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Nov 9, 2022 5:52 PM
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jankeydadondc
We're tryin man..
Ithoughtshesaidannul
Us too dude, us too.
Tarmaccian
I genuinely believe Imgur will be primarily politics for the rest of its existence. With no enforcement of tags, there’s no escape.
Dannoboyo
Where is your hilarious content?
jaramo811
Right here
smutfiend
We're trying
FartPoweredPogoStick
Sure, we want you to be entertained too and not annoyed by our struggle. Perfectly understandable.
jaramo811
Thanks for your understanding
HumtyFuckty
Then we are gonna need some help. What happens in the USA never stays in the USA.
jaramo811
Yes, that was fine as long as Hollywood movies were your most recognisable export and not facism
exlurker42
Sorry but...if our political problems transfer that easily that's a y'all problem not an us problem. We need to see to our own house, sure, but we can't MAKE y'all establish your own shit as independent from ours. You have to do that so you don't follow us up or down.
burentsu
As an American I want to see funny memes again too...
Ultratoxic
Listen, we are going through some things right now and if we seem a little bi-polar, well, we've been neglecting our mental health
jaramo811
"A little bi-polar" is an understatement on an almost britisch level
gamer2k4
You won't find them here. Imgur is a permanent liberal echo chamber these days, election or not.
jaramo811
Any advice besides Reddit?
ItsRealTalk
The rest of the world has their own shit to sort. The whole world is tipping in a bad way and pretending it's just the US is silly.
jaramo811
You are right. But at least they have mostly the dignicy to be so unimportant that their problems don't spoil imgurs most viral /s
ArmedandOverclocked
same. it'd be nice if we could go at least 1 day a week without anything political, or human rights violations.
sammyismycat
I'm American and I want see funny memes again.
ImNotReallyADoctor
Maybe the rest of the world needs to be funnier?
Raoul9753
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Raoul9753
aha. Cool.
MadMontyMN
And where are you, @OP, that you have all your shit together?
givedobbieasock
Agree!!
GraemeDynard
But people need to virtue signal for fake internet points by reposting stolen political posts for the 5th time.
BoingBoingBoingBoingBoing
I know right?
Lassannn
Murican here. Sorry to tell you this, but we ain't gonna get our shit together no time soon.
jaramo811
I fear you are right
xj4low
US isn't in the habit of fixing things. We just bandaid it and push it down the road a few years until it all collapses again.
flack9099
In a nutshell the USA and it's 50 states is too large to pull together. you might just as well form different countries
xj4low
Aww hell. As a Texan, I don't want to live in the Confederate States of the Bible Belt. I'll have to move.
OmnesMundiLardum
Based on our history, we've never really had it shit together.
jaramo811
In the same time America was the most modern and promising country of the world. We have believed in you. Make us believe again!
VashTehStampede
Trying! Voted! Demonstrated! Called people to remind them to vote!
jaramo811
You have done well!
VashTehStampede
Can't stop to rest on laurels yet, this midterm was way too close.
jaramo811
Agreed - so stay motivated
VashTehStampede
Get HYPED, STAY HYPED!!
ahorseelbowdeepinme
If only there was a filter for such things /s
jaramo811
Is activated, but not sufficient
Tarmaccian
“PeOpLe NeEd To SeE tHiS!!!” they say, reposting a factually-wrong infographic for the fifth time with misspelled tags. “iT’s ImPoRtAnT!!!”
kaitox
Alas, Runoff elections mean it's gonna last a month longer.
honda4wssi9
The US is hoarding them all in an "emergency meme" stockpile in order to keep spirits high in case of right-wing takeover.
jaramo811
Fort Knock-Knock
honda4wssi9
Yes, but who's there?
jansenart
@OP Well-earned #antipolitics #politics post.
HunterArtisanFarmer
USA wants to see funny memes again too. At least this American does.
Mirilali
This American does as well. But I need to see the results of my state's(AZ) elections to find out if the memes will be coping or celebrating
MrAmalgamate
Politics are depressing, but they are also exceedingly important, especially for the cesspool that is this country. Memes are great though.
DarkRedCape
I’m a Brit, lived in different countries, no other place has feel that people will literally die for some random politician they voted for.
ReignOfError
They won't, really. That's a facade. The thing they'll die for is to persecute the people they hate. The politician too dumb to stay quiet
ReignOfError
is just a face they can rally behind and use as a symbol of that hate. And that's nothing new.
hugemuffin
I'm waiting for politics to be boring again. I shouldn't have to pay attention to politics but here we are because every day... the audacity
hugemuffin
I should be able to check in from time to time to see developments, not babysit the government because there aren't any adults in some rooms
DSREX
They ran the adults out, put in paid professional gas lighters. Politics should have never been boring, like your life depends on it.
MelodiousDissonance
as someone from GA USA please make it stop.
Seanspeed
A lot of left leaning Americans dont understand that getting rid of Trump didn't just magically solve everything. We need to vote EVERY
Frederf
As a left-leaning person that was alarmed/disgusted at GW Bush and saw the rise of pre-Trump Steven Crowder et al. I understand.
