this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2024
673 points (98.3% liked)

Antique Memes Roadshow

7333 readers
2 users here now

Giving you the backstory and appraisals of vintage memes!

Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.

Rules:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Haagel@lemmings.world 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We could have had Bernie. I can't even imagine how different so many things would have been...

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago (7 children)

We weren't allowed to have him, some rich people would have slightly less money.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Who do I vote for so rich people can have a lot less money?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That's the fun part. You can't. They have had studies since the '70s that show that if they'd pay everyone a thriving wage, they'd be even richer than they are. Funny thing, when the working class has disposable income we buy shit. They are no longer interested in their net worth. The new high score is how many people they can kill with needless suffering before we realize that scarcity actually disappeared in the '70s, and everyone should be living their best life, and we decide to kill them back.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] TheBest@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

Ohhh fuck thats right I forgot my oligarchal overloads for a minute

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They'd actually have more money. They've had studies since the mid '70s that proved that if they'd just pay everyone a thriving wage, they would be richer than they are. This makes perfect sense when you realize that the entire system is designed to funnel money up to them.

Cruelty is the point. They aren't going for the high score of net worth, or bank account numbers. They are going for a literal body count. They're intentionally causing needless suffering, because they know we passed the point of scarcity in the '70s, so once we finally fix this shit no human, or animal that we interact with, will needlessly suffer ever again. They are intentionally trying to destroy the climate so they can keep their power, and continue needless human suffering.

You're right in the first part, but their motivation is power. Money is just a very good way to obtain power. Cruelty isn't the point, it's just the fastest way to get money and thus power.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be feeding my cat so much more salami.

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Never let your cat forget that a better world is possible. ✊🥲

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I voted for Sanders in the 2016 primary, but at this point I think he would have been destroyed, McGovern-style, if he'd been the nominee either time. He never had to face a truly negative campaign in the primaries and there's no telling how he would have fared if Republicans (and some Democrats!) really twisted the knife with stuff like "the rape essay", his employment history, his association with socialism, etc. We made out so much better with a moderate-seeming guy like Biden who managed to secure most of what Sanders would have been realistically able to pass while giving it a nice centrist sheen.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The polls at the time showed him doing better against Trump than Hillary, given that he would bring out the progressive vote along with the usual dem vote. Which is why him getting railroaded out by the "her turn" group was such a blatant travesty. And why I blame them for Trump getting elected.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People forget that there was a sizable "Bernie or Trump" crowd as well. Essentially people that just want ANY change from the permanent status-quo we've had for the last 30-40 years.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Nah, Bernie could have been great

[–] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

It probably would have gone like in the UK where the Labour party smeared Jeremy Corbyn and rather destroyed itself.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bernie being pro-cat even though they can't vote is very in character, standing up for the maginalized

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Israel is trying to figure out how to call him anti-Semitic

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago

I remember how much this pleased me at the height of Bernie's campaign. :(

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Salami seems awfully salty for cats

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They can get hydration out of ocean water. Little sadistic fuckers have really good kidneys. I doubt a small amount of salami will harm them.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I doubt it will do much of anything. But it's probably not the best thing to give them.

So both candidates are right imo.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] 3rdwrldbathhaus@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cars can have a little salami

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Salami isn't good for cars.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who are you to judge where I put my salami?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not judging. I like warm salami too.

[–] 3rdwrldbathhaus@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

But a little is ok

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

How about Cars 2

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] mashbooq 20 points 1 year ago

Based Bernie, per usual

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

As a treat.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is she really suggesting cats should only eat processed garbage cat food their whole lives? Reason #744 to support Bernie!

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

yeah, my cat deserves a bit of processed salami along side their processed cat food!

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All natural salami, picked from the freshest salami trees

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Much healthier than ham from the ham mines.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cats can absolutely have salami. Only a little though.

For those mentioning salt, cats are not dissimilar to us when it comes to salt. Some is fine, a lot can be very very bad for you.

Keeping in mind that the amount of salt that's okay is going to be a lot less because cats are much much smaller than we are. A low sodium diet for a human, in grams of sodium, would be a lot of sodium for a cat.

With that, a little should be fine. Once in a while.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give Bernie a little salami

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

If cats can eat grass, entire mice, and weirdly even potato chips then I'm pretty sure salami is fine

[–] shifted_drifter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cats eat grass to make themselves puke

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (10 replies)
[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

If I feed my cat salami, that per se makes the salami cat food.

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My cat when it sees me opening the fridge: I am once again asking for your salami support.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] insufferableninja@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

thought that was kate mckinnon playing liz warren at first

load more comments
view more: next ›