I’m glad I got to visit DC in October. My company had a meetup there and it was genuinely a cool city with lots of neat bars.
Like fuck I’m visiting it or the USA again any time again soon though
Glad you had a good time. I understand. :(
Are you from DC? If so, I hope to get to visit your city again in more stable times. I’m from Ottawa, CAN so we’re capital bros 🤜🤛.
We’re not as big of a city but worth visiting imo
Both cities have great museums. Someday I’ll see the Smithsonian Air Museum annex, but not any time soon.
Ya get what ya vote for.
DC voted 90%+ for Harris. There’s almost no chance he voted for this.
Sorry, it’s been ten years of this. I’m kinda done with giving nuance to Americans.
Harsh? Maybe, but when even the Democrats are caving in to Trump’s demands for fuck all reason, I’m just done caring about what the thoughts of people down South are.
Literally been told by “left-wing” Americans that my thoughts and opinions on their politics don’t matter even with the bullshit going on, and all I can think of is how I as someone over the border wouldn’t have to fucking care if they treated this guy like the fucking threat they supposedly see him as rather than do nothing more than tell people to vote as if that’s some big fucking accomplishment.
If getting out to vote is supposedly all that people could have done against this and nothing else (their words and actions, not mine), then yeah, ya get what ya vote for.
I’m kinda done with giving nuance to Americans.
Exactly the kind of sentiment the people in power making these batshit decisions want. They want people making vapid generalizations, they want people reacting instead of thinking. Acting out against each other instead of working together.
You’re sick of this shit? We have to fucking live it. You want to give up? Fine. But don’t blame others when things don’t get better, while you sit on your high horse and the world burns around you. Cause it sure as fuck isn’t limited to the US, it’s just easier to ignore everything but because the US when they’re falling so far from where most people there thought they were.
I’ll rephrase it for you: You get what you don’t resist. Also known as: History is made by the people who show up. The crux of the issue is that when it mattered, most people in America didn’t show up (and no, I’m not talking about election day). Americans collectively share responsibility for not showing up, and nothing is going to change until they decide to show up. It’s that simple.
Arguably, the systems that have lobotomized the US were set up by people who are so old they’re becoming president or dead. Lots of money is spent to make it hard to even see what is going on, let alone how to do something about it.
Oh get over yourself. You people swear you’re fighting the good fight by thinking. That’s the whole problem. All anyone does is think, no action. Then it’s shocked pikachu face.
To people all over the world, ignore this type of bleating. This is the same rhetoric the dems use and thanks to them we’re now the dumb reich.
I ain’t the one giving up, I’ve hardly bought a single U.S. made product at the store since this nonsense started, and this entire ordeal has invigorated me to get more involved with my community and organizations that stand for the causes I believe in. I take a look at how voters and party members down south act for the most part on BOTH sides of the aisle, and the big conclusion I constantly come to is how Americans just seem to have a knack to give up on anything that supposedly matters to them.
I can go on all day about things that have happened over the years that have led me to that conclusion, but quite frankly it’s a lost cause if it takes someone outside borders to explain politics within them, assuming that people will even care or respect what people have to say outside borders to begin with.
Now imagine how much worse it is actually being here and being one of the targeted groups.
Like someone who’s home is under threat of annexation?
Yeah dude that’s probably worse than being forcibly detransitioned and sent to a camp in Guantanamo or El Salvador.
As a Canadian who’s sick of Amerikkkas shit, yeah… both can be bad at the same time. They don’t exist in a vacuum from one another.
I’m not saying it’s not bad or scary, I’m saying it’s worse to be here and a target. Living in Canada is the fucking dream for some people here right now. You’d think this wouldn’t be particularly outrageous to say, and yet.
That stuff isn’t happening here (yet) because we’re fighting in ways that you refused to for the last decade. Even then, that fight involves sacrificing our economy which will cause all forty million of us to suffer and possibly facing outright military invasion. Apparently that’s worth belittling us for. Fuck you.
If you’ve ever wondered how you’d treat a trans person living in an oppressive dictatorship, now you know.
