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[-] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 17 points 1 week ago

I know that many departments have a maximum intelligence limit, but is "too dumb to be a cop" really thing?

[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Didn't it come out that some ICE goons don't know how to read or write?

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Half of the country reads at 5th grade level or below.

[-] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And it’s clear those ICE motherfuckers ain’t in the top half.

[-] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 week ago

“we don’t need no stinkin’ department o’ edumacation!”

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I'd put that down to atrophied reading skills. Actual illiteracy is usually a sign that someone never learned, there's also functional illiteracy wherein someone can technically read and write but they aren't interacting with it beyond parroting the words.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -1 points 1 week ago

Don’t Americans in general use English (Simplified) anyway?

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

Ice pays less than most local law enforcement jobs and they don't have to lie about what they do for a living. No one with a real choice is choosing ice.

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 week ago

ICE: setting a new standard for police across the country

[-] doug@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago

I recently learned there was a Trump-supporting bar near me with one of those TouchTune jukeboxes you can control remotely. Me and some other people started commandeering it with requests, but sadly a lot of picks were not available— namely Nazi Punks Fuck Off.

If this could make its way into the TouchTunes library, I would be soooooo happy.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I drove a Nazi out of a bar that way a few weeks back

My friend works security there and sent me a pic of a guy wearing a shirt with SS lightning bolts on it

Manager wouldn't let him kick the guy out because he wasn't otherwise causing an issue, and I wasn't available to go help cause a scene to give him an excuse, but I was able to queue up every anti-fascist song I could find on there and he up and left within an hour

I consider those touchtunes credits to be money well-spent

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Nazi shirt: "here's a credible threat to murder people"

Manager: "I don't see an issue"

[-] LorIps@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Schrei nach Liebe" bei Die Ärzte is a good options if they have that.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Oh fuck yeah:

Deine Gewalt is nur ein stummer schrei nach Liebe
Deine springer stiefel ziehen sich nach zaertlichkeit
Du hast nie gelernt wie zu artikulieren
Und deine Freundin/Eltern hatten niemals fuer dich seit...
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

In my youth my friend and I literally chased a pack of 6 or 7 Proud Boys out of a pool hall by just singing this song really aggressively at them lol… I highly recommend calling them out irl, they're a bunch of tough talking pussies

[-] DueStreet@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I’ve done this before for another reason, never thought to find the local MAGA hangout and try this. Thanks for the tip man!

[-] shredslen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The bar can also choose what cant be played. Unfortunate really.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago
[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

If you can find it the Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day show from 2024 was amazing. Billy Bragg played and Woody Guthrie’s daughter came on stage.

Best concert I’ve moshed alone to in my living room since 2020

[-] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 week ago

mosh alone if you must my friend

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The 2020 Murphys livestream had one guy, moshing for all of us.

They’ve streamed it every year since and I never miss it

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Saw them live years ago. So many bruises from the pit. Worth it

[-] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago
[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Saw these guys at Louder than Life in 2024. It was muddy as fuck because it basically monsooned the day before, and was still drizzling on and off that day. I was soaked to the bone, covered in mud up to my thighs, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Definitely one of the funnest, most high energy performances of the whole weekend.

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Has there ever been a year when Louder than Life wasn't muddy as fuck?

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I've gone most years since like 2020, and 2024 was the only year it was super muddy

[-] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I worked one show off theirs, it was great.

If they have another show in Toronto I'd love to attend.

[-] itsalldownhill@lemmy.org 2 points 1 week ago

Anyone got the audio link? They all are dead atm for me.

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

That song is beautiful and I love Dropkick Murphys!

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I know it's pedantic, but many of them are ex-military. It's part of why they're so primed to shoot anyone they find inconvenient.

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

yep unfortunately even people criticizing ICE often refuse to critically examine the military which is much much worse.

[-] Rhoeri@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago

They pulled an Elton John. It’s a reworded version of a song they already played.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

MUCH better to do so in order to mock the modern Gestapo than to praise a princess, though 🤷

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