I am European.
Here’s an image I took on Friday:
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MFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuff
Submitted 3 weeks ago by StillAlive@piefed.world to [deleted]
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user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
As an American I have no idea what this bizarre contraption is
whitecollarcry@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
this a commie bus to the despair mines
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That sign has a Z and letters with accent mark over it.
So I think this a picture of communism?
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Come to California, we have a bunch of those. And they all suck.
khaleer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Self driving cars of the world.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure we have those in usa. It has many names, like commuter train.
Strider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We can also post small cars (or of reasonable size). Ha!
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, as an American I wish I had that kind of picture to take.
brendansimms@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
but…where are the gestapo and soldiers to harass the people?
MoffKalast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In the museum :)
StillAlive@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Nice. Wanna get railed?😏
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Based!!!
greenbit@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Global south content pls
diemartin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Hahaha yerba. Priceless.
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Do you have their languages enabled in your settings?
Cause otherwise you might not see them.greenbit@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Huh good point. I had it default to undetermined which also had a tooltip that I won’t see most content. So I unselected all, let’s see
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It’s impossible because Trump keeps doing things it can still be 3:00 in the morning over there and he’ll do something. All Europe seems to have is the Germans, and they keep posting in their weird secret language.
moonburster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone that can read German, das ist keine Problem. Es war sehr gut für Deutsch zu lernen. (My German is shit tho)
tja@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It is. Aber das macht nichts, man kann dich trotzdem verstehen.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d love to make fun of European politics, there’s no shortage of embarrassments.
not my fault my fellow Americans elected king dumbass.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Hang on a second. We didn’t elect a king. You don’t elect a king. We elected a dictator.
There’s a difference.
Kings are born royalty. This jackass got elected. We CHOOSE him. This is OUR fault. Whereas with kings, nobody chooses them. They’re just born into that role.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think we’re did though. Before even one vote was counted he was bragging that the results don’t matter because he has all the votes he needs. He literally announced that he’d rigged an election and nobody did anything about it.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Of course you can elect kings. It’s called elective monarchy, there have been a few of those throughout history.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d welcome the Euro memes
pigup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I assume it’s because the life in Europe is better so people don’t need to escape their reality as much. You can go out and see a cool castle or ride a train or go check out a new country. And then you can get really, really, really good food that won’t give you diarrhea like the food here in the US.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You misunderstand, riding trains increases the amount of shitposting capacity one has.
froh42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wenn der Scheiß Zug kommen würde, könnte ich auch Scheißpfostieren.
What’s the difference between the US and Germany?
In Germany the ICE wilm probably not show up at all to take you away.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
non white americans exist and enjoy good food 🤭
pigup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Si lo sé, soy uno de esos. Pero igual, si el gobierno no inspecciona las operaciones de los restaurantes, igual te da diarrea. Las veces que he ido a Europa he regresado en mejor condición de estómago.
Starski@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Well yeah, if you only go to McDonald’s or Taco Bell then you’ll get diarrhea, but there’s plenty of food and restaurants around the entirety of the us that has phenomenal food. However looking at your post history proves to me you don’t care about facts and only about insulting people and their ideals, and seemingly everyone on the internet enjoys nothing but shitting on Americans no matter the circumstance, so I know this will fall on deaf ears.
pigup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ouch!? You have very curious reading comprehension skills, it appears. I’m not shitting on Americans, i’m shitting on the relatively weak and ineffective governments at the local state of federal level, which tend to only serve the interests of folks with large amounts of money. I have a relatively sensitive stomach and I have been sick from all kinds of restaurants across the US.
You see, when you pay people minimum wage or less so in the case of tipped workers, their motivation to clean up and provide a great sanitary environment for everything is arguably lessened, don’t you think? Further, our education system, being largely designed by large corporate interests aims to produce ignorant workers, people addicted to fast food, sugar and its derivatives. People who think food should be as cheap and fast as possible, as convenient as possible, and not worthy of sitting down and spending time, contemplating cooking it, growing it, eating with family, et cetera.
I remember walking around in Zwolle, Netherlands. I remember being embarrassed because I was the only one walking around while eating something. Everyone else sits down to eat. I never saw anyone eating in their car. Or eating while driving. I’m just saying this is illustrative of the difference between the US’s fucked up food culture and the rest of the world’s more mature and established food culture.
Have you ever been to Japan? Have you ever been to Europe? Have you ever been to South America? I have and I can tell you, on average, they truly respect food. Just walk through the center aisles of any American supermarket and tell me if those products suggest a culture which honors and values food? It’s my humble opinion that no, not really.
If I’m full of shit and I’m doing something wrong, I am all ears and willing to do better, I promise you. You’re gonna have to be real and not just throw daggers like that.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
taco bell doesn’t give me diarrhea. it’s not the firmest bowl moment, but it’s certainly not diarrhea.
Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We just lurking, not allowed to let the government know we are here!
robocall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
huh, the US government doesn’t know lemmy exists
chocrates@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Why does the world end partway through Greenland?
