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Act crazy and people stop coming to your house.

by pixl97 2y ago

theothertimcook 2y ago
For a lot of people a certain level of crazy was the thing that made the US interesting. I make an effort to avoid and me mindful/critical or news/culture war stuff but at the same time. I’ve got this instinctive vibe that now is not the best time to be visiting the US.
- Ar-Curunir 2y ago
  Instinctive vibe, as opposed to, you know, facts that can be checked at a moments notice?
- johannes1234321 2y ago
  Crazy can be interesting. But risk of crazily being arrested and being put in a crazy American jail ... well, makes more people hesitant. And then add all the other rethoric and actions, which don't make the contemporary U.S. the place it was once idealized to be.
  - bilbo0s 2y ago
    I'll just come out and say it, "crazy" is "interesting" only when the "crazy" is happening to other people. If the "crazy" is gonna happen to you, yeah, that's an entirely different story.
    - johannes1234321 2y ago
      Absolutely true, but "crazy" is a lot broader. Looking at the crazy New York city, with the crazy architecture and such or going othe replaces and seeing the crazy car centric structures, but also the crazy neighborhood between rich and poor or just the crazy landscape around Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. The positive crazy compared to negative crazy sums up less and less to a positive value, though.
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oldpersonintx 2y ago
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paulddraper 2y ago
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- loloquwowndueo 2y ago
  Yes but then you hang a “no guests” sign outside. You don’t let them in your house and then scream at them, lock them up in the bathroom for 2 weeks before kicking them out.
  - freeamz 2y ago
    yeah locking up for 2 weeks just doesn't make any economic sense, it must cost the tax payer a fortune vs just deport them?
    - frob 2y ago
      The public cruelty is the point. Make people suffer horrendously outsized consequences for the most minor of innocent infractions and it quickly sends a message that you're not welcome here.
- bell-cot 2y ago
  That is perfectly reasonable, when it is literally your house. But within the metaphor - elected leaders need to balance the short-term approval of voters who are angry/xenophobic, against the longer-term disapproval of voters who don't like losing "their" cuts of withering travel/tourism-related revenues ...and can figure out who is mostly to blame for that.
- pjc50 2y ago
  This is more like the sad case of someone who got out of their car and knocked on a door to ask directions, in Texas, who was murdered by the occupier who was paranoid and armed.
- neogodless 2y ago
  This is more like hosting an AirBnB but then sometimes you lock your guests up in the basement and torture them. So you get some bad reviews on AirBnB. If that's what you're going for.

Act crazy and people stop coming to your house.

by pixl97 2y ago

Act crazy and people stop coming to your house.

For a lot of people a certain level of crazy was the thing that made the US interesting. I make an effort to avoid and me mindful/critical or news/culture war stuff but at the same time. I’ve got this instinctive vibe that now is not the best time to be visiting the US.

Ar-Curunir 2y ago
Instinctive vibe, as opposed to, you know, facts that can be checked at a moments notice?
johannes1234321 2y ago
Crazy can be interesting. But risk of crazily being arrested and being put in a crazy American jail ... well, makes more people hesitant. And then add all the other rethoric and actions, which don't make the contemporary U.S. the place it was once idealized to be.
- bilbo0s 2y ago
  I'll just come out and say it, "crazy" is "interesting" only when the "crazy" is happening to other people. If the "crazy" is gonna happen to you, yeah, that's an entirely different story.
  - johannes1234321 2y ago
    Absolutely true, but "crazy" is a lot broader. Looking at the crazy New York city, with the crazy architecture and such or going othe replaces and seeing the crazy car centric structures, but also the crazy neighborhood between rich and poor or just the crazy landscape around Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. The positive crazy compared to negative crazy sums up less and less to a positive value, though.
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oldpersonintx 2y ago

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paulddraper 2y ago

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loloquwowndueo 2y ago
Yes but then you hang a “no guests” sign outside. You don’t let them in your house and then scream at them, lock them up in the bathroom for 2 weeks before kicking them out.
- freeamz 2y ago
  yeah locking up for 2 weeks just doesn't make any economic sense, it must cost the tax payer a fortune vs just deport them?
  - frob 2y ago
    The public cruelty is the point. Make people suffer horrendously outsized consequences for the most minor of innocent infractions and it quickly sends a message that you're not welcome here.
bell-cot 2y ago
That is perfectly reasonable, when it is literally your house. But within the metaphor - elected leaders need to balance the short-term approval of voters who are angry/xenophobic, against the longer-term disapproval of voters who don't like losing "their" cuts of withering travel/tourism-related revenues ...and can figure out who is mostly to blame for that.
pjc50 2y ago
This is more like the sad case of someone who got out of their car and knocked on a door to ask directions, in Texas, who was murdered by the occupier who was paranoid and armed.
neogodless 2y ago
This is more like hosting an AirBnB but then sometimes you lock your guests up in the basement and torture them. So you get some bad reviews on AirBnB. If that's what you're going for.