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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 9 hours ago

He chooses life.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 24 points 13 hours ago

It took me 10 seconds to realize this was a joke, and another 10 to get the joke.

I don't like this timeline

[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 80 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 48 points 17 hours ago

A rare funny from them.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 20 points 17 hours ago

ahhh, the "conservative who identifies as a comedian mk8 the same joke 50 times" version of the onion?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 90 points 21 hours ago
[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 54 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

why is this community putting babylon bee headlines on my front page

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 39 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Memes are memes, why are you subscribed to a meme page if you don't like memes

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[–] FrChazzz@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

Technically it’s a post of guy putting a Babylon Bee headline on someone else’s page, now screen shot to yours.

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Because they cannot/don't want to read. Or they just don't care

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Right-wing version of The Onion.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Wait.... So their version of a joke is to.... Make a joke at their own expense because of how shitty Vance is?

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They are more traditional right, not MAGA right. They make fun of the Republican party all the time.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh? Glorious glorious juicy infighting.

The pot: No, YOU'RE black!

The other pot: No, you're black.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

We're all black on this blessed day!

[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

a broken clock is right twice a day

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck knows, honestly. I'm not American so I don't even try to claim to understand Republicans.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I'm American, and me neither. It's honestly still such a mystery to me that I do think about quite often.

The best that I can come up with is that it's a mixture of a culture of oppression through a cycle of psychological abuse that they've grown to be proud and belligerent to perpetuate, deeply profound ignorance, and a unique emphasis on faith and its taboo of critical thought; all amounting to a society with a stagnation of free will and progress.

Of course, that is a amalgamation or conglomeration of a wide spectrum of archetypes of people, liberals and non Americans included. It's a survival instinct and a cope in almost all cases.

Finding people even conceptually aware of this earthly prison is rare, and finding a person with both an awareness and a plan to bring us above it AND the power to bring it to fruition AND the drive to do so... hasn't happened yet.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

Also with a Christian slant if I recall correctly

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 12 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The Onion but by Christian conservatives.

[–] FrChazzz@lemm.ee 7 points 14 hours ago

They were pretty funny when they got started. They would openly roast Joel Osteen and all the Prosperity Gospel crap. Then they decided to wade into politics. And misogyny. So much misogyny.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Have people forgot already the "suck my tongue" pedo shit this guy pulled out?

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No, I definitely remember when the mainstream media jumped at the chance to smear one of the most peaceful spiritual figures alive, context be damned. They took a culturally unfamiliar moment and ran it through a Western lens to manufacture outrage. And look, they're still collecting dividends on it!

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

No, I definitely remember when the mainstream media jumped at the chance

He asked a child to suck his tongue, there's no context the guy is a pedo

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That does sound like something the Dalai Lama would say.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context. Albeit it is incredibly jarring for Americans and other European countries. He did issue an apology for it.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It is a cultural difference slightly taken out of context.

Go on ...

This is a perfectly normal thing in Tibetan culture?

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Sort of. According to residents who defended him they said it is a normal joke that elderly people to do children in Tibet.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Smart move, JD would've sucked that old man's tongue right out of his head.

[–] iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip 20 points 20 hours ago

lol… for anyone that doesn’t get the reference https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65272213

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I still haven't been able to wrap my head around that event. It makes me want to vomit.

[–] iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, as someone that was sexually abused as a child, it was hard for me to overlook that one. It would be different if we hadn’t had so much in the news about the abuses of the Catholic priests over the years. Even someone supposedly detached from his sensuality should understand the optics of such a move to others, and should practice extra caution around children. Edit: but, we also can’t see in his heart, so it’s not on us to condemn him, karma will handle that.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Skimmed the article. What the fuck.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

In light of the Dalai's earlier pronouncement that his successor would be female, the administration has promised him immortality.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

But... isn't the gist that his successor is himself?

🏳️‍⚧️

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

The gist is that his successor isn't whoever the Chinese Communist Party says it is (either directly or by trotting our that kid they kidnapped decades ago who hasn't been seen since).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Panchen_Lama_controversy

[–] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Nirvana does not care for the mortal body limitations. Enlightenment is universal.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Tell that to Buddhists, especially Tibetan Buddhists which explicitly discriminate against women and claim they will never reach enlightenment.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

Exactly why they themselves haven't reached enlightenment. Too concerned with being petty of others instead of untangling the self.

[–] iamnotafishuq@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

At least Mahayana Buddhists recognize the Buddha nature (potential for enlightenment) in all sentient beings. But, yes, in general, such reasons are why i prefer to read words of those that came before me, rather than interact with leaders and followers of a sect (same with christianity and many of its followers, lol)

[–] Underwire@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

By the way why the pope even accepted (he or someone of his entourage) to meet with JD Vance?

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 5 points 19 hours ago

Dalai is finding himself some Necrotic damage resist gear first.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 5 points 19 hours ago

He doesn't want to die yet.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Flashbacks to Assassin's Creed 2 where you fistfight with the Pope.

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