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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 141 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Feces is the ultimate insult when you are like 6?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, Homo sapiens are apes. I never understood why calling a person an ape was an insult. It’s taxonomically correct.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, humans don't usually fling poop at other humans, unless you're trump I guess.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Feces is the ultimate insult

"shitshow" is widely regarded as a bad thing by a wide part of the population though ...

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

It’s part of the fascist mindset. They are obsessed with feces. In Mussolini’s heyday, they would literally dine on it while watching prisoners be tortured in an adjacent room as a form of entertainment.