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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The fucking mosquitoes. Cruel and unusual.

Hey whatever happened to cruel and unusual anyway???

[–] greybeard@feddit.online 5 points 1 day ago

Cruelty is the point and they are working hard to make it usual.

Do it enough and it's not unusual anymore.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] xorollo@leminal.space 9 points 2 days ago

It's a blueprint now.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The proper thing for Americans to do is arm up and raid it.

They won't.