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I'm given to understand Germans found it less hilarious (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not so sure either side actually grew tired of it... more that the US (publicly) grew more tired and fearful of the cold war.

Also the "tear down this wall" was fire for most people on either side.

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

you're thinking about 44 years in the future of what this is talking about