• NotSteve_@piefed.ca
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    18 hours ago

    Yo mods can we just ban politics (American specifically) in this community because it’s just being used as a dumping ground

    I keep up with world politics but I want some reprieve from the doomscrolling

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      The history of the protest-turned-riot-turned-massacre is genuinely incredible. I wish more Americans learned enough about Chinese history to understand the significance of the event. It wasn’t just one guy in front of a line of tanks. And the movement didn’t end in Tienamen, either.

      Dengism into the 21st century was defined by that movement and the backlash and it’s reverberations. Modern Chinese domestic policy exists as a combination carrot and stick to discourage this kind of insurrection from happening again.

      Would that the US people had the kind of courage and social cohesion necessary for a Tienamen in the modern day.

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        21 hours ago

        It’s not a photoshop. Look at the soccer ball and soccer bag she is holding because it was promoted for “soccer mum”

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          21 hours ago

          Yup, it looks like generative AI + image editing after the fact

          Image generators have trouble juggling multiple colors and patterns on clothing. It would be a weird stylistic choice to create that effect with image edits alone

          Also if you look closely, she has 3 arms. Two arms holding the phone up, one arm holding a soccer ball against her body?

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    20 hours ago

    FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF

    AMERICANS GET THE FUCK OUT WITH YOUR SHITHOLE OF A COUNTRY

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      18 hours ago

      I don’t agree with your messaging but I agree with your spirit. I’m here for Lemmy shitposts, not more American internal political slop. We get enough of that shit on our frontpage. Must we suffer another round of corn posting?

      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        17 hours ago

        To be fair, sure, fuck the yank dominance of topics.

        To be clear, though, this is a shitpost about how you can’t escape authoritarianism no matter your creed or country. Buckle up kids.