#USA is bullshit

[nerdpoe]

It's Danny's first time doing his taxes, and he's reaching out to an online friend to help him. This is how he discovers that as far as the rest of the world is concerned, Amity Park is a barely contained zombie outbreak.

He'd made an online friend, Bart, and they played video games a lot.

Danny's fulltime job is inventing alongside his parents, and as that makes him self-employed (he doesn't work for his parents just next to them), this makes his taxes a little...scary. And it's his first tax season.

He reaches out to Bart, and asks if he knows anyone who files as self employed and if they'd be able to give him some guidance.

He can't ask his parents because, apparently, they've just been throwing random numbers on the papers and have no interest in actually doing them. Danny would like to do this properly.

Also he would like to know how his parents haven't been arrested? Questions for later.

So he shoots a message to Bart, who's apparently in the middle of some sort of sleepover with all of his old friends. Bart assures him that it's fine, and they'll all pitch in to help.

They just need to know his city and state so that the nerd of the group, some guy named Tim, can look up local state and city tax law.

When he tells them he's from Amity Park, there's no response for a good ten minutes.

What follows is a barely legible request for a phone number to call, and a group of people on the other side shouting and asking how he's avoided dying in the hellscape zombie apocalypse that is Amity Park.

Danny has no idea what the other shit means, but he's not about to dodge a chance to make a dead joke when he has one.

"I mean. If you wanna get technical, I didn't. Is...that something that'll effect my taxes?"

OR: The GIW has been lying to keep the Justice League and Justice League Dark out of Amity Park by declaring it a Disaster Zone, stating that not only is there massive pollutants in the air and soil, but that the undead run rampant and are barely contained. The wording they use, however, is a little weird upon closer inspection. It never specifies zombie, and it never says what pollutants. Danny's not super interested about that, though; he just wants to pay his taxes so that the IRS doesn't kill him in his sleep.

#dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #phanfic #story prompt #tim absolutely digs into whether or not being dead effects his taxes #kon starts questioning whether he should be paying them? #is he even a legal resident of the usa? #tim should he get naturalized? #bart wants to go to amity #because talking and sentient zombies are cool as fuck #cassie is not super on board with going to amity park #she has a few more questions before agreeing to a field trip to go there #and there will be a field trip to amity park #a city of technically undead due to ecto contamination functioning perfectly normal? #fuck yeah they wanna see this twilight zone bullshit

[decolonize-the-left]

"nothing changes if you don't vote"

"republicans vote"

They also do active work towards their political goals that go further than just screeching at people to vote. Like running for office so people can vote.

I can not express how much of Every election Ever is not voters fault, but the fault of every capable liberal and leftist who sits around telling us to vote/read theory but never actually uses their privilege to do any active part of dismantling racism or anything else they pretend to care about, including the actual bare minimum of getting blue votes which isnt voting, but running for office so people can vote blue.

Non-voters aren't the problem. The people to blame are the same fucking people that are always to blame throughout all of history. People who see awful things happening around them and still sit around doing nothing but feeling guilt and fear they might be treated the same way. So they choose to follow the fucked up laws and status quo of a government that doesn't give a shit about them, meanwhile finding ways to blame the Actual victims of the government so they can feel better about protecting themselves instead.

"vote"

A fairy tale for liberals who don't wanna confront the reality that they don't have any power over their lives.

My executively dysfunctional, depressive, disabled, unstable ass sure doesn't. Couldn't run for office even if I wanted to. Relying on EBT and racist federal workers. Relying on others to run for office with my best interest in mind. I rely on on this government and it's people to take care of me and people like me but look where that got me. You think that was my choice? That I voted for this life? Did you vote for me to struggle like this?

No, you didn't.

But I am. Lots of people are. Because voting doesn't work. Because our problems are systematic and the things influencing us are systematic. They aren't things you vote for or would be ever put up for a vote in the first place. You can't vote blue without a Democrat that isn't on your ballot, for example. And lots of us can't fix things ourselves through normal political means like running for office cuz every branch of the US is inaccessible to us in a very racist, queerphobic, ableist, and classist way.

Voting isn't enough, it never was. It's not even the bare minimum. The bare minimum is doing something. Protest, burn something down, participate in mutual aid, run for office yourself, become a journalist that's Honest and unbought. But just saying "yeah I like this one" and coloring in some boxes every 2-4 years isn't fucking it. It never was. And thinking otherwise is exactly why I'm looking at ballot with no fucking democrats, progressives, or leftists on it.

