Kee HinckleyApr 5
When old Soviet Union jokes are applicable to the US, you know something has gone terribly wrong.
Show threadBenjamin Geer
@nazgul @benjamin The joke is even older than that, there’s a very similar one written down by a 12th-century Persian poet https://archive.org/details/AnvarisDivanAPocketBookforAkbar
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Show threadBeeCyclingApr 5
@benjamingeer @nazgul @benjamin People have had to put up with the same crap since forever. 😫
Show threadToni AittoniemiApr 5
@beecycling @benjamingeer @nazgul @benjamin Yes. MAGA is indeed nothing but a reversion into the baseline of toil & suffering experienced by humans under tyranny since antiquity.
Show threadJeffApr 5
@benjamingeer @nazgul @benjamin The writing of that one is so much more eloquent.
Show threadm0xEEApr 5
@benjamingeer@piaille.fr @nazgul@infosec.exchange @benjamin@piaille.fr
I wasn't even sure where it originated from, but I can confirm "proving you are not a camel", implying the presumption of guilt, is indeed a very common expression in Russia and I suppose in other ex-Soviet countries too. I think it won't be wrong to refer to it that way in the context of justice, even if the joke itself is much older 😅