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[–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 points 46 minutes ago

Great now I'm hungry for hot dogs.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago

I really want to balance a tea set on his hair. So flat.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

He doesn't want any reminders of the throat goat Trump in his country

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Post was falsely reported as "tabloid" and erroneously removed.

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https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-zealand-herald/

High Credibility sources should never be removed.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey mate, the original source isn't the NZ Herald but The Sun. I did a little extra digging for another related post (because the mod got my knickers in a twist) which I'll copy below. Do with it what you will, I'm rather over hot dogs.

The Sun, a tabloid rag with a history of false reporting, is the only original reporting. The other outlets are parroting them, some without attribution by simply stating "according to reports" like the above linked NZ Herald, or indirectly by attributing to a report which attributes it to another and so on, until it ultimately gets back to The Sun, like in this India Times article.

NYT: "Dictator Kim Jong Un has declared that serving the sausage was an act of treason, The Sun reports..."

Vice: "One thing to keep in mind about this report is that you have to take it with a grain of salt. It originates from The Sun, a tabloid that doesn’t have a ton of credibility." -Emphasis mine because it's funny-

The Mirror: . "One vendor, who is based in the northern province of Ryanggang, stressed that authorities have been monitoring them closely. The vendor told The Sun..."

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 116 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You just need to move the hyphen:

Kim Jung un-bans hotdogs for North Koreans

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

hyphen

So... like a day later I'm seeing the headline again after having previously read your comment, and now that's how I read it.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

That's actually what I read the first time.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What is this movie? I want to see it now.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

It's from the Game of Thrones series, that's Ramsey Bolton taunting Theon Greyjoy, and you want to stop watching it quite some while before the final season as the show runners can't write for shit and GRR Martin hasn't finished the actual story yet. The beginning is great, though. And so is, so far, House of Dragons, at least for that one the story is finished as it's a prequel so I'm quite confident it's not going to turn into a total disaster.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

His books are non finished too and adventures (interesting intrigue and all, what is going to gappen??) gets thrown under the bus like "everyone died" (so all that build up was just fluff) of "50 years later" etc.

I can't understand who likes his books if they haven't like read all other fantasy books first and just don't have the choice.

Edit: fantasy, not sf

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's a damn good author, that's why. Only read the Song of Ice and Fire books so far, and I'm also going to read the rest... if they ever get finished.

And, yes, I've read literally all of Asimov, both Herberts, and am somewhat confused what science fiction has to do with SOIAF. Somehow completely missed cyberpunk but I guess by now it's too late, I've read The Diamond Age, fuck transhumanist dystopia we don't need the transhumanism for that. Still have catch-up to do on the Culture series.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Fantasy not sf, thanks.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

“I know you are all starving, but I’m going to ban some more food.”

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[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (13 children)

According to Radio Free Asia...

We find the real source of the story buried near the bottom to avoid embarrassment. Must have been a slow news day in New Zealand 🤣 🤣 🤣

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 27 points 1 day ago

Seems I guessed that right from the headline. There's plenty to shit on, like their soldiers being sent to the Ukrainian meat grinder. But when you see "country bans cheap food" or "country requires kim jong haircuts for everyone", don't be gullible.

[–] Dave 16 points 1 day ago

NZ Herald is borderline tabloid. They just want the clicks. And then paywall some articles. And I'm pretty sure they were the ones caught using ChatGPT to write articles. I'm in NZ and actively avoid them.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 64 points 1 day ago (3 children)

When Kim Jong-un goes on a diet, everyone goes on a diet!

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TBF everyone is always on a diet even when he isn't

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[–] Dave 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)

How do people keep up with all these petty laws? If my country banned hotdogs there's a decent chance I'd miss the announcement and accidentally put a frankfurter in a bun. I could miss it completely and I have internet! How does your average person on North Korea find out about this ban on putting sausages in bread?

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They don't because this is obviously fake...

radio free asia makes shit up all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E

it gets clicks and they're an easy target so they just say whatever they think will get the most clicks.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (10 children)

North Korea is a hell hole but this "news" is just so fucking BS 🤦‍♂️ What's next, they're gonna ban water?

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

Ignoring the question of whether this is real, you'd probably find out when you can't find them at the store, order from your supplier, etc.

Basically, it would get noticed earlier in the supply chain.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago

It helps that everyone is corrupt and a general sense of displaying loyalty is more important than any supposed law on it's own.

This is actually the default way civilisation works - Western-style rule of law is new and weird.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Seems the government would control any hot dog factories anyway

Or this is food smuggled in, which I imagine would already be illegal.

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[–] cybersin@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I guess we're posting The Sun and The New York Post articles now...?

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That Buttigieg looks pretty tasty.

Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act

I would argue it's quite socialist. Return the pussy to the people.

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

We joke about hotdogs being mystery meat, but North Korean hotdogs have to be a terrifying enigma of amalgamated animal proteins.

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Scrounging around for components for their nukes I see..

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