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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 167 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Epstein files

Trump is a pedophile

Trump and Epstein were best friends after Epstein opened the island

Trump was convicted of raping someone in civil court

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 107 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Seems like the fediverse works fine 👍

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 56 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tiananmen Square massacre.

Winnie the Pooh.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

All I see is ������� ������ ������ and ����� ��� ����

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Interesting safety feature about the fedverse is that it will also protect your password.

For example, here is mine: �� �����

It looks fine to me.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Mine is hunter2

See? It works

Tap for spoilerAnd I'm old af. I miss you bash.org!

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[–] freedom@lemy.lol 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you press Alt-F4 it lets you see account emails.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Yeah, and we have like 0.07% of their reach.

You can fool some people some time, you can fool some people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

Unfortunately, you don't have to fool all the people all the time, 99.93% of the people most of the time will do just fine. Shit, 51% is plenty enough.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We like to shit on Tik Tok, but you're right that their reach is absolutely massive. Recently when Democrats were writing op eds and taking out ads saying that troops should ignore illegal orders, a high ranking member of the military (I forget who) commented that the messaging was ineffective because troops almost universally get their "news" through Tik Tok.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

troops almost universally get their "news" through Tik Tok.

One finger to swipe leaves a hand free for munching crayons.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Soldiers will obey orders. That's what they do.

My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Kent State, Bonus Army March.

Soldiers aren't trained to be moral philosophers, they're paid to do what they're told

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, they'll get around to shanking lemmy eventually. We should enjoy it while it lasts.

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[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is a pedophile

Pedonald

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why did you post a bunch of asterixes?

[–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey - how did they know my password?

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[–] delial@lemmy.sdf.org 60 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Worth noting is that among the investors loyal to Trump is Larry Ellison, renowned massive turd of a human being. Just totally coincidentally, his festering dingleberry of a son David Ellison is the person that installed the pro-genocide propagandist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief at CBS.

Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?

No I don't. I just like the sound it makes when it slices.

[–] twelvety@fedia.io 47 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Meanwhile, we in Europe have American Billionaires constantly attacking any government or legal body that enforces their own national laws, by threatening to sue and throwing childish insults for suppressing free speech.

Many of us haven't ever had legal freedom of speech in our constitutions, but the reality is we have a lot more than Americans right now.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Better get used to it. The oligarchs are swallowing up all the media companies in the US.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They're actually already basically done, since like a couple of months ago or so. It's kind of pretty very extremely fucked up!

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

They've been gone a while sadly, most haven't noticed.

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

Freedum!!

/s

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Something about America being the home of free speech… lol

[–] purplestar@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

They practice something called 'Freedom From Speech', as in they're freed up by not having to say anything.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What a joke. I hope tik tok crashes and burns.

They did all of that, because Israel. Because tik tok declined to rig moderation in favor of Israel. They care more about that country than our own. Now what were we talking about, epstein, ahem. Completely unrelated I'm sure, except for all of the child fucking blackmail Israel holds, that might have something to do with it now that you mention it.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's literally the only thing I could imagine being bad enough to go to these lengths over. The Maxwell connection with her father and Mossad is the inflamed fucking toenail they are trying to hush up to hide the gangrene.

It's got to be so fucking bad, like, I am beginning to think that the pedophilia isn't the worst part, more like the tip of the iceberg, and that whatever that shit would uncover would spell the fall of nations, civilization or straight up nuclear war.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They've said publicly they intend to turn it into a MAGA-first platform. And now people are surprised?

[–] Kalon@feddit.online 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

and it should die just as X Tawtter should.

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[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anyone in the IS with TikTok can you confirm you can’t type it?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not me but apparently they've confirmed they're looking into this "glitch".

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Im sure it’s a huge priority…… . .

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc. They can’t put the toothpaste back in the bottle.

…”bottle”? Is it “bottle”? I’ve never bought toothpaste in a bottle, it always comes in a squeezie pouch nozzle thing…

[–] J92@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc.

I really don't think the average tiktoker knows most of these words

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[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

I though the saying was that you can't put the genie back in the bottle.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Israel fanatic Larry Ellison took control of TikTok to ensure no one can say anything bad about the genocidal colony or it's neocon agents in the American regime

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] E_coli42@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Wish they'd move to the Fediverse instead of people uninstalling TikTok to install some other app that could potentially change its algorithm or funding at any time.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Once Trump gets involved in something you know that eventually we're going to find out it's even more nefarious bullshit. We must clean and disinfect the huge stain left after he enters the clearing at the end of his path.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't expect that Chinese TikTok was more democratic than American TikTok. This was unexpected plot twist.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Tik Tok is a way bigger threat to democracy than ICE.

Gee I wonder why the USA bought it.

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[–] Kalon@feddit.online 6 points 3 weeks ago

I've only come across loops.video today. I'm not really the target demographic, but it seems like it should be spammed as an option for those who would normally like to brain rot on Tic Tok.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Enshittification alternative phase 3: let the government goons run your platform.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What no one mentioned so far: going these lengths literally confirms this us a weak spot.

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