Sometimes I miss the 2016 version of myself, where I would get a mild dopamine boost about funny jokes about the orange man, or seeing a celebrity endorse my favorite DNC war criminal - blissfully unaware of global politics, war, and genocide.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    16 hours ago

    I pop in there every so often to look for names, then sort by controversial and do the same

    Today, hot sort as of right now: 19 headlines have Trump, 0 have Biden (the current president), 6 have Harris (3 have Trump and Harris)

    Most are lib burns on Trump and the like

    Notables: A headline featuring Liz Cheney shitting on Trump, one headline called '3 tell tale signs that Harris will beat Trump'

    Controversial sort: 5 have Trump, 6 have Harris, 2 have Biden

    Most are about Israel, Gaza, or election outcomes

    Notables: One headline in there is an op ed by an IDF arms manufacturer (who supports Harris and more upvotes than comments), one is about poor people being apathetic about voting (and has 0 upvotes and 40 comments)

    I hate these people so much.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      13 hours ago

      bots*, not people. its election season and the candidades are campaigning on reddit. relatively easy to buy space on the frontpage over there. you might remember r/redditminusmods, or the few "it was all bots all along" controversies.