• CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I’ve told my Bulgarian wife that Bulgaria is the Alabama of Europe. She’s admitted she can’t even be mad about it.

    • drathvedro@lemm.ee
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      4 hours ago

      We don’t get to vote over here, unfortunately. There’s this whole spectacle of ballot casting, but there is no vote counting. Even if there was, there’s nobody left to watch over them as every opposition party member is either in jail or exiled.

      But even if there were fair elections, I believe most of the support from Russians in a 2016 election was more of a “haha, watch the US destroy itself by electing an imbecile”, rather than actually believing what Trump’s had to say. So… probably not.

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    18 hours ago

    As a Slovenian this is suprising to me. Everyone I know thinks Trump is an idiot. Maybe they think USA influence on the world will be negative in either case.

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      11 hours ago

      I think this is called “Aposematism”:

      Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.[1] This unprofitability may consist of any defenses which make the prey difficult to kill and eat, such as toxicity, venom, foul taste or smell, sharp spines, or aggressive nature. These advertising signals may take the form of conspicuous coloration, sounds, odours,[2] or other perceivable characteristics. Aposematic signals are beneficial for both predator and prey, since both avoid potential harm.