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This is the dumbest fucking timeline, honestly

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Trump just wants to be able to say "those babies at the UN"

[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

I hate this world. It must be nice to be ignorant and selfish, but if you are decent and have, you know, a soul, it's a fucking nightmare

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

Globalized kakistocracy.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

So, an even more corrupt UN then. Lord fucking help us.

[–] CatGPT@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a ridiculous nightmare

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

See now this is how we know time travel isn't real.

If timecops existed, they'd probably be pulling the plug by now.

[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Counter point, time travelers got bored and thought this timeline would be funny.

[–] YerLam@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Time travellers thought the history books from this period were fiction and never got round to verifying it.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

... yeah, i guess I am assuming that timecops would have morality of... not time travellers...

Damnit.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The U.S. owes the UN $4 billion; it should have no say in picking the next Secretary-General until its debts are settled.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is just a "Trump said something dumb" thing, right? Why would Infantino even want this?

[–] Tango@piefed.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can only imagine two possible reasons:

  1. If Infantino thinks he might be forced out of the FIFA job soon

  2. If the UN job has greater potential for bribes

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Another term seems inevitable right now, unfortunately. In terms of personal aggrandizement, God Emperor of football seems way better than being head librarian at the library of global bickering.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 12 points 1 week ago

One day he wants UN dismantled, the other day he wants his biggest corrupt appeaser at their helm.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Infantino must have let the President fellate him. That's why they're so close now. Bubba strikes again.