Seanspeed
election cycle to ensure Republicans NEVER take power again. It needs to be a part of our routine.
jaramo811
Yes, please stay alert
zFUBARz
Not just election cycles too. grassroots all the time to keep people active and motivated and pressing for change. We need the hippies back.
zxwaffen
Left leaning Americans who think they've got rid of Trump already are dumb.
zxwaffen
Even when he is personally eventually out of politics, what he left behind won't be gone until Republicans see his politics repeatedly fail.
givemeyourpointsplease
You realize that most of the world is pretty fucked up at the moment, right?
jaramo811
Yes. And the USA are a role model for the best and the worst. So please don't fuck up any more, they will follow
givemeyourpointsplease
We sure are tryin. but then again most of us still have to be told NOT to drink bleach, so....
Shadowkrieger
Sorry, fighting Nazi's. Would hope Europe would understand, it takes a couple years.
onlyhalfghost
yeah, that's why we want y'all to get your shit together; we look forward to shitposting with yanks again
jaramo811
Unfortunately yes...
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
I feel like this one is gonna be fought for much longer but at least no large scale violence has happened, yet.
Shadowkrieger
Plenty you could associate with the gqp. Every gun violence is one. Unsolved murders cause archaic gun laws. Like no searchable files.
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
I understand but we are not at civil war, yet. Hopefully not. I'm betting on not, but shit is looking pretty worrying. When I said large (1
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
scale violence, I should have clarified that I meant like actual warfare. Kinda like what Russia failed to do to The Ukraine. I hope (2
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
things don't escalate to that level, though. Why would any reasonable human being want civil war? (3
MAN9000
It's not just the US.
KleptoKea
USA is in a league of its own when it comes to the population tolerating/voting for/electing fascists.
MAN9000
I'd argue that there were several European countries that are as bad or worse.
KleptoKea
I strongly disagree. Also I'm not from Europe, and my country for one wouldn't tolerate even a fraction of the fascism that Americans do.
00LimaRomeo
THE USA IS QUITE DEAFENINGLY LOUD ON THE INTERNET
celestedrake
We should all get our shit together, then. Just because others have stuff to fix too does not mean we can ignore it.
BillHubbard
Translation: It's not just US. And rightfully so. Looking at you, Hungary, Sweden and Italy.
vmos
Yeah, but those other places aren't spamming the popular feed with twitter screenshots of their political shitshows
Sage042000
Whoa, whoa, whoa. There are other funny countries to bug for memes. I'm sure germans have a great sense of humor, right?...right?
jaramo811
I am a German. German comedy can be fine but my demand if too damn high for our little country.
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LaronX
Arguably Trump made Putin confident enough to pull this stunt
aethryll
They aren't talking about Putin. France had a close call, Italy went hard right. UK. It's everywhere.
Masonrig
Right, but complaining about the US is the low-hanging-fruit of internet trolls.
MysticMoe
Other countries are booting their fascist or limiting their power (except Italy), the rest of the world is correcting.
aethryll
France recently had a close call. UK has been pretty conservative awhile now. Spain I think was close too.
Notalizardinahumansuit
UK Conservative is still left in the US tho
aethryll
On some issues, but not on others. Their own policy page, for example, shows support for increased privatization of Healthcare and >
aethryll
Reducing government subsidies, they tolerate immigration to a point but don't really support it, protectionist policies like Brexit, and mor
TheSongofRiver
No we're not. Netherlands here. The right is on a rise. And has been for a couple years now.
MysticMoe
I've heard things aren't great there. I'll be honest, I'm not super familiar, but European left-wing governments still seem to be pretty..
MysticMoe
Corporatist, which isn't good with how things are going, and it's what led to the close race for Macron.
FlaccidHamster
Most developed countries are corporatist because like it or not corporations are the main drivers of the economy
MrRogersNeighborhood
It sure seems that way from my news reading
kamosey
The apathy in the US is what has gotten it to this point. People need to get active on a large scale.
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
I mean, way to oversimplify the problem. Also, that's far from the only problem.
ralphwiggles
Easy for you to say when you're not the one that has to do it.
MAN9000
I set up a anti-fascist booth at the local rodeo and I've been going to prayer meeting at church to discuss their hypocrisy.
MAN9000
I've also attended local rallies and helped address and send out postcards to encourage people to vote.
acuteavocado7
i hope by "it" you solely mean the US and arent trying to blame us for other countries electing fascists. take some responsibility
Clockworkdancerobot
Plenty of countries have their own Trumps and the like. Seems conservatives are pretty shit no matter where.
nasukkin
They got the Trumps (or at least had their Trumps activated) by close contact with America. Ideological ignorance is contagious, sadly.
Xenarion
It's a common thing when the economy goes to shit. Extreme circumstances drive people toward extremism.
SmellingMistake
Almost like an ideology based on the fear of change is just terrible at its core.
Clockworkdancerobot
Conservatives in Canada don't want to challenge abortion because it's "popular" not for any underlying reason.
Algebraicrhombus
Didn't Italy kinda go full fascist AGAIN? No judgment, I'm American - long time left extremist, also long time nazi puncher.