TIL that after an Egyptian man witnessed US lawncare practices and heard the song "Baby it's Cold Outside" he became so incensed with American culture he went home and invented Salafi jihadism (qz.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TheLastHero@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Completely understandable how those things could drive a person over the edge tbh

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

His recent special on post soviet Russia was pretty haunting. Like it genuinely creeps me out seeing so much hopelessness and nihilism on that scale lol. I don’t care about what he had to say, but just the footage alone makes me depressed. I don’t know how anyone can see shit like that and still think the RF is better than the USSR or be confused as to why Russia is the way it is now.

[-] star_wraith@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

How is that documentary in terms of anti-Soviet brainworms (that first part of the doc)? I’m not expecting Curtis to have this loving portrayal but hoping it’s just not shit.