thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"
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That was right in the worst part of the post 08 crisis, the banks were outright stealing millions of people's homes, poverty was spreading like a tidal wave, and occupy was either getting started or about to kick off.
Trying to find the Brexit protest sign that said "thanks Farage, now my dog can no longer go skiing" with a marker-pen drawing of a crying Yorkshire terrier
The Dumbest of Times plopped itself on our couches, put its dirty feet on our coffee tables and decided to stay. Forever apparently. Thats my rationalization for all of this. Transgender mice AND brain worms ffs
Your post just made me think of Christine "I'm not a witch/ mice with human brains" O'Donnell from days of yore, and back then if you'd told me the future would feature thousands of people just like her, I think my head would have popped right off my shoulders.
My pet theory is that the timeline since 2016 has been under constant attack by warring factions of time travelers, and that's why nothing makes sense.
Time Agent: "Reporting back from 2025, boss! Mission was a complete success!"
Time Boss: *slams down a newspaper with the headline PRESIDENT TRUMP TAXES PENGUINS
love that you r anti zionist Bear Jew. Also Jewish. anti zionist and feel about Israeli gov't as I feel about American gov't: lots of war criminals, fascists, and fools.
Reagan made racism great again, imo. Nixon was more competent but far more imperious.
I think the failing was Clinton and Obama's neoliberal approach... I mean I voted for Harris for 2 reasons: least harm AND I really thought she could cast off the neoliberalism (as Biden did to small extent)
Nixon, the guy who couldn't hide a crime with an invisibility ray was more competent than the guy who got away with Iran-Contra? Reagan is the worst president we've ever had (until maybe right now. He was worse than 2017-2021 Trump).
Reagan was the worst until Bush and then trump exceeded them both
Domestically, Biden did just okay. but at least okay. however, his legacy will be aiding and abetting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza.
Biden did nothing to deal with inflation and economic instability that Americans were facing. We got more stimulus money from Trump than we did from Biden and Biden abandoned any facade of wanting to help us with COVID almost immediately. He wasn't really a departure from Trump fiscally
Reagan was far worse than Bush. He eroded far more pro-worker institutions and laws and was even more imperialist (and was quieter about it so got less push back). Trump has only exceeded Reagan since this past January, imo
"Lon Nol is a schnook all the way with Sihanouk" is one of my favorite protest slogans -- because it was original!! Didn't rely on "hey hey ho ho!" for example. But it requires a lot of background explanation about Cambodian history in the 60s and 70s. 🤔
Hell, try it with somebody from November 1st.
"There werre massive protests against President Trump"
"I guess he won. Did it get worse in Gaza after the inauguration? Is that what the protests are bout? What is his Genocide Jor or Kamalacaust nickname?"
"Oh you sweet summer child."
I don't think anything you could say about the resulting repeated violations of what were then norms would be believed.
I don't even think you could convince Obama that bipartisanship would be futile, and he would best use his 1st 100 days ramming through single-payer healthcare.
I'm hoping that in 2029 people aren't carrying signs that require even more context. 🤔🤔🤔.... actually, I'm hoping they don't need to carry signs at all
Imagine explaining to someone who went into a coma last Halloween and just woke up. “Strange that it looks just like what I remember but everything’s upside down. How many decades was I unconscious?”
I just started a new page to share our protest pix and stories! IF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WON'T REPORT, WE WILL! There is a comfort in seeing our solidarity in numbers, so we know our strength. We are not alone! TODAY, ACROSS THE NATION, WE SHOWED UP 3 MILLION+ STRONG! DAMN! https://bsky.app/profile/shareprotestpix.bsky.social/post/3lklloelpmk2h
“It must have required many ages to discover that a pair of birds and a couple of days were both instances of the number 2: the degree of abstraction involved is far from easy.”
haha - was having a conversation about how lifted trucks were "rolling coal" against the Tesla protestors last week. BUT originally "rolling coal" was done TO Tesla and other EV / hybrid drivers.
You don't have to go back to 2010, just imagine explaining it to MAGAs who live in a safe space and alternate reality fabricated for them by right-wing media and Fox News.
Trump's Tarrifs erased a full year of gains in the S&P 500 in 2 days, and Fox News hid the stock ticker and didn't cover it.
If we don't do something we will all be in trouble for telling the stories of the good old days with all of our wack a doodle sciencey stuff like medicine to our youth
People from that time would have already experienced e.g. Kittens Inspired by David After Dentist, so while they wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about, they would get why
"The racists in the US will be so angry that Obama won twice that they'll elect the most corrupt president in history, and then after he kills thousands in a pandemic and tries to stage a coup, he will be reelected."
