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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 256 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Echoes of late 2022 when Twitter abruptly fired thousands of people, then turned around days later and tried to rehire many of them. I'm sure it's purely a coincidence that one person is closely tied to both incidents.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only we could know who it is, things would be so much different.

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago

It's almost as this is done in a manner to distract from the hidden intention and doing it at Twitter was a test that confirmed its effectiveness. What a weird but definitely not happening possibility. Look over there! 👉 It's a trans immigrant that wants your dogs and women's gold medals!!

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You could also mention the Tesla Supercharger team.

And you might also draw parallels that this seems more like spite or other personal whim, rather than motivated by the needs of the organization, or applied with any intelligence

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

He fired the pandemic response team a few years before covid, because who needs that.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 150 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Christ, what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Malicious intent x Incompetency = whatever the fuck this is.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's an irrational number, that much I'm sure.

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago

I wish it were just an imaginary number.

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 month ago

In any other democracy there would be heads rolling and people going to jail over this. But as usual your elected representatives with their thumbs up their asses

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, time to renegotiate salary, isn't it?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To go work for a fascistic dictatorship? No number is high enough.

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[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Move fast and break things. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago

Maybe running a government isn't like trying to start a start up with a 90% failure rate!

[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Considering they were betrayed by their country after years of patriotic service, you can probably find some of them in Beijing, and I don't blame them.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I would choose France.

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[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 55 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Dude is this seriously all that's happening over there? Like this is not just a bubble with jokes, it's literally just all dumb shit bordering on satire?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We left satire long ago. I feel sorry for satirists, parodists, and other humorists who can’t keep up with reality

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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago
[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

They are extending tax cuts for ultra-rich and corporations behind the clown show.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's scary and sad as fuck. We are in for dark days i feel.

I've been doing my best to stay present with my family and know how to protect them first. Next I'll find ways to throw sand in the gears of this shit.

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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Looks like the majority of the storage facilities are in Red states. Even though some are near me, I feel like saying screw it, let them stay unmonitored and lets see what blows up. A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You sure? That whole maga bullshit sounds a lot like a ruzzian plot to destroy USA.

Really a lot. Exactly like that tbh.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

What, you mean just because Trump is Putin's lap dog? Or because Gabbard is now head of Intelligence?

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt

you underestimate the power of the hatred that's been carefully cultivated and spread by the right and far-right the last sixty years.

they simply won't give a shit, even if their dick starts glowing green, as long as 'they' get it too.

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They'd just blame it on "the radical left" and usher in martial law and the great purge.

Oh that'd be nice, but you just know it'll be "Damn Obama! Why did he blow up those nukes!' without a single hint of self-reflection.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 month ago

i'd be ghosting those mf'ers, too.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I bet this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen, so he can delcare marshal law. Then he gets unlimited powers, and won't leave the white house. I'm absolutely sure of it. It's ww2 all over again.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 month ago

this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen

bold of you to assume he's actually going to pay for anything

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Just because this is a common enough mistake, I'm going to publicly correct you for the benefit of other people who might see this comment. I apologize.

It's Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

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[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've heard WWIV is expected to be pretty lame in comparison. Something about shitty weapons in the future. So we're really lucky to get to enjoy this one.

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[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear” oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck “safety workers” ah ok…

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I disagree with the "ah ok" part

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[–] Ferroto@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The good ones have probably already found new higher paying jobs. The ones that come back will be the dregs. But what can you expect from a guy who bankrupted a Casino

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 month ago

I can’t express in words how fucking stupid Trump and his ilk are. I just cannot believe these dumb mother fuckers!

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 1 month ago

It's all funny until you realize that the people willing to go back will be a bunch of spineless loyal yes men.

[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

What a stupid piece of shit

[–] Rudgrcom@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good time to ask for a raise!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago

ask

that's an odd way to spell demand, and not take no for an answer

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone thought they were electing a rooster into the henhouse, but the rooster brought in a fox and no one has a shotgun.

[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

no one has a shotgun

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck his stupid ass. Keep far far away from him

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This seems like the type of job you could be patriotic about. Real patriotic, not fascist clown show. You have stuff with unmatched danger to millions of people for potentially centuries. This is real shit and this job might be among the most important on earth. (Or maybe it’s just my imagination since I have no idea what the reality is)

I’m proud of my job, yet all I’m doing is helping other employees generate more bits. If I help other employees do more with less, more quickly, do these clowns count it as waste?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

It has been like 2 days

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