• CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
      22·
      11 days ago

      As Jesus intended

      * Jesus in this comment is American Jesus only. Any resemblance to other incarnations of Jesus are entirely coincidental and should not be inferred.

    • Rusty@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      At first glance I thought the catcher is pointing a gun towards the other guy’s ass.

  • JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world
    32·
    10 days ago

    The fact that political identity apparently determines whether you use a Mac or an HP laptop is the level of specific detail I didn’t know I needed today. 😂

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    10 days ago

    FINALLY! Someone mentions the grossly unacknowledged Starbucks-Pepsi political divide!

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 days ago

    This doesn’t even make sense. What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

    Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook, NYT writes with a conservative slant, HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red? Why list it at all?

    This feels like something thrown together by someone who spent and entire weekend learning about US political culture from memes, and I’m 50% certain this was drawn by AI.

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      11 days ago

      HP is BUSINESS, while Apple is CREATIVE. The greatest of political divides. /s

      This picture is at least 15 years old, I remember it making the rounds during uhh, I want to say Obama’s first term.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook

      The infographic is explaining broad cultural differences. If you think many people in liberal america are changing their laptops because of Tim Cook, you are out of touch.

      NYT writes with a conservative slant

      Again, this is about broad cultural trends. I know one of lemmy’s favorite catchphrases is “America has a center right party and a far right party” - and I’m not saying that isn’t true. But the people in these parties and the people occupying their associated social demographics see large differences between each other, which is what this infographic is about. American liberals, by and large, respect the NYT. They might disagree with its slant in one way or another, but if a god-and-guns conservative starts criticizing it over thanksgiving dinner, they will defend it tooth and nail. Meanwhile, American leftists are not represented in this infographic because they make up an incredibly small portion of the population, and are largely culturally irrelivant outside a few isolated and insular pockets.

      HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red?

      It is a stand-in for non-Mac PCs in general. They probably felt they had to pick a brand to counter “Mac”, and HP only has 2 letters and so fit in the infographic better.

      What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

      I agree this is their weakest comparison. I assume they were going with basketball=black people, baseball=apple pie. A more apt comparison, imo, would be conservatives watching sports while liberals watch TED Talks or something.

    • mika_mika@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 days ago

      I came here to comment that this looks like AI and don’t want to be repetitive but I would reckon this is 100% AI.

  • mika_mika@lemmy.world
    17·
    10 days ago

    Fried chicken got a chuckle out of me. I refuse to let the right take away my crispy chicken identity!!

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Yeah, they blew that one. But, I suspect it’s because they associate “fast food” with KFC, over McDonald’s. Although, I think McD’s is nearly as well known, if not as well liked there?

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
    161·
    11 days ago

    Hahaha I’m curious about the reasoning behind the HP and mac being red/blue

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 days ago

      HP, I think, just represents using a generic PC. The stereotype is that liberals use Macs

      • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
        31·
        10 days ago

        Hm. I would have thought libs would be all in Linux, which is mainly PC focused.

        • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          10 days ago

          If you think that, you live in a bubble. Go to an anti-Trump protest and ask what desktop operating system they use. Your answers will be “Windows is gross, ew, I use a Mac”, “Whatever my job gives me, I haven’t used a personal laptop in years”, and “What’s an operating system?”

    • kboos1@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 days ago

      Probably because MAC was niche for a long time hipster for a long time. HP/Compaq and now Dell has almost always been synonymous with corporate office workers

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      I feel like this is because Japanese tourists hit up Hawaii and the west cost a lot. Affluent areas and the west coast tech scene are littered with Macs. And those areas are also pretty blue.

  • aliceblossom@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 days ago

    For those interested in the etymology of the party names at the top:

    The democrat side uses the characters “the people”, “lord”, and “party”. My interpretation is “the people are in charge party”, which makes sense because democracy is “the rule of the people”.

    The republican side uses the characters “share”, “peace”, and “party”. To me, this one doesn’t have an interpretation that obviously links to republicanism.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      8·
      10 days ago

      Yeah, no. Republicans and sharing are two words that won’t fit into the same sentence

      • planish@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        10 days ago

        I think it’s a pretty good translation of the word; “Republicans” ostensibly would support a “republic”, which is governed supposedly for the common good by mechanisms which are not really explained or examined and definitely distinct from just letting people do whatever they agree on like under one of those gross dirty democracies. “Common harmony” captures the same good-vibes/no-plan energy.

        Of course, what they’ve got now aren’t even actual republicans, because, like their favorite model of Rome, republics love to become empires.

    • Ice@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 days ago

      共 - here meaning “together”, “joint” or “common”

      和 - here meaning peace or harmony.

      The connection here is a peace/harmony/order (because peace/harmony stems from order) that comes from “together” or “joint” (rule). Hence, republicanism (as in the ruling system).

      It is the literal translation of the names of the parties.

      Democracy party

      Republicanism party

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    I like that they think the business professionals just spend the day eating KFC in their pickup truck while listening to Morgan Wallen.

    Although the catcher with a handgun is somewhat correct.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I like that they think the business professionals just spend the day eating KFC in their pickup truck while listening to Morgan Wallen.

      I mean, have you lived in the south? Not too far off base

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 days ago

    Not a single gun. No oil. No megacorporations. The fundamental issues of the core divide aren’t even hinted at here.

    • thirteene@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      I think demographic spillover to some extent. Basketball is seen as more of an African american sport (vs hard racism). Rural areas are also more likely have to have a gas station with a 44-64oz/1-2L fountain drink vs urban coffee shops. Macs are viewed as more artistic and high end

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      Well Starbucks has been hardcore screwing over their workers so they are on the shit list.

      I don’t know what the people are doing at the top.

    • msfroh@lemmy.ca
      2·
      9 days ago

      I remember reading something about the political divides in US sports fandoms.

      If I recall correctly, the NFL and MLB are both pretty balanced across the political spectrum.

      The NBA has more Democratic fans, which is largely demographic correlation with having more black fans. College football is arguably the quintessential Republican sport. Again, I think that’s largely demographics, though, because college football is more popular in areas without NFL teams (more rural areas).