Despite garnering rave reviews from critics, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has ranked Angela Merkel’s new memoir as only the second-best book written by a German leader, falling short of his person…
  • Don_alFornoEnglish
    12·
    14 days ago

    I’m sure he meant that Willy Brandt’s memoirs were a better read.

    Right?

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    13 days ago

    British right wingers scoring cheap points against Germans but then getting all butthurt if you bring up, you know, things.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      14 days ago

      Did you just claim that a sixteen word satirical headline stretched your patience? Lol

      The joke isn’t even about Germany, it’s about Farage being a fascist

        • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          14 days ago

          I see no problem with the structure of that sentence. Pretty absurd to claim that anyone that doesn’t share your sentiments has no standards, but you do you. Also, kind of ironic for you to crown yourself the king of intelligence when your first sentence isn’t even grammatically correct.

          Blocked? Lmfao

          • lengau@midwest.socialEnglish
            9·
            14 days ago

            I just don’t understand the mentality of telling someone you’re blocking them either. If they’re a troll, you’re just going to make them feel smug about having pissed you off. If they’re engaging in good faith, it makes you look like the asshole.

            Like… What would they gain by telling you they’re blocking you?

            • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.ukEnglish
              10·
              14 days ago

              It’s just one view, but I read it as some schoolyard attempt at having the last word.

              Nearly everyone can see that it’s a load of childish bollocks, but it’s a nice red flag to avoid a world of hurt trying to engage with them.

              Maybe I’m just too jaded to deal with clowns any more.

              • lengau@midwest.socialEnglish
                3·
                13 days ago

                I suppose that kinda works when blocking on a platform like Reddit. On the fediverse though blocking is just a mute, so they still get to reply to that comment.

            • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              14 days ago

              I dunno. Honestly this whole chain is so bizarre I’m wondering if they’re ok.

              Besides, if joking about fascism is so bad then why is Charlie Chaplin regularly credited with torpedoing Hitler’s mystique? I think it’s honestly a civic duty to mock authoritarians. Shit, any person in a position of power should be mocked to varying degrees

        • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          141·
          14 days ago

          Someone has been sniffing their own farts. Don’t worry, my block button works as well.

            • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              13 days ago

              How typical for the ignorant to attack what they don’t understand with childish insults.

              Thank you for explaining why you started off with this:

              You sucking the shit out of the asshole

        • dumbass@leminal.spaceEnglish
          131·
          14 days ago

          Hostility towards any sign of intelligence is always the first step in the downfall of any society.

          He says, while being hostile towards someone.

        • gravityowl@lemm.eeEnglish
          51·
          13 days ago

          Can you block me too? I’d hate having to read more hissy fits from such an insufferable ahole like you lmao

            • gravityowl@lemm.eeEnglish
              5·
              13 days ago

              No one’s making you do anything

              Just like no one is forcing you to be an ahole, yet here we are ¯_(ツ)_/¯

              Exercise and self-control

              Said the user cussing out everyone in this thread lmao. The irony is as high as your lack of awareness

    • athairmor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      14 days ago

      Wow, you edited down paragraphs showing your absolute lack of sense of humor and subtlety to:

      You sucking the shit out of the asshole of fascism is not a virtue. Neither is having a tantrum when I call it out.

      That’s just cowardly. You can be wrong, sometimes. It’s ok, you know?

        • athairmor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          14 days ago

          You didn’t just eat the onion you squeezed the juice into your eyes. Did you read the article?

          How about restoring your original comment and defending that?

          I think you need to get off the Internet for a while.

    • sinkingship@mander.xyzEnglish
      91·
      14 days ago

      Oof, there are a few things you might wanna learn:

      • People have different tastes. What I find funny, you may not like it and vise versa.

      • Some people consider some things too serious to joke about. Some people don’t. I am one of those people that say that there is nothing in this world, that cannot be joked about.

      • It is absolutely possible to take something serious and at the same time laugh about it.