• Barabas [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Mixed between that and saying that they're secretly agreeing with him and are pissing their pants at how funny it is, but have to hide it lest their entire family line are summarily executed.

    The people who make it out like the impersonator is endagering the lives of the NK spectators are some of the stranger brainworms I've seen.

    • sweatersocialist [comrade/them]
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      4 months ago

      lord you are right, i forgot about those people. last week it was [photo of selfie with north koreans] "WOW LOOK AT THEM THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A CELL PHONE IN THEIR LIVES, THEY ARE SO CONFUSED. I BET THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING PHOTOGRAPHED BECAUSE CAMERAS ARE ILLEGAL IN NORTH KOREA SO IF THEY SHOW UP IN THESE PHOTOS IT PUTS THEIR WHOLE FAMILY AT RISK. I HEAR IN NORTH KOREA IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY FOR THEM TO KILL THEY FORCE YOU TO HAVE A CHILD AND RAISE IT TO THE AGE OF 11 AND THEN KILL IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU" as the north koreans literally just pose normally for the photo.

      • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
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        4 months ago

        North Korean: is unfamiliar with western cultural practices

        Westerners: they have never seen anything more complex than a wheel in their entire lives

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      I sincerely do not know how they can believe this about DPRK with a life expectancy of 70+ when they don't believe it of african countries with life expectancy of 30-50.

      They have never examined what they believe of dprk vs what they believe for elsewhere in the world.

      • RedDawn [he/him]
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        4 months ago

        The life expectancy in North Korea is actually 26, the government just lies and says it’s 70+

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          4 months ago

          pain Why do you want to psychologically hurt me like this

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          4 months ago

          Even 26 would be still much better than workers average lifespan at the forge of capitalism, Manchester, which was 15 (YES FIFTEEN) in the 1840's and it's not a fucking joke it was in official British documents Marx and Engels quoted. And then Britain wasn't the most sanctioned country on Earth but had the biggest empire in history.