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It's the dunk tank.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 60 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We must teach conservatives the word tankie so that it loses all posible meanings

[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 55 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's pretty much inevitable I think. We're probably only months away from Trump's VP pick calling Kamala Harris a tankie during a debate

[–] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 37 points 7 months ago

Wonder if it will be that lady who shot her dog

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago

Tagline says 154 days

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 37 points 7 months ago

it already just means "person to my left who upset me"

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's actually a better punishment!

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

I have had many thoughts such as these, many involving coarse sand or gravel

[–] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 39 points 7 months ago

So many people just cannot conceive of any kind of ideological framework that isn't ultimately tied to some flavor of nationalism.

[–] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the moment the word tankie expanded to include trots it was so over, and since then its expanded to include all irish people apparently because the hybernian brain pan is inherently predisposed to authoritarianism apparently

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 31 points 7 months ago

Thank God the damn brits didn't have nuclear weapons back in those days, they'd with out a doubt would've glassed ireland

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago

LIB : They just suck, they suck so much

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

Sun's out, guns out, it's tankie weather, my dudes. arm-L🎽arm-R

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The “college tankie”: Politically a liberal, nominally opposes Russia, but supports Palestine which is a terrorist state supported by another terrorist state, Iran, which is in turn supports/is supported by the premier terrorist state, Russia, which makes the college “liberal” a tankie.

The “Ukrainian fascist tankie” (redundant, I know!): Hates Russia, probably fighting them in the war. However, he wears Nazi symbols and gets his pictures taken and published all over the internet. He may ideologically hate Russia and tankies, but his carelessness benefits tankies which makes him a tankie as well.

The “black American tankie”: Gets offended when Democrats don’t give him handouts. Constantly complains about “rent,” “groceries,” and other economic buzzwords or about “police brutality” instead of Putin’s brutality. Demands Biden focus on his problems instead of saving democracy. He won’t vote for Biden, which is an automatic vote for Trump, which means they support Putin’s genocide.

The “realist tankie”: Is a neoliberal that consults western states, but insists that “reality” isn’t concerned about ideals like “democracy” and “freedom,” and that Russia is just doing what the US would do and has done. Ignores the fact that what the US does is good and what Russia may copy is bad. Similar analysis to “Russia was provoked tankies”, but made by someone from our side which validates the “provoked tankies’” beliefs.

The “European Industrial Tankie”: Is upset that his country’s companies are competing in the free market and going to the US instead of producing domestically. Complains about high prices, wants to have closer trading relations with China, wants to go back to consuming Russian oil, and is probably consuming Russian oil through middlemen or official means.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago

Darth Putin KGB...

Ya know, I think I'm the kind of tankie that supports a new tankie cyber secret police that finds libs like this to work the mines. Society should benefit from some element of his existence, and his brain is broken so... gulag

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The "Based Tankie": Russia shouldn't have stop at Germany and the right thing to do was rolling tanks until the coasts of Portugal.

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

stalin shouldn't have stopped at berlin

[–] context@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

that was me but i'm already stoned

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 7 months ago

I wish I could just make up imaginary people in my head and be mad at them. It seems like a really easy way to feel great about yourself without actually needing to do any difficult self-reflection or self-improvement.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

calling people tankie while supporting sending tanks to ukraine...

It was anarchists and/or ultras, so i would say they are stoned pretty often already.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

Funny how flippant usage of the term "tankie" caused it to lose all meaning. Not my problem.

dubois-dance

[–] insufferableninja 1 points 7 months ago

That sounds like tankie talk