Thanks for the good-faith discussion. :)

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like in that case the “Visit Mexico!” ads I saw when I was growing up in the US would be Mexican propaganda then, correct? Since they’re advancing a specific political cause, namely increasing tourist revenue and the government’s share of that revenue.

In that case, an ad saying “hey, don’t try to get into our country illegally because we’ll arrest and deport you” feels much less like propaganda to me than “hey, come visit our country so we can get your money!” does.

Edit: So, (aside from the comment that mentioned that this may be a mistranslation), if what you say about the situation is correct, to me it’s starting to sound like this might just be the Mexican government being intentionally incendiary and a bit hyperbolic in their language because they’re pissy about the US government going over their head and speaking directly to their people, which may be due to the (accurate or not) perception that the Mexican government isn’t doing enough to prevent illegal immigration. In that case, it seems like my original comment implying that this isn’t really propaganda is still mostly accurate.

Ah, that makes a lot more sense, thanks for the explanation. It definitely feels discriminatory. That’s a terrible translation if this is the case.

You’ll have to explain who you’re talking about, or how that’s relevant.

In any case, this may help. Let me rephrase: “TIL that if you’re American, buying an ad in Mexico saying ‘if you come to our country illegally, we will arrest and deport you’ is propaganda.”

TIL that saying “if you come to our country illegally, we will arrest and deport you” is propaganda.

Edit: oops, I seem to have accidentally posted a reasonable thought that goes against the circle-jerk. I’ll try to be a bit less objective and a bit more filled with myopic, conformist, unquestioned rage next time I comment here.

Don’t worry, I still believe that disappearing people to El Salvador is a terrible thing, and it makes me really angry, so I think I still pass the tribalist purity test.

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Exactly.

“Games journalists”: blame gamers for everything

Gamers: stop consuming their content

“Games journalists”: shocked pikachu face

Nintendo is never getting another cent of my money.

This feels more like “10 guy thoughts” than shower thoughts

Same. My 6700XT is solid as a rock playing games through Proton and doing a bit of light AI work on the side.

I’m sure that’s never occurred to them before, that a comment like this definitely isn’t posted in every single thread they comment in, and that they’re incredibly thankful for your input.

Ok, what’s one example of all guys being trash then?

The irony of calling someone else pedantic after what you’ve done to this thread, when op only wanted to share a video they enjoyed. smdh

Men with vasectomies can still inseminate - it’s just that the semen doesn’t contain any sperm.

He’s not wrong

They’re not gone though? My wife plays Sims 2 all the time.

/c/badlinguistics

DuckGuckGo

I’ll still be playing 4 for the foreseeable future.

I mean, “scum” is just another word for that same thing. https://www.etymonline.com/word/scumbag#etymonline_v_37453