Not really all that strange. I’m not up on how this particular vote went but if 39% is in favor only 23% needs to abstain for the ‘against’ vote to be in the minority. Also counting by percentage of the total population is misleading and kind of dumb, we’re never going to have individual referenda for this type of decision making and thank god for that. That’s how we got Brexit.
Aside this form of Musk style “interesting 🤔” rhetoric really raises my hackles.
Both being a bigot for money and pointing out bigots for money is big business. Neither is going anywhere fast.
I mean I didn’t love it but the hate it gets seems a bit over the top. Would’ve been better as just an animated movie though.
You might not give a shit but the American elections are going to have a huge impact no matter where you live. It’s world news. And yeah there’s a lot of nonsense news about the US elections but there’s plenty of nonsense news elsewhere too. Why not start a lemmy community specifically about non-US news if you feel that’s lacking?
I think this is exactly what I’d like to change about Lemmy’s culture, the same thing that happened (more extreme) to Reddit.
The guy above you made a stupid remark. Then you come along and say to yourself “I bet I can out-asshole this guy, let me write something equally asinine and insulting, that will raise the level of this discussion” The same lame brained tit-for-tat bullshit that destroys our political debate.
Taiwan is incredibly pro-US, one of our staunchest allies in Asia, together with Japan. Great idea pissing them off.
My girlfriend lies on my right arm, so she’s on the right side of the bed and I’m on the left.
Hired goons?
Other people have already explained why but let me just add my “you’re a despicable moron” to the pile here.
Blasting is all fine and good but they should’ve slammed them really.
It might not work eh? Might it though? I hate this kind of weasel headline almost as much as the constant “slamming”. Just say what you’re going to say.
They just said it is optimized for gaming and has a toggle to “optimize the CPU drive”… Can’t wait for this technological marvel.
where is teh luv? teh loev? the luv?
Might be an unpopular take but… maybe being good at high school math tests is not really such an important gift in the real world.
Tories, just like Wilders, always happy to cut off their nose to spite their face.
The big problem is that one usually leads to the other. Saying politically unpopular things in a way those governments perceive as threatening often leads to more than just administrative fines.
I heard he’s projected to get 110% of the vote this time.
On the other hand without his involvement the platform would have very likely just been another wanna be right wing social media attempt.
I don’t understand this article. Just last week the news here was that our prisons are overcrowded and we are considering leasing prison space in Eastern Europe. Maybe it’s only certain types of prisons that have shortages? Guess I should look into it a bit more.