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[–] mr_account@lemmy.world 235 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not petty, that's just being smart

[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Pettiness and pragmatism are two wildly different things. I'd also count her as pragmatic.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 128 points 1 week ago (18 children)

"Was." That's Abe and he was assassinated a few years ago.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wasn't the assassination due to some connection to a church if I recall correctly

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, Moonies. I can't remember why him. The kid that did it, his mom was grifted 100k or something. That's all I remember though.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It was because Abe, like other LDP politicians, had an history of propping up the Church of Unification cult. The shooter picked him specifically because of a video of Abe speaking in one of their churches. Abe's family in particular has connections to the cult since the very foundation, and their ties to the LDP are something out of a "Like A Dragon"/"Yakuza" plot.

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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Most successful political assassination in recent memory. The shooter got everything he wanted and then some.

Inspiring, really.

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago

She is still alive, though, and may have been avoiding taking to Trump by not knowing English all along!

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 1 week ago

To be fair, the Orange Shitgibbon barely speaks english itself.

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is it possible to learn this power?

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Anybody whose able to speak another language than english can do it.

But that does exclude a lot of americans.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

you don't even actually have to speak another language. just make shit up. babble like a fundie "speaking in tongues" and repeat "no speakey eni englche"... helps if you can go a little castor-eyed and pull out the crazed weirdo look.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

But please don't try that with bilinguals. We may not understand you but we have plenty of experience knowing what a foreign language sounds like.

I've had two people pull that shit on me and all they did was lose my respect for thinking I'm that stupid.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While I get what you're saying, I'm not sure whether people who are pretending to speak another language in order to avoid talking to you really care after they have your respect.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

that's how i reply to talkative hobos on the street

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[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That will get you disappeared for the next few years

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

no entender

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As an English speaking American, I would attempt the same thing.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

"This person doesn't speak ~~English~~ American, must be an illegal immigrant" -ICE

[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

“Oh. I don’t speak or understand any of the English language at all, so I cannot talk to you or your staff.”

Back in his first term

[–] SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

Well its worked for Melania all these years....

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

Rest in Piss bozo

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wish I could not know English for 2 hours.

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

That is the opposite of being petty.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, she can get away with it, unlike, say, Queen Elizabeth II.

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She gets away not talking to trump, mostly because she's dead.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

*pretending to be dead. Now we know the real reason she "died"

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't utter a single word to that turd.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

日本語を食べません

[–] Soulg@ani.social 16 points 1 week ago

I also don't eat Japanese

[–] Lowpast@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago

I'm on public transport and I just giggled. Love it.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not sure I would call it "petty"... :)

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago
[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same griftbitch that just went to hang out with Putin?

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