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I like a nice range of news and memes on Imgur, but every other week the USA's dystopia flares up, and it's extremely depressing to even think about. The USA is like a non-stop head-shaking machine, even when there isn't a mass shooting, there's the insane politicians, or some disgusting story about a kid who died because of an insane medical system, or a story of someone who went to jail because of the insane legal system, or some infuriating stat about horrible education, or news that lawmakers have successfully restricted freedoms in line with ISIS. It's so depressing that so many citizens have such garbage support, education, and living conditions, to the point they are horribly disadvantaged by policy that that effectively can't change because they don't know any better, exacerbated by a garbage political and voting system. If the average US citizen knew what they were missing out on, I'm sure things would change, but of course there's the world-wide Murdoch plague that ensures that never happens. I would love to help, but the only thing that I think can work is education, and this post is about the limit of my power.
*Front page edit* Subscribe to me on YouTube or whatever.
DangerIsMyMiddleName
I have thought this often, but haven' articulated it in words quite so well. I even stop using imgur for a few days when it gets too much.
TheOnePristineMonk
I'm an American, I want to turn off American news on imgur.
turdly
Remember when imgur was just cats and Dickbutt? I miss that.
NytmareVii
Or if the people I mutes posts would actually stop appearing.
biscuittaker
I completely agree. This site is rarely the fun it used to be because of the polarised politics in the US. It's a nonstop barrage of tragedy
khety1890
I enjoy the political posts, if that’s the right word. What happens over there has an influence on us. It’s important.
chetnixandflill
I'm so fucking sick of that shithole country.
Harbltron
As a Canadian I am compelled to follow the madness because the US being our direct neighbor is like living with a dangerous sociopath.
minoshirokin
You might be able to filter it out by blocking politics or certain tags like, USA, news, or depressing.
Vegadr0ne
Right? I tried looking at just the Funny tag last night, but people still tag the shooting as funny. Trying to get more traction?
cirunz
This comes with exceptional timing:
CmdrAdama
Peanut and panko?
Madv1lla1n
Give it a few more years of degradation and the frame subjects will have switched places.. A Kitten?!/The President Ate A Baby! Ha Ha
tounushi
"The president ate a baby" It's AWW-RIGHTTT!
Harbltron
I mean we need some way to blow-off steam or we would all go mad.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
Icantthinkofaname2
We aren't mad enough yet, then
sidParker
These days the mad amongst us want everyone else also perpetually outraged, and IMO it is exhausting and unhelpful.
LanceBanson
I just wanna grill, for god's sake! /s
Dalael
I cannot agree more. And so many ppl refuse to tag shit so we cant even avoid it.i lost count of how many usersvi have to mute.
Ein0r
My friends stopped visiting imgur during Trump election posting. I'm too stupid and still hang around...
chooseavalidusername
100%. Imgur used to be a fun escape, now it's just ads and depression!
ComcastLover
People also tend to twist literally every situation to be about the US as well.
WontSomeonePleaseThinkOfTheChildren
As an American, I feel the same. Way too often I weep for the inhumanity my country just fucking oozes.
Someshithead241
Every other week? Bro, it's literally 24/7. And even on the posts where you avoid it, there's always some fuckstick who *has* to bring
Someshithead241
Trump or some other shit up in a completely unrelated post. Filtering, and the abundance of nudes, is why Reddit is better. I mean it has
Someshithead241
All the same memes anyways.
Ricobe9
You can block certain tags and reduce the amount of certain topics like politics
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
Yeah, agreed. Instead of being the escape from Doomscrolling it used to be, IMGUR now IS my Doomscroll.
OhNoDontTouch
sounds pretty cool, like.. "nothing can stop us now that the Doomscroll is ours!"
ziralien
I wish the USA would get its shit together so there wouldn't be so much news.
HandoB4Javert
Or mostly good news like universal healthcare makes it possible to use without money entering the decision to get better.
Thephedora
As an American me too
gonzar09
Am American. 100% agree.
playingdead2022
How else we gonna keep you entertained
AsianLeprechaun
I live here, same.
WarpHype
This. Please don’t tune out our misery. Who will save us if the world turns the other cheek?
Jherden
Yeah, we do to. Imagine living here. It's miserable.
