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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 204 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's more or less accurate, except at the top where the red team guy is respecting a woman.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

That image seemed more like "traditional role models, clothes and heterosexual white couples" to me

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The woman’s hair should be blonder, and she should be wearing more of a tradwife dress.

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Its Japanese though and I think that that IS their traditional housewife outfit.

Same for blonder, I mean they obviously k ow what blonde is but that's probably plenty blonde to be very blonde to them.

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I assumed he was buying a different woman from her

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[–] TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Clearly the republican picture is attempting to depict the marriage photo of Hank and Peggy Hill.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I read that as "Left is in constant debate with itself" vs. "Right shakes hands and gets down to business"*

*^^horrible ^^horrible ^^business

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 123 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Y'all better move fried chicken back over that line right fuckin now.

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 46 points 3 months ago

Trade for Starbucks

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Dems get Black people but not fried chicken" is certainly a take

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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 13 points 3 months ago

Embrace your inner fascist and cross the line yourself to get the chicken you deserve

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[–] sudo@lemmy.today 115 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Adorable how little that truck is

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 92 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Japanese artist: "I drew it as large and obnoxious as possible!"

Westerners: "it's adorable that you think that"

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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

That is the largest truck that someone who's spent their whole life in Japan can conceptualize. Japan is a land of tiny trucks.

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 78 points 3 months ago (5 children)

CNN? The channel that recently spent hours dissecting every stutter and stumble Biden made and just plain refused to talk about the vicious lies and ad hom attacks Trump spent the entire debate spewing, and just didn’t find it worth mentioning how he avoided answering several super important questions? That’s who they think the left gets news from?

Like, at least put the NPR on there lol.

[–] DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Your mistake is thinking democrats are "the left" lol

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, it's hard to explain in the US and Canada, where there are only two major parties, that they don't represent two ends of a political spectrum. They're just two dominant parties that have different ideas; on a lot of things, they even agree and don't hide it.

I wish we, as kids in society, had learned more about specific right-wing and left-wing policies in history and civics so that this distinction could be made more clear. Or at least that we were taught what liberalism is and what neoliberalism is and how they're different.

But we didn't and weren't, so when people think "liberal" they think "left," and we're all worse off for it.

[–] DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

But we didn’t and weren’t

Deliberately of course, precisely to maintain ignorance, and keep the Overton window firmly on the right..

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[–] tinyVoltron@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How did they not put any guns?

[–] match@pawb.social 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

would be controversial to portray guns in a casual context

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Wtf why do the republicans get the fried chicken???

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

Ha ha. Eat it, libs!

Wait not like that!

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Or Pepsi and baseball? It should be the NFL and Coke instead of those two.

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That girl in the red dress needs to be about 15 years younger

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (6 children)

To me, the least accurate part is picking baseball to represent the right. I would've gone with wrestling, NASCAR, or maybe even football.

(I know the Japanese play baseball themselves... maybe it has a right-wing connotation there that's influencing the choice?)

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[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A Republican man respecting a woman? Unrealistic.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

The handshake is a ruse. He’s exploiting her. She’s probably got a startup and he’s providing some kind of building blocks she needs and she’s paying out the nose because she needs his shit. He’s probably hitting on her with cheap jewelry.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Apple? Plz. We buy PCs and load on Linux.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dem by Apple, Leftists put linux on potatoes

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Nah that’s the communists

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Don't think I believe the apple vs windows thing, but the rest looks about right.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

It's not even a windows thing, it's specifically HP...which makes even less sense LMAO

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[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm Japanese and I can tell you they have no idea. The comic just makes no sense to me because of that. Most can't even tell the difference between the two parties. They can't even tell the difference between political left and right.

Pacifists fear Trump. Nationalists think Trump is a savior. That's all. They are both conservatives, by the way.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Politics as consumerism. They got us dead to rights.

[–] ValorieAF@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Apple? Nah fuck no lol

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Americans known in Japan... for nigiri??

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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (5 children)

serious question: what are the two Dems at the top doing? Is he refusing to shake her hand? Was he going in for a hug?

[–] Duckingold@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think it's supposed to be clothing and talking style is more casual on left and more formal on right.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It should definitely be beer instead of Pepsi on the red side.

I guess it's a compliment that they put Japanese food on the blue side? Although they love fried chicken at Christmas.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago

I saw this cartoon a while back.

Democrat's View of the World = A globe with USA shown divided between Red and Blue and the rest of the world in various pastels. There are a few black skull spots labeled 'Terrorism.'

GOP View of the World = Same globe, except there are only two colors. The USA Red States and everything else is 'Terrorism.'

[–] Mercury@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

At first, I thought the catcher was a guy crouched with a gun and was shooting the batter in the ass.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tesla goes on the other side actually tbh tbh

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I see it as a generic electric car.

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[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

The left side is every NATO leftist, except the rapper is white and the basketball player is replaced with a guy whining about the existence of sports

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

I hate the Apple association, but everything else feels pretty valid.

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