Maybe it’s because of my understanding of history but I’d consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other.
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News@lemmy.world•$400m White House Ballroom 'Essential' To Protect Donald Trump and First Family From Missile Attacks
7·15 hours agoOr civil war and/or federal dissolutionment, if those happened it’s almost garunteed federal control of DC would fall almost immediately. He would need a bunker to hide in for possibly weeks in such a case. Assuming he isn’t killed immediately.
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News@lemmy.world•$400m White House Ballroom 'Essential' To Protect Donald Trump and First Family From Missile Attacks
7·15 hours agoGive them a Nambo instead. They don’t deserve the build quality of Luger.
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News@lemmy.world•Staff At Minnesota Deportation Hub Received ‘Obscene’ Trump-Themed Challenge Coins Adorned With Skulls
9·1 day agoI’ve been calling it symbolic degeneration in my head. While the fascists of the 20s, 30s, and 40s generally had a tendency to disrespecting and abusing symbolism for political gain these people barely know what symbolism is. They know that certain imagery and symbols have meaning but are too stupid and gaudy to really understand it, they treat it like a child learning poetry, they know certain words have imagery and ideas attached but have no clue how any of it works in theory so they just photo copy it until it loses all coherence.
I invoke certain bits of imagery on purpose with subtle differences from the real thing for shits and giggles to fuck with people so this is something I keyed into awhile back.
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News@lemmy.world•U.S. buyers fret as the average cost of a new car nears $50K
3·1 day agoStandard cab 2WD V6. Pretty solid for me though and gets mileage comparable to modern cars. Figured that if I’m gonna have a pavement princess I’d at least get one with the specs of one and the repairability of a Yugo.
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News@lemmy.world•U.S. buyers fret as the average cost of a new car nears $50K
5·2 days agoAs the owner of an 01 Tacoma I can confirm, the damned thing is basically a modern Model A/T. It has a good chance of lasting 500,000 miles and being resurrected afterwards.
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News@lemmy.world•Worker who allegedly set fire to California warehouse compares self to Luigi Mangione
9·2 days agoFrom a local mom and pops shop. Sadly most of them are gone, also ACE.
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News@lemmy.world•A $1.5 million roundabout from nowhere to nowhere shows the ‘Orbánist economy’ | CNN
5·2 days agoIf it was near me I can garuntees it would be claimed and marked by the dirt bikers, does that count?
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Technology@lemmy.world•Honda President After Visiting Chinese Auto Supplier:'We Have No Chance Against This'English
5·4 days agoYeah If I could get a conversation kit for my 01 Tacoma I’d be right fucken happy, I’d even sacrifice a quarter of the bed for battery space if need be. Would still have 2x the bed space of a cyberclunk as well.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•At the park, and it's such a beautiful day! 😃
8·4 days agoHere comes the sun doodoo doo.
This is such a stupid joke. It did make me laugh though so good job.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Claude AI down: Anthropic users hit with errors as chatbot goes offlineEnglish
31·5 days agoHey now let’s give them some credit, they may also drink poison and die without their thinking machine.
They are clearly stable strain beast men, so it’s closer to indentured servitude. So slavery with extra steps.
It’s shit like this that ensures I will never end up in a position of repute, I’d turn off comms consequences be damned. But I guess that kind of attitude means I’m basically incapable of getting into any position of repute. I’m fine with that.
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News@lemmy.world•Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die tonight' if a deal with Iran isn't reached
7·6 days agoFuck he is practically doing exactly as the king of Lydia did. I fucken hate this dipshit.
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News@lemmy.world•Jake Paul to counter Druski ‘whiteface’ makeup with ‘blackface’: ‘SAME PLAYING FIELD’
101·6 days agoBoth Paul brothers are chimps wearing human skin so this may actually be an improvement all things considered. Would still scalp, deglove, and immolate them regardless though.
It’s still stupid as a goal, like even if they succeed and create AM there’s still a pretty good chance it’ll fucking hate them in particular. Though I doubt we even have the tech to create an AI without wetwork computing and at that point it’s just what already exists but we made the brain in a lab.
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News@lemmy.world•No, Says Economist, March US Jobs Report 'Is Not Good'
4·7 days agoAt this point I think folks are falling back on familial and clan structures. Finding a job in my area has been hell since COVID, and if I hadnt already been living with my grandmother I would have ended up doing so regardless.
Outside of that yeah it’s probably homelessness in various forms, mind you someone with a hunting license living out of a camper van in Idaho looks quite a bit different from a drug addict in say Highland California.
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News@lemmy.world•Donald Trump asks for $152m to reopen Alcatraz prison
8·8 days agoI thought it was because maintaining an island is a bitch and it’s easier to build a prison in the middle of a desert with the same effect IE Fulton.

Nah I want the thing to blow up in their hand. I’m more of a maim until they wish for death kinda guy. Then you can ensure they eat through a tube for years to come.