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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not the pilots (or crews) fault that the shipping company puts so little effort into maintenance or quality standards that their shit literally stalls and dies in port

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

~~Americans~~ Conservatives

If your grandmother dies at age 102, Fox news would blame it on immigrants, somehow.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While that wouldn't be entirely inaccurate, it was really on Meemaw for getting in too deep with the Sinaloa cartel and not having a good exit strategy.

[–] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

How do you know dying wasn't her exit strategy. That's my retirement plan.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Conservatives are now learning that global trade involves the rest of the globe

[–] waka@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Are you implying they'll remember their own actions? Doubt it.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I must be really out of the loop. Where were people saying this?

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

mayos desperately point fingers at the nearest brown person when their 234897298357th plane/ship/bridge/skyscraper falls apart

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] blaine@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

A "DEI" is a person whose hiring was motivated (in whole or in part) by the desire to improve recruiting metrics tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion as opposed to solely based on their suitability for the role.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Local doesn’t mean white. Baltimore is a white minority city, with whites making up scarcely more than 30% of the population.