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Depart, men of education. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 45 points 4 days ago

Pediatric. Oncologist. That dude is an absolute hero and treasure for taking on such a horrible and bleak profession. I hate that those words are combined in existence at all. God I'm so ashamed to be an American.

[-] Necroscope0@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

Some people are built different. My dad worked as a pediatric hospice nurse for almost 10 years. Talk about a shitty sad job. Every single patient is a child and every single one of them is GOING to die on your watch. Fuck THAT. I do not know how he did it.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Now that is a hero

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is the title a pun on "depart-ment of education"?

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[-] Apple87sagan@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

This is a sign we are collapasing. When the smart people wanna leave we are left with a bunch of narrow minded, uneducated people.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 days ago

I work in big tech. 10 years ago, nobody was talking about going back to India, Pakistan, and to an extent, China. Now, people are talking about it. They're talking about Indian stocks, Indian houses, and dreams of retiring to go back.

Most people aren't - but the number is now non-zero.

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 266 points 6 days ago

It seems like the administration is trying to discourage travel across the border. Not just people on work visas, tourists and even citizens are reporting being detained. It's like East Germany or something.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Hold up, tourists? Are we safe to visit family?

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago
[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

At that point I'd rather just avoid the place. It's not considered safe by our government anyways

[-] anytimesoon@feddit.uk 46 points 6 days ago

Citizens too? I've not heard of that. Scary

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 116 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I read it yesterday I think. US citizen lives in Las Vegas and her German boyfriend comes to visit. They travel to Mexico and then were both detained on the way back in. She was released within days, he spent weeks even after volunteering to just go back to Germany. Fucking nuts.

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 69 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thats fucked, I'm gonna look for that story. I've been seeing lots of stuff (even locally in a relatively progressive state) about trans folks' documents being confiscated and/or destroyed when they try to leave or get a new or updated passport or sometimes other docs iirc. Please don't come here, to anyone thinking about it. Period. Unless you're planning to stay a while and help us out, I don't recommend it but we will be needing all the help we can get :(

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[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 211 points 6 days ago

Why would the US need scientists when they have stable geniuses?

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 102 points 6 days ago

Scientists left nazi germany for the US, now they'll leave nazi US.

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[-] dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org 137 points 6 days ago

Didn't Albert Einstein flee Nazi Germany which advanced our research into what became the atomic bomb. Hmm... Should be fun century for USA.

[-] monarch@lemm.ee 38 points 6 days ago

Hoping that they flee to somewhere that leads to fusion energy and not cheap rods of god.

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[-] xye@lemm.ee 16 points 4 days ago

Extremely sad news, this is what an authoritarian state looks like for anyone who still didn’t believe it. Wish them all the best wherever they land.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 148 points 6 days ago

The US is trading science and reason for zeal and faith. At least the scientists will be welcomed in the EU.

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 51 points 5 days ago

Welcome to Europe! You get to keep your healthcare plans into retirement!

[-] Loce@lemmy.world 85 points 6 days ago

Time for scientists to leave the nazi country, just like they left nazi Germany in the 30s and 40s

[-] proletarians_must_suffer@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Damned scientists. Everywhere they go, the place turns into a nazi shithole

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[-] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 48 points 5 days ago

Why use Meta when Mastodon is available? The less we all use corporate social media the more resilient we become.

[-] stray@pawb.social 35 points 5 days ago

You have to say that on Meta if you want them to read it.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

You have to keep evangelizing. They've likely never heard of it.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago

brain drain

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 5 days ago

Brain Drain time.

[-] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 days ago

Wont last long until only the abolutely immoral scientists remain that are willing to experiment on political prisoners.

[-] amos@mander.xyz 48 points 6 days ago

Why is this in the "memes" community? It is not a meme, is it? We should have a general discussion community for topics like these! (if it doesn't exist already).

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Check the sidebar. We use the Dawkins definition of meme here.

[-] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 27 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In the context of Dawkins meme, this post is definitely a meme!

idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning

If we consider scientists imitating the behavior of other scientists (ex: leaving the us) combined with the social network post (signifying the symbolic meaning), it checks all the correct boxes to me!

Would another peer review my analysis?

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[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 days ago
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[-] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 67 points 6 days ago

Y'all act like this wasn't the plan all along

[-] prex@aussie.zone 49 points 6 days ago

We need a name for the opposite of operation paperclip.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 58 points 6 days ago

I hope he's already put of the country before he posted that, or he'll be stopped and disappeared for being a security risk or something

[-] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

Replacing education with idiots. The perfect republican scenario.

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