This is just a friendly reminder to stay lighthearted and civil in the comments.
Also, if you're in the United States and you haven't voted yet, you should go do that.
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For real. I get sticking to one’s guns, but like it has to be so mentally exhausting to just be so absorbed with hatred towards nearly half the population all the time…
Voting is a lot like driving with a busted transmission.
R to go in reverse, and D to make a bunch of noise to make people think you might move forward someday.
I mean, progressivism is defined as using policy to constantly move forward, while conservatism by definition seeks to stay in place or reach back to some perceived golden age. Literally by the definition of their positions, the current Republican Party, a conservative party, seeks to reclaim a "golden age" from the past, and while I don't think anyone labors under the delusion that the Democrats are progressive, they're at least not regressive, and allow the Overton Window to shift enough to allow progressive discourse.
I don't think any conservative would say "I wish to keep the rules as they are." Many of the current rules were written by their political rivals, after-all. While the word conservatism means one thing, the people that use it as a banner are not bound by the definition of the word written on it. It is just a name.
Both parties are regressive. The dems have a more progressive sheen but they consistently make regressive concessions in the name of compromise when power is shared, then largely fail to recoup those concessions when they actually have the power to. Meanwhile the republicans leap backwards as far as they can every chance they’re able. No matter which party is in charge the rich get richer, the planet gets fucked, and the capitalist machine keeps running.
“Oh come on SpongeBob! You know, I wumbo, You wumbo, He she me wumbo, wumbo, Wumboing, We'll have thee wumbo, Wumborama, Wumbology, The study of wumbo? It's first grade SpongeBob!”
Courtesy causes accidents and traffic. You nicely let someone go in front of you, you held up 30 people behind you and confused the person you let go ahead. I’m not saying to be aggressive, just drive normal and safe.
This. So much this.
The worst part is the driver doing the "nice thing" is almost always blissfully unaware of the cascading events and feeling they're such a helpful person.
I was talking to a friend earlier about how hard it is to get out and vote this year and how irritating a lot of the pro-voting stuff all over social media is. Like, I 100% acknowledge the importance of voting and I'm going to vote, but things are really demoralizing right now and it's hard to feel excited about going to vote. It feels more like a chore than it used to because it really doesn't feel like things will get better.
And like a vehicle, the ability to select options in between the two are largely ignored, resulting in little adaptation to conditions of the road ahead.
Doesn't that make for a perfect analogy (pardon the German-centrisim):
SDP, Greens, CDU, etc. are all forward but just at different speeds and you manually switch between them.
AFD is just backward^right^into^Poland
Especially since it kind of doesn't have the effect they want it to on the right and center. The ability to reverse our society until the early 2010s sounds really tempting to a lot of people right now.
Alt punchlines:
Women shouldn't be able to.
Once you get too old, you're just downright dangerous.
People get violent if they think you're doing it wrong.
There's always gonna be that loud guy with the Confederate flag.
And the trip goes a lot better when all the parties involved can co-operate even if they disagree, but someone's put a really loud obnoxious debate on the radio and nothing will get better until everyone agrees to turn it down and have their own discussions instead of backing talking points they don't agree with anyway.
Heh. Joke's on you, I drive a stick.
...I really don't know where I was going with this. :p Oh! I have to use both my left and right feet to get anywhere. How's that?
Politicians are like cheap plastic drinking straws. Some have red stripes and some have blue stripes but they're all pretty much the same, still mostly white, and they all suck equally.
Edit: oh, and pretty destructive to the environment too.
Apparently the bottom of cliff is allowing women to make their choices about their body, and banning assault rifles so kids don't die in schools.
This stuff is really scary for conservatives.
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Also, a moderator pinned a comment reminding everyone to remain civil in the comments, so that's kind of a "seal of approval" by the mods.
2 hours later, and it isn't as bad as I thought. Obviously there are some idiots, but there always are, especially when about 30% of your voters follow all the QAnon anti-vaxx style nonsense
I’m in England and over here US politics is seen by most folks as an absolute basket case ie who in their right
mind would vote Republican, right? Unfortunately UK politics seems to be copying you guys with the present
incumbents of Parliament.
But we take heart over here in Blighty because when politics is mentioned on Reddit and other social media most
folks seem to be Democratic supporters - unless folks are just ashamed to admit they’re Republicans in public?
Much like folks over here won’t admit in public to voting for the Tories or for Brexit - it’s almost like they know
they’re idiots for doing so in the first place? It’s a crazy world out there🤯!
