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Re:Saudi stocks slump as minister warns of ‘painful’ measure... by darkerside on Sunday May 03, 2020 @07:44PM (#23062849)
What does sleeping in an open grave mean?

While you were in Iran, were you involved in what the US called the Arab Spring? Was it really spread by Twitter? Did it seem like the regime might topple?

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Re:Saudi stocks slump as minister warns of ‘painful’ measure... by emilsedgh on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:33PM (#23063638)
That means they find an unused grave and sleep in it [0]. Google images has some pretty disturbing pictures of the phenomena.

Iran had green movement [1] which happened earlier than Arab Spring. Peaceful protesters rushed to the streets after a fraudulent election and hundreds were murdered by the regime.

The other candidates have been under home arrest ever since.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_Dwellers

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement

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Re:Saudi stocks slump as minister warns of ‘painful’ measure... by darkerside on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:37AM (#23067185)
You're right. I was thinking of Green Movement, not the Arab Spring. Thankss for correcting.
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Re:Saudi stocks slump as minister warns of ‘painful’ measure... by darkerside on Sunday May 03, 2020 @08:38PM (#23063198)
The fuck is up with the downvotes?
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Re:Saudi stocks slump as minister warns of ‘painful’ measure... by lowdose on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:00AM (#23066229)
It seems like the Arab spring was mainly caused by a spike in food prices.
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