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
God me too and I fucking love here. Every time a group of us get together and try to progress the orangutans minions start screeching and -/
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
Rubbing shit all over the place until the rest of the tournament caves and it drives us insane. \-
sometimeslifehandsyouapples
City, state, nationwide election but its not working and I feel like we are drowning
noodie
Yep I do too....
sometimeslifehandsyouapples
I had a massive meltdown over the phone. Oh and covid cant leave that out. I made myself sick, massive headache for 24 hrs. I vote, on all c
MrKnowItAll1903
The trend would suggest the opposite of them getting their shit together.
witalaska4
HEY!! We are trying our best but Conservative-Christians & Republicans alike are the root cause to this whole mess we’re in right now.
SilenceFailed
Bahaha, as a fellow American it seems you forgot about voting other parties. The citizens are a problem, too. If you voted GOP/DEM... Cry.
RedWingedBlackbirds
Use your vote however you choose. But the upcoming elections will determine if GOP marches us into fascism. If they win we'll all be crying
SilenceFailed
That's the point. Vote another party or write someone in and they won't be able to. It'll force them to follow the people or be corrupt.
RedWingedBlackbirds
Unfortunately not in upcoming cycle of elections. The Democrats need indisputable landslides to vote the Republicans out, to ever get there.
JoeT85
As an American, We're trying, but sadly, we're not making a lot of progress. And I wish i could turn off the news too.
razCehT
Us too
stonecoldpuma
It won't. You're probably watching the fall of an empire in real time.
Broberry
It's weird how on imgur I see US decaying in real time, and on my local news there are US diplomats talking about integrity and prosperity
Salpinus
At the very least there's not the daily embarrassments of the US president?
FrictionBurns
329.5 million people in USA, there bound to be some shit happening. I worry about my brother who lives there. pick your fights. you have U
sometimeslifehandsyouapples
Im American. I got so worked up over all our bs: guns,abortion, birth control, racism, political apathy, ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN PHYSCOTIC BS
HandoB4Javert
Metallica93
And, sometime during that process, I hope we fix the media. No more 24/7 bullshit. No more Fox. No more Musk Tweet crap. Just. Journalism.
Grimmn
Ah, Senator Armstrong. Good to see you posting.
Metallica93
?
Grimmn
Not sure why I got the downvotes, but I was making a reference. What you said here was similar to something a character said in a game.
Grimmn
From memory 'fuck this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit', which I remembered when seeing your '24/7 bullshit' remark.
M4GNETR0N
Yeah that ls not how this works. There will always be news that sucks. Its the sheer stupidity of US events that is the problem
Gestalt7
I'm afraid that would never happen. Publications have always been about circulation and rage gets numbers. We're fucked
Serenitis
Journalism won't be coming back in our lifetimes. Read about this for more anger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine
rusrsdude
Now imagine if they got rid of met neutrality.
rusrsdude
Net*
KommSusserTod
I remember a long long time ago they used cheap yellow pulp paper to print tabloid news, called it yellow journalism. That's what this is.
Metallica93
Why not in our lifetimes? That reads as just another political hurdle (like all the rest). It can still be accomplished.
Goblor
Agreed I just wanna see cats man. And memes to share. But usersub OC downvoted trump ridicule posts upvoted it's cringe
TinyTrucker
As an American. Yeah me too but people are scared of too much change and won't do what's necessarily needed to overhaul a broken system.
Croatoan45
As an American, i wish we would too. But the people in power really like their power.
Salpinus
I reckon a million people surrounding the Congress, with a guillotine chanting les Miserable songs would work
RedWingedBlackbirds
Please everyone vote. Especially in the midterms. https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/
cyanideremark
what scares me more is how other Western media and politics has increasingly tried to copy the US. Commercialism, ratings, clicks etc....
rebelcoil
A lot of other coutries Media i owned by USA companies, they also offten don't pay taxes in the country they operate.
jamo718
Citizens of other countries are smarter than the average US citizen. A lot of them can see through the bs.
jesuisgur
Tell that to the people in Hungary...
ArcanistMMXIV
The USA system works very well for the people on the top.
cyanideremark
I'm just hoping it make voters in other Western democracies like my own smarter and more shrewd to the BS.
jerkittoanything
Propaganda for the ultra wealthy works wonders and capitalists will always side with fascists if you try to give workers power.
cyanideremark
Quietly pleased with a somewhat Left swing in the recent Aussie Federal election, despite a few little Trump-lite blow hards.