Honestly cannot emphasize enough how deranged it is to say that “hey, living under this is worse than living next to it” is somehow belittling you.
Edit: also, the hilarity of doing this in a community with a giant rainbow banner in the sidebar isn’t lost on me.
Whose
I couldn’t read this because I’m done giving nuance to simpletons
Take a look in the mirror, you literally commented on a post mocking pro-Palestine protestors for not voting for the Democrats and voting for Stein when, as always, it’s up to the parties to bring in the voters and not feel entitled to votes because “oh but that person is worse bro!”
But I wouldn’t expect an American to know how the right to vote how you want works. Democrats failed in not listening to their base and instead listened to monied interests from Israel, and therefore lost votes from people who dared to think that bombing innocent civilians and toddlers was bad.
Shilling for Stein. You lost 100% of your credibility
How was they shilling for Stein? Seems to me they were equating the fact that he’s mad Americans didn’t get out and vote with a past post of your where you expressed frustration that other Americans got out and voted for Stein.
If I had to guess they didn’t want anyone voting Stein either. As Canadians we just wanted you guys to just show you learned after 2016. Forgive us if we’re a little mad considering all of the “51st state” threats that we’re forced to listen to daily up here. Do you know how frightening it is to have to think every day for months that you could be invaded by one of the worlds 2 superpowers? We’re mad up here right now, and hearing Americans say “yeah well what about what WE’RE going through” when we didn’t even have a say in this bullshit, is just very, very annoying.
Missing the point entirely, typical American.
Oi. You. YOU. I like you. And I like what you’re saying.
We get it, you’re bigoted and aren’t curious. Which I’m sure you’d claim are only American traits.
What credibility? That of random canuck talking shit he doesn’t know about on social media? I don’t think it’s that huge of a loss.
Maybe taking a break from politics to get your energy levels back up is not a bad idea. This political stage being played by what seem to be litlle children with bad parents can be quite exhausting.
Fighting trough the tiredness and just not bothering to do what you think is right is not a good solution. It might be better to be offline for a bit.
Perhaps I sound like an idiot, but whatever
Around half of Americans don’t even vote too, further reducing the chance.
23% of America voted for this.Yeah, a lot of people don’t vote out of apathy, but IMO straight up voter suppression (especially the less overt kind) is an understated effect on our elections. It would be ridiculous to think having the world’s largest prison population per capita doesn’t also lead to a huge reduction in voting rights for those imprisoned, both currently and previously.
Not voting is a vote for the guy you absolutely would never vote.
DC is in the US however.
Yes, I’m not saying it shouldn’t be boycotted. I’m contesting the idea that the cab driver got what he voted for.
I haven’t gotten what I voted for in twenty years.
If only that were true, my friend. But it’s not, as you must know. Remember 2000? Disenfranchisement? Redistricting? The electoral college? … But go on, blame the victims. Meh.
How can you hate a whole country full of people many of whom didn’t vote for any of this shit. Wild
I can be just as upset at the ones that didn’t care enough to vote as I can at the ones who voted for this.
But none of them are Lemmy’s demographic.
I was there two weeks ago. Expected a huge pain in the ass getting in and out.
It was a ghost town.
I’m glad to see this wasn’t a fake post to drum up support
My brother was going to attend a huge scientific conference there next month. It was updated to be zoom only this week.
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Want to say good serves them right! But no. America becoming more authoritarian and insolationist is not a good thing for anyone. This situation very scary
no foreigners in mai country yeeha!
Why is tourism down?
From: Fuck all of you!.
To: Brother. Can you spare some eggs?.
With all the news of ICE arresting and abusing tourists in my countries news recently I would also think twice before traveling to the US if I don’t have to. Not like there aren’t other just as interesting/beautiful, cheaper and by now tbh safer countries to travel to.
Besides all the moral questions wrt the slowish slide into fascism ofc.
UK and Germany made warnings not to go to the US. The US is like North Korea now, lol.
I’m in the UK, my friends are well read but hadn’t heard of the detention of tourists. One of them still plans to go on holiday next month… mad
Send them as many news links as you can.
