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[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The article is largely good quality but what even is this:

“We couldn’t destroy the Taliban, but office work destroyed the Taliban,” said one Tiktoker, reviewing articles and quotes from the report.

It doesn't even name the person. Just cherry picked some random quip from social media and pasted it into the body.

[–] elbarto777 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been hating this since Twitter became a thing. I used to read BBC news articles for (seemingly) good quality reporting, and then they started quoting random twitter users. Like, who gives a fuck?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hell, there are even news articles only quoting Tweets.

And TV shows only re-streaming viral YT videos. I imagine these people just watch YT the whole day and call it work.

[–] elbarto777 4 points 1 year ago

Living the dream, if you ask me. Just don't mix it with serious news. "New political coalition formed! Twitter user rear_beads commented: 'lol'"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It always seemed strange to me as well. Who is this person, and why should I value their opinion?

[–] RGB3x3 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even worse when a "news" article is just embedding a bunch of Tweets from random people and calling it news.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Editor: The article is great! All we need now is a quote from social media and we can publish.

Journalist: We haven't been able to find anything suitable, everyone thinks this story is satire.

Editor: Then just post one yourself and then quote that! But don't reference your name, that'll be a dead giveaway.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Hard to cite a GPT reference.

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

For me at least, "said" has a link to https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7mbL8g/

That link only takes me to the front page, but perhaps if someone has a tiktok account that goes to a video (a tik? Tok? Whatever it's called).

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, winning was easy, young man, governing's harder

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

This is like that comic today with the Viking. "History is written by the winners" he has to literally sit down with quill and parchment....

[–] Delphia 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need a good union.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hahahahhaha OMG. Yeah once the whole pew pew part of the insurrection is over and you actually take over the government, the whole running the government part isn't as fun now ain't it?

What a bunch of idiots.

[–] elbarto777 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The weird thing is that they used to be in power, before the 9/11 American "freedom spreading" spree in the region.

[–] TallonMetroid 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, those guys were boomers/gen-xers and have probably either all died off or retired from this nonsense. The Taliban in charge now are millennials/zoomers who likely grew up getting told all about the glory days but not the drudgery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

And who probably skipped school since those were all gender integrated under the NA government the US was backing

[–] Viking_Hippie 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

And they were in power because the US helped them get there. This article praising Osama bin Ladenisn't The Independent's finest hour 😬

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It does go to show that people sometimes don’t think ahead. They seem to have only ever considered the present and now reality hit them in the face lol. Similar happened to Trump when he was elected and suddenly had to…you know…work.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wow, maybe the taliban really will be defeated by capitalism

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is deeply ironic considering how they founded themselves as a rebellion against the "false gods" of capitalism communism and democracy.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a person fed up with office culture, I'm wondering if it's now my time to destroy my government.

[–] Viking_Hippie 15 points 1 year ago

If your government is the US one, the answer is a resounding yes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you're in the US, doing that would save tens of millions of lives, both in the US and across the world.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bold to assume what comes next would be better

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay say what you will about the Taliban but this article is really interesting in a way.

[–] SkyezOpen 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reminds me of this wise quote from Walter Sobchek:

"Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, but at least it's an ethos!"

[–] jaybone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m finishing my coffee.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Taliban need to unionize

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

True covalence is the basis of a mutually-fulfilling relationship.

If every one of your relationships is either you giving up an electron or stripping it off some poor cation who then has to stick to you until you give it back, it’s easy to think that bonding is a zero-sum game, and that dominance is the only way to lead.

So yeah, Taliban definitely needs to unionize.

[–] toiletobserver 24 points 1 year ago

Phenomenal cosmic power! Itty bitty living space...

Everyone gets what they asked for.

[–] NewPerspective 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FFS, they figured it out so much faster than America.

[–] Viking_Hippie 8 points 1 year ago

It's amazing how fast you can arrive at the right conclusion when you don't have a bunch of billionaires with media and politicians in their pockets 🤷

[–] jaybone 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember seeing this same article like 2 years ago.

[–] Viking_Hippie 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not like you should expect much from the magazine that ran this cover on purpose:

[–] jaybone 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When’s that from, 87? Back then people were just learning about this stereotype.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Breaking news Taliban discovers music and alcohol.

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[–] cheese_greater 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Greg Daniels absolutely needs to do an Afghani adaptation of The Office. It would absolutely kill and be like my fave series of all time. This whole situation is beyond absurd and mundane and also insanely great c/LeopardsAteMyFace fodder

How amazing would it be if office culture/politics was the thing (particularly "Western thing") that eventually compelled the Taliban to throw in the towel and start doing something productive + peace

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who would you cast as the Jim and the Dwight? I'm thinking Hasan Minhaj and Romesh Ranganathan.

One's Indian and the other's Sri Lankan, but it's close enough for Hollywood/BBC, amirite? 😛

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[–] Ab_intra 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope the afghan people raise up against their oppressors and fight back.

[–] ZaroniPepperoni 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The largest military in the world occupied their country and gave them billions in equipment to keep it and they let the taliban retake everything in weeks. I don't think there is going to be any better opportunity then that. It's obvious that the fighting population already made their choice, and now everyone just has to enjoy it.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did, they wanted this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That’s like saying that we wanted Trump. He didn’t win the popular vote; we didn’t want him but he was there anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Time for a company fun day

[–] Viking_Hippie 10 points 1 year ago

Maybe even a pizza party if they reach the quota!

[–] JackLSauce 7 points 1 year ago

Alternate headline: Slow News Day in Afghanistan

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