OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agoIt's like that episode of Seinfled with a limo rulelemmy.caimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageIt's like that episode of Seinfled with a limo rulelemmy.caOttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoIt’s the new word for “commie” that I’ve only ever seen on Lemmy. I’m guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.
minus-squareSynthuir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 years ago‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoI’ve seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.
minus-square5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoNot new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.
It’s the new word for “commie” that I’ve only ever seen on Lemmy. I’m guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.
‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…
I’ve seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.
Not new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.