• Icalasari@fedia.io
    13·
    2 months ago

    My mom and sister - Yes, they cool

    My dad - He trolls liberals as a pass time and is effectively a MAGAt. No

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldOP
      91·
      2 months ago

      You should troll your dad. I don’t know if they sell these, but you should see if you can find a “Make Harris Great Again” hat. All red, with white text, in that same font.

      Then take his MAGA hat, and in the place he put it, you place this one. See how long he takes wearing it before he figures it out.

      • Icalasari@fedia.io
        7·
        2 months ago

        No MAGA hat. Canadian

        Which makes his support for the GoP even more ridiculous. Also makes me wonder where the fuck he’s getting Fox News since it’s NOT easy to get in Canada, ESPECIALLY before streaming and broadband

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldOP
          6·
          2 months ago

          Your father is a weird man. Obsessed with politics of a country that he’s not a part of, in support of a man who wouldn’t piss on him if he were on fire. And now he’s going out of his way to reach a “news network” (airquotes doing some heavy lifting on that one) that only spews a facist agenda.

          Now, in contrast, I would say 100% of Americans have NO IDEA who’s even running for president in Canada, or Mexico. Like…those thoughts are so far from what my brain thinks of, it’s insane. Last night I was wondering which would happen first: A snail traverses an entire city, or a gallon of water evaporates in mild tempatures.

          THAT thought crossed my mind long before thinking of Canadian politics. Sorry Canada, you’re a great country, and I wish I lived there instead of here, but your money is monopoly colored, and your politics are irrelevant on the world stage.

          • Icalasari@fedia.io
            3·
            2 months ago

            Yeah. I hate that the GoP virus has infected our country

            Our politics are somewhat relevant though, namely as we’re between you guys and Russia

        • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          It’s Facebook and YouTube probably. My dad is also in Canada and obsessed with American news but he watches CNN on a loop so at least it’s not the MAGA people he’s supporting.

          Still though, worry about your own country. We got our own issues we should be focusing on here.

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    My mother/brother/sister, yeah - sure. My wife/daughters/son - Probably not. I look at them every day and wonder how I got so lucky.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    My younger brother: absolutely. He’s funny AF and knows a lot of stuff I don’t.

    The rest of them: oh hell nah.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    3·
    2 months ago

    I talked to my parents. But not my sister because there were enough people on here who spout incoherent conspiracy theories. I don’t need to hear it in person.

    Did you know that there are pyramids, built by an ancient technologically advanced civilization, under the Atlantic Ocean? Because my sister does. Also the covid vaccine is bad for you, but that’s a boring one.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      But not my sister because there were enough people on here who spout incoherent conspiracy theories.

      Well…did you know the JFK dhooting had one shooter…twice??? Lee Harvey Oswald in the library…and LEE HARVEY OSWALD IN THE GRASSY KNOLL!!!

      Yeah. Betcha didn’t consider time travrl, did’jya??? And then his best friend Jack Ruby shoots and kills the later timeline Oswald, allowing earlier timeline Oswald to move to Cleveland, and live his life where nobody was looking…in the 2010s in Cleveland!!!

      Dun dun dun!!!

      Yeah…I’ve been drinking…so what??

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    2·
    2 months ago

    This is really tough. I have two members who have such problems they are basically wards of the state. They are the only folks I know living in halfway houses. I doubt I would know them if they were not family. This sorta goes for many members to. They are fine but we move in different circles and they are not likely to be part of my crowd. Heck even my favorite brother tends to be a bar fly and way back when we might have met in a library or such. Im sure I would think of him as the cool guy from the library and maybe we would talk a bit if we bumped into each other there.