Comment on There should be more negative awards. For example: the most pathetic nation or the most monstrous person of the year.

squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There used to be a "The 50 Worst People of the Year" series of popular / notorious articles in the 2000’s. They were pretty savage, wickedly amusing, and tended to target Americans more than not. Not sure whatever happened to that series, but it’s beyond necessary in these dark times…

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  • ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Someone on the list probably bought the media company behind it and shut that shit down with the quickness. Speculation of course.

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    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Makes sense to me, not unlike regulatory capture.

      It really was a striking project that only should have grown in impact & awareness over the years, especially with the Bush Jr regime being such a disaster at the time.

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