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Friendship often blooms in unexpected circumstances (lemmy.world)
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days 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 days ago (1 children)

US brought democracy?

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

Do I have to /s everything around here?

[–] derry@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

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

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

Maybe??

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