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[–] Ekybio@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

For those who want to learn more about the possible origin of memes like this

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Is there anyone remaining who doesn't know after the million posts about tankies?

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago

I knew the term, but not the origin or its original meaning, so yes.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

There is always somebody who doesn't. Doesn't hurt to leave information for people to learn who haven't already

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] hark@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago

I'm not making fun of people not knowing things, I'm pointing out that there are way too many posts about tankies, far beyond any "tankie problem" that lemmy is imagined to have.