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[–] michaelalf@lemmy.world 104 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I rarely get ads, thanks to pihole. But whenever my server is down for maintenance etc. I get spammed with "Visit the USA!" and "America the Beautiful" ads. I live in Australia... Why the fuck would I want to visit that shithole country?

It seems like the US is drowning and is trying desperately to get more people in to replace the "illegals" they're deporting. Maybe I'm just their target audience (straight, white, male) ughh.... makes me feel gross.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

No, we definitely are trying to use rich whites as a patch on the leaking dam now that we've been trying to deport all the "illegals" as fast as we can (and to get the administration filthy fucking rich). "Rich" in this case being "over $50k/year so we might be able to get them to buy a car and rent an apartment Considering they're talking about lifting the immigration restrictions on white South Africans specifically.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 9 points 12 hours ago

Just a different kind of gambling ad. Gamble your life for a discounted trip to Disney World. Will you make it big or get sent to El Salvador?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 52 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hi, American here. Please never come here. While YOU would be mostly safe, we are still a dumpster fire.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, if we manage to get our shit together I encourage everyone to visit our national parks. It's not safe now or for the foreseeable future, but if it is in the future, they really are something to behold.

[–] carmo55@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Before trump 2 electric boogaloo this was one of my biggest dreams..

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How often will you see the fall of an empire though? You have to appreciate it with your own eyes.

[–] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

That's a spin all of this that I didn't expect to see!!

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

youtube accounts should be authenticated to a human being in an organisation and those details be public to save democracy

[–] wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

No. Education should be better funded. I'll give social media platforms my ID when hell freezes over.

Be very, very careful in advocating for that.

[–] PushButton@lemmy.world -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I am just curious, what is making you gross?

[–] Nima@leminal.space 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

existing is enough to feel guilty now, apparently.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 minutes ago

For straight white men, it's been that way for at least a decade now...