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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It’s wild to see some of these stances. Like, I’d love it if more countries thought to help Palestine ever. But I’m baffled when a regime that is giving Russia munitions to kill Ukrainians does it. Is this a "broken clock" sort of thing?

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ukraine was shelling Ukrainians for 9 years before Russia showed up

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

i know this is a canned statement at this point but it's fairly weak if you pare it down this much. all it takes is knowing the Russian army deployed in & supported the donbass before the SMO, which not all but some libs are liable to remember

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago

No contradiction there, the DPRK stands against fascists everywhere. kim-blood

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago

I’m baffled when a regime that is giving Russia munitions to kill Ukrainians

Why on earth do Americans keep buying this pure hookem?

Do you really think Russia - a global leader in weapons manufacturing for over a century - needs to rely on a small, largely agrarian, hermit kingdom on the opposite side of the continent for its munitions?

I swear to fucking Christ, if the US news media hears Kim fart, we get a headline the next morning about North Korea launching a lethal gas attack launched against the West.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t see how NK fits into that, at all.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago

best of luck with the object permanence

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

Top right, while you are top left

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

They fully understand the core of international geopolitics

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Diplomatic punishment usually manifests as isolating a country (e.g. sanctions). The DPRK is so incredibly isolated that it is free on the vast majority of issues to just say what it wants to say without a substantial possibility of reprisal. Obviously it is limited in what it can say about the PRC and even RoK, but what the fuck can Israel do to them? Send them some Soda Streams and then take them back? (Actually not even that, given sanctions)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh shit, SodaStream is Israeli.

I knew I made the right choice with DrinkMate lmao

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

fffffffffffffffffffff i forgot about that.

now i gotta toss this thing in the trash... sorry planet

edit: it seems DrinkMate's cylinders are compatible with soda stream, so i'll just use theirs instead.. no sense throwing this hunk of plastic into an ocean just to spite isn'trael

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You already bought it yeah. Just switch gas providers and don't buy their flavors.

Also look into refilling it locally much cheaper anyway. Or if not, DrinkMate refills SodaStream canisters too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

yeah i usually went to Ace Hardware to get the refill bottles but it would be nice to just get an adapter thing with a big canister instead

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

yeah you can get a little doodad to connect a big refillable canister that you can get refilled locally. you've been soending way too much if you buy any comoany's proprietary consumable accesories.

recently bought a petsafe scoopfree litter box on clearance which has reallu expensice refills because the bottom of the trau is cardboard. i bought a third party stainless steel tray. entirely undermined that business model.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Because Russian revanchism is a totally different situation than Israeli genocide. How is that confusing?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

DPRK is the most correct clock on Earth, they never miss

Hating Amerikkka: Based

Supporting Russia against NATO dogs: Based

Arming Palestinian resistance against Zionazis: Ultra-based

Name one time they missed