Trying to explain to 2010 Me that the ironic protest of the Rally to Restore Sanity a week before the Tea Party midterms is the height of liberal complacency that we are going to pay for for the rest of our lives
You Soros paid liberals make me want to nuke the planet & move to Mars! Great Leader was just confusing tuxedo wearers with the rich of Antarctica. They only have to buy tuxedos at Men's Warehouse and the tariffs will disappear.
This is why no one can predict the future and why future world science fiction works get everything wrong when it comes to the small details. Not one human has a cell phone in Blade Runner
People from 2016 might be able to extrapolate how horrible things must have gotten, but 2010 would not have the tools to handle this world. In 2010 the republicans were blaming Obama for the BP oil spill... sigh
Actually, the West Wing prepared me for a lot of that. Polio was a worry for Bradley Whitford’s character which was truly a guy somehow from the past, present, & the future. Also, by then we’d seen Occupy Wallstreet & the bailouts.
The penguins, would be the only confusing element.
I’m pretty sure we’re still smuggling a lot of eggs in from Mexico. Which the government seems to be fine with. Also, I’ve seen Rent-A-Chicken services pop up & started months ago. I have no idea what he’s saying now. Steam comes out of my ears just looking at this face. They took Jack & Bobby &
I saw someone say “it was the dunning of times, it was the Kruger of times.” And I felt that. This administration is a conglomeration of the stupidest people to ever walk the face of this planet.
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Time Boss: *slams down a newspaper with the headline PRESIDENT TRUMP TAXES PENGUINS
you elected a clown as president because your voting system sucks
till there are no rich no more
❤️💯
(Or even explain it to someone in 2025...)
I think the failing was Clinton and Obama's neoliberal approach... I mean I voted for Harris for 2 reasons: least harm AND I really thought she could cast off the neoliberalism (as Biden did to small extent)
Biden cast of neoliberalism for neo-conservatism
Domestically, Biden did just okay. but at least okay. however, his legacy will be aiding and abetting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza.
#democracyisdying but we WILL bring it back!
What in the cinnamon toast fuck?
2013er: aw, hey, isn't that the cute shiba inu?
2016er: oh no, did he milkshake duck
2013er: did he what
I envy this level of naïveté.
I googled him and realized I don't care about soccer. Like a real 'Murican.
Football is played with your hands, obviously.
I never realized that a reality TV show host conman would be the real option for president.
"There werre massive protests against President Trump"
"I guess he won. Did it get worse in Gaza after the inauguration? Is that what the protests are bout? What is his Genocide Jor or Kamalacaust nickname?"
"Oh you sweet summer child."
Past me: whaaaaa
Let's say you could do a reset, starting from January 20, 2009. (That's Barack Obama's first inauguration.)
What would you do differently, to ensure that we would not find ourselves where we are today?
Spend as much time/campaign money as possible to get down-ballot Dems elected
Or:
Do something (constitutionally)(idk what) to regulate mis- & disinformation in media, especially 'new media' like internet sites
I don't even think you could convince Obama that bipartisanship would be futile, and he would best use his 1st 100 days ramming through single-payer healthcare.
Doc- “The actor??!?”
Shame. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the laugh.
There is some reason to believe that the list of locations is based off of IP addresses rather than actual political borders.
"Fuck it, put me back in the coma"
https://bsky.app/profile/shareprotestpix.bsky.social/post/3lklloelpmk2h
Bertrand Russell
Try 1972.
We are in the upside down world for sure.
Trump's Tarrifs erased a full year of gains in the S&P 500 in 2 days, and Fox News hid the stock ticker and didn't cover it.
Not rocket science.
Though there would be a question of zoos....
All you’d REALLY need is 2 words, 1 letter-
Donald J Trump
The US had a trade SURPLUS with the penguins in 2024 - according to official figures - but still Trump put tariffs on them (and none on Russia).
That is the level of stupidity and vindictiveness of this most ridiculous US administration.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/18/trump-bandage-rnc-fashion-trend-photos
-objections to voter suppression
https://bsky.app/profile/joshdsw.bsky.social/post/3lm4hcwi5gs2u
I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do, nowhere to go, oh
I wanna be sedated
😂😂
"Anti-vaxxers caused a return and outbreak of measles." isn't exactly a super complex idea to get your head around.
The penguins, would be the only confusing element.
https://www.newislandtrust.com/history/#guano
you can hear quite a lot about it in “the dollop #207: the animal horrors of macquarie island”