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[–] mr_account@lemmy.world 235 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

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

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 128 points 10 months ago (18 children)

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

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 months 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 49 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Is it possible to learn this power?

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

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[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That will get you disappeared for the next few years

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

no entender

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

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

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago

Back in his first term

[–] SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 19 points 10 months ago

Rest in Piss bozo

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

That is the opposite of being petty.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

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

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

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

[–] udon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

日本語を食べません

[–] Soulg@ani.social 16 points 10 months ago

I also don't eat Japanese

[–] Lowpast@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago

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

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago
[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Same griftbitch that just went to hang out with Putin?

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