about it being a much superior way to transport people and goods is just a front.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I don't know. This thread makes it sound like trains are helping people get there and are also delivering the goods.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] chooglers@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thomas the Hanky Pank Engine

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

He was a chuggy wuggy, hanky panky, locomotive engine tankie

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've constantly misunderstood what a tankie actually is. This meme will certainly not muddy those waters for me any further, I'm sure!

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tankies, the original meaning was to refer to those who cheered when Stalin sent tanks in to crush the Hungarian communist party because they wanted independence from the Soviet Union. The term was revived when China literally crushed a student protest using tanks.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the China thing referring to Tienanmen or something else? Never seen it used that way

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, Tiananmen. After they were done killing nobody knows how many, they literally crushed up the bodies under tank treads and washed them into the sewers.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

when Stalin sent tanks in to crush the Hungarian communist party because they wanted independence from the Soviet Union.

I can think of at least two things wrong with this sentence.

Out of interest, what year did this happen?

The term was revived when China literally crushed a student protest using tanks.

Just ignore the 30 year delay...

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

If you really want to know it's someone who supports authoritarian communism. Bit dumb if you ask me. People who might say Stalin or Mao's crimes against their people were worth it.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

To be fair, it's a pretty broad term. Many people knew Stalin was fond of trains, but at the time, it was a closely guarded secret that Thomas the Tank Engine became his favorite in 1946. He was so taken with the children's book character that he commissioned an aquarium toy of Thomas so that his beloved pet fish could also enjoy him in their fish tank. As is common with these sorts of things, word got out, and everyone looking to make their way in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union suddenly involved themselves in Stalin's personal interests. If you were unfortunate enough to find a horde of Soviet tanks rolling into your town, you could be sure that by the next day its pet shops, book stores, and toy stores would be bustling with Soviet Officers, discussing Stalin's views on Marxist-Lenonism and which train toys went best with fresh vs saltwater aquariums. This led to the development of an entire sub-bureau within the Ministry of Culture tasked solely with approving aquarium-safe train-themed decorations, complete with rubrics for ideological alignment and buoyancy standards. The stereotype stuck and soon became applied to other leftist states like Korea, Vietnam, and China. Propaganda leaflets dropped by Western forces during conflicts often featured caricatures of stern-faced generals lecturing goldfish about collectivized farming while miniature locomotives chugged past castles of plastic coral. When interviewed about the trial of Alger Hiss by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Senator McCarthy stated, "He's not just a fishy person having coincidental encounters with commununist sympathizers. That boy's got a train in his fish tank! He's a full-on tankie!" The sound bite spread through radio news broadcasts across the country like wildfire. Record stores even began releasing novelty singles that sampled McCarthy's voice over train whistles and bubbling water. By the end of the trial, "tankie" had become the pejorative of choice to describe supporters of militant, authoritarian, communist regimes.

References:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss

I read way more from those references to make this comment than I'm proud of.

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

*Thomas. It is literally in the post; all you had to do was follow.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

He's saying that Tomas Haake from meshuggah is a communist. I didn't know that about him.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tomás la locomotora del tanque

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tomás la locomotora del tanque

mas bien como "Tomás la loca motora"

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That was impressive

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We are all tankies on this blessed day

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Speak for yourself

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago
[–] hedhoncho@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you for doing Gods work

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Guess I'm a tankie now 😏 /s

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

🙏🙏🙏

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

idk how anybody could ever oppose this

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Lots Of Love vibes

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And we don’t kink shame here