Oh, I agree it’s a leap. It’s just slightly less of a leap than complaining about the NSA. I’m not saying you’re wrong about the knee-jerk reaction some Americans have to Chinese tech and China in general.

It’s just that the sputtering nonsense makes very slightly more sense after you mentioned the ban in the original post. You opened a crack in the door, is what I’m saying, and if an American Jingoist Asshat can get his head in the crack, he’s gonna get all the way in.

Well, it doesn’t really, except that you mentioned the US trade ban, which brings the reason for the US trade ban into the topic at least tangentially.

I do. I’m with you on that. But it makes marginally more sense that bringing up the NSA would.

Oh, I care about Five (Seven, Nine) Eyes every bit as much as I care about China, I assure you. But in a thread about a Chinese company’s new tech, it would be a bit weird to complain about NSA data mining. Kinda off topic, if you see what I mean.

Good. Put him away for assault. Sentence him on live TV. Throw a fucking party as you throw the book at him.

Make. An. Example. Out. Of. This. Douchenozzle.

No shit? Really? Wow, thanks guys! I never would have guessed that were it not for the hard working folks at the Pentagon!

😐

What the hell? Look, man, I hate the guy but he’s remarkably consistent: he works for his interests. Even when he does dumbshit things like buy Twitter, the thinks he’s operating in his interests.

He’s not complicated. He’s a self absorbed piece of shit. That’s really all you ever need to know about the fucker.

I feel like the 2020s will be remembered as the Decade of Enshitification.

I agree, but this is the internet. You have to /s that shit or someone is going to take you seriously. It seems to be better here than it was on Reddit, but still…

I think it’s supposed to imply none of your business…

I will cheerfully shit on Amazon every day, which is why shit articles like this piss me off. Amazon does plenty of real harm, but articles like this give this make people think “well, if this is their workplace mistreatment, then it’s not that bad.”

It is that bad, but this isn’t an example of that. This could happen anywhere, to anyone, even the most ethical company/co-op/whatever on the planet. They handled it well. So let’s go after them for actual shit instead.

Well, he’s not a representative of any state, so technically assassination wouldn’t be an act of war…

I’m not advocating, just pointing out that as an individual, his position is a bit more precarious than I think he realizes.

If a US Republican is praising your policy, it’s a bad policy. If they call it (🤢🤮) Reganesque, then it’s a disastrous one.

I mean, good call, Canada.

Every time I read that phrase (amen brother), I hear it in my head in Hulk Hogan’s voice. Is that weird?

most Christians now days represent almost everything Jesus spoke against.

As an atheist, I find it surreal that I behave more in line with Christ’s teachings than most Christians I know. And I know the bible better, which is also weird.

Kinda feel like the number of times pastors, priests, and other religious leaders have gotten caught doing this reflects some kind of pattern, I just can’t seem to put my finger on it…

I like how this manages to be both transphobic and like insanely sexist. Way to go, FIDE! Can you guys work homophobia or racism in there for a hat trick?

Burger King? Really?

I did not know that. That’s a damn shame. Sorry about that.

Oh, I’m not blaming Germany. Far from it. They didn’t invent fascism. And I’m well aware of Germany’s leftist leanings, their current track record concerning immigrants, and their position as a current moral world leader.

And I am concerned about China and fascists running for office in Canada… but I’m a bit preoccupied by the fascism here in the States right now. Well, the white nationalist shit, too. Also the rise of right-wing terrorism that our press refuses to call terrorism because it’s being committed by white people I guess?

I don’t think we’re all that far apart, worldview wise. I’m just maybe a bit more sensitive to all this shit because we elected The Orange Menace.

Also, because we don’t have Tim Horton’s.