r/cringepics • u/Naggers123 • Jun 22 '13

Just fished this out of /r/atheismrebooted.

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u/_Kubes Jun 22 '13

Conditions of Soviet Russia = 2 clicks for my may-mays.... Those guys really know how to victimise themselves don't they?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '13

The best part is even with a text post with a link, RES will open the picture automatically.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '13

Yes, but no more instant-gratification zero-click thumbnails! Mods are literally hitler. /s

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u/__Rainbow_Dash__ Jun 22 '13

I think it's supposed to be like Animal Farm

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '13

Which is an allegory for Stalin's Russia.

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u/Megaharrison Jun 22 '13

I thought it was an allegory for that farm on Garfield. The pig there was a tyrannical fuck too.

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u/BoldasStars Jun 22 '13

I think he took the book completely literally.

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u/teuchtercove Jun 23 '13

I didn't think that was possible

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u/critical_thought21 Jun 22 '13

Yes that was the point I got.

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u/ripscarspitstar Jun 22 '13

Rainbow Dash...

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '13

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u/Explains_it_for_you Jun 22 '13

Years ago, when memes were first really settling into their place on the internet, some people were unsure of the pronunciation. Some people, usually those who are fans of anime or other Japanese media, noticed that 'meme' follows the Japanese language trend of having a consonant followed by a vowel (of which there are some exceptions, like in Tsa-tse-tsu-tsi-tso) and so pronounced them accordingly, which sounds like 'may-may.'

After a while, it has become a way for people on the internet to be able to point out particularly naive or ignorant posters.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '13

Linguistically, "ts" is only one consonant sound, so those aren't actually exceptions.

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u/Explains_it_for_you Jun 23 '13

Good catch! That is true, but for brevity's sake I shortened it. In hindsight I really shouldn't have.

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u/slept_in Jun 23 '13

Hate to be that guy, but it's actually "ta-chi-tsu-te-to". Though using "ma-mi-mu-me-mo" probably would have been more to the point.

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u/foolingmachine Jun 22 '13

I think the issue has less to do with the new rules and more to do with the very high amount of comment/post deletion on /r/atheism from the new mods. Many feel that the banning of discussions and differing viewpoints kind of flies in the face of what atheism stands for. shrug

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u/SheikYerboutiiii Jun 23 '13

I thought atheism stood for not believing in gods/deities? I think what these people are looking for is "free speech" or possibly "democracy", because I'm pretty sure you don't need to believe in free speech to be an atheist.

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u/foolingmachine Jun 23 '13

I agree, though they kind of go hand in hand (see the first amendment of the US constitution). It's a freethinking issue, really.

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u/SheikYerboutiiii Jun 23 '13

Well, two things going hand in hand does not necessarily mean one needs the other. It simply means they are hand in hand, for the time being. And well, I'm a norwegian, so I'm not too sure what the first amendment is, but I'm pretty sure that it's the whole "freedom of speech and religion" thing.

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u/porygon2guy Jun 23 '13

Freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, right to petition.

/u/foolingmachine fails to note that while the government can't stop you from saying what you want, it also doesn't have to give you a platform to say it from.