For me it's partly population size, but also like... Culture/global impact i guess? Rio/Sao Paulo are some of the biggest cities in the world, and a part of one of the biggest countries in the world, and they're both "brand recognizable" names.
Beunos Aires, Toronto, Chicago, Huston, Havana and maybe more in Mexico/South America I can't think of off the top of my head will round out the top 10ish
I mean if we're going ALL of the Americas it's probably Sao Paulo, NYC, Mexico City, and imo 4th is a toss up between LA and Rio De Janeiro.
This is the second one PLEASE include me in the next secret block list I'm starting to feel unloved.
I started working out recently. I've always been a healthy person, my job is pretty physically demanding and I eat healthy, but I've always wanted to go a little bit further and look fit or even fully muscular. (thanks tiktok muscle ladies for the inspiration)
The appearance changes are small so far but I'm surprised just how much better I feel moving around my day to day life. Its very strange in a good way to experience feeling more "in control" of my own body.
I guess my perspective is slightly different as I was fresh out of high-school, looking at my first presidential election, almost no interest in politics, and my only real opinion of trump in 2016 was "dude is disgusting and a moron."
I ended up voting third party that election, something about if third party votes were above 5% they would earn more funding or something? I was in a very blue state at the time, so I knew trump wasnt going to win my state, and I figured maybe that 5% was doable that election.
I actually live in the US. I have family that voted for him. They're not desperate in the way you think they are. They're all some combination of dumb, ignorant, or the worst of the bunch, the actually evil.
I tried to befriend them, to convince them that the enemy is not what they thought it was. I spent ten fucking years doing that shit. But in the end:
My cousin is dumb, he votes for trump because he thinks trump is an uneducated everyman like himself "He speaks the way I speak."
My aunt is evil, she votes for trump because he makes her stock portfolio look good, damn the consequences "I voted for trump because we all need to vote for our own best interests."
My grandma is ignorant, she doesn't understand the way the world works today, things have changed too much from her generation to really grasp it "I voted for trump because the world is a scary place, and we need his security."
All three are evil in their own way. My grandma never took the time to consider the viewpoint of others, no matter how many times she was given opportunity. My cousin never learned, or trusted in those that knew more than him on a subject. My aunt, the most vile of them all decided that she didn't care enough about her kids and grandchildren, and that the bottom line was all that mattered.
There is no convincing these people. As another commenter said? Fuck em.
One day they will wake up, and realize that actions had consequences, and it's far too late to take it back.
"Voting for the person advertising a solution" ah yes, the dude who said "Concepts of a plan" And word-salad's his way through everything because his brain is as smooth and squishy as half-melted butter. What an excellent solution man he is.
I'm not "ostracizing people based on their votes" I'm ostracizing people who actively want to strip me of my rights, and quite possibly want to physically harm me fuck off with this "We should all be friends, it's the only way to convince them" shit. I'd have better luck convincing a hungry polar bear I'm not food.
We all knew who trump was going into 2024. I can forgive 2016, in truth, I didn't expect him to be as bad as he was. I can barely forgive people who voted in 2020, because by then we all knew he was a fucking idiot and people should have known better. But 2024? Nah. Fuck them. We all saw how dumb he was, we all saw january 6th, we all knew about project 2025, anything less is willful ignorance.
It's not just a "party war," it's a morality war. If you voted for trump in 2024, you have zero morals, empathy, and I genuinely believe you lack the capability to participate in society in any meaningful way.
that bread looks really good I'm curious where did you get it? Hopefully its not from a super local store that would dox you.
It kinda pisses me off maga is upset about it because I want to make jokes where I'm upset about it, but i just sound like a maga idiot if I do.
like obviously I know its not Canada's fault, but its fun to make jokes about that...
For real. Now if only they'd bring back lava sauce permanently...
Lich McConnell.
I am incredibly competitive, and funny enough I get it from my mom. I remember really having to learn how to control myself growing up, crying at mini golf because I'm 8 and sucked lol.
The rest of our family has banned us from competing against each other after she spiked the Wii remote into the ground from playing Mario Kart against me.
We try and do more cooperative activities now a days lol.