The Soviet Union was, if not a traditional dictatorship, absolutely a totalitarian autocracy. Stalin was a brutal dictator and his successors were chosen by the communist party. Elections in the USSR were for show.

Life was miserable almost from the start of the Bolshevik revolution for most people. The USSR’s implementation of communism was so bad, it’s become cliche.

Is it possible the European mind can’t comprehend how big North America is?

The people complaining about the way Obama spoke were using dog whistles. That’s the point you seem to have missed.

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Oh, so now it’s “get the fuck over it”? Both sides are totally the same!

I don’t think so, bebe. You motherfuckers will NEVER be permitted to live this down. This is YOUR fault. We will make you choke on it.

Nothing you want needs to be done immediately. NOTHING.

It fits perfectly well. The placement changes the emphasis subtly.

“That’s a tall fucking building”

“That’s a fucking tall building”

The second calls the listener’s attention to the emphasized aspect whereas the first might reference the height in relation to other aspects… but would be more context dependent than the second form.

Easy there, Maude.

Not only was the use of the word actually contextually appropriate for literally producing emphasis, it was also fucking funny.

Maybe the problem here is the bizarre attempt at pedantry while consuming a meme. Not just a meme, but a meme about a meme. Unbelievable failure.

Christ, you people will justify anything to avoid saying you were wrong.

But she won’t. She’ll waste her money and end up with nothing.

Oh no! So, anyway…

I’ve wasted countless hours waiting for people on zoom calls to sort out their stupid air pod issues.

They didn’t take away the jack to sell more headphones LMAO.

That is absolutely why it was done.

People who habitually use speaker phones do not understand the concept of “inside voice” that everyone else learned in 1st grade.

And those people should be sent to The Hell of Infinite Screaming Babies.

Here’s a wild thought: inequalities are not always written with the lower number on the left… or there wouldn’t be a need for two symbols.

I bet that sounded impressive in your head

Which is also why socialism will never work. Humans are piss poor at evaluating the common good and making decisions collectively (see also: the last US election.)

That take is rank fucking idiocy

Crushingly idiotic take. You can argue that almost anything done with professional competence is a form of art. It’s her fucking job. She can live her life according to her backward, dark age mythology on her own time.

The difference in speed is familiarity, not some inherent efficiency gain by typing commands into the cli.

It’s not blaming leftists. It’s blaming people too fucking stupid to vote.