I can tweet at my president to show me his balls.
Can’t do that in North Korea.
Not for very much longer, he’s working on limiting speech that he feels is critical of him. You watch
If it went viral and people started retweeting it, putting on posters, and getting it in the news, you might get deported.
To Ireland fuckin sick
That’s quite a username.
You can in North Korea. Once.
You should do that.
As a citizen of the US, I’m nervous about leaving and getting back in.
If it reaches that point, just be glad you made it out in time.
What a surprise that people do not want to visit a country while it is in a speed run to the bottom. You never know when shit hits the fan with full force. You just know you do not want to be there when it happens.
I fucking live here but I’m not a doctor so nobody wants to take me. I’m exploring options from my Eastern European heritage now to try and apply for asylum in the same country that my grandfather fled almost 80 years ago.
If my grandfather were still alive to see me attempting to flee what he fought against as a 17 year old soldier, it would absolutely make him sick to his stomach.
I hope you manage to get out. I might be wrong, maybe the USA get their shit back together, but it sure does not seem likely from outside. I will tell you this, when my fellow countryman give fascism the majority (50% for the AfD in Germany) i will get the fuck out because as far as i am concerned at that point its already the enemies territory.
Those cases where they put tourists into jail for no reason at all for several weeks were headline news here in Germany and I assume also in other parts of the world. That will harm your tourist industry.
They should bring back Transatlantic ferries and cruises where people can bring their cars, trailers, and pallets of personal belongings across the ocean at affordable rates. I guarantee it would be popular at the moment, at least in one direction.
I think currently Freighter travel isn’t allowed for such purposes but it used to be in the USA?
Keep your fucking cars to yourself. We don’t want them here.
They could always send the cars back or leave them behind, I guess, but I was just thinking as a method to make moving to Europe easier for the average american, to load all of their things onto the boat.
You don’t need a car in most of Europe.
Public transit exists in nearly every Eurpean country. It is certainly not great everywhere but it will run miles around anything Americans call public “transit”.
Plus if you intend to migrate you will probably need to transfer your driver’s license which may require a theoretical and/or practical exam.
Yes but many people in America
Own a car
So the cars are going to end up somewhere…
Sell it to pay for the transportation fees, then buy a better, less wasteful one wherever you choose to move.
Just how dense is the average American?
You know what, don’t answer that. We wouldn’t be where we are if the answer wasn’t a thoroughly depressing one.
Yeah I said that already, “leave it behind or send it back”
Reminds me of that George Carlin quote: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
If you’re moving across the world, you should try to sell most bigger stuff and only transport your valuable and more mobile belongings. There is no reason to transport your oven, your sofa or your IKEA wardrobe over several thousand kilometers. Just sell them and buy something local at your destination. That also applies to your car.
found the fuckcars lemming!
No us cars are just bad. They literally had to ban other cars to save their domestic market.
And since it was america it was thanks to lobbying from chrysler-bens. Aka something we call “corruption” in europe.
I don’t know where ridoro1 is from, but American cars differ from European cars differ quite a bit in their focus. Here’s an image of the two best selling cars in 2022: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWON9QYUUAAGHtd?format=jpg&name=large
American here. Cars that size are a available here, but most of them are getting phased due to people buying crossovers instead. It’s true that if you count sales by vehicle nameplate trucks come out on top, but trucks as a share of market are far outpaced by smaller SUVs.
I totally agree that there is an American preference for larger vehicles than Europe, and that the bigger size often isn’t justified. It’s just not quite as stark as that picture shows.
It could also be that the average American is just fat as fuck and needs the extra space inside.
A full 2/3 of us are obese or overweight. Contrast to just 30 years ago, when most Americans were fairly thin. This ain’t normal, but it’s been normalized.
American cars have been big since the 50s
Music to my ears.
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Will write code for visa
Same boat man! Will design you a satellite constellation for a visa.
Got any friends who develop cube sats? We could do some real good work with I2P and satellite modems. We could link up with the kinetic launch people and set up a new opensource encrypted internet.
