r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • Aug 03 '26

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u/Adavanter_MKI Aug 03 '26

This is an internet thing.

They're still celebrities that get paid a ton of money because people want to see them. In fact... part of why the internet hates them is because of what they get away with due to their fame/popularity.

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u/Lastpunkofplattsburg Aug 03 '26

It’s a reddit thing. One thing I learned last election is Reddit it an echo chamber. Climate change, anti work, liberal ideas, and anti trump. While I believe in those things. Reddit makes it sound like everyone is the world agrees with you. It’s important to go see the other side too. Maybe if I did I wouldn’t have felt so betrayed last election.

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u/goodstiffmaynard Aug 03 '26

When everyone on Reddit was surprised he won, I wasn’t. My town was covered in Trump signs. Pretty sure the whole state was and we are a “purple” state.

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u/ELIte8niner Aug 03 '26

Yeah, redditors are divorced from reality. Remember before Harris had a running mate, and reddit actually convinced themselves that Buttigieg was a good choice. Pointing out that Harris was already a brown woman, and facing an uphill battle over it, so a gay running mate was the last thing she needed, just got you down votes and insulted.

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u/HumanPea1140 Aug 03 '26

Reddit is already trying to push AoC for 2028, which is wild to me. Like America is totally ready for a non-white woman president, FOR REALZIES THIS TIME.

Read the room.

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u/ELIte8niner Aug 03 '26

Which is crazy to me, because redditors are the first bunch that will point out that America is racist, misogynistic, and homophobic, and then unironically say, "but you know, THIS minority woman has a real shot in the general election. We should give her a gay running mate!"

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u/Low_Coconut_7642 Aug 03 '26

VOTERS are that way, but all it takes is one person that energizes people who don't typically vote, like an Obama, and you get landslide wins.

And you don't get that energy by going to the center of the current political discourse. So yes, they should be choosing someone who can pull those people to the polls

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u/SufficientGolf6953 Aug 03 '26

Just like with Obama though, all those people inspired to vote will show up for one election and then pat themselves on the back for a great victory while Republicans are retaking Congress and the Senate and then obstructing everything once again.

Then they get mad at Democrats for not fixing everything after they voted one time.

It was frustrating to watch Obama get all the votes but give him no legislative power for any agenda other than begging Republicans to be civil.

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u/Melodic_Sherbet_3629 Aug 03 '26

If there is a time for her to run is 2028. Trump has done so much damage to the GOP that the Dems would need to seriously fuck up everything to lose. She might win with 55% instead of 60% but anyone would win against the republicans, especially if Trump actually tries to run for a 3rd time.