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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I mean it makes the battle lines easy

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Your company is named after instruments of one of the most iconic villains in human media and it.lives up to it you shitstain.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Sure is strange though. Imagine reading Tolkien and deciding to be the villains? What kind of mind is that?

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

Like darth vader, I will never understand that.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, it's pretty spot on. A tool with great power to seek knowledge that became corrupted when an evil overlord took control of it, and now poisons the minds of those using it.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

Can life imitate noble bright media for once? This grim dark is fucking up my palette.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

more like anti-people but okay

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Same thing.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's Blackwater all over again. "Those who ignore history are destined to make assclowns of themselves" - Mao

[–] godfish@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago

Mao was the guy who gave pans to academics right?

[–] Antagnostic@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

So... asleep?

[–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

What capitalism does to a mf

Pretty sure the companies who transported and sold slaves were the least woke, followed by private prison companies that came after slavery started requiring extra steps.