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Yeah, I mean it’s not surprising that an English speaker would mistake a farsi colloquialism. Like if I went around saying Khoda la’nat-esh kone in Iran it’s kind of understandable that people might not appreciate it.

The flip side of this that that you can be lied to without consequence. I’m not saying most of these are real, but pretending like this has never happened is asking for an additional serving of boot.

The linguistic trick here is that “Zionism” is an overloaded term, which can mean anything from “I don’t think Israel should be burned to the ground” to “I think Israel should be allowed to genocide Arabs” and the Neo Nazis learned a long time ago how to play both sides of that coin, hiding behind one while meaning or the other as convenient. That’s why it has been such a Hallmark of far right rhetoric, and why it’s alarming that so many “leftists” have seemingly picked up that flag, seemingly (hopefully) unaware of that history. Technically anyone who supports a two state solution is a Zionist, as that would imply support for Israeli sovereignty in some form.

The OP is plausible precisely because the recent usage on the left is so similar, and plainly obvious to anyone who has been around the block on this, and why you struggle to get responses to your inquiry, because examples would reduce the ambiguity to practice and give up the game.

Yeah the assertion that “death to Israel” isn’t a call to violence was pretty absurd on its face, but then to say that anyone who interprets it that way is a “Zionist” was straight up fucking Orwellian.

I have been pretty vocal about the uncomfortable rhetorical alliance between the far left and far right on this issue, and others. Whether this particular screenshot is real or not, the fact that leftist spaces on here don’t see why this is a problem is extremely disappointing. Especially since many of us have been critical of Israel for decades while trying to maintain a wall between that criticism and neo nazi subversion, only to have it torn down by people who seem newly minted in the issue.

And now it’s just stuck in a feedback loop of shit, where dug in egos seem more important than the issue itself. Honestly, whether right wingers have actually infiltrated db0 or not is almost besides the point. They seem to be sprinting towards some weird enlightened extremism one way or another.

You have to keep in mind that power tool batteries are kind of the worst case scenario when it comes to lithium battery safety because they get knocked around, shoved into tool boxes, crushed, etc. of all the consumer products most at risk of fire, tool batteries are up there. That’s part of the reason they are so expensive. At the same time, knock off 18650 cells are generally well known fire hazards on their own.

I think it’s up to you what your risk tolerances are, but if a DeWalt battery burns my house down, at least you have a company to sue. If the Temu battery does the same thing, you are going to be SoL. I’ve been building and repairing various kinds of packs for more than a decade and am quite wary of random bootleg cells. I’ve never had a real Panasonic or Samsung cell fail, only knockoffs.

Lemmycumpost

This isn’t even the stupidest point of accelerationism. That’s the assumption that your personal utopia will emerge from the ashes, instead of something much worse.

The simple fact of the matter is that there is no path to “perfect” which doesn’t track through an infinite amount of “better” first.

Usually Jack isn’t flappy for very long.

Is the anus a genital?

Um is this legal?

Come one guys, that dude was a father and a brother and a son and a husband .

It’s a shame his family wasn’t there too.

Right, from too many orgasms.

Is that Ellie Kemper?

Actually, nevermind, just let have this

Step 1: anxiously bite nails.
Step 2: infected hangnail.
Step 3: Die.

My goal is to be patient zero. The alpha zombie with the canonically massive hog.

Take car. Go to mum’s. Kill Phil, grab Liz.

This is the answer. Most people won’t survive the long term breakdown of society for long, and the “preppers” will probably be some of the first to go, as they will fight each other, become targets, and generally have a more antagonistic approach to survival. The people who stand the best chance will be the ones focused on collaboration and community building. But even then, surviving the initial collapse will be more about luck than intent.

https://www.politico.com/news-tips

https://www.nytimes.com/tips

https://help.npr.org/contact/

I know Lemmy hates traditional media, but it’s still the best way to handle something like this. A book or video by a no name random person is easy to ignore. Real investigative journalists both know how to protect sources and create visibility.