It’s always so surreal to see ICE killing civilians, the US taking out foreign leaders, taxpayer funding for a genocide, and a looming WWIII, and some people’s biggest takeaway is “wow… we are a joke on the global stage.” This doesn’t feel like the biggest issue.

I love how everyone learned about the 1929 crash in grade school, and yet less than 100 years later we have a mega-industry propped up by PT Barnum acolytes saying that “if you don’t believe AI is the new god, you’re a pussy” and half the country is completely on board with this

I love that the dude said “YouTube is an American country”, honestly the brightest of these losers

Probably worth mentioning that to conservatives, the government’s only role is that of military and police. He’s inflated those budgets and is actively inciting violence against perceived “enemies”. So to conservatives (who believe themselves to be “True Americans”), he’s a perfect leader.

Yeah, I always hesitate when it comes to people who’s opinions sway with whoever currently likes them. The only reason she had this about-face is because Musk fans started eating her alive. She may go conservative again if someone on BlueSky is mean to her

I recognize this but I don’t know where from, which is disconcerting

Nah, this is a perennial joke. Doesn’t get old

I love that these people always sound so awkward and uncomfortable when they do this shit. Like, they expect everyone to fly off the handle at their antics, but when someone just looks dumbfounded, they realize how awkward they are and stutter

Dr. Oz in the back nodding along, looking very serious about all this. Such a big boy

At a certain point, do guys like this ever think “oh shit, am I siding with EA?” and start walking themselves back, or do they just crave being an asshole?

Won’t do shit to change Trump’s mind, but as a tool to indicate to voters which Dems are pro-Palestine, it is helpful. Good to know who to support next election cycle

Given centrists tend to vote against whoever they perceive as the “whiniest” party, maybe we can delay the irreversible takeover of fascism for a few years by just letting them bitch and complain

Can you imagine dressing like that in the morning, looking in the mirror and unironically thinking “yeah… I’m a hero. People need me.”

Exciting news!

Maybe helpful for the group: is someone able to provide more accurate / correct statistics to counter this? I know we all know this is bs, but we all need actual stats or framing to counter this stuff if asked irl.

On a similar vein, ICE recruitment ads have a similar vibe to the “Buy War Bonds” ad in the Fallout 1 intro cinematic

Every few months there’s a new article like “Meet the New Right” or “A Third Way Think Tank Emerges” and the photo is always a bunch of poorly dressed nerds trying to look very very serious