Others have said it better than I ever could, but in my own words, even IF every person who bought these was the epitome of the highest moral and ethical standards, I would still be uncomfortable due to the way-too-high possibility of them being ‘hacked’ remotely which would still have the potential to destroy lives

You know what, good sleuthing, I’ll upvote that. But I’m willing to give that one a little more leeway because it was submitted to “Political Memes” whereas this place is supposed to be just memes. Plus what you posted isn’t really saying anything, it’s… well it’s just a shitty quote from a shitty former man

Okay but… how is this a meme?

Trump’s secretary of state claims the global tribunal is interfering with US military and law enforcement operations

Then it sounds like they’re trying to do some really fucking illegal shit

Just for kicks I’ll throw in my unpopular opinion: “If you have to use 1st gear then you don’t know how to drive manual”

But if they were, then they’d be even stupider to preserve them. It’s like he’s trying to bluff his way into winning a game of poker but then flipping the cards to reveal he’s got the worst possible hand before anyone else can even make a bet (idk, not my best analogy but I’m sticking with it)

Lol fair point

Okay, looking past the obvious stupidity for a moment, why is he encouraging FDA employees to “Preserve your records”? Doesn’t that go against, like, his entire post? Nay, his entire strategy (if it can even be called that)?

I know it looks better this way for, like, art reasons… but they’re rowing backwards 🤭

IT WAS STILL HERE??? I thought that monstrosity was put down back when Trump and Musk had their little lover’s quarrel

IT WAS STILL HERE??? I thought that monstrosity was put down back when Trump and Musk had their little lover’s quarrel

The world’s not ALL hatred and intolerance 🙂 (Though that they’re way more prevalent than they should be 😮‍💨)

I don’t buy that number either, but the Guinness people are really more so a service where you pay them to certify your ‘record’ rather than all-knowing, impartial arbitrator of world records. If you think you’ve done or have the longest/biggest/most whatever thing, YOU go to THEM, pay a few fees (up to half a million dollars in some cases), and if they like it, they’ll give you the certificate. And if you don’t quite meet the requirements for what you said, they’ll usually tweak them a little bit to make your attempt worth it. There are several videos I could recommend that all do a deep dive into what the GBWR actually does, but I’d recommend this episode of John Oliver (below). The relevant section starts around 14:45 (also it’s just fun, to me at least, to hear the name of the guy he’s talking about)

https://youtu.be/-9QYu8LtH2E?is=3ACqISoDwBi1LxyF

“Took part in” probably includes people who saw a glimpse of it on TV or something

I fucking love that episode

That does it! I’m gettin’ me lotion!

Are you familiar with the idea of parables? Sometimes people just want a way to present their ideas without having to go full-Tolkein and go into WAYYY much more detail than is strictly necessary or believeable. You’re entitled to your opinion, I’m not gonna be offended or anything that you clearly don’t like a show I personally haven’t watched in years, I just think that Black Mirror is (most of the time) clearly more concerned with “what if” rather than “how would”

Much appreciated, thank you 🙂

Aight chief, I’m gonna need an explanation on that latter point

That’s pretty funny ngl