Autittuderp
Why wouldn't they? It *worked* for them and made them stupider rich.
cyanideremark
I'm just hoping it make voters in other Western democracies like my own smarter and more shrewd to the BS.
Autittuderp
One would hope...I see the greedy bastards in my country borrowing from the playbook.
LurkerOfDarkness
It made the rich richer, but the vast majority poorer.
Autittuderp
Yep...they don't care who it didn't work for...
Lastcentura
That country is fucked
FuzzyX
It is fixable but they live in ignorance and arrogance while tolerating failure in their leadership.
LeroyJS
This about sums it up.
Jandegrote
That is just the outcome of years and years of propaganda.
Perfzilla
Sorry that our dystopian hellscape depresses you, I'd be more sympathetic but I'm busy living in it.
theworldcouldbeflat
Be a Refugee stop living in it.
AllHailTechnoViking
And yet y'all don't seem to really want to change anything.
AllHailTechnoViking
Complaining within your own bubble is completely useless.
Fuckme721
Yeah, no, you're right. This site should absolutely have a filter for it. This is supposed to be an entertainment site. I got here for fun.¹
Fuckme721
But now it's all political shit about things most people who comment don't actually know much about. I'm here for MEMES not rage, you twats²
SexyKetchupFactory
Didn't see the superscript 1 on the first post, so I thought the 2 was an exponent. Like, "You're such idiots, you're twats squared."
Fuckme721
Lmao, well, that's certainly how I felt when I wrote it ?
shorey66
There's a politics filter that gets rid of a lot of it
theworldcouldbeflat
I think you missed the point of the post. American political stuff makes me question why aren't you killing people like Ted Cruz. We'd kill
theworldcouldbeflat
our politicians if COVID made us turn parking lots into Hospitals or for the whole Texas power Grid thing. The amount of bad stuff that
theworldcouldbeflat
happens in the US is tremendous An American belief in their countries supremacy despite qualifying as refugees in the 'Free world'.
LePlebArmy
How do I filter it? Plz
QueenOfTheFey
How do we use it?
AllHailTechnoViking
If only more people would use it. As is jot even half of them tag their complaints.
ImgurPlz
Its a warning to everyone. You should be aware of the hellscape that could arrive on your shores if you let right wing fascists grow.
OhNoDontTouch
I think the whole WWII/nazi/almost losing all of Europe dealio was enough of a "warning" for just about every other country.
Kehy
That's a great mindset for allowing it to grow
ImgurPlz
Farage in UK, LePen in France, Orban in Hungary, Lukashenko in Belarus, Erdogan in Turkey.... You aren't paying attention.
Skr121
I've muted a few users who only do politics. Cuts down on about 33%.
Vicentum
That's a great idea! haven't thought about that.
SomethingNiceAndSimple
How do you mute other users?
Skr121
Bring up their profile, 3 dots at the top, mute user.
SomethingNiceAndSimple
Legend! Thank you! ^_^
joinha
good tip!
Enigmastick
I have started to do this too, but the muting doesn't seem to work until you close the tab and come back.
BondulanceDispatch
Care to publish the list so we can all mute them too. Maybe we could crowd source a ‘mute America list’
Santorrr
A-mute-rica
Skr121
I'm actually pretty uncomfortable publishing a list. Thought about it, but i feel uncomfortable.
BondulanceDispatch
That’s totally fine. I was being a bit flippant and didn’t really expect you to. It’s a great tip though thanks.
Graywolf313
I'm in America and I'd like to mute America.
Anonymous12031981
Plz!
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I'm starting to go back to imgur less and less. It's just dokmscrolling at this point and I'm too fragile as it's
LylaLexie
It’s what?
Sanguinius4893
Doomscrolling
OhNoDontTouch
they said they're already too fragile as it's. it sounds weird ending sentences in certain contractions, but they're free to do as they'll.
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
It was a typo, but what I said still says the same thing. This is hilarious to me xD
LylaLexie
mediumnonstickskillet
Just wait till we all start running away and showing up in your country. Broke, scared, and demanding to talk with the manager.
AmurTiger
Leave your guns and political parties at the border, sign up for socialist Heathcare, Car Insurance and Utilities and it'll be fine.
blackmetalcoyote
Hilariously well put. Someone needs to photoshop Karens into the trailer for World War Z and bring this to life. Or is that too scary?