I'm fucking begging you all to do more than vote and scream at everyone else to vote. Begging. Please fucking do more than that. And don't "we are" me because I'm looking at a ballot in one of the most progressive states in the country and objectively no you're fucking not.

#mid terms #elections #vote blue #liberals #politics #im so fucking tired of this bullshit #biden #usa #ballot #the only democrats on my ballot were the ones in federal positions #progressives #biden 2024 #leftist #vote #voting

[halfdeadshadow]

#KOSA #kosa bill #stop kosa #lgbtqia #currupt politics #gaza under attack #usa #THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT AGAIN

[anghraine]

Very serious post:

The bff and I were thinking of alternate names for our country (the USA) but are currently favoring "Under-Canada."

We are in no way biased by growing up on the international border, where basically anything you could get on the US side you could also get on the Canadian side, but it would be better and less expensive and more fun to get to.

#more seriously: growing up as a us citizen under all the terrormongering of the bush administration #and jingoistic bullshit #about how basically everyone is inferior to us and a potential enemy #while also living on the canadian border was like. what. what are you talking about. #it's just really hard to buy into the intrinsic superiority of all things usa when the nearest city is vancouver bc tbh #anghraine babbles #deep blogging #i should probably have a bff tag #us american blogging #politics for ts

[redtail-lol]

Hey

If you're Jewish, this post is about you

I know it's gotta be shit right now. Antisemitism is on the rise. People are using Israel's genocide as an excuse to perpetuate antisemitic ideas. If you acknowledge that you're Jewish, someone will take that as an excuse to accuse you of Zionism and supporting the genocide. Celebrating your holidays? Same result.

And then on the other side, if you try to speak out against the genocide, to stick up for and show your support of the Palestinian people, your own people label you as an Enemy, and an antisemite. Your own Jewish identity is ignored or denied.

If you say nothing because you've realized nothing you say seems to be the right thing, you're accused by everyone of not caring, or secretly supporting one side - any maybe you do, but you can't say anything because you can't win no matter what side you're on.

The entire world has been equating Judaism with Israel on both sides and it isn't fair. It isn't fair when Jewish people are being arrested for antisemitic crimes in Germany - making up 37% of arrests despite making up a significantly smaller part of the population - because they weren't going to be quiet about genocide after their own people were met with silence during the Holocaust. It isn't fair when Jewish people are vocally denouncing the actions of Israel and calling for an end to the ruthless bombing. It isn't fair when even some Israelis risk everything to speak out against the state and their horrible crimes. It isn't fair when Jewish people are simply existing as Jewish people, either. Even when they aren't "proving" their support, it's still unfair to make such assumptions about someone because they're Jewish

And if you're one of these people who's shown hostility towards Jewish people over Palestine when they hadn't indicated they supported Israel at all, fuck you.

#to specifically address one idea: #the jews control the media is bullshit and israel-palestine doesn't “prove” it #y'know who controls the media? The West. Especially America #the USA benefits from Israel's existence. the UK benefits from Israel's existence. Most major Western nations do #That's who controls the media #They're pushing Israel's propaganda #there is no secret top jewish society that controls everything #israel just asks the usa for help and we do so as a fellow imperialist state #jewish #judaism #israel #anti israel #palestine #free palestine #anti zionisim #jewish antizionism #antisemetism #if you're making leftist spaces hostile to Jewish people I'm biting you. don't do that

[captain-casual]

Every time I see a stupid, weak-ass update on the genocide in Palestine that goes “US condemns xyz”, knowing FULL WELL that the US is the one enabling the Israeli govt to keep doing horrible things by not imposing any sanctions and continuing to supply them with weapons, I’m gonna start another disgusting old man rumor about Biden.

Israel: *commits another war crime against children*

US:

#furious #free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza #israel #current events #save the children #gaza genocide #us politics #israel is a terrorist state #usa are supporting genocide #usa news #usa #president biden #genocide joe #joe biden #biden #biden administration #this is bullshit #genocide in gaza #israel is committing genocide #palestine genocide #israeli war crimes #war criminals #war crimes #memes #meme #willy wonka #weak

[ember-knights]

He was saving for a bed..