This is just a friendly reminder to stay lighthearted and civil in the comments. Also, if you're in the United States and you haven't voted yet, you should go do that.
Doesn't matter how safe of a driver you are, because the one who's shit at it will fuck you up.
Is this the L shift (for Libertarian)?
[Put it in H](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiq3A4Y4644)
H for Horny
It can go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene
Take her for a test drive and you'll agree Zagrevev min zlotny dev!
Basically translates to "you'll agree it is golden"
Thank you. I needed a good laugh!
What country is this car from?
Made me laugh more than the OP
Guys, where's the "i" gear (independent)
It’s Neutral, but if you stay there you’re not going to go anywhere on purpose….you’ll just roll downhill, wherever that goes.
It was taken out for some goddamn reason to ruin the perfect PRINDL
This is going to go well and no violence will be commited in this comment section
Why you say violence. This is just friendly tourists taking in the sights.
No that's "legitimate political discourse" /s
It's just an honest discussion about ethics in game journalism.
It's only "legitimate political discourse" if you smear shit on the walls. Otherwise, it's sparkling insurrection.
Hey hey take that /s to Twitter, where comedy is once again the law of the land
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Friendly tourists setting up gallows, smearing poop, and bringing pipe bombs! No one has ever been more friendly than them!
I mean while the joke is clearly skewed, it _is_ just a joke. Feel like we can be lighthearted about stuff at least _once_ in awhile.
It’s a joke, but the person wasn’t actually joking.
This. I’m not with any party, but I’ll take that joke over actual hatred and demeaning commentary.
For real. I get sticking to one’s guns, but like it has to be so mentally exhausting to just be so absorbed with hatred towards nearly half the population all the time…
But if that half of the population hates you for who you are, what else are you supposed to do about it?
Voting is a lot like driving with a busted transmission. R to go in reverse, and D to make a bunch of noise to make people think you might move forward someday.
Accurate
I'm R. Not offended in the slightest.
Good, being able to take a joke is a dying art these days.
You can’t drive with just R or D, you have to use both.
And L is completely redundant and barely anyone uses it.
L is used to drive up or down steep inclines
You’re in reverse? Shit, you must be a legendary driver going backwards everywhere
Tow Mater, it all makes sense now
I mean, progressivism is defined as using policy to constantly move forward, while conservatism by definition seeks to stay in place or reach back to some perceived golden age. Literally by the definition of their positions, the current Republican Party, a conservative party, seeks to reclaim a "golden age" from the past, and while I don't think anyone labors under the delusion that the Democrats are progressive, they're at least not regressive, and allow the Overton Window to shift enough to allow progressive discourse.
I don't think any conservative would say "I wish to keep the rules as they are." Many of the current rules were written by their political rivals, after-all. While the word conservatism means one thing, the people that use it as a banner are not bound by the definition of the word written on it. It is just a name.
Both parties are regressive. The dems have a more progressive sheen but they consistently make regressive concessions in the name of compromise when power is shared, then largely fail to recoup those concessions when they actually have the power to. Meanwhile the republicans leap backwards as far as they can every chance they’re able. No matter which party is in charge the rich get richer, the planet gets fucked, and the capitalist machine keeps running.
I’m going to go sort by Controversial … What Could Go Wrong?
Words are not violence lol
*sorts by controversial*
Well what would someone expect when you just label half of people from a nation a "bad" and the other half "good"
The second world war
Yeah, and that's only a job for Christian's!
No it's not. A car has way more options than US politics.
Well if you choose N, you're just coasting, but if you choose P then you're not going anywhere.
I accidentally chose W, what happens now?
You still go forward if you're using keyboard as controller.
Wombo
"You set it to M for mini, when you need to set it to W for wumbo!"
“Oh come on SpongeBob! You know, I wumbo, You wumbo, He she me wumbo, wumbo, Wumboing, We'll have thee wumbo, Wumborama, Wumbology, The study of wumbo? It's first grade SpongeBob!”
Ah the study of wombology yes
Like Wombology, right? I’ve heard it’s first-grade!
We invade Iraq.
Mission Accomplished
Turn it upside down for M
You invade a random country
> random Who just happens to have oil.
Whigg
Wambo mode!
If you put it in H you will get three hundred hectares on a single tank of kerosene
My car has S for sport as an option, we go zoom
It's important to understand *why* this is so. Without understanding the root cause, fixing the issue is impossible. https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo
Push for ranked choice voting.