DoomKitty01
That's okay :) Come over. While our systems are corrupt and shitty it's still so much better than the US :)
Raeilgunne
while I'd love to, and thank you, if everyone sane left, it would leave the country in a state similar to a schizophrenic going off meds /1
Raeilgunne
except that schizophrenic lives in a giant armory and has the nuclear option. /2
OhNoDontTouch
exactly. I grew up thinking how lucky I was to be born in America™ but now I see that here, I have the responsibility to fight to turn this→
OhNoDontTouch
→country into what I was tricked into believing it already was.
markcan
Canadian living on the US border here. Sorry about what's happening down there, but got cold beer waiting for ya.
valaja
We already take in people that are willing to work 2 jobs worth for shit pay, so why not. Pls no MAGAs tho, we have enough lunatics in EU.
theworldcouldbeflat
Well part of the biggest problem is that Americans don't get that the country is so bad they qualify as refugees.
shorey66
Any refugee from the broken USA is welcome in the UK. If you have medical experience the NHS would like to sponsor you.
CaramelizedOnions
I'm a nurse aide working on my RN, then my BSN right after. I'm hoping to move in 2025. Do y'all need nurse aides?
CaramelizedOnions
We don't have guns and never wanted any of this madness
shorey66
Absolutely. You'd be most welcome.
QueenOfTheFey
Canada does, if you wanna come here
Curii
If you promise to leave the religious based stupidity at the airport, and not take the piss: Welcome aboard RMS Britain!
Waaaaghhumbug
You can help us deal with our gammon problem, they're very similar to your gops, but without the guns.
Curii
Please ignore this. Most people in the UK are not racist, and quite pleasant.
justadudewholovescats
How would a Brit say “they terked our derps”?
Curii
Sorry, I have no idea what you're trying to say. But the UK has many accents and languages. For example the welsh would spray you with >>>
Curii
phlegm, and the Glaswegians would kiss you. I'm sure you'll find someone whom that makes sense too. Try Norfolk.
Schitzoflink
I think its a reference to the South Park episode where everyone is saying "They took our jobs" but with a twist then add internet culture
Betterbecauseofthem
You think it's bad? Try living here
annoyingpeoplewithmyheathencomments
if people didn't only focus on the bad, it wouldn't look so grim
Betterbecauseofthem
Like many/most countries, there are demographics that are rewarded, punished, or left alone. For those in a constant state of struggle (1/2)
Betterbecauseofthem
Like me, The negative/grim is all that is seen everyday. I / they are so damn tired
Hendlton
Fuck no. You'd have to pay me many millions to move to a country like the USA.
Harsamina
A million dollars won't cover your cancer treatment. $50million, and you'll be prolly be fine if u invest some of it.
Hendlton
Yes. 50 is many millions.
Harsamina
Ope! I misread "many" and just saw the "a". My ADHD meds hadn't kicked in yet, and I flew past the rest of the word.
Hendlton
No problem. I do that a lot too. It's like my brain just decides to use autocorrect. It even happens when typing.
Eckmatarum
No thanks.
CheddarBae
Exactly. I was about to post this. Us Americans don't even want to be here. Half of our nation is totally brainwashed.
AllHailTechnoViking
It's only venting then?
CheddarBae
Idk wtf it is anymore. If a lot of my family didn't live in cartel country, I would've been moved to Mexico. *sigh*
BrutalAnalSeepage
It's too expensive to emigrate
LordSintax79
^ Truth. I looked into it seriously when we elected the orange one. It costs about $5000, or I'd already be gone. Got family up in PEI.
BrutalAnalSeepage
The orange one ?
Merdock
I honestly don't know how non-americans deal with all of the very American stuff on imgur. It seems like it's everywhere
thewalkinged
My brain has got pretty good at telling my thumb to swipe it away almost automatically
ArgentManor
That's it, more political posts about the US, just swipe right.
tarrynh2718
I find it depressing because we can't do anything about it. We can't vote so we have to sit back and watch chaos helplessly.
HaplotypeX
You messed up with my country and now you mess up my Imgur !!
Merdock
I woke up to a lot of comments. Thank you everyone, it's good to hear an outside perspective.
MADchemEE
Depression? Existential crises? Doom scrolling? Exasperation & despair? Some combination of the above...
Ink41d0
Simple; thank every person in our history that DIDN'T let or make it go to shit, swear to continue their work, & enjoy non-dystopian life.
