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  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.ziptomemes@lemmy.world8 bit rule
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    3 days ago

    First, “make it 0!” - * Number *! As a “surprise factorial” (as seen in comments in this very thread making this exact joke) is a common joke in threads like this and that was the only connection I could make for this meme, having no previously knowledge of binary quirks.

    Second, I don’t know if you were trying to be a dick or you’re just some overly wordy ass clown high on your own farts, but how on earth is me explaining what I thought a joke meant, showing why it didn’t work, and then asking for help to understand it vacuous?




  • Not trying to start shit, but the DPRK seems democratic in a similar sense to how the US is “democratic”, i.e. a kneecapped electoral system that is vulnerable to the whims of tyrants and plutocrats. A functioning democratic system shouldn’t have the same family at the head for 80 years. Again similar parallels to America, where several political dynasties have had varying degrees of influence for most of our history. Happy to be proven wrong here but I just don’t really consider single (or two) party systems to be worthwhile/aspirational democratic systems













  • …religious values* (values being a stand in for religious organizations bribing lobbying) politicians to pass laws enabling discrimination.

    What does the word political mean to you? To take the most liberal (as in political affiliation) definition, this is the consequences of a law passed by elected leaders. This law was only allowed to take effect because an anti trans healthcare bill (also from Tennessee) was upheld by the supreme court. The contents of this article is entirely a consequence of our political process. If fascists weren’t actively promoting discrimination, this bill wouldn’t exist and this woman wouldn’t have been denied care she needed. Just because a law has the word “ethics” in it doesn’t mean it ceases to be political.

    Even ignorning that, religion is political. Doubly so in America. We have politicians writing laws that religious leaders want. We have politicians writing laws alienating people due to them being non-chrisitan. We’re living through a fascist coup. Religion is a large part of fascism