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And somehow expecting everyone will get the reference.

• mrits 7mo ago
  There are a huge amount of people that spend their entire life on reddit worrying about politics
  • SilasX 7mo ago
    ... and comments requiring the reader to be that way too should be downvoted/flagged. Look at the replies it produced: troll mission accomplished, "productive conversation" not so much. At the very least, they could have put the comment in quotes to indicate they're quoting someone and it shouldn't be read at the object level. Edit: Seriously? Am I wrong here? Are you all really okay with Poe's Law-ifying HN, where people post comments that are easy to read as serious when they were intended as ridicule of the person who said them, and the comments erupt in confusion and flames? That's not what we should be expecting out of HN.
    • deleted 7mo ago
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    • IAmBroom 7mo ago
      You're not wrong. "All the cool kids know" is a BS way to post.
  • avaer 7mo ago
    I wouldn't would shelve it under "politics", it's not what politics meant just a few years ago. And I don't think the people you're talking about would have been political before politics became a bag of memes.
  • schmidtleonard 7mo ago
    As opposed to posting on HN complaining about reddit, which is where the real money's at? Nah, this shit was dank enough to make it into popular culture. We have: 1. The shamelessness absurdity of using "market is up" to deflect from a pedo scandal 2. The fact that the market said "nope" and tanked immediately after Bondi tried to lean on it
  • reedf1 7mo ago
    Believe it or not; it is an enormous luxury to be able to ignore politics.
    • irishcoffee 7mo ago
      How do you figure? Ignoring it or obsessing over it, the outcomes don't change. Just emotional energy expended.
      • hackable_sand 7mo ago
        If you interact with other humans then you are participating in politics.
      • alsetmusic 7mo ago
        Try being in a relationship with someone who may become a target of the administration due to their status as a resident (but not citizen) of the USA and tell me the outcomes don't change. You're right. I need to calm down. It's all theater that doesn't impact real people. We can just go about our merry way because no one has been kidnapped by federal agents in defiance of judicial orders.
        • mrits 7mo ago
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          • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 7mo ago
            But there are plenty which allow someone to stay legally.
        • irishcoffee 7mo ago
          I wasn't trying to be a jerk. There was a massive protest in the US this past weekend. Millions of people standing in solidarity. This was the 3rd such protest, each larger than the last. What has changed? One of these days the US will realize that emoting together with costumes and posterboards, bitching online, and loudly talking about how "my team is right!" is not effective. So, in what ways is it effective to give a fuck about national politics? I haven't found any, and I'm emotionally tapped out. The government gets none of my attention. Local government participation might yield small results, maybe. Not enough for me to give a shit. Seems like twice a week a state-or-lower politician gets rung up for bribes, corruption, etc. I have no desire to play that game, personally.
  • cosmicgadget 7mo ago
    Child sex trafficking isn't "politics" for most people.
  • johnnyanmac 7mo ago
    Given how concerned politics is with certain Americans as of late, I can't blame them.