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[–] loaExMachina 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

That's one possibility I thought off, but there's another one: He says he's straight, but doesn't mention being cis, so he could be a trans man taking testosterone (HRT isn't necessarily estrogens).

[–] loaExMachina 2 points 1 month ago
[–] loaExMachina 8 points 1 month ago

Truth is just an opinion. Whatever was said most eloquently and with more confidence was probably truer. There needn't be any fact checking other than two people each saying a thing, the one who's right will simply sound right to anyone, regardless of any pre-existing bias. /S

[–] loaExMachina 4 points 2 months ago

I don't find it dishonest or inaccurate to say that crossing a border with troops and tanks and occupying cities constitutes an invasion, but I guess it's a matter of semantics. As is calling a conflict with dozens of thousands of casualties a "minor skirmish".

[–] loaExMachina 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Image says "Has invaded since PRC was founded", not "is occupying right now", don't try to change the terms of the debate when contradicted. You still could've made a point that China invaded much fewer countries than the US, but at least try to have an accurate map or the accurate words.

[–] loaExMachina 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Immediately thought of Vietnam and Cambodia. OP really doesn't know much history... [Edit: I just checked because I wasn't sure, but China didn't invade Cambodia as far as I can tell. I knew they invaded Vietnam in support of Cambodia, but I didn't know whether some of the Sino-Vietnamese battles also took place in Cambodia, and apparently, no.)]

[–] loaExMachina 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because more people?

[–] loaExMachina 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it's named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).

[–] loaExMachina 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If this is the context, I believe it has nothing to do with gays or twinks.

Just a sad anime image meant to convey an emotional response, according to Tineye, first seen around 2016, on pages no longer reachable.

First memetized around 2017, with the following image : même

Translated labels from left to right : "Your new 'waifu of the season'", "you", "Your waifu, to whom you'd vowed eternal love". At this stage, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree: The meme is still aimed at the weeb community that saw its birth, and still makes use of the context implyed by the image.

But to interpret what comes next, you must take into account the rise of "cringe" culture in the early 2020s. Former memes, deemed "cringe", saw a new birth under several layers of irony to highlight their absurd nature. Here is another meme that underwent the same fate : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-fine

This era also saw the appearance of the words "pog", "poggers" and "pogchamp", all of which quickly became cringe. The above meme can therefore be interpreted as a pile of cringe meant to be absurd.

What about burgers? The burger also has a place in meme culture. can I has cheeseburger

Declaring one's taste for a trash food or another belongs to another memetic trop, that of appearing relatable and whimsical. Most old memes using this trope appear cringe by today's standard. The image may be a meta-meme about itself, describing the memer's transition from pre-cringe to post-cringe culture, from "burgers" to "poggers", and burying the image macros under countless layers of irony.

[–] loaExMachina 9 points 2 months ago

Maybe you're missing out naan.

[–] loaExMachina 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hitting that is considered a bad thing?!

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