It’s Zelensky’s first language, even. I think he avoids it now, but if it’s that or English I would hope there’d be no judgement.

Edit: And it shares a lot of vocabulary and ~all grammar with Russian anyway.

TBH I think the dog started it. And given the injuries were minor, the moose was being uncharacteristically restrained about it all.

Given the typical Lemmy demographic, there’s a high chance my income is actually the lowest here. It isn’t “I can’t afford a single share”.

In reality, I’m guessing you haven’t looked at what the returns are, you just kind of assume they’re crazy. And it’s the same return for every shareholder, whether me or Jeff Bezos.

You know, I hear this so much, I have to wonder why we’re not all trading stock tips. You too can be a shareholder.

Yeah, ever since industrial policy became cool again the news has just been saturated with lobbyists (calling themselves “industry groups”) explaining why they need taxpayer funding.

It’s to be expected, I guess. With any luck it won’t work very often.

Oh, just the registration data, not actually what you voted for.

In Canada they copy it in from tax data, so you’d really have to go for the off-the-grid sovereign citizen stuff and never pay taxes to stay out of it. Maybe it’s different in the US.

Did you guys get purged from Hexbear or something?

I was going to say Darude Sandstorm, but I actually think I have followed along with that one.

Diva dance from The Fifth Element?

It may or may not be important depending on your area and electoral system (if any), but it is usually easy.

I haven’t voted in years after reading the argument that voting mainly serves to slot you into a cohort, making it easier for governments and corporations to profile you.

If it’s secret ballot they literally can’t do that.

Ah, but nuance and actual improvement are poor shitpost material.

I like our chances, honestly.

“No not democracy against us”

Ah, the sweet smell of bureaucracy in the air.

That’s not even a complaint, really - it’s just how properly functioning rule of has to work.

Guys, I have one of the first batch in a ziplock and it still smells like maple.

Either they’re lying or it was accidental.

The latter then.

On behalf of my ancestral shtetl there, иди на хуй.

Are you Ukrainian, or biting my head off for no reason?

The eastern part of the UK. Several European countries east of that. Australia and NZ.

To me the parallel would be that China could exclude the West from their part of the continent like the US did to the rest of the West.

They’re really trying; an east Asian military alliance feels imminent and they don’t want it one bit.

Well, if it’s a baby-kissing type event you can absolutely walk up and have any question you want redirected or ignored. Most people settle for a handshake and being impressed that they’re actually human, though.

Do you have some context that could help narrow it down?

Edit: Nevermind, Lemmy just got it like that. Wow.

Most of the West is not in the western hemisphere.

Yes, I did get what you meant the first time. We all know about America’s various Cold War adventures, and the War on Terror stuff after that.