WhiskyTangoFoxtrot @ WhiskyTangoFoxtrot @lemmy.world

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Nelson, when bad things happen to other people

If you're cold, they're cold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xepC3-Ia9ho

It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."

And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!

It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:–
"Though we know we should defeat you,
we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:–

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!"

Rudyard Kipling

What elections are coming up in the UK? I thought Starmer won a majority just last year.

You can’t acquire the government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti9bzNWWTDY

Doug Ford's probably got his eye on the position.

He's generally a pretty shitty leader, but in crisis situations such as COVID or the trade war he's at least demonstrated basic competence.

Put Made in Canada back on Gem!

"We are programmed to receive."

My brother accidentally spoiled me on that. I made a joke about him dying after watching the first episode because he was played by Sean Bean and he was all "How did you know?"

Relevant xkcd

Except B here is the centrist position. If you actually look at political dialogue it's more like:

A: I want B to be erased.

B: I want A to be erased.

Just look at all the guillotine-posting around here for examples.

Look at this place. Fifty thousand people used to live in this city; now it's a ghost town. I've never seen anything like it.

Bernie for Pope!

Four Seasons?

When you're recruiting for an organisation that makes it its entire mission to spread suffering and destruction around the world, you're not going to get the best people.

The kid is Stewie Griffin.

Do you see one?

It was a me all along!

Look out, there are llamas!