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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 219 points 1 week ago
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 126 points 1 week ago

Fascist fuck

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 103 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hypothetically, if Larry was eaten, would other billionaires be on their best behavior and stop positing fascist control mechanisms?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a testable hypothesis.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You go right ahead. I'm not eating any of those assholes. They're only held together by hatred and bitterness. I'd assume the taste would be influenced by that.

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[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And now you know why everyone hates Oracle.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh you mean One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison?

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 21 points 1 week ago

Not heard that before, and I'm old. 🤣😂

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

That's fuckin' great!!

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] turbulentMagma@lemm.ee 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We don't need citizens to be on their best behavior, we need millionaires and billionaires to be on their best behavior.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is their best behaviour.

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[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dude looks like he's one line of coke away from a heart attack...

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

He looks like Tim Allen got in a fight with a hornet nest

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

This guy needs more luigi in his life

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This man is dangerous and needs to go away immediately.

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah, and a simple wooden construction with a movable metal blade keeps billionaires on their best behaviour. Or at least it did in the 18th century.

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[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week ago (5 children)

By all accounts, Larry is a piece of shit.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.

— Brian Cantrill

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He can keep dreaming. People are angry and will fucking eat him alive. I can feel the anger in the air.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to think I was heading toward abject poverty as our bs systems were going into more bs but now Im getting more hopeful. Maybe I will be dead or in prison.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 32 points 1 week ago

Owner wants his plebs properly surveilled to ensure the regime safety.

[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And by "citizens" you mean slaves.

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[–] hexdream@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Somebody read or watched 1984 and thought that's a wonderful idea. Or is he just trying to cozy up to the Chinese government? Or the drugs long term effects are kicking in? Who knows.

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Literally 1984.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 26 points 1 week ago

Sounds like someones vying for next in line.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But...we got video evidence of someone already having murdered a ceo. It didn't seem to stop the ceo from getting shot tho, remarkable. 🤔

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

'citizens will be on their best behavior'

Compliant. He means compliant.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

There's a different solution that can ensure billionaires will be on their best behavior.

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[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 week ago

We need another Luigi for this asshole.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Larry I am sure you will be on your best behavior as well.

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

He's one of the owners of X, he and like 20 other people invested with Musk

[–] alexc@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Larry and his ultra-rich megawank friends can all go first and show us the way

[–] Norgoroth@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Father Luigi won't you spare us from this clown

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

including YOU and other leeches?!

ya. didn't think so.

[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 week ago

Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison.

You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn - you stick your hand in there and it’ll chop it off, the end. You don’t think "oh, the lawnmower hates me" – lawnmower doesn’t give a shit about you, lawnmower can’t hate you. Don’t anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don’t fall into that trap about Oracle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2308s

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 week ago

they just can't help saying the quiet part out loud

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That dude was never on his best behavior. And now he wants to punish anyone that is going to out live him.

it is an attitude that happens to many rich old people; how dare you live past them and enjoy it.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

what he really means is that "me and my buddies are fucking everyone else and we are afraid that there will be retaliation so we need mass surveillance"

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Remember, remember the 4th of December...

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Funny thing about "best behavior" is that it's defined by whoever is in charge of the venue you're in, whether it's society ingeneral or a social media community. Somebody always dictates what's okay or not okay to say.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

One
Raging
Asshole
Called
Larry
Ellison

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Larry Ellison says that North Korea and China are great countries to live in

You first, and then we'll lock the door behind you, you mother fucker

Pardon my French, but these scum of the earth should rot in hell as far as I am concerned. They are a literal cancer for this world

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[–] vrfyd@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about using it on the billionaires instead?

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