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  • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    171 year ago

    Huawei is apparently stopping smartphone imports into Russia, according to TASS. This is after having already ceased imports of tablets, TVs and other tech.

    Something something Russia-China trade statistics

      • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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        141 year ago

        Not that I have seen. There were talks about this earlier this year, around spring and the motivation given was wanting to avoid USian sanctions - since USA sanctions not only countries themselves, but also those who want to trade with said countries. Could be that

        • Hm. I suppose Huawei isn’t as highly sanctioned as Russia, so there are a few countries they might become unable to trade with, but considering the aggression against China, at least some of their industries (non-essential things, such as consumer electronics) will probably be subject to the same sanctions in the not too distant future. I’d assume continued trade with Russia could make up for those losses, though

  • @frippa@lemmy.ml
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    151 year ago

    Why are liberals fixated with calling the Ukrainian capital “kiyv”? They aint calling the Russian capital “moskva” or the Italian capital “Roma”

    • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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      131 year ago

      It’s a silly attempt to “combat Russification”. Because they need to convince the audience that them ebil commie russkies are doing a cultural genocide.

      I wish I was joking.

    • DankZedong
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      121 year ago

      It’s gone from Kiev to Kyiv over here as well. Which makes no sense of you still pronounce it like Key-yef, which they do. Kyiv would be pronounced differently but that doesn’t matter apparently.

      • DankZedong
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        101 year ago

        ‘Y’know, saw it on the news and it makes total sense, y’know. Been doing it, like, since the start of it all. Like, Kyiv is just so much more A U T H E N T I C, which I also totally am, y’know’

  • DankZedong
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    151 year ago

    I just saw a guy on an electric scooter looking exactly like Xi, but in a track suit. Like, it was as if it was his twin or something. Other people around me were also looking two or three times at him, to see if it was him.

    • @ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Ah, I see you’ve noticed the fruits of the Xi cloning project… Do you think the liberals were joking when they said he wanted to be President forever? /s

  • DankZedong
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    141 year ago

    Anyone got a good read into the grain deal that was made? It seems to be cancelled right now but media in my country is blaming Russia for everything so I want a non-biased read, if possible.

  • BinkieT55
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    1 year ago

    Today is Halloween, I put on a suit, top hat and single glasses, and went out without makeup. My friend asked me “What are you playing?”

    “Can’t you see it? This is the scariest devil in the world”

    “What?”

    “A capitalist” I replied.

  • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    111 year ago

    It’s Halloween over at the libland so you know what time it is!

    That’s right, it’s time for weirdos in Russia to complain about this “foreign satanic celebration” and demanding it banned.

    • DankZedong
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      81 year ago

      It’s… Uh… It’s a Christian holiday? One where rich people traditionally give to the poor in exchange for prayer.

      Or is it really on the level of ‘they dressing spooky so they must worship the devil’?

      • @ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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        Yes, speaking from personal experience, Russians are extremely superstitious and hardline Christians and do genuinely believe that 8 year old’s pretending to be ghosts is devil worshiping.

        Its been painted as a “Western Satan” holiday by state media, and of course people aren’t going to question the mainline liberal news.

  • Absolute
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    111 year ago

    I’m brutally hungover for the second day in a row. That is all.

  • DankZedong
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    81 year ago

    I just did the whitest thing possible. I volunteer at this football (soccer) club for children in poverty and they had an event this morning. I wanted to help out and they gave me sandwhiches for lunch. Some of them contained meat, and I don’t eat meat.

    I gave them away to a homeless person afterwards. He asked if something was wrong. I said: ‘no they are perfectly fine, I just don’t eat meat

    Fucking cracker.

    • DankZedong
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      111 year ago

      Pegida wanted to burn a Koran in the Dutch city of Groningen. Hundreds of antifa protesters showed up so they decided not to do it lmao.

      Get fucked wankers.

  • DankZedong
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    61 year ago

    The climate activist that glued himself to Meisje met de Parel at a Dutch museum last week got a two month prison sentence.

    In comparison: fascist Dutch farmers blocking the entire country got community service.

    The plus side to this is that the normally lukewarm Dutch subreddits seem to have changed their opinion on fighting climate change, as they are completely agreeing with the activists.

  • DankZedong
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    1 year ago

    I lost my taste and my smell I think. Daily covid tests in the last few days were negative. Today’s test didn’t work for some reason. I have college tomorrow and you need an actual doctor’s note in order to be lawfully absent. My doctor is available 14 november at his earliest. I will call tomorrow morning if he can write me a note. Otherwise I HAVE to be present in order to continue the course.

    This is giving me stress. I think it will be okay. But still. Being sick is a SIN in this system. Rather give everyone potentially covid or get fucked. Or if it’s not covid, I’m still sick man. Fuck this.

  • MexicanCCPBot
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    41 year ago

    Shower thought: the ironic dank meme that goes “I have committed crimes against humanity/x committed war crimes in y country between the years of z and w” is a psyop to desensitize young people to real, factual, serious statements about the CIA, US army and similar.

  • @FramWolf@lemmygrad.ml
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    41 year ago

    I’ve really wanted to like r/aznidentity, I really do.

    But why do I feel like the majority of users there are just a bunch of asian guys who are bitter that they could not get white girlfriends.

    Like I can’t help but roll my eyes everytime I visit there.

  • DankZedong
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    31 year ago

    Maybe it’s because I’m feeling sick but it’s getting colder pretty quick over here. Like, it feels cold inside my house. I guess the winter really is coming right now. And I feel myself to be afraid of putting on heating.

    It’s probably getting rough soon.