Comment Re: Strange story. (Score 1) 171
Be precise in your language, it's something you can do.
The problem with them getting their politics figured out is that we utterly fucked them so wet could have their oil.
It would be really nice if you spent an hour or so and took an unbiased look at the history of Iran for the last 150 years or so. Then we could have a nice fact based conversation.
Now enlighten tell us about the source legitimacy of the Rodriguez crime family
I don't know enough about them to comment meaningfully.
Propaganda is something that a state puts out. This is a post by an actual user. It's not somebody from a state, unless you can confirm it.
From the dictionary: "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person"
QED you're an idiot.
The Iranian government
You spread propaganda. Think who told you they were a death cult.
clearly the "death cult" isn't all Iranians. But all the leadership, all the ayatollahs all the IRGC and Basij? Totally a death cult. Everything is martyrdom and death.
You are trying to justify your propaganda, and laziness by not actually investigating Iranian leadership.
Research takes time, I understand, you don't want to do it. And propaganda is fun, that's why it works.
But you're wrong.
The only terrorism in this war are acts committed by the United States and Israel.
The IRGC has killed more of their own people than Israel/USA combined. They are an illegitimate government.
The characterization of the Iranian regime as a "death cult" is a viewpoint often expressed by political figures, analysts, and opponents of the government, particularly in 2026
It's a label used for propaganda.
Any analysis that doesn't take into consideration that there are multiple factions, ethnicities, religions, etc in Iran is wrong. Any analysis of the regime without taking into account the anti-war people is wrong. Anyone who uses the label "death cult" to not refer to a death cult is trying to deceive you.
Iran is a death cult who would be perfectly happy killing as many people as necessary to get their way.
Iran overall is a great country. If they can ever get their politics figured out, they will make huge contributions to the world in science, economic growth, and art.
The IRGC is a bunch of narcissistic thieves, having taken over most of the country's budget and killing far more of their own citizens than Trump has. They are not a death cult because they are enjoying the money they've gotten too much. As soon as they are gone (or lose power) the world will be a better place.
the goal is to stop content farms making slop.
Or at least make it so I can filter the slop out easily. It's extremely irritating to watch 30 seconds of a video and realize it's AI and totally fake and you wasted your time.
AND as a bonus, our total lines of code is astronomically expanding and quality rapidly going down
If the quality of the codebase goes down and the number of incompetent programmers that need to be hired increases, that IS a good thing from a manager's perspective.
Managers are judged based on how many people they manage, not on the competency of those individuals, nor on the total salary of those people.
Why wasn't Iran enriching uranium before your government started murdering people there back in 2020?
Iran never stopped enriching uranium. You need to look up some facts before you reply again.
they still aren't getting the nukes they so desperately want
If they've been persuasive enough, then Pakistan has already given them a nuke.
Remember, the things that are persuasive to you are not persuasive to Pakistan, because Iran and Pakistan are the same religion.
"Everyone is entitled to an *informed* opinion." -- Harlan Ellison