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[-] Ferroto@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

The good ones have probably already found new higher paying jobs. The ones that come back will be the dregs. But what can you expect from a guy who bankrupted a Casino

[-] LifeOfEnd@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

I didn't know this. But his casino in NY, played out a gambler, they basically got that gambler into the position of owing money. (He had already been draining the casino by winning). When he lost he owed the casino money but the Japanese Mafia killed him before he could pay it.

I think that was talked about in the documentary Hyper Normalization by Adam Curtis. It's on yt if you're interested.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 6 days ago

It's all funny until you realize that the people willing to go back will be a bunch of spineless loyal yes men.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 21 points 6 days ago

I can’t express in words how fucking stupid Trump and his ilk are. I just cannot believe these dumb mother fuckers!

[-] cupcakezealot 7 points 6 days ago

i hope they come back but just to give this speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3wFt1zBVE

[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 5 points 6 days ago
[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 246 points 1 week ago

Echoes of late 2022 when Twitter abruptly fired thousands of people, then turned around days later and tried to rehire many of them. I'm sure it's purely a coincidence that one person is closely tied to both incidents.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago

If only we could know who it is, things would be so much different.

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 142 points 1 week ago

Christ, what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers.

[-] Tm12@lemmy.ca 78 points 1 week ago

Malicious intent x Incompetency = whatever the fuck this is.

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[-] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 week ago

In any other democracy there would be heads rolling and people going to jail over this. But as usual your elected representatives with their thumbs up their asses

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

Well, time to renegotiate salary, isn't it?

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[-] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago

Considering they were betrayed by their country after years of patriotic service, you can probably find some of them in Beijing, and I don't blame them.

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I would choose France.

[-] phar@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

That'd be an interesting choice. You could choose any other country and you go with one of the other autocracies? Good lookin foot I have there. Shame if I pulled this trigger.

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

I'm sure they'd be treated extremely well. Usually there's some good incentives to encourage defectors

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yep at least you get a VIP treatment while they suck your brains off

Both places suck big time, change my mind.

[-] phar@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

That's a chance you want to take with China of all places? No thank you.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I believe some countries don't have as many nuclear plants to hire engineers and scientists. France is one of the countries heavily invested in nuclear and so is UK. Maybe China does as well? I don't know about the latter if they have many nuclear plants and I am too lazy to check at the moment.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I don't know either, but a friend of mine is in nuclear research and said that China is investing a lot into nuclear power.

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 57 points 1 week ago

Move fast and break things. What could possibly go wrong?

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 32 points 6 days ago

Maybe running a government isn't like trying to start a start up with a 90% failure rate!

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 54 points 1 week ago

Dude is this seriously all that's happening over there? Like this is not just a bubble with jokes, it's literally just all dumb shit bordering on satire?

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[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 35 points 1 week ago

Looks like the majority of the storage facilities are in Red states. Even though some are near me, I feel like saying screw it, let them stay unmonitored and lets see what blows up. A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

You sure? That whole maga bullshit sounds a lot like a ruzzian plot to destroy USA.

Really a lot. Exactly like that tbh.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

They’d blame the others anyway, fascists always blame everyone else.

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt

you underestimate the power of the hatred that's been carefully cultivated and spread by the right and far-right the last sixty years.

they simply won't give a shit, even if their dick starts glowing green, as long as 'they' get it too.

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago

i'd be ghosting those mf'ers, too.

[-] aeternum 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I bet this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen, so he can delcare marshal law. Then he gets unlimited powers, and won't leave the white house. I'm absolutely sure of it. It's ww2 all over again.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 days ago

this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen

bold of you to assume he's actually going to pay for anything

[-] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just because this is a common enough mistake, I'm going to publicly correct you for the benefit of other people who might see this comment. I apologize.

It's Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

[-] PyroNeurosis 3 points 5 days ago

Martial Law and Marital Law is the one that always gets me.

There's a joke in there about strict curfews and domineering personalities, but I can't be bothered to flesh it out.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

It’s Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

[-] umbraroze@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No, that's martial arts. Martial law involves less improvisation and adaptability. However, it loses to martial science.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

Everyone knows it is Martian Law

[-] gadfly1999@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Now that explains Musk’s obsession with getting to Mars.

[-] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Then the few people who don't are very prolific commenters because it's a mistake I see often.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Spread the word!

[-] aeternum 2 points 6 days ago

oh man, I knew that. I dunno why i said marshal law lol. Mustn't have been paying enough attention.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

Has anyone asked Marshal for a statement?

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

At the rate of aircraft accidents, it's only a matter of a few weeks before a plane or helicopter crashes into a govt building or installation.

[-] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Is the Reichstag on fire?

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

“Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear” oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck “safety workers” ah ok…

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 25 points 1 week ago

I disagree with the "ah ok" part

[-] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

You didn't let him finish. The oh fucks continue after an ellipsis of relief that it wasnt the literal worst case scenario.

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