1
The American People
(lemmy.world)
8 downvotes from American people.
And then the red second someone from Europe cracks wise about it, all of them descend upon the poor healthcare haver like a pack of rabid wolves.
For how capable we are of recognizing and hating our own problems, we are equally incapable of hearing about them from anyone else without punching said anyone else in the face for talking shit.
Salutes flag, sheds patriotic tear, admires eagle screeching while spreading its wings before the majestic sunset
I still feel like half of the time the people from Europe are using it as an opportunity to pat themselves on the back for something they were born into. (I can make this criticism because I'm from there)
And ignoring the fact that they just elected a political party that wants to eliminate the very thing they're bragging about, because an immigrant might be able to afford a doctor.
Under the “right” circumstances, any of us could be any of those characters.
“Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3 while 1/3 watches.”—Werner Herzog.
Only this time instead of a silly mustache model, we have a cheeto baked rolley-polley.
Waking up? I'm pretty sure we've been well aware sense the civil war. Most of us are just Squidward.
What a wonderfully horrifying quote
Nah. America had Nazis in the 30s too. We're immune to the most rabid varieties of fascism and authoritarianism because they don't produce all the cool products Americans demand.
Americans might be plagued with racism and bigotry, but we're way too lazy and invested in our own lives for a coup. Literally our bread and circuses are way too good.
Your bread is pretty shit though. One of the things I miss when I'm over for more than a week is actual, good bread.
-
Good bread is expensive or made yourself.
-
It seems pretty common for travelers to lament the lack of good bread like at home. Bread basically a living organism that is ultra local. Good bread like at home really only exists at home. Local water, temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors seem to play a big part.
Ask anyone from New York or New Jersey about getting a good pizza or bagel in another state. It doesn't matter who makes it or if they're using the exact same recipe, perfect bread can evidently not be replicated outside the region. There is even a bagel company in south Florida, catering to snowbirds turned transplants, that claims to use water from that region to make their bagels.
It's not as delicate a matter as you make it out to be. I was just looking for a kind that isn't mushy like toast or full of sugar like a bagle. If classic sourdough or whole grain with an actual crust exist in the US it's not trivial to find for foreign visitors.
Whole Foods has a great bakery. It was a loaf I bought there that inspired me to start making sourdough. Locally, we have "Cuban bread" that I'm pretty sure is really Tampa bread, if you get it at the right bakeries it's great. Supermarket bread is mostly nonsense, is that not true elsewhere?
load more comments
(2 replies)
I'm in VA and I have a couple of spots that sell their food "from NY water shipped daily." Idk it is bomb ass bagels and pizza though. I'm not sure what the water does but I enjoy eating it.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Good bread like at home really only exists at home.
Or at a quality bakery. But those aren't nearly as profitable as fast food joints.
Old-style Korean bakery goods... yummy...
That describes the 2/3rds that's watching or being killed. Our complacency is what makes us vulnerable.
It's selection bias. Folks who resist get stomped on. The folks that remain are increasingly docile.
Repeat this process over and over again - from the Palmer Raids to the Blacklists to the crushing of the Civil Rights / Antiwar movements to the Drug Wars and Terror Wars - until your culture is properly domesticated and you can do whatever you want to them.
load more comments
(4 replies)
We’re immune to the most rabid varieties of fascism
Doubt.jpeg
I think most of us are less apathetic like Squidward and more just exhausted. We care about a lot of the things happening, but there's so much going on we physically can't keep track of, let alone care about, it all, so we don't. We just don't have the mental or emotional energy for it.
........covfefe.
We're all trying to be SpongeBob, but we're all subject to being a Squidward some days.
True
It's not just Americans. As a Canadian we're deeply affected by American situations (plus our own politics). Sometimes the only way to put up with the complex world we live in is a little Squidwardism
I feel for you. On behalf of my country, I would like to apologize for all the bullshit we put you all through. You deserve better neighbors. :(
There are few 'viable solutions' that readily present themselves to the concerned voter, so little gets resolved and issues continue to grow and morph. If you look at things through a state by state lens it becomes more cloudy because state laws will affect more immediate issues and can very likely differ. It's hard to command fifty entities in one direction, all worried about various concerns in various directions. Having faith in this Rube Goldberg machine def makes for a bad time, so apathy and hope suffice. System working as intended, do not investigate.
Honestly, that's why despite as much respect as I have for the Constitution and the founding fathers, I sincerely believe that a parliamentary, rather than federal system, would be far more efficient & effective. Sure, problems could effect faster, but so could solutions.
Very tangentially relevant xkcd
Lol, I love how there's an xkcd at this point for seemingly everything.
Saying "American people" the way the Beastie Boys would say "Another dimension"
Europeans and Americans are natural enemies. Just like Americans and Russians. And Americans and Americans. Damn Americans! You ruined America!
Europa: staring fascisticly from a distance.
Europa: staring from a distance of anywhere between 365 and 601 million miles away...
Broke: my phone autocorrecting to the German spelling.
Bespoke: Your clever joke.
Thank you, I appreciate it :)
Gotta hand it to the politicians and the media. After that Occupy Wallstreet business, they got to work real quick turning Americans against each other. Successful.
Oh right, it's not like we fought a civil war over a hundred years before that, and to this day there are still people here flying the losing sides flag. We've been turning on each other a long time. It's an American tradition at this point.
Turns out that people, in general, are intellectually bankrupt and very easy to manipulate.
Oh hey I think I'm in this picture.
Are you the styrofoam cup
Ah yes, united.
Untied
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)
Lemmy Shitpost
26473 readers
465 users here now
Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.
Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!
Rules:
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means:
-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
...
If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
1.Memes
10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)
Reach out to
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS