The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (abcnews.go.com)
from Wilshire@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 15:17
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 30 Apr 15:23 next collapse

any place where 50% of the population is treated as meat is not a place any human should purposefully go.

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 15:37 collapse

This is cannibal erasure and you should feel bad

PugJesus@kbin.social on 30 Apr 15:52 next collapse

Who DOESN'T want to visit a bloodthirsty theocratic warlord-state?

Arbiter@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:22 collapse

Well, plenty of people vacation in America

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:27 next collapse

Hey! I don’t think we have warlords here by the strict definition of the term.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 16:29 next collapse

Our warlords go to work in business suits

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world on 01 May 11:17 collapse

Just give it another year or so.

PugJesus@kbin.social on 30 Apr 20:31 collapse

As bad as the US can be, it's not even close.

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 15:55 next collapse

“Come to Afghanistan for the food! Stay because now you can’t leave, you American infidel”

idiomaddict@feddit.de on 30 Apr 16:00 collapse

The food is really good though

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:20 collapse

I’m lucky enough to live in a place with a solid number of Afghan expats. Can confirm they make some delicious food.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space on 30 Apr 16:13 next collapse

Maybe they can let tourists throw the first stone. I’m sure that would appeal to a niche demographic underserved by the tourism market.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:28 next collapse

“Come to Afghanistan! Enjoy our wonderful mus- Shop for fashionable cl- Enjoy our historic sculpt- We play a game that’s kind of like polo with a goat carcass, check it out!”

TheFonz@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:55 next collapse

Borat Trilogy confirmed. How amazing if Sacha went over in disguise.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 16:55 next collapse

Honey! We can go to Afghanistan where we can live out my dream of you being human cattle!?

jet@hackertalks.com on 02 May 17:22 collapse

Chattel

DeepThought42@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 17:06 next collapse

Real shame they blew up those statues of Buddha. Those might have draw in some tourists. :|

Heni_meat_smasher_69@ani.social on 30 Apr 20:10 collapse

Natural selection though

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world on 01 May 20:53 collapse

Hmm? What does evolutionary fitness have to do with the barbarians destroying art they had no hope of imitating that honors a philosophical achievement that no random pedophile warlord could even hardly grasp?

Liz@midwest.social on 01 May 21:33 collapse

I mean, literally? Foolish choices of the past are limiting economic opportunities of the present, meaning they will have less success compared to their peers, other nations. The concept of natural selection doesn’t have to be limited to literal generational gene transfer, but can be applied to other areas. I mean technically you might be better served thinking of it more in terms of game theory or some shit, but a hand-waving application of natural selection isn’t terrible.

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world on 01 May 22:09 collapse

Gotcha. The Afghani of the future will be worse off because of the present. Now I understand what you were communicating.

Liz@midwest.social on 02 May 00:50 collapse

It wasn’t actually my comment, just my interpretation of what they were trying to say. Still, I’m fairly confident that’s what they were getting at.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 17:53 next collapse

Yeah, see this is why it’s important to have a project plan beforehand. If we’d known “tourism” was on the roadmap we’d have done a few things differently.

athos77@kbin.social on 30 Apr 17:59 next collapse

Wasn't there some influencer who went there last year to prove he was safer there than in the West and they murdered him?

massive_bereavement@kbin.social on 30 Apr 18:12 collapse

The Onion?

athos77@kbin.social on 30 Apr 19:54 collapse

Found it - Miles Routledge, and he wasn't murdered, "just" captured and held prisoner by the Taliban for eight months.

Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 20:26 collapse

Miles described his time of imprisonment as a “holiday” and “living the lap of luxury”, saying he was kept in a luxurious guest house, with several Taliban servants, and that he has been treated well during his time there, even being able to buy an Xbox, and being well fed with foods like pizza and kebabs. He recently went back to Afghanistan to visit his friends in the GDI and plans to open businesses such a gold mine there

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Routledge

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Apr 18:36 next collapse

i think just remembering not to throw acid at women would help.

Kbobabob@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 20:16 collapse

I thought this was an India thing…

nutsack@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 19:18 next collapse

the word woo makes me think Muhammad is going to suck my dick

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 21:23 collapse

Who needs Muhammed when the Taliban are lining up to suck capitalisms dick?

PugJesus@kbin.social on 01 May 02:51 collapse

No, no, don't worry, they're attracting Chinese tourists and selling the nation's mineral rights to Chinese corporations, so it's actually Socialism With Chinese Characteristics.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world on 01 May 04:21 next collapse

Hell no

kromem@lemmy.world on 01 May 04:46 next collapse

Looking for something to do?

You can throw the first stone for only $9.99.

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world on 01 May 20:49 next collapse

If you ever feel like your job is difficult keep in mind there is someone with this job.

dutchkimble@lemy.lol on 02 May 02:51 collapse

This is the making of a funny TV show shot like flight of the conchords

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world on 02 May 03:15 collapse

Think we can sell an animated series version to Netflix that they cancel after a boycott and no one binging it in one day after only 8 episodes?

dutchkimble@lemy.lol on 02 May 05:00 collapse

Wouldn’t have it any other way!

InformalTrifle@lemmy.world on 02 May 02:11 next collapse

They should launch a brutal attack on Israel to get everyone on their side

TimeNaan@lemmy.world on 02 May 16:43 collapse

Literally no one is thinking like that. This is a construct of the zionist brain.

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world on 02 May 02:31 next collapse

I heard they don’t even chop off your head anymore! I was floored! They only scratch it a little now. It’s like that Catholic thing where they mark the doors red and they mark their forehead with ashes. But they do run you over and stone you. It’s an improvement.

Audacious@sh.itjust.works on 02 May 20:28 collapse

Guessing men only?