• originalucifer
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    8211 months ago

    any place where 50% of the population is treated as meat is not a place any human should purposefully go.

      • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        611 months ago

        Hmm? What does evolutionary fitness have to do with the barbarians destroying art they had no hope of imitating that honors a philosophical achievement that no random pedophile warlord could even hardly grasp?

        • Liz
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          411 months ago

          I mean, literally? Foolish choices of the past are limiting economic opportunities of the present, meaning they will have less success compared to their peers, other nations. The concept of natural selection doesn’t have to be limited to literal generational gene transfer, but can be applied to other areas. I mean technically you might be better served thinking of it more in terms of game theory or some shit, but a hand-waving application of natural selection isn’t terrible.

            • Liz
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              211 months ago

              It wasn’t actually my comment, just my interpretation of what they were trying to say. Still, I’m fairly confident that’s what they were getting at.

  • PugJesus
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    4011 months ago

    Who DOESN’T want to visit a bloodthirsty theocratic warlord-state?

  • katy ✨
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    2911 months ago

    i think just remembering not to throw acid at women would help.

  • Flying Squid
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    2811 months ago

    “Come to Afghanistan! Enjoy our wonderful mus- Shop for fashionable cl- Enjoy our historic sculpt- We play a game that’s kind of like polo with a goat carcass, check it out!”

  • Optional
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    1911 months ago

    Yeah, see this is why it’s important to have a project plan beforehand. If we’d known “tourism” was on the roadmap we’d have done a few things differently.

  • @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1411 months ago

    Maybe they can let tourists throw the first stone. I’m sure that would appeal to a niche demographic underserved by the tourism market.

  • athos77
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    1311 months ago

    Wasn’t there some influencer who went there last year to prove he was safer there than in the West and they murdered him?

      • athos77
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        1311 months ago

        Found it - Miles Routledge, and he wasn’t murdered, “just” captured and held prisoner by the Taliban for eight months.

        • @Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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          511 months ago

          Miles described his time of imprisonment as a “holiday” and “living the lap of luxury”, saying he was kept in a luxurious guest house, with several Taliban servants, and that he has been treated well during his time there, even being able to buy an Xbox, and being well fed with foods like pizza and kebabs. He recently went back to Afghanistan to visit his friends in the GDI and plans to open businesses such a gold mine there

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Routledge

  • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    1011 months ago

    I heard they don’t even chop off your head anymore! I was floored! They only scratch it a little now. It’s like that Catholic thing where they mark the doors red and they mark their forehead with ashes. But they do run you over and stone you. It’s an improvement.