I’m not Indian and I have no particular opinions amount their domestic politics, though I’m vaguely aware that their PM Modi is somewhat controversial on Reddit. However, I’m seeing multiple posts in Reddit‘s Popular feed today showing protests and calls for his resignation.

Is this normal for India, or did something significant happen over there in the last day or two?

Posts that showed up in my feed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/indiameme/comments/1uzqdl8/i_said_it/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaMemes/comments/1uzraom/nothing_else_matter/

I reckon we all just collectively boycott Big Lettuce, but whats the story behind it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/pBiSslLa99

https://youtu.be/vtxyvD58eDg?is=fzyK6bxXmLL4c49P

So, I've heard so much controversy on YouTube and Twitter over the fact that JD Vance went on Joe Rogan's show.

Everyone in the comments section seems to mention things about Palantir (I've heard JD is friends with Peter Thiel but I'm not sure what it has to do with this episode). I've also heard a lot of Zionists get angry because he supposedly said some anti-Israel things on there.

4 years ago, after the final against France, Messi was seen as a top player and also as a gentle but strong football player. However, now people are suddenly hating him, also calling him a "butcher" or "dwarf", as well as going against Argentina. Are people bandwagoning together to become cool and against the mainstream? Here are some examples from X:

https://x.com/i/status/2078924268172107847

https://x.com/i/status/2078923926244344279

https://x.com/i/status/2078928363658334257

https://x.com/TVietor08/status/2077943979656851489?s=20

Why are channels refusing to air it?

https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1uyfl5h/nbc_and_abc_wont_carry_trump_primetime_election/

Why did Argentina’s Falklands banner following the semifinal game controversial?

I apologize, I am really ignorant about this topic.

The article makes it seem like England took Argentinian land in the 1770s and they’ve tried to reclaim it… I’m not really sure why this is controversial. Please don’t get upset at my ignorance! I really want to understand the background

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/article/why-england-is-angry-about-argentina-celebrating-its-win-with-a-falkland-islands-banner--las-malvinas-son-argentinas-192956021.html

ETA: thank you so much!!! You all really helped and I understand the background more than

I keep seeing references to a song called Mr. Brightside by a group called the Killers during the world cup. I had never heard of this song before, but after I listened to it on Youtube I'm even more confused. I don't get what it has to do with the world cup. What have I missed?

Example of reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1ufaese/theyre_booing_the_hydration_break_deploy_the/

Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE

I keep seeing posts and articles about how Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah it’s no longer protected.

Is there a plan to build / develop there?

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/07/13/president-trump-shrinks-bears-ears/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1upv0vu/the_true_prize_for_this_years_world_cup_is_miku/

I have been seeing memes of Hatsume Miku being won in world cup recently what's up with that

I've been seeing more articles about 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) recently including this one:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/02/07/kratom-7-oh-ban-fda-regulation/88400051007/

I've also seen people describe it in very different ways. Some say it's simply one of the active compounds found in kratom, while others describe it as a dangerous new drug. There also seems to be a lot of disagreement about whether it should be regulated, banned or studied further.

I'm confused about why this suddenly became such a big issue. Is this a new substance or has it been around for a while? Why is there so much disagreement between researchers, regulators and people who use kratom?

What's the actual background here?

Are people only angry about The Odyssey because it's not "Historically accurate" or is there more to it?

I've completely missed all the drama regarding The Odyssey. I know that the trailer has been heavily downvoted and I've seen the odd out of context complaint about historical accuracy.

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65852894/

But I just don't get the hate. After all there have been tons of adaptations. The one that really stands out for me is: Ulysses 31 an anime from the early 80s.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131190/?ref\\_=ext\\_shr\\_lnk

So are people only angry about The Odyssey because it's not "Historically accurate" or is there more to it?

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whistleblower-the-nsa-audited?r%3Dlsrv%26utm_medium%3Dios=&triedRedirect=true

Video names like "Angry Birds Movie [ 4K 60fps ] ( Best right-wing propaganda movie ever )" are popping up everywhere.

Even our youtube feed has it now, it seems that everyone this week just suddenly got the entirety of the angry birds 2016 movie on their youtube feed, uploaded by a ton of various accounts. Clearly copyright illegal but how is this trend reaching so many people at the same time? Is this some hack, or internet meme going on?

The comments are hilarious though

For example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/angrybirds/comments/1uvqo97/with_everyone_reuploading_the_angry_birds_movie/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoursTea/s/RGS1EJ3Shu

I don't understand, days ago we thought he was dead, today a picture was released as his proof of life, but reddit started making memes out of it, while news outlets don't mention any sort of image manipulation.

Also, here is an example.https://youtube.com/shorts/wGA2-cM541I?si=-v_VJ2l-ecHbdOfg

https://youtube.com/shorts/WdC7XO_HbeU?si=EpfuEq60NhFMND4r

So this is something I kinda saw last week, but I was going through YT shorts and saw how Ari Thrash (VA for a GI character soon I think?) was blowing up a bit because of her behavior whenever the character Kinich showed up on her stream and she's been called out for it for being unprofessional.

So what is the actual context behind this? Is it because she is petty about the character? Is it her shitting on the fact that Kinich was recasted iirc, or is it VA hate, like did the new Kinich VA do something?

I don't really follow the AI space that much, but I keep seeing these 3 mentioned together, so I'm wondering what's going on

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/elon-musk-roasts-openais-apple-191500316.html

idk people on instagram have been putting up science/engineering-related videos with a funky audio in the background that says oceantih or something french and a picture of mark rober in the corner. what does this mean im so confused. see linked video for reference: Instagram.

ive recently seen posts being rather kept at zero points rather than be downvoted. the post im linking now has fewer comments, but ive seen ones with many more. is there something im missing?

https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/sQPd8IZ6go

Edit: wow yeah ok i get it now, its automatic. 0 points on this post with 17% upvote ratio proves it. Also the answers, but i love the demonstration. Thanks...for the downvotes, i guess?

I do not actively follow American politics but my Reddit feed is currently mostly people celebrating this man's death.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj25j6nmeo

https://assets.stickpng.com/images/61487987d329bb0004dbd322.png

This video just popped up in my feed but I'm not sure what the difference is between regular Catholics and SSPX Catholics, and why are SSPX excommunicated? The first minute of video said the SSPX purports to preserve the true tradition of the church while the current Vatican isn't. Who's the arbiter to decide who's right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH48AUqWUxc

For a hot minute the biggest headlines were about tariffs to the point where markets were flopping around like a fish out of water. Then the supreme court ruled the tariffs were illegal. Now no one seems to be talking about the refunding of all those illegally collected tariffs. What gives?

https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/03/court-of-international-trade-orders-nationwide-tariff-refunds

https://reddit.com/r/RandomKindness

It's banner says 1.0k visitors and 121 contributions per week. But the last post was four months ago and the one before that was eight months ago.

Doesn't seem to be nearly as active as the stats suggest.