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Xi and Putin were caught on a hot mic talking about swapping out their organs with fresh ones. I assume from their local political enemies.


To be honest, what can you talk about when you're a big shot dictator and your conversation partner is an even bigger dictator than you are?

The weather? Or the latest invasion that you've launched? That's probably boring, so it's a tricky situation.


This is getting downvoted, probably because it sounds like a loony conspiracy theory... but it isn't. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hot-mic-picks...


Why assume it's people who can't Google down voting and not Russian and Chinese plants. There's all kinds of topics on here that trigger a down voting campaign that works pretty well on non top comments.


> not Russian and Chinese plants

“Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


> This is getting downvoted

“Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


There's a significant difference between "waaah meanies downvoting" and "no really folks, this is an actual thing".




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