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[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 110 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the fist bump over the hand shake. More sanitary, and way more badass.

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if you then make * Explodey * hand gesture. Though I guess you could do snail & horns

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Jellyfish is always a nice touch.

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 75 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m old enough to remember when that was called a “terrorist fist jab.”

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Heres a picture the danish foreign minister

And no, its not ai generated

I dont recall the context but its pretty innocent

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago (3 children)

His muzzle discipline is pretty terrible

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 35 points 4 months ago

You are making some assumptions that its pointed at something he doesn't want to shoot.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Denmark almost started a war that day.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hes standing like a ready soldier tho.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you remove the upvote from your own comment? Lol

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I always do this i want uncorrupted, true upvotes xd (send me to the psych ward already)

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

They are uncorrupted. Your opinion matters. You must like yourself my brother in christ. Think of it like this; one is just the new zero.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Ok brother😂

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[–] zout@fedia.io 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. In 1988 they were the good guys, and they had Osama Bin Laden in their ranks.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Binladen was a bagman delivering Saudi money to the muj. He didn't fight. And the muj (mostly) weren't the same as later jihadis. More often, local warlords and their private armies, not primarily religious nutters.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

"They served danishes instead of muffins at coffee break! Win!"

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“Who da man?”

“You da man!”

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On this one we'd like to think of ourselves collectively as the men, sir.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In Scandinavia we dont say sir, we use old fox or other viking age amonishments

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

It"s a reference to The West Wing.

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[–] Greg@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They got that condo in Miami! Good for them!

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dylan! You son of a bitch.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So did they capitulate to a fascist?

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No, they made the US agree to join a workgroup to figure out how to proceed. This is a political tool we have seen tons of times in internal affairs when the politicians want to buy time, delay, and then 2-5 years later receive a report of the findings which they will subsequently ignore. Highly effective.

In other words, Denmark defeated the military might of the US with diplomatic bureaucracy.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If it is a well known tactic then it is likely a facade. My guess is both sides are making preparations for violence.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

That's not a bet, that's a fact. There's a multi national force on it's way to Greenland to put themselves in the way so even if NATO or the un fail to intervene the US would be picking a fight with a half dozen well armed nations.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Danes and Americans "agreed to disagree" according to report.

I have bias in saying this but I hold Europeans in higher regard than the Trump-appointed American officials when it comes to this. I mean, the Trump administration personifies the temper-throwing adolescent stage of USA as a country. Europe has a longer history to look back on.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 4 months ago

Nope, that and the work group thing both

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Surrendering their citizens to tech in exchange for a coph of the data feed as we speak. Or trying to, denmark is leading the charge on chatcontrol and age checks. Trojan horses to ratfuck the internet, lock it down, connect everyone and every account to everything done or looked at, with half baked ai making threat assessments, secret social scores, courtesy of the fucking antichrist peter thiel's palantir and their ilk.

That is the bigger thing going under reported. The uk already surrendered their people, and cancelled the Magna Carta to boot, without a fight. Under labour too. I swear the populations are dosed with compliance pollutants because past generations would not stand for this.

The US will get a copy of all that info you better belirve it. As will oligarchs, foreign intelligence, hackers, they are making you vulnerable to everyone so they can spy on everything and everyone with new tech. Just as the nsa did prior. Look how that turned out for nat sec.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Babe wake up anew Dutch east/west indies trading company is forming.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 4 months ago

Nothing to do with the dutch...

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I bet both wished these were Vance and Rubio faces.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fist bumping their faces, in a gentlemanly fashion.

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

Their fists to meet Vance and Rubio faces instead.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago
[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

If only. How fucking sweet that would be. Vance says some smarmy shit and the ambassadors regulate on them.

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