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[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 120 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah you can just slide CNN over in that other column now.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And take the NYT there too

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

And every other media outlet

[–] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Yep move all the mainstream media out of that left column.

[–] msage@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago
[–] errer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

And the Tesla

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They forgot the fascism and guns on the red side. Maybe they are all inside the church.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

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[–] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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. 😂

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I prefer a custom built PC. What does that make me on the US political spectrum?

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To put it in terms suited to a graphic printed in a Japanese newspaper:

Screenshot of the anime "Serial Experiments Lain" showing the main character surrounded by stacks of cyberpunky parts and equipment she's assembling into an insane homemade computer.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Leftist probably

[–] srasmus@slrpnk.net 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I knew I had good reason to hate HP laptops.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Hell, facism is the least of all reasons to hate HP laptops

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

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 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

So it’s stupid AND outdated, thanks for letting me know.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

Maybe the artist considered basketball “liberal” because many of the best players are Black, and the game is often played by kids in cities. I think better choices for a conservative sport would be American football or NASCAR.

This is all just a guess.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Most city schools don't have room for a baseball field, but everyone's got a basketball hoop. And idiots love to rally around baseball as the red blooded american sport, never mind that half the MLB is latino.

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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They seem to understand republicans far more than democracts, other than what they call the party.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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[–] aliceblossom@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The source, 2024 apparently:

https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00011190R00C24A7000000/

Translation:

https://translate.kagi.com/www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00011190R00C24A7000000?ref=frankandsense.io

Yes, that Nikkei, like the stock exchange:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nikkei

Though it does feel like one of those “listicle” chum articles. The image feels a bit AI generated, whether it actually is or isn’t.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Man, they really did home in like a laser on the two worst pc brands in the world. I'm genuinely impressed...

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'm confused about baseball, basketball, and computers. Also not sure about coffee vs soda.

[–] thirteene@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week 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.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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Largely fits stereotypes from about 15 years ago. Not the most ignorant I've seen.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

They need to have a swarm of dollar signs being sucked into that megachurch.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I guess it would be kinda inappropriate to pictographically depict a pedo. Probably not enough room under the church anyway.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Being on the side of the HP laptop should be enough of a wakeup call.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Disney version of 1992, I see.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

besides the point it's weird how I recognize seeing this Image before AI, but I still did a double check.

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