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Rubber ducks have become a symbol of Thailand’s pro-democracy protests in Bangkok after demonstrators used them as shields against police water cannon and teargas

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/nov/30/the-rubber-duck-revolution-in-pictures

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The rubber duck revolution - in pictures
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Nov 30 2020

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    MimicSquid
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    We live in the weirdest timeline. If someone wrote a scene of a protest leader giving a speech while clad in a rubber duck onesie I would call them out for being too unrealistic, and yet this is...

    We live in the weirdest timeline. If someone wrote a scene of a protest leader giving a speech while clad in a rubber duck onesie I would call them out for being too unrealistic, and yet this is where we find ourselves.

    6 votes
    1. vord
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      I think it's a symptom of the existential dread most of us feel deep down. The part of us that knows that this era of humanity is drawing rapidly to a close, and we may well have cursed this...

      I think it's a symptom of the existential dread most of us feel deep down. The part of us that knows that this era of humanity is drawing rapidly to a close, and we may well have cursed this planet to end up like Venus.

      My family deals with pain and suffering with dark and absurd humour. I think much of humanity is doing the same, at least subconsciously.

      That kind of explains why the inspiration of every 80s villain became president.

      3 votes
  2. knocklessmonster
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    I'll tell you what, if the world is ending, at least the headlines will be entertaining. I never thought we'd see something as seemingly innocuous as a rubber ducky become the symbol of a...

    I'll tell you what, if the world is ending, at least the headlines will be entertaining. I never thought we'd see something as seemingly innocuous as a rubber ducky become the symbol of a revolution. How're we going to explain this to the kids in the future?

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