We covered some of these guys back in my Medieval history class back in college. My professor affectionately referred to them as the “porno popes”
My name’s not Rick.
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No, the Islamic Republic of Iran specifically petitioned FIFA to ensure this flag would not be permitted in the stadiums as this flag represents the regime that the Islamic Republic deposed. Iran has faced multiple rounds of serious protests even before the US initiated war and the son of the Shah is a popular figure that some protesters rally around as an alternative the existing government. Essentially the Iranian leadership sees this as a threat to their governance.
FIFA’s solution is a blanket ban on all “political” flags, which I find kind of silly because all national flags are political symbols. There have definitely been petitions against LGBTQ+ flags in parallel to this situation though.
It’s the flag of Pahlavist Iran, essentially the Shah’s flag. FIFA only allows flags of member nations, and a ban of this flag in particular was held up in court.
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Reddit@lemmy.world•It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests / A tiny snippet of user-generated text as short as 13 words long is often enough to manipulate the AI agents that power…English
2·1 day agoDelete Facebook, lawyer up, hit the gym. Ezpzp
I’m talking about Sanitation, not you. There isn’t a gap for sleep in their post history as far as I can tell. Still not sure what you mean in regards to your comment about Russia day which was last Friday, though.
I will say, OP posts nonstop which is definitely odd.
What do you mean off schedule? Are you saying OP is a Russian propagandist?
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that half the visual information from each retina goes to one hemisphere of the brain, rather than one eye per hemisphereEnglish
6·2 days agoThat is fun, I’ve wondered why that is. I also think sometimes when it’s super bright out it makes me sneeze.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL There is a pink Kryptonite that makes Superman gay or effeminateEnglish
24·2 days agoNo I swear Lois the pink kryptonite made me do it
Ugh, now I gotta go watch commando for the millionth time.
Hey Sully, remember when I told you I was gonna kill you last? I lied.
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Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•Muslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, countryEnglish
70·2 days agoIt’s pathetic really. These people hate their existence and yet they continue to carry water for them. Useful idiot isn’t a strong enough descriptor.
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NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works•War... war never changes...English
21·3 days agoIdc if there’s no munition in there, I’m not risking having a backblast rip off my nutsack
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•The evil Democrats vandalizing the reflection pool with... Algae.English
134·3 days agoGODDAMN WOKE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Yeah I doubt that guy has a hard time finding dates
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News@lemmy.world•X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word postsEnglish
4·3 days agoI remember my friend using it here in NJ directed at a kid in our class who was from Pakistan which I found pretty odd as my buddy’s family is from Egypt. I’d expect a little solidarity but I guess middle school is not a great time. It’s definitely not very common here though.
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News@lemmy.world•X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word postsEnglish
10·3 days agoIt sounds like you’re not from the UK; there’s a lot of violent hate towards South Asians there. People have had their houses burned down while they’re called this very slur just this past week.
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News@lemmy.world•X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word postsEnglish
51·3 days agoIt’s Paki, a racial slur for South Asian people common in the UK.
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News@lemmy.world•X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word postsEnglish
12·3 days agoNah, it’s a regional racial slur common in the UK, Paki. I’d compare it to how people outside of the UK don’t realize it, but spaz is a heavy ableist slur over there too.







Not really, people get dogpiled on for dumb reasons on the internet all the time.