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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)


1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here


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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/18517823

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[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 77 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I totally didn't get it until I saw the comments... it was so obvious in hindsight.

[–] Uiop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I was reading this for like the third thyme now, I got what it meant to say, but got confused as I read it as the guy saying: You be bad cop, I'll be good cop, which then doesnt make sense, when the bad cop disapears.

This reminds me of the Tomska-Skit about bad cops, where he proves that the government is bees.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

Glad I could help. If I'm being honest it took me a sec which is why I commented

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 38 points 3 days ago

I never knew Extra Fab was so Extra Based

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Either the funi is that there are no good cops cuz they're all evil, or I am really not understanding this.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 20 points 2 days ago

You got it.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

Correct, the only 'good cop' is either a dead one or one that is no longer a cop is the joke because the institution of cops is rotten to the core as they do not seek to solve society's problems just hurt people either directly or through the legal system.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 2 days ago

The comic author makes a lot of cum jokes, so this became some sort of tag