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[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What's the "BDS" list? Never heard of it.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sooo, i get it but this still doesn't explain what BDS is. Boycott Dis Shit?

edit- my ADHD ass missed the link.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

.... Why... or how, would McDonald's support Israel and the IDF?

I mean, that seems such an easy target to avoid and just go "I'm staying out of this one" for any company, but McDonald's? That just has to be for the sport

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they give away free food to the idf.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cruelly ironic, considering the IDF used starvation as a weapon.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

even more so when you consider that they're using healthier ingredients for the idf instead of the toxic sludge that they serve to americans.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hate when I already don't buy from any of these companies, so I can't really join the boycott for this. At least some of them I am boycotting for other reasons, not just because they make a shit product. Intell, for example, I'll buy from AMD every time first.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Sadly, AMD is in Israel as well, although to a lesser degree.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

AMD's not just in Israel, Lisa Su has been visiting the white house lately.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 13 points 1 month ago

I read it as "BSD" at first glance and i was like "damn, i didn't knew the Linux communty declared war on BSD" 😭

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Siemens is on there?

As an electrical engineer, I guess I know which company is NOT selling my circuit breakers now.

[–] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read it as "BDSM Movement"...

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Like ATM machine.

I might shorten this to BDSM in the future though...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 1 month ago
[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Boycott divest and sanction israel