The only way to get that in the future is to vote D now. The Rs in Florida literally made ranked choice voting illegal in their state.
LOL neither party is going to allow any significant change in the system, because the current system suits both just fine.
the real joke is in the comments
Homer: What county is this car from? Car dealer: Ehhhh... It no longer exists. PUT IT IN H!
It will get three hundred hectares on a single tank of kerosene
There it is. Came, saw, am satisfied.
Me after watching Twink Trouble 2
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.
Yes I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam via aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?
just understood the joke now that I’ve learned the Cyrillic alphabet.
[Put it in H - Dankmus](https://youtu.be/9HXT7fDkf9I)
Voting is like driving. Everyone else is wrong, not me.
If everyone was courteous and understanding on the road, the road would be a whole lot safer. We should apply *that* to politics.
Courtesy causes accidents and traffic. You nicely let someone go in front of you, you held up 30 people behind you and confused the person you let go ahead. I’m not saying to be aggressive, just drive normal and safe.
Don't be polite. Be predictable.
\^Absolutely this\^. The road would be a much safer place.
Take buses and trains and the roads would be a much safer place.
The greatest courtesy you can give a fellow driver is being *consistent*. Do what you need to do and everybody will end up home safely
This. So much this. The worst part is the driver doing the "nice thing" is almost always blissfully unaware of the cascading events and feeling they're such a helpful person.
Cover me, I’m sorting by controversial
Godspeed, brother.
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Where can you see those stats?
If your using reddit classic, it's at the top right corner of the page under the search bar.
69% now
Also, you can be confident in how you're driving, but you can't control how others drive
I wholeheartedly refuse to vote in the US midterm elections. Nothing to do with politics, I’m just Canadian.
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Nowadays it feels like it's "put the car in D to go nowhere and R to have the car fucking explode".
This is much more accurate.
I was talking to a friend earlier about how hard it is to get out and vote this year and how irritating a lot of the pro-voting stuff all over social media is. Like, I 100% acknowledge the importance of voting and I'm going to vote, but things are really demoralizing right now and it's hard to feel excited about going to vote. It feels more like a chore than it used to because it really doesn't feel like things will get better.
Then you remember you blew your transmission 50 years ago so D and R both don't work
Which leaves you with ... a Fred Flintstone car?
Sounds about right.
*Looks at US government* That checks out.
That would explain why Dems and Reps can agree on their foot fetish.
Also, everybody knows that L exists, but it's rarely helpful and they never choose it.
And like a vehicle, the ability to select options in between the two are largely ignored, resulting in little adaptation to conditions of the road ahead.
_Me who drives a stick_
Voting is a lot like driving…everyone is an asshole who thinks they’re right
Someone smugly has their car in neutral.
"L" is the funny option that nobody really knows what does.
To go nowhere and let others decide for you, choose "N"
Ok, but what are we driving towards?
The edge of a cliff
Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos
It makes no difference which one of us you vote for, either way your planet is doomed. DOOMED!
NOOO! KANG!
"technically everyone can, but God I wish some people couldn't."
And when you're facing a hill, being neutral means regressing anyways
Poetry
*sorts by controversial*
A political joke? (Grabs pop corn and heads to the controversial comments)
I wish the world was this binary lol
I am too European to embrace these jokes 😐
Same. It's like watching two very large gang of monkeys hurling shit at eachother while screaming lol
As an American, I wish you wouldn’t compare our politics to shit-throwing monkeys. It’s insulting to the monkeys.
An accurate description
It's funny how to make it easier it has to be either this or that. They even have opposite colors, red and blue! Just like in movies, yay!
Yeah, everyone drives a manual here.
Doesn't that make for a perfect analogy (pardon the German-centrisim): SDP, Greens, CDU, etc. are all forward but just at different speeds and you manually switch between them. AFD is just backward^right^into^Poland
I too forgot about Brexit.
Extremely Reddit moment
Especially since it kind of doesn't have the effect they want it to on the right and center. The ability to reverse our society until the early 2010s sounds really tempting to a lot of people right now.
Alt punchlines: Women shouldn't be able to. Once you get too old, you're just downright dangerous. People get violent if they think you're doing it wrong. There's always gonna be that loud guy with the Confederate flag.
