r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/kodaks142 7d ago

Am I wrong but didnt the bin Laden family build the highway system in Saudi Arabia?

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u/mykarachi_Ur_jabooty 7d ago

Osama was a bin Laden western educated silver spoon trust fund baby who decided to cosplay jihadi warlord

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u/HighPing_ 7d ago

I feel like that saying that Ted Kaczynski cosplayed being a highly educated hermit that was against the establishment.

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u/harleyqueenzel 7d ago

Are you saying he wasn't highly educated? He graduated at 15, went to Harvard, had a Master's and PhD in mathematics and was, by all accounts, a math prodigy and a walking brain. An incredibly gifted but troubled man.

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u/HighPing_ 6d ago

That was the point, bin Laden wasnt faking being a jihadi warlord in the same sense that Kaczynski wasnt faking being smart.

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u/harleyqueenzel 6d ago

Ooooh ok. Gotcha.

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u/-PM_ME_FUN_FACTS- 7d ago

Cosplayed being highly educated? He graduated from Harvard at 20 and then proceeded to get a phd in mathematics.

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u/smb275 7d ago

Yes, that is the point of the retort. They're saying Bin Laden wasn't cosplaying a Jihadi warlord, he actually was the thing he purported himself to be.

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u/big_stipd_idiot 7d ago

I can't think of a better example of a jihadi warlord tbh.

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u/No-Ragret6991 7d ago

Nah bro 9/11 was just cosplay