I’m drunk, British, but I think it’s a shame we can’t rely on America (USA) anymore
I’m a 35 year old guy, and from my experience America has always been a contentious topic. They had the best TV shows, the best games, the best everything when I was growing up in the 90s. Sure… my parents thought they were obnoxious and loud, but those were fairly small complaints.
I don’t think that’s the case anymore and I’m just sharing my perspective even though I’m far from sober and know this is contentious
<<< and this is where you’ll have to excuse me because I was 12… and maybe if I was 35 things would have seemed as bleak as they are right now >>>
Then things went bad in the 2000s, you went to war and we followed you. This was not the most popular thing to happen, triggering huge protests in the UK. However I think generally people understood why it happened and why the American people were so angry. Even though a lot of people didn’t agree with it, a lot of them “understood”
So time goes by and these “wars” continue but after the initial years it doesn’t really impact Europe, we pull out and the US stay there…
People within America seemed to be pretty happy though… your freedoms were expanding, you could love who you want to love, smoke what you want to smoke… worry le
If you zoom out, the signal is clear, the strategy less so and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone This probably isn’t the last word on it.
Stepping back, this feels more about execution than intent
the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s just my read on it.
At this point, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that tension shows up immediately We’ll see how people react over time.
To be fair, the direction makes sense but the details are messy At least from my perspective.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that friction is hard to ignore That’s the key detail here. At least from my perspective.
Reaction: Too real..
Not gonna lie, the way this is presented changes how it lands and that’s the part people are stuck on That’s what changes the context. Let’s see what happens next.
Reaction: me_irl
Reaction: Why am I scared? Probably because one time my grandma got pulled over when I was a kid and she told the cop that her bad driving was because of me and he came to my window. I didnt do anythi
From where I sit, the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that friction is hard to ignore That’s what changes the context. Not convinced this is settled yet.
Reaction: Please change, Reddit. Please change.
From the outside, this depends heavily on what happens next That’s just how it reads to me.