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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh, oh, somebody should let them know that the CIA recently admitted to intentionally fucking with the global heroin supply potency because they thought it would fuck up Afghanistan's economy (allegedly). Because they assumed if people couldn't get consistently potent heroin they would just stop buying it? (Allegedly)

I don't think the CIA has actually commented on fentanyl being added to the U.S. heroin supply when they were intentionally fucking with the potency of heroin, but "whoever" introduced fentanyl to the U.S. took care of the potency problem. Now fentanyl has replaced heroin as the most commonly used opiate in the the U.S.... so

So "somebody" was kind enough to offer a solution to the potency problem the CIA created by providing a cheaper and more potent synthetic alternative to heroin that can be made in a lab instead of grown in Afghanistan, and now that alternative is what dominates the U.S. market. Its weird because I feel like I've heard a similar story about the CIA and a cheaper more potent drug being introduced to the U.S. market before... 🤔

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/12/cia-afghanistan-heroin-poppy-seeds/

In 20 years of grinding war in Afghanistan, the United States dropped a multitude of weapons from the skies: Millions of tons of ordnance. Hellfire missiles launched from Predator drones. Even the “Mother of All Bombs,” the most powerful nonnuclear bomb in existence. And, amid the more conventional projectiles, tiny poppy seeds. By the billions.

On and off for over a decade, the Central Intelligence Agency conducted an audacious highly classified program to covertly manipulate Afghanistan’s lucrative poppy crop, blanketing Afghan farmers’ fields with specially modified seeds that germinated plants containing almost none of the chemicals that are refined into heroin, The Washington Post has learned.

The covert program, which has not previously been disclosed, is an unreported chapter in the 2001-2021 U.S. war in Afghanistan and in the long checkered history of American efforts to combat narcotics globally, from Latin America to Asia. Its existence was confirmed by 14 people familiar with aspects of the secret operation, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a classified project.

Anyway, heads up Greenland. Who knows, they might even try to introduce an entirely new drug to the market to replace one that's already selling instead of just smuggling fentanyl

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Out of all the stupid shit you can make fun of us for, this is what you chose? We're fat, poorly dressed, uneducated, Pop Tart eating, loud, obnoxious, Cowboy, casserole eating, douchebags and THIS is what you came up with?

This shit is funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tMD5bTbLM

[–] ManaYoodSushai@feddit.org 82 points 1 week ago (25 children)

What you listed are extremely mild stereotypes that Americans have heard a million times even from other Americans. They are about as offensive as "French eat croissant" or "Brits drink tea". And these kids clearly want to be offensive to Americans

[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can tell this one really hurts us (us being Americans, not you and me) because of the reactions. You have someone on this thread threatening Greenland with CIA drugs.

Like we look bad enough without this shitass reaction people are having in these threads.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The reason this hurts people on lemmy, who tend to lean left, is because it goes after the most marginalized people in our society.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Marginalized with little support, a very american trait, and exactly why them pointing it out as an overall criticism of "America" hurts. They hit the mark.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, it’s just what they’re starting with. I’m sure kevlar school wear and reinforced chairs will make an appearance at some point.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Sounds like its triggered you, and thus has worked.

No, it doesn't matter how its triggered you, or why.

The point of trolling is simply to excite a response of agitation, indignance.

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[–] svullo56@feddit.nu 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It's American culture so why shouldn't they mock it?

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[–] Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Well if you're not 300kg, it's hard to pretend you are in a 15s tictoc.

And at least it's original, unlike your played out examples.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 week ago
[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

When he poses like that he looks like he’s taking three at once.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

American here. The US fully deserves to be mocked, blocked, ridiculed, and shunned.

I'm a Democratic Socialist, and have never voted for a Republican in my life. I'm as stuck with this BS as are the Britons who didn't vote for Brexit. I laughed at the Brits while Trump was in his first term saying, "At least our fuck-up will be gone in four years."

D'oh!

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Pretty much. We have been shameless for a decade.

We literally have home grown Americans walking around with Nazi uniforms in the street. Like actually wearing Nazi signs. You know, the symbols our grandparents used to shoot at on sight.

There are so many internal problems with racism, sexism, the economy, healthcare. But we are still screeching about America #1.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Americans seem completely fine with mocking and insulting Russians, Israelis and others, but when someone mocks Americans, all of a sudden it's inappropriate to make fun of the general population for their government's actions.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website -1 points 6 days ago (9 children)

American here, I've never agreed with mocking the population for the actions of the government. But sure generalise hundreds of millions of people, anything to avoid thinking about your hatefulness and it eating your soul bit by bit.

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[–] Soulg@ani.social -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Israelis overwhelmingly support the genocide in Gaza. Bad comparison and bad take

And that's completely ignoring the fact that not a single person has even remotely approached what is being said about random citizens directly, about Russian or Israeli citizens. But yeah we're just uniquely bad and evil keep telling yourself that

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago

Jokes on you we have no shame

[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago (8 children)

haha, the filthy drug addicts are acting silly guys!

... fucking ew.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 68 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The opioid epidemic was directly caused by your own healthcare system 🤷‍♀️

[–] obre@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 week ago

That and the CIA importing heroin on an industrial scale. The point is that opiate addicts are marginalized victims of the same oligarchy that's now threatening them, not the ones in power who actually deserve hatred.

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[–] Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Among all the things you can mock the USA for, this is probably pretty low on the list ...

Besides, King Trump would love to throw addicts in camps. Only the poor ones, obviously.

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[–] plant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So true fentanyl is american

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mock the US for being dumb... that's fair. Fentanyl addicts are typically victims of the system though. You're mocking the wrong part.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They are mocking the system

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Cool so we can post about greenladic culture using a sheet noose. We'd just be mocking the system. Not your weakest and most vulnerable people.

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