gareppa,
@gareppa@programming.dev avatar

“Have you tried kill all the poor?”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FkGcdSc40A

Naz,

It’s been a while since I’ve been scrolling Lemmy and literally had to stop due to bursting out laughing.

nUbee,

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LaMouette,

Maybe it’s because I’m not a native english speaker but I read this as a pledge to murder all homeless people by cutting them in half 🤔

throw4w4y5,

that’s the joke.png

unoriginalsin,

Maybe it’s because I am a native english speaker but your reply is offensive and embarrassing to native English speakers around the world. You can do better, America. You just have to try.

throw4w4y5,

😂

unoriginalsin,

Maybe it’s because I am a native english speaker but I read this as a pledge to murder all homeless people by cutting them in half 🤔

Foofighter,

I think this is a threat because it would effectively kinda double the number of homelessness, right?

OrteilGenou, (edited )

Maybe it’s because I’m a homeless person but I read this as a pledge to murder all English speakers by cutting them in half 🤔

JadenSmith, (edited )

The sign was made by someone else and stuck on top of an existing ad on the tube (the name given to the train system in London).

Occasionally people manage to stick these on, and have them go unnoticed for a good while (or it takes a while for someone to get to removing them).
Somewhat recently, someone made an ad for an illegal weed shop on the clearnet, and had those on the tube in a similar fashion for a good while before they were removed.

Navarian,

While this particular ad is fake, it’s entirely on brand for the party featured on it to state that they want to do that.

They recently stated they believed being homeless is a lifestyle choice.

Source: Am political journalist in UK.

HelloHotel, (edited )
@HelloHotel@lemmy.world avatar

Wow… So about as bad as amarican politions.

Specal,

I’d argue ours are worse as they don’t even get paid enough to be this soulless.

cynar, (edited )

The conservatives make pledges to solve social issues, like homelessness, all the time. They almost never actually follow through. Instead they often act to make the problem “go away”, often to the detriment of those they claimed to want to help.

One of those pledges was to cut homelessness in half. However no extra money or resources were actually provided to do this. This sign is a protest of that (and many other) lies. At a glance, it’s one of their normal lies. It’s only when you read it more carefully your brain goes “wait, what?!?”.

Everythingispenguins,

Is this because they found out the saws were too expensive?

Kase,

2025

Just like 2 more week

2024: Am I a joke to you?

CurlyMoustache,
@CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world avatar

Imperial months

Vinny_93,

UK is in a different time zone

Kase,

Oh right, my bad

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

Ask September 3rd-13th, 1752.

Kase,

I would ask, but I can’t find them. Where’d they go?!

possiblylinux127, (edited )

How did someone think this sign was a good idea

gmtom,

It’s an edit mate

possiblylinux127,

Yeah I deleted the last bit

milicent_bystandr,

How did someone think this sign was a good idea

It was written by an immigrant with a low IELTS score. That’s why they sent him to Rwanda straight after.

possiblylinux127,

Yeah that last bit was irrelevant

AeonFelis,

That’s a good idea, actually. That way, they could sleep on these benches with the armrest in the middle.

youCanCallMeDragon,
@youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world avatar

Why cut them in half when we could continue to let them suffer for decades and accept none of the blame or consequences?

AA5B, (edited )

But that’s more expensive. Cutting them in half now, saves money, and isn’t that what’s important?

idunnololz,
@idunnololz@lemmy.world avatar

Finally a realistic solution to end homelessness /s

SuckMyWang,

Do you have to be homeless to volunteer?

AA5B,

Service Guarantees Citizenship

root_beer,

it’s going messily, op

masquenox,

Wouldn’t that actually double the amount of homeless people?

mossy_,

They’re not friggin planarians

Potatos_are_not_friends,

At first, I thought you meant planetars (from D&D), and I didn’t know about that piece of trivia and felt inferior as a nerd.

But no, you really meant planarians (from reality), which is a science word and I now feel inferior because I am a moron.

Planarians are flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes) found in freshwater bodies and their regenerative abilities have been documented for centuries (Pallas, 1766; Dalyell, 1814). Planarians can regenerate new heads, tails, sides, or entire organisms from small body fragments in a process taking days to weeks.

mossy_,

Friend, you’re not a moron just cause you didn’t know about some relatively unknown aquatic creature. You just got out-nerded this time 😎

NoIWontPickaName,

The really weird part is that I actually did know.

What I don’t know is when, where, or how I got that information.

AA5B, (edited )

Many of us did know from like Middle or High school or some part of our education, but who would have thought you need to think about school to understand Lemmy

NoIWontPickaName, (edited )

It’s called the wolverine effect, I can’t remember where I learned that ironically.

We all know what a wolverine is, but can you tell me where you learned it from?

It probably has a fancy name like “memory source origin amnesia” or something, but it basically goes along the lines of your brain not remembering where you learned something, you just remember the thing.

It’s why propaganda is so effective even on people looking for it.

mossy_,

Are you the alt domain for the person I was talking to or someone random injecting themself in the conversation? Either way I’m happy you acquired knowledge at some point in the past

Buddahriffic,

I’d love to help you with your question, but I have no idea.

mossy_,

Thank you for trying. Frankly, what would an internet forum be without random interjections from persons with no stake in a conversation.

NoIWontPickaName,

Just a random, opining on random esoteric knowledge gaining.

lurch,

Only for a very short time

AeonFelis,

Bet they’ll still sell them at full price.

AA5B,

Maybe it’ll double the number of homeless but the amount will stay the same

mkwt,

That is a wildly morbid slogan.

Z3k3,

Yep that’s the tories for you. And why I can’t understand why people who vote for them can argue I want this 1 policy buy hate the 200 policies so I’m going yo pretend the 200 does not exist

Exusia,
@Exusia@lemmy.world avatar

One that resulted in FIVE Jurrasic Parks!

Ilovethebomb,

It’s a parody, not a genuine slogan.

mkwt,

That makes a lot more sense. Thanks.

albert180, (edited )

They first have to quit the international human rights agreements before they are allowed to cut people in Halves. Give them a break!

ummthatguy,
@ummthatguy@lemmy.world avatar
Mango,
SGG,

Turns out homeless people drink much more milk than expected, or are somehow getting their hands on calcium supplements, their bones are far less brittle than expected and keep dulling out the blades.

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