Dubai influencers’ lives of luxury interrupted by Iran strikes: ‘The image of safety has been shattered’
Contradicting images of parties and war-flooded feeds after Iran targeted Gulf states in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks
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Dubai is a particularly rotten world, built and maintained by slaves on the background.
The Dubai authorities are clamping down on any mention of the war.
It’s not war…it’s more. Yes more, it’s just a new feature. Power fireworks for your Uber enjoyment.
Yeah, just read up on the Dubai Porta Potty to learn about how influencers work there
Being an influencer in Dubai and pretending the things you get paid to do on camera is what gets uploaded to social media...
The people giving them attention.
We need to call 'influencers' what they really are, a salesperson.
Salespeople identify themselves as such. Influencers are shills.
Begpackers IMHO.
Influencer faking to be a socialite?
Whump whump your lives built on the back of slave labor and oil barony are at risk
Ok no embedding bsky i guess. Stephen collins has a perfect comic about this already
https://bsky.app/profile/stephencollins.bsky.social/post/3mga5q54kc22a
Imagine being a douchebag and only a douchebag such that you have to become proud of being a douchebag because there is nothing else there to offer. Really incredible.
I don't know why anyone expected the UAE to stay safe
I agree. I spent some time in the UAE and never felt safe because of the existential threat of future violence. It was always lingering in the background. Knowing the west’s relationship with the Middle East, I don’t understand how anyone could feel any other way.
Just wait until a few Iranian drones find their way into the US. Donald will love it, as historically, any attack on America has translated into Americans begging for authoritarians to become more authoritarian.
I'm betting they'll get snuggled into and launched from Alberta. That way trump gets an excuse to invade Canada at the same time.
This brings me so much joy.
You're in the Middle East where war has raged for thousands of years yet you somehow develop an
illusiondelusion of safety?Do you think the entire middle east is just warlords fighting over dunes of sand?
I'm pretty sure they have been fighting for thousands of years no matter what they call themselves.
Then you'd be pretty wrong. Don't fall for the propaganda, the entire middle east cannot be written off as a perpetually war-torn shithole.
I'm not wrong. In case you haven't noticed most of the world has a history of war and barbarism. I didn't call it a shithole. You just did.
Cunt would rather be dead than mingle with the working class. Why am I not surprised?