LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 hours agoWhat happens next?hexbear.netimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down10
arrow-up1117arrow-down1imageWhat happens next?hexbear.netLibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·19 hours agoVenezuela absent from the vote? Not a good look my dude
minus-squareNewOldGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·19 hours agoThey literally can’t vote because of the US sanctions against them preventing them from collecting the funds to pay UN fees. They’ve been suspended from voting for a couple of years now
minus-squaretactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoHmmmm, you’re under sanctions and cant afford the sanction issuing country club fees? Sorry sweaty, can’t help you!
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoI was being ironic, for any country under as much duress as Venezuela it would make sense why their attendance record wasn’t 100%.
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·19 hours agoDidn’t only Moldova abstain or am I missing a joke or something?
minus-square∞ 🏳️⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, ze/hir, des/pair, none/use name, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-219 hours agoVenezuela is non-voting, different from abstain.
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoThanks for clearing that up! What’s the difference?
minus-square∞ 🏳️⚧️Edie [it/its, she/her, fae/faer, love/loves, ze/hir, des/pair, none/use name, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 hours agoAbstain means the country voted “Abstain” Non-voting means no vote was recorded, probably because the country was not present.
Venezuela absent from the vote? Not a good look my dude
They literally can’t vote because of the US sanctions against them preventing them from collecting the funds to pay UN fees. They’ve been suspended from voting for a couple of years now
Hmmmm, you’re under sanctions and cant afford the sanction issuing country club fees? Sorry sweaty, can’t help you!
I was being ironic, for any country under as much duress as Venezuela it would make sense why their attendance record wasn’t 100%.
Didn’t only Moldova abstain or am I missing a joke or something?
Venezuela is non-voting, different from abstain.
Thanks for clearing that up! What’s the difference?
Abstain means the country voted “Abstain”
Non-voting means no vote was recorded, probably because the country was not present.
Thank you!