Rekhyt

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[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

So, I get that Henry Ford was an awful raging antisemite, but calling the Ford F-150 a "swasticar" feels incredibly disingenuous.

Henry Ford had obviously descended into antisemitic conspiracy theories before issuing his first publications on the matter, but those publications first started in 1920, a year after handing over the Ford Motor Company to his son. By the time the original F series truck was introduced in 1948, Henry Ford had been dead for a year.

Compare this to Elon Musk actively being involved with the design and production of the Cyber truck and giving a Nazi salute (twice) on stage while actively trying to sell his dream truck.

Trying to call both the F-150 Lightning and the Cybertruck antisemitic feels like the equivalent of calling people protesting the genocide in Gaza antisemitic.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

“The highest quality oil there is on the planet, and they only gave me a drop of it…so I’m not thrilled,” Trump joked.

This headline is such bad clickbait it's basically misinformation.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, the US GDP is about $30T and China is second with about $20T. California GDP is just over $4T, so the US would probably need to lose several other states too before being overtaken by China, though those states would be a solid #3 over Germany, assuming they left as a bloc.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The original goal was 2 trillion. It's less than 1% of the original goal now.

Edit: Less than 10% which is still pathetic, but this is why I shouldn't do math in my head.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

So they're all getting like a 50 million dollar package, right?

...right?

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

A truly towering achievement.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, they need to put it in order of how much they love it: Firearms, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs. They're getting some FAT D

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Ovo-lacto vegetarian, maybe?

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

(ex-WoW) vet, not ex-(WoW vet)

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Man the Kissinger bottle must have aged really well

 

Striking machinists at Boeing will vote Wednesday on a new contract proposal that includes a 35% pay hike over four years that could end a costly five-week-old strike, the company and union said Saturday.

 

Normally I would shy away from posting a video instead of a text article, but I think there is something worth watching here.

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