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[–] Blackout@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When demanding 10% of their income isn't enough. Grifters gotta grift.

[–] IverCoder@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's Iglesia ni Cristo, normal churches don't care even if you don't donate anything

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nobody is better at being grifted than the Philippines

[–] FancyLad@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Crypto for Christ" was right there and they blew right past it.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He did love money.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The first thing the picture made me think of was that OK white power symbol racist bigoted fucks use.

Edit: I stand by what I said but also because I don’t know things and learn them everyday:

While it's true that some Filipinos use this gesture to mean 'okay,' Filipinos more commonly use it to mean 'money,' or 'pera,' 'kwarta,' 'datung,' 'anda' (slang words for 'money').

That’s all for today’s Dumb American Learns About Other Cultures!

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I mean they very well could be dogwhistling the 👌 these are crypto people we're talking about.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago
[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

Jesus would definitely leverage crypto to scam cultists

[–] Fitzsimmons@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

Christ famously used violence to kick who out of his temple again?

[–] JohnBon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Miming the size of their bumhole after finding it is a scam all along.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The joke is anal r---. Laugh.

[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Pinoy pride 😤

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[–] Blackout@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

George was such a genius. Wish people listened to him back then