I hate sports and the olympics for that very simple purpose. The only times I gave a fuck about FIFA was in 1998 and 2010. 1998 because I was literally in Paris when France was winning (have you ever walked in the streets of Paris and were 100% alone? Yeah, it is a bizarre feeling) and in 2010 because I was learning German and all the meetup groups at the time wanted to watch the games.
I don’t know how this comment makes me feel because even people at the displacement shelters here in Lebanon are excited to watch the World Cup.
I feel like a lot of people, especially Americans who do not care for football, underestimate how universal this is. It’s much more honest of a distraction from the horrors of life than corpo pop culture
Edit: On second thought I know exactly how I feel. I think this is pretty condescending. The world is fucked. A hostile army is inside my country and I believe we are being pressured to formally allow them to occupy land so we don’t fuck up the peace deal that is being negotiated right now. We have zero agency over what happens in our fucking country, regardless of how democratic or feudal we are.
Let us at least enjoy the football. The Olympics and World Cup were frequently hosted by dictators, doesn’t minimize the feats people achieved or the fun of watching. Bread and circuses is some first world reductionism. People need bread. A bit of circuses is fun. Meeting up with friends and watching the games is always great, especially when you consider the only other thing to talk about is being fucked by war or fucked by work (if you think the economy is rough where you are, it’s probably not worse than here). If it’s at home FIFA isn’t getting any money out of us anyway.
I think it was more commenting on the rest of the world being occupied with the world cup and Israel using that distraction to attack, knowing the coverage will be more limited because of it. By all means take any joy or solace you can get.
I remember there was some user named NEOdraconix or something like that, that asked for help in Gaza, hopefully still alive somehow. They had children with them...
like how heavily it wash pushed too. add in alittle iran war news too. its so unnatural how much airtime its getting, when the past events dint even get noticed by news that much. of course INFANTINO is all in for the distraciton.
The irony is not beyond me in saying this, but.. I hope someone nukes Israel off the map, enough of this shit. Fuck your "promised land", terrorist pieces of shit.
Unfortunately, at times it feels like that is the only thing that would stop that death cult. However, I would hope instead all countries dropping support for israel and sanctioning them until they stop would be enough.
They're arrogant because of all the backing they've received from powerful countries over the years. They need to be humbled.
I don’t think sanctioning Nazi germany would have helped. I think this will turn into a world war to stop the United States/ Israeli greater genocide project and both sides will be sponsored by the Rothschild’s
So, I'm starting a bit of sampling for a study on fediverse et al. Every time I see someone say something hateful, dumb and or reprehensible seems to come from shitjustworks - do you have any insight into why? Are you folks paid trolls? Or do you go around spreading malice for free? Do you reckon I'm wrong and its not just your instance? If so, any suggestions as to where else should I go looking?
Are you sampling more than just shitjustworks? If we're all paid trolls I'm not doing a very good job at either... I've seen shit from a bunch of different servers, but is blaming a particular server a good way to be? Seems like that would be a vote in favour of centralization.
Is it normal for people to pay attention to what domain users are from and not just focusing on the user and the content?
Israel has expanded operations into invading beyond its borders to Lebanon, utilizing the Gaza genocide playbook. It would appear Israel is attempting to establish a Greater Israel
How strange. It's loading fine when I open it with mobile firefox proper, but not thru the embedded app browser. Ah, the heady scent of a fresh bug report...
Huh... That's news to my Lebanese friend who's currently in Lebanon. The cover-up the Zionists are doing must be insane!!1 Thank God for Lemmy or he'd never know!
It’s crazy how the soccer games are a major distraction for countries..
I hate sports and the olympics for that very simple purpose. The only times I gave a fuck about FIFA was in 1998 and 2010. 1998 because I was literally in Paris when France was winning (have you ever walked in the streets of Paris and were 100% alone? Yeah, it is a bizarre feeling) and in 2010 because I was learning German and all the meetup groups at the time wanted to watch the games.
I don’t know how this comment makes me feel because even people at the displacement shelters here in Lebanon are excited to watch the World Cup.
I feel like a lot of people, especially Americans who do not care for football, underestimate how universal this is. It’s much more honest of a distraction from the horrors of life than corpo pop culture
Edit: On second thought I know exactly how I feel. I think this is pretty condescending. The world is fucked. A hostile army is inside my country and I believe we are being pressured to formally allow them to occupy land so we don’t fuck up the peace deal that is being negotiated right now. We have zero agency over what happens in our fucking country, regardless of how democratic or feudal we are.
Let us at least enjoy the football. The Olympics and World Cup were frequently hosted by dictators, doesn’t minimize the feats people achieved or the fun of watching. Bread and circuses is some first world reductionism. People need bread. A bit of circuses is fun. Meeting up with friends and watching the games is always great, especially when you consider the only other thing to talk about is being fucked by war or fucked by work (if you think the economy is rough where you are, it’s probably not worse than here). If it’s at home FIFA isn’t getting any money out of us anyway.
I think it was more commenting on the rest of the world being occupied with the world cup and Israel using that distraction to attack, knowing the coverage will be more limited because of it. By all means take any joy or solace you can get.
