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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 49 minutes ago

One Nation, Under KGB Agent Krasnov

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I think this Trump guy is playing for the wrong team.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

You guys really are winning. :)

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

"raised oil for Americans" no bro, the rest of the world don't exist, only USA, Trump and the Democrats.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 minutes ago

raised nitrogen fertilizer prices too

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

how can he bomb something legally?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

No no, by declaring war legally.

[–] ellieficent@reddthat.com 8 points 7 hours ago

Step 1: Remove EV Tax Credit Step 2: Spike Oil Prices Step 3: Put extra tax on EVs

Now you make people get EVs AND pay you for the pleasure. Extra points if you invest your stocks right to capitalize on both the spike in oil and the raised demand of EVs! So much winning! (But not for the Average American)

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 37 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

What a play.

Also I have a question. Maybe somebody can answer.

How the fuck is it that any country can impose all these rules on other countries?

So I knew a guy from Iran.

From Instagram. He made 3d printable models (really unique and interesting ones with the theme of dead head moths, tigers, other moths. Skulls here is a link to a few pictures of ones I printed. https://imgur.com/a/uI3CnA1 )

Anyway. I chatted with him a bit. I suggested some filaments. And he disclosed he was from Iran.

That's when I learned of some crazy shit.

He told me he couldn't get the filament because it's no one will ship filament to Iran except some sellers in China.

1 roll of filament ($25) is almost equivalent to a Full months income there for most people.

He said he had some off brand Chinese printer because no one else would ship him one.

And that the U.S bans other countries from doing business with Iran.

I asked him about how he learned his 3d skills. Said he was a medical device engineer as his day job. Said he often worked 12 hr shifts.

He made way more designing his 3d art models and selling the model files. He has a patreon like a lot of designers. So he makes like $700 USD a month through that, which is way more than he could make as a medical engineer in Iran.

He also told me no one in Iran is allowed to use PayPal. So it's been hard to sell his art internationally.

He was married and had a kid.

A few months ago his Instagram was deleted. I don't know what happened.
I don't know if he and his family are okay.

I don't know anything else.

I worry about him all the time. He's just some artist. You know? Just like anyone else. Just trying to survive and give the world his art. And idk. I just think about how fucked all this is.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 hours ago

Thanks for sharing this story. The care you feel for him comes through strongly in your comment. I appreciate being able to have a small insight into the life of one Iranian person; it's not much, but I've found this kind of thing to be a helpful way to anchor my concern around the current conflict in compassion for my fellow humans, rather than disconnected geopolitics.

I think this story will stick with me. I wonder whether the weight of your worry will feel a little lighter now that you're not the only person carrying it. I hope he and his family are doing okay. I hope he is able to someday see a world where his art can reach more people like you.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Just wait til you find out about sanctions on food and medical supplies haha

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is due to a bunch of big, powerful countries teaming up and bullying everybody else.

Why do you think it's such a big deal if Iran has nuclear weapons? After all, the US has nuclear weapons. Russia has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. So why can't Iran have nuclear weapons?

Because if Iran had nuclear weapons, then those big and powerful nations might have to give Iran a seat at the table. It wouldn't be so easy pushing Iran around anymore, because if you pointed nuclear missiles at Iran, you'd have nuclear missiles pointing right back at you.

Personally, I don't think that any country should have nukes. They're too dangerous. I think that all countries should be working towards mutual nuclear disarmament. This can be done through treaties and so on. But if any country is allowed to have them, then every country should be allowed to have them.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

He wasn't "just some artist," he was your friend.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

You know the fucked up secondary thing about this was I was telling my mom about him and how I was worried if something happened to him. And she was more concerned I was probably talking to a terrorist.

Right.

So he spends all this time designing models and building a following just to ..I guess talk to random Americans about filament But is covertly trying to do a terrorism ?

I'm still angry about that.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

My mother once asked me how I knew the people I was playing CS:Source with weren’t all pedophiles. I was 18 at the time.

Moms can be dumb.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Well, he's Iranian. Aren't they all terrorists? That's what we've been hearing for the last half century.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I tracked down his patreon and showed activity about a month ago. So maybe he just doesn't have Instagram anymore. I will try to reach out to him on patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/FancyGlobe

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 118 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Oh no…it gets better.

He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

almost like the only real objective was to help russia and its allies

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Mniot@programming.dev 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If only he could be as sympathetic and intelligent as The Gang.

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

Or as, you know, powerless

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 18 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

At this point I am not even sure whether Trump wants Ukraine to win.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

whatever the reasons are.

The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn't a necessity.

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 14 points 13 hours ago

My tax dollars at work.

Also somehow my tax dollars at work.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 12 hours ago

Trump does not care who wins beyond how it affects him.

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[–] itsralC@lemmy.zip 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It could only be more 1984 if there were no war but the government made up lies, took lives, and wrote articles about it anyway.

[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

Anyone been to Iran lately to check? 🤨🤯

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 20 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Is America Great already?

No.

Is Trump & Friends richer?

Yes.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 39 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

If this war has any silver lining, it's teaching a couple people how to spell "strait"

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 23 points 14 hours ago (5 children)
[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not like they're gonna get money for nothing and chicks for free.

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago

My go-to response when my more conservative relatives complain about the cost of anything is "are we great again yet?"

They don't complain around me anymore, which means they've internalized my response by now

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 47 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He didn't actually author the book, that would be work

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 48 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

The real author has said trump is illiterate

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 25 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It's clearly evident anytime he reads something outloud. Most of his pronunciation issues around his first term were caused by him struggling to read a prompter and not comprehending what the words he just strung together mean.

That and the start of dementia.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 19 points 14 hours ago

He's also a world class moron.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 30 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It makes more sense when you realize Trump isn't working for Americans.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

No way, Donald Trump is a foreign asset?!

Donald "Russia, if you're listening" Trump?

Donald "My Putin" Trump?

Donald "No puppet, no puppet, you're the puppet!" Trump?

That Donald Trump?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

He doesn't even have to be a foreign asset to be not working for Americans. Personally, I believe he's working entirely for his own personal benefit, and the benefit of his family and some friends.

The level of graft is unprecedented in the US.

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[–] tinfoilhat@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

hEs pLaYiNg 4d ChEsS

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