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I can't believe i used the word doge to describe a government agency. I hate the internet.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 130 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I'm still fucking bitter that the meme Elon latched onto was Doge. I fucking loved that meme and hate that it now has ties to fucking fascism.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 1 day ago

The swastika was a sign of positivity until the 1920s

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Kabosu does not deserve to have her legacy tainted by Elon Musk. She was a good girl.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Par for the course. Nazis have done the same thing to everything from Pepe the frog to the swastika itself.

Yeah, the point of dog whistles is to fly under the radar. Which means they steal popular symbols to use, so they can have the plausible deniability of “lol we were just posting memes about a comic frog” if anyone confronts them for their nazi shit.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago

Do I remember correctly that Pepe dies in the comic because the author didn't want to keep producing material for them to hijack?

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

To me, it's ok, because the people behind it pronounce it dōj and I always pronounced it doggy. So now we know the evil pronunciation is dōj.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

How about “dodgy”, so that describes the department and their behaviour?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's from Homestar Runner originally and unfortunately the Nazis picked the correct pronunciation

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[–] a14o@feddit.org 90 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, it's terrible that they were granted access to very sensitive information (government contracts, employee data, probably tax returns last I heard) with no oversight. That's gone, no way back.

But make no mistake, this is not a heist. It's a coup. They are seizing control of meta-infrastructures of the government: payroll, contracts, payments, communications, software. This is how you hold a country hostage.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)

No doubt, what, are we going to elect a Democrat and elon will just willingly answer to that guy? Yeah fucking right.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The only way we're going to get our country back is if we get a sane Democrat in office that rules the same way Trump does.

So it's never happening.

You can't play by the rules while your opponent cheats and expect anything but to lose.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Man I bet George Washington is stoked that we’ve skipped hereditary monarchies and went straight to emperors

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[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh, so now you're saying mail is DEI, I can't even with you people.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shhh! Nobody tell them about black ice!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The road hazard or the fictional firewall that kills hackers that attempt to breach it? 🤔

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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They have your social security numbers as well as other personal legal information. Time to rig some polls or manufacture reasons for you to get arrested and be out of the regime's hair.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I mean, aren't all our SS numbers readily available? Don't you remember when our creditor institutions got hacked?

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't make what Elon is doing OK in the slightest.

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[–] credo@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

They can match employee lists against public donor lists and start targeting people.

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