▲ 638 ▼ Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum (www.amnesty.org) submitted 2 years ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 years ago (4 children) Man, the world’s gonna be a MUCH better place when the House of Saud finally goes the way of the dinosaur. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (2 children) Unless it's just replaced with something objectively worse...which wouldn't be the first time in history something like that happened. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They already massacred Yemen as a monarchy while their crown prince is known for dismembering journalists, they're about as bad as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can imagine many, many ways it could get worse and only a few of them involve nuclear or bio weapons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) This oil fields aren’t moving. If the Saus family is ousted, we just talk to the new family What I would to see is a Saud realizing he’s on the outs, crying on the tarmac. But that’s just mean permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago This oil fields aren’t moving. Yes they are. We've been moving them out of the ground and into the atmosphere for almost ninety years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago They already did, but some other Saudis realised those dinosaur bones had oil and they went full circle again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MissJinx@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I believe one day in the future, maybe by aliens hands or maybe by some incredible new discovery, religion will cease to exist and the world will be finally peacefull with people working for the betterment of their lifes not praying for a ghost edit: a religion plague that kills only dumb people also works lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This will not happen, as long as other people find a way to use "religion" for power, influence or financial gain. Some people already thought that the mass adaption of the internet would be the end of religion, scams and other fraud preying on the gullible minds, because people could just read up what the catch is and not fall for it, right? Unfortunately the scams just adapted, made their own flashy homepages that mostly outranked critical information and people just choose to belive what they want to belive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We didn't know how dumb people really was. permalink fedilink source parent [+] shundi82@sh.itjust.works -13 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I don't want to nitpick, because everyone gets what you're trying to say. But dinosaurs still exist today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would also be fine with them evolving into something more relevant to the times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago it may be hard to believe but womens rights have been progressing steadily. link Don't get me wrong, there's a long long way to go, but I'm glad they at least seem to be heading in a positive direction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (2 children) Unless it's just replaced with something objectively worse...which wouldn't be the first time in history something like that happened. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They already massacred Yemen as a monarchy while their crown prince is known for dismembering journalists, they're about as bad as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can imagine many, many ways it could get worse and only a few of them involve nuclear or bio weapons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) This oil fields aren’t moving. If the Saus family is ousted, we just talk to the new family What I would to see is a Saud realizing he’s on the outs, crying on the tarmac. But that’s just mean permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago This oil fields aren’t moving. Yes they are. We've been moving them out of the ground and into the atmosphere for almost ninety years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They already massacred Yemen as a monarchy while their crown prince is known for dismembering journalists, they're about as bad as it gets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can imagine many, many ways it could get worse and only a few of them involve nuclear or bio weapons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can imagine many, many ways it could get worse and only a few of them involve nuclear or bio weapons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) This oil fields aren’t moving. If the Saus family is ousted, we just talk to the new family What I would to see is a Saud realizing he’s on the outs, crying on the tarmac. But that’s just mean permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago This oil fields aren’t moving. Yes they are. We've been moving them out of the ground and into the atmosphere for almost ninety years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago This oil fields aren’t moving. Yes they are. We've been moving them out of the ground and into the atmosphere for almost ninety years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago They already did, but some other Saudis realised those dinosaur bones had oil and they went full circle again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I believe one day in the future, maybe by aliens hands or maybe by some incredible new discovery, religion will cease to exist and the world will be finally peacefull with people working for the betterment of their lifes not praying for a ghost edit: a religion plague that kills only dumb people also works lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This will not happen, as long as other people find a way to use "religion" for power, influence or financial gain. Some people already thought that the mass adaption of the internet would be the end of religion, scams and other fraud preying on the gullible minds, because people could just read up what the catch is and not fall for it, right? Unfortunately the scams just adapted, made their own flashy homepages that mostly outranked critical information and people just choose to belive what they want to belive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We didn't know how dumb people really was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) This will not happen, as long as other people find a way to use "religion" for power, influence or financial gain. Some people already thought that the mass adaption of the internet would be the end of religion, scams and other fraud preying on the gullible minds, because people could just read up what the catch is and not fall for it, right? Unfortunately the scams just adapted, made their own flashy homepages that mostly outranked critical information and people just choose to belive what they want to belive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We didn't know how dumb people really was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We didn't know how dumb people really was. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] shundi82@sh.itjust.works -13 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I don't want to nitpick, because everyone gets what you're trying to say. But dinosaurs still exist today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would also be fine with them evolving into something more relevant to the times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago it may be hard to believe but womens rights have been progressing steadily. link Don't get me wrong, there's a long long way to go, but I'm glad they at least seem to be heading in a positive direction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would also be fine with them evolving into something more relevant to the times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago it may be hard to believe but womens rights have been progressing steadily. link Don't get me wrong, there's a long long way to go, but I'm glad they at least seem to be heading in a positive direction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago it may be hard to believe but womens rights have been progressing steadily. link Don't get me wrong, there's a long long way to go, but I'm glad they at least seem to be heading in a positive direction. permalink fedilink source parent