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what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by Phen to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm sure you don't own anything made in China then. Canada, famous producer of consumer goods farquaad-point

Whatever little is actually made in Western countries anymore is shit quality designed to fall apart to make more profit just like everything else.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well I do have one, but only this one item from Germany which I would say is pretty good. A Lamy Safari.

But that is seriously my only thing at home from Germany which I would consider high quality, hell all my Thinkpads are from China after all. Lmao

So they excel at trinkets maybe? Lol

[–] CJOtheReal@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

winnie pooh is pleased with your doing

Nothing never happened day:

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

soypoint-1 WINNIE THE POOH TAIANAMMENNMEN 1989 CHINESE CAN ONLY DO BOOTLEGS soypoint-2 (totes not racist to show an Asian man with yellow skin btw)

Can you do soypoint-1 SOCIAL CREDIT soypoint-2 so we can do all the greatest hits?

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

China is such an excellent test for how gullible someone is. So many people will believe any bad thing they read on the internet about it, no matter how absurd, and no matter how easy it is to disprove.

https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/entertainment/theme-park/characters-meet-pooh/

So there's a whole fucking Hundred Acre Wood exhibit, Pooh and all, but I guess if you text someone about it Xi appears from under your bed and black bags you? xibe-check

[–] tetrabrick@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

have you even seen the video of the thing that never happened?