I remember there was some user named NEOdraconix or something like that, that asked for help in Gaza, hopefully still alive somehow. They had children with them...
Sounds like antisemitic terrorism to me.
Yes, yes it is, now bend over.
like how heavily it wash pushed too. add in alittle iran war news too. its so unnatural how much airtime its getting, when the past events dint even get noticed by news that much. of course INFANTINO is all in for the distraciton.
I’m sorry, are you suggesting that past World Cup events weren’t “on the news”, when 5 billion people watched the 2022 tournament?!
So are video games. What’s the point here?
The irony is not beyond me in saying this, but.. I hope someone nukes Israel off the map, enough of this shit. Fuck your "promised land", terrorist pieces of shit.
Unfortunately, at times it feels like that is the only thing that would stop that death cult. However, I would hope instead all countries dropping support for israel and sanctioning them until they stop would be enough.
They're arrogant because of all the backing they've received from powerful countries over the years. They need to be humbled.
I don’t think sanctioning Nazi germany would have helped. I think this will turn into a world war to stop the United States/ Israeli greater genocide project and both sides will be sponsored by the Rothschild’s
More like extorted
I kinda feel like we should glass every sacred holy site of any imperialistic religion worldwide.
... and then Jesus comes, right?
I mean, a world without Israel is enough to make me come. If Jesus wants to join in on the action, why not let him? For old times sake.
There's a couple million Palestinians living there that do not deserve to be nuked.
Very Israeli and MAGA mindset
I can't help but agree. Sometimes you just need to send a message, in WW2 with Japan.
It's either that, or let 10 million people bully the whole world.
"God is great, god is great... god is great, My house is gone! Gone!"
Couldn't understand the rest
Why would Kamala Harris do this?
You really think you’re the main character of the world, don’t you?
ummmm....well, actually. i am the main character of the world. soooooo........ have your little side story somewhere else, comic relief boy.
So, I'm starting a bit of sampling for a study on fediverse et al. Every time I see someone say something hateful, dumb and or reprehensible seems to come from shitjustworks - do you have any insight into why? Are you folks paid trolls? Or do you go around spreading malice for free? Do you reckon I'm wrong and its not just your instance? If so, any suggestions as to where else should I go looking?
I mean you are doing what you accuse and you're not from shitjustworks...
Some people find the strangest ways to categorize others into out-groups…
Are you sampling more than just shitjustworks? If we're all paid trolls I'm not doing a very good job at either... I've seen shit from a bunch of different servers, but is blaming a particular server a good way to be? Seems like that would be a vote in favour of centralization.
Is it normal for people to pay attention to what domain users are from and not just focusing on the user and the content?
Hahaha WHAT
This is TERRIBLE! Oh wait ISRAEL did this? OP is ANTI SEMETIC! This is GREAT!
-The UK Government!
What's the context here?
A bomb goes boom.
That's not context. Who bombed whom? Who is being ethnically cleansed?
Israel has expanded operations into invading beyond its borders to Lebanon, utilizing the Gaza genocide playbook. It would appear Israel is attempting to establish a Greater Israel
Thank you.
Is this what they're hoping to do in Iran as well?
In a just world, this video would've been filmed in Tel Aviv
In a good world, this video wouldn't ever be filmed
Annexed would be the more technical term. See Jeffrey Epstein's map of "Greater Israel" for details.
But the mainstream media is report it?
Unless it's in Lebanon, Pennsylvania then it's not being shown on US news.
And if it is, it's only on a local TV station for that area.
Man, hope they didn't double tap the camera man
Man that's some serious adrenaline shake right there.
What are the government/politicians you pay taxes to doing about this?
A lot! Where do you think the bombs to do it with come from?
Is there a video? Just links to an image.
Video loads and plays for me.
Huh. Works on desktop, doesn't on Boost. I wonder whats up there.
I'm seeing it fine on mobile browser
How strange. It's loading fine when I open it with mobile firefox proper, but not thru the embedded app browser. Ah, the heady scent of a fresh bug report...
It's a download.
Plays fine embedded in Voyager.
Do millions of people really give up and die, unless they have a boom stick and some pointers from soldiers?
side note: ethnically cleansed is a horrible phrase. I know it doesn't mean the face value but it sounds terrible.
I mean, yeah, but there aren't many more palatable phrases forbidden appears to be happening here.
Sorry but what's the face value meaning?
"Cleansing" implies what's being removed is dirt.
other than calling it genocide, which is the same thing.
Ethnic Cleansing includes displacement of a population. Genocide does not.
Huh... That's news to my Lebanese friend who's currently in Lebanon. The cover-up the Zionists are doing must be insane!!1 Thank God for Lemmy or he'd never know!
According to the UN more than a million people have been displaced.
Israel is trying to annex territory up to the Litani river and has said that no one will be allowed to return.
Like that's where they'll stop.
There's a pretty big difference between displacement/annexation and "ethnic cleansing".
Eh, what? They're removing all of the people and declaring that no one can ever return.
no not really
they covering up with the distraction of IRAN news most likely. notice how gaza news has partially dropped off the airwaves.
Do you think Lebanon news is dropped off the airwaves in Lebanon and covered up with the Iranian distraction?