Hey all, sincerely hope you're well.

Many of our American posters are gathering together with family and friends today. They're likely to hear plenty of awful takes from their liberals. Unscratched, freshly scratched, or pre-scratched chuds alike, there are sure to be brainworms all around the table and openly airing their unhinged grievances. Please feel free to share their awful takes here. This thread is open for supporting one another, venting, laughing at bad family takes (both stale and bespoke).

This thread is intended to be a supportive space to bring the community together. Please be kind to one another. As always, discussion of struggle sessions or attempts to relitigate them will not be permitted.

Have fun and keep cozy! comfy

  • Hohsia [he/him]
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    13 days ago

    Love to get ruthlessly dogpiled for being the only one to make thanksgiving political when I tell someone that “No, actually Europe is not an authoritarian country for having different driving tests than the United States”

    Aaaaaawaaaaaaaaaqqqqqaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • Lyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]A
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      13 days ago

      Actually, the US is fascist for using easy driving tests to deputise its citizens so they can kill protestors and children with SUVs.

    • TheDrink [he/him]
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      13 days ago

      Granted this was Japan and not Europe, but I remember for years people telling me that the test was impossible and that everyone fails twice and that it was actually a scam for the Japanese driving school to get money.

      Passed it on my first try. Turns out most Americans just suck at driving.

      • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]
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        13 days ago

        I failed my driving exam, in the U.S., twice, but it was for total fucking bullshit. One failure she claimed I was speeding. No, I was watching my speedometer, I never went over 35. The second failure it was LIGHTLY RAINING, like, imagine the lightest fucking rain imaginable. I got failed for not turning my windshield wipers on automatic.... I was just manually operating them as needed. Because it was barely fucking raining. But I got this "blah blah blah state law when it's raining you gotta turn on the wipers" bullshit. Fuck those assholes, wasting my fucking time on absolute nonsense.

    • mkultrawide [any]
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      13 days ago

      When you are in a situation like this, the best way to argue is to pretend to be a dumbass and ask lots of questions you already know the answer to, especially questions that are "But doesnt the US do that with xyz?"