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[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 74 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just when I thought I'd heard every possible take, Gunther comes out of fucking nowhere with the "Palestine is real and should be part of NATO"

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 66 points 4 months ago (2 children)

An asteroid could be hurtling towards earth and his first instinct will be calling for it to become a member of nato, and getting it incorporated into the Schengen area.

Freedom of movement for all bolides.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Or balkanize it.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I LOVE GUNTHER! COMPLETELY INCOHERENT PLANS THAT WOULD JUST RESULT IN WANTON DESTRUCTION ARE AWESOME!

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Complete tangent but, in highschool during a literature class, one of my classmates was reading a passage from the textbook outloud and pronounced "wanton carnality" as "wonton carnality" and the teacher laughed for like 5 straight minutes.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

wonton carnality

Would

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 49 points 4 months ago

Balkanize everything and bring it into NATO and the Eurozone gunther-fear

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago

God I love this man's brain chefs-kiss

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 38 points 4 months ago

Gunther's ideology is the angel-biblical of politics.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago

"ChatGPT, solve the Israel-Palestine conflict for me"

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That NATO/Palestine pin is absolutely fucking cursed

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

Average American socdem

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

Would that mean Palestine can Article 5 Israel? Pretty lit. God tier posting right here.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

Gunther never promises to be boring. I'll give him that and nothing more.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

This would almost work except for no one anywhere wanting this

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

I was wondering what this character was up to

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Still a better solution than what the US is working tirelessly on

[–] miz@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

his brain is perfectly smooth, you could use it to calibrate instruments

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

his brain is perfectly smooth, you could use it to calibrate instruments

Calipers kelly

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

these are the people who dare to call communists utopian

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

It's impossible to hate this man.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I will also accept the penguin from Adventure Time

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

If everyone joined NATO we could all be friends

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago
[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

No balkanisation? Nobody is split into tiny statelets that only exist in Paradox games?

I'm disappointed. He could at least have given us five Palestines or something.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I bow before his wisdom

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

This guy is pure genius

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Get Russia in too while you are at it mate!