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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Let’s see how big on words he is once he’s out of opposition. Either way his leadership comes at the cost of him being a 90s style neo libertarian with his own private plane. Other than that he is conservative through and through.

    So (I) expect no big investments into health care, education, green technology or public transport but more in tax cuts for the wealthy and investments into “new and revolutionary technologies that will solve all our problems for sure bro” and individual transport infrastructure (which tbh would actually be needed since the German infrastructure is in a pretty bad state with a lot of highway bridges being at the end of their life cycle but on the other hand schools and healthcare are in dire need of investments too). And for all the problems we just blame migrants and strengthen right wing populist positions.

    Soo yeah, not really happy with him, not really happy with anyone else atm.


  • I agree. It’s comparing apples to bananas and tbh both governments suck in their very own ways and I really don’t want to take a side here because I disagree with them both but for very different reasons.

    And you can have the opinion that the “joke” - which really isn’t a joke but geopolitical criticism like most “Tankie” memes where the punch line is “look at the stupid West funding these countries” is really bland.

    But my point was being that simply dismissing a source simply because it is from Hexbear isn’t a particularly good reason (at least to me) because not engaging with them will only increase their echo chamber and makes arguing worse and worse for the few lemmings that still dare to do. And as someone who still sees both sides, if it wasn’t for geopolitics Liberal Lefties and Tankies would easily agree on almost anything.




  • Jokes aside if it was only about having a safe space for the jewish they would have taken the Jewish Autonomous Oblast but they wanted that specific region for historical reasons and that is why they would have rejected the South German State of Israel the same way they ultimately rejected the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and by shrinking the German State (East and West combined compared to the Weimar Republic) to 1/3 of their previous size you would effectively end up with some hybrid form of the Palestine problem and the Donbass problem.

    Personally I would have chosen an island like Sardegna where random invasions from your neighbours are unlikely but I think at the end they’d still have resettled Palestine even if you gave them the whole of Britain.




  • Imo not having any safety measures for the bridge piers was extremely negligent. There was this picture where you’d see cable masts next to the bridge that were being secured by extra thick concrete islands (you can actually spot one in the headline image). Really makes it look like the safety of some cables was more important than the safety of a bridge / people.

    Edit: Ofc the incident was caused by the ship









  • Zyratoxx@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzMagic Mineral
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    29 days ago

    The irony is that production was only stopped after Hiroshima and Nagasaki as nobody wanted to buy radioactive toothpaste any more. So the US which developed nukes against the Germans actually saved the Germans from radioactive poisoning by dropping said nukes on Japan.

    One could say it left a bitter taste in some German’s mouths. ^(I couldn’t resist)



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    30 days ago

    Oh oh, I’ve got one too. It’s not containing Asbestos but Thorium (or Radium respectively) tho.

    “Doramad radioactive toothpaste”

    “Creates natural freshness in the mouth!”

    “Special biological healing effects by radium rays. A thousand times medically prescribed and recommended.”

    “What does Doramad do? Through its radioactivity, it increases the defenses of teeth and gums. The cells are charged with a new vigorous life energy, which inhibits bacteria in their destructive ability. Hence the exquisite prevention and healing effect on gum diseases. Polishes enamel to the softest shiny white. Prevents tartar approach. Good foam, new taste, pleasant, mild and refreshing. Use extensively.”

    Quick disclaimer: The last two quotes can be found on Wikipedia but they are not backed up with sources.