S33KER
I either troll or write some shitty comment in the limit I have and wait for results. Anything else is pointless.
1LiterMilk
It's tiring. I'm coming to Imgur for fun, not american politics or news.
grimnorseman
It's like watching Jerry Springer, but with guest with very low iq...
Mighty1
It is comforting to know that problems in your country are nothing compared to the USAs problems. Except if you live in Ukraine.
soulofshamalamadingdong
This, so much this. As a European I come here for memes, not American political doomscrolling, which is all there is these days
cutepiku
As a Canadian, same. The internet is very American centric and it's pretty inescapable.
Kehy
Imgur in particular is based on the US and much of the user base is in the US. It probably contributes to the illusion
LordElups
Yup, I lost my cool with it this morning and upset some Americans.
Kehy
The fact is the internet was born in America, but there's nothing stopping anyone else from developing key places in it
WhoAteAllTheBananasAndTookAShitOnTheCarpet
It's fucked mate, wish we dinnae have to.
lotny
Feels like watching 24h news cycle with some breaks for memes
Holdmyhectocotylus
Once I get the initial news, I close Imgur for the day. Try again later. Rinse and repeat.
Ant1eX
I usually downvote and skip after seeing that it's about it. Yeah, for sure you got a lot of stuff going on, but it's become so much
ForceKinTim
I often switch to random and laugh at 2014 memes or people thinking 2016 was bad
JangoF76
When something major happens I just avoid Imgur for 3-4 days. I also routinely mute people who post a lot of US-centric political stuff
DigiBoxi
I just downvote every post that mentions Trump, GOP or any other american politics thing. :<
smellsmiketeenspirit
They downvote it and get called Russian shills, maga hats or baby killers.
Lvaneede
Imgur has convinced me that the USA is an awful country
Kehy
Is fantastic if you take away anyone in a position of power. The land is astounding, the everyday people are often fine if you can break the
MyNameInYourBlood
Southerners are a pain in the ass because of their sheer stupidity.
Kehy
Being from the north, I'm trying to be nice
Dolenmorgul
We call it disaster tourism, we complain about our countries, come here for a minute and think thank god I don't live in that shit hole
LordCrisp
Spending much less time here... still pop up every now and then, but USA uses all "the space" so I quickly loose interest again
WrongUn
We have no choice. Every political poster tags them "funny" as well so searching for that doesn't make a difference
WaterYourPlants
I am sorry, yesterday I chose Random, couldn't deal with all that. Too sad even for me, on the other side of the world.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
We get depressed, and then realise we don't actually live there, and then there's a sense of relief.
jery007
We are consuming an American product. There's gonna be American stuff.
Tariq182
I got rid of the app for 3 months. Fed up with the ads and US politics. Just reinstalled, don't think I've really missed much
AllHailTechnoViking
I'm about to quit Imgur. They all think that shouting into their own bubble is gonna change their society.
MugenEXE
It’s depressing. We’re all too mildly comfortable and scared to be inconvenienced fighting for solutions. And I feel old.
Noodlesocks
I just mute the accounts that post nothing but news and foreign political stuff.
gimme
It's interesting because I like keeping updated about what's happening, but it does get a lot. I scroll a lot now.
jointhorse
Visiting less, and muting anyone whose last posts have been about politics, war, weapons etc. Helps a little, but there's always more..
Goblor
auto swipe away, everything just has to be about politics now on the internet, mini reddit alright.
MedicSailor
Considering it is an American made and based app, it's not a surprise. Maybe they can region lock imgur content though.
surelyoneoftheseusernamesisavailable
Morbid curiosity
Saici
Blissful ignorance to society's issues is a luxury US & EU are running out of. Avoid doomscrolling but engage with politics. We need change.
KiwiGameDev
Mostly I scroll very VERY fast but it also puts some of my life stuff in context so not all bad!
MushinMan
Norwegian here. I've been doomscrolling the past three days. My best friend is is from CA. They're non-binary and are desperately working/-
MushinMan
To get a greencard. They live far North in Tromsø, and my heart breaks for them, and all those innocent oppressed americans every day
Merdock
I'm trying to convince my wife to have us leave the US. I think she thinks I'm joking. I plan on using vacations to check out possible 1/
Merdock
Locations. I'm thinking NZ or Iceland. Sounds like your friend has it rough, I wish them the best. 2/2
Sxualhrssmntpanda
Consider checking out Ireland, too. Lovely people, lovely place to live and no language barrier.
