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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 151 points 1 month ago

Echoes of late 2022 when Twitter abruptly fired thousands of people, then turned around days later and tried to rehire many of them. I'm sure it's purely a coincidence that one person is closely tied to both incidents.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

If only we could know who it is, things would be so much different.

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

You could also mention the Tesla Supercharger team.

And you might also draw parallels that this seems more like spite or other personal whim, rather than motivated by the needs of the organization, or applied with any intelligence

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[-] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

He fired the pandemic response team a few years before covid, because who needs that.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

It's almost as this is done in a manner to distract from the hidden intention and doing it at Twitter was a test that confirmed its effectiveness. What a weird but definitely not happening possibility. Look over there! 👉 It's a trans immigrant that wants your dogs and women's gold medals!!

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 95 points 1 month ago

Christ, what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers.

[-] Tm12@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 month ago

Malicious intent x Incompetency = whatever the fuck this is.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 16 points 1 month ago

It's an irrational number, that much I'm sure.

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

I wish it were just an imaginary number.

[-] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 month ago

In any other democracy there would be heads rolling and people going to jail over this. But as usual your elected representatives with their thumbs up their asses

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Well, time to renegotiate salary, isn't it?

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

To go work for a fascistic dictatorship? No number is high enough.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That is, of course, a valid position.

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 30 points 1 month ago

Move fast and break things. What could possibly go wrong?

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Maybe running a government isn't like trying to start a start up with a 90% failure rate!

[-] Ferroto@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

The good ones have probably already found new higher paying jobs. The ones that come back will be the dregs. But what can you expect from a guy who bankrupted a Casino

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[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 24 points 1 month ago

Looks like the majority of the storage facilities are in Red states. Even though some are near me, I feel like saying screw it, let them stay unmonitored and lets see what blows up. A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

You sure? That whole maga bullshit sounds a lot like a ruzzian plot to destroy USA.

Really a lot. Exactly like that tbh.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

What, you mean just because Trump is Putin's lap dog? Or because Gabbard is now head of Intelligence?

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt

you underestimate the power of the hatred that's been carefully cultivated and spread by the right and far-right the last sixty years.

they simply won't give a shit, even if their dick starts glowing green, as long as 'they' get it too.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you for pointing out that there is the right and then there is the far-right too. Things aren’t as binary as many netizens seem to think. Shades. Of. Grey.

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[-] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

No blunder is big enough to shake up MAGA. Literally nothing will threaten their allegiance to their god-king.

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

Eh, I can think of some things that might, its just that incompetence isnt one of them. But like, if Trump suddenly came out as trans or something, that might shake them up a bit.

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[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They'd just blame it on "the radical left" and usher in martial law and the great purge.

Oh that'd be nice, but you just know it'll be "Damn Obama! Why did he blow up those nukes!' without a single hint of self-reflection.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 month ago

I can’t express in words how fucking stupid Trump and his ilk are. I just cannot believe these dumb mother fuckers!

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

i'd be ghosting those mf'ers, too.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 1 month ago

It's all funny until you realize that the people willing to go back will be a bunch of spineless loyal yes men.

[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

What a stupid piece of shit

[-] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Considering they were betrayed by their country after years of patriotic service, you can probably find some of them in Beijing, and I don't blame them.

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I would choose France.

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[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I bet this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen, so he can delcare marshal law. Then he gets unlimited powers, and won't leave the white house. I'm absolutely sure of it. It's ww2 all over again.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago

this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen

bold of you to assume he's actually going to pay for anything

[-] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just because this is a common enough mistake, I'm going to publicly correct you for the benefit of other people who might see this comment. I apologize.

It's Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It’s Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

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[-] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Everyone knows it is Martian Law

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[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

At the rate of aircraft accidents, it's only a matter of a few weeks before a plane or helicopter crashes into a govt building or installation.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

i hope they come back but just to give this speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3wFt1zBVE

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Dude is this seriously all that's happening over there? Like this is not just a bubble with jokes, it's literally just all dumb shit bordering on satire?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

We left satire long ago. I feel sorry for satirists, parodists, and other humorists who can’t keep up with reality

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[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Everyone thought they were electing a rooster into the henhouse, but the rooster brought in a fox and no one has a shotgun.

[-] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

no one has a shotgun

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America

[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago
[-] Rudgrcom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Good time to ask for a raise!

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

ask

that's an odd way to spell demand, and not take no for an answer

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