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        10 months ago

        Is it Mr the brits or Mrs the brits?

        Ohhhh, you’re conflating a single leader with an entire country.

        You must be a lib, tankies say libs never argue in good faith, and your false equivalence is certainly in bad faith.

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          Until recently it was Mrs. Now it’s Mr or alternatively his majesty king Charles the 3rd.

          Is there enough reliable data to give a kill count for the different monarchs? It would be kind of interesting who scores highest in that regard.

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            10 months ago

            Exactly! Mao was one leader, England killed millions, sure, but that was spread over many many rulers.

            Mao stands at the top afaik, I’d love to see some stats though!

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    10 months ago

    Mosquitoes, thanks to Malaria. Estimated kill count (according to a Nature article from 2002) 50-60 Billion people.

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      10 months ago

      Wow. You’re really gonna just blame a whole race over a few billion deaths?

      /s please don’t hang me in these streets

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      10 months ago

      More a person responsible kinda thing. I think Mao does top it but due to starvation thanks to his idiot policies that ruined crops

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    10 months ago

    I get the joke but I still expected some tankies to show up. But then again, OP is on lemmy.world which is defederated with the tankie instances so that’s why

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      10 months ago

      While it has proven difficult to accurately estimate the pre-colonial population and the amount by which it changed under the Congo Free State, estimates for the Congolese population decline during Leopold’s rule range from 1 million to 15 million.

      That’s a lot, but not even close to Mao

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      10 months ago

      Noobish kdr. Max 10 millions deaths, somewhere between a French general during WWI (not counting German casualties) and minor paranoid dictators. Too much time larping as a psychopathic torturer, not enough time getting the job done. Mao killed several million people on a good mood, that’s professionalism.

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      10 months ago

      I’ve used this joke IRL with our cats. There’s another one for dogs:

      A guy and a dog walk into a bar. The bartender says, “hey, you can’t bring a dog in here.”

      The guy says, “this is no ordinary dog. He’s a talking dog.”

      Bartender says, “yeah? Prove it.” The guy turns to the dog and says, “What’s on top of the building?” And the dog says “Roof! Roof!”

      Then the guy says, “How does a brick feel?” The dog says “Rough! Rough!”

      The guy then says, “Who was the greatest ballplayer of all time?” The dog says “Ruth! Ruth!”

      They are thrown out of the bar.

      When they’re out on the street, the dog turns to the man and says, “So, you think I should have said DiMaggio?”

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        10 months ago

        They are thrown out of the bar

        I’m surprised you weren’t with that joke. speaking from experience, i love my lame jokes. (and I’m not totally stealing this one…not at all.)

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          10 months ago

          Lame jokes can be presented in a funny way. Delivery is important. My favorite method is “matter of fact” like I am telling a normal story about usual things. Catches the recipient off-guard and the joke lands much more betterer.

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    10 months ago

    To be fair, many of those deaths were landlords, who dont count as humans.

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      10 months ago

      That’s pretty fucked in the head, fam, even if these lists love blaming single communists but it when it comes time to talk about the death tolls of WW1 and 2 it’s always a shared responsibility and contextual.