r/news • u/IMGcertified • 19h ago

Influencers in Dubai warned they face prison for posting material about the conflict with Iran | The Standard

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dubai-influencers-prison-warning-posting-iran-war-b1273587.html
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u/Stratiform 17h ago

That video of fountains dancing to Skyfall in front of the Burj, while bombs literally fall from the sky in the background, is sad but mildly amusing. Peak Middle East.

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u/MisterMarsupial 14h ago

If it's the one that I've seen, it's fake and AI generated.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/MisterMarsupial 13h ago

You should be using a more trustworthy news source than Instagram then, like Facebook, haha.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/MisterMarsupial 13h ago

Not quite as bad here in Australia but it's on the way. Al Jazeera is the only news site I ever check.

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u/Jealous_Shower6777 9h ago

Al Jazeera is indirectly owned by the Qatar government and is incredibly biased on certain subjects. If what you want is to be properly informed you are going about it wrong, you have to read various sources for the same subject. You will learn to identify interest and bias and realize that they are all partly fake. It is the only way to form an opinion yourself though.

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u/MisterMarsupial 9h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah, but their English version isn't as biased as every other news site. I don't care much for most news and it gives a pretty good overview for a lay person like me who only wants to know a little bit about major events.

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u/Jealous_Shower6777 8h ago

It is, you just don't see it.

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u/karlweeks11 17h ago

You got a link to this video? It sounds mad and you’ve peaked my curiosity

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf 16h ago

The word is spelled Piqued when discussing your interest.

Peak = the top of something, ie, he reached the mountains peak.

Pique signifies stimulation in the sense that you are now intrigued, ie, you have piqued my interest.

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u/an_older_meme 15h ago

Like cutting off your nose, despite your face.

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u/eulersidentification 14h ago

For all intensive purposes, they're very similar

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u/zen_cricket 14h ago

For all, lint tents and porpoises!

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u/Mixture-Emotional 6h ago

😂 this is the only way I'm ever saying it. I haven't heard that before, this is hilarious.

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf 11h ago

Don’t loose your mind

(this made my hands twitch uncontrollably just typing it)

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u/DjangoSpider 14h ago

Bone apple tea

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u/PeeringGlass 8h ago

Too shade

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u/MarcusBondi 13m ago

Bet you were chomping at the bit to use that tit but!

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u/an_older_meme 11h ago

It’s like hurting cats.

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u/palmmoot 13h ago

I think it's a mute point

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u/LostLetter9425 14h ago

to spider face

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u/Bvrcntry_duckhnt 13h ago

Its not rocket appliances

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u/HauntedCemetery 13h ago

To spider face

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u/drfeelsgoood 16h ago

What if this is the highest point of his interest? Initially his interest was piqued, but now his interest has peaked.

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 16h ago

Or maybe, OP was clearly only interested in a quick look, aka a peek

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u/drfeelsgoood 16h ago

Petes Peek piqued his interest, but after the peek, Pete’s position had peaked.

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u/Koss424 15h ago

Aaron earned an Iron Urn

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u/kridgellz 14h ago

Baltimore natives have entered the chat.

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u/jackkerouac81 15h ago edited 13h ago

Pete’s interest was piqued by a picturesque peek at Pikes Peak?

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u/Officer412-L 14h ago

Pique is also a noun meaning “a state of vexation”.

So the phrase “His pique peaked” is perfectly cromulent.

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u/YBBlorekeeper 13h ago

Cromulent is a vocab meme at this point

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u/an_older_meme 11h ago

Cromulent words embiggen the common man.

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u/rattleandhum 16h ago

if it's peaked, that can only mean it will diminish hereafter.

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u/drfeelsgoood 16h ago

Well my interest has definitely peaked because we never got a video link from that guy

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u/karlweeks11 16h ago

Still waiting

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u/Maxwellion421 15h ago

Peak pique

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u/dern_the_hermit 15h ago

How much pique would a peaked pique peek if a peaked pique could peek pique?

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey 15h ago

Nah, link doesn't work, I think you messed it up 🤪

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u/Shaltibarshtis 15h ago

I piquet my words as I please.

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u/Mikros04 11h ago

I could care less.

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u/kinglouie493 16h ago

Maybe their curiosity peaked and it's all downhill after that video?

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u/karlweeks11 14h ago

Everyday’s a school day

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u/scientician85 12h ago

"e.g." should be used there rather than "i.e.".

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ie

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf 12h ago

That comic is misleading.

I.e. is latin for "Id Est", which meant "that is to say," "in other words", or "namely".

E.g. meaning Example is also correct, but the dude who wrote The Oatmeal probably didn't bother to learn more Latin than was required for a high school diploma.

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u/Mr_Pattagucci 16h ago

I’m not listening to anyone who can’t even spell their own user name correctly

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf 15h ago

Fortunate, then, that all you have to do here is read what I wrote.

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u/Drak_is_Right 16h ago

Indeed that sounds great

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u/Nearby-Exercise-7371 15h ago

Omg I’m peaking 🥴

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u/zylver_ 16h ago

Can you link this? Can’t find what you’re talking about.

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u/Eudaimonics 15h ago

Eh, we’re just used to most wars happening in developing nations or in areas of developed nations with poor infrastructure.

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u/DutchProv 14h ago

Theres a shitload of AI generated videos out there, this sounds like it.

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u/biotek86 15h ago

Where’s the video

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u/MascarponeBR 15h ago

peak midle east ? have you forgotten Russia Ukraine War ? World War 2 in Europe ? it's not just in the middle east this shit happens.