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  • snooggums@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldfriendly reminder
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    2 hours ago

    The current right wing government also doesn’t represent every citizen of Israel either, but it is ok to use ‘Israel’ as a shorthand for the actions of the current right wing government when the actions are a continuation of decades of similar colonialism and the government is in power due to how the majority of the population voted.

    So hatred against everyone in Israel is also wrong, but saying Israel is committing genocide doesn’t require saying it is the current government.

    This meme should say “The actions of Israel does not represent the will of all Jews,”

    Edit: I expect everyone who down voted also refrains from using Russia, China, or the United States and other names of countries when making criticisms for consistency. “Russia didn’t invade Ukraine, the current Putin led government did.”


  • Some do, most don’t. A lot fall for powerful men with lots of money, and my guess is that Musk throws out advances on as many women as he is able and playing the odds with and advantage means he will find a lot of the women who desire what he has to offer from money to attention to the experience.

    I would bet that out of the dozen at least one did it for the money, at least one was an accident they decided to keep, and at least one did it because they thought he night marry them.

    Nothing is universally true for all women exceot for the fact that they are women.


  • Kempelen was inspired to build the Turk following his attendance at the court of Maria Theresa of Austria at Schönbrunn Palace, where François Pelletier was performing an illusion act. An exchange afterward resulted in Kempelen promising to return to the Palace with an invention that would top the illusions.

    I find it absolutely hilarious that his invention to top the illusions was another illusion.



  • snooggums@midwest.socialtoMedicine@mander.xyzIs "man flu" really a thing?
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    6 hours ago

    'Man flu" is a derogatory term used to mock men for being “weak” by getting sick in the first place and it doesn’t actually matter if the symptoms are more severe or last longer. Men are being mocked because they are admitting that being sick actually impacts them.

    Medically, yeah, knowing if there is a significant difference will most likely be helpful for treatment but that isn’t really relevant for a sexist insult.