This is completely normal, unfortunately. It should be over-the-top, as you’ve said, but it is not, and, frankly, the constant barrage of ugliness, the weight of it, is wearing us all down. I’ve...
reading it (and from an outside perspective) it's just so over the top ridiculous that I'd really like to know what people from the US or living there think about it.
This is completely normal, unfortunately. It should be over-the-top, as you’ve said, but it is not, and, frankly, the constant barrage of ugliness, the weight of it, is wearing us all down.
I’ve long since lost track of how many US flags with either Jesus laying hands over a ‘pious champion of the faith and faithful Trump’ or the words ‘We The People’ superimposed over the stars and stripes I have seen over only the last few months — let alone the last few years. Or the black-on-black, purposefully designed to look torn-at-the-edges US flags being flown mounted on lifted pickup trucks that seem to be gaining popularity in my area at the moment, nearly always paired with ‘Trump Is My President’ or ‘God, Guns, and Trump’ stickers.
And the perspectives of the people in the article simply match many of the ideas shared widely where I’m located, as well. Man, you should hear what the MAGA candidates for office have been saying — at this point, all of the conspiracy theories are mainstream, just par for the course. So many people are burnt out waiting for that next shocking thing, yet others seem galvanized by it. It is a tumultuous time in the good ol’ US of A.
Comments like these make me feel like I live in a completely different country from you. I live in a rural area, in a town of only a couple thousand people. It’s an area many would assume skews...
This is completely normal, unfortunately. It should be over-the-top, as you’ve said, but it is not, and, frankly, the constant barrage of ugliness, the weight of it, is wearing us all down.
I’ve long since lost track of how many US flags with either Jesus laying hands over a ‘pious champion of the faith and faithful Trump’ or the words ‘We The People’ superimposed over the stars and stripes I have seen over only the last few months — let alone the last few years. Or the black-on-black, purposefully designed to look torn-at-the-edges US flags being flown mounted on lifted pickup trucks that seem to be gaining popularity in my area at the moment, nearly always paired with ‘Trump Is My President’ or ‘God, Guns, and Trump’ stickers.
Comments like these make me feel like I live in a completely different country from you. I live in a rural area, in a town of only a couple thousand people. It’s an area many would assume skews conservative if they only looked at the bullet points. There’s always one or two annoying weirdos like this in a small town - but they are largely ostracized, and it is absolutely not “normal” here, in any sense of the word, to behave in this manner - regardless of your political views.
I’ve lived all over the states, and if there’s one thing that is true, it’s that the US has a lot of variation in local flavor. Good to know sanity reigns supreme at least somewhere around here....
I’ve lived all over the states, and if there’s one thing that is true, it’s that the US has a lot of variation in local flavor. Good to know sanity reigns supreme at least somewhere around here. As it is, where I’m currently located, things are only picking up steam as we head closer towards the election.
That is true. I have travelled to a significant percentage of the US over the years for work, and there are definitely some states that culturally felt more foreign to me than other countries I’ve...
I’ve lived all over the states, and if there’s one thing that is true, it’s that the US has a lot of variation in local flavor.
That is true. I have travelled to a significant percentage of the US over the years for work, and there are definitely some states that culturally felt more foreign to me than other countries I’ve visited.
From the docs: https://docs.tildes.net/philosophy/site-design#tildes-and-non-english-languages But several people in the past have very occasionally submitted articles in other languages as text...
Idk what the tildes policy on non-english content is
For now, Tildes supports only one language: English. Many of the site's goals will be difficult or impossible to work towards without being able to understand what's going on in a community, so for now everything needs to be primarily in English. This may change someday in the future, and if it does, the hierarchical groups could work very well for giving other languages their own set of groups.
But several people in the past have very occasionally submitted articles in other languages as text topics, and provided translations which they wrote themselves, which has generally been accepted (though never officially approved, AFAIK). I think you're the first to submit an AI translation in the comments though, so I have no idea if that will be considered as acceptable. Only @Deimos can say for sure though.
For what it's worth, I personally don't see a problem with it. My only suggestion would be to submit it as a Text Topic next time, with both the original article link + the translation in the...
For what it's worth, I personally don't see a problem with it. My only suggestion would be to submit it as a Text Topic next time, with both the original article link + the translation in the topic text. Since submitting the translation as a comment makes it so that if any other discussion takes place the translation may eventually no longer be at the top. It was also a lot harder to tag the topic with the translation as a comment too, since I kept having to scroll back to the top of the page to add new tags while I was reading the translation, which made me lose my place a few times.
p.s. To submit a Text Topic, just leave the Link section of the submit form blank, and only fill out the Title and Text (markdown) sections.
This is completely normal, unfortunately. It should be over-the-top, as you’ve said, but it is not, and, frankly, the constant barrage of ugliness, the weight of it, is wearing us all down.
I’ve long since lost track of how many US flags with either Jesus laying hands over a ‘pious champion of the faith and faithful Trump’ or the words ‘We The People’ superimposed over the stars and stripes I have seen over only the last few months — let alone the last few years. Or the black-on-black, purposefully designed to look torn-at-the-edges US flags being flown mounted on lifted pickup trucks that seem to be gaining popularity in my area at the moment, nearly always paired with ‘Trump Is My President’ or ‘God, Guns, and Trump’ stickers.
And the perspectives of the people in the article simply match many of the ideas shared widely where I’m located, as well. Man, you should hear what the MAGA candidates for office have been saying — at this point, all of the conspiracy theories are mainstream, just par for the course. So many people are burnt out waiting for that next shocking thing, yet others seem galvanized by it. It is a tumultuous time in the good ol’ US of A.
Comments like these make me feel like I live in a completely different country from you. I live in a rural area, in a town of only a couple thousand people. It’s an area many would assume skews conservative if they only looked at the bullet points. There’s always one or two annoying weirdos like this in a small town - but they are largely ostracized, and it is absolutely not “normal” here, in any sense of the word, to behave in this manner - regardless of your political views.
I’ve lived all over the states, and if there’s one thing that is true, it’s that the US has a lot of variation in local flavor. Good to know sanity reigns supreme at least somewhere around here. As it is, where I’m currently located, things are only picking up steam as we head closer towards the election.
That is true. I have travelled to a significant percentage of the US over the years for work, and there are definitely some states that culturally felt more foreign to me than other countries I’ve visited.
From the docs:
https://docs.tildes.net/philosophy/site-design#tildes-and-non-english-languages
But several people in the past have very occasionally submitted articles in other languages as text topics, and provided translations which they wrote themselves, which has generally been accepted (though never officially approved, AFAIK). I think you're the first to submit an AI translation in the comments though, so I have no idea if that will be considered as acceptable. Only @Deimos can say for sure though.
For what it's worth, I personally don't see a problem with it. My only suggestion would be to submit it as a Text Topic next time, with both the original article link + the translation in the topic text. Since submitting the translation as a comment makes it so that if any other discussion takes place the translation may eventually no longer be at the top. It was also a lot harder to tag the topic with the translation as a comment too, since I kept having to scroll back to the top of the page to add new tags while I was reading the translation, which made me lose my place a few times.
p.s. To submit a Text Topic, just leave the Link section of the submit form blank, and only fill out the Title and Text (markdown) sections.