• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Structural engineer and former rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal Prime Minister after the party’s landslide election win

    Would be a better and more accurate title. But less clickbait.

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      He’s also got a master’s degree in structural engineering.

      Funny how the headlines rarely seem to mention that bit.

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        8 hours ago

        Does he really?

        You know, Volodimir Zelenskyy was a pretty famous comedian before he got elected president in a process nearly identical to the process where he got elected president in a sitcom he was in and wrote while he was elected president. in fact, the whole process is pretty funny.

        I look forward to a world where Volodimir Zelenskyy can get back to comedy