english is the lingua franca

That's fine. When the "best of the best" is offered only by a couple of companies that are not looking into our best interests, then we can discard them

hyperbole exists

doesn't seem to be available for excel on macOS, disappointing

i sincerely doubt mythos is capable of jailbreaking an iphone

voted down for speaking the truth

this website and free discussion as a whole would not exist if communist governments had their way, something to keep in mind

do they wear red and blue?

looks like they did use AI, swing and a miss for the luddites once again!

>beloved

by whom? ROFL, good luck substantiating this claim

are we ignoring the fact that he massacred countless people for protesting against him THIS YEAR?

Trust me, I wish it weren't the case. Nobody likes being bombed and he's now a symbol of resistance. Most of the urban middle class has always hated the mullahs and various ethnic groups have conflict with the state as a whole, but Khamanei had and has support from basically every other element of society.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/polarised-ira...

[2] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rare-moment-indias...

[3] https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/3/1/thousands-in-iran...

More than half of the people who voted in the US voted for Trump. A lot of people in Iran most probably liked the old leadership there.