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I've seen several references to some sort of rift between the users of these instances today. What's happening?

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The stereotype is that Lemmy.ml wants to play with Stalin's balls. Lemmy.world wants to play with, I don't know, Obama's balls? With Bernie, Bill Clinton, and Reagan watching from the corner?

Something like that, anyway.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

HEY ML WHAT POLITICIAN WOULD YOU DESCRIBE US SUPPORTING IN VAGUELY HOMOPHOBIC TERMS?

ML: ....

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 26 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

World is after ML for being Stalinists and ML is after World for not being Stalinists hah

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Wouldn't it be Leninists? Like the 'l' in 'ml'?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Moral purity beatings will continue until morale improves.