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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 35 points 5 days ago

USAmerican politics really seeps into every nook and cranny on the goddamn web. I'd much rather read about something happening in the rest of America than USAmerica. It gets really annoying...

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 48 points 5 days ago

It's because we have the least stable democracy and the most economic influence out of any country in the world

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 5 days ago

!bestoflemmy

wait

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

Read it as 'we have at least stable democracy', hung for a few moments

[-] vzq@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago

Like it or not, these guys can duck up the entire world pretty badly. I can’t afford to ignore it, even if I don’t live anywhere near the U.S.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

What are you going to do with the knowledge of them fucking up their economy and voting for a talking orange? What's that knowledge worth? Are you going to pull your money out of all the AMZN stocks you bought? Send a strongly worded letter to Kamala for not being more radical? Fly across the sea to assassinate an upcoming dictator?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago

Why is this where your mind goes? Genuinely.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago

Tell me what you're going to do with the daily updates on the election or some other dumb shit happening in the USA. I'm genuinely curious.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I'm going to understand that this is a pretty consequential election and Americans are going to want to talk about it?

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

And you wouldn't have that without the daily updates? From one day to the next you forget there's an election and need a constant reminder? How old are you? Do you need to get checked for dementia?

[-] StoneyDcrew@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Talking about it would be enough.

It would find it's way to a citizen that could make a difference.

There is a reason most modern dictatorships restrict access to the the Internet.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

No yeah even most people that live here can't do shit about it. It's basically celebrity shit, to most people, it's just that they're obviously going to removed about it because it maybe tenuously has an effect on their lives. We may be cooked

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

removed

Not sure what you wanted to say but your instance filtered it.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I live here. I want Trump to lose this election so bad. Mostly because if he is elected, I do think there is a real danger of him abusing his power. That his policies may kill thousands of Americans again.

But also, because I am so fucking tired of hearing about every little thing he says. I wish we could go back to the not verging on the edge of fascism politics were I don't have to hear or worry about what inane thing the most powerful person in my country has said today.

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Can't wait for this to be over. In the meantime I should set up some keyword filters in my Lemmy client

[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Ah that's actually a great idea

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

As a USAmerican in a swing state I’m pretty sick of it too.

Imagine this shit polluting your SMS and email and postal mail and people ringing your doorbell in addition to the rest of the web.

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Why do people keep saying USAmericans? It looks and sounds stupid, you can just say Americans, everyone will know who you're talking about .

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 4 days ago

OMG, how could I have forgotten that the country taking up less than a quarter of two continents, both called America, called dibs on "American"? Sorry Beta #1. I shall discard the fact that there are 34 other countries which use the demonym "American".

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

you can just say ~~Americans~~ people, everyone will know ~~who~~ you're talking about USA.

Fixed this for you. Kind of a pet peeve of mine when people use 'defaults', like everyone on the internet are in America, or if you're talking to someone from a capital of a different country they will assume you're also in the capital, everyone lives in America timezone, everyone using English uses en_US locale, and if by some bizarre chance you're in another country you can only switch language and country together, etc

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Ask someone from South America

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Because USians didn't stick, but their pompousness continued on. E: in the form of saying usamericans

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 13 hours ago

I prefer burgerlanders personally.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago
[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

^worlds lamest attempt at insulting someone.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Not an insult, just a description

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