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[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 163 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Early 20th century Italian fascists had a popular slogan "Me ne frego", meaning "I don't care".

People don't really change.

italian fascist with a "me ne frego" headband

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hmmmmm

What did Melania have on the back of her jacket that one time

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago

Me ne spoogo

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

You win, everybody pack up and leave.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dOnt ReAlLy CaRe, dO yOu??1

[–] dovah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Me no frogo"

Don't be the frog.

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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The most accurate thing about this is the liberal allowing the fascist to get on its back in the first place.

Because, you know, it would just be SO RUDE not to.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Or rather, they really hope the scorpion isn't lying yet again.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (24 children)

And Leftists see the Liberals as the scorpion.

Turns out when people stop benefiting from society, they don't care what happens to it.

And no, an oppressive police state who kills anyone who gets too poor or upset is not a "benefit" of that society. And when that's all the system has left, you can't blame people for not giving a shit.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And Leftists see the Liberals as the scorpion.

I see them as the frog. The stupid fucking frog that knows the scorpion's nature but gives him a free ride anyway.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not shown on the shore: hundreds of other frogs watching with full confidence that any scorpion they give a ride across the pond won't sting THEM.

[–] Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

"lol", said the Scorpion, "lmao"

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

based on a true story

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I always dislike this story because of the biological essentialism it implies and that allows racists and sexists to use it.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 week ago

Do you also dislike stories with talking animals because animals can't talk?
It's a parable, and you seem to be taking it too literally and simultaneously not literally enough.

On the one hand, it's saying not to trust people who want to hurt you even if your interests are aligned. The soviets trusting the Nazis not to attack them just because they both gained by dividing eastern Europe and not fighting a war on multiple fronts. No amount of shared interest will keep a fascist from hating a communist.

On the other hand, you actually really shouldn't put scorpions on your back. It's actually fine to reduce the agency of an insect to a stereotype of their biology.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Not sure why you'd getting downvoted here but it's absolutely been used (a lot) to push racist ideas. I first heard it from an antisemite.

I think it's just a shit message - "people will betray you on surprising ways, trust no one"

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Isn’t the message that people will betray you in _un_surprising ways?

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never took it as bleakly as don't trust anyone.

Frog knows the scorpion is untrustworthy but ignores his intuition and gets burnt for it. I take it as don't get involved with someone that would drag you down with them.

For anyone trying to prove anything with it, it's a parable, so it's advice, not a research paper! 🐸

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Speaking of frog parables pretending to be research papers: the whole “a scientist did an experiment and if you boil water slowly enough the frog won’t jump out and just sits there until it dies”. It turns out that’s bullshit. The scientist was trying to figure out brain stuff, so he removed the brains from the frogs and they didn’t jump out when he boiled them. The frogs that still had their brains jumped out of the water around the same temperature as a person would step out of a too-hot shower (25°C).

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Scorpions would never sting my back

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I guess it's both. You wouldn't expect someone to sabotage themselves

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

This is perfect

This applies to maga as well. Trump doesn't give two shits about them.

[–] reddifuge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can't wait to laugh my ass off when washington DC is split into east and west.

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[–] TASchwitters 4 points 1 week ago

Trump himself used a similar story about a snake in his own speeches. He was telling us who he is.

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