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Nobel prize winners then vs. Nobel prize winners now (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalhumor@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53694096

Niels Bohr famously dissolved the medal he got for his Nobel Price for chemistry in acid when the Nazis invaded his home country of Denmark, to prevent it from falling into the Nazis' hands.

Unlike him, the most recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize of all things, who shall not be named here, because she doesn't deserve being named, handed her medal to a deranged megalomaniac and fascist wannabe dictator.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just like Lemmy to get butthurt about peace prize recipients doing peace prizey things with their peace prize medal in a bid to bring a democratically elected coalition to their elected position in their country.

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