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According to a report by Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth, which cited the Israeli foreign ministry on Sunday, Turkiye blocked Israel from taking part in an annual NATO military exercise focused on resilience, combat readiness and emergency preparedness.

Ankara reportedly did so by using its veto power – as a key member state in the military alliance – to attempt to exclude Tel Aviv, ensuring NATO does not unanimously accept Israeli participation in its exercises.

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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's like a comedian doing a big wink after every joke.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It only works as a joke when your audience knows you well enough to know it's meant as a joke without the /s. That does not apply to you when you post on Lemmy.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sadly it’s needed here, especially when there’s a new influx of Reddit immigrants, who’d previously been in a corporate hasbara bubble.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True, but I'll not tailor myself to fit them. I get that not everyone is going to get me, but I'm not posting ridiculous shit with zero context at all hours for them.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are zionists who genuinely think that anti-semitism = Anti-zionism, it's important to add the /s so people know you aren't one of those. The intonation of sarcasm can't be read unfortunately

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why I enjoy the use of the reply button, leads to further discussions.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Discussions are great. I'm just warning that without a clear mark of sarcasm, that kind of comment will certainly come off as Zionist

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, and then we can discuss how fucked the whole situation is.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, absolutely. That's the main reason I find it so important to distinguish the two, because Zionists will cynically defend any criticism of the Apartheid and Genocide of Palestine with the false notion that the criticism is antisemitic. Which comes at the expense of increasing genuine Antisemitism and Islamophobia globally, in order to muddy the water of completely valid criticism and opposition to the incredibly fascist actions of the Israeli State.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Use "!" at the end of your joke/sarcastic comment. I found it easier to distinguish sarcasm that way.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is a less annoying alternative, thanks!

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, it's equivalent to someone saying a joke and then following up with "I'm just joking!" We know you are. Anyone with a sense of nuance picked up on that, by the words you chose to use.

Just like with the spoken word, sometimes jokes are in poor taste or fall flat, but the /s makes every joke fall flat.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that would be true if on the internet people were always joking with their shitty takes.

Nothing like laughing a joke when it wasn't a joke

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the fun thing about the internet, you're free to disregard and ignore comments that don't appeal to you. Life is too short to take everything so seriously all the time. Which leads to the beauty of the reply button, it can lead to clarification, if you so desire.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Read your own advice, bud

Edit: my bad i thought this was a diffrent person and came off too hot.