VeganBtw@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Future proofing the meme for the invasion of the US
chocrates@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Lolol
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because you touch yourself at night.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Surely you mean Blueredwhiteland?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The US is like turning on a morning soap opera. What absurd and dramatic contrivances have they come up with this time that could never happen in real life?
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I mean, America is threatening war with Europe so…
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey don’t blame all of us. It’s just that one guy with dementia who paints his skin orange.
Holyginz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately, thats a moot point to people who are staring down the barrel of our obscenely large military budget. I dont blame people for not liking us. I didn’t vote for agent orange, but he is still representing our country 🤢
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well it could be worse. You could wake up and actually be in the US.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Eh, I give it a 4/10 right now. There’s still some cool stuff to do and plenty of great people around, but generally, can’t recommend it if you don’t have to.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Star posting. Please. I am begging you.
- An American tired of wallowing.
mech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Seit 5:45 heute morgen wird zurückgeposted!
StillAlive@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
…uh, sure?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think he was eating alphabet soup, choked, coughed it up, and typed out what he saw.
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Aber sowas von!
halvar@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Jokes on you, I’m from europe and still hasn’t gone to sleep
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Here I am from the Balkans.
But I feel like posting about USA, until it’s never relevant again.
TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
“USA stuff” is affecting the whole world right now. You are coming to check out an English based social network for non-“USA stuff”. What did you expect?
Legisign@europe.pub 2 weeks ago
…and being boring is only one of Europe’s strong points.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Cuz My country is fucking the world over right now
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
From the other perspective, I love when I’m still up at 2-3 AM and start seeing the ich_iel posts come up.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m American, but I’ll try to fill the gaps for a bit.
WHAT is the DEAL with this plentiful health care!? It’s like…I’m thrivin’ over heeeere!
webp@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s too bad only 2 places on earth are inhabited
roserose56@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Just block the rest. I blocked most of the USA stuff, because it’s too much. Trump said this, Trump did that, and some of the news are clickbait.
Enzy@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
My filters disagree with you.
Though I wish I could block everything that has to do with that disgraceful country but, ah well.
Yoz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Its time for EU and BRICS to join forces
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Just take a look at the large communities on Lemmy:
- News: American
- Politics: American
- Memes: American AND political
I could not find any European meme community at all, and if there was one, I have a hunch it would be flooded with things Trump said or Musk said or whatever is new on Netflix. I guess news about the Circular Economy or the microplastics regulation, being rolled out slowly and in phases, though absolutely affecting EUropeans’ everyday lives, are just not quite as entertaining from an existentialist POV.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hungarian here, I still couldn’t convince my leftist friends in facebook group chats to leave that garbage site… Many of them are even IT professionals.
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 2 weeks ago
Viva chile!
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s a bloody deathwatch. It’s a country which could either crash and devolve, or get out of its own morass.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Make more n people. Or just post more. I just accently posted on a UK thread because it was on my feed so it’s not nothing
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well Iranians would chime in but…
bbboi@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Wow. White Ninja
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
I have a filter on
Trump Musk ICE Vance [Ai] slop Microsoft Grok
My All Feed is basically empty now or consists of posts with zero or very few comments. I love the filter option, but it has also made it quite clear what is being pushed the most on Lemmy.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Yeah just some of the most important world events going on. Crazy how people talk about that stuff.
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Sure, but i’ve just reached a point where I don’t want to get bummed out, everytime I open a social media app.
There must be positive things to talk about, and not just the enshittification of everything and the end of the world.
StillAlive@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t care about things that happen in my country cause rest of the people don’t. I have stopped reading news in the last 3-4 years cause the situation is hopeless.
Same goes for USA.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why do I have to read ten reposts of everything happening in the US if it changes nothing and the comments are always the same?
cybervseas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
!cats@sh.itjust.works is doing nicely so far
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Cat posts never disappoints. I should contribute soon.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah people have been talking about having less and less activity on Lemmy.
IMO it’s because of the content. The platform works flawlessly but unfortunately lemmy came about during a time that politics being so pervasive.
It might be a general trend. I’m willing to bet all social media is slowly dying but the for profits inject bots to keep their numbers up.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Along with your list, I have also blocked these communities. This is half list.
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fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
My issue with that is that I would like getting the raw deal once in a while to not stay uninformed, something like multiple custom filters would be cool. All we have right now is the subscribed list and the All list, which is filtered. Would be nice to have several filter lists.
Karl@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
I can see why those are important, but I don’t wanna be more angry lol
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think i should look up the filter function… So far I just blocked the most communities in all which do not use englisch or German.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
…really? You don’t get tech/linux posts?
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
It’s primarily Linux posts that’s left haha. Luckily, I don’t mind that, as I have recently started using Linux again.
thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I also blocked YouTube links because of the extreme amount of reposts of YouTube videos on here
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Pushed, as in malicious actors are trying to spread evil propaganda, not that it’s what people currently care about because of the impending fucking doom looming over us because of those things you listed… 🤪
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
How do I set that up?
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
I’m still quite new to Lemmy. I still don’t quite get how it all works, haha. I’m using the Thunder app (don’t ask me why), and when I go to settings it’s the second option I’m presented with. Then you just add keywords for the things you’d like to filter out.