#palestine #free palestine #fuck israel #fuck the usa #i stand with palestine #gaza under genocide #this world is bullshit #fuck biden #this is where American taxes go #gaza #free gaza

[senselessalchemist]

Just some little guys

#saroart #dead cells #the beheaded #the collector #the time keeper #the queen dead cells #just... tried to do something #because i have not drawn very much recently due to the bullshit that is healthcare in usa #anyway. them. #bap something with those pans

[queerism1969]

#right wing women #right wing death squad #right wing bullshit #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #human rights #death penalty #conservatism #students #employment #career #education #learning #native american #american #united states #usa #oil

[nando161mando]

If they always fail why not just let them fail on their own?

#usa news #usa #america #ausgov #politas #memes #meme #anti capitalism #antifa #antifaschistische aktion #capitalism #fascism #oppression #repression #poverty #homeless #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #eat the rich #eat the fucking rich #anti capitalist #capitalist hell #capitalist dystopia #capitalist bullshit

[yardsards]

the word "expat" is so annoying to me like. shhh you're just an immigrant who thinks that other immigrants are lesser than them

#eliot posts #there technically ARE subtle differences in the definitions of the two words #but that's not really how it's used it practice #almost all self described ''expats'' are white upper middle class usamericans/canadians/western europeans #looking up stuff about leaving the usa to go to other countries and just finding content by the Worst kind of white usamericans #this mf was talking about why he left costa rica after trying to be an ''expat'' there #and one of the reasons he cited was ''you have to learn spanish to get by'' #LIKE NO SHIT SHERLOCK #or the amount if people who complained they couldn't get amazon prime or that amazon was too expensive in other countries #how much bullshit are you buying on amazon that this is a serious factor in your life??? #(im looking at other countries in case shit in the usa gets too bad for existing as a trans person)

[vyorei]

Big shocker

I'm gobsmacked

Really thought they'd go for it this time

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Shlomo Khari #Ariel Kallner #Joe Biden #Genocidin Biden #Biden #USA #Zionist bullshit

[artandanimecrap]

#scotus #fuck the supreme court #fuck the usa #had enough #of their bullshit #us politics #political #politique #politics #usa #america

[wosol0ver]

Glad to see the USA Colombia rivalry is alive and well I’m foreseeing multiple red cards in the second half

#if the ref doesn’t start carding Colombia for their bullshit during USA set pieces I’m gonna lose it #uswnt #colwnt #w gold cup #concacaf

[thebookworm0001]

Hi hello queer southerner here:

The word y’all is already inclusive. if I see one of y’all using “y’xll” because you don’t want to associate with the south, I’m smacking you with my cast iron skillet.

You’re not better than us because you’re from a northern/blue state.

#why do I still have a tiktok I regret everything I learn on it #I actually only have a cast iron pot #but I’ll borrow my mother’s skillet for this #some of y’all need to reevaluate how you write off the entirety of the south #because of your preconceived notions of who lives here #yes we have major issues and there are bigoted people here #but y’all ain’t better #you just get to feel superior by saying you should cut florida out of the USA #congrats there are marganlized folks of every stripe in the south #and you’ll fuck them over to feel better about your own situation #and we don’t need bullshit like talking our words and making them ‘inclusive’ by trying to distance them from their origin

[ohsalome]

SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday.

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C.

And if you think I am overexagerrating the russian influence on Starlink, this happened last week:

The head of the Russian delegation, Konstantin Vorontosov, spent almost 20 minutes on Jan. 31 reciting a litany of outrage at the numerous Western satellite firms providing products and services to Ukraine, calling each of them out by name and type of assistance. That assistance, he said, is evidence of “the growing involvement of the United States and the NATO countries in the armed conflict on the side of Ukraine, which constitutes a direct threat to Russia’s national security.”

He, too, specifically lashed out at SpaceX, saying the Starlink communications terminals in Ukraine are being used “not just for communications, but also for guiding drones and also amending the trajectory of artillery shells.”

#ukraine #war in ukraine #starx #elon musk #elon 'russia's bitch' musk strikes again #also this ''starlink was never meant to be weaponised'' is such bullshit #when you have an ongoing cooperation with the usa dpt of defense #we've been using starlinks for almost a year now but a week after russia complained you suddenly noticed it for the first time? нікчеми