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NoxAstrum lemmy.ca NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-11
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Choose freedom? Like the freedom to be charged for criticising data centres? That sort of freedom? How about the freedom to be executed in the street by law enforcement? I'll pass, I don't really want their freedom.

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Sanctus anarchist.nexus Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-08
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But we love Dune

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DjangoFett lemmy.zip DjangoFett@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-05
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I'm more European than he is because all of my ancestors were traveling whores, apparently.

That said, I've no difficulty pronouncing his name. If you can't, that must make you one of the following; illiterate, lazy, stupid, or racist.

Any one of these should disqualify somebody whose job is to work for the people.

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kat_angstrom lemmy.world kat_angstrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#5 · Quote Reply

That "nobody" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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They’re even using their same old tired playbook from 20 years ago. Remind me again, did that work well against Barack Hussein Obama?

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deeprlyeh lemmus.org deeprlyeh@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-08-14
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Not only can I pronounce it, it sounds cool.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-03
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If you can learn how to pronounce all the Finnish, Polish, Czech, and Slovak last names in Michigan, names like this should be easy. There's not even a bunch of silent consonants in there!

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eestileib sh.itjust.works eestileib@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-01
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If you can learn how to pronounce all the Finnish, Polish, Czech, and Slovak last names in Michigan, names like this should be easy. There's not even a bunch of silent consonants in there!

Finnish is super easy to pronounce for Anglos. Just take your time and pronounce every letter.

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Sturgist piefed.ca Sturgist@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-17
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I'm more European than he is because all of my ancestors were traveling whores, apparently. That said, I've no difficulty pronouncing his name. If you can't, that must make you one of the following; illiterate, lazy, stupid, or racist. Any one of these should disqualify somebody whose job is to work for the people.

That said, I've no difficulty pronouncing his name. If you can't, that must make you one all of the following; illiterate, lazy, stupid, or and racist.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-03
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Finnish is super easy to pronounce for Anglos. Just take your time and pronounce every letter.

The problem is when they have mishmashed English and Finnish to make brand new words. Kowsit Lats = Cow Shit Flats, where people put their cows out to pasture.

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Townlately feddit.nl Townlately@feddit.nl
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Its the polical equivalent of "look! Over there!" while he poisons your wine.

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Joined: 2025-03-22
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Piyush Jindal -> Bobby Jindal

Adulraham Mohamed El-Sayed -> Abe Smith ?

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nightwatch_admin lemmy.world nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-17
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“Mike Rogers” is also rather an odd name to a Native American too, so go back to your own country mate.

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realitista lemmus.org realitista@lemmus.org
Joined: 2025-07-19
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Yeah, that's pretty much how Republicans get votes.

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ThunderComplex lemmy.today ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-08
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They’re even using their same old tired playbook from 20 years ago. Remind me again, did that work well against Barack Hussein Obama?

Yes, it worked really well for Obama. So I guess keep it coming?

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yermaw sh.itjust.works yermaw@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-10
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That said, I've no difficulty pronouncing his name. If you can't, that must make you one all of the following; illiterate, lazy, stupid, or and racist.

Im struggling. Its pure laziness.

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
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Many people have doctors with that name...

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X piefed.world X@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-10-20
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Finnish is super easy to pronounce for Anglos. Just take your time and pronounce every letter.

You’re gonna need an hour or so to teach ‘em the Ä, Ö, and Y letters; and pray they don’t take the hydrofoil over to Tallinn, because then they’re really gonna get confused. “🇫🇮👈🤬👉🇪🇪 What the hell is going on, you two!”

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Sarah Valentine pawb.social SarahValentine@pawb.social
Joined: 2026-06-30
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Im struggling. Its pure laziness.

ab. dool. ra. mon. abdul rahman. abdulrahman.

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CountVon sh.itjust.works CountVon@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Its the polical equivalent of "look! Over there!" while he poisons your wine.

It's one of the classic blunders.

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istdaslol feddit.org istdaslol@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-24
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Kinda rich for a language where mie roogs would be a valid pronunciation.

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joecitizen piefed.ca joecitizen@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-06-25
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These people are exhausting.

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