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[-] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 122 points 1 year ago

Literally seen more whining about politics than I've seen politics.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

Well... technically speaking: Isn't "whining about politics" still "politics"?

If we follow that rabbit hole, OP has contributed to the exact issue they are ranting about.

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago

Does your instance federate with Hexbear and Lemmygrad? Because I constantly have those people in my feed and it's absolutely exhausting. I see more memes about burning the rich and starting a revolution than normal memes in my feed. I'm left-wing, but I'm not looking at memes to constantly be confronted with politics. Unfortunately instance blocking isn't working well for me yet

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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

Same. OP is no 2 for my blocklist of literal children crying about politics.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Do you read the comments too, or just scroll through the feed?

[-] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

I do. And it doesn't phase me, just scroll on past, like that homeless man you ignore in the street.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I've seen a sudden influx of memes all about this and I don't know why. It's suddenly the new trend and I don't understand it.

[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I'm glad for you, please let me know what instance you're on

[-] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Your instance doesn't affect what you see, except in cases of de-federation.

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[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 73 points 1 year ago

I am wary of people using an unspecified "politics tho" like this. More than once the """PoLiTiCs""" they meant were LGBTQIA+ people simply existing.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Honestly I never got why LGBT+ is even a political thing. It’s just basic human rights. But probably my opinion will be seen as politics by some.

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

That was my point. It's NOT political. The right is just using their existence as a scape goat.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago

If there are two or more people, there are politics. I agree with the idea that people who decry ‘politics’ often have disgusting ideas and beliefs. Its a malignant form of privilege to pretend to be able to ignore politics. It’s either that or they are just a little dim and don’t feel they can keep up in a conversation.

[-] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Talking about Trump on every other thread has nothing to do with politics either, I assume?

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

You are the one who just brought up that orange fuck lol

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[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 67 points 1 year ago

Make your own instance with the politics you want.

There is no such thing as non-political spaces, only spaces where everyone has pre-agreed on what politics are acceptable.

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 33 points 1 year ago

There is no such thing as a non-political discussion either! ;) everything is politics in some sense

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 27 points 1 year ago
[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

math is racist.

edit: /s for those of you who don't get the joke

[-] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago

Burn the math!

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[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

Math is life!

Average comment: "I'm glad to see more female engineers. Historically they have been disfranchised."

MFers like OP: "Why would you bring politics into this?"

[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 5 points 1 year ago

There are only two genders: man and political!

[-] null@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 year ago

I wish people would stop using "politics" as a buzzword for every bit of news they don't care to hear about.

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

News is fine.

It's when people start screaming/blaming the "left" or "right", the "biden" or "trump", etc.

Extra annoying when I am not even fucking American and have to hear Americans scream about your old senile corpses you call presidents in EVERY FUCKING POST.

Extra extra annoying when I am reading a news article about my country, and Americans roll in screaming about how that's "bidens fault" or "illegal in montana". Learn to fucking read where you are.

But then again, According to a 2020 report by the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adults in the United States have English prose literacy below the 6th-grade level.

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[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

I'm immediately suspicious of people that don't want to discuss politics in today's world. You literally have to be a carefree ostrich.

[-] bec@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I guess not wanting to discuss it is okay considering that's exhausting, but asking others not to is the dick move

[-] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Not really. I want to kick back and relax, why would i start discussing politics in my free time? I live in a state that is deeply entrenched in one side, so my opinion does not really matter

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[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Tell me how it's "suspicious" to not want to read a post about Starfield, and have the comments be filled about politics because the game allows you to pick between he/him, she/her, and they/them?

It's a game. Shut the fuck up about politics.

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Umm how is that politics? I think you're confused.

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

America has turned pronouns political. I think you're confused.

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[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Politics in a political or news sub is fine. Politics in, say, a technology sub or a gaming one is just annoying.

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[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

I havent seen anyone talk about politics on programming.dev

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Thank you, we'll get right on it.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Nothing but holy wars there.

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[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Well lemmy has a left lean and it's currently small enough for it to spill into other communities.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

I lean to the left myself. But it’s just nice to have a break every once in a while.

[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago
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[-] bquintb@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

Seems to me lemmy needs a bigger downvote button

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Not seen this yet, tbh. Politics in fact seem a rather rare topic outside of the US-centric posts?

[-] notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

if people were to actually downvote politics that would help

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[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

this is EXACTLY what the OTHER PARTY would say!!!

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[-] Lord_McAlister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I think it's the world that's been taken over, not by politics, but by a series of rich bastards not being held accountable for the crimes against society they're regularly committing.

But either way I'd be MUCH happier to wish for all the porn to be removed from my feed when I dont even follow a single porn based sub. Or at the very least make sure it's blurred.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Genie: so there are 5 rules

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I meant taken over, but can’t change it now on mobile

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

With all the garbage, unrelated, and no-effort posts that get dumped in this community and then upvoted hundreds of times, it's hilarious that political memes, which are actually memes, are where people draw the line.

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