Kirk was more of a Goebbels, what with the propaganda and manipulating opinion, but that’s just nitpicking.
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Depending on POV it’s either
- They are controlled opposition.
- They are controlled, but by big money, which is why they don’t push for the things the voters want, but instead try to sell them on the things that their big money donors/elites want.
Stern@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump serious about pursuing a third term, Gavin Newsom warns8·17 days agoStrom Thurmond lived to be 101. He was in in congress from 1956 to 2003. We can all hope for the Big Beautiful Obituary, but only the good seem to die young.
Stern@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's going on with imgur right now?121·19 days agoWho wants to hear my, “Why reddit got image hosting of its own when it did” conspiracy theory? No one? Too bad, posting it anyhow.
Few years ago reddit had a subreddit called fatpeoplehate. It existed to, you guessed it, hate fat people. “Fattie” became an insult du juor. One day they find out an imgur employee is fat, and start in on being shitters. This apparently was the straw that broke the camels back because they finally got banned.
My theory is simple: reddit didn’t ban fatpeoplehate because they went too far. They banned it because imgur threatened to block them and being the image site, this would fuck reddit up. Imagine being a social media site with no pictures. Impossible.
Reddit, not too long after that, adds image hosting. Could it be a coincidence? Sure. Do I think its one? Not really.
Fun addendum, a study was done post-ban and reddit actually became less toxic after the ban. Crazy how denying shitty folks a platform actually makes your site better, whoda thunk?
Stern@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’2·20 days agoIn absofuckinglutely horrifying recent news: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5515487/new-world-screwworm-us-human-case
Though I think that’ll just fuck up our dairy and beef supply more than people.
I woulda thought tacos/burritos would be the Mexico signifier. Cheeseburgers are fairly narrowly nationally stereotyped in my experience.
I love cheeseburgers and am fat.
Stern@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Expectations vs reality for those who moved from a city to a small town?372·21 days agoThe selection shrinks… on everything. 30 beers on tap at that nice brewhouse becomes 3 at the local watering hole. 20 different unique restaraunts becomes a subway and a chinese place. Groceries? Sure, enjoy your walmart and dollar general.
Stern@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Army base used for WWII Japanese internment now nation's largest ICE detention center2·22 days agoBoethius over there screaming about wheels.
Stern@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Donald Trump health fears erupt again over strange spot on hand26·22 days agoCults of personality tend not to last once the personality dies.
I put the STD in Stud, all I need is U.
Stern@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Would you rather world has no religuous extremism or no greed extremism anymore?3·22 days agoSome folks might be on some prosperity gospel bullshit, but I don’t think Elon, Zuck, et. al. believe in a power above themselces.
Stern@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sectorEnglish481·22 days agogovernment owning the means of production?
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Stern@lemmy.worldto Games@sh.itjust.works•1 year a go today, Concord was released.English2·22 days agoMe and the boys were absolutely about the warhammer one and I’m pretty sure once it gets on a good sale we’re co-oping the recent one.
Stern@lemmy.worldto Games@sh.itjust.works•1 year a go today, Concord was released.English22·23 days agoI watched the Secret Level ep on that the other day. Me and my buddies were like, “Wow what a cool universe we should play that game!”
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Stern@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Steam: Updates to User Review Scores Based on LanguageEnglish7·24 days agohttps://www.thegamer.com/wuchang-fallen-feathers-review-bomb-censorship-update-changes-patch/
Could be from stuff akin to this. This is the second bombing of Wuchang, first was post-launch due to UE5 spec demands
Stern@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination4·24 days agoAlready got that power too. Shrimp-man sounding like a raw deal.
TPUSA deffo was/is an influence, to wit: folks on the professor watchlist got plenty of threats from anonymous shitters. Anyhow, the intent behind the hypothetical is pretty clear, nitpicking it because there wasn’t a hypothetical Charleston Kirkenschmitt who went to German colleges and told people to debate him is a waste of everyones time.