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[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 month ago (2 children)

a new popular front is forming:

[–] NONE_dc 35 points 1 month ago

My God, this is amazing.

[–] iAvicenna 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] NONE_dc 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"All my ex's are woke! My child, who hates me, is woke! The IRS is Woke! The advertisers who don't want to give me money are woke! Woo oooohhh ooooh, everything I hate is woke~" 🎶

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[–] FlyingSquid 104 points 1 month ago (6 children)

"The Wikimedia Foundation wishes to thank Elon Musk for our sudden large rush of donations..."

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I donate each time anyways, will double it this time. May Elon choke on an orange hog this Christmas.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never donated before today. Thanks elon I guess 👍

[–] Fredselfish 12 points 1 month ago

Me neither but just did.

[–] ThePyroPython 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's been a while since I last donated and there is some light controversy around how Wikipedia goes about asking for money but I still believe in their mission.

So fuck you Musk, have a twenty Wikipedia.

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[–] simplejack 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia. I have now donated to Wikipedia.

[–] Joeffect 18 points 1 month ago

This man did more for Wikipedia than those annoying Wikipedia messages could ever do

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago

Because any information at all is woke.

This is the idiocracy way.

[–] TheDemonBuer 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am a monthly donor to Wikipedia, because I think it's an incredibly important resource. Elon Musk can fuck all the way off.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] arni 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After reading your coment I've donated 10 euro ; )

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I had been clicking past the donate reminder so far this year. Thanks for the reminder to get it done today before the new year.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

Wikipedia is arguably the best website on all of the internet.

Like, if you wanted one website to survive the apocalypse or whatever, it's probably Wikipedia.

[–] Doomsider 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Runs platform based on lies and hates platform based on truth. Check notes yeah that about sums it up.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, I wasn't sure about donating this year, this sealed the deal for me. What an asshole.

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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh. I had never donated to Wikipedia, and here I am...

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[–] wide_eyed_stupid 27 points 1 month ago

Been a while since I donated. Thanks for the reminder, Elon.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am beginning to think Satan will turn out less evil than this monster.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Oh, great reminder, I didn't donate in a few months, gonna send them a lil Santa coffee gift right now.

[–] HexesofVexes 25 points 1 month ago

He looks like he starts all his announcements with an unironic "fellow humans".

Seriously, is he some kind of meat puppet controlled by incel aliens?

[–] eyjohn 24 points 1 month ago

For those of you with workplace donation platforms, Wikipedia/wikimedia are usually registered and eligible for company match, so is the web archive.

[–] PlantDadManGuy 18 points 1 month ago

$10 donation coming in hot!

[–] SirMaple__ 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] GetOn 17 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the reminder. Just donated!

[–] dustyData 17 points 1 month ago

I usually donate a low amount, but I'm going to drop a $50 this year now. We know this asshat's threats are random, but we can't risk it.

[–] uebquauntbez 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So, how many GB to save a complete copy of Wikipedia?

[–] ccunning 23 points 1 month ago

It’s a 19GB download that expands to 86GB for only the current article versions in English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a zim for kiwix(an offline client for wiki sites) that's around 100GB with photos.

Latest is updated to January 2024.

https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can always get the book version.

27 pages on Gwen Stefani alone!

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[–] RizzRustbolt 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dude has Resting Sauhagin Face.

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[–] DicJacobus 15 points 1 month ago

I had an uncle who was a rabid Trump supporter. Ultranationalist, White Supremacist and Bible thumper. (its even weirder that my uncle is a Canadian living in the US who refuses to get US citizenship).

he moved to Texas because he wanted to get away from the "morally bankrupt liberals" in California, moved to Texas because Elon went there. I think the only person he loved more than Trump was Elon.

then suddenley, one day he told the family that he wasn't following Elon anymore, and that Elon is evil. I'd really like to hear what he has to say about it. Except there is zero contact because the guy is so deranged he made death threats against my mother. So we're keeping him at length and not giving him any sense of welcome that he can come back into our lives, or worse yet, come visit physically.

still, would be interesting to see into the mind of a lunatic.

[–] theunknownmuncher 13 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I dunno, doesn't seem like the conservapedia shithole likes elon much either.

https://www.conservapedia.com/Elon_Musk#Controversies

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Xelon is nothing but a drug addict, and he's fuckin' nutzzz!

[–] bitjunkie 10 points 1 month ago

God what a fucking moron

[–] BetaBlake 10 points 1 month ago

I'm going to donate even harder now

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You know what? I'm upping my monthly donation.

[–] tired_n_bored 8 points 1 month ago

Just donated

[–] NewAgeOldPerson 7 points 1 month ago

I told myself during my undergrad that if I ever made enough money, I would support a handful of causes. Wiki is on top of that list. I donate $20 monthly so don't feel bad if you aren't able to yet. It takes a village. One day when I'm on a fixed income, someone else can make that lavish $20/month donation :⁠-⁠)

Honestly thought, I need to reevaluate if I can give more. Thanks for reminding me Apartheid Musk!

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