It is always in their playbook. They are all talking about foreign agents trying to change the will of the people and how the US is the evil on Earth and it’s all just a way to defend themselves - even if that implies abuse on civilians and other nations.

Yeah, yogthos was one of the original hardcore tankies on this place. Along with Shreddy Scientist and Poland is a state of mind and a bunch of others. He’s on Mastodon too, and has a website (where he however posts only technical stuff, but under his real identity). I won’t link them all here, as I have no interest in doxxing that guy. But I’m more than sure that he’s a Russian and I’m 70% confident he’s bluffing about his Ukrainian relatives. And if he did, the thing he is doing is much worse.

The thing he does goes literally in the playbook of manipulation - and this is fox news level of manipulation - never tell a complete lie. Start from a truth, something that cannot be contradicted at all. Then build up your lie based on that. Like, at this point, I don’t even know whether he’s an actual Russian agent, lol. He spews so much of their propaganda.

If you get bored and want to have a little conversation with him anywhere on the internet just to have some fun, simply ignore the true stuff and counter his lies in the most contondent way possible. At some point, you’ll get a reply that “I’ve had more clever conversations with ChatGPT”.

Nothing yet, and still undecided. Dealing with the hangover now, lol.

So now I see previews are useful here on Friendica 😁

Disappointed. I was hoping to actually see Gabe’s face.

Hi, @iloveDigit!

I am commenting to your post from a country with strict gun laws and where people on the street are sure to not have any guns in their possession. And it’s totally safe. There’s nothing wrong with not owning an AR-15 or any other machine gun, and kids around this place are growing just fine without attending or even hearing about a school shooting nearby. Guns are perfectly fit for the army, and I am not part of it, nor some member of a guerrilla militia of some sort to need them in my day-to-day life. You should try that too.

Kind regards!

@Fubarberry Metro Exodus. Looking forward to finishing it.

“How come people are allowed to do it but if I do it, I don’t get fed?”

Had a friend telling me the same, lol. FWIW, I got into Metro after watching the series of The Linux Gaming Experiment, where Nick played Metro Exodus - so I kinda enjoy Exodus more, lol.

Started playing War Robots again. There’s an event with a few perks, so I even got premium for 5 days for free.

Gotta finish Metro Exodus at some point tho.

Y’all still be downloading 'em?

Yep, it’s Johnny Sins

Welp, I just played Stardew Valley again 😁

I can’t deny there were some cases where the authorities have exaggerated. Especially recently. But you know where these people are actually coming from.

You maybe know that it’s not these cases they’re referring to when they talk about the lack of free speech.

Ah, of course it’s about the serious violations on free speech in *checks notes* the brutal dictatorships of Britain and Germany. The dictatorship of common sense dictating you how not to be an asshole.

That’s so terrible!

I am sorry for what happened but I hope you’re well aware that Trump only solved this conflict by threatening to join Israel in the killings. Not sure if that aligns with you.

I hope no more violence will occur in the region for the foreseable future.

Take care!

Out of curiosity, I just checked that cesspool that calls itself a Lemmy server after 1000 years of not giving a fuck (I mean, I likely checked it seldomly lately as well, but not as thoroughly as going through multiple pages and posts). Here’s what I found:

• Typical commie propaganda (I’m not going to go into details)
• So much US-centrism. Of course, there was some user from Poland (some will know who am I talking about) that admitted somewhere that in Poland there are multiple parties, but, just like for any serious tankie, those parties cannot be anything else than fascist. So no other party than the all mighty “single pluralistic” Communist Party (whatever that shit even means) like there somehow is in China is good. All of them are fascist.
• Being from the US, you’d think they treat the current situation in their country in a mature way, pointing out the actual fascist from the White House - while this happens in, like, a bunch of their posts, mostly, if you think this way, you’re DEAD WRONG. They spend most of their energy pointing out how bLuE aNd ReD aRe ThE sAmE and how oBaMa aLsO dId X sHiT tHaT tRuMp DiD aNd YoU tHe LiBs WeRe OkAy WiTh ThAt (oh, and not to mention the meme about how the No Kings protests are actually a CIA psyop or some shit. Yeah, if you go out and protest for a cause is not because you’re fed up with all that shit you see in your daily life, it’s because the intelligence told you so).
• When they actually do speak about what’s going on, they point out how imperialistic the US of A is and always was. Somehow, China and Russia were never imperialistic. But USA is the alpha and omega of imperialism (okay, they probably also bring up the former imperialistic powers of UK and/or France in other threads, but I didn’t check them, and it’s late here - let’s just assume there is something about this as tankie propaganda also likes to bring this up). Yeah, what happens now with the US is borderline imperialism (threatening Canada and Greenland and Panama with invasion). But stretching it so far and thin like they do is just crazy.
• They laugh at you when you bring them sources to support your claim - reputable sources. But all they bring to support their own claims are recycling memes that they thought they’re funny a few days ago - and somehow Dessalines points you to his blog/website/whatever - not even trying to bring up their own propaganda mouthpieces into discussion. Yeah, bro, I’ll trust you (I’ll probably even make a meme about it these days if I care enough about it).
• Their entire meme community is tankie propaganda. I tried being sympathetic to them and tried to view the memes from their own perspective, but I couldn’t bring more than a smug on my face. Oh well, maybe these crack them up. Good for them, I guess.

In conclusion: it’s fucking late. I spent some precious time doing nothing and learning nothing from their bullshit (and also typing this entire thing). I would like Dessalines to point me out on his website thingy how can I get my wasted time back. Thank you.

This one cracked me up, that’s for sure. And I’m not even in Russia.

That makes sense. Thanks!