My coworkers on my current project are also supporting a cube sat mission that just launched. I’m not sure I follow what’s really unique about a cube sat mission though?
I think the kinetic launch is a cool idea from a physics perspective, but from a systems perspective, it’s going to be fucking difficult to build systems to withstand it.
Yeah, but they could have stopped this by marking a piece of paper, so…
People will be saying the same type of things about Canada soon; how it was our fault for letting our military decline, how we bought so much American product, how we let their culture take us over, how we didn’t cultivate a bigger place for ourselves in the world but were content to live complacent next to a volcano.
For the most part people don’t want the consrant struggle. Just to vote when it’s time, keep up with global events, maybe protest if it’s a big enough issue. But we still need to focus on family and career, fun and rest, peace and quiet.
For Them, the cause is their job, their activities, their meaning. I don’t think most of us realize how big the industry to manufacture consent is. When they have a bill prepared, before it even gets legislated they’re already working on the next step, either how to redo it if it fails or how to build on it if it passes. They don’t sleep, winning is their only purpose.
I just don’t think we can afford to alienate anyone on our side. Telling someone there’s nothing they can do to make something right generally just makes them think they have to look out for themselves.
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It’s so wild that they named after one of the Dulles brothers. Truly two of the most evil people who ever lived. And we’re still living in a world grappling with the fallout of their crimes, and those who wish to continue their legacy.
Never trust countries with the following:
3. Airports named after people. 2. Streets named after dates. 1. Background music on news reports.If you do somehow find yourself in a country with one or more those things, back away slowly and quietly until you are over the border.
There’s a lot of countries with airports named after people. Weird thing to be triggered over.
I disagree - klu9 really has a point here. We are naming things after people to honor them. And if you find a country where big infrastructure projects are named after politicians, you should be sceptical. Why this politician? Who decided to honor him in this way?
Yeah, who names an airport terminal after someone as awful as…“Harvey Milk?”
/s
I kind of get the others, but not 2. I feel like that includes most countries (there’s this Wikipedia page which I know is incomplete. What’s wrong with remembering things like the end of the war that wrecked the city?
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Did anyone in DC vote Trump?
Small point of clarification but Dulles is in Northern Virginia not DC because there’s no room for an airport that size in the District.
Now, the Cabbie from OP could easily live in DC, Virginia or Maryland, all of which were won by Harris.
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DC gets three electoral votes for presidential elections; it’s Congress in which they’re not represented.
And they vote super blue. In 2024, they voted 90.28% for Harris
https://electionresults.dcboe.org/election_results/2024-General-Election
(Note that the “delegate to the house” on that site is a non-voting member. They do not having voting representatives in the house or senate)
Incorrect. DC, while not having senators or representatives, still has 3 electoral votes for president, due to the 23rd amendment.
That’s not true since the 23rd amendment was passed in 1961
The zoo in DC is pretty dope, most of it is free as it is part of a park.
Idk though, the central parts of DC where lots of successful people are is suffocating to me. You go out to lunch and everyone has shoes on that cost more than your car and they sound like two LinkedIn chatbots conversing when this is supposedly a break from work?
Ewww
I know there are MANY other facets to DC I haven’t seen though!
Countless gorgeous museums, art galleries, music venues, etc. Seriously, the museums alone are days worth of entertainment and some of the nicest in the country.
Oh yeah definitely, but museums kinda hang out in the worst places don’t they lol.
Not the poorest/roughest places, just the worst places lol
The more working class people leave DC, the happier I will be when the asteroid hits.
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Who want to go in hell?
I have it on authority of the vatican that’s where all the gamblers and prostitutes go, so it sounds fun to me.
I’mma build my own Vatican! With hookers and blackjack! In fact, forget the Vatican!
We love you Bender!
Don’t forget us queers! It’s gonna be a rager.
The furtive queer, so easily forgotten.
No way. There are far too many priest and preachers there.
Why not go to HEL instead? Springtime is about to get pretty in Finland. Any
dayweekmonth now.
