Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
These are actual images from Iran before the revolution. I want to be clear to everyone -- a roomful of East Asian women in bathing suits is clearly not from this era. It was a screenshot of a crass joke satirizing how critics of the regime or of the government in Afghanistan pass around images from the past of women dressed in ways that wouldn't be tolerated by Islamist governments today. I'm surprised by how many of you took it seriously, and I'm sorry if that caused any offense; I thought it was obvious parody.
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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
I was tempted to delete the original cast but I decided not to because: 1. I’d rather take responsibility by explaining it, especially since there are plenty of confused replies that would remain up and 2. there’s something wrong to me about censoring a joke about something like this given that it is ultimately poking fun at the discourse that surrounds a censorious, authoritarian regime.
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HH
@hamud
tfw finding out in real time how terminally online you are
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Eberhard Gil
@azbest
o tempora, o mores
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
I thought the original meme was hilarious (so much that I saved it to my meme library) and anyone who couldn’t figure out it was satirical is terminally brain dead. You are not responsible for brain dead people misunderstanding your content. Don’t change your casting standards or habits to cater to the lowest denominator. Let intellectual fitness and natural selection shape your followership
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Juliettemeon
@juliettemeon.eth
not bad to take a look at this too, a parade of girls from the imperial army https://x.com/drdayy25957/status/1885843952164569258?s=46
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frdysk
@frdysk
damn, you had to explain yourself, christian rap is not even close to over 💀
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Dean Pierce 👨💻🌎🌍
@deanpierce.eth
It's actually heartwarming that so many people *didn't* recognize it as a 4chan screenshot. Sometimes it's easy to forget that there are people whose minds have not been melted by the Internet. Good on them.
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MJC
@mjc716
https://farcaster.xyz/mjc716/0x40c8bbd5
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Lume ꕤ
@0xlume.eth
Ah thanks for clarifying 🤦🏻♀️
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Sorena
@sorenaa
Good that you have completed the explanation
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