WhereIsMyAppleQuava
Things I do: Stop visiting Imgur for a bit, hit random mode and enjoy the old stuff, search by tag, avoid political/emotional titled posts.
Esdog
It's a freak show, there are still gems, not many.
RagingNorseman
Easy! Just offer a non-idiotic opposing view and watch everyone lose their mind.
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
Personally I just swipe past. Bit like a bad tinder match.
Sibep
I rarely use imgur anymore because of it. It's been going on since about 2016 now, where half the posts are about Americas issues. Not fun.
kiwikidsareweetbixkuds
Swipe left. Its all you can do..
Lastcentura
Fucks with my brain I have horrible anxiety have to constantly tell myself it's not happening in my country
DrArsMoriendi
I know of American politics, but long ass misinformed tirades get downvoted
dukegonzo
Which bit is misinformed to you?
DrArsMoriendi
Usually on imgur, it's evangelism or teenagers flirting with revolutionary communism.
ThereAreSomeWhoCallMe
Especially that last one is more and more prevalent these days.. "bring out the guillotines" "fuck all capitalism" talk
Ricobe9
That has nothing to do with communism
dukegonzo
I haven't seen either of those things on Imgur. I'd say most Imgur users are atheist/agnostic and at most the 'communism' is light socialism
DrArsMoriendi
There is a lets-murder-billionaires pull on the FP sometimes. Those people don't know what they're doing.
cosonfused
filters
varsipieru
I used to travel to US a lot with my former company. One obvious thing was that at any point in time, there was one topic covered in every >
varsipieru
tv news channel and radio station. Same is visible here, even though there is a lot of other topics and memes to fill in the gaps. >
varsipieru
Personally I just can’t stomach all the posts about US politicians, weird legislations, fucked up election system, lack of health care >
varsipieru
and so on. At some point I just skip all posts with a tweet or the face of Cruz or Trump ?
varsipieru
(Greetings from Finland - wishing you guys really pulled your shit together for folks to have a decent, human life in peace w/ each other)
Venfolnir
Some times I just shake my head and sigh.
CaptainAsshat
It is, but the country is moving towards collapse so it's understandable.
BenderBenderBender
Thanks for your understanding. I’m still sorry though.
maincarrot
Canada has gotten so intimate with USA politics that a canadian said, "well whatever the equivalent of 1st amendment is in Canada!" in court
maincarrot
The judge was like "lol wut?" People gave more shit about Trump at my work than they did about our own prime minister. Some of them were
maincarrot
just echoing "he tells it how it is" 3 years into his presidency. And trying to defend him. Dude. We're in fucking Canada. Neither of us can
maincarrot
vote on the fucking guy, or who the next person is. Shut fuck up about that shit. Let's talk about our own god damn country.
maincarrot
... anyways, so yeah, USA politics gets pushed onto everyone outside the USA. DILLIGAF. It would be nice to *chef Ramsey* SWITCH IT OFF!!
junkgoof
As a Canadian we are, unfortunately, affected by the gullible mass of voters to the south. They even fund racist protests here.
ThatOneGuyFromTv
Idk about desktop, but there's a "Politics" filter it tends to knock out a decent amount of the news
RomanSnow
Funny enough therapist are starting to run into issues where younger generations just don't see the point in trying anymore. We have 1/?
RomanSnow
An increase in depression and hopelessness because of it all. So we aren't really dealing with it well to be honest. Just hiding it well 2/2
ProphetOfPhil
Tbh I just ignore those posts and don't interact with them. I'm here for memes and fun times, not bad news or those "child killer" posts.
WillJeSuis
You just get used to it "Oh, another school shooting? How many is that now? Oh another incident of bad police, how many is that now?"
NinjaCongo
In horror, as your shit soon gets exported here.
Outlavv
It negatively affects my mood on a daily basis. It rly is a plague on the internet
Peachcappuccino
It filters into our own politics. The world follows the US unfortunately.
Fuckme721
Honestly I'm avoiding imgur more often. Ever since this site was bought, this type of propaganda trap setting was an eventuality.
