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Can anyone identify this colony formation? (mander.xyz)

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

I believe this specimen was found underground and exterminated..

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 31 points 3 months ago

ah yes, saddamicus housseinicles

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I miss the sadam hussein memes

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. I don't have enough in my meme archive to try to resurrect it

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

What's with the sadam memes? Put in the pleases! I wanna be cool too!

Okay found this "the illustration went viral following a tweet comparing it to a rented apartment, with humorous edits of the image following in late June 2021."

But why is it back?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Look at the calendar, it's 9/11...

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is this some kind of meta-joke? What does Saddam have to do with 9/11?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

Link below.

[+] over_clox@lemmy.world -16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is not at all a joke.

Saddam Hussein orchestrated the 9/11 attack.

This isn't even funny, please educate yourself.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Are you conflating Osama Bin Laden with Saddam Hussein, for whom as summarized by wikipedia:

In 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq, falsely accusing him of developing weapons of mass destruction and of having ties with al-Qaeda.

Unless you have that evidence the world was looking for I don't want to spread old, debunked propaganda.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh please, Obama wasn't even on the scene when I got the info on Osama, I definitely know the difference.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can you cite where Saddam is involved in 9/11? Again, it's generally accepted history that the Bush Administration claimed he supported the attacks, never presented evidence he was involved, then later admitted he was not involved.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/12/september11.usa2

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, that document was first archived in August 2013, not 2006, not 2001

https://web.archive.org/web/20130830185412/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/12/september11.usa2

So please don't try to refer me to ancient shit that could have been altered over many years...

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'll stop referring to sources that could have been altered, when you start providing specifics about who you think deleted what and why?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Did you miss the mass erase of online data?

My data is before the mass erase.

I don't even trust modern links, they've all been tampered with.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're in your walls they're gonna come for you

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Har har, you're phunny.

Some say perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.

No, I don't believe there are microphones or cameras hidden in the walls. You think I'm stupid? The microphones and cameras are right here in the tablet I'm holding right now..

Nothing hidden anymore, it's right in front of you...

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Trust me bro." I too, would love to see this evidence as someone personally touched on multiple fronts by this event.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

GAO-04-1033T

Legit info, and I'm sure that's not all..

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

LOL The 9/11 Commission Report? Really?

The July 2004 9/11 Commission Report addressed a possible conspiracy between the government of Iraq and al-Qaeda in the September 11 attacks. The report addressed allegations of contacts between al-Qaeda and members of Saddam Hussein's government and concluded that there was no evidence that such contacts developed into a collaborative relationship, and they did not cooperate to commit terrorist attacks against the United States.[18][97]

Maybe check out all the reports on this list, my friend: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda_link_allegations

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I don't trust any information about this subject, even my own info. It's all very prone to misinformation, propaganda, and general manipulation.

But of all sources you'd suggest, Wikipedia?

You gotta be shitting me. My sources are between the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and a hefty data dump of early years of Wikileaks.

Anyways, yeah I have plenty enough reason to not trust currently available information, it's all probably been cherry picked and edited to hell and back for the modern narrative.

I have much more original information.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Trust me bro."

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I just got done saying that I don't trust any info on this subject, even the huge archive I inherited from my late father.

But I'm more inclined to trust the data from my late father, before many documents conveniently got edited, blacked out or just became missing.

Anyways, I don't care what anyone thinks or can or cannot prove about Hussein, it's perfectly normal to hide in a hole in the ground if you've done nothing wrong...

Oh wait..

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not trusting any external source here. I grew up under the Bush presidency and simply remember the whole fiasco.

Bush and friends invented the link to justify their prior war plans, when pushed to prove there was a connection, Bush failed to produce evidence.

You're implying Bush (or … someone?) had the evidence that would have vindicated him, but rather than share it, deliberately buried it and successfully hid it from the whole world?

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You do realize that reads like you're off your meds.

I work in IT. There have definitely been several attacks on the quality of information available to the general public in the last few decades, but none that I would qualify as a singular "the"

Could you be more specific on which attack (or by whom) you're referring to?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think they're just doing a bit. Nobody is actually that dumb.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think they're a person who's honestly in a dark place.

I think they're objectively wrong about the 'Saddam being linked to 9/11' thing, and I worry that they've been a bit lost in their own head a bit.

The idea that data was deleted isn't meritless in the sense that between enshittification and Musk's tech bros there's good reason to believe censorship and destruction have occurred recently (and they're only the latest in a long line of maliciously maligned actors).

But I agree that their posts are so ridiculously textbook schizophrenic, that I do wonder if it's an act. Yet, nonetheless it costs me little to be kind. 😅

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Also, Bin Laden was a puppet of Hussein

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Dafaq? Saddam had nothing to do with it, and a vast majority of the world knew that at the time. That's why the bullshit WMD story was circulated as an excuse to attack, and still most of the world was dubious at best.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not quite, but close.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/9-11-and-iraq-the-making-of-a-tragedy/

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's 9/11, did you forget?

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

If you remember, the terrorist wins

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Lemmy has generally had several kicks of revivnig old memes and old meme formats. A few months ago folks were doing the beans thing from several years ago, I've seen folks trying to bring advice animals and demotivational posters back, etc.

[–] imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Charlie Kirk

I'm going to hell.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you're going to hell for that joke, then a LOT of others are going with you. Me included. Keep joking about it. It ain't illegal to make fun of a dead nazi

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

The only good one is a dead one.

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 9 points 3 months ago

Spiderholecoccus

[–] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago

TIL Saddam Hussein is a lactose fermenter.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Legend has it that If you lick the dish, you’re doomed to command a bloody, fruitless land war in Iran. Given how things are shaping up, I’d abstain.

[–] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you find it under bricks and rubble?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, then set it in front of a fan and air vent to dry.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Jesus Christ, it's Jaso... Wait, no... Is that?