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4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches

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Post by kelvinjps10 »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #547
kelvinjps10 wrote: post #541

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As Venezuelan nothing angers me more than someone naming Maduro as our president, and that in some way I should feel bad about it. The guy and his government were pure evil.

You guys should have been the ones to personally get your hands on him. Hope you're doing alright now. Situation is far from perfect but at least one tyrant is gone.

We have tried so many times, and tbh if Venezuelans were the ones doing it this time so many civilians would have died. Because the military people that can do something about it, are so comfortable with all the stuff they have.

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Post by estebank »

bouncycastle wrote: post #574
joegibbs wrote: post #368

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Their cultural decline seems to have definitely accelerated recently. Even 10-15 years ago it seemed like there was so much more British influence in the media, a lot more films and television set in Britain. It seems like the London Olympics were a kind of last hurrah. Even here in Australia which has always historically had more British influence than anywhere else it's receded - there's very little focus on their…

it's ironic though, that you wrote your comment in English.

The lingua franca has changed before...

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Post by notahacker »

indiangenz wrote: post #740
dTal wrote: post #708

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In case it wasn't clear, my comment was sarcastic. To be absolutely clear, I don't agree with racial discrimination. So that we don't talk past each other, here is a summary of my perspective of the discussion so far: NoMoreNicksLeft dropped an unhinged rant about "England for the English", including a clearly sarcastic and mocking reference to "They have strength in their diversity". joe_mamba chimed in with "divers…

The biggest racial discrimination in today's UK is their inability to arrest and put an end to grooming gangs. Get educated on the subject to understand whats being insinuated by the slogan they have "diversity" as their strength. Most of western Europe & UK are unable to handle crime committed by certain groups, for fear of being labeled racists. Well, there is a teacher in UK in "hiding" because he offended the wro…

the UK has incarcerated plenty of participants in grooming gangs from a diverse range of ethnic groups (and elected none of them President).

No matter how many accounts you create to amplify the Epstein-associate media message that only other ethnicities participate in the systematic sexual abuse of children and get away with it, you're still not getting an invite to the island...

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Post by nozzlegear »

pydry wrote: post #805
nozzlegear wrote: post #473

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> they certainly have the appearance of long term social and political stability You could've said that exact same thing about the US just 10 years ago when Obama was president.

The only real difference between Obama's foreign adventures in Libya and Trump's in Iran was that Obama lied to the security council to get their approval first. Trump isnt all that different in character to previous administrations he just takes bigger risks and doesnt bother with the mask.

The person I was replying to was talking about China's own long-term social and political stability, not their foreign policy. If you're suggesting that Obama's boondoggle in Libya was the catalyst that led to Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016 and Trump's first presidency, that's intriguing speculation. But I don't think his foreign policy is relevant to the overall topic since it was largely milquetoast for the American public at the time, and certainly didn't cause any immediate domestic instability like we're seeing with Trump.

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Post by onetimeusename »

gadders wrote: post #82

If it wasn't for 4Chan, we might never have solved the Haruhi problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpermutation#Lower_bounds,... I used to go on a curated version of 4Chan via Telegram. Yes there is a lot of racism (although it flies in every direction, between every ethnicity you could imagine) but there is also (due to the anonymous nature) some genuinely interesting discussions. I remember one thread about ai…

I haven't gone on in many years, almost decades. I feel like it was both a huge waste of time but also useful. I eventually lost interest in keeping up with it all. I am surprised anyone's mind can handle being there for long. Even m00t himself left and I don't think ever came back.

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Post by testing22321 »

dmitrygr wrote: post #398
epolanski wrote: post #388

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Or one can say enough and decide to cut off doing business in or with US.

Not a realistic option in today's world, sorry. I can suggest some literature

I’m not sure you’ve been reading the news lately. Hundreds of billions of trade dollars are being routed around the US.

It’s extremely realistic to cut them out.

Genuinely what does the US sell that a country like Brazil or Canada or Australia can’t get elsewhere or live without?

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Post by stackghost »

nephihaha wrote: post #656
stackghost wrote: post #371

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>Britain still has colonies with millions of people in them. Britain does not have colonies. You might be thinking of the British overseas territory but the total population of those islands is less than 400,000

"You might be thinking of the British overseas territory" Not just them, but I'll leave it at that. Some years ago when the United Nations started critiquing colonies, the British overseas ones were rebranded as "territories" and "dependencies." (The French still have overseas colonies, the so called DOM-TOMs, and also some nearer to home.) Some of these overseas ones like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands have over…

>Not just them, but I'll leave it at that.

Okay then if you're just going to be cute and nonspecific there's no point in continuing this discussion. I'm not interested in trying to decipher vague insinuations.

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Post by hellojesus »

estebank wrote: post #860
pc86 wrote: post #831

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What are you talking about? I sure hope I'll see you back here on 1/20/29 saying over and over again how wrong you were and how stupid this comment was but I'm sure you'll have some excuse, or pretend you never said it.

He already tried to overturn one election. What makes you think that he wouldn't try again?

There are quite explicit constitutional limits to his ability to be elected to a third term. Short of a mitary-style takeover, there is nothing he can do to change that (discounting the scenario of constitutional amendment).

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Post by tracker1 »

jopsen wrote: post #787
pwdisswordfishy wrote: post #568

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> Ofcom really thinks that their laws apply globally. How silly of them. Obviously, only the US jurisdiction can do that.

Well, someone operating a business refusing to pay fines in the UK might want to avoid traveling to the UK. Not a big loss, but something to keep in mind. There is a risk the UK has long memory.

Well, I already don't travel to countries where police are regularly not paid... not to mention countries where people are jailed for memes and what I consider free speech issues... so UK has been out for a few years as far as I'm concerned.
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