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I don't think most of Europeans are particularly afraid of being in missile range of anyone but the US, right now.

And the only country that doesn't really fit in with the EU in terms of overall values at all is Turkey, so not a lot of crazy neighbours around overall.

And, to be honest, if the US had a modern public transport system you could probably visit anywhere worth going in a couple of weeks too.

Yes

I think what's happening is one of those situations, where you can put more or less into a meme due to their simplification.

I think you're being very literal with it, and trying to cross-equate more of their narrative to the meme than the majority of people.

The ICE being labelled as an actual nazi, being a pretty big sign that it isn't supporting their narrative.

Most people read it as a satirical take on ICE's narrative, that obviously does not match reality. The satire is evident enough to everyone else that the meme does not enforce the fascist narrative.

If the meme was flipped as you suggest, it would just seem tasteless and unfunny (with humour being the main point of memes), and seem to glorify ICE by making them appear to be actually powerful, and not the scared little, emotionally stunted boys they actually are.

I think it's fine if you don't get on a comedic level, and if you think it's a bad meme, then that's fine too. Memes are simplified by their nature, and we won't all enjoy the same ones.

I'm going to exit this discussion, as I don't expect us to find any real middle ground, or for there to be anything further for me to learn. Besides, it's a discussion about a meme, so it's not exactly important. I hope you have a great day though.

I think you're just not catching it, which is perfectly fine.

Memes are simplified and therefore you can put more (or less) into them than the creator intended, so there's always multiple ways to interpret them.

My interpretation is this: If a perfectly regular, unarmed woman is that dangerous to them, then that makes them absolute cowards, and completely worthless at their supposed jobs. It also shatters any narrative about them being tough in any way, which I do believe is how they perceive themselves.

The meme is making fun of ICE agents for apparently being such cowards that they are afraid of an unarmed woman, seeing her as a threat on the level of Darth Vader.

It's emasculating them.

It is very interesting to read about everyone's experience with ADHD, and how different it really expresses itself.

Thank you for the rundown and links. It's news to me but that does indeed sound like there's a connection there.

I'll have to look into that more at some point. I appreciate your effort to help educate a lot.

That doesn't really sound like ADHD to me, but rather low self-esteem. I am sure the ADHD could be contributing to the low self-esteem but it doesn't sound like the same thing.

I think the "11 year old killed" part is the one that should make you feel bad.

The influencer part is pretty irrelevant to the overall issue here, even if it might be relevant to other aspects of the story.

Reading the article I don't see any support for your argument. It just seems like a arsenal strawman.

The article talks about getting more young people into political positions, and about having politicians generally stay in office until they die of old age is causing political stagnation.

It's not like it argues you can't serve past a certain age, just that it shouldn't be an exclusive old-people's club.

We have a Kinetic scale at home. Have had it for a few years now. It's my favourite one we've had so far.

On a full wind-up it lasts a couple of minutes, and it tells us before it runs out so you can wind it up again if you need.

We've had zero issues with it turning off mid-weighing past the first couple of times it happened, after which we got used to it.

For us, they've been the superior option.

Man, the disrespect. His wife is right next to him, and even picked her sexy Halloween outfit just for him.