MrShankles

I really appreciate the info and the way you laid it out. Just curious, is that knowledge part of a hobby and/or career? Or was that like just one of the random tidbits you picked up somewhere?

Sounds like something a fish would say

Well, this has been one of my favorite threads I've seen in a while. Thanks everyone!

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That is hauntingly beautiful... and an incredible shot! Thank you so much for sharing!

It almost happened to someone doing a spacewalk, but thankfully he lived. A coolant line burst or something, and started filling the helmet with water

Ahh, you sum' biche! I've now lost all confidence in my ability to catch a pun

I second the photo sharing

For a second, I thought you were being smug or something? And then the whoosh dawned on me... brava

Edit: I guess I was behind the curve on that one?

Can't tell if that Cheetah's pregnant or fat from just eating a heavy meal lol. Great shots though, that must have been awesome to see!

I see what you're saying, I guess it comes off as "all Germans" to me because "a random German" sounds like, "any random sample of Germans is likely to contain a xenophobic/nationalist individual"; when I feel like that could be the case for almost any random group... thus, unnecessarily creating an outgroup

Maybe instead of "random German person on Lemmy", it could be "random xenophobic German person on Lemmy"...a little wordy, but it captures the irony of your statement, while also bringing the atrocities of Isreal to the forefront of attention

Idk, maybe I'm too much of a/an (insert label) and I'm killing the joke by overthinking

Edit: maybe it's like mentioning "school shootings and guns" or "pittbulls" and inevitably awakening the indignant who just "have to comment and prove their point"... thus proving (and reinforcing) your own point. To me, it feels like introducing discussion on an already lopsided court; though I still respect your self-expression. I just feel it could be a little more nuanced so as to avoid any extra division... but that's just my own two cents

I appreciate the explanation. It still seems unnecessarily divisive though. If one had no context at all, this meme would just come off as "all Germans bad" or "all Germans are (insert one's perception)". Internalization of reactionary media isn't rational, and this just seems to throw fuel on a fire that doesn't even exist

People are just people at the end of the day, and some are less informed or more hateful than others, wherever you go. No need to create an outgroup in order to condemn something inherently evil