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Fuckme721
They did not. But I did.
feildmiceandfriedmushrooms
So much this. Imgur is now a tool for propaganda as much as any other news outlet. I agree with the sentiments but also can see the machine
syrick
It's enough of a reason to not even use the site
jbayb
Ready to delete Imgur. Full of american circus news. Depressing shit that sounds fictional - Aussie.
Kehy
Just do it, the app sucks and the site is buggy as well
JusticePhrall
America's like a really poorly done dystopian sci-fi movie that going straight-to-video. "People just don't act like that."
tarquinious
Like watching a daily train wreck, that another train crashes into, then a fire starts, it explodes, then another train hits that pileup...
Woestkonijn
The Glendale Traincrash.
IOnlyNeedOneBall
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
"There were no survivors."
FrostedBlues
No words can describe how much pity is felt for most the people and the bewildered rage at them allowing all this to happen at the same time
ByMyOwnDesign
Oh so you've been here I see. How was your visit?
wababooba
Don’t forget the poop
Norwegurian
So amber heard was on the train?
wababooba
Yes, but only metaphorically
wababooba
Poop everywhere
Zeus541
That's why trains have a caboose
AmurTiger
Then a plane just crashes right into the fire, then a hurricane amps up the fire and incinerates the firefighters, etc etc disaster.
IceKarma
Need to include a tornado in the mix. XD
SoulRetriever
It's easy, you just stop coming to Imgur. I've been opening the app less and less over the past year and just avoid it when the US flares up
DeltaBlast
And yet here you are, commenting.
pintDMG
DeltaBlast
The difference is this person doesn't say "we should improve society" but he says "stop coming here, as I do" yet here he is.
Xerrai
Just block the tags news/politics? Worked for cosplay when i did it anyway
SoulRetriever
To be honest I wasn't aware you could block them. I just open the app and go through most viral. So I'll give that a try thanks.
Aechily
Same.
purplehexagon
Yeah, sort of this.I've try to check more Following but since it's not as easy to swipe as most viral/usersub,I don’t come to Imgur as often
ButtTrumpett
Yah I subscribe to some meme dump posters, alpha structural, some science peeps and try to avoid doom scrolling.
CubwardOHulihan
Thats a very typically American answer. If you dont like it, go somewhere else. Don't try and fix the problem, just ignore it.
MasterHaggisHunterInTheHills
I'm looking on from Europe... Why is it my responsibility to fix problems at the other side of the world, not the people actually in the US?
YurgenGrimwood
It's not our country, not our problems, not our fight. That's the difference. Nothing good comes from us getting depressed about it.
michellishelli2000
Not sure how you expect a random Canadian to solve all of the USA's problems, but I suppose I can try...
stonecoldpuma
The problem is there are too many problems to fix at this point, and the country is too divided to even try.
pintDMG
I mean, it's also the answer of non-Americans who cba to deal with the circle jerk of doom every day anymore and go someplace else instead.
CubwardOHulihan
Good point. Perhaps, nationalist, would be a better word. I've yet to meet an American that wasn't.
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
You haven't met an American that wasn't a nationalist? Almost everyone I know wants to burn this bitch down as much as I do.Even my grandpa!
SoulRetriever
As someone from the UK I don't think it's my responsibility to fix the American's problems. We have our own issues to worry about.
xSapphire
Canadian here. It feels like living in an apartment above a meth lab. I fear for you guys.
DanFendi
We are being used as a test market for authoritarianism. Once they've got us, they're coming for you next.
daSilverBadger
The truth is in the comments. Rumblings of fascism everywhere, actual implementation here in the US. We’re the test bed.
daSilverBadger
Remember, always run your test case with a straw man. As dumb and ridiculous as Trump was, look how far they got. The real push is next.
thedarkcanuck
I like to stay a little bit informed for that reason. When that meth lab finally blows up, we're gonna see some heavy consequences of it
Chrono4
Muting users who only post these things helps me.
Fuckme721
I'll have to try that.
KoryNunn
"Why do mass shootings keep happening?" *Gestures to everything*
DarkConspirator
Trust me. Us Americans wish it would all stop too. This is not a happy place to live, we want change, but it's all rigged against us.
