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No offense but the live tweeting from people thirsty for “entertainment” looking for and cracking jokes about news updates on the advance made me a little queas

• lbrito 3y ago
  These days I saw a website where you could pay to write down your name on warheads that would eventually explode on someone's head. By the looks and numbers it had it seemed very mainstream and popular. It doesn't matter which side we're talking about. This kind of thing is insane and dehumanized.
  • vkou 3y ago
    As long as the bombs are blowing up people that my government has spent years propagandizing me to have really strong opinions about, why shouldn't I be engaging in that sort of thing? (Obviously, I am being sarcastic.)
    • 082349872349872 3y ago
      Lest we think Orwell was incredibly imaginative, his "two minutes hate" had many antecedents, including https://greatwar.nl/kleur/hymnofhate.html https://greatwar.nl/kleur/hymnofhate.html
• tredre3 3y ago
  All reporting on this event is by armchair experts thirsty for attention and drama (including most HN commentary). That's why dang initially let the flagging persist. Wait and see what's real and what's not, then we can have a proper discussion.
• aaron695 3y ago
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