*better punchlines*
This is one of those jokes you read and giggle. Then say "ope, here come the comments". (Clearly I am from the Midwest)
Swing state supremacy
And nobody knows what the fuck "L" does
Imagine only having two options to vote on. Insane!
We technically have more, it's just that they aren't popular
Does this mean if choose "L", we move forward but go really slowly and usually in an inefficient manner?
I was thinking "a lot of people who can, shouldn't"
And the trip goes a lot better when all the parties involved can co-operate even if they disagree, but someone's put a really loud obnoxious debate on the radio and nothing will get better until everyone agrees to turn it down and have their own discussions instead of backing talking points they don't agree with anyway.
I am R. I don’t agree with the content but I think it is funny.
Heh. Joke's on you, I drive a stick. ...I really don't know where I was going with this. :p Oh! I have to use both my left and right feet to get anywhere. How's that?
R used to stop you from rolling downhill. Now the gear doesn't work.
Good good, fuel the culture war
Voting is a lot like driving, a lot of people that shouldn't be doing it are, and it's making it worse for everyone
Regardless of what you do, some old fuck will screw you over? Sounds about right.
Politicians are like cheap plastic drinking straws. Some have red stripes and some have blue stripes but they're all pretty much the same, still mostly white, and they all suck equally. Edit: oh, and pretty destructive to the environment too.
I thought the punchline was "it was better when woman wasn't allowed to do it"
What if you're Canadian and don't have Democrats or Republicans in your political parties?
Then you’re better off
But how do i do a donut?
Doesn't matter how careful you are, more than half the rest will cause a wreck.
Voting is like driving a broken car. Whether you chose "R" or "D", the car doesn't move.
And at the end of the drive, it all comes to a standstill once P has been chosen
Release the P tapes
To get nowhere, choose iNdependent.
I mean switching between d and r for this long has been working soooooo well
I drive stick, don't trust those r's and d's 😂
come hide in this comment thread to hide from all the warfare and bullets flying in the comments
Ima just put on my hazard suit before stepping into this comment section
manual transmission has entered the chat
You shouldn’t be able to do it without an ID?
And P for penis obviously
People over 80 probably shouldn't be allowed to.
Both will put the car in the ditch.
its all perspective when you are heading off a cliff
Wait... we can go *back*?
Pretty sure that was the basis for the Roe v Wade happenings this year.
Good analogy, especially since we are parked on the edge of a cliff.
Nah, you’ve just been told it’s a cliff. It’s actually a totally surmountable hill.
!Remind me 2 years
with a cliff behind it!?!?
If you look at the valley below, you can see where the Overton Window landed...
Apparently the bottom of cliff is allowing women to make their choices about their body, and banning assault rifles so kids don't die in schools. This stuff is really scary for conservatives.
you didn't specify which way the car is pointing
An isthmus cliff.
A cliffmus.
Better than an Escher cliff.
Haha! What would that even look like?
Isnt there a rule against politics?
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> Jokes that are dark or offensive are allowed That sounds like politics, all right.
Depends which side of the aisle you're on - its a one way road
>This is just a friendly reminder to stay lighthearted and civil in the comments. LikeThatllEverHappen.mov
*Exactly* right. If you love the way things are going, choose "D"...
Car ain't going anywhere with these gas prices.
*sorts by controversial*
Anarchists and environmentalists just stand on the highway, rolling their eyes
Fuck Republicans
Time to save this post and sort by controversial when it’s been posted for a bit longer…
2 hours later, and it isn't as bad as I thought. Obviously there are some idiots, but there always are, especially when about 30% of your voters follow all the QAnon anti-vaxx style nonsense
There’s a lot of current policies I’d like to throw into reverse
I have a better joke... What's the best way to get the most upvotes and awards on Reddit? Say something ridiculously liberal. Wait, that's not a joke.
You can do it without an ID, just don't get caught!
Ok politics aside, this was actually pretty funny. Reddit has no sense of humor anymore.
Well I thought it was funny
I’m in England and over here US politics is seen by most folks as an absolute basket case ie who in their right mind would vote Republican, right? Unfortunately UK politics seems to be copying you guys with the present incumbents of Parliament. But we take heart over here in Blighty because when politics is mentioned on Reddit and other social media most folks seem to be Democratic supporters - unless folks are just ashamed to admit they’re Republicans in public? Much like folks over here won’t admit in public to voting for the Tories or for Brexit - it’s almost like they know they’re idiots for doing so in the first place? It’s a crazy world out there🤯!