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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 80 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn that just me like a truck. XKCD is always funny in some kinda way. This just gave me a snap back to reality moment.

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It gives Randall-is-pissed vibes. Justifiably.

[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's come in pretty hot on certain issues before like global warming but this is a new level for him.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

It's a new level for fascism in America.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This gives Randall-is-pissed vibes the same way https://youtu.be/e47lHyQZ2I4 gives Bill-is-fucking-pissed vibes. I love both of them.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Is in his neighborhood (or at least former neighborhood). But we should all be just as pissed.

[–] CubitOom 78 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just noticed that clicking on the comic in the link opens this YouTube video, its not a rickroll. This is our government disappearing people for having the audacity to use their 1st amendment rights.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JyypeEEOklM

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's worth noting that these students are being arrested because an extremist Zionist group called Betar is feeding names to the Federal Government.

There is zero evidence for any crimes having been perpetrated by these students.

Betar are extremely secretive about who they are funded by, with some speculating that this is an Israeli front.

The US government is acting as a goon squad for Zionist provocateurs.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/25/what-is-betar-us-the-group-pushing-to-deport-pro-palestinian-students

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

The mentioning of Zionists as the responsible still appears to be a massive taboo.

It was so easy to name Russia as perpetrator for any alleged thing. But calling out Zionists still gets people labeled as an antisemite.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At first i thought it would be a joke about the difficulties of navigating just the higher education system. I am woke now

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, it is about the difficulties of navigating the higher education system in the US as an international student, but unlike the ordinary XKCD comic, it’s not a joke.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If these are the new hoops theyre gonna have to jump through we are all gonna need an education. Do reeducation camps have post-doc openings?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The name is misleading. There is no education.