Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we – in the United States but also internationally – had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict. It seems no exaggeration to say that the foundation of the international order of the last 77 years is threatened by this change in the obligations governing our legal and political responsibilities to each other.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    19 hours ago

    Goodbye, my dude

    PS: I have literally never seen anyone complain about this before. Is this not normal internet English?

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      16 hours ago

      You don’t know that “my dude” means “fuck you you piece of shit”? I mean, are you 12 years old? I was saying “my dude” as an insult in 1998. Grow up.

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        7 hours ago

        I think you thought you offended some folks with an endearing phrase. My whole life I have heard it used and I’ve used it myself as a synonym of “friend” or otherwise respectable reference to someone. Quick online check agrees.

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        15 hours ago

        Huh? Okay I’m not a native speaker so I’m not exactly an authority here but I’m 99.999% sure this is either a dialect, extremely local slang or something equally weird. Can someone confirm or deny this? A quick google didn’t turn out anything either.