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Friendship often blooms in unexpected circumstances (lemmy.world)
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's because Mommy MIC was being properly fed. Now it's just ICE, ICE, and more ICE.

/uj

That might be hindsight at work. Things in Iraq were pretty dire as the US brought democracy and triggered regime change. Those of us who were against the invasion also thought it was a pretty terrible foreign policy spasm.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

US brought democracy?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do I have to /s everything around here?

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

If you commit to explicit tags by having an /uj before, than yes. Otherwise most people would pick it up.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe??

Sorry. Text is a hell of a medium for sarcasm...

[–] derry@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Nowadays, yes. Reality hasn't collided this hard with fiction in decades, perhaps centuries.