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DarkConspirator
And that is a problem we are aware of. Unfortunately, far too many don't care and they have all of the power in our rigged system.
tarnok
Because Americans won't institute proper gun laws. It's really that simple. Other countries don't have weekly mass shootings
Snarkywisecrack
Weekly?! Daily... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022?wprov=sfla1
tarnok
Itspronouncedimmature
This post is not wasted, well said and hopefully it will help alot of others to turn off the static in their lives too...godspeed friend
le3000
It feels like the whole wapen thing,.. in the rest of the world only criminals know things about guns/wapens
Crowlands
Plenty of other countries have people who know about firearms. But they're sensibly controlled, they don't have news hosts and politicians -
Crowlands
- actively advocating for terrorism, mental health services are available, medical bankruptcy isn't a thing, economic mobility exists...
Crowlands
America is full of deranged, violence indoctrinated, hopeless people. That's what happens when one of the two major parties, half the -
Crowlands
- government, is a terrorist organisation full of anti-American assets.
Snarkywisecrack
As I was reading your post a notification came up for a shootout in Oklahoma. One dead, seven wounded, no suspects. God, Goddess help us.
flamefromHalo
About 45% of civilian fire arms are owned by 5% of the world population, it is simple math.
AllHailTechnoViking
So? This math alone does not change anything. Neither does complaining on Imgur.
flamefromHalo
I wasn't complaining, the opposite actually, I was saying shootings happen cause US has more civilian firearms.
Quietkitsune
That's the wildest thing, is hearing the GOP come -this close- to putting two and two together. They've deflected so hard away from guns 1/?
Quietkitsune
that they're almost acknowledging that material and political conditions in our society aren't healthy and breed these kinds of outcomes 2/3
Quietkitsune
But they can't offer actual solutions to those problems either because they're anathema to GOP ideology. And then there's the dipshits 3/4
Quietkitsune
blaming CRT, trans people, or whatever outrage scapegoat du jour, no matter how spurious, while doubling down on more guns everywhere 4/4
Stanleyy122sgp
You can filter news tags and politics tags.
AllHailTechnoViking
Only 1 in 5 posts about this sh*t has th3se tags.
BillHubbard
That would be a bit too broad a filter.
circegirl
At least americans finally seem to be angry and want something to change. Previous shootings they're like 'wow how could this have happened?
AllHailTechnoViking
*Imgurian Americans seem to be angry. Those are generally the progressives. All these posts only reach their own bubble.
DarkConspirator
We've been angry.
AllHailTechnoViking
No nearly angry enough to act on it.
GuyWithDog
You missed the last decades, their presidents, their governments etc. You just geta glimpse of another bubble now
palmo
Bullshit. We've been saying this and we've been outraged for two decades.
AllHailTechnoViking
Not outrages enough to really do something about it obviously.
palmo
Fuck off. We've been trying to get it done for decades. We made progress them Bush let that shit expire. Ever since then we get stopped (1
palmo
By the Republican minority. The same reason we couldn't have actual lockdowns, or healthcare, or legal weed, or affordable housing. (2
GrumpyOldMillennial
I mean, we've been fucking pissed for twenty years and yet, we average more mass shootings than days in the year. Nothing will EVER change.
cmsport2
Sure it will. Just not in our lifetimes. And it will get worse before it gets better. History is cyclical. If that brings you any comfort.
OhNoDontTouch
oh, things will change.. but not for the better.
circegirl
Hello - it's all your fucking guns!!! Guns that no-one has any legitimate need for!!!
Thatsadownvotin
Trust me, a lot of us Americans know this. We have a money, leadership, and electorate problem that stonewalls change
Thatsadownvotin
Here's my dumbfuck GOP senator: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-shooter-nra-johnson-door-b2087544.html
Thatsadownvotin
This, too: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-johnson-wokeness-crt-school-shootings-b2089427.html
Mannus
Guns don't just magically move on their on. It takes an individual to make them shoot. Also It called the Bill of Rights, not needs.
Froggie243
Luckily those kids inalienable rights come first!
eetsumkaus
Yes, congratulations. You identified the problem. Let's just erase all the guns and problem solved!
stefantsorn
Would be a start
Kallas267
Were that feasibly an option, yes, the problem *would* be solved! Guns *are* the problem. Mass knifings are hilariously rare comparatively.
eetsumkaus
you got the closest out of the replies, but still so far. Like sure, tell the depressed person to "just stop being sad". That'll help
onepinksheep
Other countries seem to do pretty well. Maybe the difference is that many Americans are massive fuckwads about guns.
onepinksheep
It's pretty telling that not one gun apologist has managed to answer this simple question: why do mass shootings of this scale and 1/?