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Concerning. Looking into it!

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[–] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 80 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I read an account by a DPRK defector once. He had been given fingernail clippers that were made in the USA. They were so well made, and cut such neat clean lines that they made him despondent, because he knew the DPRK could never make anything that well.

flannel-yellow

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wtf they're nail clippers. If you can manufacture AKs you can manufacture nail clippers. Literally 3 bent and cut bits of polished spring steel, a rivet, and a retaining pin

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Keyser Soze style yeonmi-park

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nope, in North Korea entire towns share the communal nail clipper or if they dont have that they get the guy with the most teeth to bite them off for them

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 38 points 2 years ago

Are there still nailcliplers made in America? I don't believe I ever bought one not Chinese.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Funny, I just experienced the inverse of this. Saw a tweet from a Russian about how due to remnant industry from the USSR they can get some specialized machinery for $10 there and it costs $1000 in the US.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Who would win in a fight, a country building atom bombs or a pair of snippy bois?

[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 years ago

They will beleve the most ridiculous nonsense as long as it's compatible with their unshakable assumptions that [country liberals don't like] is literally 1984.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This almost feels real. Like maybe a small oversight on production lines due to sanctions and the like.

But now Real Korea has their own "Legos", so who the fuck cares, really.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's a "commie blocks" joke in there.

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

no communist can withstand contact to the perfected craft of tweezerman cosmetic tools. amerikkka-clap

[–] EdelethIsBae@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

are they fucking serious

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That DPRK defector's name was Mai-Ass

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If that reference is the one I think it is... M'aiq the Liar resents being associated with DPRK defectors. Khajiits may lie and steal, but they are not like those useful idiots who are paid to lie on television! Khajiit would never lie about things that could get people hurt on a massive scale just for some coin! Even selling skooma is a more noble profession than lying on television for geopolitical purposes!