That is what the rest of the world thinks of Muhrika.
LusciousCakes on
The described the Tsar in very clear terms
nickel4asoul on
>A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem….we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. [https://coming42.livejournal.com/479179.html](https://coming42.livejournal.com/479179.html)
When I first saw the article, I had a sense of deja-vu and this is what came to mind from 2020. The full article is worth a read
tofumeatballcannon on
This hurts because we deserve it
Anyawnomous on
Poetry!
floop_isamad_manhelp on
Maybe they should worry about their own country first?
ChibiSailorMercury on
I agree with everything but
> Not even a man.
If you’re an adult and presenting as male, you’re a man.
I really hate this “if you’re not good, you’re not a man” rhetoric. I get how guys don’t want to be put in the same basket but trying to disown the bad ones by saying “they’re not real men” doesn’t help. It just shifts the blame and avoids accountability. Being a man isn’t a moral achievement, it’s just a descriptor. You can be a man and be awful. You can be a man and be kind. What matters is how a man acts, not whether he gets to keep the label. Trying to gatekeep manhood based on behavior just reinforces toxic vocabulary and makes it harder to talk honestly about the problems.
ClownFish2000 on
It’s not just the US that’s in trouble, it’s the world. The whole world is in trouble right now. It’s easy to focus on one nation full of idiots, but it took far too long for very powerful countries to see what’s happening in Gaza or to understand what Putin was all about. The truth is a lot of nations are full of idiots, and it’s not looking good for humanity. The UK is “tackling knife crime” right now. I used to joke about the UK banning knives. Now I’m just going to call it and say they will eventually reach the point of “tackling pointy stick crime”.
Edit: “Tackling knife crime” is a literal UK government website quote.
upfromashes on
>So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
>
>• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
>
>• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
>
>This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
That last point, that Trump’s total bag of flaws and corruption is impossible to miss, and yet his followers see a gleaming daddy idol in him, is exhausting, tragic and mortifying as an American living well outside of the right wing disinfosphere.
RigatoniPasta on
I love it, but it hurts my soul that this is an accurate description of the country I’ve spent my whole life in.
I do want to believe, and I deep down do believe, there once was a point in time, however fleeting, when America *was* genuinely exceptional, tough, and ambitious, despite our shortcomings. But if that time exists, it is long past.
calicat9 on
Beautifully composed, quintessential British understatement.
Frettchengurke on
that was cathartic
could do with a word on how obscenely ugly his piggy-eyed swollen mug is too
GodDamnShadowban on
The author is from Wisconsin. Not UK
jmsy1 on
The English are pretty good at speaking American
Dxres on
Scathing and accurate.
Donald Trump is a mirror to what American society has devolved into.
The arrogance disguised as exceptionalism.
The greed that runaway capitalism has enabled.
The corruption Americans enable their government to traffic in day in/day out.
The fact that Americans continue on with their life instead of stopping their country from being taken over by a fascist authoritarian says it all.
Americans conveniently forget that they’ve positioned themselves as the center of the world by force, and then they abdicate their responsibility to guide by example because it’s inconvenient.
Luminox on
they have the best words.
dpdxguy on
>I think this is humor
It’s the “funny because it’s true” kind of humor.
ghallway on
If Trump could read this he’d be pissed
jcooli09 on
It is not.
Rotting_Fetus on
Source?
ArenIX on
Thats the majority of America anyways.
Rare-Bid-6860 on
This isn’t a burn, it’s a direct hit airstrike.
HoneyImpossible2371 on
Sh*ts=shots, shuts, sheets, shoots? Help me out here.
SonnyChamerlain on
No definitely not satire, it’s meant to make you chuckle yeah but it’s not it’s not satire as in it says this but it’s actually the opposite of their feelings.
The one thing we can do well is eloquently take the absolute piss out of someone. Tbf it’s probably the best thing about the U.K. the rest is pretty shit. We love moaning and ripping someone apart and also satire…. We reaaallllly love satire and have become very adept at them. One of the things I never got about America is you can’t tell when we’re being sarcastic, it was quite funny to see it whenever I go to the states, whereas we pick it up instantly.
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Spot on and well written.
That is what the rest of the world thinks of Muhrika.
The described the Tsar in very clear terms
>A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem….we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. [https://coming42.livejournal.com/479179.html](https://coming42.livejournal.com/479179.html)
When I first saw the article, I had a sense of deja-vu and this is what came to mind from 2020. The full article is worth a read
This hurts because we deserve it
Poetry!
Maybe they should worry about their own country first?
I agree with everything but
> Not even a man.
If you’re an adult and presenting as male, you’re a man.
I really hate this “if you’re not good, you’re not a man” rhetoric. I get how guys don’t want to be put in the same basket but trying to disown the bad ones by saying “they’re not real men” doesn’t help. It just shifts the blame and avoids accountability. Being a man isn’t a moral achievement, it’s just a descriptor. You can be a man and be awful. You can be a man and be kind. What matters is how a man acts, not whether he gets to keep the label. Trying to gatekeep manhood based on behavior just reinforces toxic vocabulary and makes it harder to talk honestly about the problems.
It’s not just the US that’s in trouble, it’s the world. The whole world is in trouble right now. It’s easy to focus on one nation full of idiots, but it took far too long for very powerful countries to see what’s happening in Gaza or to understand what Putin was all about. The truth is a lot of nations are full of idiots, and it’s not looking good for humanity. The UK is “tackling knife crime” right now. I used to joke about the UK banning knives. Now I’m just going to call it and say they will eventually reach the point of “tackling pointy stick crime”.
Edit: “Tackling knife crime” is a literal UK government website quote.
>So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
>
>• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
>
>• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
>
>This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
That last point, that Trump’s total bag of flaws and corruption is impossible to miss, and yet his followers see a gleaming daddy idol in him, is exhausting, tragic and mortifying as an American living well outside of the right wing disinfosphere.
I love it, but it hurts my soul that this is an accurate description of the country I’ve spent my whole life in.
I do want to believe, and I deep down do believe, there once was a point in time, however fleeting, when America *was* genuinely exceptional, tough, and ambitious, despite our shortcomings. But if that time exists, it is long past.
Beautifully composed, quintessential British understatement.
that was cathartic
could do with a word on how obscenely ugly his piggy-eyed swollen mug is too
The author is from Wisconsin. Not UK
The English are pretty good at speaking American
Scathing and accurate.
Donald Trump is a mirror to what American society has devolved into.
The arrogance disguised as exceptionalism.
The greed that runaway capitalism has enabled.
The corruption Americans enable their government to traffic in day in/day out.
The fact that Americans continue on with their life instead of stopping their country from being taken over by a fascist authoritarian says it all.
Americans conveniently forget that they’ve positioned themselves as the center of the world by force, and then they abdicate their responsibility to guide by example because it’s inconvenient.
they have the best words.
>I think this is humor
It’s the “funny because it’s true” kind of humor.
If Trump could read this he’d be pissed
It is not.
Source?
Thats the majority of America anyways.
This isn’t a burn, it’s a direct hit airstrike.
Sh*ts=shots, shuts, sheets, shoots? Help me out here.
No definitely not satire, it’s meant to make you chuckle yeah but it’s not it’s not satire as in it says this but it’s actually the opposite of their feelings.
The one thing we can do well is eloquently take the absolute piss out of someone. Tbf it’s probably the best thing about the U.K. the rest is pretty shit. We love moaning and ripping someone apart and also satire…. We reaaallllly love satire and have become very adept at them. One of the things I never got about America is you can’t tell when we’re being sarcastic, it was quite funny to see it whenever I go to the states, whereas we pick it up instantly.