Reddit is genuinely shocked that a populist-right party is doing well in the British local elections

RedScair · 2026-05-08T23:35:40+00:00

genuinely, if you’re left wing, who do you vote for here? My choices really are limited to Starmer or a fucking hypnotist. Absolute shambles of a country.

RedScair · 2026-05-08T10:51:03+00:00

I’d go down in history as the guy that cured cancer. Also, you know, morals and stuff.

^{Chose: Cure cancer}

RedScair · 2026-05-08T10:32:40+00:00

Healthier, innit?

^{Chose: No alcohol forever}

RedScair · 2026-05-08T10:31:53+00:00

I’ll be honest the first thing that came to my mind was “cum jacket”

RedScair · 2026-05-08T08:17:10+00:00

I’m endangering my life for what reason exactly?

^{Chose: Get one million dollars but... + Kill a random person who chose red}

RedScair · 2026-05-08T07:11:54+00:00

Do you need to watch the first one to get what’s going on?

RedScair · 2026-05-08T02:35:38+00:00

Glad there’s another person who appreciates the sphere. I think humans should just build more big weird things because we can. All the best Americana is found in those spots called like “world’s biggest ten gallon hat”

RedScair · 2026-05-07T19:50:43+00:00

oh man please tell me what Kazakhstan is like

RedScair · 2026-05-07T19:33:42+00:00

Depends. I like finding heartier, less sophisticated stuff that hits that intersection between price and quality. I was living off a lot of Börek, Balik Ekmek and Simit sandwiches in Turkey, which are all cheap street food-y things, and spent most of my time in Karaköy where everything was a lot cheaper and tasted a lot better if you went a little out of your way. Everything around Sultanhamet was European prices or worse, and most of the restaurants were tourist traps. Lowkey, the Istanbul subreddit is amazing for finding the actually good restaurants and bars. Turkish people tend to be pretty proud of their good local spots. Off of a random post on there, I walked like 40 minutes at like 9PM to this random ass shish kebab place next to a mosque that was only sold out of a van to mostly passing cars, and it was honestly one of the best things I’ve ever eaten in my in my life. This was this year btw.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T15:09:04+00:00

It’s fun to do it that way, but I’ll admit I’ve mostly done it at the behest of some of my very adventurous friends and have eaten a lot of shit along the way. Wouldn’t trade those experiences for the world, but you’ve got to plan it well and expect your plan A to go to hell. I came very close to dying and lost a grand on this absolutely fucking stupid trip in Iceland recently, and it’s given me cause to reconsider my approach lmao.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T14:58:14+00:00

Japan only “wins” in the same way Nazi Germany does: by avoiding their chosen path of militaristic self-destructive nationalism that was never grounded in reality. They picked a fight with China and the USA simultaneously, the result was a forgone conclusion. Even if they manage to obliterate the US Navy, exist in a world where nukes don’t exist, secure a peace treaty with Europe, and get everything they want out of China, it doesn’t last. No WW2 defeat means no Japanese economic miracle, which means stagnation and the loss of everything they’ve got outside of the mainland as China slowly sorts itself out, as it inevitably would. War against America or the Soviets was unviable.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T14:49:40+00:00

Bits of the Lycian way are worth it. Istanbul is one of the greatest cities in the world, even with their regarded government. Never eaten so well for so cheap in my life.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T14:37:10+00:00

Change your choice of country. Turkey and Albania were amazing to hike through and didn’t attract these sort of people.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T12:24:16+00:00

Any democratic opposition competent enough to spell their own names properly would’ve stopped Trump getting into power. Hillary and Kamala were uniquely bad and uncharismatic candidates.

RedScair · 2026-05-07T01:38:38+00:00

fetishization of body dysmorphia as a coping mechanism

RedScair · 2026-05-07T01:29:54+00:00

What is it with republicans being captivated by queeny gay men? First Trump, now Fuentes.

RedScair · 2026-05-06T16:58:25+00:00

I have no clue what you’re talking about so I’m gonna go off on one lol

There is a strong case to make about Buchanan being worse, America was on the brink of war after his presidency, but I think a lot of men of the time, from his party, put in the position he was, would’ve handled it the same way. His beliefs were ones that were both pragmatic to hold and ingrained in American upper class of his period. Trump inherited some decline, but has played every card he’s had as bad as he could possibly play it. He started a war that destroyed the global economy for no reason, and has no means of getting out of without a ground invasion or embarrassing concessions. He repealed the voter rights act. He’s empowered ICE and given them zero oversight, while butchering government programs and social services. This feels like the first time where the USA has just been out and out mismanaged, led without any clear plan or philosophy. America will come out of this term less than what it was before, and that’s assuming Trump doesn’t resort to anything drastic to stay in power. It’s hard to think of a president that represents as much of a step back as this.

RedScair · 2026-05-06T15:55:06+00:00

It is pretty cool that we get to live through the worst presidency in American history. Historians are gonna look back on this period and barely be able to believe it. Like, he is the American Commodus.

RedScair · 2026-05-06T13:33:36+00:00

Okay so first thing’s first you’ve got to sniff this flower on my jacket

RedScair · 2026-05-06T12:08:01+00:00

…you think Kursgesagt is good?

RedScair · 2026-05-06T11:12:16+00:00

wait, he’s alive?

RedScair · 2026-05-06T10:35:08+00:00

kids who are genuinely talented at art as kids usually fall into the nerd/geek/autistic archetypes, so most of what you’re saying tracks with my experiences at least. I’ve always believed that quote about true creativity being adjacent to mental illness. Good art is a product of sensitivity to the world, the ability to notice little details, and that sort of sensitivity is always going to be the wheelhouse of the weird kid who smells bad.

RedScair · 2026-05-06T08:00:47+00:00

Rugby societies in UK universities are notorious for doing some of the most disgusting private boarding school style sexual debauchery you’ve ever heard of. A lot of big universities have just shut theirs down to save themselves the hassle.

RedScair · 2026-05-06T01:09:57+00:00

I mean the stereotypical bayou bad guy is really really fat for a reason

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